Another day, another update

Encounter Mode (Demo)

• TDC target preview now uses the live position keeper state, so the yellow estimated target outline stays smooth!

• Torpedo camera behavior improved: after a followed torpedo hits, it shows the impact, then switches to the next running torpedo or exits if none remain.

• Periscope/binocular rendering is smoother under load, with better live state updates, smoke/effects handling, and contact culling.

• Added loadable “last autosave” slots for active standalone scenarios.

• Added optional travel-time estimates to ruler lines. Double-click a line to set speed for estimating time; labels show time and speed used.

• Compass-circle time estimates now also show the speed used.

• Added a setting where you can turn off automatically setting periscope depth by sea state (the blue band), which gives you manual control over which depth you want to have.

• Improved periscope/binocular minimap aiming: click/drag on an empty area in the minimap to quickly pan the view there. Contact clicks still lock to contacts.

• Arrow-key periscope and hydrophone turning now supports Shift for max speed and Ctrl for fine control.

• UI polish for corner radius map/station side trays

• Fixed the depth meter from staying stale if the periscope panel was open.

• Compact mobile landscape pause banner layout.

• Display errors now show a recovery screen with Reload and diagnostics-folder actions instead of just failing silently.

• Fixed Type A and Type TL from missing the "(MOD)" suffix in the identification book.

Full Version (Playtest)

• Campaign saves now have clearer handling: “Save Campaign,” campaign dates on manual saves, and a localized “last autosave” entry.

• Added a dedicated Scenario Settings dialog for editor scenarios: difficulty tuning, reveal ships, dud rate, restart, weather, sea state, and time of day now live there instead of the save dialog.

• Campaign/patrol autosaves are now separate from standalone scenario autosaves.

• Patrol-mode saves now avoid carrying stale encounter-only state such as tactical ships, aircraft, flares, torpedoes, sensor contacts, and locks back onto the patrol map, improves performance.

• Patrol sunk-ship details now persist and appear in the debrief with ship name, class, and tonnage.

• Ships already confirmed as sinking can be counted into patrol results when leaving the patrol encounter, without waiting for the full sink animation.

• Patrol encounter reports now track the original encounter roster and update remaining campaign traffic more accurately after combat.

• Radio observation logs now preserve combat outcomes more reliably, including sunk/damaged merchant counts, tonnage, and identified ship-type mix.

• Debrief mission status can now show “Aborted” separately from “Not Achieved” when patrol orders are superseded.

• The patrol-mode tactical tip now explicitly tells players they can double-click the patrol map to navigate to a point.

• New and changed campaign/encounter labels were added to the supported translation catalogs.