Hex of Steel News

- Change : Engineers now ignore the entrenchment level of a unit.
- Change : Each level of entrenchment adds a -4 damage modifier (still capped at 20 max all modifier together, tile + entrenchment).
- Change : Reduced the fallschirmjäger soldier graphics so it would be seen entirely on the counter.
- Change : Updated manual.

- Fix : Fighters with bombs couldn’t attack submarines.
- Fix : Paratroopers would be broken after they’ve been carried from one scenario to another.
- Fix : Deploying ships at harbour right after they’ve been taken.
- Fix : Upgrading a paratrooper would break it.

This update marks the end of Paratroopers issues :)

- Added : You can now create your own faction. In the diplomacy panel you now have an extra button "Create faction". You obviously cannot create Axis or Allies or Neutral. Anything else if up to you :) This will allow for 3 sides wars, with Axis vs Allies, and both will consider you as an enemy as well :)

- Fix : Couldn’t embark in a factory even if there was a railroad nearby.
- Fix : El Alamein 2 German scenario balance.
- Fix : Entrenchment making units invulnerable.

- Change : Sped up AI.

- Fix : You could get supplies from any tile as long as it had a flag on it. So, a hill or a bridge, whatever really.
- Fix : Battleships, carriers and heavy cruisers weren’t supplied 25% by 25% but still 50% by 50% per turn.
- Fix : Showing potential damage on a submerged submarine.
- Fix : The Hurricane Mk. IV didn’t have a sprite.
- Fix : You could get troops in a train from a harbour even without railroads around it.
- Fix : AIs bombers were bombing neutral cities.
- Fix : Some German SPG had the artillery type instead of tank.
- Fix : AI could be placing several supply depots near one another. Stupid basically.
- Fix : AI would get veteran supply depots (yay).
- Fix : Replaced all paratroopers on Operation Market Garden and Operation Overlord. They were old and outdated and not updated, so once dropped they would have 0 MP.

- Added : Supply depot (new unit). This unit can be built by engineers, and units will be able to get supplies from it instead from a city for example. If you hadn’t think about it, you can indeed set supply depots as target in the map editor and this could be the goal of your mission :)
- Added : BL 6-inch 26 cwt howitzer, Ordnance BL 4.5-inch, Humber Armored Car Mk. II, BL 7.2 inch, QF 3.7-inch AA gun, Ordnance QF 2-pounder, Ordnance QF 6-pounder, Ordnance BL 5.5-inch, Bofors 40 mm, Ordnance QF 25-pounder, Oerlikon 20 mm, Spitfire Mk Vb, Hurricane Mk IIc to British Raj.
- Added : Humber armoured car Mk IV, Ordnance BL 4.5-inch, Hurricane Mk. IV, 60 per Mk I to Great Britain.
- Added : Tupolev-SB, Polikarpov I-153 Chaika, Fiat CR 32, Curtiss P-40C Warhawk, Henshel 123, Fiat BR 20, Renault FT-17 8 mm, Renault FT-17 37 mm, 25mm CA mle 39, Breda 20 85, M3 Stuart, M4 Sherman, Engineers, Militia to China.
- Added : Hawker Hurricane Mk. II C, Fairey Fox IIIF, Blackburn T3A Velos, Fairey Battle Mk. I, Bristol Blenheim Mk. IV, Bristol Bleinheim Mk. I, PZL P24, Potez Po 633, Avia B534 II, Avia BH 33E SHS to Greece.

- Change : Updated ALL scenarios of the Soviet Campaign (it was time).
- Change : M3 Stuart, Chinese light and heavy infantry sprites.
- Change : Updated manual for supply depots.
- Change : Updated Europe 1939 map.
- Change : All campaign scenarios have been removed from the multiplayer, because they were 95% unbalanced. I will be re adding some new PVP maps, but this will take some time I didn’t have the time to do that today.

- Fix : Naval generals (Admirals) didn’t give their bonuses.

What will I be working on next ?
The Burma campaign (yes, I didn’t add all those units for India for nothing hehe)
And making balanced map for multiplayer. You are more than welcome to create your own and share them on the workshop ! :D

- Added : 1944 configuration Ultimate Eastern Front.
- Added : Core unit marking in the OOB. There will be a yellow mark saying they’re core, and they will be at the very top of their category in the OOB.

- Change : Operation Compass was too hard.
- Change : Balanced Operation Battle-axe.
- Change : Added small harbours to the Italy 1943 map.
- Change : Formatting for unit’s history. It will now be more clear and also won’t be impacted by your system’s region.

- Fix : Operation Crusader could be lost in 1 turn for the Allies.
- Fix : Date will now always be shown in English.
- Fix : Winter and mountaineer option not being synchronised when upgrading a unit.

- Removed : All small versions of the eastern front.