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8.4.4
ADDED Sd. Kfz. 7-1 flakvierling 38 to: Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria. CHANGED Capturing a victory point will now trigger a refresh of borders + land ownership (without full FOW clearing however). Rommel’s Offensive campaig…
8.4.3
CHANGED Units movement pathfinding will now prioritize going across tiles that are not in the FOW, and if there's a tie, it will prioritize moving across owned territory that is in FOW rather than enemy territory inside…
8.4.2
ADDED New US tanks: Sherman M4 75mm, Sherman M4 105mm, Sherman M4A1 75mm, Sherman M4A1 76mm, Sherman M4A2 75mm, Sherman M4A3 75mm, Sherman M4A3 76mm, Sherman M4A3 105mm, Sherman M4A4 75mm. CHANGED Entrenchment damage mo…
8.4.1
ADDED Brand new Europe 1940 standalone scenario (with new leaderboard entries). Two new French commanders: Pierre Héring, Charles Huntziger. Marmon–Herrington Mk I, Marmon–Herrington Mk II, Marmon–Herrington Mk VI, Crui…
8.4.0
Warning: the multiplayer server will be updated within the next 48h and will require any version equal or above 8.4.0 to access online services. CHANGED Scenario Generator has been reworked from the ground up. New terra…
8.3.14
CHANGED AI is a bit more careful with its attacks/targets when sitting on its own major VP. AI will be purchasing AA/AT units more consistently now. AI SPAA / SPAT units purchase chance has been increased. Operation Ove…
8.3.13
ADDED Reinstated the Sd. Kfz. 7-1 flakvierling 38 New German SPAAG: Sd. Kfz. 6-2 FlaK 3.7 cm New German SPAAG: Sd. Kfz. 8 FlaK 18 8.8 cm (prototype) CHANGED Buildings no longer can be redeployed. Was exploited and makes…
8.3.12
CHANGED Rebalanced Leningrad 41 Axis campaign scenario. Occupied VPs now provide 25% less supplies. Land units in transport ships no longer apply any supply penalty to land units. Optimized a little bit the supply path…
8.3.11
ADDED Smooth fog of war uncovering when moving units. Smooth VP ownership change when a VP is captured (short animation). Deathblow icon on damage preview to see at a glance whether a unit dies during the engagement. Sh…
8.3.10
ADDED New movement inertia on units is now optional (setting, default to ON). CHANGED Reduced clouds opacity when zooming in/closer to the map. Reduced GPU load with new clouds system (they no longer have any performanc…
8.3.9
ADDED Brand new Eastern Front 1942 standalone scenario. Leaderboard entry (steam) for new Eastern Front 1942 scenario. Supply plane to Japan. Slight inertia to units when they move. Smooth lerp for unit swap movement. C…
8.3.8
ADDED New unit property: AvailabilityOption. This new property replaces the old isRemoved property, it now allows you to control who this unit is available to (Everyone, No one, AI only, Humans only). Move or Attack rul…
8.3.7
ADDED Missing unit properties fields to the CSV file generation (units editor). CHANGED Morale damage modifier has been smoothed between states, preventing hard morale modifier based on pure raw morale state. Previously…
8.3.6
ADDED Drazki-class torpedo boat and Lurssen F1 class torpedo boat to Bulgaria. Tooltip for cost of unit redeployment on UI. Ship names in all missing UI menus: store, reserve, order of battle. CHANGED Redeploy button is…
8.3.5
CHANGES Bumped multiplayer compat version to 8.3.5 Terrain modifier UI icon has been updated to something clearer than a bunker icon. Upgrading/Downgrading a unit (from itself to another unit) will now remove 1 level of…
8.3.4
CHANGED Research time has been tweaked to take into account the amount of time that goes by every turn. Underlying code has been reworked to also improve modding with Harmony. Rules for transportation modes (Horse-towed…
8.3.3
ADDITIONS Auto recognition of more ship classes: Frigate, Corvette, Minesweeper, torpedo boat, escort destroyer. CHANGES Significantly reduced core units upkeep when in reserve on campaign scenarios only (from 50% to 10…
8.3.2
FIXES AI not deploying its units properly. Operation Unthinkable wrong side assigned in campaign. Panzer III Hs were present originally on the Battle of France 1940 scenario even though this model was not produced yet h…
8.3.1
ADDED AI nations now guard their borders during peacetime, evaluating nearby threats and reinforcing the most dangerous frontiers. Hurja class gunboat to Finland. Prezidentas Smetona gunboat to Lithuania. Ronis class su…
8.3.0
CHANGED All ships graphics have been updated and their style has been unified. All ships counters have been updated to a new design. All plane counters have been updated to fit the new design (tinted instead of full out…
