Armoured Commander II News

Lots of minor additions, changes, and fixes in this update, most of which were already live through hotfixes to 8.1.9, but I thought that I should make sure to announce all of them in one place. Many thanks to the players on the Discord who contributed most of these bug reports and suggestions. Changelog follows:



ADD: Some tanks now have shoulder stabilizers for their guns, which slightly reduces the penalty to hit after moving
ADD: Area fire (MGs, light weapons) are now affected by precipitation effects at ranges of 3 hexes and up
ADD: Direct Movement command now gives a bonus when tyring to move into a particular type of terrain
ADD: Campaign name to final report display
ADD: Belgian and Republic of China nation definitions (not used yet)
ADD: Mountain Pass zones can now be captured
ADD: Additional bonus to fatigue loss when player unit moves into or waits within an Oasis zone
ADD: Display of Random Event phase in the Scenario layer
ADD: If player requests unit support, moves into a new hex, meets no resistance but is then attacked, they still get a chance at getting that unit support
ADD: Minor additional sound effects

CNG: Update to game font and unit portraits (thanks as always to cjprince)
CNG: Clarified wording of message when a crewman becomes Shaken as a result of losing a squadmate
CNG: Crew chatter now always appears near top of screen, as if it's coming out of the player's tank, added crew name to pop-up display
CNG: If a unit pivots, any movement bonus from previous moves is cleared
CNG: W/S keys are now used for managing the Ready Rack in the Campaign Day layer

FIX: Longstanding bug where allied units not in the player's squad were not having their status and their weapons' covered hexes reset properly
FIX: Firing over Open Sights penalty was not being applied properly
FIX: AA MGs now have no penalty if the turret rotated or the unit pivoted that turn
FIX: Bug where player could not continue into 2+ additiona campaigns during the same game session
FIX: In Unit Support menu, some longer unit types would be overwritten in the menu
FIX: Player would not be returned to top of hex stack after starting an overrun attack and having a defensive fire attack on a squadmate
FIX: Deep Snow could change into Snow during a Blizzard
FIX: HVSS will now not be added to tanks before December 1944

ADD: Display of the unit ID of the randomly selected tank portrait in the main menu
ADD: Artillery guns now have a base penalty to hit when firing over open sights, i.e. everything other than artilery support attacks (thanks for the suggestions, KunaMroku!)
CNG: If Hold objective time limit expires and player is in the zone but hasn't captured it yet, the objective won't be failed and player has a chance to capture the zone
CNG: Rocket attacks from airplane units no longer need to score a direct hit to have a chance of destroying an armoured target
FIX: Missing data in the unit definition for Semovente da 47/32, which was causing a crash when switching to this model
FIX: Final to-effect modifiers (eg. Hamada Effect) were being displayed in the AP roll

ADD: New Campaign: Bagration to Berlin (Germany)
ADD: Panzer M3 740 (Late) (Captured Stuart III), Panzer Mk VI 746 (Late) (Captured Crusader II), Panzer Mk VI 746 (III) (Captured Crusader III), Panzer Mk III 749 (Late) (Captured Valentine III)
ADD: Panzer T-26 737 M33, Panzer BT 742, Panzer T-60 743, Panzer T-70, Panzer KV-1E 753
ADD: M11/39 (UK), M13/40 (UK), M14/41 (UK), Autocannone da 20/65 (UK), 20/65 (UK), 47/32 (UK), PaK 38 (UK), PaK 40 (UK)
ADD: Belgium nation definition

CNG: Wording of crew action in bail-out minigame from 'Supressing Fire' to 'Covering Fire'
CNG: Disabled lightning flash effect
CNG: Crewman nicknames can now be cleared

FIX: Minor fixes to several campaigns

ADD: Panzer M3 740 (captured Stuart I), Kreuzer Panzer Mk VI 746 (captured Crusader I), Panzer Mark II 748 (captured Matilda II)
ADD: If Driver is CE, bonus to movement chance
ADD: Sound effect for destroyed gun, unarmoured vehicle
ADD: Random Campaign Day events: lowered support level, new squadmates, landmines discovered/removed
ADD: Target Specialist skills

CNG: Molotov attacks now cause a 10% fire chance when bailing out
CNG: Allied units including squadmates now less likely to do nothing during their activation

FIX: Crash when unit support request is active but no support type has been selected
FIX: Hold objectives can now be failed if time limit passes, improved checks for Hold objectives
FIX: Current crewman command will now only be shown in Swap Position menu if called from within a Scenario
FIX: If player tank is immbolized and then destroyed, final outcome in end-of-day report will be 'TANK LOST'
FIX: Rare crash during player squad spawn

Edit: Fixed that crash on the Campaign Day map, and added a few more improvements that I was working on anyway.


ADD: Display of expected enemies in Support Unit menu when moving into an enemy-held zone
ADD: Infantry, Cavalry, and Gun units hit by WP may rout immediately
ADD: Unique result text and pop-up message for when an unarmoured vehicle saves from an AP hit
ADD: Messages about a Player Commander death must now be dismissed with Tab
ADD: Crewmen remaining in the Field Hospital at the end of a campaign stay with the player if the player continues into a new campaign
ADD: More updated unit portraits from cjprince
ADD: New Skills: Keen Senses, Coordination, Primo Victoria!, Fire Fighter
ADD: Greater chance of enemy unit surrender if they are gun/infantry and are the only remaining enemy unit on the map
ADD: AI units will now automatically attempt to un-jam jammed weapons during their activation
ADD: Fate Points can now be used against attacks from unspotted enemy units

CNG: Reduced number of frames in canister firing animation
CNG: Spotted units now moved to top of unit stack before message is displayed
CNG: Removed message when friendly, non-squad units are spotted
CNG: Rescue objectives no longer spawn during Spearhead mission days
CNG: Highlight colour for player commander name/nickname
CNG: Minor changes to campaign option VP modifiers
CNG: Campaign Day random event where enemy strength is revealed will now only happen in a zone that is adjacent to a friendly-held zone
CNG: Opened 'Burst Fire' skill to all crew positions
CNG: Targets of overrun attacks now much more likely to engage in defensive fire
CNG: Defensive fire close combat attacks now have a small penalty to hit, unless it's urban combat

FIX: Rare bug where an impossible weather condition could be selected
FIX: Bug where player's own tank type may be spawned as a squadmate, even if it's not part of the player_squad_list as defined in the campaign
FIX: Display of crew fatigue levels was not being updated after waiting in place from the Crew tab in the Campaign Day interface
FIX: LoS depiction was remaining on screen after AI attack finished
FIX: Il-2 now correctly has a single seat, Il-2 Sturmovik Type 2M added with extra seat
FIX: Routed units can no longer become Heroic
FIX: Incorrect turret armour values for M4A1(76)W Sherman and M4A3(76)W Sherman
FIX: When continuing into a new campaign, crewmen are now given the new campaign's campaign skill if any