Game Patches & Updates

This release is labeled as a Maintenance Release and is geared to fixing several of the long-standing bugs, and adds some new features such as Bombers being able to destroy forward base vehicle spawns, an all-new Brussels Airfield, and the name of the player(s) you killed on your mission AAR screen (and more)!

Servers will come down tomorrow night around 9:00 PM CDT/3:00 AM BST. 

Bug Fixes

• The sound for a large bomb's explosion has been replaced

• The issue preventing a player from being able to walk behind the French TT crane has been resolved

• The RPM Gauge, used in some British and French aircraft, has been reverted to its original form

• The Italian Rifle unit now has the same PPO options as the other Infantry units

• The FlaK38 has been added to FMS and Depot spawning options

• The Gouda and Aalst city name has been fixed

• A floating berm in Charlois and Warmeriville has been corrected

• The river bank near Vise is now updated to be corrected

• The Barracks location has been adjusted in Warmeriville, Rotterdam, Den Haag, Zaltbommel, Gouda, Faulquemont, Luxembourg, Wyler, Nijmegen, Heijen, Longwy, Thiaucourt, St.Quentin, Mons and Hillesheim

• A clipping issue is now resolved in the AB Vehicle spawn, Abbeville Railway and a City Building

• Fixed an issue that caused a Japanese flag at a Hellevoetsluis FB

• Found and fixed the issue that was causing some Depots to have incorrect ownership on the map

• Removed an ATG from a Gent AI MG pit

• Corrected an invisible tree in Maubeuge

• Fixed an issue that allowed non-aircraft to be able to be spawned at the Ypenburg Airfield

• Fixed an issue that allowed aircraft to spawn at the Rotterdam Aircraft Subassembly Store

• The Pentagon bunker's map icon has been added

• Infantry Grenades and Smoke Grenades are now using the proper image and textual indicators

• The PzIII-N now has a proper weapon barrel

• Removed a grey panel that appeared in the German 38t's commander view

• The British P40 Kittyhawk's windshield has been updated to correct an issue with its appearance

• Player Decals have been fixed on the British Sherman M4A3 and M4A2 tanks

• Offline Infantry clones can now be positioned properly

• The position of the pilot and gun sight for the H87b3, P40F and KittyHawk has been fixed

• Contact reports can now be removed by the player that placed them

• A bush has been removed from an Eind building

• Third person tracers are now fixed for the Ju87B/G and the Vickers IB

• The Crusader III tank's weapon breach texture has now been corrected

• When deploying a PPO from a truck, players will now see "Backspace to Cycle | Z to Place" similar to what they see with infantry placed PPOs

• Whenever a player joins a Paratrooper mission, the Paratrooper Infantry selection menu will be the first to open instead of the plane selection menu

• The RTB text when despawning during the Tutorials has been updated

• Flags within the City Detail map menu has now been fixed

• Autopilot has been updated to better deal with the ability to "float" a plane

• The default aircraft convergence has been updated from 0 meters to 200 meters

• Changes have been made to better help with handling engine sound bugs

Updates

• The Steam Up-sell message has been updated with recent pricing changes

• Standard SMGs (Submachine Guns) have been added to the HCMS (High Command Mobile Spawn)

• The "Netcode 3" text alert has been disabled from always showing up during spawning

• The French R35 tank now has an updated exterior texture

• Numerous planes, ships and all ground vehicles have been updated to have closer to realistic crew body mass values

• The German Sd.Kfz. 251's white internals have been toned down in order to not be so bright

• Xxsalxx and Hvyoutput have been added to the Fallen Soldier Memorial

• New translations for the Italian and Chinese languages have been added

• The manual pages have been updated to remove references to the British HEAT rifle grenade

• The French LMG's texture has been updated to look better than it was

• The British Havoc Mk I has been updated to be the British Boston I

• Bombers are now able to destroy both the FB Vehicle spawn and the "Other" objects

• Ammunition variance has been updated to be a maximum of 1% difference from their currently set values

New Features

• The Fliegerhorst Airbase has replaced the old airfield at Brussels

• The in-game AAR screen will now list the player's name that you have killed during your sortie