Volkssturm uniforms Inconsistencies [Reworks and additions]

[ErikaKalkbrenner]

a bit of context

greetings.

as a continuation of the previous thread, ( that is, sharing the same goal )

Cosmetic inconsistencies ( paratrooper uniforms for germany )

yes, the water is wet, i know there are many cosmetic inconsistencies within the customization menu, also, prolly for the moment not a big deal. ( not a priority ) i’ll start a serie of cosmetic thread trying to address and fix all of those inconsistencies present within enlisted. to be precise, in today’s thread, i want to cover germany’s paratroopers. ( and if i’ve got time, and want to, i’ll continue with this series of small threads ) anyway i find odd that both the americans ( us & uk …

today, i would like to address the volkssturm uniforms and squads.
which, should be easier to fix. but of course, not a priority. just one thing to add in the future

as far as it goes this little project of restoration and addition goes, i decided that i’ll finish the germans ones, and then procced with other factions.

the reasons are simple,

• i know more about german uniforms in the current state, and i recreated most of them with the textures that we have
• i’m still learning other factions irl camouflages, pattern, items, and trying to assest them for further accurate depictions. in the meanwhile, due to not many textures of allied uniforms reusable across other items, i can’t really provide a suggestions without an actual recreated item over the editor to send to the devs.
• i want to conclude a faction at a time.

now, i’ll admit i don’t have the ideas all there. especially since the customization it’s still a big incognita and ( hopefully ) it will be reworked at some point. perhaps i’m just making holes in the water.

however, i’ll try to tackle it one bit at a time.

and without wasting anyones time,

i’ll start with:

REWORK the 1st volkssturm company and the 77th infantry regiment

what i mean by this, is that i find weird that the 1st volkssturm company, of volkssturm stuff, has only the name, and the 77th infantry regiment despite being a volksgrenadier / infantry squad unit get access to volkssturm customization:

essentially, 1st volkssturm company does not have default nor buyable volkssturm uniforms
but the 77th infantry regiment can and does

so, the solutions would be, either rework and spaw template of those squads, or allow anyone to wear volkssturm customization for non volkssturm squads to.

next,

add battle of the bulge volkssturm customization & trenchcoats

so… unironically,
the first time the allied actually encountered volkssturm formations, was during the the battle of aechen on october 1944.

which according to the same enlisted standard, association by year,
the volksstums were actually formed in september 25 1944.

and the battle of the bulge is in 1944-1945

so, they should definitely be available or… " a thing " in the battle of the bulge.
but they aren’t.

i saw the following statement across some messages:

• " b-b u t, there have no uniforms ! "

incorrect. ( well, technically that’s sort of true )

but there are, and can be easily made in a matter of minutes:

@ErikaKalkbrenner

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as those do work, and can be made, i’m sure devs can figure out the rest.

• add the missing / last hidden tunic and add new options:

to be precise, these following items:

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( which, i don’t question the validicity of others, i’m sure they did existed, but as far as i know, the field green was the more common one, a bit weird that it’s present in the editor, but never showed up )

as well as more general options:
because to be fair, i find a cool and nice detail that in enlisted, you actually can play those generally rare units that in almost no other games ( outside rts ) allows you to. and it’s a nice detail.
as such, it would also be great to make use of the assets that we have by creating new style of uniforms that haven’t been used before, are still of official quality, and gives something new

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( considering that, volksstum were mostly given what they had, and often sided with elite units that i can’t name, but everyone knows for the pea dot. )

as well the m44 varient which aren’t present, but just like trench coats, here is the code compatible and proven to work over customs:

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and lastly, i know someone in particular will be happy,

- don’t let volkssturm squad appear outside of the battle of the bulge and berlin.

what i mean by that, is that it’s … slighlty weird seeing volkssturm units in tunisia etc.

it would be best if those would swap to test server changes ( aka, base uniforms ).

the alternative would be, use the medic tunic with armband and different textures.

but that would cause issues… as… other units less market-friendly-world wide.
like, honor guards, or… SA so to speak. but yeah we don’t want any of that, even though i saw some people suggesting that.
again, for those maps it would be best to make them wear normal infantry or perhaps, better,

show a french patch over the shoulder ( since patches on clothings are a thing, just momentarily hidden )

fun fact, even the feldgendarmerie were supposed to have a patch

and here are some examples of what could come out of it:

in conclusion

and that’s about it.

this is everything related to the volkssturm.

again, not a priority, just something to do after this whole thing of steam gets solved, at the bottom of the list so to speak.

i’ll add more if i find anything, but i’ll doubt it.

thanks in advance.

[iso_seppo123]

@ErikaKalkbrenner

tanks in advance

Where do they advance?

[Osinyagov]

I think the most realistic scenario is to change their uniform on non-volkssturm outside Berlin and Ardennes, because adding another sub-matchmaking system won’t worth it. But i still have no idea what to do with volkssturm weapons in current system. Seeing them in Moscow/Stalingrad is kinda odd.

But if dream for awhile, i would turn all Volkssturm squads into event ones, and stick volkssturm weapons (VG 2, VG 1-5, MP 3008) to them, and all this with BR4-5, so it’s like “hardcore” mode.

Spoiler

Never happen of course

[Veekay45]

@ErikaKalkbrenner

and lastly, i know someone in particular will be happy,

- don’t let volkssturm squad appear outside of the battle of the bulge and berlin.

what i mean by that, is that it’s … slighlty weird seeing volkssturm units in tunisia etc.

it would be best if those would swap to test server changes ( aka, base uniforms ).

Yasss preach

Screw VS uniforms in Tunisia and Stalingrad.
All my homies hate VS uniforms in Tunisia and Stalingrad.

[Banfly]

As usual a great contribution, excited to see what you’ll come up with for the americans and the soviets. To add something myself to this thread, I’ll just annex what I’ve posted previously in another thread more than a year ago.

Berlin should definitely get more customization options, especially Volksturm-related, aka civilian clothing as it’d definitely make the campaign even more unique (perhaps it should also be locked to Volksturm squads?):

Unused Volkssturm Uniform in Berlin - #3 by Banfly

[coldestwinter]

I hope that some of your customization suggestions are implemented eventually, the customization system has so much untapped potential.

[Euthymia07]

Lengthy but clear and well made, I will forward this

[Ron_McKracker]

@ErikaKalkbrenner

this is everything related to the volkssturm.

Did Volksstrum ever roll up their sleeves on their uniforms? It would be nice to see rolled-up sleeves for the Volksstrum, if possible.

[Willcario]

all i want is a classic gewehr 98, no trench mag or dust cover, so i can use them on volkssturm guys

[ErikaKalkbrenner]

@Euthymia07

Lengthy but clear and well made, I will forward this

thank you

@Ron_McKracker

Did Volksstrum ever roll up their sleeves on their uniforms? It would be nice to see rolled-up sleeves for the Volksstrum, if possible.

not sure,

from what footage and pictures i could find, it doesn’t seem.

@Willcario

all i want is a classic gewehr 98, no trench mag or dust cover, so i can use them on volkssturm guys

indeed.

a fine weapon for a fine unit