Update v. 1.588

[dynamiclink href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/1934300/Armored_Brigade_II/"]A new update for Armored Brigade II is out now, packed with fixes, quality-of-life improvements, and a host of new database additions. The dev team has been working tirelessly to polish and expand the experience, and we're incredibly excited to showcase something new this September. It's shaping up to be a great winter for all Armored BrigadeII fans. --- Changelog ---

v1.588

• Fix: A Windows user folder non-ASCII character issue prevented from deleting save files and editing scenario files.

• Fix: Weapon wrecks were rendered twice, potentially causing performance and other issues.

• Fix: Vehicles were set on fire too often when destroyed.

• Fix: Detached AI squads always used a Contact waypoint instead of Advance, so they were not advancing anywhere if player units were in sight.

• Fix: The AI side platoon-level waypoint syncing did not always work.

• Fix: The defending AI rotates its units to observe player units, and this sometimes prevented scripted waypoints from being used. Now it is not done if a platoon/company has waypoints.

• Fix: The AI loaded infantry back to their transports even after the script had made a formation split.

• RemovedFixNow the AI should never 'hijack' a formation to guard a captured objective, if the formation or its attached company formation have any disabled waypoints. This way the AI does not ruin the script.

• Fix: Use a different drawing function for on-map colored squares (e.g. the LOS tool), hopefully fixing their misplacement on some systems.

• FixedDatabaseFixed the Towed Rapier (lacked the passenger trait).
• AdjustedDatabaseUpdated the Rapier and Roland 1 & 2 missiles with revised data.
• FixedDatabaseFixed Panzerfaust 3 formation with the correct unit.
• AddedDatabaseAdded IFA W50 truck for East Germany.

• Database: Aligned East German BTR-50, BTR-60, BTR-60 values with Soviet vehicles.

• AddedDatabaseD–442 and D-944 models added.
• AddedDatabaseWeapons and crew added for East Germans (AGL, ATGMs, MMG, HMG, MT-12, mortarmen, SPG-9 and ZSU-23).
• AddedDatabaseAdded MG3 weapon model and gunner.
• AdjustedDatabaseAdded model for Pak-40, adjusted emplacement time and added a towed version.
• AdjustedDatabaseIncreased PaK 40 combat load to 40 rounds.
• AdjustedDatabaseReduced 100mm gun muzzle flash on BMP-3 to 36.
• AddedDatabaseAdded D-44 and D-30 gun models; added East German artillery commander.
• AddedDatabaseAdded D-44 field gun and D-30 howitzer for the USSR (both static and motorized variants).
• AdjustedDatabaseLowered traverse rate of emplaced AT and field guns; added emplacement times.
• AddedDatabaseAdded M-30 howitzer model and Finnish artillery commander, including Finnish towed sections for both M-30 and D-30.
• AddedDatabaseAdded Valmet 365 tractor (with and without trailer) for the Finnish Army.

• Database: Finnish 82mm mortars and PaK-40 now use tractors for transport.

• AddedDatabaseAdded Finnish ATGM gunners and ZU-23 gunner.
• AddedDatabaseAdded Finnish gunners for mortars, indirect artillery, and PaK gun.
• AddedDatabaseAdded Finnish infantry formations with tractors.
• AddedDatabaseAdded smaller motorized Plt HQ squads for Finnish infantry and Jaeger troops to account for employed drivers.

• Database: Finnish early 1970s infantry platoon was using Lt RCL Squad instead of Team.

• AddedDatabaseAdded B-10 and B-11 recoilless rifle models.

• Database: Eliminated Cyrillic "A" in Soviet cannon names.

• AddedDatabaseAdded Maxim MG model and respective gunner.
• AddedDatabaseAdded Marder 1A3 model.
• AddedDatabaseAdded 95 S 58 recoilless rifle model with respective gunner.
• AddedDatabaseAdded West German models for FK 20-2, Cobra ATGM, M40 RCL and TOW missile with respective gunners and commanders.
• AddedDatabaseAdded ZPU-2 model.
• AdjustedDatabaseAdjusted ZPU-2 and ZU-23-2 emplacement times.

• Engine: Implement vehicle trailers and towing.

• Engine: Implement contour lines.

• Engine: Implement trails for aircraft, missiles, and rockets.

• Engine: 'Limited elevation' limits an indirect fire weapon elevation to 30 degrees instead of the standard 45 degrees.

• Engine: Improve tracer colors.

• Engine: Adjust bloom and color saturation.

• AdjustedEngineImproved the drifting pattern of particles from destroyed vehicles, so now it is more like a sphere instead of a cube.

• Scenarios: Improve 'Winter Desolation'.

• Scenarios: Improve 'Frontal Assault'; the AI opponent now uses its tanks to support infantry.

• Scenarios: 'Midsummer Inferno': Replace the 3rd mission Finnish heavy RCL sections with motorized ones.

• UI: Increase the maximum scroll speed setting.