Matrix Games Forums

Finally it is here, for those interested in being the first to try 1.70. This is a Beta patch, so please give us feed back on how it works for you.
You must be a member to download the patch from the Members Club here. You will need to register your game, if you haven't already, and then go to Registered Downloads, to get the zip file with the installer.

Change List

[b]Fixes [/b]
• UBoats strike again events won't fire if UK and Germany are not at war
• Germany to attack Benelux event will fire if at least one of the lover countries is still active (213)
• Corrected Pearl harbor effect event, when USA tries to join allies which are wiped out (5311)
• Updated tooltips
• Corrected CTD caused by TABbing Turkish units
• Increased stability during Naval Battle
• Repaired nuke feature, now nuke can be properly dropped
• Corrected amph. assault and transport icons
• Deploy button active after new units are added to the pool by events
• Solved problems with doubled naval units IDs
• Corrected display of eyecandies
• Corrected Miedzyrzecz Fortified Region event to fire only if MFR is controlled by Axis and not before fall of Poland (15209)
• Berlin defence area will not fire until Poland is active (15217-15218)
• Leningrad in threat event won't fire as long as Estonia is active (336-337)
• Corrected German invasion event (921)
  
  Events
• Increased units level in Siberian troops events
• Increased units level in Saving USSR event
• Soviet garrisons upgraded to corps size
• Added polish partisans events (8901-8918)
• Added Early Barbarossa event (373)
• Added line that will increase German effectivity in Poland during planned and late Barbarossa (230 and 231)
• Bolshevik's industrialization event won't fire if Soviet WE is higher than 200 (366 and 367)
• Added some units in Moscow Rugged defense event (372)
• Increased level of forts in defenese of Leningrad events (336-342)
• Increased level of forts in defenese of Stalingrad events (352-353)
• Added some units in defenese of Stalingrad event (353)
• Added resources waste events for Germany (8101-8104)
• Added resources waste events for USSR (8111-8114)
• Added resources waste events for UK (8121-8124)
• Added resources waste events for France (8131-8134)
• Added resources waste events for Italy (8141-8144)
• Added resources waste events for USA (8151-8154)
• Added Kursk forces event (374)
• The Truth annoucement events added (375-376)
• Fall of Vichy events added (15247)
• Fall of Italy event added (2130)
• Italy falls event added (15248)
• Mussolini's liberating events (15249-15251)
• Salo Republic event added (15252)
• Soviet inland forts events added (8301-8314)
• Royal support event added (993)
• Soviet War Economy cooled down as long us not at war with other major (377)
• Added STAVKA Reserves events (378-384)
• Soviet surrender events added (385-388 and 15253-15255)
• Increased level of units in Defense of Stalingrad event (353)
  
  Gamebalance
• Changed Strategic Movement Points bought by USA, Soviet Union, United Kingdom, Germany, France and Italy.
  
  Map
• Daladier Line forts upgarded to level three
  
  OOB
• Daladier line units strength increased to 65%
  
  Others
• Added Aircraft Carrier assault on ports feature
• Added Aircraft Carrier assault on enemy units feature
• Added amphibious assault feature, now units can attack directly from sea
• New event method: Country.ChangeSMP (Country ID, int Value)
• Instant deploy feature added
• Auto reopen during unit's deploy feature added
• Added undo button for Air Units
  
  AI
• German AI will now have higher chance to correctly prepare for Barbarossa (15256 and 15257)

Thanks for that! [:)]

You welcome

When trying to open the mods, ToW says "This game is not compatible with current version". This was only to be expected, so there's no critisism on my behalf.

Before I start a time-consuming trial and error session, though, is there something you can point at directly being the cause for the incompatibility? I have to re-work consts, I understand that much, but what other files do I have to alter?

Of course, in worst case, I can always re-mod the entire game anew. But it would be convenient to only work on the differing files.

try changing the version number in the misc.csv file

ORIGINAL: Andrew Loveridge

Others

[*]Added amphibious assault feature, now units can attack directly from sea

Thank you, just want to say that I find this one rather strange. Marines units should be the only units capable of doing that no?

The amphibious assaults in North Africa, and Sicily and especially Normandy should be our guide. Plenty of "from the sea" by the US, British and Canadian armies.

Chuck

Any chance of gamergate customers getting the beta [:)]

ORIGINAL: cpdeyoung

The amphibious assaults in North Africa, and Sicily and especially Normandy should be our guide. Plenty of "from the sea" by the US, British and Canadian armies.

Chuck

Ah yes you are right, anyway we still have to buy amphibious points to do an amphibious assault in version 1.70?

The amphibious part of the game works very well.

I didn't get the ETO to work by changing the version number, but managed to work around it.

I am unable to register ToW to download the patch because it says my serial number is already in use.  I can only assume its from RtV.  Is there anyway to register so I can download the latest patch?

phillipcs, what can I say is that with the future titles we will do our best to deliver patches in the same time to all of our customers.

Playing as the british the Barbarossa scenario I have not noticed any fighter interceptions occuring. It is currently turn 8. Am I just being unlucky or are their other factors in play?

Doomtrader

Cheers for the information. Thanks for the quick response

I may have been in error. Since reinforcing my interceptors they now seem to be doing their job. They seemed reluctant when at half strength

Still testing Barbarossa campaign as the British.The US does not join the Allies on December 7th 1941![&:]  This was a problem in version 1.60 when I played it. Very frustrating to spend hours to play a game and not have a major event which should occur eventuate.

How does one get the ETO mod to work? Uxbridge said changing the version number in the misc file didn't work. What does?

Augustus, in fact it did work. I was trying to change a sligthly newer version of ETO and there's where the problem was. Don't know why. When trying to change the version number on the standard ETO, there was no problem.

Just open misc, locate the number "1.6" and change it to "1.7".

ORIGINAL: dodd1

I may have been in error. Since reinforcing my interceptors they now seem to be doing their job. They seemed reluctant when at half strength

It is WAD. Fighters stay passive when its strength is low, otherwise they would be doomed during interception.

dodd1 complained:

The US does not join the Allies on December 7th 1941![&:] 

It's not automatic. It's NEVER automatic! [:D]
It depends on preceding events and the US  response to them.
 
The US might stay neutral all the way, if not attacked by Japan. They might choose to fight Japan only, they MIGHT join the Alliance or fight the Axis without joining the Alliance, as a co-belligerent and I hope the developers have allowed for the strong pro-Axis sentiment in the US in the late 30s by allowing that, if FDR does NOT get re-elected and the Bund and the Silver Shirts become stronger, there's a chance that the US joins the Axis.[X(]
 
In-game "events" are a mystery and extremely variable in combination. Don't expect the game to proceed on historical rail tracks.[8D] That's one of the joys of the system.