Open Beta v1.07 (16th Jan 2024)

[Vic]

adding it for new upload v1.01.02b

[ZygfrydDeLowe]

Is the upload correct - it shows as empty file with 0 kb size

[briklebritt]

ORIGINAL: ZygfrydDeLowe

Is the upload correct - it shows as empty file with 0 kb size

No, it is not working. For me too > 0 kb

Sure, Vic will fix it when he reads our response

[Oberst_Klink]

Same. File corrupted and no size.

Klink, Oberst

[Vic]

Sry something went wrong. Link should work now!

[Jagger2002]

I am not using the beta right now but I thought I would bring this issue up here.

I am wondering if US artillery is getting the benefit of night recovery for readiness and vigor. The way turns are set up, will US artillery get normal recovery at night if they intercept fire in the morning? Do they need to not move and fire for a complete turn including both the US night turn and morning German turn? The Germans normally will go through a complete German and US night turn without firing and thus get the night recovery of vigor and readiness but the US doesn't get a complete night turn. A full US turn includes both the night turn and the German morning turn. I am noticing problems of vigor and readiness recovery for US troops in the St Vith scenario particularly for artillery. Although it may be related to the supply situation also.

Basically the US side does not go through a complete turn cycle, US and German turn, without having a situation not requiring artillery fire. Every US cycle includes a German day cycle, either afternoon or morning, in which artillery needs to be active. Hopefully, I am worrying about something that is not an issue but wondering.

[Vic]

bump!

Big new open beta patch including Davide's huge new what-if campaign "Plan Martin" and Direct2D acceleration for DPI scaling!

As well as some other nudges and finetunings!

Thanks everybody for the continued feedback. It is very much appreciated.

Best wishes,
Vic

[Jagger2002]

I don't see Antwerp on the Martin scenario map. Takes all the challenge out of it.

[Oberst_Klink]

I don't see Antwerp on the Martin scenario map. Takes all the challenge out of it.

Even Liege was too over ambitious back then. We'll see how this one plays out.

Klink, Oberst

[gamer78]

It doesn't work in Steam I guess. Copy paste to Steam exe says wrong serial.

[Vic]

It doesn't work in Steam I guess. Copy paste to Steam exe says wrong serial.

No open beta's are Matrix only. Sorry there. They'll get to Steam with a little bit of delay as release versions.

[vege1]

I experienced my first crash while playing Plan Martin. I am in the second turn playing as the Axis. As I press the Cards tab the game crashes due to "Index out of bounds exception". In the first turn, there were no such issues. I have the save file, if you need it for debugging.

[Vic]

I experienced my first crash while playing Plan Martin. I am in the second turn playing as the Axis. As I press the Cards tab the game crashes due to "Index out of bounds exception". In the first turn, there were no such issues. I have the save file, if you need it for debugging.

Yes please get that savefile to vic@vrdesigns.net !
I'll fix ASAP

[Vic]

Bump! fixed a recent bug. Hoping to soon do an official release patch. Please try to keep playing / testing to help make sure no bugs remain

Thanks for all the help already!

Very best wishes,
Vic

[vege1]

Thanks for the quick fix. I found a couple of graphical errors:

1) I noticed that you added the red box that says "Beta" to the main menu, and for some reason the red boxes appear when you launch an attack to the "Recon In Force" and "All-Out Attack" buttons (happens in Plan Martin and Wacht am Rhein).

2) If you play the air recon card the strategic mini-map turns partially yellow, if you have it open at the same time. The yellow area disappears if you close the mini-map and open it again.

Regarding game balance, I was surprised that the reliability of Panthers and Tigers has deteriorated significantly since the release of Plan Martin patch. Both models now take massive losses by accidents. I thought that both tanks were supposed to be made more reliable a few patches ago. Also, in ranged combat you can lose up to 20% of king tigers at one go against an inferior enemy. But, I am no expert in this field, so I cannot say what kind of losses should I expect. Previously it was sad to lose one even one tank, now it is a great performance if your tank loses are less than 20%. This of course has some gameplay implications that you need to be more careful with using your tanks.

[Vic]

Thanks for the quick fix. I found a couple of graphical errors:

1) I noticed that you added the red box that says "Beta" to the main menu, and for some reason the red boxes appear when you launch an attack to the "Recon In Force" and "All-Out Attack" buttons (happens in Plan Martin and Wacht am Rhein).

2) If you play the air recon card the strategic mini-map turns partially yellow, if you have it open at the same time. The yellow area disappears if you close the mini-map and open it again.

Regarding game balance, I was surprised that the reliability of Panthers and Tigers has deteriorated significantly since the release of Plan Martin patch. Both models now take massive losses by accidents. I thought that both tanks were supposed to be made more reliable a few patches ago. Also, in ranged combat you can lose up to 20% of king tigers at one go against an inferior enemy. But, I am no expert in this field, so I cannot say what kind of losses should I expect. Previously it was sad to lose one even one tank, now it is a great performance if your tank loses are less than 20%. This of course has some gameplay implications that you need to be more careful with using your tanks.

Thanks for this very useful feedback. Could not repeat [2] though

Posted v1.02b

best wishes,
Vic

[vege1]

Thanks for the quick changes. I am testing 1.02b now. The ranged tank combat feels more realistic. However, I don't know is Retreat: Att.Accident still working as intended. You said that:

-Finetuned attack accidents to only happen now when making a KILL (no longer on scoring a RETREAT).

I might be misinterpreting this particular case, but the attack caused a retreat and Tiger II got killed in the process.

501. Tiger Abt. attacks 18th Cavalry Squadron

tiger_attack_accident.jpg (230.03 KiB) Viewed 1893 times

[Vic]

Your right will fix it! Instead of saying i fixed it.

[qwer1551]

i am a new player , How to get fuel from the strategic supply base? Or the strategic supply base not represent a real supply base?

I took Liege, Eupen, Namur, Charleville in Campaign
strategic supply base only works in Regular mode (locked by a green frame)
I can't choose Delete or Evacuate or Destroy

Even though my frontline troops and Campaign Supply source(115,52) have been depleted of fuel,
These occupied strategic supply bases are still unwilling to provide fuel

The same for the initial strategic supply base in Germanyside

(Major, medium, and small supply bases can switch to Delete or Evacuate or Destroy)
(I have updated the game,v1.01.03 to v1.02b)

[qwer1551]

beside, the new campaign PLAN MARTIN is great, thank you very much
I wonder if there could be a bigger campaign, from December 16th to January 16th?