Update 42: V 1.036.0

Change Log

Highlights

• Added T1E3 M4A1 75 Sherman Mine roller for USA conquest and MP(t1e3_m4a1_75)
• Added Ammo Trailer 1/4 ton for USA conquest (ammo_trailer_usa)
• Added 5cm KwK39 L/60 to Liberation DLC (50mm_kwk39_platform)
• Added briefings videos for Germany Liberation campaign missions
• Added destruction to wooden electrical poles (similar to trees)
• Added towing weight information to unit icons
• Added MSAA 8x and Anisotropic 16x to video options
• Added [Liberation] or [Talvisota] tags to Multiplayer map names for easier recognition
• Added new USA talks (voices) for Medics (V1 and V2)
• Added new USA talks (voices) for Tanks (V2 and V3)
• Fixed mesh-decal render info corruption that caused huge FPS drop when some vehicles were destroyed. Common case was 155mm GPT in Pointe Du Hoc mission
• Fixed trigger actions sync in coop (caused enemy units to teleport on top of players)
• Fixed crash that could occur when entering direct control of a human

Conquest

• Added the German platform cannons to DCG Utah Beach & new AA guns to DCG Crisbecq battery
• Fixed minor issues on DCG Deulin and DCG Hotton
• Fixed 155mm_schneider_us from spawning extra crewman in middle of map in conquest
• Fixed flying object on DCG gullheim airfield
• Fixed broken texture on DCG Sieg river
• Fixed bridge to ground transition on DCG Vainikalan
• Fixed bm13 icon in conquest
• Fixed Liberation DCG maps trying to play wrong music file
• Fixed preload of "conquest_blank"
• Fixed CP cost of m4a3_75w in conquest
• Fixed badly placed car in front of a mg on dcg_heistern
• Changed Landsverk L-62 to show up a little later in conquest fought against AI Finland

Multiplayer

• Added [Liberation] or [Talvisota] tags to Multiplayer map names for easier recognition
• Added dynamite to Finnish engineer soldiers in early, mid, and late war
• Added obstacle volumes to 1v1 forssa dam cliffs to help with pathing
• Fixed bridge pathing on MP Vitebsk
• Fixed bots buying the wrong Stug3g in late war MP
• Fixed cost of Blau Rifleman in Mid and Late war (was 48 instead of 18)
• Updated 4v4 Purple heart lane by opening some paths through hedgerows for balance
• Increased cost of all stealth squads by 5 DP
• Increased cooldown timers of all stealth squads to be consistent with tier 4 cooldowns

Single Player

• Added briefings videos for Germany Liberation campaign missions
• Added Briefings videos for Germany Liberation campaign with (Chinese subs)
• Fixed autosave causing unit assignment issues in hotton mission
• Fixed inaccurate headgear for the Red Army in the Winter War missions
• Fixed Soviet singleplayer mission snipers not working
• Fixed in campaign missions coop scenario cloning triggers causing talks to play more than once
• Updated skirmish logics since new binaries fixed action command sync
• Removed in campaign missions obsolete calls to localizations or events that do not exist
• USA Mission 1 "Day of Days"
- Fixed so that all fx explosions spawned via script on water and beach work in cooperative as well. - Fixed lca exits sequence as various events caused not all soldiers to exit such as addition of lca 3 exploding without check if soldiers got out, since lca were impreg on at the time. - Fixed all lca to happen faster. - Fixed plane in intro to actually look more like its hitting the lca.
• USA Mission 3 "Operation Cobra"
- Fixed positions of mguns/mortars/guns/tanks/infantry
• USA Mission 4 "Mortain Counterattack"
- Fixed actor fire sequences to stop after targets destroyed in scenarios so they don't keep firing at destroyed target. (pak40/panther) - Fixed certain scenario talks not played because using wrong event check
• USA Mission 5 "Falaise Pocket"
- Added a few more German vehicles to the reinforcement roster for more variation - Fixed mg/mortar/gun positions, placed enemy soldiers in more logical positions: trenches, emplacements - Updated specular settings for environment (ground was too shiny)
• USA Mission 6 "Battle of Hurtgen Forest"
- Added flak88 in first ring along with few more infantry in area - Added a few more German vehicles to the reinforcement roster for more variation - Fixed mg/mortar/gun positions, placed enemy soldiers in more logical positions: trenches, emplacements - Changed Siegfried dragons teeth to shed destruction
• USA Mission 9 "Battle of the Bulge"
- Added a few more German vehicles to the reinforcement roster for more variation - Fixed enemy patrol easy - Fixed mg/mortar/gun positions, fixed wrong breeds, placed enemy soldiers in more logical positions: trenches, emplacements - Fixed hero on doctrine 2 not staying after submenu back
• USA Mission 10 "Lair of the Beast"
- Removed a lot of heavy entities such as buildings etc on the outside of the map, and unused infantry from when map was being made. - Updated task 2 completion is possible in more logical ways. - Fixed issue where assign2 doctrine vehicle was set to player 0 thus playable right away in single player due to set in start. - Various small fixes.
• Skirmish AI General logics improvements
- Fixed recrew cannons/tanks to prevent paired up soldiers for recrew not ignoring "dont_recrew" tag - Extend visual range for player units when recrewing

Everything Else

• Added T1E3 M4A1 75 Sherman Mine roller for USA conquest and MP(t1e3_m4a1_75)
• Added Ammo Trailer 1/4 ton for USA conquest (ammo_trailer_usa)
• Added 5cm KwK39 L/60 to Liberation DLC (50mm_kwk39_platform)
• Added destruction to wooden electrical poles (similar to trees)
• Added towing weight information to unit icons
• Added MSAA 8x and Anisotropic 16x to video options
• Added new USA talks (voices) for Medics (V1 and V2)
• Added new USA talks (voices) for Tanks (V2 and V3)
• Added missing satchel charge to Landsverk L-62
• Added lvl_8 tank_gun skill (was missing before)
• Added gun repair/break animation to 155mm GPF platform version
• Added new slope curve for 8.8cm PzGr.39
• Added burned texmods for some flora that was missing it
• Added 100rd belt version of Browning M19A4 and added it to Willys MB .30 cal
• Added Liberation German briefing music to game as action_theme_4
• Fixed mesh-decal render info corruption that caused huge FPS drop when some vehicles were destroyed. Common case was 155mm GPT in Pointe Du Hoc mission
• Fixed trigger actions sync in coop (caused enemy units to teleport on top of players)
• Fixed crash that could occur when entering direct control of a human
• Fixed trees from turning black when burned and instead changed to burned texmod
• Fixed Panzer3e odd engine break animation
• Fixed M10 GMC early from having 1 shell of wrong ammo preloaded in gun
• Fixed 122mm Soviet and Finnish smoke ammo to be White Phosphorus
• Fixed shooting fx location on M4A3 105 sherman Coax MG
• Fixed sight picture for CGMC M15A1
• Fixed M3 Lee to have 7 crew instead of 6
• Fixed M4A2 (Early) missing 3rd/1st person views
• Fixed Thompson M1A1 30 mag not ejecting on reload
• Fixed "strange mantlet sight" of jumbos
• Fixed off-map Mortar calls for MP not causing damage because blast would occur under terrain sometimes
• Fixed BAR to use correct rifle preset for stats (net difference is a slight nerf)
• Fixed "strange sight" on 105mm shermans' mantlet
• Fixed M8 HMC trying to play cook off fx/animations
• Fixed M20 and M8 Greyhounds to be able to tow
• Fixed water showing inside LVT4 when in water
• Fixed German 15mm HE shells to have enough blast energy to damage unarmored cars/trucks
• Fixed missing mesh inside of StuH 42
• Fixed shoulder stretch on die_fwd_01c animation
• Fixed floating walls on destruction for barn01
• Fixed opel blitz transport showing radiator fan on x model
• Fixed "working wipers" problem on M6 GMC
• Fixed some volumes on pershing to be "cast"
• Fixed soviet m4a2 early armor setup
• Fixed damage view of sdkfz 251/17's gun/turret
• Fixed French barn shed
• Fixed Germany house 2 volumes
• Fixed some missions gameover using wrong localization
• Fixed mission localization for nations on conquest win screen
• Fixed missing units in FR localization
• Fixed missing localization for weather selection on MP Purple Heart Lane
• Fixed UA and RU localization
• Updated USA vehicle icons with towing indicators
• Updated armor modelling of M4 early-late and M4A1 75 early-late
• Changed Veterancy level 6 to get +3 weapon skill (was +2 before)
• Changed Veterancy level 8 to get +4 weapon skill (was +3 before)
• Changes to 20mm Lahti L39
- Fixed projectiles not being synced - Reduced fire rate (55 to 25) - Added zeroing (increases accuracy for each shot at same target) - Increased damage to armor (60 to 75) - Increased accuracy slightly (.85 to .80)
• Increased distance stealth units are spotted when moving in prone stance (25m to 30m) remaining still is 25m.
• Increased detect time for heavy tanks and tank destroyers when attacking from 10s to 15s
• Increased speed of squat bolt rifle animation for humans so they don't skip animation if firing too quickly
• Increased zeroing accuracy for medium artillery (105mm-122mm Indirect fire weapons)
• Reduced average time between bursts for assault rifles slightly (increased ROF)
• Reduced average time between bursts for SMG's slightly (increased ROF)
• Reduced max accuracy spread from motion for SMG's (reduces accuracy penalty for human movement)
• Reduced bolt action max rate of fire slightly (only affects Direct control and suppression fire order)
• Removed M1 Carbine from USA soldiers carrying M1919A6 MG