Company of Heroes: Eastern Front Mod Changelog

What's new in Company of Heroes: Eastern Front Mod 2.4.0.0

• Soviets:
• Removed Soviet starting squad from annihilation maps.
• SU-76 will no longer fire its main gun normally after getting the artillery upgrade (not even getting very close will make it fire).
• Fixed some wrong references in the SU-76 RGO file.
• Fixed wrong population requirement displayed in ISU-152 call-in.
• Fixed some incorrect modifiers and unit references in the Large Scale Assault ability from Propaganda War Strategy.
• Fixed Men Against Tank upgrade working for all future PTRD upgrades.
• Conscript squad can no longer pick up items (all their available slot items are necessary for their upgrades).
• Fixed wrong angle when building the MG Nest.
• Updated KV-1 to use new KV-1 M1939 model.
• BT-7 will no longer pass through fences or walls.
• Fixed BT-7 wreck having the ghost bug.
• BT-7 can now be upgraded to BT-7A.
• Added ZiS-2 emplacement to replace the 52K while we make a good one.
• Removed unneeded upgrade from Sapper reinforcement squad.
• Fixed Guards upgrades so they can have both at the same time.
• Guards now also benefit from Men Against Tanks upgrade.
• Added antispam ability for guards.
• Guards now don't benefit from the modifiers in their aura ability.
• Guards bonuses from their aura ability do not stack anymore in infantry units.
• Reduced Guards HP from 95 to 90 per entity.
• Sturmovies and Ingeneries squads can now use demo charges if Urban Combat Strategy tree is selected.
• Reduced SU 100 rec. penetration bonus from 15% to 5%.
• Ostheer:
• Swapped on/off icons for Elefant hold fire ability.
• Replaced Panzerfusilier squad with a Landser squad received from call-in when your HQ is down.
• Fixed orange cube for missing object when reviving a Kubelwagen.
• Fixed some incorrect Sturmpioneer references.
• Fixed bug that allowed an Ostheer player to get a free Sturmpioneer squad after repairing the HQ wreck.
• Panzer IV and StuG III in ambush mode no longer hold fire automatically unless the player uses that ability.
• Fixed typo on Ostheer recrewing path for the Pak 97/38.
• Normalized stats for leFH18 crew (no longer immortal).
• Ostheer Panther squad is now visible even if not unlocked.
• Added firing sounds for the Mannlicher rifle model.
• Updated Ostheer support vehicles research icon.
• Replaced Hungarian tree banner.
• Replaced Elite tree banner.
• Fixed Panzerwerfer lights.
• Fixed armour requirement for Panzer III (no longer can be taken out by bullets after getting skirts upgrade).
• Removed squad size increment from Improved Infantry Gear upgrade.
• Lowered Panzer III upgun cost to 150MP/40F, reduced teching time to 50s from 60s
• Increased 75mm LeIG range by 15m (from 120m to 135m), hits more accurately now
• Lowered LeIG 18 scatter slightly.
• Lowered Landser reinforcement to 26MP (from 27MP)
• Fixed LODs for some Ostheer gear models.
• Ostheer Panther now uses its own set of icons.
• Tweaked bomb positioning of the Hungarian JU-88 ability.
• Fixed cap for Sturmpioneer being of a different color than intended.
• Removed Flak 36 from Sturmpio building menu.
• Removed leFH 18 from Sturmpio building menu if the new reward tree is selected.
• The smoke screen ability in tanks for Assault Pool now uses a different icon.
• Added new reward tree to replace Army Elite Troops Command Tree: Assault Division Command Tree
• Support Pool passive health regeneration doubled in friendly territory
• Support Pool zeal bonus only works on friendly territory
• Kampfkommandant can collect veterancy again
• Reworked Landser weapon upgrades:
• removed infantry modernization II
• added mg34 upgrade, requires modernization I
• mkb requires modernization II
• Schrecks require modernisation I
• reworked MG 34 lmg weapon, more damage and accuracy
• Kesselschlacht tweaked:
• now gives light vehicles the ability to capture points while active
• Increased Elefant health to 1600 (from 1200)
• Lowered Close Air Support upgrades cost to 100MP/15F and 200MP/25F
• Added Spotting Scope upgrade to StuG III (requires Modernization II, increases range by 10m and sight range)
• Increased Pak 97/38 damage to 140 (from 110) but slightly lowered the weapon penetration (~10% less)
• Reworked Heavy MG 34 weapon, more damage and accuracy, longer burst.
• USA:
• Removed additional tank trap from American engineers.
• Fixed weird text for Calliope.
• Fixed weird text for Pershing.
• Wehrmacht:
• Added right veterancy symbols for some weapon capture squads for the Wehrmacht faction.
• Sturm Armory units are rearranged to cover the missing unit.
• Panzer IV now has the same vet icons than the other vehicles.
• Fixed description of the German mortar.
• Removed weird UCS entries for Sdkfz 234 Armoured Car.
• Panzer Elite:
• Bergetiger should no longer resurrect anything from non-Axis factions.
• Hotchkiss is now a reward unit of the Panzer IV.
• Fixed pink veterancy symbols for some recrewed PE squads.
• Fallschirmjaegers have their vet icon hidden like the rest of PE.
• Removed weird UCS entries for Hotchkiss.
• Lowered Squad Size upgrade cost to 150MP/25F (from 200MP/40F)
• Changed requirements for Increase Squad Size upgrade to T1 + T2 and either T3 or T4
• Lowered 221 Scout Car cost to 10F (From 15F)
• Lowered Incendiary Grenade cost to 100MP/20F (from 120MP/20F)
• Lowered T1/T2 build cost to 200MP (from 240MP)
• Lowered T3/T4 cost to 260/280 MP and 50/50 fuel
• Fixed requirement text for Panzer Elite Sprint ability.
• Fixed vanilla bug where ACPR ammo wasn't being applied to rebuilt entities.
• Removed green display text from Kettenkrad when choosing a command tree.
• Lowered Pgren buildtime to 32s (from 37s)
• Lowered reinforce cost to 41MP (from 43MP and 50MP respectively for Tankbusters/AssaultGrens)
• Lowered Ketten buildcost to 145MP (from 165MP)
• Marder weapon range increased to 60 to match the intended value.
• Panzer Elite Assault Grenadiers now have a 5th MP-44 when they increase the squad size.
• Panzer Elite no longer receives the Schwimmwagen as additional starting unit in some maps.
• General:
• Updated Traditional Chinese local (pending some lines).
• Updated Russian locale (pending some lines - Many thanks to @azamat.magometov for the help!)
• Tweaked some wrecks just in case they were giving problems (Famo, SU-85, Panzerwerfer, KV1, Elefant, King Tiger).
• Adjusted teching for AI of all factions, AI now makes better choices now with making buildings and choosing upgrades.
• Fix typo causing AI error.
• Fixed Wehrmacht AI not building Kampfkraft and sometimes teching too slowly.
• Fixed "The man himself!" not unlocking properly.
• Fixed "Collateral Damage" unlocking on maps that have no ambient buildings.
• Fixed achievements not working and causing Scar errors in save games. This change is retroactive; old save games will now load as intended and you will be able to earn achievements.
• Improved CoH:EF Steam Friends display reliability.
• CoH:EF will now notify the user if he/she installed in the wrong directory.
• Removed pipeline.dat from the current and future builds (now no one should get the "one file always need to redownload" action).
• CohEF will now notify the user if he/she installed in the wrong directory
• Removed unused files.