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How to play as Germany and dig through the files

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2021-07-26 13:17:09
How to play as Germany and dig through the files

Method 1 (Easier)


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The most simplest method is that of Xeoniz from the coh2.org forums, you can find where he explains it here: https://www.coh2.org/topic/108879/coh-3-german-campaign/post/872805

But basically it consists of right clicking on Company of Heroes 3: Pre-Alpha Preview in your Steam library, then clicking on properties and a little window will pop up where you can write 2 launch codes.

And then you write either

-entry_race germans_campaign

if you want to play with Germany in the campaign to see the Panzer and Mechanized Companies altho you won't be able to play a match with them sadly, you just need to start a new campaign after you launch the game with the code, or alternatively

-entry_race germans

if you just want to play skirmish with them, then you just start a new skirmish match after you launch the game with the code again.

Here's also a video explaining how this process is done if you're still having issues with it:

Method 2 (A Bit More Complex)


This method was originally found out by Miko on the official Company of Heroes forums and you can find his topic here: https://community.companyofheroes.com/coh-franchise/company-of-heroes-3/forums/1-general-discussion/threads/798-tutorial-play-as-germans?page=1

Basically it revolves around downloading 1 or 2 save files from his thread and placing them in your savegame folder as it's written there and the address is this -

\Documents\my games\Company of Heroes 3 - COHDev\Savegames\Campaign\italy_little_italy\autosave

After which you need to resume or start your campaign and then load the save file you've downloaded and placed in the savegame folder from inside the campaign, again as it's written there.

I've also made a video explaining this process here if again somebody is having issues with it:

File Digging



This section will be about digging through the files.

I've made 2 videos for now and there's also a topic about it on the coh2.org forums again.

So first off, here is said topic that I mentioned: https://www.coh2.org/topic/108904/coh3-file-digging

GachiGasm has found some pretty juice information within the files using a hex editor.

Other than that there's Janne252's method of extracting the game's music within the files: https://janne252.dev/content/2021/coh3-pre-alpha-extract-music

Here's a little showcase of the game's main theme, ripped straight from the game's files:

And lastly a modified Company of Heroes 2 Archive Viewer allowing you to access the game's .sga files to view and extract it's contents: https://janne252.dev/content/2021/coh3-pre-alpha-extract-sga

As well as my video on it:

Videos







This will be a section entirely dedicated to some of my gameplay and other videos concerning the game or Germany.

First off I'll start with the video explaining how I fixed the game lagging for me since I'm on a laptop -

My first playthrough with Germany -

Second playthrough -

A sort of showcase of the German units -

Fortifications Field Marshal gameplay -

And lastly a showcase of the German Panzer and Mechanized Companies in the campaign -

Source: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2556969747

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