Company of Heroes 3 News

Update 1.8.0 for Company of Heroes 3 introduces three new maps for all modes, several feature improvements, and new adjustments to multiplayer to shake up the meta. Today's patch notes do not fit in a Steam post, so please find the full list of changes and fixes here:
[h3]Update 1.8 Patch Notes[/h3]

Our team is aware that several players have had difficulty connecting to Company of Heroes 3 and we wanted to provide an update on our investigation, along with some troubleshooting steps in the meantime as we work on a solution. On September 10th, Relic’s service SSL certificate was renewed using AWS Certificate Manager (ACM). ACM recently changed the trust anchor for its certificates, transitioning from the “Starfield Class 2 Certification Authority” (GoDaddy) to the Amazon-owned “Starfield Services Root Certificate Authority - G2.” 

Players may be experiencing connection issues because “Starfield Services Root Certificate Authority - G2” is not installed on their systems, which is causing the SSL certificate validation to fail. 
We expected this root certificate to be available on up-to-date Windows systems or to be installed automatically via Windows’ Auto-Root Certificate Retrieval feature. However, some players are experiencing connection issues due to this certificate not being present. 

Possible reasons include: 

• Outdated Windows systems that haven’t received recent root certificate updates. 
  
• Auto-root certificate retrieval is disabled in system settings or group policies. 
  
• Network restrictions prevent Windows from fetching the missing root certificate. 
  

It is possible to check if the "Starfield Services Root Certificate Authority - G2" is installed on your Windows system by doing the following: 

• Press the Windows Key + R to open the Run dialog. 
  
• Type certmgr.msc and press Enter. 
  
• In the left panel, navigate to Trusted Root Certification Authorities → Certificates. 
  
• Look for Starfield Services Root Certificate Authority - G2 in the list as shown in this image.
  

 


Players still not able to connect to Company of Heroes 3 can try the troubleshooting steps below while our team finalizes a fix we hope to include in Tuesday’s 1.8.0 update. We will keep you updated on our progress.  

Please follow these troubleshooting steps in order: 

• [MOST RELIABLE FIX] Open the command line (Command Prompt) and run the command

  curl.exe https://coh3-api.reliclink.com/game/version/checkStatus

   
  
• If you have Windows updates pending, in progress or available, please complete their installation and restart your PC. 
  
• If that still does not resolve the issue, please open your browser and go to https://leaderboards.companyofheroes.com/. After that, try launching CoH3 again. 
  
• If these options do not work, please open Windows Edge and navigate to https://coh3-api.reliclink.com/game/version/checkStatus. It should give the response ["ok"]. If it does, run the game again and it should be able to connect fine. If it does not give the ["ok"] response, ensure that Windows is up to date.
  

 
You may need to perform these steps, and restart your PC a few times. Thank you for your patience as we work to resolve this as quickly as possible.

-The Relic Programmer Team

EDIT: You wrought havoc on the battlefield over the last week and deployed over 3-million satchels, demolition charges and flamethrowers! The Breaking Point profile items will be unlocked for everyone this week. Thanks for your hard work BLOWING STUFF UP!

Join forces to hit... The Breaking Point! As a community, use satchel charges, demolition charges and upgrade your units with flamethrowers 3-million times to unlock these epic profile rewards. You can take part in both singleplayer and multiplayer, just make sure things go boom!

For a limited time, earn bonus Merit with three unique event Challenges:

Burning Passion

• In Singleplayer, equip 25 units with Flamethrowers.
  

High-Priority Target

• Destroy 5 Train Stations or Churches.
  

Explosive Personality

• In Missions, Skirmishes or Multiplayer, construct 25 Demolition Charges.
  

DAY 1: After one day of the Breaking Point event, you've made things go BOOM 320,000 times! To hit 3-million, we'll need to throw more satchel charges and use those flamethrowers! We can do it.

DAY 3:1 million down, 2 million to go. Spend the weekend blowing things up with friends!

Today's hot fix prepares rewards and challenges for next week's community event - Breaking Point. We will share more details about this event soon! We have also added several fixes to soft locks in the Campaigns, along with improved data logging to help us identify any outstanding stability issues or progression blockers.

This patch fixes a large percentage of all reported campaign progression blockers which should provide a much more stable and enjoyable experience for everyone. Thank you for reporting these issues to us and for your continued support.

• Improved BugSplat's logging to help identify correlations between submitted reports.
  
• Improved soft lock detection and logging during campaigns.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Italian Campaign sometimes soft locks when the Foggia Intel objective starts while the Devil's Brigade Company was dead.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Italian Campaign sometimes soft locks soon after the Break the Volturno Line objective started.
  
• Fixed ships sometimes getting stuck during movement causing a soft lock in the Italian Campaign.
  
• Fixed a few instances where the A.I. was not ending its turn in the Italian Campaign.
  

Please note that these changes will invalidate replay files, however, we felt it was necessary to improve the overall experience for a large portion of our players.

[h2]Overview [/h2]

The Company of Heroes 3 team is excited to share our latest development roadmap outlining our plans for the rest of 2024 and early 2025. We know our players are always eager to hear what’s coming next for CoH3, so we hope this highlights our intent, and gives you something to look forward to. It’s important to keep in mind that we can’t predict the future, and our plans may need to change.

[h2]Development Roadmap[/h2]

This new roadmap outlines the next three updates to Company of Heroes 3 spanning the next six months of development. We’ll be starting with a smaller update in September (update 1.8.0), as the bulk of the team’s efforts will be on our updates coming in November 2024 and February 2025. These two updates will be larger than 1.8.0 and deliver content and features that are highly requested by the community. Also please note that the dates listed below are target release dates and subject to change. With the recent release of Onyx Shark (update 1.7.0) now behind us, we are collecting feedback from players that will help inform our work in 1.8 and beyond.



[h3]Mid September 2024 – 1.8.0 Minor Update [/h3]

• Multiplayer Balance Update
  
• New 2vs2 Relic Map
  
• New 3vs3 Relic Map
  
• New 4vs4 Community Map
  
• Map Quality of Life Improvements v2.0
  
• October Community Event: Night Witches
  

[h3]November 2024 – 1.9.0 Major Update [/h3]

• Live Observer Mode
  
• In-Game Leaderboard Integration – find the live web leaderboards here
  
• Additional Gameplay Improvements
  
• Multiplayer Balance Update
  
• Light Vehicle Tuning
  
• Unit Distinction v2.0
  
• VFX Improvements
  
• New 4vs4 Relic Map
  
• New 2vs2 Community Map
  
• Map Quality of Life Improvements v3.0
  
• December Community Event: Get Together
  
• January Community Event: Ride or Die
  

[h3]February 2025 – 2nd Anniversary Major Update [/h3]

• New Heavy Tank Battlegroups – we will share more details about Battlegroups closer to February. For now, have fun wildly speculating!
  
• Additional Gameplay Improvements
  
• 4 New Maps + Map Quality of Life Improvements v4.0
  
• Multiplayer Balance Update
  
• Audio Improvements
  
• Vehicle Overhaul & Improvements
  
• Community Event: Reinforcements on the Way
  
• And more!
  

[h2]Conclusion [/h2]

We hope you enjoyed this preview of what’s to come for Company of Heroes 3. If you would like some additional context on our development process and decision making, you can read this detailed forum post from the team! As always, please continue leaving your feedback, Steam reviews, questions and more. We look forward to sharing additional details about these updates as we get closer to each milestone. Follow all our channels for the latest news and be sure to join our Discord to continue the conversation with our Development team. Until next time!

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