[2.0.4] Reworks, Polishes, & New Hungary Previews: King Tiger and more!

Hello again!

This update is primarily spent polishing a ton of game features and fixing some of the most commonly reported issues.

New Features:

• Improved terrain snow shader

• General UI and icon updates

  • Improved UI text hint style

  • Added new “Final Phase” warning

• New ammo pickup system allowing squadmates to share compatible ammunition. This allows for example British infantry to carry ammo for the Bren gunner, just like it was in WW2

• Reworked hit registration system with more accurate hitmarker and penetration feedback

• Reworked medical treatment system: now requires analysis of injury to know how to save patient

• Improved various cannon firing animations

• Added QF 6-pounder L50 and M1 57mm gun

• Camo Additions

  • Added Sherman “Sheik” camo (late 1943 / early 1944 – Italy)

  • New German mid-war bicolor and late-war tricolor camouflages

  • Improved Soviet camouflages to resemble whitewash over green base

  • Added additional Soviet camouflages for Sherman tanks

  • New yellow star and stripe Stuart camo (seen in Tunisia)

  • New system to visually represent vehicles as burned after internal component explosions (for vehicles supporting camo system)

  • Scrim on M10 Wolverine

• New German uniforms:

  • German M40 Coat with SS Smock

  • German M40 Coat with Zeltbahn

  • German M40 coat with Tablecloth

• Animations

  • New transport vehicle TPS animations

  • New Bren gun animations (synced sounds pending)

  • New Lebel 1886 animations (synced sounds pending)

  • New plane enter, idle, and exit animations

• Radio operator overhaul:

  • Radio operators can now independently call artillery and tank support without requiring leader requests

  • Reworked coordinate system converting inputs into real in-game world coordinates

  • Dedicated minimap UI for pinpointing artillery strikes

  • Ability to select artillery shell type during radio call interaction

  • Additional polishing and improvements to the radio system

• Quick press L1/LB reassigned to switch camera mode (FPS/TPS) for improved gamepad usability

• Support for the Hungarian alphabet

• Localization improvements and upgrades

• Improvements to various squad loadouts

• New fence model for the style of "Cattle Fence 02"

• New map editor mass replace / rotate / scale feature

Fixes and Improvements:

• Camouflage:

  • Improved German camouflage schemes for higher consistency and more authentic patterns

  • Fixed Saharan camo issues

  • Corrected Chinese tank camos and decals

• Added new camo system to various vehicles:

  • Macchi MC. 200

  • Macchi MC. 202

  • Grumman F4F Wildcat

  • Douglas SBD Dauntless

  • Horsa Glider

  • IL-2

• Fixed a bug causing AI vehicles moving to the direct center of objectives instead of random positions around them. Expect an increase in AI vehicle competency with this fix!

• Fixed bayonet installation system issues

• Corrected Stuart Honey periscope functionality

• Resolved rare crash issues on Nintendo Switch (Update pending approval for the Nintendo console)

• Fixed retreat retreat order triggering when entering a destroyed vehicle as infantry squad

• Adjusted and refined cannon explosion effects

• Fixed prop collision issues and improved map prop loading performance

• Resolved ammo refill incorrectly adding a dummy Panzerfaust rocket

• Fixed Carcano M91/38 bolt model

• Corrected Sherman meshes and materials

• Adjusted Panther armor values

• Resolved issues in squad loadouts and missions

• Fixed Italian building collision problems

• Corrected TPS camera setting not applying when taking control of already spawned vehicles

• Fixed localization errors

• More customizable violence settings

• Various missions across multiple campaigns tweaked for balance purposes

Coming Soon...

We're now on full-speed-ahead on the upcoming Hungarian DLC, centered on the Siege of Budapest and the battles around Lake Balaton in January-March 1945. In the coming months, we will continue sharing previews as development progresses. Those who want earlier insights can follow the work-in-progress updates on our official Discord Server.

Several vehicle additions are coming to the base game as well very soon. The M3 Half-track family has