What's new in Combat Mission: Afghanistan Patch 1.03

Sep 2, 2011
  • Flashes of light, at night, look better.
  • Camera movement and zooming keys are smoother.
  • Corrected an embarking problem with the BMP-1D.
  • Corrected a problem that didn't halt projectiles bouncing on top of walls.
  • Numerous small fixes and stability improvements.

New in Combat Mission: Afghanistan Patch 1.02 (Oct 29, 2010)

  • All BMP, BMD, and BTR series vehicles have infantry firing ports (previously only the BMP-1D did).
  • Team weapons that are not deployed, and cannot be fired in that state, show a "Not Deployed" message over the weapon silhouette in the user interface.
  • Sounds for armor penetrations and ricochets by large projectiles are louder.
  • Weapons fired at pickup trucks (aka "technicals") aim better.
  • Building collapse sounds are quieter at a distance.
  • RPG-16 has increased muzzle velocity and max range (500m).
  • Updated RPG-16 rocket model.
  • 82mm 2B9 Vasilyek mortar's rate of fire is lowered.
  • "Black" Soviet small arms changed to older wooden style.
  • Fixed a "seeing through walls" bug that occurred in large buildings that had internal doors to smaller, attached buildings.
  • Corrected an intermittent problem in networked quick battles that caused both sides to set up in the same area.
  • Corrected an internet-play bug that could cause the guest player's units not to respond to orders.
  • Corrected a problem that caused some artillery and air support sounds to play at the wrong time in turn-based mode.
  • Fixed a bug that sometimes caused the owners of non-deployed man-portable AT-7 ATGMs to stand up prematurely, yet disallow them from firing "from the shoulder".
  • Muzzle flash from BMD-2 coaxial MG is placed correctly.
  • Corrected silhouette of MiG-23 air support.
  • Corrected a hatch problem on the Shilka AAA vehicle.
  • Corrected stray polygons on soldier models
  • Separated older 7.62mm and newer 5.45mm to be more uniform within a single unit
  • Updated the TO&E for Soviet Airborne Recon Company
  • Various TO&E improvements as suggested by players, in particular BMPs and BTRs being available for Airborne forces.