v1.23.07 - New Official Beta Available Now

[SamSlitherine]

Hi Guys,

Hope everyone is well and happy!

We have an official beta patch for you to install today.

Please click on the link provided to download the beta v1.23.07 Beta

As always we welcome your feedback, enjoy your gaming!

Sam

[pzgndr]

Hey guys!

LOTS of changes in this comprehensive public beta since v1.23.00 Beta was released back in September 2019:

Change Log

Version 1.23.07 (11/16/20)
• AI enhancements for strategic redeployments - resolved.
• Some minor country DOW cases not working where the acting controlling major power is not in fact at war with the aggressor - resolved.
• Accidental clicking into adjacent sea area and then clicking your own stack creating friendly fire naval battle - resolved.
• Eliminated units do not show nation name in game log - resolved.
• Auto-forage enhancement - resolved; now auto-forage only forages unsupplied besieged units and any other units not at risk for foraging losses; all other units must manually forage or pay for supply (see new rule 10.5.1).

Version 1.23.06
• 0000099: [Game Enhancement] Please add the ability to add newly captured/ceded provinces or minors to New Political Combinations – resolved (see new rule 12.8.4).
• 0000247: [UI Enhancement] Detail trade listing – resolved (see updated TRADE summary in Nation's Statistics box).
• 0000506: [Game Bug] Display of die roll modifier changes on battle report – resolved.
• 0000823: [AI Enhancement] AI Great Britain Economics – resolved, for AI Great Britain blocking American trade with MPs it is at war with and for negotiating peace if at war with United States.
• 0000825: [AI Enhancement] AI Austria Insurrection Corps – resolved.
• Great Britain and United States not at war in 1812 - resolved.
• Pursuit after trivial combat not working - resolved.
• Attacks on depot sometimes not resolved as trivial combat - resolved.
• Retreats after combat do not also check for closest allied depots - resolved.
• French artillery morale is 2 but should be 4 - resolved, table data files updated.
• Single skip for naval phase not working - resolved.
• Combat screen does not properly center the battle map on the battle area - resolved.
• Artillery bombardment losses not recorded in combat log - resolved.
• Austrian Insurrection areas stop enemy movement even if no Insurrection units available - resolved.
• Unit name mouseover hint incorrectly shows "Click Here To Give Unit Orders" - resolved, now hint shows full unit name.
• 1812 scenario not creating the Confederation of the Rhine - resolved, and documentation updated with corrections.
• Garrisons and corps under siege that must forage roll not handled correctly for besiegers in some cases - resolved.
• AI enhancements for strategic advances and retreats - resolved.
• 1812 scenario setups for France updated for Baden, Hesse, and Wurttemburg corps and depots in Spain - resolved.

Version 1.23.05
• Garrisons and corps under siege incorrectly allowed to manually forage normally - resolved.
• Leader picture link to in-game help file not working correctly - resolved.
• Defender pursuit losses more than available troops not working correctly - resolved.
• Forage messages not consistent and could be improved - resolved.
• Placing depots not working correctly - resolved.
• Restrict AI unit losses unless necessary if leader assigned - resolved.
• Siege battles causing human pbem players to be swapped with AI - resolved.
• Minor corps not able to move in enemy nation - resolved.
• AI attacker-human defender trivial combat not working correctly - resolved.
• AI naval improvements - resolved.
• Minor corps involved in some combats not working correctly - resolved.
• AI land improvements, strategic retreats and advancements - resolved.
• France and Great Britain not able to place corps and depots in Spain during setup phase of 1812 scenario - resolved.
• Battle casualties not being taken in some cases - resolved.
• Austrian Insurrection Corps ready to be placed message appearing during other player turns - resolved.
• Prisoners screen errors due to new leader ratings not working correctly - resolved and wgslabels.txt updated.

Version 1.23.04
• AI-AI land combat not always working and locking up game - resolved.
• Prisoners box brings up a system error, but only when there are prisoners - resolved.
• Guards factors not always lost by AI even when no other factors are available to lose - resolved.
• AI Victory Points in 1812 scenario not showing correct - resolved.
• Swedish light fleet counter not correct - resolved (database data files updated).
• AI-AI trivial combat not working correctly - resolved.
• Swedish leader Bernadotte 1811 availability not working correctly - resolved.

Version 1.23.03
• Spanish guerrilla attacks causing human pbem players to be swapped with AI - resolved.
• Simultaneous diplomacy freezes (Waiting For MP Turns) with last player (Spain) due to logic errors - resolved.
• Fleets forced to evacuate port not fighting naval blockade battle - resolved.

Version 1.23.02
• Rebuild code file changes from v1.22.02 through v1.23.01 beta - resolved.
• Supply path not working more than 1 area from depot - resolved.
• View Fleets On Anti-Piracy Missions screen not displaying - resolved.

Version 1.23.01
• PBEM Admin button not working in 1.23.00 - resolved.
• Unloading unit from fleet not working in 1.23.00 - resolved.
• Placing friendly supply source depots not working in 1.23.00 - resolved.
• Change "Allow Separate Peace" to "Deny Separate Peace" to make separate peace standard unless checked to deny it - resolved.
• Add France and Austria have a royal marriage (peace condition B.5) to setup for 1812 Grand Campaign - resolved.
• Economic Phase not working properly in 1812 Grand Campaign - resolved.

Version 1.23.00
• 0000100: [UI Enhancement] Better info on Unit Report screen. Show current/max factors – resolved.
• 0000151: [Rules Deviation] Add end-of-game manpower to VP total – resolved, as end-of-game log message.
• 0000245: [UI Enhancement] Sort Unit Report and show depots – closed, leave as is.
• 0000262: [UI Bug] Message wrong when loading fleet – resolved.
• 0000404: [UI Enhancement] Add a horizontal line through the victory point chart – closed.
• 0000425: [UI Enhancement] Game Log Readability – closed, several previous updates have improved game log information.
• 0000511: [Game Enhancement] Allow selection of corps to remove as part condition B1/C1a by name rather than by province – resolved.
• 0000521: [Rules Deviation] Victory Rules not according to original game's intent and make coalitions much harder to maintain – resolved, manpower levels added as end-of-game log messages.
• 0000544: [Game Bug] Loaned Prussian (To Austria) Corps and Leader (Blucher) not usable - closed.
• 0000584: [Rules Deviation] Incorrect interpretation of rule 12.4, failure to leave after the 3-month peace treaty limited access - resolved.
• 0000598: [Game Enhancement] Add column to text report that lists the orders given to each unit and other standing order questions – resolved.
• 0000648: [UI Enhancement] Prisoner information – resolved.
• 0000652: [UI Enhancement] Show current manpower and revenue for other nations when the "show selected nation" button is used – resolved.
• 0000653: [UI Enhancement] Display Prussian saved manpower – resolved.
• 0000695: [Game Bug] Ottoman Corps (Only) cannot be loaned to Great Britain - closed.
• 0000712: [Game Bug] France and Turkey are at Peace but Kushanz Ali is captured by France - closed.
• 0000718: [Game Enhancement] Game should provide warning text box when corps are halted by insurrection corps placement – resolved, also added warnings to set insurrection areas and when insurrection corps ready.
• 0000722: [Game Bug] Feudal units created from non-Turkish countries using the editor have morale of 0 - closed.
• 0000749: [Game Enhancement] Add letter-number codes to list surrender conditions to make it easy to look up – resolved.
• 0000754: [Game Enhancement] VP totals for other powers hard to estimate – resolved.
• 0000765: [Game Enhancement] Naval pursuit arrows are hard to read, use signal flags from Nelson at Trafalgar "engage enemy more closely" instead – resolved, increased font size.
• 0000772: [Game Bug] Naval woes with loaned fleets and corps - resolved.
• 0000800: [UI Enhancement] Second page of buttons in reinforcement phase is not required – closed.
• 0000831: [UI Enhancement] Game Editor Nation Box – closed.
• 0000836: [Game Enhancement] Loaned Unit Behavior – resolved, comprehensive changes made related to loaned corps and fleets (see revised rule 7.6).
• 0000841: [PBEM Bug] Unexplained reclaimed units – closed.
• 0000842: [Game Bug] Fleets leaving blockade box after inconclusive land battle withdrawal – closed.
• 0000843: [Game Bug] Troops teleported home before end of temporary access, even though forced access selected as peace term – closed.
• 0000845: [Rules Deviation] Fleet Maintenance Cost – closed.
• 0000855: [Game Bug] Scenario Editor Later Campaign Issues – resolved.
• 0000856: [Game Bug] Corps being lent by other nations do not show up in Battle – resolved.
• 0000861: [Game Bug] Cossack unit loaned to Austria appears in Austrian army pool after combat loss – closed.
• 0000863: [UI Enhancement] User Preferences, set under Options on the intro screen, seem to attach to the save game files – closed, comments added to PBEM game setup instructions.
• 0000868: [Rules Deviation] Reparations surrender condition should be either single or double payment - resolved.

There were so many growing pains related to the many changes made for loaned units, minor units, kingdom units, etc. I want to publicly thank (again) MapleLeaf and his intrepid pbem groups for enduring so many fits and restarts. I think we have resolved most all gameplay issues, but there are still a couple lingering out there.

Please make a clean install and try this update. The plan is to let this run until after the new year, while I continue to make some more AI improvements and resolve any reported issues. After that we will post an official v1.23.08 patch. And some good news to add here. After the patch, Matrix will remaster the initial installer and make that available in your registered games. Then players can download that and make a single clean install direct to v1.23.08, without rebooting and applying a patch. I know that has been an issue with many players over the years, so we'll get that fixed. Enjoy!

[Asid2]

Thank you for you time and effort Bill.

Regards
Asid

[pzgndr]

FYI. There are a couple of reported bugs with prompted skips not working in PBEM and some besieging units moved out of siege prior to combat. I have the skips working and I am trying to track down the siege issue. I will post a hotfix when I can and roll these hotfixes into v1.23.08 for the release version.

UPDATE 12/15/20. I think I have resolved the siege issue. Once I get some playtesting feedback, I'll post a hotfix.