Squad 44 News

Greetings!

This news post serves as a double announcement of today's update, But more importantly, Third-Party Developer Mercury Arts is running a public playtest of their latest map featuring a brand new faction!

[h2]Post Scriptum: Molon Labe by Mercury Arts[/h2]
[h3]Rethymno map + Greek faction public playtest[/h3]
[h3]Thursday, October 6th @ 11 AM Pacific | 2 PM Eastern | 6 PM UTC[/h3]

We are excited to announce on behalf of Third-Party developer Mercury Arts, that they will be running a public playtest of their new upcoming Greek faction and Rethymno map as part of their update "Molon Labe"


The playtest will be running on our Public Testing app that is available in your library. All you need to do to participate is to install the Public Testing app and join the server when it goes live at the following time:

Thursday, October 6th @ 11 AM Pacific | 2 PM Eastern | 6 PM UTC (Click the link to get the time local to your own timezone.)

This latest map adds the greek faction to the game and the map "Rethymno" which is located on the island of Crete which has previously been featured by Mercury Arts in their first map "Maleme" also set on the island of Crete.

We are exceptionally excited to be able to share these news on behalf of Mercury Arts and we encourage you to come join them for the playtest later today. Below you can find some teasers as well as a few selections of weapons that you can make use of as the Greeks fighting for victory over german forces in Rethymno.

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[h3]Update v3.0.26.4022[/h3]

Moving onto the patch for today, we have some small but important fixes, as of right now the team is focused on working to fix some more critical issues and as such the minor fixes have a little less priority.

As per usual, you can find the changelog for this update below.

[h3]Changelog v3.0.26.4022[/h3]

• Added Haguenau Offensive 11 & 12
  
• Fixed Jagdtiger Commander Zoom & Bino overlay.
  
• Fixed M24 Chaffee Hull Gunner & Driver seating causing crew member to be exposed.
  
• Further improvement to M24 Chaffee handling.
  
• Slight improvement to grass foliage color.
  
• More potential fixes for rare edge cases where crew members gets offset outside of the vehicle.

Sincerely,
Periscope Games & Mercury Arts


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Greetings!

This update brings the 2nd map Haguenau into the game as a part of Chapter 4. To go along with this release, we will be running a 65% discount on Post Scriptum throughout the entire weekend and into next week.

[h2]Haguenau[/h2]

Haguenau is the 2nd map to launch with Chapter 4, Haguenau is a city by the French-German border near Strasbourg. The city was the scene of quite heavy fighting between Allied and Axis forces during and after the German Ardennes Offensive in 1944-45.



Just east of Haguenau lies the airfield which had been occupied by Germany forces since France was put under German occupation in 1940, by December 1944 the airfield was home to several bomber hunter squadrons and fighter squadrons, the airfield saw quite heavy fighting and was eventually captured by Allied forces sometime between December 1944 and February 1945.



Fight for the Allied or Axis forces as you battle your way through the outer perimeter of the airfield with large open fields, hilly terrain and villages. The fighting eventually leading all the way through the tough defenses at the edge of the airfield itself and in amongst hangars, aircrafts, control towers and sleeping quarters.



[h2]Post Scriptum 65% Discount[/h2]
[h3]September 22nd @ 5 PM UTC - September 29th 5 PM UTC[/h3]


Starting today at 5 PM UTC Post Scriptum will be available with a 65% discount through the entire weekend and into next week until September 29th. We hope this gives you an opportunity to consider grabbing yourself a copy of Post Scriptum.


As per usual, you can find the changelog for this update below.

[h3]Changelog v3.0.15.3727[/h3]

• Added Haguenau Offensive 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10
  
• Added Haguenau RAAS 01
  
• Added Haguenau Supremacy 1944
  
• Vehicles in the hangar spawner is now split into pages to make it easier to browse.
  
• Updated Foy with more dense and detailed forests & foliage based on feedback from community.
  
• Temporarily disabled radio filter effect due to an issue causing VOIP becoming muffled while working on a better fix.
  
• Fixed an issue causing the Maleme map from Chapter Mercury not being present in the updates

Sincerely,
Periscope Games


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Greetings!

We've got some more minor fixes incoming, we've been chipping away at trying to fix the disappearing vehicle icons and offset that players can experience in vehicles. Both of these issues we hope are resolved with this update.

As per usual, you can find the changelog for this update below.

[h3]Changelog v3.0.758.3653[/h3]

• - Possible fix for vehicle icons disappearing on the map at distance.
  
• - Another possible fix for crew members and soldiers sticking out of vehicles.
  
• - Some more minor foliage optimization.
  
• - M24 and Jagdtiger now added to hangar.
  
• - Adjusted the armoured spawner menu to ensure the images don't stretch with the text.

Sincerely,
Periscope Games


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Greetings!

This update brings in a couple of minor fixes that didn't make it into the release yesterday. We've also investigated and fixed some crashes related to spawning after server join.

As per usual, you can find the changelog for this update below.

[h3]Changelog v3.0.754.3647[/h3]

• General optimization & improvements.
  
• Updated King Tiger driver seat position slightly.
  
• Added M18 Hellcat to Chapter 1 Medium deck.
  
• Improved US M9 HEAT Grenade bounce angles.
  
• Fixed some client crashes when spawning from MSPs.
  
• Updated Wehrmacht SL & Commander to use the great coat.

Sincerely,
Periscope Games


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Greetings!

The time has finally come, Post Scriptum's Chapter 4 - "Watch On The Rhine" is now available for all owners of Post Scriptum for free. This update release is a rolling release meaning that Foy will release with the update and the 2nd map Haguenau will release a bit later next week.



[h2]Post Scriptum Discount[/h2]
[h3]65% off Post Scriptum from September 22nd until 25th[/h3]
We can also disclose that on September 22nd and throughout the weekend until the 25th, Post Scriptum will be 65%.

This means that if you or a friend have been interested in buying Post Scriptum, then you can get a great deal on the game throughout that entire weekend.

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[h3]Changelog v3.0.749.3626[/h3]
Chapter 4: Watch On The Rhine

• Added Foy Offensive 01,02,03,04,05,06
  
• Added Foy RAAS 01
  
• Added Foy Supremacy 1944
  
• Added Foy Armoured 1944
  
• Added Panzerjäger Jagdtiger + winter version
  
• Added M24 Chaffee + winter version
  
• Added new winter uniforms for the US forces.
  
• Added new winter uniforms for the GER forces.
  
• Added M18 Hellcat to Chapter 3 & 4 US Medium deck.

General Fixes

• General game & server optimization
  
• Possible fix to an issue sometimes causing tank characters to become offset outside of the vehicle.
  
• Added shadow to the radial menu to make it easier to read.
  
• Fixed Bren Carrier handling to allow for correct top speed.
  
• Fixed Sd.Kfz 251 Halftrack handling to allow for correct top speed and better climb ability.
  
• Adjusted US M3 Halftrack with better handling.
  
• Fixed Sd.Kfz 7 handling to allow for better top speed and climbing performance.
  
• Adjusted Opel Blitz logi ticket cost to be the same as other logis.
  
• Fixed an issue with the Flak 38 sometimes not being useable.
  
• Crew members that are fully killed in tanks will now despawn instead of being ejected to avoid weird character physics.
  
• Grave Bridge no longer culls and disappears at far distance.
  
• Improved tank shell and rocket spawning behaviour to further reduce chance of shell exploding when fired.
  
• Fixed Polish Rifleman's ammo crate being replenished by its own ammo crate.

KNOWN ISSUES

• M18 Hellcat is still a bit twitchy with steering. (Pending fix)
  
• M24 Chaffee is also still twitchy on some gears. With issues turning in gear 3, 4 & 5. (Pending fix)

Sincerely,
Periscope Games


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