Burden of Command News

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Thanks for the interview, kormakrtv!

[h2]Bugs[/h2]

• Achievement tracking/awarding when loading a saved game was failing (John) - Fixed
  

[h2]Features[/h2]

• Various scenario updates (Allen)
  

[h2]Infrastructure[/h2]

• Achievement System 2.0 (John):
  - Resolved problem with “Event queue” timing, sometimes missing Achievement triggers
  

[h2]Features[/h2]

• Anzio Advance - c12: Adjusted AI to include a multi-pronged counterattack (Allen)
  

[h2]Bugs[/h2]

• Leaders put on R&R would be gone from the Aid View the next time player went there if still on R&R (Luke) - now they show as R&R on subsequent visits to the Aid View
  
• Death of the player character led to a permanent ‘acting leader’ which you could not customize :-( (portraits etc). Fixed
  
• Also said ‘acting’ player character was not marked as such - probably leading to some interactive fiction turning off (still testing if this is so). Potentially serious bug.
  
• Streets of Casablanca - c06: Clarified titles after ‘The Talk’. (Allen)
  
• Vosges - c16: Fixed label on Marie’s image. (Allen)
  
• Augsburg - c19: Fixed a poorly labeled image for american_medic. (Allen)
  
• Crossroads - t04: Fixed issue with hex_arrow overlap. (Allen)
  
• Bad bark albert0215 has been removed. (Allen)
  
• Tank Country t05 - Fixed typo with Dearborn’s name. (Allen)
  

[h2]Infrastructure[/h2]

• Achievement System 2.0 (John):
  - Works Offline
  - More stable awards (using local Steam App vs. requiring online signal to Steam)
  - Various bug fixes
  

PC Gamer has a great review of Burden, rightfully pointing out that it is a Leadership RPG.

They also described Burden as "a tactical World War 2 Visual Novel" which is an interesting and pretty accurate description.

Thanks to Len Hafer and PC Gamer for the great review!