Vanguard: Normandy 1944 News

Continuing our Sunday Skirmish events with new map changes, bug fixes and quality of life changes.

[h3]What's new?[/h3]
Bug fixes and map adjustments

[h3]This event[/h3]
This event is a continuation of our "Sunday Skirmish" series at the same time every fortnight. As always we are keen to get your feedback either in the comments here on Steam or on our discord community.

You can also optionally sign-up at discord.gg/vanguardww2 in the #events channel where you can also sign up for notifications of future events and get a 30 minute reminder before the event starts.

Note: This event will run on Sunday 15th January from 7:00PM UTC to 8:30PM UTC. The event time on the Steam page should be displayed in your local time

[h4]How to I do Join?[/h4]
This event will be on the latest pre-release beta of the upcoming "REINFORCED" Update on the '0.6-beta' branch.

You can change branch by right-clicking the game in your library, selecting properties, opening the betas tab and selecting 0.6-beta from the dropdown menu.

[h4]Warning: If you are switching from the public to beta branch it is a large update of 9.7GB as we have made a huge number of cumulative changes which affect the whole game.[/h4]

Thank you to everyone who has participated in events this past year, made them fun and provided invaluable feedback in the process. This is the last build of 2022 but we will be back with a new build in early January.

[h3]Game Tip:[/h3]
You can press ‘P’ to toggle the HUD and user interface on/off for videos and screenshots.


[h3]SUMMARY OF CHANGES:[/h3]

• Updated: Pegasus Bridge including fix for spawn issue on Pegasus variant 2
  
• Updated: Merville Battery including fix for haypile spawning issue
  
• Updated: Lion-sur-Mer
  
• Updated: Pegasus Bridge
  
• Fixed: Potential lighting exploit

[h3]KNOWN ISSUES[/h3]

• Cursor sometimes get stuck on screen
  
• Weapons and hands are temporarily invisible when first entering a map after a major update or install. Please be patient while the caching completes.
  
• Cursor and icons can "ghost" over the screen after playing for some time. We are actively investigating this bug. Please let us know if it happens with as much detail as possible

You can give us feedback by commenting on the discussion thread or in the feedback thread in our growing discord community at discord.gg/vanguardww2

Thank you to everyone who has participated in events this past year, made them fun and provided invaluable feedback in the process. This is the last build of 2022 but we will be back with a new build in early January.

[h3]This patch includes temporary features for our festive event. For details see: https://steamcommunity.com/games/941850/announcements/detail/3648509051985180212[/h3]

[h3]Game Tip:[/h3]
Spawns are triggered by either NCO on the team calling for reinforcements. Waiting to reinforce the team until most players are dead is often the best tactic unless time is running out
[h3]HIGHLIGHT:[/h3]

• Added: Temporary snow effect to all maps for the last Sunday Skirmish of 2022

[h3]SUMMARY OF CHANGES:[/h3]

• Fixed: Reinforcements being stuck after player switches team
  
• Fixed: Team mate icons on map not rotating to show orientation
  
• Fixed: Map freezing when when no order is placed
  
• Fixed: NCO icon on map being displaced
  
• Fixed: Bunk beds are no longer bullet proof

[h3]KNOWN ISSUES[/h3]

• Cursor sometimes get stuck on screen
  
• Weapons and hands are temporarily invisible when first entering a map after a major update or install. Please be patient while the caching completes.
  
• Cursor and icons can "ghost" over the screen after playing for some time. We are actively investigating this bug. Please let us know if it happens with as much detail as possible

You can give us feedback by commenting on the discussion thread or in the feedback thread in our growing discord community at discord.gg/vanguardww2

For our final Sunday Skirmish of 2022 we have festive themed event with the a snowy theme to all the maps alongside new changes and improvements. Don't miss out as the snow will melt very soon and return French scenery to their usual lush green.

Sunday Skirmish will return in January.

[h3]What's new?[/h3]
Lots of snow.. for other changes and improvements based on your feedback look out of the pre-event patch notes once the build is released.

[h3]This event[/h3]
This event is a continuation of our "Sunday Skirmish" series at the same time every fortnight. As always we are keen to get your feedback either in the comments here on Steam or on our discord community.

You can also optionally sign-up at discord.gg/vanguardww2 in the #events channel where you can also sign up for notifications of future events and get a 30 minute reminder before the event starts.

Note: This event will run on Sunday 4th December from 7:00PM UTC to 8:30PM UTC. The event time on the Steam page should be displayed in your local time

[h4]How to I do Join?[/h4]
This event will be on the latest pre-release beta of the upcoming "REINFORCED" Update on the '0.6-beta' branch.

You can change branch by right-clicking the game in your library, selecting properties, opening the betas tab and selecting 0.6-beta from the dropdown menu.

[h4]Warning: If you are switching from the public to beta branch it is a large update of 9.7GB as we have made a huge number of cumulative changes which affect the whole game.[/h4]

[h3]Game Tip:[/h3]
You can display the compass and ammo status by pressing “T”. It can be set to toggle or press/hold in settings.

[h3]SUMMARY OF CHANGES:[/h3]

• Added: Capture stages to in-game map showing number of stages and number completed
  
• Fixed: Pressing TAB while endgame screen displayed would permanently hide it
  
• Improved: Improved in-game map responsiveness
  
• Changed: Merville battery garden objective area to make camping harder
  
• Changed: Added additional spectator cameras to Merville Battery
  
• Changed: Updated left-flank boundaries to Lion-sur-Mere to improve player navigation
  

[h3]KNOWN ISSUES[/h3]

• Cursor sometimes get stuck on screen
  
• Weapons and hands are temporarily invisible when first entering a map after a major update or install. Please be patient while the caching completes.
  
• Cursor and icons can "ghost" over the screen after playing for some time. We are actively investigating this bug. Please let us know if it happens with as much detail as possible

You can give us feedback by commenting on the discussion thread or in the feedback thread in our growing discord community at discord.gg/vanguardww2