Armoured Commander II News

A small update today, but one that fixes a possible crash when an armoured train was spawned as an enemy reinformfcent during a scenario. Changelog follows:


ADD: Pass Ammo command for Assistant Drivers, increases chance of RoF for guns when not using the Ready Rack
CNG: Layout of campaign options menu
CNG: Fate Points must now be set to off for campaign to be entered into campaign records
CNG: Slightly increased odds of repositioning into target terrain type
CNG: Armoured trains can no longer be spawned as enemy reinformcents, was causing a crash due to also spawning a locomotive unit

Some minor additions and fixes in this update, including some new units and other things that are not yet available in the game, since I still need to finish the early-war Afrika Korps campaign! As always please report bugs and crashes in the discussion forum.



ADD: Autocannone da 20/65, 20/65 AA Gun, 47/32 AT Gun
ADD: Marmon-Herrington II and III
ADD: Unit definitions for Panzer III G, Panzer III H, Panzer IV E
ADD: Panzer II F to Battle of France (Germany) player tanks
ADD: 'Unique Opportunities' campaign skill
ADD: Campaign Day mission: Patrol
ADD: Axis vehicles in North Africa prior to October 1941 all are automatically Unreliable
ADD: (u) indicator after movement class if vehicle is unreliable
ADD: Zone capture check if player moves into a new zone and no battle was triggered
ADD: Exception catch when the main menu checks to see whether 1+ saved campaigns are available
CNG: "Cycle Selected Gun" now greyed out in Ammo Load menu if tank only has one gun
CNG: Redesigned campaign selection menu to allow for more information to be displayed in the future
CNG: Campaigns in selection menu now categorized by starting year
CNG: Separated campaign options to their own menu, to allow for more options in the future
FIX: Crewmen must now be CE to throw a smoke grenade

Some minor but important fixes in this update, as well as two new enemy units:


ADD: Matilda II CS, Valentine II to AI units
ADD: Operate MG command not available if crewman is BU and only available MG is AA MG
ADD: Message in Contextual Console (above and to the left of the scenario map) if no target currently selected
CNG: Revisions to Rate of Fire calculations
FIX: Incorrect dates for Patton's Best campaign calendar
FIX: Bug where impossible weather conditions for current region/season could be generated
FIX: Player Commander stay in Field Hospital not being handled properly

Some minor fixes and additions for today, as always please report any bugs and/or crashes in the discussion forum:



ADD: TK-3 and TKS as playable tanks in the September Campaign
ADD: Weapons on a turret that has rotated that turn will have a lower RoF chance
ADD: Guns between 15 and 40mm have a higher base RoF chance, to reflect autocannons and much quicker pace of reloading
ADD: British AI unit for Via della Vittoria campaign: Rolls Royce Armoured Car
ADD: Handling of weapons mounted on rear of turret
ADD: Remaining historical notes to unit definitions
ADD: Chance that crewmen will become Shaken if a squadmate tank is destroyed
CNG: VP scores required for Via della Vittoria campaign decorations
FIX: Incorrect refitting date (1944!) for Battle of France (UK) campaign
FIX: Missing campaign skill in Via della Vittoria

A minor update today with some fixes and additions. As always, please report bugs and crashes in the discussion boards. This update is compatible with saved campaigns from 5.0.0.



ADD: Display of fate points remaining in attack console if player is able to use one
ADD: New French AI units: 105mm L mle 1913, 155mm C mle 1917, 20mm mle 1939 AA, 25mm mle 1938 AA
ADD: Additional detail to modifier list descriptions, possible to wrap description across two lines
ADD: Check for old config file and automatic update to avoid a crash
ADD: Additional historical notes for units
ADD: AI units may pivot but not attack, in order to get a better attack next turn
CNG: Modified enemy spawn odds for Canada's Best campaign slightly
CNG: Modified base Fatigue gain odds slightly
FIX: Bug where crewman birthdays could be set to day 0 of the month
FIX: Bug where campaign day map zones recaptured by enemy forces would have their strength already known to player
FIX: Empty "long_range" field for some 75mm guns in unit definitions
FIX: VP from Hold objectives not being awarded at end of combat day
FIX: Stun checks from saved AP hits not actually applying a Stunned condition to crewmen
FIX: Crewmen can now only manage the ready rack of the gun in their tank location (turret/hull)