Patch Notes (public build 21906357) & 7-days History

Patch notes for the current build and the previous builds over the last 7 days. Reminder: all patch notes are visible on startup.

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12/02/2026

• Added new Midway scenario variant ("The Flight to Somewhere").

Allows us to scale up the engagement at Midway and to test a more hectic air and naval activity on our way to a complete representation of the battle. New models have been integrated, and or will be swapped (i.e. Zuiho for Ryujo) as the needed units come online.

• US Fighters section's size is now 2.

A long-standing issue solved. The basic tactical unit for USN fighters is now two-craft as it were by the time the war started.

• Added a new parameter to the CAP settings to limit the number of rotations.

Independently from the reserve fighters being now assigned to scrambles, you can from the get-go decide whether you want your CAP zone to be relieved later during the day. The first effect is that these aircraft will be available for escort missions too.

• Aircraft will now fall from deck if a sinking carrier pitches / rolls too much.

Self-explanatory. No more super breaks or super glue!

• Fixed a major random crash.

This one has been in the works for three weeks. Hopefully it should help with overall stability.

• Fixed search missions shadowing not working properly.

In certain circumstances, scouts could fail to properly shadow their target. That is now fixed.

• Fixed deck operations being improperly listed in the Air OOB & Missions View.

• Fixed bad target names for CAPs in Air plot screen.

• Fixed joystick sliders not working properly.

• Fixed missing faces on Yorktown class barriers.

• Fixed bad textures on Japanese carriers barriers.

• Reduced aliasing on carriers barriers.

10/02/2026

• Scrambles changes:

  • Scrambled aircraft will now stay in the air as long as they have fuel, unless manually recalled.

    • CAPs rotation aircraft will now be used by the scrambles.

• QoL:

  • One can now change the start & spread angles of a search by dragging the sides.

    • OOB: state is preserved when switching between AIR and BASE modes.

• Added a map plot for airbases.

• Fixed crashes.

05/02/2026

• Added a "Clear Deck" button in the Air Plot screen, next to "All fighters to Deck"

  • This will move as much aircraft as possible in the hangar, the rest will be moved to the bow.

    • planes doing weird moves on deck during this step is a know bug, it will be improved.

• B-17s and B-26s will now use 500 lbs Mk12 bombs instead of 1000 lbs Mk13 bombs ( as they should have).

• SBD payload configs have been updated:

  • Offensive power config will use a single 1000 lbs Mk13.

    • Endurance config will use a 500 lbs Mk12 and 2x100 lbs Mk4.

• Improved B-17's flight model.

• Added proper tactical map 3D models for many ships.

• Improved Akagi's nets rendering.

• Fixed bad textures on USS Atlanta.

• Added true Benham class destroyers in the Midway scenarios. Only visible on fresh games

• Fixed old empty fleets still being listed in the AIR OOB panel.

• Fixed planes & pilots marked as MIA by the original carrier after some time despite having landed properly elsewhere.

• Fixed pilots not being properly marked as available when a mission about to takeoff is canceled because of damages.

• Fixed cases of planes stuck forever on the flight deck gear-up and engine on.