Carrier Battles 4 Guadalcanal News

- Play against anyone over internet on PC/Mac/iOS/Android
- Turn-by-turn asynchronous 2-player game. You don't need to both connected at the same time
- Take your time to play against a challenging human opponent
- The game state is automatically saved in the cloud
- Login and notifications by email
- Less cheat opportunity
- The multi-player is free for the time being. If run-time costs of the online architecture become expensive, then a small fee may be asked to players




Log
- Display the day of event
- Select a hex number in a log event to center the map on it

Map
- The map is now entirely displayed in 2D
- The zoom has less inertia

Fog of War
- Non-disclosure in the log or damage window of accurate info on damage enemy ships
- Sunk ships should not be automatically as sunk at the end of battle. Another round of air observation might be needed
- Sunk ships during battle could still be possible mistaken
- Airstrikes may be detected across several phases, possibly increasing intelligence on them

Miscellaneous
- Support request, chosen options & modules available on each saved game tile
- TF Merge: some rules were not always enforced when all ships were stacked on left or right panel

[h2]1.7[/h2]

[h3]Scenarios [/h3]
- New what-if scenario: Operation FS July 1942. included with Advanced Fog of War
- Watchtower: US carriers embed more fighters
- Essex: reduced Japanese set-up area



[h3]Air Operations[/h3]
- Preparation time estimates are more stable
- CTRL-Z to undo the last action
- Easier TF selection as airstrike target when within a stack
- Possibility to rebase damaged air units when unable to land on their carrier
- Search leg indication with a small arrow on the scout counter

[h3]Miscellaneous[/h3]
- Ability to rename and/or duplicate a saved game
- Do not reveal the loss of ship seaplane capability to the enemy
- Advanced fog of war: do not display airstrike on map if your side believes that all enemy planes have been destroyed
- When changing the return base of an airstrike, if some units may not land on the new base, they will split and keep their original destination

Carrier Battles 4 Guadalcanal is now available on Android platform.
It is quite similar to the desktop version, set aside screen size, some graphical tips and shortcuts.

There is also a LITE version with a single scenario (Coral Sea) which allows you to see how it renders on your device.

Enhancement which will come later
- DLC Seaplanes and Advanced fog of war
- Cross-platform multi-player

Once this is in place, the iOS version can be upgraded with the modern look and feel

[h3]Airstrike Intelligence[/h3]
- Airstrikes can also be detected by airstrikes, CAP or scouts
- You won’t see the detailed composition of an airstrike on map until it enters battle. Several level of intelligence are displayed in between

[h3]TF Intelligence[/h3]
- After an air-to-sea battle, the enemy TF is displayed at the highest intelligence level
- The 3rd level of intelligence shows the number of ships +/- 2
- TF location errors on false scouting reports have been slightly reworked, see Advanced Search rules

[h3]New optional feature module [/h3]
Advanced Fog of War (DLC)

[h3]Faster game loading time[/h3]

[h2]1.5[/h2]

[h3]New Scenario : Essex, September 1943[/h3]
- features the carrier raid on the Gilbert islands and a plausible Japanese interception
- it is included with the Seaplanes extra feature



[h3]TF[/h3]
- Autopilot: the estimated time of arrival also mentions the arrival day

[h3]Units[/h3]
- B24 has a greater air-to-air rating
- Old Japanese BB, CV Hiyo, Junyo are faster

[h3]UI:[/h3]
- Progress bar from scenario loading and faster IA phase processing
- Conflicts between scrolling, zooming, double-click, long-click, right-click have been fixed

[h2]Survey[/h2]
- you have been about one thousand to asnwer the questionnaire
- thank you very much for this valuable feedback
- results and roadmap will be gradually unveiled, stay tuned !"