Victory At Sea Atlantic News

[p]Submarines stay hidden, torpedoes flood their targets, and Sweden opens for business — check out what’s new![/p][p]Hello Commanders![/p][p]We’ve just rolled out a fresh update based on your feedback and reports — thank you as always for your continued support. This update brings a range of gameplay improvements, bug fixes, visual tweaks, and new quality-of-life options to make your time on the bridge even smoother.[/p][p]Check out the full patch notes below:[/p][p][/p][h3]Bug Fixes[/h3]

• [p]Fixed a bug causing retreating enemies to cluster in the middle of the arena.[/p]
• [p]Ship positions should now remain consistent after loading a game saved during combat.[/p]
• [p]Prevented a case where non-spotted enemy fleets appeared on the campaign map.[/p]
• [p]Attack orders are now cleared once their target is destroyed.[/p]
• [p]Fixed minimap order lines not updating in some cases.[/p]
• [p]The enemy will no longer know the starting location of submerged player submarines.[/p]
• [p]Torpedo tubes will now reload when outside of combat.[/p]
• [p]Corrected an issue where the enemy speed and bearing label could get stuck.[/p]
• [p]Intelligence reports are now localised correctly.[/p]
• [p]Removed a misleading sound clip from the sabotage failure popup.[/p]
• [p]Fixed a rare save game issue affecting fleet loading.[/p]
• [p]Prevented the airfield autofill button from instantly constructing aircraft.[/p]
• [p]Stopped flights being shot down before the battle popup appears.[/p]
• [p]Ensured the squadron list displays correctly in the carrier operations tutorial.[/p]

[hr][/hr][h3]Gameplay Improvements[/h3]

• [p]Added neutral ports in Sweden, allowing Germany to collect supplies.[/p]
• [p]Submersible tankers can now resupply fleets with all ammunition types.[/p]
• [p]Cargo ships may also resupply fleets with ammunition.[/p]
• [p]Slowed build and repair times for bombers.[/p]
• [p]Enemy ships detected but not visually confirmed now appear as silhouettes.[/p]
• [p]Improved aircraft steering controls.[/p]
• [p]Retreating fleets won’t fire torpedoes in autoresolved combats.[/p]
• [p]Fleets cruise at half speed on the bridge level; enemy convoy ships maintain cruise speed in combat.[/p]
• [p]Fleet attack orders are no longer cleared when losing sight of a target fleet.[/p]
• [p]Improved coastal pathfinding on the campaign map.[/p]
• [p]Torpedo hits now deal flooding damage, slowing ships until repairs are made.[/p]
• [p]Formation movement is now less strict, favouring speed over rigid positioning.[/p]
• [p]Enemy surface ships now start combat in motion.[/p]
• [p]Ships won’t throttle to zero in combat unless specifically ordered.[/p]
• [p]Enemy spotters now scout the arena instead of landing immediately.[/p]
• [p]Reduced the accuracy of civilian ships’ gunnery.[/p]
• [p]Withdrawing from combat without losses after sinking an enemy now counts as a victory.[/p]
• [p]Silent running now limits a submersible’s throttle instead of its maximum speed.[/p]
• [p]The combat end cutscene will play if the player withdraws without damage.[/p]

[hr][/hr][h3]UI & Quality of Life[/h3]

• [p]Added a toggle option for click-to-move on the sea.[/p]
• [p]Key bindings can now be cleared in the options screen.[/p]
• [p]Added explanatory tooltips to campaign objectives.[/p]
• [p]Clicking a fleet counter highlights all squadrons in that fleet.[/p]
• [p]New togglable alerts for completed fleet repairs.[/p]
• [p]Added a tooltip showing time remaining for ship repairs.[/p]
• [p]Alert icons on the bridge can now be dismissed with a close button.[/p]
• [p]Ship stats now display torpedo tube placement and internal torpedo capacity for submersibles.[/p]
• [p]Oxygen and battery warnings no longer show for surfaced subs.[/p]
• [p]Renamed “Retreat” button to “Withdraw.”[/p]
• [p]Renamed "AMES" to "Radar Station."[/p]
• [p]Added speed and bearing labels to fleets on the campaign map.[/p]
• [p]Alert toggle panel is hidden during combat.[/p]

[hr][/hr][h3]Visual Updates[/h3]

• [p]Reduced the intensity of the sharpen post-processing effect and disabled hard light blending.[/p]
• [p]Added a fallback ocean shader for systems that can’t render volumetric materials.[/p]

[hr][/hr][h2]We Want Your Feedback![/h2][p]As always, your thoughts help shape future updates. If you run into any issues, or have ideas for improvements, drop us in the community page — we’re listening.[/p][p][/p]

[p]Hi everyone,[/p][p]We just wanted to give you a quick heads-up — we’re very close to releasing our next update for Victory At Sea Atlantic! This one’s packed with new features and a host of quality-of-life improvements, many of them directly based on your feedback.[/p][p]We’d hoped to have it out for you today, but we need a little more time to finish off some final tweaks and make sure everything’s running smoothly. Thank you so much for your patience and continued support — it means the world to us.[/p][p]We’ll keep you posted and aim to have the update in your hands very soon![/p][p]Fair winds,
The Victory At Sea Atlantic Team[/p]

We’ve been listening intently to your feedback and have been hard at work on the new update. It would be great to hear what you think, please keep it coming!

Gameplay:

• Coastal assault missions in single-fleet mode are now played in the combat view.
  
• General Campaign AI improvements
  
• The timescale may now be increased to 32x in combat.
  
• Added extra enemy fleets to new Axis and Allied campaigns.
  
• Improved enemy fleet AI for planning amphibious assaults.
  
• Increased the maximum hull damage on all ship classes.
  
• Reduced AA weapon accuracy.
  
• Increased the effectiveness of ASW against submersibles in autoresolved combats.
  
• Increased the effectiveness of dive and torpedo bombers against surface ships in autoresolved combats.
  
• Increased the effectiveness of fighters against bombers in autoresolved combats.
  
• Airfields' allowed spotter launch ranges are displayed on the map when the UI is moused over.
  
• Gun turret rotation speeds are more realistic.
  
• Ship captains may be swapped around in single-fleet mode.
  
• Submersibles start combat closer to enemy surface ships, and at a position that better reflects the global fleet positions.
  
• Sub-hunter ships start ASW combat at a slower speed.
  
• Increased detectability of submersibles when they launch a torpedo.
  
• Germany starts with a farm and a factory in new Axis campaigns.
  
• Ships may list at an angle after taking heavy damage..
  

Bug fixes:

• Fixed a bug causing loitering flights to return to a moving fleet too soon.
  
• Move order queueing works for aircraft flights.
  
• Prevented some gun turrets rotating through the superstructure of their ships.
  
• Radar stations can be built in all territories.
  
• The structure repair tutorial gives the player the correct amount of resources to repair the structure.
  
• The summary panel shows the correct weekly income stats of structures.
  
• Fleets with a movement destination take a more sensible path after leaving combat.
  
• The Short Sunderland no longer has a blank space for a name.
  
• Japanese characters are all visible on the unit name and class UI.
  
• Prevented the amphibious assault muster point UI being displayed for enemy assaults.
  
• Stopped the enemy capture of player territory being displayed as a victory.
  

We’ve been hard at work on a new update based on your feedback — its more backend stuff but makes the AI more aggressive when it comes to building and fielding fleets. It would be great to hear your feedback!

Bug fixes:

Fixed a bug that could cause the UI scale to initialise as too large.

Gameplay:

Rebalanced enemy fleet creation in the campaign, and increased enemy ship commissioning speeds at higher difficulties.
Multiple ships targeting the same submerged submersible will attack different locations.

Bug fixes:

Stopped the UI scale setting resetting itself.
The UI scale slider only shows up when at a screen resolution that allows UI scaling.
Stopped initial fleets spawning too many ships in modded campaigns.
Modded campaigns use the correct intro text.
Removed a reference to a non-existent tutorial video.