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Template:Cleanup-date Image:Forgottenhope.jpgForgotten Hope is a computer game "mod" for the first-person shooter Battlefield 1942 that features expanded World War II content and more realistic gameplay balance. It is currently being developed for Battlefield 2 as well. It features roughly 260+ totally new vehicles as well as 50+ new maps. A mod called Pacific Shores merged with FH bringing a host of more WW2 Pacific theatre content. A constant refrain amongst players of FH is that it is the game BF1942 should have been all along.

Forgotten Hope has had some mods that have modded it as well. One is a partial conversion and content addition, Norwegian Resistance which adds the battles during in WW2 that deal with Norway. Another major mod is a client-side, Forgotten Hope Realism Mod that is primarily a sound and texture pack though later version added some custom maps as well. One key feature is that the skins add more historically correct skins, such as swastikas on equipment and uniforms. A third modder using the name Legion has paralleled the development of Forgotten Hope since v.6 with the "Ballistik" series, mods that improve the artificial intelligence in Singleplayer and Cooperative Multiplayer gameplay modes and which later incorporated historically accurate sounds and textures in much the same way that the Forgotten Hope Realism Mod did.

The current version of the mod for Battlefield 1942 is 0.70, which was released at the end of October in 2005. The developers have said this is the last major release for this engine, though another smaller patch was not ruled out. As with older versions, there will also be a number of fan-map packs released as well. Right now the majority of efforts are concentrated on developing FH2 for the new Battlefield 2, changing the game from Modern Warfare to WWII Warfare.

There is also a mini-mod for making movies (see machinima), released by Battlefield NL called BFNL Forgotten Hope Movie Edition.

Contents 1 Public Release History 2 Maps 2.1 1939 2.2 1940 2.3 1941 2.4 1942 2.5 1943 2.6 1944 2.7 1945 2.8 Fictional Maps 2.9 Old Version Maps 3 Vehicles & Aircraft 3.1 America 3.2 Britain 3.3 France 3.4 Italy 3.5 Japan 3.6 USSR 3.7 Germany 3.8 Poland 3.9 Finland 3.10 Canada 3.11 Australia 4 Weapons 4.1 America 4.2 Britain 4.3 France 4.4 Germany 4.5 Italy 4.6 Japan 4.7 USSR 4.8 Finland 4.9 Canada 4.10 Poland 4.11 Australia 5 Forgotten Hope 2 6 Norwegian Resistance 7 Hungarian Front 7.1 Forgoten Hope Realism and the Sharpest Point 7.2 See also 7.3 External links

Public Release History

(most recent first)

• v.70 - October 28, 2005 (Full install)
• v.67, .67a - March 2005 (.65 patch)
• v.66 - December 2004 (.65 patch)
• v.65 - October 2004, (Full install)
• v.61 - March 2004, (Full install)
• v.5 and patches - 2003

Maps

There are custom and dice conversions. Dice conversions are marked with a (d). Maps are not within year cats yet. The country listing are the teams for the maps. The version number relate to which version a map was first seen. The real life battle the maps are based on are linked to by the map name in some cases.

1939

• Eastern Blitz- (Poland vs. Nazi Germany), v.66
• Fall Weiss- (Poland vs. Nazi Germany), v.65

1940

• Battle of Britain(d)- (Britain vs. Nazi Germany)
• Counterattack- (France&Britain vs. Nazi Germany, v.66

1941

• Crete- (Britain vs. Nazi Germany),
• Rheinuebung- (Britain vs. Nazi Germany), v.65
• Invasion of the Philippines(d)- (Imperial Japan vs. United States)
• Wake Island(d)- (Imperial Japan vs. United States), v.65

1942

• Battle of Stalingrad- (Nazi Germany vs. Soviet Union)
• The Storm- (Nazi Germany vs. Soviet Union)
• Stalingrad(d)- (Nazi Germany vs. Soviet Union)
• Desert Rose- (Britain vs. Nazi Germany), v.65
• El Alamein(d)- (Britain vs. Nazi Germany)
• Gazala(d)- (Britain vs. Nazi Germany)
• Supercharge- (Britain vs. Nazi Germany), v.65
• Tobruk(d) - (Britain vs. Nazi Germany), (Australia vs. Italy) v.7
• Coral Sea(d)- (Imperial Japan vs. United States)
• Guadalcanal(d)- (Imperial Japan vs United States)
• Midway(d)- (Imperial Japan vs. United States)

1943

• Bombing the Reich- (Britain vs. Nazi Germany)
• Battle of Orel- (Nazi Germany vs. Soviet Union)
• Battle of Valirisk- (Nazi Germany vs. Soviet Union)
• Kharkov Outskirts- (Nazi Germany vs. Soviet Union), v.67
• Kharkov Winter(d)- (Nazi Germany vs. Soviet Union)
• Prokhorovka- (Nazi Germany vs. Soviet Union),
• Kasserine Pass- (Nazi Germany vs. United States), v.66
• Adak Island- (Imperial Japan vs. United States)
• Battle of Makin- (Imperial Japan vs. United States)
• Tarawa- (Imperial Japan vs. United States), v.66

1944

• Arnhem- (Britain vs. Nazi Germany)
• Battle of Foy- (Nazi Germany vs. United States), v.67
• Battle of the Bulge(d)- (Nazi Germany vs. United States)
• Bocage(d)- (Nazi Germany vs. United States)
• Breakthrough- (Britain vs Nazi Germany), v.6x
• Falaise Pocket- (Nazi Germany vs. United States), v.65
• Gold Beach- (Nazi Germany vs. Britain), v.65
• Market Garden(d)- (Nazi Germany vs. Britain) (DICE conversion added in .66/7)
• Meuse River Line- (Nazi Germany vs. United States), v.67
• Omaha Beach Charlie Sector- (Nazi Germany vs. United States)
• Operation Goodwood- (Britain vs. Nazi Germany)
• Operation Nordwind- (Nazi Germany vs. United States)
• Sector 318- (Nazi Germany vs. United States), v.66
• Karelia- (Finland vs. Soviet Union) v.5x
• Zielona Gora- (Nazi Germany vs. Soviet Union)
• Battle Isle- (Imperial Japan vs. United States), v.66
• Saipan- (Imperial Japan vs. United States)

1945

• Operation Blackknight- (Britain vs. Nazi Germany), v.65
• Berlin(d)- (Nazi Germany vs. Soviet Union) (DICE conversion added .6x)
• Seelow Heights- (Nazi Germany vs. Soviet Union), v.67
• Iwo Jima(d)- (Imperial Japan vs. United States)

Fictional Maps

• Alpenfestung- (Nazi Germany vs. United States), v.65

Old Version Maps

• Berlin Outskirts- (Nazi Germany vs. Soviet Union)
• Pavlov- (Nazi Germany vs. Soviet Union)
• Gaza- (Nazi Germany vs. Britain)

Vehicles & Aircraft

This list is very off, see Here for the official website's listing.

America

• TBD Devastator
• TBF Avenger
• C-47
• B-25
• P-40
  • The Aluetian Tiger
  • Flying Tigers
• P-47
  • The HunHunter
  • Miss Behave
• F4F Wildcat
• M8 Greyhound
• M4 Sherman (redone for .67)

Britain

• Aircraft
  • Hawker Hurricane
  • Fairey Swordfish
  • Hawker Typhoon
  • Grumman Martlet
  • Supermarine Spitfire (DICE model)
  • Short Sunderland
  • Vickers Wellington
• Vehicles
  • Universal a.k.a. 'Bren Gun' Carrier (.67)
  • Churchill tank
  • Cromwell tank
  • Crusader tank
  • Daimler armoured car Mk 1
  • Matilda Mk I
  • Matilda II

France

• P-47
• P-36
• D.520
• BR.693
• LeO 451
• AMD 178
• R-35
• S-35 (.67)
• Char Bis (.67)

Italy

• Bf-109 (DICE model)
• MC.202 (.67)
• AB-41
• Z.1007
• SM.79
• L6/40 (planned for .7)
• M13/40 (planned for .7)
• L40

Japan

• B5N Kate
• Mitsubishi G4M

USSR

• I-153
• Polikarpov I-16
• IL-2 Sturmovik
• La-7
• Yak-9
• TB-3
• BT-7
• T-26
• T-34
• KV-1
• KV-2
• IS-2
• BM-13 Katyusha

Germany

• He 162
• Fw 190
• Ju 52
• Ar 196
• Bf 110
• Flak 18
• He 115
• He 111
• He 219 (.67)
• Ju 88
• Wespe (DICE model)
• Panzer II
• Panzer III- (to appear in 0.70)
• Panzer 38(t) (.67)
• Panzer IV Ausf. F, F2, H
• Panzer V Panther Ausf. D, A, G (.66 for most versions (or redone for ones that were not)
• Panzer VI Tiger (DICE model)
• Panzer VI Tiger II "Königstiger"
• Elefant (appeared in .67)
• Jagdpanther (.66)
• Jagdpanzer IV (DICE model for some version, some FH versions)
• Panzerwerfer
• SdKfz 234 Puma
• Schwimmwagen
• SdKfz 7
• SdKfz 222
• StuG III
• SSP Kommander
• Opel Blitz
• Prinz Eugen
• DKM Bismarck
• Tirpitz

Poland

• C7P artillery tractor
• Wz 34 armoured car
• Wz 29 Ursus armoured car
• TK-3 tankette (armed with an MG, wrongly labeled as TKS)
• TKS tankette (20mm HMG version)
• 7TP (both single and twin-turreted versions)
• PZL P.11c fighter
• PZL P.37B Łoś
• 37mm armata przeciwpancerna Wz.36
• 40mm Armata przeciwlotnicza wz.36

Finland

SdKfz 251/1 "Hanomag" SdKfz 251/R "Stuka zu Fuß" BT42 (0.7) SdKfz 124 "Wespe" Stormboat

Canada

Australia

Weapons

This list is very off, see Here for the official website's listing.

America

• Colt 1911 (DICE)
• M1 Garand (DICE)
• M1 Carbine
• Springfield M1903
• M3 Grease Gun
• Thompson (DICE)
• Browning Automatic Rifle
• Browning M1919(.30 cal mg)
• M2 machine gun(.50 cal mg)
• Bazooka (DICE)
• Winchester M12

Britain

• Enfield Revolver
• Lee-Enfield
• Sten
• Thompson
• Bren
• PIAT
• Boys Anti-tank Rifle

France

• Ruby (BF1918 trade;appeared in .67)
• MAS 36 (.67)
• MAS 38 (.67)

Germany

• Luger P08 (Battlefield 1918 trade;added in .67)
• Walther P38 (DICE model)
• Karabiner 98k
• MP40 (DICE model)
• STG44
• FG42
• MG 34
• MG 42 (DICE model)
• Gewehr 43
• Faustpatrone
• Panzerfaust
• Panzerschreck (redone for .67)
• Stielhandgranate
• Flammenwerfer 35
• Shovel

Italy

• Beretta M1934 (planned for .7)
• Carcano
• Modello 38 (planned for .7)
• Breda 30

Japan

• Type 14 Nambu Pistol
• Type 99 Rifle
• MP18
• Type 96 light machine gun
• Type 99 Light Machine Gun
• Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun

USSR

• TT-33
• Mosin-Nagant
• SVT-40
• PPSH-41
• PPS-43
• DP1928(DICE model)
• PTRD

Finland

• Luger P08 (Battlefield 1918 trade;added in .67)
• Walther P38 (DICE model)
• Mosin-Nagant
• Suomi M-31 SMG
• DP1928
• MG 34

Canada

• No2 Revolver
• Lee-Enfield
• Sten
• Thompson
• Bren
• Johnson M1941

Poland

• Kbk wz.29 rifle
• Kb ppanc wz.35 anti-tank rifle
• Mors SMG
• Browning wz.1928, a Polish variant of BAR
• Ckm wz.30, a Polish version of Browning Model 1917 machine gun

Australia

Forgotten Hope 2

Forgotten Hope 2 for Battlefield 2 has been announced. The first release will focus on the desert campaign in Africa and will include battles between British and German forces in Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and Algeria. The release date is unknown, although it is likely to debut in 2006.

Norwegian Resistance

Norwegian Resistance is a mini-mod for Forgotten Hope, and depicts the battles in Norway in World War II after the invasion by Nazi Germany. The mod was developed by Slappy Entertainment, the development team responsible for the modification. The mod was first released in March 2005, as Version .85, and required Forgotten Hope V.67 and Battlefield 1942 V1.61. Soon after a version .86 hotfix was released, correcting issues with the NR mod, but did not affect the FH mod. Norwegian Resistance had been in development for over a year, and it was featured in a Norwegian gaming magazine, Hjemmepc, early in it's development in December of 2003. The development team has also released some custom maps.

The description of the mod on the official website runs, "This modification is based on the bitter fighting and events which happened in Norway during the second world war. All of our maps are based on the battles which were fought in Norway by the British, the Norwegians and the Germans. Historically speaking Norway was about to be an important part of Hitler's Third Reich in the spring of 1940. The Germans were planning a massive invasion of Norway. The plan was to invade the country from its major cities and then proceed to capture the north. Norway was a country of great importance, its strategical position for attacking the convoys and the Russian border made it one of Hitler's prime targets. If the German troops could occupy Norway, they would gain a much greater chance of stopping the allied convoys who supplied England and Russia throughout the war..."[1]

Some of the maps include Asenfjorden, Battle at Dombas, Battle of Kvam, Fornebu in Flames, Operation Gunnerside, Ulsnes. The mod also included a number of unique features including a Norwegian language voice menu, custom music, and a variety of period equipment used by Norwegians.

Hungarian Front

Hungarian Front is a mini-mod for Forgotten Hope, and depicts the Hungarian battles in World War II.

Some of the maps include Debrecen, Transcarpathia, Don River and Budapest. The mod also included a number of unique features including a Hungarian language voice menu, and a big variety of period equipment used by the Hungarian army, including Turan and Toldi tanks, 43M submachinegun, Nimrod self-propelled anti-aircraft gun and the 44M, which was a Hungarian version of the German Panzerschreck. [2]

Forgoten Hope Realism and the Sharpest Point

In 2004 a FH mod called Forgoten Hope Realism was announced- pledged to be a combat simulation version of FH. However, the mod soon changed its name and broke off to be an independent modification. Since there is widespread bias against small mod articles on the wikipedia, its information is detailed here. "The Sharpest Point" (short: TSP) is a standalone modification for the PC game "Battlefield 1942" (they will remain in BF1942 only until they finish the 1.2b version, after they will go to Battlefield 2. TSP is developed upon voluntary work, no money is involved. Still the material found within this product is protected by international laws. "The Sharpest Point" can be downloaded for free. The main idea about this modification is to provide the most realistic WWII modification available for Battlefield 1942. In general this means removing the arcade behavior of this game. You will now fear for death and be forced to cooperate within the team in order to achieve victory.

The mod has since moved to Battlefield 2 as of 2006.

See also

• List of Battlefield 1942 mods
• Battlefield 2

External links

• Forgotten Hope official site
• Mange's Hangar
• FHL Realism League
• FH Forums
• WOLF
• Official Norwegian Resistance Websiteno:Battlefield 1942#Forgotten Hope

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