Update 48: V 1.042.0

Change Log

Highlights

• Added "late war" squads to all nations in conquest
• Added mini-map preview to MP create session and lobby screens
• Added achievements for Skirmish missions (GER, RUS, FIN) and new tutorial missions
• Updated UI of MP server browser, create session, and lobby screens
• Updated UI of Conquest screen to scale wider for larger resolution screens
• Updated UI to add preview image of Campaign missions
• Fixed vehicle bar ammo switch being limited to specific ammo types
• Fixed skipping redundant placement updates (where the interpolated new placement is identical to previous one). This was causing the massive land entity updates on clients in first quant.
• Fixed attack orders being forced by default (-> fix soldiers always running towards the enemy if they lose sight of it)

Conquest

• Added "late war" squads to all nations in conquest
• Updated locked icon for conquest so it is easier to see the locked unit
• Updated conquest campaign screen to scale wider for larger resolution screens
• Updated visuals of library view window (3d view) of units in conquest
• Fixed conquest mod value to be red (instead of version) if mods do not match when loading a conquest save
• Fixed some conquest infantry units with wrong tier in the name
• Fixed on Conquest maps, that connected factory building roofs will hide/unhide together as if 1 building
• Fixed bad mg placement on dcg_rasputitsa
• Fixed Finnish conquest maps to play the Finnish music
• Fixed some US shermans to have max stage 99 that would be available until the end of the war

Multiplayer

• Added 2v2 Mortain to MP (Domination and Battlezones)
• Added 3v3 Voronezh to MP (Domination and Battlezones)
• Added map "King of the Hill" to Last Stand
• Added map "Dubovka" to Last Stand
• Added map "Krasny Bor" to Last Stand
• Added map "Wotan" to Last Stand
• Added ability to apply stage limits to single infantry that defender bot spawns on map
• Added mini-map preview to MP create session and lobby screens
• Added StG to latewar brandenburger squads
• Updated UI of MP server browser, create session, and lobby screens
• Updated chat windows to auto scroll to most recent message (bottom of chat screen)
• Updated 4v4_Vahikkala industrial area for better pathing and cover
• Updated 2v2 monastery
• Updated 2v2 Industry map
• Updated 4v4 swamp for battlezones
• Updated 2v2 Fall Added more buildings, fences, thicker forests
• Updated 2v2 Marvie Ridge Reduced size of hill in the middle
• Updated 2v2 Monastery added bushes on approach to trench objective & extra foxholes, Changes to height elevation at trench objective
• Updated 3v3 Wotan smoothed overall heightmap and added more buildings to the center, Defaulted colormap
• Updated 4v4 Hill 331 added small hamlets to either side of the hill for objective substance
• Updated 4v4 Hills Smoothed overall heightmap, added extra buildings to the center
• Updated 2v2 Balzerweg rework, added new roads, more buildings, reworked art style
• Updated 2v2 Countryside, changed ground elevation for the forest
• Updated 2v2 Olshanka, Added extra road for spawn and bushes in forest
• Updated 3v3 Glushkovo, Smoothed main road, added elevation to one side for fair play, added extra road out of spawn
• Updated 3v3 Mortain station, Fixed infantry not able to run over train platforms, added farmhouses near artillery positions for cover
• Updated 4v4 Swamp, Added extra road for side objective to main village, elevation on opposite side for flank protection
• Updated 2v2 Ivanovka, added more clutter to the middle objective and cover
• Updated 3v3 Lahkta increased width of river road to prevent vehicles from getting stuck on rocks
• Updated 4v4 Grassland, added extra road from spawn, changed ground texture
• Updated 2v2 balzerweg to 1v1
• Updated zones for 2v2 fall, 2v2 marvie ridge, 3v3 wotan, 4v4 hill 331, 4v4 hills, 4v4 dubovka, 4v4 swamp, 4v4 grassland
• Fixed on several MP that connected factory building roofs will hide/unhide together as if 1 building
• Fixed small issues on Sainte marie du mont
• Fixed incorrectly placed trees on 3v3_wotan that would cause pathing issues
• Fixed pathing issue on the radar bunker on MP Hill 331
• Fixed ammo zone on 4v4 sikovitsy "Last Stand" mode
• Fixed issue with trees on road on 4v4 Rikila and new foxhole on 2v2 Monastery
• Fixed issue on 4v4 Fields
• Fixed floating buildable obstacles on 3v3_trenches
• Fixed crew count for Finnish early war 47mm pstk39 doctrine buy
• Fixed various truck crews to be artillerymen in multiplayer
• Fixed some wrong unit number/composition in US squads
• Fixed wrong buy menu group of squad_km_rifle_early_sup from being considered tier 1
• Fixed early war support doctrine squad_marine_stoss_sup to use right doctrine
• Fixed missing icons in after battle report for some doctrine units
• Fixed preview of 3v3 Voronezh

Single Player

• Updated UI to add preview image of Campaign missions
• Updated some conquest research prices
• Fixed missing humanskin for pilots in German mission "The Ace of Swords"
• Fixed humanskins missing winter tex mods in German mission "Among the heavens"
• Fixed terrain under the bridge on German mission "Escaping the Pocket"
• Fixed wrong player id# for some units both script and map, and cleaned up mission scripts on German mission "Clash at Narva"
• Wotan factory invisible wall

Everything Else

• Added achievements for Skirmish missions (GER, RUS, FIN) and new tutorial missions
• Added recoil animation for lahti m26
• Changed terrain fx tag for HE shells from "he" to "all_he" to support several HE shell types
• Changed Medium graphic settings preset to have medium shadows instead of high shadows
• Changed minimap icon artillery
• Changed double-click speed of wheeled vehicles from 80% to 90% of max speed to match tracked vehicles
• Changed two of the worst looking gun-related idle animations and three of the empty idle animations
• Fixed issue with squad formation move order sometimes resulting in squad members moving in circles around squad leader
• Fixed various other minor issues with human move orders
• Fixed coax MG's not firing at human targets as much as they could due to gunner waiting for HE shell to be ready in main gun
• Fixed 3kg hafthohlladung AT grenades to break vehicle components by checking for stuff "tags" instead of tagging vehicle on contact
• Fixed Panzer Pioneers soldiers that were missing building material to use their pickaxes
• Fixed issue with sound for videos playing inside a mission would sometimes not play
• Added some left and right rotation to 60cm Karl Thor, so it can shoot better on uneven terrain
• Fixed armor value of transmission housings on M4A3(76)W, M4A1(76)W and M4A1(76)W mid
• Fixed turret cheek armor on M4A3 (late)
• Fixed turret cheek armor hitbox on M4A3 (early) by removing it
• Fixed 5th seat on Sdkfz. 7/2 to be considered passenger and not crew
• Fixed "camo" problem for Bison
• Fixed missing tracks break animation for Panzer3j and Panzer3j1
• Fixed missing engine break animation for Panzer3h
• Fixed panzer3n gun barrel problem
• Fixed panzer4d and f1 gun break animation
• Fixed Sdkfz 10/4 wipers animation from playing when glass is folded down
• Fixed headlight fx on Panther Ausf A
• Fixed 107mm M2 Mortar to have taller sandbag fortification
• Fixed USA engineer trucks inventory to contain all items (applies to newly spawned trucks only)
• Fixed name of right headlight bone for vfx on several USA tanks
• Fixed USA field jumbos track armor that would not tear off when hit/broken
• Fixed m4a3_76w FXfire3 bone
• Fixed T-35 M1936 track shields changing to xx model when broken
• Fixed several edge cases when wheels of vehicles were broken and disabled movement but could still move by toggling engine off/on or crew recovering from stun
• Fixed motorcycle class vehicles movement to be disabled when all wheels (3) are broken
• Fixed fx/sound issue with ZiS-30 when ammo destroyed
• Fixed 3rd person views for Finnish trucks and Sdkfz 7
• Fixed panzer742r passenger pose
• Fixed jagdpanzer 4 variants engine volumes
• Fixed Opel Blitz (2cm Flak) hierarchy problem of gun_rot's fixer mesh.
• Fixed gun volumes for nashorn, jagdpanzer4_l48 early, m4a3 76w field variants, m36, m4a2 76w late
• Fixed missing distant MG34 shooting sounds for Jagdtiger
• Added decals to appear when shooting through tents and other construction entities made of fabric material
• Added new texmods for papers stamp
• Fixed explosion fx to not play when shells hit fabric material and the shells do not detonate (continue to pass through)
• Fixed broken garrison position for russian wooden house
• Fixed roof to hide when units inside for large tents
• Fixed roof to hide when units inside for factory halls
• Fixed roof to hide when units inside for industrial awning
• Fixed roof to hide when units inside for factory_variant1
• Fixed roof to hide when units inside for factory_compound_ii
• Fixed roof to hide when units inside for factory_compound_i
• Fixed pathing issues for regel_bau_502
• Fixed pathing around watch_tower for small cannons
• Fixed some wooden fences that could cause wheeled cannons to get stuck on the edges
• Fixed volumes for electrical post standard_wood_rural
• Fixed blend issues with doors on shop_store02 and shop_store03
• Removed landpatch from roadway_boarders to improve performance, fix errors in logs, and make building sandbags on them more functional
• Fixed edge case where ammo cook-off event could happen several times
• Fixed ammo cook-off to apply correct tag to prevent AI from recrewing vehicles
• Fixed missing sound from open top vehicles on fire before cook-off
• Fixed distant sound layers for recoilless rifle
• Fixed offmap barrage vFX
• Fixed some wooden barrels playing destruction fx too many times when being crushed
• Fixed inventory view of ammo for 125mm ampulomet m1941. Was transparent and hard to see
• Fixed towing stat on T30 icons
• Fixed repairing icon to continue to show over dead humans head
• Fixed human interaction code related to burning if they manage to put the fire out through entering water so that they do not continue to scream or have burn vfx
• Fixed body volumes of BAR, BAR Bipod, and Browning M19A6
• Fixed vehicle damage view for T20 fuel component
• Fixed bt-42 missing interior polygons.
• Fixed kv2 texture ( added mg hole on mantlet)
• Fixed stuh-42 wrong x and xx textures.
• Fixed wrong bolt animation on M1919A4
• Fixed German Headgear descriptions
• Fixed russian localisation of mg42 belt variant
• Fixed volumes on various small arms and ammo items
• Fixed flare pistols missing mass value causing them to float when dropped by killing humans
• Fixed various German soldiers sometimes spawning without helmets
• Fixed several vehicle views and medic icons
• Fixed wrong FX for M18 recoilless HE shell, also allows proper targeting by AI when HE is loaded
• Removed body shaking from fire animation of sdkfz250a_9