Holdfast: Nations At War has been updated! Charge with musket in hand as the Grenadier class makes its way to the Kingdom of Prussia. Representing the Duchy of Berg, you will find them playable on all Army Front game modes. Canyon, a community-favourite map has also made it back into the game.

There’s more to look out for before you set sail once more in the update next to come. You’re most welcome to check out the BETA if you’d like to have a go at it before the naval gameplay oriented updated sees a full release.

Grenadiers! Kingdom of Prussia

More men in uniform. Clad in red, white and blue, this one is certainly quite the sight to look at. You’ll now find the Grenadier class available to play as part of the Army based selection of units for the Kingdom of Prussia.

Canyon. Army Front Map

Canyon, a community-favourite map makes its way back into the game! Many last stands where had inside its church as reinforcements deplete. This has been made possible thanks to an addition we’ll be discussing next.

Quality of Life. Muting & More

Player Based Map Rotations
To better tailor the experience on the official servers, smaller maps like Canyon will only come into play when the player count is not at its peak. While the largest of maps like the Grassy, Snowy or Desert Open Plains variants only rotate when the player count is sufficiently high.

Have a read of our changelog for a better understanding of how to make use of this new functionality on your community server. It can also be used to define a map in the rotation that an administrator can rotate to using the mapRotation command but the map itself doesn’t automatically rotate.

Easier Player VoIP Muting
Scrolling through the entire list of players to look for that individual you wouldn’t like to hear from any longer can sometimes be quite the task. Based on community feedback, we came up with an addition to facilitate this.

Players that have most recently spoken through VoIP will now appear at the top of the list in the Round Players ‘P’ panel so you can more easily find the person you’re looking for. If you know the player’s name, you can also make use of the search bar in the same panel.

Mute A Player From Chat
Not too keen on a particular fellow’s conversation in chat? You now have the option to mute specific individuals through the Round Players ‘P’ panel. Similar to how VoIP muting functions, muting a player through chat also persists through rounds.

Spectate A Specific Player
When in spectate mode, you are now able to directly spectate a specific player of your own choosing as long as they are affiliated with your own faction. Clicking on the all-seeing eye icon present in the Round Players ‘P’ panel will allow you to do this.

What’s To Come? Naval Warfare

Keep your boots dry for a short while longer! It won’t be too long now before we take the relatively sizable naval update out of BETA. The 50-gun frigate based on the French vessel ‘La Proserpine’, rocket boats, a new coastal siege map, tools to provide a solid groundwork for various roleplay scenarios to occur and much much more.

Don’t forget to join us on Discord if you’re interested in participating in the BETAs.

Holdfast NaW - Community Discord

https://steamcommunity.com/games/589290/announcements/detail/1607133862271022861
https://steamcommunity.com/games/589290/announcements/detail/1606007324383737788

Here’s the full change log.

Changelog 31 - Game Version 0.29.7075.25477

New Game Features

• Prussian Grenadiers. Clad in red, white and blue, this one is certainly quite the sight to look at. The Grenadier class available to play as part of the Army based selection of units for the Kingdom of Prussia.

• Canyon makes its way back into the game.

Quality of Life

• Player based map rotations. Smaller maps like Canyon, for instance, will only come into play when the player count is not at its peak. While the largest of maps like the Grassy, Snowy or Desert Open Plains variants only rotate when the player count is sufficiently high.
  » Input the below commands as global configuration settings to define the minimum number of required players for the low, medium or high population settings.

• population_low_min_players 30
• population_medium_min_players 50
• population_high_min_players 100
  » Input the below command per map rotation to define on which population setting a particular map should be played on. Setting all of the below values to false will prevent the map from rotating automatically but administrators can still access and rotate to that map using the mapRotation command.
• population_verylow_playable true or false
• population_low_playable true or false
• population_medium_playable true or false
• population_high_playable true or false

• Players that have most recently spoken through VoIP will now appear at the top of the list in the Round Players ‘P’ panel so you can more easily find the person you’re looking for.

• You now have the option to mute specific individuals from chat through the Round Players ‘P’ panel.

• When in spectate mode, you are now able to directly spectate a specific player of your own choosing as long as they are affiliated with your own faction. You can do this by clicking on the eye icon in the Round Players ‘P’ panel.

Bug Fixes

• Solved various issues with Canyon when played on Conquest.

Do look forward to what’s to come. You’re more than welcome to have a read of our development roadmap if you haven’t done so already.

Holdfast NaW - Development Roadmap

Once again, thank you for your support and until next time, may good health be yours.

We're working on the next update.

- Anvil Game Studios