Lock 'n Load Tactical Digital: Core Game News

- swapped over to a new LOS routine that has been under construction for a while; it is much faster and hopefully follows the rules more accurately - please report any rule violations!
- fixed bug with the new rear MGs where the AI could get stuck in a loop trying to fire one out of the arc
- fixed a bug with direct fire when a weapon jams not counting the jam penalty when deciding whether or not a Damage Check is required
- removed an accidental leftover restriction on firing out of Fire 1 or Fire 2 hexes
- Map 11: fixed hex C4 to not be marked as Gorse
- By Dawn's Early Light: corrected to British in-town starting area
- Bridge Over Trouble Waters: fixed the single-hex buildings not properly counting for victory conditions

- fixed FFE counter removal not properly resetting the LOS cache
- fixed missing MGs on Gun Truck
- fixed vehicle rear MGs to require proper firing arc
- fixed vehicles with no ordnance weapons but 360-degree MGs to not require any vehicle rotation to fire
- fixed a bug where the AI could get stuck in a loop trying to fire an ATGM at an infantry target in invalid target terrain
- Bloody Swallow II: fixed units in the railroad tunnel to be shifted to ground level once the tunnel is blown up so they don't get stuck in it

- Red Star scenario pack: Red Gauntlet released
- fixed squad mortars adding the squad's inherent FP on indirect attacks
- fixed squad mortar fx/sound when firing indirectly
- fixed squad mortar indirect fire spotters not enforcing the unit type / status restrictions or being marked Ops Complete (note that Tromblon/Thumper do not have these restrictions or mark their spotters)
- removed (undocumented) requirement for Planned Airstrike units to be set to arrive on turn 255; note that doubles are still needed to be rolled at some point on the turn (refer to North Africa Knightsbridge scenario)

- fixed North Africa generated heroes not getting skills
- fixed autosaves not being deleted when starting new format scenarios or battle generator games
- fixed a loop when a vehicle with two ord weapons and the second ord weapon has more shots than the primary fired the primary weapon once
- Scenario Editor: new vic condition; Eliminate More in Category
- Fly Half: fixed Argentine bunkers that were set to foxholes on the 'hidden' half from not appearing when the event is triggered
- On the Run: fixed the turn 6 event message being sometimes blank

- fixed For the Emperor not properly loading scenarios for players not owning Pacific Battlepack 1
- fixed bunkers/other fortifications not properly initializing on scenarios with no setup (all units starting on the board in fixed positions, or as reinforcements)
- updated Translations (mostly North Africa stuff)
- intro video/screens now skipped for Windows 8 in addition to Windows 7 to see if that was causing problems for Windows 8 machines
- fixed Overruns not actually causing their damage effects in every scenario except "Folgore!!!"
- added sound effects for Overrun attacks
- Scenario Editor: added unit attribute Non-Arrival Eliminate; unit creation screen has unit group info lines reorganized to allow zone description to show; added Max Arrival Turn to allow reinforcements to arrive in a range of turns
- Scenario Editor: added event effect Random Arrival Zone and ability to trigger an event before the Setup Phase
- Scenario Editor: added victory condition Destroy Hexes, added flag on vic hexes for 'destroyable', units flagged with 'May Destroy Hexes' can take an action to blow those hexes up.