1776: 250th Anniversary - Preparation Update

Hello everyone,

Today, we are pleased to bring you the preparation update for the annual 1776 event - this year, celebrating the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence! The event is scheduled to begin today at 3 PM EDT/9PM CEST and will continue to July 6th.

We cannot wait to join you all in just a few short hours to, once again, partake in massive 400-player Revolutionary War battles, now featuring even more playable units and weapons.

Below is what today’s preparation update includes for the base (non-event) game!

Patch Notes

• Updated the army branch selection screen in the game.

• Recreated the M1855 Springfield using 3D scans of originals.

• Recreated the M1861 Springfield, using 3D scans of originals.

• Added a Springfield Bayonet model, using 3D scans of originals.

• Updated the cartridge models in the game, using 3D scans of replicas. The game now features visually distinct loads for buck and ball, round ball and Minié ball.

• War of Rights has been updated to support Nvidia DLSS 4.5, resulting in even better visuals.

• Removed the static character model mistakenly left behind on South Mountain.
• Slightly tweaked the voicechat attenuation over distance and made it a little bit more muffled when suppressed.
• Made a headshot on the local player mute all other sounds for 5 seconds and have them fade back in over 5 seconds.
• Fixed an issue causing players to scoot along the terrain at odd camera angles after having fired a cannon.
• Added the 5th New Hampshire Infantry regiment to the Drill Camp roster for future use in a skirmish area.
• Added the 49th Virginia Infantry regiment to the Drill Camp roster for future use in a skirmish area.
• Added additional buttons, shirts, jackets and hat insignias to various units.
• Added a variant forage cap with glossy brim.
• Updated zouave trousers.
• Updated the 10th US flag bearer.
• Updated Wisconsin sergeant major equipment, fixing baldric belt clipping.
• Added M1841 Mississippi bayonet scabbard.
• Added physically accurate rainbows that appear during suitable weather conditions.

• Added 5th North Carolina regimental flag.

• Added 13th North Carolina regimental flag.
• Added 4th Texas national flag.
• Added 5th New Hampshire national and regimental flags (with special thanks to the Fifth NH Volunteers, Co. A for research assistance).
• Added 49th Virginia national flag.
• Improved the flag bearer spawning setup at Harpers Ferry to avoid some of the spawned-in players getting stuck.
• Fixed Henry Rohrback farm collision mesh.
• Added 2 sound reverb effects: one for being in town and one for being inside buildings.
• Added our old Dixie music track to Credits in the menu.
• Tweaked the right shoulder shift animation to avoid some of the clipping.
• Optimized physics simulation when players are positioned in dense clusters.
• Character rendering now supports instancing on characters with simulated cloth attachments. Internal benchmark tests suggest up to a 15% game performance increase, depending on your hardware configuration.
• Deployed the 2nd balance pass, this time using collected data of more than 2700 War of Rights matches, all containing at least 100 players:

South Mountain:

• Reno’s Fall: CSA -25 tickets.

• Anderson’s Counterattack: CSA -17 tickets.

• Hatch’s Attack: USA -4 tickets & -10 seconds final push.

• Cox’s Push: CSA -13 tickets & USA -10 seconds final push.

• Garland’s Stand: USA -6 tickets & -10 seconds final push.

• Colquitt’s Defence: CSA -5 tickets.

Antietam:

• Burnside’s Bridge: CSA -18 tickets.

• Nicodemus Hill: CSA -11 tickets.

• East Woods: CSA -20 seconds final push.

• Hagerstown Turnpike: USA -5 tickets & -20 seconds final push.

• Hooker’s Push: USA -2 tickets & -20 seconds final push.

• East Woods Skirmish: USA -6 tickets & -10 seconds final push.

• Roulette Lane: CSA -2 tickets & -10 seconds final push.

• Hill’s Counterattack: CSA -3 tickets & -20 seconds final push.

• Piper Farm: CSA -2 tickets.

• Otto & Sherrick Farm: CSA -8 tickets.

• Cooke’s Countercharge: CSA -15 tickets & -20 seconds final push.

• Dunker Church: CSA -4 tickets.

• West Woods: CSA -19 tickets.

• Pry House: CSA -9 tickets & -20 seconds final push.

• Pry Grist Mill: CSA -4 tickets.

• Pry Ford: CSA -21 tickets.

• Bloody Lane: CSA -1 ticket & USA -10 seconds final push.

• Miller’s Cornfield: CSA -2 tickets & -20 seconds final push.

Harpers Ferry:

• Bolivar Heights Camp: CSA -4 tickets & -30 seconds final push.

• High Street: CSA -10 tickets & -30 seconds final push.

• School House Ridge: CSA -4 tickets & -10 seconds final push.

• Downtown: USA -3 tickets & CSA -20 seconds final push.

• River Crossing: USA -20 tickets.

• Maryland Heights: USA -20 tickets & CSA -20 seconds final push.

• Washington Street: CSA -1 ticket & -20 seconds final push.

• Bolivar Heights Redoubt: USA -16 tickets & CSA -20 seconds final push.

• Shenandoah Street: CSA -2 tickets & -30 seconds final push.

• Harpers Graveyard: CSA -36 tickets & -30 seconds final push.

Drill Camp:

• Pat’s Turnpike: CSA -8 tickets & -20 seconds final push.

• Union Camp: CSA -12 tickets & -30 seconds final push.

• Wagon Road: CSA -11 tickets.

• Flemming’s Meadow: CSA -18 tickets.

• South Woodlot: CSA -10 tickets & -30 seconds final push.

• Larsen Homestead: CSA -33 tickets.

• Crecy’s Cornfield: CSA -37 tickets.

• Smith Field: CSA -22 tickets.

• Crossroads: CSA -14 tickets.

• Alexander Farm: CSA -3 tickets.

• Confederate Encampment: CSA -13 tickets.

• Stefan’s Lot: USA -5 tickets & CSA -10 seconds final push.

• Crossley Creek: CSA -17 tickets.

We hope you’ll all enjoy experiencing 18th-century warfare during the 1776 event, but the fun this summer is only just beginning. We can’t wait to reveal something special at the conclusion of the event. Keep a close eye on us—you won’t want to miss what’s next.

That’s all for now, see you all in tricornes and powdered wigs in a few hours!

- The Campfire Games Team