World War II Online is a flight war simulation game. World War II Online is a combined arms, online simulation set in a relentless, action-packed 3D environment where players can command and crew a variety of accurately modeled vehicles, naval vessels and aircraft or sling weapons and fight as a foot soldier with and against thousands of other players.

World War II Online is the first and still only massively multiplayer first-person virtual battlefield that covers a 1/2 scale map of Europe with accurate terrain modeling. It enables thousands of players to fight 24/7 in a persistent world in which career paths and character advancement provide a rich RPG layer and strategic systems are driven by player missions and command structure.

Here are some key features of "World War II Online: Battleground Europe":

· Combined arms operations in the first online virtual battlefield.
· 1/2 scale map of Europe- the biggest online world ever!
· Thousands of online players in a 24/7 persistent world.
· First person perspective in all game play.
· Character advancement and career paths for rich RPG layer.
· Strategic systems driven by player missions and command.
· Historically accurate weapons, aircraft, tanks, trucks and more!
· Groundbreaking physics and damage modeling.

Requirements:

· Apple Macintosh G4 processor 1.2 GHz or higher version.
· 512MB RAM (1GB recommended).
· 128 MB video card (OpenGL v1.2 compliant) Examples: NVidia GeForce 5000 series or better, ATI Radeon 9800 or better.
· Strongly Recommended: NVidia GeForce 7000 series or better.
· Strongly Recommended: ATI Radeon X1600 series or better.
· Strongly Recommended:DirectSound compatible audio card.
· Strongly Recommended: 32xCD-ROM (installation only).
· Strongly Recommended: 56K Modem Internet connection (broadband strongly recommended).
· Strongly Recommended: 1GB free hard drive space.
· Strongly Recommended: (USB joystick recommended).

Limitations:

· 14 days trial period.

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Vehicles:

· Fixed the Bedford transport truck not being able to climb steep grades

· Audited all transport trucks/halftracks to ensure they climbed steep grades

· Replaced AP ammunition in Crusader Mk.II with APCBC

· Increased KwK.38L42 AP ammunition to capped standard (PzKw.IIIh)
· 
Increased MINE round loadout in MGFF/M belts by 20% (Bf109E-4, Bf109F-1, Bf110C-4)

· Audited SaMle.38L33 AP rounds (H-39)
· 
Audited SaMle.35L34 AP rounds (S-35 and CharB1.bis)
· 
Fixed the "vibrator bug" in the S-35

· Adjusted an inertial value affecting off axis recoil in the PzKw.VIe Tiger

· Squads:

· Invites will now show the correct inviter and squad names

· Squads will now default to English (or Chinese) as the default language
Squad issues with non English characters have been resolved
· 
Squad issues with 10 character names have been resolved

Chat:
· 
Fixed a rare chat host crash
.reports will now accept Chinese characters

Engine:
· Some memory tuning

Installer:
· 
Fixed unwise.exe

China:
· 
MOTD should now accept input from any IME
MOTDs now save correctly

· Several IME improvements
Fixed capture dialog
· Hourly Play (China):
Player's minute balance now properly updates at despawn

Chat Rate Limiting (China):
· 
Chat messages can now be time limited through the host to prevent chat spam
· 
Recruiters call signs are now correctly shown in the requiter windows