Armoured Commander II News

The players have spoken, and of 153 responses, 64.1% said they would prefer a major update to come first, addressing the AI and adding major new features, before adding more campaigns.



So the current version 5.2.5 will stay on the default branch for some time, and in the meantime I will start work on version 6 and once I've added a few new features, I'll put it on a separate preview branch for player testing. Barbarossa is still coming though; I'll see if I can create a pair of 1941 German/Soviet campaigns for the preview branch to help test the new stuff.

Thanks to everyone for their votes, and for your continued support of ArmCom2!

Some minor additions and fixes today, as always please report bugs and crashes in the discussion boards. Changelog follows:


ADD: British Bren Carrier, Scout Carrier to Battle of France (Germany) campaign
ADD: SPW 251/2, Lorraine 38L, AMC 29
ADD: Message re: advance point gain upon crewmen promotion
ADD: Additional detail to Battle of France (France/UK/Germany), Winter War (Finland/Soviet) campaigns
CNG: Increased modifier for close combat attacks on moving vehicles

I'm just about finished with the next minor update for the 5.x branch, which will add additional detail to existing Early War campaigns. I have two major projects that are next on my development plan - but which one should I do first? Cast your vote in this online poll, open until Sunday 12th July: Google Form Link

A few minor fixes, and two substantial additions in today's update: cavalry units and light mortar teams. Cavalry work similarly to infantry, except they are more likely to move around the map, are difficult to hit when they are moving, and you can't do an overrun attack on them unless they are stationary. For now they are also armed with anti-tank grenades, but this will be modified later on once I revise all the close combat weapons.

I've also added light mortars and a new ballistic weapon type, which will be used for larger mortars and similar weapons in the future. These have a greater chance to hit, but unless it's a critical hit, the firepower effect is lessened. Critical hits on armoured targets, however, are applied to the top armour, so if you get unlucky there's a very good chance of one of these cracking open your tank from above.

Cavalry units appear in the Poland campaigns, and light mortar teams have been added to every campaign.

I've tested both of these, but as always if you encounter any crashes or bugs, please report it in the discussion boards.


ADD: Rifle Cavalry unit definitions, movement, to-hit, etc. handling for new unit category
ADD: Light Mortar Team and Light Mortar weapon definitions, can attack without LoS at a penalty
ADD: Attack procedure for ballistic weapons:
- higher chance to hit, but reduced firepower effect from HE hits
- gun calibre modifiers do not apply
- lower target terrain effect on to-hit chance
- critical hit is considered a direct hit, and full effect is applied
- increased firepower effect if direct hit on target that is entrenched or dug-in
- normal "hits" from ballistic weapons have no chance of armour penetration
- critical/direct hits on armoured vehicles are applied to top armour, which is half of the hull side armour rating
CNG: Guns being attacked in overrun are no longer allowed to change facing before their defensive fire attack
CNG: Hull-mounted Turret MGs can now fire when blocked by HD direction
CNG: Increased chance of harrassing fire from infantry/small teams
FIX: Only vehicles can now be Hull Down

Some minor but important fixes in this update, changelog follows:


ADD: Animation speed game setting
ADD: BT-7A as player tank to Liberation Campaign, Winter War (Soviet Union) Campaign
ADD: Message when player tries to go Hull Down and is already Hull Down
CNG: Units that are pinned lose any acquired target status on other units, but they remain as acquired targets for others
FIX: Possible improvement in window freezing / spinning mouse cursor of death during longer animations (air and arty attacks)
FIX: Field hospital time not being applied properly for Player Commander
FIX: Crash when scrolling combat journal