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Turkish Land Forces Spotlight

Attention Squaddies,

We are thrilled to announce that the next faction to be added to Squad will be the Turkish Land Forces (TLF). If you are participating in our public playtests you might have already played them and we are thankful for your feedback.

The Turkish Land Forces faction comes with a few unique tools in their arsenal, distinguishing itself by making use of a combination of unique domestic equipment and a smaller mix of equipment from other nations. Their equipment is a mix of unique, domestically produced weapons/vehicles as well as older-generation western equipment. As a faction, they do not have a particular strategic strength but instead have the tools to overcome any situation.

[h2]Infantry Kits[/h2]

They have a few noticeable differences for their infantry kits:

  • No dedicated heavy anti-tank role.
  • More light anti-tank roles than other factions.
  • Two grenadier variants, one with an underslung grenade launcher and another with a standalone semi-automatic grenade launcher, the MKE MGL unique in its kind.
  • A machinegunner in the “direct combat” roles, a unique trait to their faction.
  • A special Jandarma role, equipped with the SAR 109T Submachine Gun, our first modern SMG in Squad.




The Turkish Land Forces also come with new unique weapons and optics:
  • SAR 109T Submachine Gun
  • MPT-76 Rifle
  • KNT-76 Marksman Rifle
  • AK40-GL Underslung Grenade Launcher
  • PMT-76 Medium Machine Gun
  • MG3 with iron sights
  • MKE MGL Grenade Launcher
  • HAR-66 Light Anti-Tank Weapon


Optics
  • A940 Optic
  • KESKIN Marksman Optic
  • HNA Red Dot Optic


[h2]Vehicles[/h2]

The Turkish Land Forces have an emphasis on combined arms tactics and have access to a wide range of options. However, they also have a few vehicles that are unique to them.

  • BMC 185-09B Truck
  • Cobra II MRAP
  • ACV-15 Tracked APC/IFV
  • PARS III Wheel APC/IFV
  • M60T MBT
  • UH1H Helicopter




That's it for this quick showcase! If you want to get your hands on the faction early and give your feedback keep an eye out on our Discord for when our next playtest will be.

SQUAD HOTFIX 6.0.2 RELEASE NOTES

Our latest hotfix, Squad 6.2 has been released, focusing on improving scopes clarity and depth of field on suppression effects. Also the name tags are back when aiming down sights! Yay!

[h2]Updates & Bug Fixes[/h2]


• Friendly name tags are now visible again when aiming down sights with scoped weapons
• Improved scope clarity on some weapons
• Corrected eye relief on the C7 Grenadier
• Made adjustments to depth of field values to mitigate the impact of upscaling (FSR) on suppression effects
• Fixed an issue where players could be prevented from joining servers due to a "Host Closed Connection" error until their game was restarted
• Updated the privacy policy

Squad Hotfix 6.0.1 Release Notes

Squad v6.0.1 hotfix is deploying tomorrow, here is the list of the fixes addressed in the update:

[h2]System & Gameplay Updates[/h2]
  • Decreased lateral sway by 10% for all rifles, DMRs, snipers, and AT launchers.
  • Increased rifle ADS speed by 10% when using ironsights and 5% when using reflex sights.
  • Greatly reduced minimum sway for all shoulder-fired anti-tank weapons when fully stabilized and aiming down sights.
  • Reduced arming distance of all handheld anti-tank weapons to 10 meters, with the exception of the NLAW, which is now set to 20 meters.
  • Adjusted weapon inertia on DMRs and sniper rifles to make them more consistent with other rifles and much easier to aim when point shooting.
  • Reduced global LMG and MG bipod sway transition time by 33%, allowing bipodded weapons to stabilize faster.
  • Adjusted damage falloff for the G3 and FAL to allow for a one-hit kill to the torso, upper legs, and upper arms within 20 meters.
  • Increased auto-lowering timer of rifles, ARs, SMGs, DMRs, and Sniper Rifles to 50 seconds for easier room clearing and point shooting.
  • Adjusted the camera perspective shift on AK74 and RPK74 series weapons with iron sights when sway is high. These ironsights should now feel better to use.
  • Reduced sway offset for AK74 series rifles with 1P63 reflex sight by 50% to prevent the reticle from going out of bounds while moving in ADS at maximum stamina and stability.
  • Reduced PLA's YMA600 scope shadow sensitivity.
  • Made the reticle of the VDV SV-98 thicker to make it easier to read at all magnification levels
  • Added ranging to all BAF weapons equipped with the SUSAT optic.
[h2]General Bug Fixes[/h2]
  • Fixed a bug that caused bipods to not reduce weapon sway at all if the player deployed the bipod while crouched or prone.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause "Host Closed Connection" errors in v6.0. Due to a build issue, the wrong iteration of this fix was included in v6.0; this is now resolved in v6.0.1.
  • The suppression visual effects are now correctly applied to soldiers in all vehicle seats.
  • The PF98 rocket launcher scope sight zeroing is no longer offset at 300m and above.
  • Fixed a bug that caused distracting black triangles to appear on the scope when using the BAF SUSAT optic.
  • In the Settings menu, AA options are now grayed out when FSR2 is enabled, as intended - FSR2 requires AA to be turned on to function. The game also now enforces AA values properly, depending on your “SCOPE IMAGE CLARITY” setting.
[h2]Map Updates & Bug Fixes[/h2]
[h3]General[/h3]
  • Standardized starting tickets for a number of map layers. Most layers on larger maps start with 300 tickets, while most layers on smaller maps start with 250 tickets.
[h3]Manicouagan[/h3]
  • Invasion v1, v5, v8, v9 - Fixed a bug that could cause certain boats (e.g., the USMC RHIBs) to float or spawn too far away from the dock for players to reach them.
[h2]Offworld Out[/h2]

Squad 6.0 Live

Attention Squaddies,

Squad 6.0 can now be downloaded. You will find all the changes made by the update listed and detailed in our Release Notes: [LINK]

Please share with us your thoughts on the update, and if you encounter any technical issues, you can report them in our dedicated Bug Report Channel on the Squad Community Discord: [LINK]

At ease,

[h3]Offworld Out.[/h3]

Squad Update V6.0 Release Notes

Infantry Combat Overhaul

The infantry combat overhaul intends to create the most fun, immersive, authentic, and teamwork-oriented infantry combat experience possible. The goals are to:
  • Increase the amount of teamwork needed to win a fight.
  • Create more meaningful tradeoffs between different factions, weapon types, and optic types.
  • Keep the game fun while making it more approachable for new and existing players.
  • Mitigate the amount of punishment newer players experience in combat while learning the game.

[h2]Features[/h2]
These patch notes will not list the exhaustive changes that we have made to each of the following areas, so please see the original infantry combat overhaul blog posts (LINK 1/LINK 2) for more detailed information about the changes:
[h3]Suppression[/h3]
  • The suppression effect has been completely reworked to become more immersive and to enable the use of suppressive fire to become a valuable tactical tool for overcoming the enemy in combat. More powerful weapons will create a more intense and longer-lasting suppression effect. The suppression effect itself will reduce the ability of a player to be effective in combat, encouraging them to reposition themselves or seek cover.
  • Newer players can stress less about knowing exactly where the enemy are and instead provide meaningful suppressing fire to fix the enemy in place so that others can flank or maneuver on them.
[h3]Picture-in-Picture Scopes[/h3]
  • Picture-in-Picture (or PiP) scopes have been added to the game, this is a more authentic way of representing magnified optics in a game. Instead of your whole screen being zoomed in when aiming through a magnified scope, only the area inside of the scope will be zoomed in. The field of view (space that the optic takes up on the player’s screen) for different optics will follow real-life measurements in most cases.
[h3]Gunplay Changes[/h3]
  • Gunplay overall has been adjusted to create more fun, immersive, and authentic team-oriented infantry combat. The ability for a single player to affect the outcome of a firefight has been mitigated; effective communication and teamwork should overcome lone individual fighters in the majority of cases. All weapons have been adjusted and the weapons available to some factions have also been adjusted. Adjustments after release will be an ongoing effort to ensure we strike the correct balance.
  • Different types of weapons and optics will now have much more meaningful trade-offs, magnified optics will not be the best choice in every situation.
  • In the majority of situations, players who are in a bad position relative to the enemy are more likely to be wounded or suppressed, and less likely to be instantly killed, giving them meaningful moments to be able to react to incoming fire and making combat less punishing overall.
[h3]Infantry Movement Changes[/h3]
  • Character movement has undergone changes to encourage greater communication and coordination between infantry and other infantry, as well as between infantry and vehicles.
  • Overcoming tall obstacles will be more challenging for individual infantry players than before, work together with your teammates to buddy-boost over taller objects and plan your movements through urban areas more deliberately.
  • Vaulting over obstacles is now triggered only when also holding the “Move Forward” key. Otherwise the character will instead attempt to climb on top of the obstacle. This is intended to give you more control over your actions in combat and help prevent accidental vaults causing deadly falls.

[h2]Additional System & Gameplay Updates[/h2]
  • Added proximity indicators to the squad list:

    • These are dots that appear alongside the names of squad and fireteam members within your local voice chat range. The color of the dot represents how far away from you they are (bright white for 0-25 meters and grey for 25-50 meters)
  • Vehicles that can hold ammunition will now show a 3D ammo icon so that you can identify them more easily
  • Updated several CAF faction reload animations to be more true-to-life
  • Nametags will now only appear when there is a direct line of sight between you and your teammate
  • Temporarily added a “Scope Image Clarity” option to the Settings menu. You can use this setting to choose whether to prioritize clarity or anti-aliasing while using scopes. You can learn more about why this setting is being introduced in the “Known Issues” section below

[h2]General Bug Fixes[/h2]
  • Players in a server’s queue will no longer get stuck in the queue when the server changes maps
  • When projectiles pass through walls, they will now have appropriate exit VFX
  • Aiming down sights with the AK-74M’s GP-25 grenade launcher while your FOV is set to 120 will no longer cause the gun to clip into your viewpoint
  • Binoculars now behave correctly when FOV is set to 120
  • Corrected the appearance of the ADF Crewman/Pilot icon on the deployment screen
  • Fixed a bug that allowed vehicles with blown-out tires to drive over AT mines without detonating them
  • Fixed a bug that could cause players to encounter an infinite running soldier animation after joining the server
  • Fixed a bug that could cause the barrel and scope of sniper rifles to momentarily become invisible if a user collapsed a bipod while aiming down sights
  • Fixed a bug that could cause the deployment loading screen to appear incorrectly
  • Fixed a bug that could prevent players from damaging vehicles with emplacements in certain situations when playing on Jensen’s Range locally (not online)
  • Fixed a bug that could prevent players from switching to certain seats in a vehicle even when they were unoccupied
  • Fixed a bug that could prevent the IMF RKG3 AT Grenade’s SFX and VFX from playing - after destroying hedgehog traps or the second state of barbed wire
  • Fixed a bug that prevented the salute emote from playing when used by a player on the ADF or BAF team
  • Fixed a client crash related to WorldSettings
  • Fixed a client crash that could occur while loading into the main menu after starting the game
  • Fixed a minor visual issue impacting the glasses and visors of BAF soldiers
  • Fixed an issue that could allow the third-person camera to clip through certain walls during emotes
  • Fixed an issue that could cause occasional waves of server log spam when having multiple clients connected
  • Helicopter control settings for Pitch, Roll, and Yaw are no longer reset each time the game is started
  • Players can now exit HMG bunkers as intended
  • Players will no longer become stuck inside the vehicle after attempting to exit the LAV, BMP1/BMP2, AAVPW, MT-LB, BFV, or M1126 vehicles in places where the vehicle’s exit points are obstructed
  • The ADF EF88 Ironsight Rifle can now be zeroed reliably
  • The emote wheel description for the Push Ups emote has been updated to reflect that it cannot be used while standing
  • Water shields on amphibious vehicles are no longer deployed automatically upon vehicle spawn-in and will reliably deploy and retract properly when entering and exiting the water
  • When a player using a recruit kit joins a squad and uses VoIP, the VoIP widget will now correctly display a recruit role icon next to their username

[h2]Map Updates & Bug Fixes[/h2]
[h3]Anvil[/h3]
  • RAAS v4 - Replaced the BMD-1M with the BMD-4M for the VDV faction
  • RAAS v4 - Replaced the PMV Mag58 3x with PMV RWS for the ADF faction

[h3]Black Coast[/h3]
  • AAS v1 - Replaced the BMD-1M with the BMD-4M for the VDV faction
  • AAS v1 - Replaced the 2x Kamaz Logi with 2x BTR-DG Logi for the VDV faction
  • AAS v1 - Added 1x LAV-25 for the USMC faction
  • RAAS v1 - Removed the BMD-1M from the VDV faction on this layer
[h3]Goose Bay[/h3]
  • RAAS v1 - Removed the BMD-1M from the VDV faction on this layer

[h3]Manicouagan[/h3]
  • RAAS v10 - Reduced the number of BTR-MDMs from 2 to 1 for the VDV faction
  • RAAS v10 - Removed the BMD-1M from the VDV faction on this layer
  • RAAS v11 - Reduced the number of BTR-MDMs from 2 to 1
  • RAAS v11 - Reduced the number of MATV M2s from 2 to 1
  • RAAS v12 - Reduced the number of BTR-MDMs from 2 to 1
  • RAAS v12 - Removed the M1151 M2 Open Door vehicle from the USMC faction on this layer

[h3]Mutaha[/h3]
  • RAAS v4 - Replaced the M113 TLAV with the TAPV for the CAF faction
  • RAAS v4 - Replaced the Sprut-SDM1 with a T72B3 on a 10min initial delay
  • RAAS v4 - Removed the BMD-1M from the layer

[h3]Narva[/h3]
  • RAAS v2 - One helicopter with a 10-minute initial spawn delay has been added for each team
  • Destruction v1 - Fixed a bug that could cause objectives and objective caches to spawn floating above the floor in certain areas

[h3]Pacific Proving Grounds[/h3]
  • Made various visual improvements to terrain.
  • Added missing map boundaries
  • Seed v1 - The PLANMC team can no longer place infinite HASCO bunkers for free. The team must also now abide by the three-player requirement.
  • PLANMC-VDV Training - The Sprut-SDM1 and ZTD05 vehicles are no longer missing from this layer
  • PLANMC-VDV Training - Fixed a bug that prevented RHIBs from spawning at the dock

[h3]Skorpo[/h3]
  • RAAS v5 - Replaced the BMD-1M with the BMD-4M for a total of 2x BMD-4M for the VDV faction
  • RAAS v5 - Increased the number of Leopard 2A6Ms (on 15min initial spawn delays) from 1 to 2 for the CAF faction

[h3]Yehorivka[/h3]
  • RAAS v2 - Removed the T72B3 tank from the VDV faction on this layer
  • RAAS v2 - Swapped the M1126 CROWS M240 with the M1126 CROWS M2 for 4x M1126 CROWS M2 total for the USA faction
  • RAAS v2 - Swapped 1x MATV M2 with 1x MATV CROWS M2 for the USA faction
  • RAAS v2- Reduced the number of UH60s from 2 to 1 for the USA faction
  • RAAS v10 - Updated the vehicle layout for both teams:

[h3]RAAS v10 BAF:[/h3]
  • 1x HX60 Transport (6min)
  • 2x HX60 Logi
  • 1x FV432
  • 1x FV432 RWS
  • 1x FV107
  • 1x FV510
  • 2x FV510UA
  • 1x FV4034 (10min)
  • 1x SA330 (10min)

[h3]RAAS v10 VDV:[/h3]
  • 1x BTR-D PKM (6min)
  • 2x BTR-DG Logi
  • 2x Tigr KORD
  • 2x BMD-4M
  • 1x Sprut-SDM1
  • 3x Mi8

  • RAAS v11 - Removed the BMD-1M from the VDV faction on this layer
  • RAAS v11 - Removed the Sprut-SDM1 from the VDV faction on this layer

[h2]Known Issues[/h2]
We are aware of an issue that can cause the view seen through a picture-in-picture scope to be blurred for players using anti-aliasing or FSR. The severity of the blur is impacted by the FSR and resolution settings being used, so it may not look the same for each player who encounters it. The cause of this issue is very complex but we are hard at work to address the issue.To mitigate this issue in the meantime, we’ve implemented a “Scope Image Clarity” option in the Settings menu.

There are two options to choose from:

Prioritize Clarity in Scopes: This setting makes the image sharper but may also produce visual artifacts and cannot be used with FSR. This works by temporarily disabling anti-aliasing when aiming with a scope, meaning that players using this option may encounter jagged edges while aiming. This is the option that is enabled by default and is ideal for players who want to prioritize a clear and accurate view through their scopes.

Prioritize Anti-Aliasing in Scopes: This setting smooths jagged edges, reduces visual artifacts, and makes it possible to use FSR, but may result in the blurry image described above. This option is ideal for players who want to prioritize anti-aliasing and FSR or who are not bothered by the level of blur they are experiencing.Feel free to give both options a try to see what works best for you. We appreciate your understanding and patience as we work to get this resolved as quickly as possible.

We are also aware that nametags do not appear when looking through a picture-in-picture scope. This is a temporary mitigation for a problem we found during development. Nametags appeared to be offset from their intended location while looking through picture-in-picture scopes. We have decided to remove them for now and will update you on any further adjustments to the nametag system in the future.
[h2]Mod SDK[/h2]
  • Updated mod SDK to v6.0.
  • Updated mod versioning to v6.0. This requires mods to be re-cooked with the v6.0 SDK in order to be compatible with the updated version of the game.
  • Weapon sway configs in “Weapon Static Info” will be overwritten when the new SDK arrives. Remember to copy these values over to your new version.
  • The walk speed multiplier while reloading and using items previously lived in the “Mutable Soldier”, but now it is controlled on a per-weapon basis. See “Walk Speed Multiplier” in “Weapon Static Info”. Changes made to the parameter in “Mutable Soldier” will be lost.
  • The three parameters which together controlled ADS time have been consolidated into a single parameter in “Weapon Static Info”, adjustable per-stance. “StandLocBlendTime” was preserved but is not functional, so you can refer to this value to see what your pre-ICO weapon ADS time was.
  • Added Gameplay Events Subsystem: This allows modders to easily bind events to common gameplay actions like reloading, aiming, and firing, without needing a reference to the soldier or player controller. We aim to add more bindable events in the future.
  • Added Generic Punch System: This allows modders to use curves to rotate or translate the weapon and/or camera in response to gameplay events. This system is already being refactored, so feel free to experiment with it for now, please note that the input structs and blueprint nodes will change in the following SDK release.
Please Note: Updating to Squad v6.0 will force your cache to clear, resetting the game settings to their default values. Remember that you can use the "saved keybind preset" feature to save and load custom keybinds so you don’t have to set them up again when clearing your cache.

[h2]Offworld Out.[/h2]