Update 62: V 1.057.0

Update 62: V 1.057.0

Finest Hour release version, purchasing available at 10am PST / 7pmCET

Change Log

Conquest

• Fixed crash in conquest unit library

• Fixed Conquest to be able to support multi-vehicle unit types

• Fixed USA platoon_com missing CP and MP cost in conquest

• Fixed conquest user support airstrikes not working

• Fixed crash in conquest when clicking into empty library view

• Increased bot minimum manpower points to match players "start value" of manpower points in Conquest

• Increased bot manpower multipliers on the higher income settings

• Improved spg/td ignore in logics to prevent unwanted behavior(excessive rotation) while still reacting to enemy in all valid situations in Conquest and MP

• Updated 'lvl' values for conquest infantry to reduce number of AT and sniper infantry for all nations

Single Player

• Fixed coop issue with stuck cinematics

• Fixed cinematics gettings stuck on tactical videos

Multiplayer

• Fixed Crash in MP related multi-vehicle buys and position sync

• Multiplayer Mission Scripts

  • fixed all invalid "interface/gui/" sound paths in mi files.
  • fixed some include mistakes.
  • 2v2_industry - removed obsolete "training" tutorial related items.
  • 3v3_voronezh - removed invalid set clip and clips script.

• Frontlines

  • all released frontlines map support *eng mine planting by bots
  • few fixes

• Updated Tier 3 Doctrine buys to unlock at 30 minutes into game instead of 25min. Adjusted CP increase and mission scripted sound FX to match the new timer

• Updated unit timers for Multiplayer based on changes to the Tier 3 Doctrine timer change

• Updated some vehicle prices and static mg prices

• Updated multiplayer officers to spawn with binocular equipped

• Updated nation flag thumbnails in multiplayer lobby

• Standardized vehicle and tank crew manpower costs to avoid rounding of total cost and ease pricing on weaker vehicles where crew takes a up larger portion.

• Rebalanced the parameters of the 84mm K18 gun, in order to make it compliant with the gun's parameters as used in the british upcoming arsenal

• Swapped the T2 Doctrine buys in both Mid and Late war Finland for the 122mm M1910 and the 84mm K18

• Reduced DP cost of 84mm K18 for Finland to 50 earlywar, 45 midwar, 40 latewar

• Removed 'i' info button in Multiplayer lobby doctrine unit preview (not intended to work there)

Everything Else

• Switched steam patching to a new fully deterministic byte-for-byte system, which will allow future updates to be much quicker to download and write, but in turn, this update will appear quite large.

• Added following German vehicles to Ostfront (base game):

  • Sdkfz 251/1 Ausf. B
  • StuG 3 Ausf. A
  • Panzer 4 Ausf. B
  • Bf 109 E-4/B
  • U304(f)
  • Geschuetzwagen 39H(f) (7.5cm)
  • Pz.Kpfw B2 Flamm

• Added 3rd HE blast wave to 75-95mm HE shells, similar to 105+ He shells but weaker and less radius so that it is scaled appropriately based on filler and mass

• Standardized artillery accuracy using new internal formula. Most stayed approximately the same with that changed enough to be mentionable:

  • Improved accuracy for: 105mm M3, 114mm M1, 122mm M1910, 122mm A19, 15cm Grille, 15cm sFH18, 155mm M1, 203mm B4, M1, 21cm Morser, 60cm Thor
  • Reduced Accuracy for: 152mm BR2, 17cm K18

• Updated minimap icons so that neutral vehicle icons are the bottom layer and occupied vehicles will stack on top if they are next to each other

• Updated range of the 84mm K18 to be inline with other support guns from 210m to 180m. Increased accuracy to adjust for this change

• Updated firing arc of USA 75mm Howitzers (support guns) to be inline with other nations infantry guns firing arcs

• Updated WP tank shells to be useable against infantry and cannons when already loaded into gun

• Updated German Waffen Sniper human model

• Updated some ostfront building textures

• Updated HE filler for ENG 3-inch Howitzer HE shell

• Updated filling amount of UK 95mm HE

• Updated tank interaction code for reloading to only happen if in place "gun" so secondary weapons like MG's don't trigger main gun reload sounds and animations

• Updated bottle crate entity

• Updated "contact" cooldown time for humans specifically when hit with flamethrower particles so more of them can contact the targeted human.inc

• Updated layout and lighting of to the library view

• Updated Waffen human models

• Updated specular power of small arms entities

• Increased inflammation_time for humans (health for fire damage) ~50% to adjust for flame particles contacting humans.

• Increased 'body' volume numbered support for 'car' class vehicles from 9 to 19

• Fixed m36_gmc shell_eject animation

• Fixed roof eastern-europe_farm

• Fixed bridges rendering bump maps to a longer distance

• Fixed missing slope multiplier for 75mm K/44

• Fixed Browning .303 sound close reference

• Fixed vfx that plays on medium and small wood parts being destroyed to a smaller vfx

• Fixed flying electric poles on DCG Malschbach

• Fixed broken polys and flying bushes on Frontlines 2v2 Tali Ihantala

• Fixed gunner3 from jumping out of Panzer4 Ausf.B upon enemy contact

• Fixed typo error in Waffen skins causing crash

• Fixed flammenwerfer_b2 weapon crashing

• Reverted change in recent patch: "Updated restrictions list for digging trenches/fox holes to include "road" terrain_fx type (cannot dig into road fx type)" as it also unintentionally applies to 'road' pather type

• Removed Dot44 fieldcaps and replaced with alt camo

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