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Hello Everyone

A new Strategic Command beta build is now available. v1.00.10

Please refer to Tamas' earlier forum post ("How to download the latest beta build") for how to download this

tm.asp?m=4105056

Please uninstall all previous versions before installing v1.00.10


Save games from v1.00.09 should work with this build (but note this will not be the case when 1.00.11 is released so you may want to start thinking about finishing any campaigns you have running)


The key addition to this build is that the new style UI is now almost fully implemented and we'd especially appreciate your feedback on that. Note that the Reports menu is currently 'locked' as this has not been 'upgraded yet.

For other changes and addition please refer to the Patch Notes for details (as usual Hubert and Bill have been very busy!).


As before the Essential Guide (draft version) is now available in German, Spanish and French (as well as English). This can be found in C:\Program Files (x86)\Matrix Games\Strategic Command - WWII War in Europe\Manuals (assuming you opted for the default installation)

Please note this is a debug build so there will be performance improvements 'down the line' as we get close to release.

Finally, there is an interesting thread on Russia and encirclements - I was wondering if anyone else had any views on tm.asp?m=4152732&mpage=1�


We hope you enjoy this new version and look forward to your feedback

regards
Ben Wilkins

ok thanks

Hello everyone
Please hold off installing for now, we have found a tiny issue with the build we are just fixing

Everything is fine with it ... except the auto installer won't work. Fixing now

Will let you know when its ready

thanks
Ben Wilkins

Ok, hopefully it will be solved by the time I get home after work [:)]

Hello Everyone
All fixed, please download and enjoy v1.00.10

rjh1971 - hopefully we got it ready before you got home from work?

regards
Ben Wilkins

I notice that there's a registry cleaner of some kind that you can download.

I'm assuming that I don't need it if I uninstalled 1.000.9 and used Iobit for a deep clean and registry purge.

(I hate being bombarded by their ads, but they do a pretty good job of scraping residual bits of things out of places I really don't like to go -- regedit scares the heck out of me because I'm far too comfortable with it).

I downloaded with FileZilla 3.21.0 with no issues. Uninstalled older version and installed 1.00.10. Started and all seemed to be ok. Will continue with the test. I also saw the reg clean but did not use it.

ORIGINAL: Benedict151

Hello Everyone
All fixed, please download and enjoy v1.00.10

rjh1971 - hopefully we got it ready before you got home from work?

regards
Ben Wilkins

Yep, you're great!!! [8D]

ORIGINAL: Benedict151


Save games from v1.00.09 should work with this build (but note this will not be the case when 1.00.11 is released so you may want to start thinking about finishing any campaigns you have running)

Save game from 1.00.09 works except for the statistics in the report menu, they're gone/lost and they don't show up again after combat, no big deal though.

Hmmm, I guess the report screen has been temporally disabled and is under works as it doesn't show after starting a new game.

ORIGINAL: rjh1971

Hmmm, I guess the report screen has been temporally disabled and is under works as it doesn't show after starting a new game.

Hehe yea, it's right up there in the first post of this thread LOL [:'(]

Note that the Reports menu is currently 'locked' as this has not been 'upgraded' yet.

Hi,

Noticed a few things, real quick as a start
The 3d units are a lot easier to see on the map now
Why does the computer player(AI) use a base on the 3d Icons, if not selected? also 3d bases show up sometimes on mu units for some units, when I don't have them selected, for some units that have moved and some that haven't.
****I couldn't select the Reports menu during Operation Barbosa playing as Germany during my turn. Not highlighted

I see the Reports issue now
I can't wait to see the new Reports, this is important to me.

I would like to see in the unit Properties a WW II picture of the unit type and the real life headcount of the unit at full strength.

ORIGINAL: jpinard

ORIGINAL: rjh1971

Hmmm, I guess the report screen has been temporally disabled and is under works as it doesn't show after starting a new game.

Hehe yea, it's right up there in the first post of this thread LOL [:'(]

Note that the Reports menu is currently 'locked' as this has not been 'upgraded' yet.

Lol, silly me I saw it afterwards [:-][:-][:D]

v1.00.10 BETA

- fixed an error that didn't have the AI handle DECISIONS and UNIT PLACEMENTS for friendly majors set to AI control.
- fixed an error with the 3D unit counter bases for when units have fully moved and unit counter bases are turned off.
- fixed a CTD error in the Editor when dragging and drawing rivers outside of the bounds of land hexes.
- fixed several tool tip errors for screens such as SETTINGS, ADVANCED OPTIONS etc.
- fixed an error that prevented Anti-Tank, Reconnaissance and Armoured Trains from attacking.
- fixed an error that provided Artillery units that have exhausted all of their shells with the minimum shells available on their defensive turn, when it should have remained at 0 shells.
- fixed a unit mirroring verification check error that caused a CTD.
- fixed a bug that only had Subs gaining experience from convoy raiding, now any unit that is set to gain experience from convoy raiding will do so.
- fixed an error that did not have Fighters escort when they were automatically upgraded to 2 escorts from 1 via an automatic upgrade research category. A Fighter that has used up all escorts will now have its AP reduced to 1/4 of its regular value.
- fixed an error where a friendly controlled major was using the same difficulty level scripts as selected by the Human player when playing against the AI, now a friendly controlled major will use the default level scripts.
- subs in Hunt mode now show a blue circle indicator.
- disabled map dragging whenever a unit is selected.
- added additional UI screen updates.
- DIPLOMACY screen now includes a 'Declare War' button.
- WAR MAP button now launches the War Map instead of the STRATEGIC MAP.
- STRATEGIC and CONVOY maps are now sub map screens of the WAR MAP.
- it now only requires 2 or more enemy units adjacent to a resource to have its strength reduced by 1 point per turn until it reaches 0, previously it was 4.

CAMPAIGNS

- USSR's Occupational Efficiency reduced from 70 to 60% (HvS).
- Wolfram and Chrome imports from Spain and Turkey reduced from 10 to 5 MPPs a turn.
- Ground Attack Aircraft research limited to 1 chit.
- Research is now set to 5% progress per turn at all levels.
- Tanks' Soft Defence increased from 3 to 4, Hard Defence from 2 to 3 and De-Moralization from 15 to 20%.
- Heavy Tanks's Soft Defence increased from 4 to 5.
- Rocket Artillery can now upgrade their Anti-Aircraft Defense to 2 (TheBattlefield).
- Increased Rocket Artillery's Demoralization value from 15 to 25% (Mithrilotter).
- Amended German and Italian Heavy Tanks initial purchase dates to 31st December 1941 (Mountaineer).
- Production Technology no longer increases Transport Build Limits by 2.
- Disabled the Italian East Africa surrender if Egypt has surrendered (solipsismMatrix).
- Soviet National Morale gains from having the USA as an ally and their boost for remaining in the war in 1943 have been reduced, and the USSR will now lose 2,500 NM points when Kiev and Smolensk fall. Overall these are a reduction of 15,000 NM points (Dhucul; The Battlefield). In return the gains from US Lend-Lease via Persia have been increased from 250 to 500 NM points per turn.
- Cavalry Corps now have only 1 strike (HvS).
- Heavy Tanks' APs increased from 3 to 4 (Mithrilotter).
- The UK's National Morale penalty for Egypt surrendering to the Axis has been increased from 2,500 to 7,500 points, and now both Germany and Italy will receive boosts from this (skb8721).
- Message corrected for the Decisions relating to Axis travel from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean (EdwinP).
- Changes made to Crete, Cyprus and Rhodes (Philippe at Bay).
- Corrected the Weather Zone near Murmansk (Mithrilloter).
- Corrected a Spanish Mobilization script that was firing when it shouldn't have done (Mountaineer).
- Changed the script to reduce Red Army unit morale when the Axis attack the USSR so that the screen centres on Brest-Litovsk and not Moscow. It is also slightly more effective now.
- Corrected the Gracie Fields Pop Up so that it only appears when the B.E.F. are deployed in France (sPzAbt653).
- Frankfurt renamed as Frankfurt (Oder) an Berchtesgaden spelling corrected (Xwomwood).
- Bocage now provides a Soft, Hard, Light Armour and Tank Defence Bonus of 1.
- Removed the penalty for spotting in forests, marshes, jungle and bocage (HvS).
- Fixed a Dummy Decision so that the extra Yugoslav and Corsican Partisan locations will appear from the summer of 1943 prior to becoming active in 1944 (Xwormwood).
- 1941 campaign: Fortification added NW of Leningrad, Fighter units moved in Romania and a German Motorized Corps added there, along with another in the north, more German units have been upgraded, adjustments made to the initial dispositions of British forces in Egypt, and the strength of some Italian units has been reduced (HvS).
- Turkey's Coop. Restriction changed from Supply Only to None (HvS).
- The Finnish Army at 198,50 removed and replaced with a Garrison unit, and the Finnish Army Build Limit reduced by 1 (HvS).
- Increased the boosts to Soviet National Morale for Allied landings in France, Italy, and the liberation of France (Mrslobodan).
- Convoy script amended so that the message "US Lend Lease To The UK Begins" shouldn't appear at an incorrect time (SpzAbt653).
- Partisan templates updated.
- German Corps Build Limit increased from 20 to 25 (HvS).
- Extra port added at Alexandria (StratComAl).
- Road added between Amman and Ar Rutbah (StratComAl).
- Weakened Italian forces in Libya to take into account their failure against the British in the first year of the war.
- Increased the USSR's Corps Build Limit from 25 to 30.
- Amended the Luftwaffe's starting positions in the 1940 campaign.

Couple of things I noticed so far:

When you click on a unit and scroll to zoom in it goes to the left and up from the unit so it ends up bottom right just outside of view.

Like the info boxes that pop up when you look at research.

Miss the max reinforcement button that is gone so you have to build units up one point at a time.

Like to see more decisions, events choices. Like that a lot.

Is there a Tripoli in French Syria just above Beirut?? or is that a typo.

I have the new version and patch. I can use the max reinforce button, why does everyone say it's gone?

ORIGINAL: kodiak
Is there a Tripoli in French Syria just above Beirut?? or is that a typo.

It's no typo:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripoli,_Lebanon

ORIGINAL: crispy131313

I have the new version and patch. I can use the max reinforce button, why does everyone say it's gone?

It did disappear, temporarily, and has now returned. [:)]