What's new in Strategic Command WWII Global Conflict Patch 1.07
Dec 16, 2011- Miscellaneous fixes and corrections
New in Strategic Command WWII Global Conflict Patch 1.06 (Oct 4, 2011)
- GAME ENGINE AND EDITOR CHANGES:
- fixed a right click CTD error
- fixed an air unit movement in rain/fog/snow error
- fixed a bug in Japan plundering Hawaii which mentioned 25MPP but should have been 50MPP
- added an AI DIPLOMACY script for Germany to press Argentina in 1941
- added an AI BELLIGERENCE script for the USSR to go to war with Germany once the USSR is fully mobilized
New in Strategic Command WWII Global Conflict Patch 1.05 (Oct 1, 2011)
- GAME ENGINE CHANGES:
- fixed a Carrier 'Escort' bug that incorrectly allowed Carriers to escort more than two times (Baron)
- fixed an Email/Network replay error that caused a CTD (Amadeus)
- fixed an error that allowed Carriers to reinforce/upgrade after it has been used to 'escort' (Catacol)
- air units can now move at 50% of available action points when located on a snow, rain and sandstorm tile (Al)
- movement path is now highlighted under friendly units to show the full reach of a moveable unit (Lettowvorbeck)
- operational movement highlights will now also highlight underneath existing units to indicate that these positions would be reachable if the existing unit were to subsequently move (Sharkman)
- EDITOR CHANGES:
- amended the Turkish MOBILIZATION#2 events that look for Allied weakness in the Middle East to look beyond the capital cities (Bill R.)
- added a MOBILIZATION#2 event to increase US mobilization from Axis advancements into southern Africa
- moved the 1st Turkish Army into Ankara with entrenchment = 2 and placed the Turkish Altay HQ northeast of Ankara at tile 102,23
- Swedish 1st Army in Stockholm now starts with experience = 1 and an entrenchment = 3
- Swedish 2nd Army starts with experience = 1 and the Swedish 1st RSAF now starts at strength = 8
- Soviet Army, Corps and Fighter added to the P/Q and set to arrive in September 1941, March 1942, May 1942 respectively
- US Army added to the P/Q and set to arrive in May 1942
- UK Army and Tactical Bomber added to the P/Q and set to arrive in June 1943
- US now starts with 1 chit in Motorization, Infrastructure and Production Technology
- USSR now starts with an Industrial Modifier of 75% up from 65%
- UK DE 100 for Vichy France is now only 300 MPPs and at 50 MPP for 6 turns
- Italian units now start entrenched in all cities at 4 and coastal units at 2
New in Strategic Command WWII Global Conflict Patch 1.03 (Sep 16, 2010)
- Game Engine:
- fixed a spotting error related to recently arrived LOOP units
- fixed an escort/intercept error that caused Carriers to exceed their two strikes
- fixed a unit spotting error for units that were recently placed on a Land + Sea tile
- LOOP arrivals will now check for friendly arrival tiles prior to validating unit placement
- hidden submarine units will now pass through each other regardless of mode unless a submarine ends its move on or adjacent an enemy submarine
- Amphibious Transports can no longer shore bombard if their supply is equal to 0 a nd now have the possibility of taking counter fire and damage
- Battleships, Cruisers, Destroyers, Carriers and Bombers can now all be set as 'Raiders' providing some control over whether you wish to raid convoy positions or not
- reinforcement formula corrected to include current Production Technology levels as applied to current cost of unit type
- fixed an HQ sack/replace MPP deduction error for minors
- Editor:
- moved the at start Amphibious units for Japan near Midway back 1 tile so that they cannot land on the first turn
- US will now drop Atomic bombs, via DECISION 309, if it is in Seoul, Naha, Tapei, Iwo Jima or Saipan )
- added several new US PURCHASE scripts
- fixed a US Amphibious planning error that would have units attempt to Liberate the UK while the US is being invaded
- fixed a Penang naval base DECISION event error
- adjusted Chinese Garrison scripts for the 1942 Axis High Tide campaign
New in Strategic Command WWII Global Conflict Patch 1.02 (Jun 30, 2010)
- GAME ENGINE CHANGES:
- fixed a BELLIGERENCE error that did not trigger the applicable MOBILIZATION scripts (Al)
- fixed a #VARIABLE_CONDITION error for RESOURCE scripts (Cantona66)
- fixed an AI Paratroop movement error that allowed for double moves on some occasions (Armuss)
- fixed an AI surprise contact issue during reorganization that may lead to combat with non belligerent nations (Vypuero)
- fixed an Indutrial value display error over the right hand side major flags (Wushuki)
- fixed a BELLIGERENCE event crash error (Xwormwood)
- fixed a Fog of War spotting error that was seen to occur in Egypt (Armuss, Gronq)
- fixed a unit/territory issue when nations are split like Poland where sometimes units were trapped behind on enemy lines (Fred19)
- fixed an adjacent port control error that would have ships gain control of ports without land units adjacent to them, this was incorrect behaviour (Xwormwood)
- fixed a RESOURCE Anti-Air tech error that would see an occupier lose its investments in enemy cities once the territory completely surrendered (Xwormwood)
- fixed an AI air unit movement error that would have air units sometimes move to an enemy tile (Gunnar)
- fixed a resource bombing reporting issue that was not reporting enemy losses in all cases when the resource was fully visible (Armuss)
- fixed a resource bombing reporting issue that did not report enemy losses due to Fighter, Tactical Bomber, Artillery or Carrier attacks (Armuss)
- fixed an AI Anti-Aircraft defensive strike error (Canada1)
- fixed a Ctrl-Q error during AI replay turns (Aaron)
- fixed a Carrier/Fighter combat results error when these units have applicable research levels applied (Wushuki, U8led)
- fixed a Convoy reporting error in the Details dialog (Pzgndr)
- fixed a Network turn error that caused a crash during replay animation (Starpit)
- fixed a resource AA level display error in the 'Properties' dialog
- fixed a convoy reporting error in the Convoys/MPPs dialog
- fixed a supply and action point error for friendly countries that join the war at the beginning of your turn (Gunnar)
- fixed a resource MPP calculation error for minor nations surrendered to majors that are not yet fully mobilized (Nupremal)
- fixed an EMAIL replay error regarding units that arrive at the beginning of your turn via DECISION event (Gunnar, Alexandre)
- fixed a unit arrival error via LOOP scripts (Rhino)
- hidden Subs no longer initiate a surprise contact 'attack' when a Destroyer bumps into them regardless of sub mode, i.e. now the Destroyer will have the option to attack or not (Bluestew)
- hidden Subs will no longer initiate surprise contact against enemy naval units (except Destroyers) when in 'Silent' mode unless an enemy naval unit ends their movement adjacent to a hidden Sub, in which case the naval unit will have the option to attack or not (Gunnar, Bill R.)
- subs that dive now automatically change to 'Silent' mode
- naval units can now pass through Land + Sea passageways without action point penalty (ludi1867)
- naval units no longer suffer action point penalties due to coastal rain/fog, snow or sandstorms (ludi1867)
- naval units that are caught in sea ice are no longer stuck and can now move with an AP=1 (ludi1867)
- land units can now attack naval units that are in Land + Sea passageway tiles (xwormwood)
- enemy units will no longer show their attainable research levels in the 'Properties' window under FoW even if they are full visible (Nupremal)
- save game dialog now allows you to select files in the list to automatically change the file name for saving, i.e. this way you can easily overwrite previously used filenames (Borsook)
- improved AI Submarine raiding and evasion routines (Armuss)
- improved AI Bomber and Rocket attack routines towards resource targets (Pzgndr)
- improved AI air unit reorganization towards AI PLAN targets
- improved AI anti-raider routines so that the AI will now also only chase after raiders reported at sea and no longer zero in on raiders on convoy lanes, spotted or not
- EDITOR CHANGES:
- fixed a German PURCHASE script error for 1943 that only had subs being researched at 1% instead of 10% (Armuss)
- fixed several minor AI scripting issues for GARRISON, FLEET and OFFENSIVE scripts (Armuss)
- fixed an Axis OFFENSIVE script error for the Fall of France that only occured when India joined the Allies early
- fixed a Warsaw capital bug for the 1942 and 1943 campaigns (Robert C.)
- fixed an Export Dates error (Bill R.)
- fixed a Franco STRENGTH event linked to DE 503 (Alexandre)
- added several Axis AI DIPLOMACY events for Spain and Sweden (Armuss)
- added Novosibirsk and Sverdlovsk as Industrial Centers for the USSR (Gunnar)
- added real Partisans at Lanchow, Yumen, Chungking and Yenan (Gunnar)
- added survivor Corps from Yumen, Yenan and Lanchow that reform and arrive in Urumchi once these cities fall to the Axis (Gunnar)
- added DE 114 allowing the SOE to invest funds into partisan/resistance activity in occupied Europe, including Warsaw uprising and others (Bill R.)
- added DE 307 allowing the US to send Chennault to China along with the 14th AF (Alexandre)
- added a Tactical Bomber to the Soviet P/Q to arrive in late summer 1943 (Gunnar)
- added a Fighter to the Soviet P/Q to arrive in late summer 1941 (Colin I)
- added a Fighter unit to arrive via UNIT script at Irkutsk if the Japanese attack and capture either Borzya, Khabarovsk, Vladivostock, Khabarovsk or Chita (Gunnar)
- added several MOBILIZATION#1 events to handle Axis attacks on Vichy territories as well as Malaya (Gunnar)
- added an 'Intercept' field for Figthers and Carriers for their Combat Target Data with Fighters now having 2 intercepts for applicable enemy aircraft
- added Quebec and Vancouver as Industrial Centers for Canada as these are needed if the UK transfers its capital to Canada (Tom)
- added Melbourne as an Industrial Center to Australia as this is needed if the UK transfers its capital to Australia (Tom)
- added a TERRITORY transfer event to handle the transfer of Timor to Japan if Portugal surrenders to the Axis and Japan has landed units in Timor (Rusty Gear, Bill R.)
- adjusted the SURRENDER_1 events for UK transfers to Canada and Australia to exclude Quebec, Vancouver and Melbourne respectively (Tom)
- adjusted Fighters to now have a SA=0 from SA=1 (Gunnar)
- adjusted UK AI Garrison scripts for London (Gronq)
- adjusted DE 105 to cost 300 MPP to prepare the port of Singapore (Armuss)
- adjusted DE 508 and 509 to only trigger if Swedish mobilization is at the minimum Axis convoy transfer level which is 20% Axis (Xwormwood)
- adjusted the BELLIGERENCE events so that Germany can now enter a China that has surrendered to Japan (Amadeus)
- adjusted Japan to now have a max build of 5 Fighters from 6 (Gunnar)
- adjusted DE 515 to no longer be linked to the Vichy France DE 502 as a prerequisite (Rusty Gear)
- CONVOY scripts are now read in listed order and should be listed with MINOR->MAJOR convoys first followed by MAJOR->MAJOR convoys. MAJOR->MAJOR convoys should also be listed in logical order, i.e. USA->UK convoy followed by UK->USSR convoy for proper transfer amount calculations
New in Strategic Command WWII Global Conflict Patch 1.01 (May 7, 2010)
- GAME ENGINE CHANGES:
- fixed a right click 'Sleep' error (Armuss)
- fixed a Raider display error (Armuss)
- fixed a Destroyer/Raider hunting error (Fintilgin)
- fixed a Purchase Unit dialog selection error (Rannug)
- fixed an MPPs chart date bug for campaigns with asynchronous turns (Bill M)
- fixed a map supply display error (xwormwood)
- fixed an adjacent port calculation error (xwormwood)
- fixed an AI purchase unit error for when playing with Soft Builds
- fixed AI transport movement errors where transports would not avoid newly detected enemy naval units (Robby1, Bo)
- fixed an AI transport error regarding LOOP positions and disconnected COASTAL POSITIONS from embarkation points (Al, Bill M)
- fixed a SURRENDER_2 e vent error regarding Persia (Yolo911)
- fixed an Amphibious Transport unload/attack error that did not have the AI attack coastal units when applicable (Armuss)
- fixed Carrier research level display positions sit is more in line with other unit level display positions, i.e. nlonger skewed (Armuss)
- fixed a DECISION display error for decision events with custom #IMAGE entries (Bill R.)
- fixed a custom PBEM end of turn display error (Bill M.)
- fixed a FREE UNIT error where free units were being created in enemy held territories (Bill M.)
- fixed a Carrier attack values error for Mix mode (Amadeus)
- fixed a Transport error where AI transports were unloading in ports with strength < 5 (Armuss)
- fixed an air unit movement bug over Depression tiles (Skrivebordsgeneralen)
- fixed a resource value calculation bug (Armuss)
- fixed a UNIT script placement errr that would place naval units in enemy held ports (xwormwood)
- fixed a Transport unload error for active/surrendered minors that have inactive parents (Nupremal)
- fixed an Air Fleet intercept error for active minors that have inactive parents (Nupremal)
- fixed a CONVOY MPP transfer error for countries that surrender and as a result the recipient receives full resource MPP income instead (Gunnar)
- e.g. a surrendered DEI would normally send a convoy tJapan but it is currently Allied or liberated, in this case any resources currently held by Japanese forces should not be considered as MPP income for Japan and this is now the expected behaviour
- fixed a SURRENDER_1 error that would not deactivate a country that has been replaced by #TRANSFER_ID (Alexandre, Gunnar)
- i.e. when the French government moves tNorth Africa, Algeria was still considered for the various script conditions even though i t nlonger exists on the map
- fixed a Special Forces Amphibious Transport error intenemy held ports (Catacol)
- fixed a Sack HQ error when attempting tsack Minor HQs (xwormwood)
- fixed several Port tile control issues for when countries surrender and when there are units adjacent a port with nenemy units nearby (Ludi)
- fixed a unit purchase placement error for friendly nations that dnot yet have a common belligerent (geofighter)
- fixed a full screen PBEM exit error that would cause the game tcrash on Windows 7 (realbilly)
- optimized unit movement calculations for naval and some land unit types, overall turn speed improvement of 25%
- optimized the Maps dialog improving the load and exit speeds considerably (Bill R.)
- optimized map scrolling for much larger campaigns (Nupremal)
- added a combat target values display at the top information bar for when th e target cursor is set on an enemy unit/resource
- unit morale bonuses due tnational victories now capped at 150%
- adjusted the minimum 1 tile movement rule for units where it will now only be implemented if a unit literally cannot move
- i.e. if it can move ta position that a friendly unit is currently occupying then the rule does not apply
- EDITOR CHANGES:
- fixed a Partisan reporting error (Armuss)
- fixed a max unit experience setting bug
- fixed the misspelling of Indomitable (Robby1)
- fixed a Crete SUPPLY event error (Isnogud)
- fixed a UK Army Carrier attack value error (Armuss)
- fixed several terrain type errors that were showing as Tropical Hills when they should have been Marshes (Ottosmops)
- fixed the DE 108 text tnot imply that the US will seize the gold at Fort de France but r ather simply intern it (Alexandre le grand)
- fixed a German DoW error if the USSR is already at 100% mobilization (Emperor Elliot)
- fixed the Allies Liberate Paris popup that occured when France had not previously surrendered
- added a VideAcceleration option
- added a Japanese report POPUP informing Japanese players of the reinforcements that will become available throughout 1941 in preparation for the war with the Allies (John DiFool)
- added several new FLEET events thelp Allied Destroyers (David)
- added Japanese DE 604 SURRENDER event tfight on from Seoul (KvP)
- added US DE 309 tdrop atomic bombs on Japan
- added UK DE 105 tmobilize Malaya and develop the port of Singapore as early as March 1940 (xwormwood)
- added UK DE 112 tsend UK naval reinforcements tthe Pacific or keep them in the Atlantic
- added UK DE 113 tsend Australian and New Ze aland reinforcements tEgypt or thave them arrive in their home countries instead (xwormwood)
- added a check tsee if there are nAllied land units in range of the port of Brest before the German DECISION event tenhance the naval base fires (David12345)
- removed HMS Electra Destroyer from the UNIT scripts and placed it on the map tappear in British India at strength 3
- removed III Indian Corps from the start map for Malaya
- removed West Force Corps from the start map for Malaya
- lowered the starting strength of East Force Corps in Malaya from 8 t5
- removed Venice from the alternate Capitals list for Italy
- removed Tripoli as an Industrial Center for Italy
- several User Manual corrections (U8led)
- enabled the Mexican loop arrows for US units (Mabus77)
- removed Seoul as an alternate capital for Japan (krrpt)
- Graziani DECISION event will now only appear at the Intermediate AI level (krrpt)
- Italian MVSN unit will now only appear at the Intermediate AI level
- Italian surface raiders added tthe applicable SUPPLY events (Armuss)
- adjusted the Solomons timprove Allied AI landings there (David)
- adjusted HQs for Turkey, Thailand, Romania, Dutch East Indies, and Argentina ta rating of 4 (Gronq)
- adjusted UK Amphibious assault script for Iceland (David)
- adjusted Northern Ireland sit can now be invaded without having tDoW Ireland (Snowstorm)
- Amphibious Transports can now be set tde-entrench and de-moralize in the Editor
- Amphibious Transports now set tde-entrenchment = 1 (Armuss)
- BELLIGERENCE events can now be set for a surrendered #BELLIGERENCE_ID
- i.e. Japan can now enter the war against the USSR and occupy Soviet territory even if the USSR has already surrendered tGermany if the applicable BELLIGERENCE event is set (Amadeus)
- renamed the Partisan popup strings in SUPPLY events t'Resistance' sas tavoid confusion with actual PARTISAN events (Desechecs)
- Japanese Home Guard will now only activate after 1943 (Gronq)
- Swedish activation sprites corrected (Gronq)
- removed the Caspian Sea ports (John DiFool)
- fixed several unit LOOP errors within North America for Axis units (Noah, Rdent)
- LOOP events can now have a #FRIENDLY_POSITION that is left unspecified or 'blank'
- 1939 Alliance of Evil
- fixed a UK surrender option bug (Preusse)
- fixed the Soviet Seige message in Seoul (Mabus77)
- removed the Urals Industry event for the USSR (brianlala)
- removed twUSSR mines for the USSR
- disabled the Allies Liberate France POPUP event (Mabus77)
- fixed se veral SUPPLY event errors (Armuss)
- USSR now Declares War on China when in position tds(Snowstorm)
- Manchurian resistance events now only fire when Manchuria is still surrendered tJapan (xwormwood)
- Soviet annexation of Persia now only occurs when it surrenders tthe Axis (xwormwood)