Update v8.6.5 (15 December 2020)

We're releasing a new update for the game, bringing it to version 8.6.5. This patch brings several changes, fixes and additions.

Maps:

Added Crescent Bay MP Map

Updated all [Tournament Settings] Maps to use NoDeploy feature

Updated Return to Raseiniai and Kiev to Zhitomir to use NoDeploy feature

Editor:

Added new "NoDeploy" feature. Can be used to stop players being able to deploy onto hexes where they usually would be able to

Enabled extra factions like US Army, IJN, RAF, etc. in editor

General:

Added several new units

Added new unit skins

Reduced biplane fighters to 2CP

Several other balance changes

Can now turn off the Fog Of War when viewing a full game replay

Fixes:

Misplaced counter on Construction Yard

Restart Scenario option not available if you press ESC rather than click Options button
Update v8.6.1 (28 October 2020)

We're releasing a new update for the game, bringing it to version 8.6.1. This patch brings several changes and fixes along with two tournament multiplayer maps.
BUG FIXES

Cost for deployment was not subtracted for core-imported aircraft after initial deployment stage when on airstrip

Scrambling spec was not working for carrier-borne aircraft
UI

added arrow to campaign map for linked Soviet DLCs
UNITS

A few unit data changes
RISING SUN

Scn Guadalcanal: added missing event pic
USMC

Scn Guam: changed trigger for secondary objective
RED STAR

Scn Moscow: added few missing German trigger texts
RED STEEL

Scn Kholm: turn progression now 2/day to avoid overlap with next battle
RED STORM

Campaign

changed "Battle of the Bulge" event

Scn Kerch-Eltigen: changed early victory trigger

Scn Partisans: added correct French text, changed paratrooper survival check

Scn Karelia: fixed issue denying victory over turn 30
MULTIPLAYER MAP UPDATES:

Added:

[1v1] Peninsula Invasion [Tournament Settings]

[1v1] Wake Island Assault [Tournament Settings]
Changes:

Return to Raseiniai 1942

1VP per turn for all VP's (reduced value of some flags)

More Per Turn Income for Russians

Added Russian spotter plane with their reinforcements

Increased supply base capture reward for early turn captures

Added deployment at supply bases for all turns for Russians (instead of only during deployment and reinforcement)

Kiev to Zhitomir:

Fixed issue where scores were logged against wrong player for tournaments
Update v8.5.6 (6 August 2020)

Fixed issues in USA and Japanese campaign scenarios where victory triggers didn't fire for defence scenarios

Issue with extra combat indicators when moving AA units in transports

Logging in to Multiplayer using different case letters in your username would terminate a tournament game

Fixed issue where having a system set to a language that uses comma as a decimal delineator would cause scoring issues in tournaments

PBEM connection timeout increased to help with connection issues

Retry Connection "yes" button now works

Default difficulty for scenarios is now 3 (was 1)

Slightly resized dialog boxes for scenario intros

Delayed appearance of Decisions Popups to match scenario editor order
Update v8.5.4 (21 July 2020)

This one is a bit of a surprise: it introduces the Slitherine Tournament System to Order of Battle. What is it? It is a system for automated tournament management. We fully intend to make use of it in the future, but first we will need to test it. Expect news about this very soon.

Changelog:

UPDATES
• Added new Russian Music
• Added support for future PBEM Multiplayer Tournaments
• Added new Trophy icons to games list for PBEM tournament games
• Added PBEM game turn to PBEM game list
• Removed restriction on Zundapp for Editor
BUG FIXES
• Fix for Turn Start Triggers firing extra times at scenario end
• Fix for Objectives Labels remaining visible after deactivation
PBEM Multiplayer takes you to the game list instead of Main Menu after ending turn
• Fix for Timed out games appear as awaiting opponent in game list
• Elite Air Groups Spec was too generous (Gave 3 x 3 stars rather than 2 x 3 stars as stated)
• Fix for units with zero XP showing half a star of xp
DATA/TEXT
• various unit data fixes
• several text fixes
• fixed entries for WaffenSS to support camo skins
RED STAR
• scn Moscow, added missing pic
RED STEEL
• scn Kholm: spec points on early victory added
• scn Winterstorm: AI supply loss fixed
UI
• added few MP icons
Update v8.4.4 (15 May 2020)

Four scenarios were added, three singleplayer and one for multiplayer.

Castle Itter - 1945 Author: Bru German renegades, Austrian resistance fighters, and French prisoners unite in battle to turn back a Waffen SS assault on a stronghold in Tyrol, Austria.

Operation Dragoon Author: Conboy The invasion of Southern France by VI Corps and the First French Army.

Battle of Midway Author: Duplex The Russians and Germans duke it out over a river. Norway claims neutrality. An irreverant experiment!

2vAI Market Garden Author: Erik Nygaard Cooperative Scenario in command of the Allied forces as they attempt to take A Bridge Too Far.

BUG FIXES

Objective counters leaking onto multiple lines

Disband unit button missing

KV1 m1940 tank, shadowing issue

Some non-English characters not showing correctly

Added support for Traditional and Simplified Chinese to fonts

Added "No traits" message on Units with no Traits

TAC class - switch Bombs/Torpedo loadout issue

The hotkey for Air/Ground focus wasn't working properly

Can't access bottom hexes on map due to UI

Partial fix for text display on low resolutions

Communications Error on Main Menu. Added timeout.

Tooltips on Unit Traits

Unit Upgrades, current unit wasn't pre-selected for comparison

No Experience info tooltip on units with 0 stars

Add option to "unscale" UI -> HD UI option in Options - Audio/Video

Commander info missing from Unit details

Password box is hard to see

COMMANDERS

added stats for Jpn #44

MP

scn Double Dragion, Fra text changed to 2 IA

added several Spa text files

UNITS

adjusted few unit stats

(Type 3 Chi-Nu Kai, Type 4 Chi-To, B-26 line)

BT-7A corrected direct fire anim

Ger captured Sherman, removed field armor switch

Ar 234 removed def anim, no defensive weapons

fixed DUKW display names

Fin 15cm artillery damage texture fixed

BLITZKRIEG

fixed Dunkirk event label (Ger language only)

RED STAR

scn Summa 40, edited aux TP

scn Smolensk, changed flag

scn Moscow, added missing pic

RED STEEL

scn Kerch, changed secondary objective trigger

scn Winterstorm, included StuG F to count for objective

PACIFIC (Bootcamp, US, Jpn cams)

added markers for various primary objectives

scn Java, slightly changed "30 turns" objective

TUTORIAL CAMPAIGN

scn dates (cam file) edited for tank spec to work

Changed Default Zoom Levels
Update v8.3.0 (16 December 2019)

Added a few missing UI textures & destroyed textures

Corrected models & textures for Soviet infantry units

Added missing texts for all languages

Corrected unit_1184 name in localisation files

Fixed a few other typos in localisation files

Added a few missing texts in localisation files

UNITS

unit_2179 and unit_2186 (Oerlikon 20mm Portee) names corrected in German, Spanish & French.

GAZ-AAA 4M Maxim (two switches) firing anim improvement

Various MG-armed transport vehicles, forum request; added low vehicle attack stats so they can attack hard targets too

Heavy SPAT/Assault Guns +1 CP requirement
RED STAR

scn 09 Raseiniai

changed one objective fail trigger scn sov1_10_Smolensk_41

re-upped text_english in scn folder with few typos fixed scn sov1_12_Rostov

changed "early victory" and "Rostov" objective triggers
RISING SUN

scn RoadtoManila

changed Clark airfield trigger, fixed P40 removal issue
MORNING SUN

scn Wuhan 1938

minor map/road change
BURMA ROAD

scn 09_LedoRoad

trigger "construct tracker" changed to fix defeat issue
BLITZKRIEG

scn 11_Kiev

changed "connect" objective trigger
PANZERKRIEG

scn 09_Winterstorm

changed marker hex for Stalingrad airfield
Update 7.1.6 (19 February 2019)

Fixed same resolution displaying multiple times

Restart and Exit options removed from Outcome screen

Battle of Britain mod - Single Player fixed

Texts on City Plates should be rendered correctly on all languages

Fixed saving replays

FW 190 F & FW 190 G availability dates updated

City Plates from Boot Camp should display correctly when choosing Spanish language

Panzer Lehr specialization missing image fixed

Sturmtiger movement set to tracked

Air units destroyed on the ground not counted correctly fixed

Marder I bug - internal name changed from Marder II to Marder I

You can now purchase all specialisations after finishing Antwerp scenario

37mm Bofors AT german has truck_german for transport

Finnish infantry 37 and 38 attack values corrected

Finnish heavy infantry 43 defense value corrected

Advanced Aeronautics code issues fixed

Goliath Mine spec fixed

Editor issue (alliance color/nation flag mismatch) fixed

Fixed issues with Scenario Editor dates

Recipients section for dialog popup in Scenario Editor are now working as intended

Uranprojekt specialisation works as intended

ITA L3 series are no longer burning in the horizontal direction when destroyed

Chasseurs Alpins and Chasseurs Ardennes have ski movement type

JAP KD6 KD7 submarines deck guns rotation pivot fixed

"Never lose Stalino or Krasnograd" trigger fixed

"Never lose Kharkov" trigger fixed

Sturmtiger movement reduced to 6

Jagdpanther movement upped to 8

Hetzer cost and defense rebalanced

Ar_234 & FW_200 availability date revised

283mm_K5 shock value rebalanced

Italian Sub Type 1 - faulty switch to German TypeVII fixed

Wire guided bombs specialisation fixed

German infantry 40, 41 & 44 tunneling attribute added

Skins for units no longer overlap with terrain details

Restart from scenario editor should work as intended

Lots of other minor tweaks and fixes to units data

Fixed restarting scenario when playing from a save file

Improved performance while loading game

Switching from Map3D to Map2D no longer causes freezes

A bunch of scenario & unit data fixes

Range preview of artillery units is visible in all terrain combinations

AI Infinite thinking time on Disembark fixed

Imported planes refunded if landed during deployment fixed
Blitzkrieg

Scen03: Resolved bugtracker #3854

Scen08: Set spec pt reward to 2

Scen09: Set spec pt reward to 2

Scen10: Resolved bugtracker #3902

Scen10: Fixed city plates in multiple languages

Scen11: Set spec pt reward to 2
Kriegsmarine

Scen01: Made "Narvik Fail" trigger inactive when "Take Narvik" is achieved to avoid scn ending in defeat

Scen01: Fixes problem that prevented victory plus other changes
Endsieg

Scen01: Reworked aux Panther D objective to fire with various core setups

Scen03: Added Sov T34m43 to final attack wave to increase change to fire "captured unit" trigger

Scen03: Changed defensive AI unit to join final attack wave

Scen04: Added Ger 10 supply when captured unit arrives to avoid shortage if players lost or gave up supply points

Scen04: Changed Kiev award to display intended no. of spec pts

Scen04: Corrected entry for missing "maps found" event pic

Scen05: Clarified aircraft number for objective2_2_0 (changed Eng, Ger, Fra, Spa text files, I'll ask Adam for Russian)

Scen06: Changed triggers regarding Sov air XP settings

Scen06: Changed camvar entry for later Moscow air XP trigger

Scen06: Set Kiev RP reward (from scn 004 camvar) to 50 (alliance)

Scen06: Changes some Sov tanks affected by camvar

Scen06: Added pic file event_bridge

Scen07: Removed info popup (missing text) when "destroy units" objective achieved

Scen07: Changed "Take Moscow" objective slightly

Scen07: Removed info popup/text for "destroy 50ground, 8 air units" objective

Scen07: Changed "never lose starting objectives" related triggers

Scen07: Changed camvar entry for actual Moscow air XP trigger

Scen08: Changed trigger for P26 tank reward arriving when achieved before at Anzio

Scen08: Fixed a few typos

Scen08: Balance: US forces behaviour slightly changed

Scen09: Changed evacuate Paris trigger to check at turn 15, evac has to be completed at the end of 14 to achieve objective

Scen09: Balance: added Ger 60 RP in case player failed earlier objectives limiting US air XP

Scen09: Changed "Hold Paris" trigger turn check slightly

Scen09: Changed AI team setting for CAN units

Scen09: Fixed briefing text error

Scen10: Corrected trigger to include Son when deployment restrictions are lifted

Scen10: Last para wave popup pic entry corrected

Scen11: Balance: added Ger 70 RP in case player failed earlier objectives limiting US air XP

Scen11: Balance: removed 2 aux units

Scen11: Weather popup pic entry corrected

Scen12: Balance: added Ger 80 RP in case player failed earlier objectives limiting US air XP

Scen12: Balance: added US rearguard artillery

Scen13: Removed "cropped" airfield top of the map causing wrong aircraft fuel indications

Scen13: Balance: removed SS reward RP

Scen13: Corrected Allied air units spawning in certain cases too early, and in wrong numbers

Scen13: Balance: added Ger 100 RP in case player failed earlier objectives limiting US air XP

Scen14: Added event pic file: event_stratbomber_warning

Scen14: Balance: reduced Ger turn income to 50 (possible bonus unchanged)

Scen14: Balance: removed SS reward RP

Scen15: Added event pic file: event_calais_cmdr

Scen15: Balance: reduced Ger turn income to 50 (possible bonus unchanged)

Scen15: Balance: removed SS reward RP

Scen Ita_Anzio: One-time RP reward for (either) Anzio or Nettuno set to 80 (alliance)

Scen Ita_Anzio: Added pic file event_bridge

Scen Ita_Anzio: Added pic file event_Ita_tank_dmg
Winter War

Scen04: Added Fin truck to captured 122mm gun

Scen06: Photo event missing trigger Airstrip mission 6 Artic Fox Winter War fixed
Panzerkrieg

Scen07: Reworked victory conditions
Update 6.1.9 (12 June 2018)

Fix for 6.1.7 PBEM games no loading
Update 6.1.8 (07 June 2018)

Undeploying carriers restores deployed costs on any stored units.

Fixed Mac video player bug

Downloading a PBEM game is now forbidden if it's not your turn. (Fixes crash issue

when double clicking a match that isn't your turn)

Graphical artifacts in frozen water fixed.

Fixed issue with Plane Transparencies

Fixed bug that could cause kills or casualties to be counted incorrectly (Fixes Norway

mission)

Several tweaks and fixes to Sandstorm scenarios

SdKfz 135/1 self-propelled artillery added for Baukommando Becker specialization

Marder II and Marder III are now only available if the Baukommando Becker

specialization is unlocked

Bug fixed that could cause AI units to enter an already occupied hex

Fixes and improvements to Campaign Editor

Switching between anti-tank, anti-air and artillery modes now no longer prevents the unit

from moving in the same turn

Units no longer cause ZoC on hexes they cannot enter due to their terrain type or the

presence of escarpments

Several tweaks and fixes to unit stats

FIxed bug with selecting briefing avatars in scenario editor