WARNO News

[p]Hello!

We hope you are doing well. This DevBlog will be a bit shorter than usual, as the Eugen team is knee-deep in fixing several issues related to the upcoming WARNO - SOUTHAG release, including the desync bug.

We know you have been clamoring for the full, official launch, but you need to hold on a little bit longer, as we are almost there.

We did not come completely empty-handed, though.

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Nemesis #4.3 - Capital Defence[/h3][p]With all the hullabaloo surrounding WARNO - SOUTHAG, it might be easy to forget that we have Nemesis #4.3 - Capital Defence coming your way.

It won the popular vote back earlier this year, but just to recap: Nemesis #4.3 - Capital Defence features two formations safeguarding the respective nation’s capital during the Cold War. On NATO’s side, we have the UK’s Home Defence Region London and for the Warsaw Pact, the Soviet 2-ya Tamanskaya Gvardeyskaya Motostrelkovaya Diviziya or the 2nd Guards Tamanskaya Motorized Rifle Division based in Moscow, USSR.

We can let you know that our 3D modellers and artists are doing big chunks of work on Nemesis #4.3 in the background. Below are some fruits of their labor.

[/p][h3]WARNO League Season 5[/h3][p]We also take this opportunity to shine a light on Protosz's upcoming WARNO LEAGUE SEASON 4. Here is what he has to say about it:[/p][p]The most prestigious WARNO Tournament is coming back again at the end of September and you all can be part of it! [/p][p]WARNO League Season 5 will start at the 29th of September into its group stage, following the well established format of the previous seasons of 4 Divisions based on skill level! [/p][p]So no matter if you are new to WARNO 1v1 or a Veteran, you will have good and fair matches! Sign up and information can be found here: https://playsdl.com/tournament/warno-league-season5[/p][p]We are also going to improve the experience compared to previous seasons.[/p][p]As we are working on improving the Fantasy league, the pick and ban System and the Stats collection to make it more fun for both players and Viewers![/p][p]So sign up now if you want to be a part of it! Slots are filling up quickly![/p][p]That said, WARNO League Season 4 Grandfinals was one, if not the best final we had so far![/p][p]All of you who missed it can find the VOD here: [dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p]The Event will be streamed through out its run from September to November on YT and twitch: [/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p][/p]


[h3]WARNO - SOUTHAG Expansion[/h3][p]WARNO - SOUTHAG is WARNO’s second expansion after WARNO - NORTHAG and showcases the fighting in southern West Germany near the Alps and on the Czechoslovakian frontier. The expansion is available now only for Expansion Pass owners. The official launch of WARNO - SOUTHAG will come in the very near future.

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• [p]2 new Army General campaigns, including Holding Attack and Closing the Trap.
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• [p]4 new Operations, such as Delayed Retribution, Glory or Attrition,Hydra
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• [p]10 new Divisions, featuring Canada, Spain, and Czechoslovakia as new nations. These include NATO’s 1st Canadian Division, the Spanish División Mecanizada «Brunete» n.º 1, the French 6e Division Blindée Légère and Division du Rhin, plus the West German 1. Luftlandedivision. The Warsaw Pact features the Czechoslovakian 1. Tanková Divize, 19. Motostřelecká Divize, and 303. Tanková Divize, while the Soviet Central Group of Forces deploys the 31-ya Tankovaya Diviziya and the 17-ya Gvardeyskaya Tankovaya Diviziya.
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• [p]New voice acting.
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• [p]New units and models.[/p]

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Until Next Week
We hope to be able to give some good news about WARNO - SOUTHAG soon!

Don’t forget the vibrant WARNO community. Check the latest news on the Steam News page or visit the Steam Forums. Get together with other players on either the excellent Discord server, Reddit page, YouTube or our Instagram.

See you on the battlefield, commanders.

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[p]This patch contains a few but important fixes, which are as follows:[/p]

• [p]Fixed the desync that occurred in multiplayer.
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• [p]This Hotfix does not change any game data, so mods do not need to be updated
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[p]This patch contains a few but important fixes, which are as follows:[/p]

• Fixed a crash that could occur during a desync in multiplayer mode.
• Improved version updates: when an update doesn’t change any game data, mod creators won’t need to update their mods. This is the case for this Hotfix.
  

Hello commanders!

We are back again. As you know, last week we launched our new expansion, WARNO - SOUTHAG into a preliminary “Early Access” available to Expansion Pass owners.

We promise: the full official release of WARNO - SOUTHAG is coming very soon.

In the meantime, in today’s DevBlog, we look at several new units that have been added, improved or will be added to existing divisions in WARNO thanks to WARNO - SOUTHAG.

[h2]WARNO - SOUTHAG Early Access[/h2]
We have released WARNO - SOUTHAG into an “Early Access” form, meaning that owners of the WARNO Expansion Pass will be able to already play with our newest expansion. Why?



After several months of unexpected delays in getting our expansion out of the door, we wanted to give our players and community a chance to get playing sooner rather than later. The roadblocks and issues derailed WARNO - SOUTHAG’s development significantly, and - for us and for you - it was high time you got playing, while we are working our darndest to get the missing content from the expansion into the official full launch. WARNO - SOUTHAG is currently without the last two divisions and one Army General campaign.

In the meantime, we wanted to give you an overview of all the new, updated, or changed units that - thanks to WARNO - SOUTHAG you’ll be able to encounter in the WARNO base game.

[h2]New and Improved Units[/h2]
With France arguably being one of the main NATO protagonists in WARNO - SOUTHAG, we modeled several new units for the Army General campaign. These will also find their way into existing French divisions, specifically the 11e Division Parachutiste and 4e Division Aéromobile (the latter attached to the West German Territorialkommando Süd in-game).



New, reworked, or improved units are highlighted in bold and italic.

[h3]11e Division Parachutiste[/h3]

• A new P4 PC PARA., with the Para (meaning Forward Deployment) trait. This unit replaces the previous, regular P4 PC.
  
• In the same vein, a new HM2A1 105mm PARA., with the Para (Forward Deployment) trait. This one replaces the previous, regular HM2A1 105mm.
  
• One card of PARA. ECLAIREURS is replaced with one new HUSSARDS PARA., a more heavily armed 8-man recon squad. The former are now restricted to the P4 (no more VLRA .50), but in turn, gain access to the new recon transport P4 ANF1, meanwhile, the latter are restricted to the VLRA and VLRA.50.

[h3]TerrKdo Süd[/h3]
The new AUVERLAND jeeps were only used by the 4e Division Aéromobile, intended to be airlifted onto the battlefield. In-game, they'll have the same stats as their P4 counterpart, but with the Airlifted trait.

• The P4 MILAN is replaced with the AUVERLAND MILAN, with access to the SUPER PUMA as a transport option.
  
• Added one card of command AUVERLAND PC, once again with access to SUPER PUMA as a transport.
  
• Added the new 4-man AERO-ECLAIREURS with either the transport AUVERLAND or the recon transport AUVERLAND ANF-1.

[h3]Reworked Models[/h3]
While modelling new variants of existing units, we also took the opportunity to update the base models in case of visual… imperfections. This includes:

• The West German LEOPARD 1A1A1, which gave birth to 1. Luftlandedivision’s “healthy” LEOPARD 1A1A2.
  
• The Soviet BM-21 GRAD, which happens to be the proud father of Soviet 31-ya TD's PRIMA. Not only that, we also redid some of the textures for this venerable artillery unit, specifically the Polish and East German variants, which either had Soviet markings or the wrong tone of camouflage green. These have been fixed with the proper national colors and markings.

[h3]Call 911[/h3]
And, furthermore, we took the chance to expand the number of “cop cars” in WARNO. That is, the military police vehicles with their own Military Police trait. This means that units previously restricted to specific divisions, depending on their DLC, have been seeded more generously throughout the game.

• M1025 HUMVEE MP is now available in most American divisions.
  
• The new P4 GENDARMERIE in French formations.
  
• The new VW T3 FELDJÄGER in West German battlegroups.
  
• And the ROVER KMAR and ROVER PREVOTE in Dutch and Belgian divisions respectively.

We will round out this list after WARNO - SOUTHAG’s full release:

• The new TRAFIC GENDARMERIE (to be featured in the Division du Rhin) will also be made available in 152e Division d’Infanterie.

• The new UAZ-452 in some Soviet and Polish divisions.

[h3]Already added[/h3]
Furthermore, the following changes were already added to the base game of WARNO with last week’s patch:

• A new MiG-21bis [AT] to the Polish 4 Dywizja Zmechanizowana, which was in need of some anti-tank capacity.
  
• Plus we replaced one card of PARA. MARINE from 11e Division Parachutiste with one card of new PARA. MARINE (Eryx), representing the 8e RPIMa which was the designated regiment testing the Eryx ATGM since 1988. As we are “Marching to War” the Eryx for Canada, there was no reason for it not to be featured with this French division who was actually field testing this short-range SACLOS missile.

[h2]WARNO - SOUTHAG Expansion[/h2] WARNO - SOUTHAG is WARNO’s second expansion after WARNO - NORTHAG and showcases the fighting in southern West Germany near the Alps and on the Czechoslovakian frontier. The expansion is available now only for Expansion Pass owners. The official launch of WARNO - SOUTHAG will come in the very near future.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2978630/WARNO__SOUTHAG/

• 2 new Army General campaigns, including Holding Attack and Closing the Trap.
  
• 4 new Operations, such as Delayed Retribution, Glory or Attrition,Hydra
• 10 new Divisions, featuring Canada, Spain, and Czechoslovakia as new nations. These include NATO’s 1st Canadian Division, the Spanish División Mecanizada «Brunete» n.º 1, the French 6e Division Blindée Légère and Division du Rhin, plus the West German 1. Luftlandedivision. The Warsaw Pact features the Czechoslovakian 1. Tanková Divize, 19. Motostřelecká Divize, and 303. Tanková Divize, while the Soviet Central Group of Forces deploys the 31-ya Tankovaya Diviziya and the 17-ya Gvardeyskaya Tankovaya Diviziya.
  
• New voice acting.
  
• New units and models.

[h2]Until Next Week[/h2]
We’ll be back soon!

Don’t forget the vibrant WARNO community. Check the latest news on the Steam News page or visit the Steam Forums. Get together with other players on either the excellent Discord server, Reddit page, YouTube or our Instagram.

See you on the battlefield, commanders.

Hello commanders!

It’s a very special day today. It’s high time you guys got to play with WARNO - SOUTHAG!

Our latest expansion for WARNO is now available in Early Access for all WARNO Expansion Pass owners.

Wait, what, you might say? While you're downloading, read on for an explanation.

[h2]Early Access for Expansion Owners[/h2]
Let’s cut straight to the point: WARNO - SOUTHAG has seen some significant delays, slipping from an original Q2 release date to almost the tail-end of Q3. And the simple truth was that we didn’t want our players to wait any longer.



There are a variety of reasons for the delays encountered, which we’ll highlight below, but suffice to say that we wanted to get WARNO - SOUTHAG out of the door, sooner rather than later. But, an important consideration, not everything was fully ready to go.

That’s why we made the executive decision to release WARNO - SOUTHAG in “Early Access” - with some specific content missing - only for Expansion Pass owners, with a full release coming in the very near future.

[h2]WARNO - SOUTHAG Early Access[/h2]
So, what does this mean? Well, first off: WARNO - SOUTHAG can now be played by all owners of the Expansion Pass. They will have almost complete access to the expansion:

• 8 out of 10 Divisions (see below)
  
• 4 out of 4 Operations.
  
• But no Army General campaign.

NATO's available divisions are:

• División Meca. Brunete n°1
• 6e Division Légère Blindée
• 1. Luftlande-Division
• 1st Canadian Division

Pact's available divisions are:

• 31-ya Tank. Div.
• 1. Tanková Divize
• 19. Motostřelecká Divize
• 303. Tanková Divize

NATO’s Division du Rhin and the Warsaw Pact’s 17-ya Gv. Tank. Div. still lack some unit cards and textures, and will come later.
Game localization in Spanish, Chinese & German haven't been integrated yet, nor are the voice acting for the operations' ingame dialogs.
All missing content will be added at the official public release of WARNO - SOUTHAG.

On top of the above content, we will also release three new maps to all owners of WARNO for free! Check out a preview here.



[h2]WARNO - SOUTHAG’s Delays[/h2]
At this point, many of WARNO - SOUTHAG’s moving parts were ready to go, except for some important elements, including the massive Army General campaign. In order not to have any more delays, we decided to launch the expansion now, even if it is a little incomplete. Our overriding objective is for you to start playing, while we cross our t’s and dot our i’s in the background.



The development of WARNO - SOUTHAG didn’t go as smoothly as we had expected or hoped for. There were lots of little things piled up, from a small but hard-working team finalizing multiple projects at the same time, to rather pesky bugs that required substantially more resources to squash than initially forecast.



This is why we opted to push the expansion over the summer, but we also realized that we couldn’t leave our community waiting for much longer.



All in all: we apologize for the long wait. At the same time, we ask you to keep in mind that our expansion is launching publicly in very short order. Any feedback, comments, or thoughts are greatly appreciated (though treat everyone, including the Eugen team, with respect).



[h2]WARNO - SOUTHAG Expansion[/h2]
The WARNO Strike Team has been showing off the latest units and divisions from WARNO - SOUTHAG. Make sure to check them out in the variety of streams that are floating around the interwebs.



WARNO - SOUTHAG is WARNO’s second expansion after WARNO - NORTHAG and showcases the fighting in southern West Germany near the Alps and on the Czechoslovakian frontier.



In the southern reaches of Germany, the Warsaw Pact with the Soviet Central Group of Forces, bolstered by the communist Czechoslovakians, battles against a counter-attacking NATO SOUTHAG command led by France, with American, West German, Canadian, and reinforcing Spanish troops.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2978630/WARNO__SOUTHAG/

• 2 new Army General campaigns, including Holding Attack and Closing the Trap.
  
• 4 new Operations, such as Delayed Retribution, Glory or Attrition,Hydra
• 10 new Divisions, featuring Canada, Spain, and Czechoslovakia as new nations. These include NATO’s 1st Canadian Division, the Spanish División Mecanizada «Brunete» n.º 1, the French 6e Division Blindée Légère and Division du Rhin, plus the West German 1. Luftlandedivision. The Warsaw Pact features the Czechoslovakian 1. Tanková Divize, 19. Motostřelecká Divize, and 303. Tanková Divize, while the Soviet Central Group of Forces deploys the 31-ya Tankovaya Diviziya and the 17-ya Gvardeyskaya Tankovaya Diviziya.
  
• New voice acting.
  
• New units and models.

[h2]Until Next Week[/h2]
Let us know what you think!

Don’t forget the vibrant WARNO community. Check the latest news on the Steam News page or visit the Steam Forums. Get together with other players on either the excellent Discord server, Reddit page, YouTube or our Instagram.

See you on the battlefield, commanders.