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Sunday Skirmish - 4th December

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

[h3]What's new?[/h3]
To be confirmed.. we are working on a fresh patch. Keep an eye out for the patch notes.

[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]

Build 477: Patch Notes

[h3]Game Tip:[/h3]
You can temporarily hold your breath to steady your aim by holding SHIFT while aiming.

[h3]SUMMARY OF CHANGES:[/h3]
  • Added: Server wide voice chat during pre-game in yellow text (default: right Alt)
  • Added: Separate mouse sensitivity option while aiming down sights (ADS)
  • Fixed: Teams swapped in scoreboard after switching team
  • Fixed: Retreat/Desertion notification not appearing
  • Changed: Increased MP40 reload time
  • Changed: Reduced Sten Mk.II reload time


[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

Sunday Skirmish - 20th November

The next event in our "Sunday Skirmish" series of community play events, with the very latest changes and improvements based on your feedback

[h3]What's new?[/h3]
The latest build for this event adds a mouse sensitivity setting when aiming down sights (ADS), server wide voice chat during pre-game and re-balancing of the SMGs in addition to bug fixes.

[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 20th November 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]

Build 470: Patch Notes

[h3]Game Tip:[/h3]
You can “ping” enemy positions or points of interest by looking at a point and clicking the middle mouse.

[h3]SUMMARY OF CHANGES:[/h3]
  • Fixed: Final wave was skipped if last player on Axis team died as the final reinforcement was called
  • Fixed: Cursor lost if spawn menu was closed whilst settings menu is in use
  • Fixed: Missing dead indicator for NCOs on spawn menu
  • Fixed: Rank icons on scoreboard sometimes displayed in wrong team colour after player switched team
  • Fixed: Settings > Controls tab inaccessible while ingame
  • Fixed: Ping key binding option no longer says NCO only
  • Fixed: Unnecessary links in event feed
  • Updated: Renamed fly-camera mode from “Spectator” to “Observer” to avoid confusion
  • Updated: Retreat notification for German forces to make it clearer and more prominent
  • Updated: Backend client/server version control to reduce compatibility issues
  • Updated: Readability of text chat
[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

Sunday Skirmish - 6th November

The first in our new "Sunday Skirmish" series of community events running every fortnight. We are continuing to update the game based on your feedback and the latest patch will be dropping in time for the event on Sunday.

Due to the end of daylight savings in Europe this event is running from 7PM UTC

[h3]What's new?[/h3]
To be confirmed... keep your eyes open for the patch notes

[h3]This event[/h3]
This is the first 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 6th November 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]