Avant-propos
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Détails
General Updates:
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Added two new commanders into the game that can be acquired via Warspoils and the in-game store
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Oberkommando West – Feuersturm Doctrine
- Thorough Salvage
- Flammenwerfer 35
- Recoup Losses
- Flammpanzer 38 ‘Hetzer’
- Rocket Barrage
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US Forces – Heavy Cavalry Company
- Riflemen Field Defenses
- Off Map Smoke Barrage
- Rangers
- Combined Arms
- M26 Pershing Heavy Tank
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Oberkommando West – Feuersturm Doctrine
- Added Hetzer 57 intel bulletin for the Flammpanzer 38 Hetzer
- Added Tiger Grass! Intel bulletin for the M26 Pershing Heavy Tank
- Added additional support for screenshots in –dev mode. See below for additional details.
- Added additional filters to the modding hub so singleplayer missions and multiplayer game modes can be filtered
- Added a button in the modding hub that directs players to the Essence Engine Modding wiki
- Added a button in the global menu that directs players to SEGA Customer Service
- Optimized UI after post game loading
Balance Updates:
General
Flak Weapon Updates:
All Flak Weapons
This flag was set to false in order to prevent flak weapons from instantly killing all squad members in garrison structures.
- Damage all in hold flag set from true to false
Centaur
Slight damage reduction in order to allow players to react to this unit. Previously at 20 damage the lethality rate of the Centaur was over performing.
- Damage reduced from 20 to 14
Flamethrowers Update
Cover Table
We are reducing the bonus damage that flamethrowers apply to garrison to give players more to react with their units in garrison. Previously we would see weapon teams be killed before they could ungarrison.
- Garrison cover bonus damage reduced from 1.5 to 1.25
Vehicle Flamethrowers
We tuned vehicle flamethrowers to make them more consistent across the board. We have reduced the damage on most heavy flame vehicles because it was over performing while increasing the damage on the wasp due to its underperformance.
- Churchill Crocodile Flamethrower damage reduced from 12 to 10
- KV-8 damage reduced from 16 to 10
- Universal Carrier Wasp damage increased from 6 to 10
Flame Damage Over time
We are increasing the time per tick for damage over time. This will include all incendiary abilities, Molotov’s, and flamer dots that vehicles leave behind. The tick in game time should translate to about 1 second real time which should help player gauge the amount of damage they will take if they choose to stand in the fire.
- Damage frequency reduced from 0.5 to 1.25
- Dot radius increased from 3 to 5
Artillery Update
Air Superiority
Previously the huge blast radius of these bombs made it very difficult for players to dodge.
- AOE Radius of bombs reduced from 10 to 5
Heavy Artillery Shells
We want to reduce the effectiveness of artillery shells against production buildings.
- Now do 25% less damage against base structures
LEIG
In our effort to make AOE more consistent we saw a huge jump in performance with indirect fire units such as the LEIG and Pak Howtizer. We are adjusting its stats to bring it more in line with other indirect fire units.
- Suppression Amount reduced from 0.3 to 0.22
- Damage profile reduced from 0.25/0.5/1/ to 0.2/0.4/1
- Projectile lowest angel increased from 10 to 35
- Vet 1 Range bonus reduced from 15% to 5%
- No Longer can auto face
Pak Howitzer
In our effort to make AOE more consistent we saw a huge jump in performance with indirect fire units such as the LEIG and Pak Howitzer. We are adjusting its stats to bring it more in line with other indirect fire units.
- Radius reduced from 6 to 5
- Suppression reduced from 0.3 to 0.215
- Auto Attack Reload increased from 5.2 to 7
- Projectile lowest angel increased from 10 to 35
- Pak Howitzer population reduced from 5 to 3
- No Longer can auto face
British Forces
Infantry Sections
We are addressing the heavy attrition costs that infantry sections have.
- Reinforcement cost reduced by 10% (28 per model)
Sten MK Vi Silence SMG
We are reducing the overall DPS due to players not being able to react to these units when engaged in close quarters.
- Rate of fire reduced from 26 to 14
- Burst duration increased from 0.425 / 0.325 to 0.6 / 0.4
Churchills
Reducing the armor of the Churchill to allow reduce the amount of deflection while maintain the Churchill’s ability to soak up damage.
- Armor reduced from 280 to 240
- Default Churchill health reduced from 1600 to 1400
Map Updates:
Kholodny Ferma Winter
- Minor balance improvements to bring it in line with the summer variation
Langres Winter
- Minor balance improvements to bring it in line with the summer variation
Moscow Outskirts Winter
- Minor balance improvements to bring it in line with the summer variation
Rails and Metal
- Adjusted the Eastern bases for UKF players so their bases face inwards
Angoville Farms
- Reverted back to a previous version without the glider wreck
- Adjusted a map entry point for the southern base
Red Ball Express
- Updated with the latest changes from the community members
Achelous River
- Replaced a salvageable wreck with a non-salvageable one
Sturzdorf
- Adjusted base bunkers so they were no longer covering territory capture areas
Across the Rhine
- Adding to 2v2 automatch
Bug Fixes:
General
- Intel Bulletins now appear in the correct order
- The UI will now function properly when accepting an observation party invite while in a multiplayer lobby
- Games will no longer desync for the remaining users when one user quits the match
- Equipped skins and bulletins now appear in saved games
- Proper warning text appears when trying to build a howitzer in an HQ territory
- Mission 06 can now be completed
- Mission 10 starting units now behave properly
- Howitzers can now fire if some crew members are in the soft map edge
- Soviet Sherman, Soviet B4 Howitzer and Wehrmacht leFH 18 Howitzer wrecks can now be salvaged
- Vehicle Loader Injured critical animator will now disappear when repaired
- Turret Disable criticals can now be repaired
- Team Weapons and Vehicles veterancy buffs no longer stack when abandoned and re-crewed
- Game no longer crashes when Custom Maps auto generate more than the maximum allowable visuals (plants/trees)
- Game no longer runs slow when observing a game as a party
Soviet
- Partisan Troops no longer camouflage after re-crewing a team weapon
- Partisan Tank Hunters no longer camouflage after re-crewing a team weapon
- DSHK 38 Heavy Machine Gun’s data has been brought in-line with other heavy machine guns
- M3A1 Scout Car’s Vehicle Crew Self Repair ability will no longer cause the game to crash when garrisoned with a squad
- M5 Half-Track’s Vehicle Crew Self Repair ability will no longer cause the game to crash when garrisoned with a squad
- BM-13 Katyusha Rocket Truck’s Barrage ability now has the correct area of effect damage values
- M4C Sherman Medium Tank’s Prioritize Vehicles ability now has the correct animator
- T-34/76 Medium Tank’s Prioritize Vehicles ability now has the correct animator
- T-34/85 Medium Tank’s Prioritize Vehicles ability now has the correct animator
- IS-2 Heavy Tank’s Prioritize Vehicles ability now has the correct animator
- KV-1 Heavy Tank’s Prioritize Vehicles ability now has the correct animator
- ML-20 152mm Howitzer’s Barrage ability now receives the proper buff at vet 3
- B-4 203mm Howitzer’s Barrage ability now receives the proper buff at vet 3
- M5 Half-Track no longer provides reinforcements after purchasing the Anti-Air package
- Forward Headquarters ability aura no longer stacks on re-crewed Team Weapons and USF Vehicle crews
- Building tech tree help text now properly describes available units
Wehrmacht
- GrW 34 Mortar Teams now have rotation values
- GrW 34 Mortar Team’s Barrage ability now shows the correct UI reticule radius
- leFH 18 10.5cm Howitzer’s Counter Barrage ability now fires 10 shells
- leFH 18 10.5cm Howitzer’s Counter Barrage ability now receives a buff at vet 3
- SdKfz 234 Puma Armored Cars now receives the proper buff at vet 3
- SdKfz 250/7 Mortar Half-Track’s Barrage ability now shows the correct UI reticule radius
- Panzerwerfer 42’s Barrage Victor Target ability now fires 10 rockets
- Panther Pzkpfw V Medium Tanks can no longer receive a Brew Up Critical
- Sturmpanzer IV Brummbar’s Bunker Buster ability now has proper scatter values
- Sturmpanzer IV Brummbars now receive the proper buff when the Hulled Down is active
- Tiger PzKpfw VI Heavy Tank’s Prioritize Vehicles ability now has the correct animator
- Tiger Ace PzKpfw VI Heavy Tank’s Prioritize Vehicles ability now has the correct animator
US Forces
- M5 mines now have the proper animator
- Assault Engineers can now build the proper Fuel and Munition caches
- Paratroopers now have access to the Vehicle De-crew ability
- Paratroopers now have access to the Tactical Assault ability after purchasing the Thompson Submachine Gun package
- Major’s Barrage ability now shows the correct UI reticule radius
- M2HB Heavy Machine Gun’s data has been brought in-line with other heavy machine guns
- M15A1 AA Half-Track's Main gun no longer rotates into the driver’s cab
- M5A1 Light Tank’s Prioritize Vehicles ability now has the correct animator
- M7B1 Priest’s Barrage ability now uses Target Position
- M4A3 Sherman Medium Tank’s Prioritize Vehicles ability now has the correct animator
- M4A3E8 Sherman Medium Tank’s Prioritize Vehicles ability now has the correct animator
- Vehicles & Crews that have been scanned by an IR halftrack are no longer visible in the fog of war when they exit the vehicle to make repairs
- Forward Observers ability modifiers now apply to reinforced squad members
- LMG Supplies intel bulletin is now called LMG & Bazooka Supplies and now provides a cost reduction for both weapon racks
- Bazooka Supplies intel bulletin is now called Bazooka Range and now provides a 5% range increase
Oberkommando West
- Sturm Offizier’s Inspiration aura no longer stacks on re-crewed weapons
- Raketenwefer 43 Anti-Tank Rocket Launchers’ weapon crew no longer break camouflage when the Camouflage ability is active
- SdKfz 251/17 Flak Half-Track no longer receives Engine Damage criticals from small arms
- SdKfz 251 Walking Stuka’s Incendiary Rockets now have proper scatter values
- Tiger B Konigstiger Heavy Tank’s Spearhead ability now has proper range and scatter values
- Tiger B Konigstiger Heavy Tank’s Prioritize Vehicles ability now has the correct animator
- Heat Shell ability no longer uses the artillery collision type
- Heat Shell ability now uses the proper speed and acceleration values
- Reverse Engineering intel bulletin now points to the proper panzerschreck weapon
- Building tech tree help text now properly describes available units
British Forces
- Infantry Section’s Co-Ordinated Fire ability now has a static radius
- Infantry Sections now receive a debuff while constructing
- Armor-Piercing Sniper now has proper accuracy modifiers against retreating units and garrisoned units
- Commandos can no longer reinforce at USF beacons
- Airlanding Officer’s Officer Charge ability no longer stacks on allied USF units
- Universal Carrier has had an inappropriate line of speech removed
- AEC Mk. III Armored Car has had an inappropriate line of speech removed
- Cromwell Mk. IV Cruiser Tank’s Prioritize Vehicles ability now has the correct animator
- Churchill Crocodile now has a moving scatter penalty
- Churchill AVRE’s Prioritize Vehicles ability now has the correct animator
- Infantry no longer have a 10% chance critical to die instantly to explosive weapons
- Infantry no longer receive a flame death from small explosives
- Emplacement’s cost help text is no longer present in the Command Posts build menu
- Emplacements can now be built if the pop-cap would equal 100
- Commando Glider Insertion ability can no longer destroy Fuel & Munition caches by landing a glider on them
- Forward Logistics Glider ability can no longer destroy Fuel & Munition caches by landing a glider on them
- Forward Logistics Glider ability’s AS.58 Horsa Glider HQ can now set a rally point
- Designate Command Vehicle ability modifiers no longer stack on re-crewed vehicles and weapon Teams
- Designate Command Vehicle ability now provides the proper experience modifier
- Air Resupply Operation ability will now land on territories captured and controlled by teammates
- Concentrated Fire Operation ability now requires sight to be fired
Console Commands:
These settings should only be used by expert modders seeking to get very specific with LOD and shadows while taking screenshots:
lod_setmaxdistance(150) - This will prevent models from dropping down to their lower LODs at a greater distance.
shadowmap_set_distance_override("far", [float value]) - Raising this value will cause shadows to be noticeable at greater distances. Raising this value too high will cause the shadows resolution to decrease.
shadowmap_toggle_distance_override("far", true) - This will toggle the previous console command to take effect.
shadowmap_set_distance_override("near", [float value]) - (Only used on High and Ultra settings) Adjusting this value will determine how far near shadows are rendered. Raising this value too high will cause the shadows resolution to decrease.
shadowmap_toggle_distance_override("near", true) - This will toggle the previous console command to take effect.
dirt_settexelspermeter(150) - Raising this value will increase the tiling of the terrain textures. This can improve terrain resolution, though raising it too high will cause noticeable repetition in the terrain textures.
About the texels per meter: that parameter is already exposed in the Worldbuilder Terrain Properties dialog and that parameter is not recommended to change it in game at run time as it will cause not only the tiling but also splats and splines to look very different as could become too blurry, or too tiled (causing lots of aliasing) as maps are authored with a specific texels per meter settings in mind, this parameter will really not help the maps look better (quite the contrary) if changed in game, it should only be changed in the Worldbuilder map settings when authoring the map so things look proper.