Making History: The Second World War News

The latest update to the game now adds unique models for the Dutch national air force. The infamous Fokker aircraft manufacturer designed and produced several respectable fighter and bomber planes that saw action in the German invasion of the Netherlands. Although many aircraft were destroyed on the ground, the outnumbered Dutch units scored significant victories against the German Luftwaffe. But the costs were high as almost 95% of the Dutch pilots were lost.



We’ve also included a Polish Seaplane Torpedo Bomber unit model that was unfinished at the time of this Summer’s Polish Air Force update.

After several comments about the American AI’s trigger happy response to Germany taking control of Denmark and as a result, gaining Iceland and Greenland, we have made changes to lower the chance of a war response in this case.

The next update we will be releasing unit models for the Czech Air Force.

Release Notes:

• Lowered chance of USA going to war against Germany when/if they take control of Greenland from Denmark.
  
• Updated Dutch Air Force decal Insignia to match the 1939 triangular version
  
• Fixed propeller animation on Polish Medium Bomber I
  
• Added Polish Seaplane Torpedo Bomber model
  

New Unit Models

• Early Fighters - Fokker D.XVI
  
• Fighters I - Fokker D.XVII
  
• Fighters II - Fokker D.XXI
  
• Fighters III - Koolhoven F.K.58
  
• Heavy Fighters I - Fokker G.I
  
• Early Bombers - Fokker C.V
  
• Medium Bomber I - Fokker T.V
  
• Medium Bomber II - Fokker T.IX
  
• Seaplane Fighters I - Fokker C.XI
  
• Seaplane Torpedo Bombers I - Fokker T.VIII
  

The newest version of The Second World War has now been released for Linux and Mac users. This includes the new Polish Aircraft content recently added to the Windows version of the game.



If a Linux or Mac player had their game Betas property set to use Mac or Linux, this should no longer be necessary. The property can be set to None.

All future updates will release on the three platforms simultaneously.

In this release we’ve added a new set of unit models representing the Polish Air Force. These include the unique gull-winged aircraft that Poland developed in the early 1930’s, one of the most advanced fighter designs in the world at that time. Many of the Polish planes we’ve modeled were never produced in significant numbers or were still in the prototyping phase when the Germans invaded.



Next we are looking to add Czech, Dutch, Romanian, Yugoslavian and maybe some Swedish and Australian air units. There are also a number of jet models we would like to include - especially Soviet jets.



This update was specifically focused on the model expansion however we did make a couple of other changes. The Cyprus capital has been designated as the port city of Famagusta so that region is no longer blocked from expanding rail. The Dominican Republic previously did not have a city assigned as a capital in the Last Days of Peace scenario.

The next update will have more bug/feature related updates - and hopefully more new unit models.

Now that The First World War has been released we’ve had time to refocus some attention on The Second World War. This update isn’t large but we wanted to get something out quickly. There are a few feature improvements but we’ve mostly tried to fix bugs.

The issue that caused the game to crash when changing the nationality of a colony has been resolved. We also found that disbanded units would return full MPU levels even if the unit was damaged. That too has been fixed. Improvements to UI elements and an optimization to camera zooming may help with some memory crashes. You can also now use the Q & E keys to tilt the camera. More updates are listed in the Release Notes below.

Work on the next SWW update has already begun. Please feel free to offer ideas.


Update Release Notes:

• Modified Nation AI Character Properties
  
• Unit Disband now accounts for MPU Damage
  
• Removed phantom selection UI element
  
• Artillery units continue attacking despite lack of fuel
  
• Revised Kazak, Northern Chinese & Xiang Chinese flag
  
• Increased nuke attack on Strategic Bomber
  
• Revised Military Army & Group Tab
  
• Revised Region Status Panel
  
• Revised Selection Panel Group
  
• Fixed Austrian Army strings
  
• Added Airlift Tooltip
  
• Revised First Vienna Awards Event
  
• Fixed bug in changing dependent nationality UI that caused a game crash
  
• Modified camera zoom properties that determine when models are turned on/off
  
• Replaced Defeat & Victory screens for non-English versions
  
• Added Icons to map when ship models are dropped during zoom out
  
• Tilt camera can now be done with the Q & E key
  
• Repaired script to prevent Vichy from annexing Indochina if Japan owns it when France Falls
  

Making History: The First World War will be released as an Early Access title in the near future. Visit the The First World War Steam page to get updated game information and participate in the Community Hub here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/959150/Making_History_The_First_World_War/