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Forgotten Hope

Forgotten Hope is a computer game mod for the first-person shooter Battlefield 1942. It features expanded World War II-related content and more realistic gameplay balance. A version of Forgotten Hope has also been developed for Battlefield 2. It features roughly 260 totally new vehicles as well as 50 new maps. A mod called Pacific Shores merged with Forgotten Hope, bringing a host of extra World War 2 Pacific theatre content.

Though Forgotten Hope is a mod, mods of the game have been created. Norwegian Resistance, for example, is a partial conversion and content addition which adds the battles during in World War II 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 versions added some custom maps as well. One key feature is that it adds more historically correct skins, such as swastikas on equipment and uniforms.

Further add-ons include a sound and texture pack, which replaces large numbers of vehicle and soldier skins and equipment/weaponry sounds, as well as an unofficial, fan-made map pack consisting of several additional maps.

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-made map packs released as well. Right now the majority of efforts are concentrated on developing Forgotten Hope 2 for Battlefield 2, basing it during World War II, and, as of the first release, will be set only in the North African theater of operations, to ease the development process. The other fronts of the war will be added in later versions.

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

Fall Weiss themed maps serve as the historical starting point of Forgotten Hope maps

There are custom and DICE conversions. DICE conversions are marked with a (d). The maps are listed in chronological order. 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

  • Fall Weiss- (Poland vs. Nazi Germany), v.65 - September 1939
  • Eastern Blitz- (Poland vs. Nazi Germany), v.66 - September 1939

1940


1941

1942

Wake Island - NASA NLT Landsat 7 (Visible Color) Satellite Image;FH added a all-new version of this battle
  • Coral Sea(d)- (Imperial Japan vs. United States) - May 1942
  • Gazala(d)- (Great Britain vs. Nazi Germany) - May 1942
  • Adak Island- (Imperial Japan vs. United States) - June 1942
  • Midway(d)- (Imperial Japan vs. United States) - June 1942
  • Guadalcanal(d)- (Imperial Japan vs United States) - August 1942
  • El Alamein(d)- (Great Britain vs. Nazi Germany), (Great Britain vs. Italy) v.7 - October 1942
  • Supercharge- (Great Britain vs. Nazi Germany), v.65 - November 1942
  • Desert Rose- (Great Britain vs. Nazi Germany), v.65 - November 1942
  • Battle of Stalingrad- (Nazi Germany vs. Soviet Union) - December 1942
  • Stalingrad(d)- (Nazi Germany vs. Soviet Union) - December 1942

1943

  • Bombing the Reich- (Great Britain vs. Nazi Germany) - (???)
  • Battle of Valirisk- (Nazi Germany vs. Soviet Union) - January 1943 (?)
  • Kasserine Pass- (Nazi Germany vs. United States), v.66 - May 1943
  • Prokhorovka- (Nazi Germany vs. Soviet Union), - July 1943
  • Kursk- (Nazi Germany vs. Soviet Union) - July/August 1943
  • Battle of Orel- (Nazi Germany vs. Soviet Union) - August 1943
  • Kharkov Outskirts- (Nazi Germany vs. Soviet Union), v.67 - August 1943
  • Battle of Makin- (Imperial Japan vs. United States) - November 1943
  • Tarawa- (Imperial Japan vs. United States), v.66 - November 1943

1944

Waves of paratroops land in Holland; FH has 2 main maps that cover aspects of this operation
  • The Storm- (Nazi Germany vs. Soviet Union) - February 1944
  • Pegasus Bridge- (Nazi Germany vs. Great Britain) - June 1944
  • Omaha Beach Charlie Sector- (Nazi Germany vs. United States) - June 1944
  • Gold Beach- (Nazi Germany vs. Great Britain), v.65 - June 1944
  • Karelia- (Finland vs. Soviet Union) v.5x - June 1944
  • Bocage(d)- (Nazi Germany vs. United States) - June 1944
  • Saipan- (Imperial Japan vs. United States) - June 1944
  • Operation Goodwood- (Great Britain vs. Nazi Germany) - July 1944
  • Liberation of Caen- (Nazi Gerany vs. Great Britain) - July - August 1944
  • Falaise Pocket- (Nazi Germany vs. United States), v.65 - August 1944
  • Breakthrough- (Great Britain vs Nazi Germany), v.6x (???)
  • Operation Market Garden- (Nazi Germany vs. Great Britain) (DICE conversion added in .66/7) - September 1944
  • Arnhem- (Great Britain vs. Nazi Germany) - September 1944
  • Battle Isle- (Imperial Japan vs. United States), v.66 - October 1944
  • Sector 318- (Nazi Germany vs. United States), v.66 - (???)
  • Zielona Gora- (Nazi Germany vs. Soviet Union) - (???)
  • Battle of the Bulge- (Nazi Germany vs. United States) - December 1944
  • Meuse River Line- (Nazi Germany vs. United States), v.67 - (???)
  • Battle of Foy- (Nazi Germany vs. United States), v.67 - December 1944
  • Operation Nordwind- (Nazi Germany vs. United States) - December 1944

1945

  • Operation Blackknight- (Great Britain vs. Nazi Germany), v.65 - (???)
  • Iwo Jima(d)- (Imperial Japan vs. United States) - February 1945
  • Seelow Heights- (Nazi Germany vs. Soviet Union), v.67 - April 1945
  • Berlin(d)- (Nazi Germany vs. Soviet Union) (DICE conversion added .6x) - April 1945
  • Berlin Streets (Nazi Germany vs. Soviet Union) - April 1945

Fictional Maps

Old Version Maps

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

By Theater

Western Front (1940-1945)
Battle of Britain (UK v. Germany)
Counterattack (UK/France v. Germany)
Rheinuebung (UK v. Germany)
Arnhem (UK v. Germany)
Battle of Foy (US v. Germany)
Battle of the Bulge (US v. Germany)
Bocage (US v. Germany)
Breakthrough (UK v. Germany)
Falaise Pocket (US v. Germany)
Gold Beach (UK v. Germany)
Liberation of Caen (Canada v. Germany)
Market Garden (UK v. Germany)
Meuse River Line (US v. Germany)
Omaha Beach Charlie Sector (US v. Germany)
Operation Goodwood (UK v. Germany)
Operation Nordwind (US v. Germany)
Pegasus Bridge(version 0.7) (UK v. Germany)
Sector 318 (US v. Germany)
Alpenfestung (US v. Germany)
Operation Blackknight (UK v. Germany)
Eastern Front (1939-1945)
Eastern Blitz
Fall Weiss
Battle of Stalingrad
Pavlov's House
Stalingrad
Battle of Orel
Battle of Valirisk
Kharkov Outskirts
Kharkov Winter
Prokhorovka
Karelia
The Storm
Zielona Gora
Berlin
Seelow Heights
North Africa (1941-1943)
Crete
Desert Rose
El Alamein
Gazala
Supercharge
Tobruk
Kasserine Pass
Pacific (1941-1945)
Invasion of the Philippines
Wake Island
Coral Sea
Guadalcanal
Midway Atoll
Adak Island
Battle of Makin
Tarawa Atoll
Battle Isle
Saipan
Iwo Jima

Vehicles & Aircraft

Weapons

  • Ruby (BF1918 trade; appeared in .67)
  • MAS-36 (.67)
  • MAS-38 (.67)
  • Modele 1937 Fragmentation Hand Grenade

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 its 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]

See also