Latest Patch 1.0115

Uploaded October 15, 2021:

Thanks again to all development patch testers! Please report bugs and/or ideas in the following forum: https://steamcommunity.com/app/654890/discussions/2/

Campaigns:

• fixed: ammo consumption too high in autoresolved battles

• reduced effect of debt and negative surplus on rating slightly

• added positive effects on AI rating when using higher difficulty

• fixed: economy report cumulates monthly founded companies

• now showing also killed and wounded brigade commanders in officer loss report

• fixed: upgrade of greyed out (not available) weapons possible

• added certain weapons to initial stock

• commanders may now be promoted manually

• fixed: construction icon prevents setting waypoints

• tidying up: fort names and conditions are now visible on map only if mouse is close

• army icons are now always placed in front of buildings, towns or IIP’s

• fixed/enhanced: tooltips and updating numbers for minimized unit panel stats

• improved drag and drop behavior, especially for fleets

• added campaign tutorial

• added workaround for units whose campaign stances are greyed out though no order is delivered anymore

• fixed: raiding enemy installations in allied states does not lower own support anymore

• fixed: support influence king cotton not counting for allied but for slave states

• rebalanced high effect of raiding on state support

• changed logic for drag- and dropping of ships: now the full space is used on both sides (except ship list)

• probably fixed: empty groups and fleets are not removed, officers not promoted when leaving the military panel via other top panels (eg. strategy, trade etc.)

• commanders now can only be promoted if they are active

• fixed: captured weapons now also show up if no tech is available

• fixed config bug in prefs that probably led to low reinforcement speed

• fixed issue that could have led to permanent increase of the number of wounded through reloading saves, though not resetting the numbers in older saves

• now preventing replacement of wounded/killed commanders of dummy garrisons

• no contract expiries happen for units that are engaged

Battles:

• added approximate restrictions to line of fire for units

• fixed issues with blocking own units in line of fire

• commander initiative off now prevents units from wheeling

• commander initiative default can now be turned on/off for all units in main menu options menu

• deadly volley: units need to be at fire range 50% instead of 25% in order to gain perk experience

• fixed: Battle end screen showing “Courier to xxx” instead of army name if McDowell commands

• fixed: rare exception when cavalry units are linked and battle is reloaded

• fixed: potential freeze of units in Chickamauga historical battle when entering day 2#

• added auto-resizing of sprite numbers for huge battles that could have resulted in stuck loading or memory crashes, note: further improvements planned later

• added battle hints for certain unit events below top panel, can be deactivated in options menu

• added battle tutorial

• fixed: submenus of bottom panel sometimes auto-close while a unit is selected

• fixed: timed movement & bombardment on 2nd day starting immediately

Others:

• game is now paused while newspaper, message log and dispatches are opened

• added tutorials for campaigns and battles

• fixed: some game options are now automatically adjusted for tutorials to prevent stuck tutorial situations

• added auto pop up for patch notes in main menu

Outlook on 1.02:

• further improvements in battle and campaign AI
• enhanced info for auto resolved battles (land + sea)