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This War in Spain 1936 - 39 update includes:

• A bug fixing update that stabilizes War in Spain further.

• Fixes center on Land Combat Units, Data Changes, as well as changes to the Play-by-Email system. We recommend players interested in PBEM read the following forum thread for important procedure changes: https://forums.matrixgames.com/viewtopic.php?t=416370

• Minor improvements to Preferences and the UI.

You can download the update at this link: https://ftp.matrixgames.com/pub/WarinSp ... .55.01.zip

If you want to know more about all the details of the update, you can take a look at the full changelog here: https://ftp.matrixgames.com/pub/WarinSp ... atsnew.pdf

BUY THE GAME HERE: https://www.matrixgames.com/game/war-in-spain-1936-39

Full changelog here as well:

v01.65.55.01 – 13th May 2026

Crash Fixes
• Fixed crash when loading troops in ocean hex

Preferences
• Added in another video resolution option
• Fix display of current resolution on Preferences
• Fixed an issue with display settings in Preferences
• Fixed the Amphibious Invasion setting in Advanced Preferences
• Preferences now will adjust the top and bottom bar sizes

User Interface
• When sidebar is hidden, mousing over where it would normally be no longer causes a change in focus
• Fixed jump map position in zoom out
• Fixed some mouseover on LCU stack being too large
• Fixed issue with hex ownership color on Combat Group window
• Remove AFV and Armaments rows from bases
• Adjusted sidebar default location to make screen scrolling to the left work more reliably
• Fixed several display issues with land groups in the sidebar
• Fixed a display issue when you change replacements with multiple units selected
• Fix to prevent the sidebar from doing anything during a turn execution

Campaign
• Rebalanced FOW on ground unit losses

Order of Battle
• Fixed issue when detached BN cannot be added to OOB again

Land Combat Units
• Creating a unit works when not in a base hex
• Creating a unit creates the correct unit type
• Fixed issue caused by fixing LCU XP from replacements
• Fixed occasional issue with moving DIV / BDE being formed up from children
• Fixed a bug in tactical reserve command for LCU
• Fixed an issue with land groups and one element that is set to static, disabling movement for the entire stack

Naval Combat
• Fixed issue where AA guns on ships fired AP shells at ships

Land Combat
• Rebalanced rules for defensive artillery

AI
• Fixed AI merging RSV units without clearing the fuel out (fixed in earlier version, documented here)

Data Changes
• Corrected templates for scenarios 01, 04, 08.
• Removed AA german unit in Falset (Ebro scenario)
• New color for Portugal en strategic map
• Corrected Pollensa in 01, 05, 06, and 07 scenarios
• Removed duplicate L3/33 unit in scenario 01
• Reduced mobility of the nationalist artillery in Madrid at the start of the main campaign.
• Corrected "Cruces Negras" militia
• Reduced the initial experience of the Falange militias and the Requetés
• Removed train depots in bases without railroads.
• Updated Scenario 08 (Teruel)
• Typo errors fixed
• Removed 32 T-26s in "8o batallon de carros de combate"
• Corrected La Corunna hexes: one hex for La Coruña and one hex for El Burgo
• Removed air base in Ares (not historical)
• Removed Train depot en Arguedas (not railroad)
• Corrected data of XIII, XIV and Dabrowski international brigades
• Corrected data of 66 Mixed Brigade
• Corrected OOB of scen 01, 03, 05, 06, 09 and 10
• The experience of republican units has been increased in scenario 03
• Corrected TOEs in the update of the republican militias into mixed brigades
• Fixed Bases in same hex + arrival dates Play-by-Email
• Fixed issue with turn summary in PBEM
• Added more text to ops report in case of PBEM synch mismatch
• Fixed issue with time scale starting in 1 sec and switch to 5 only after that in PBEM
• SCN checksums are now different due to a bug fix in the encryption - this will force all players out there to update their PBEM games by the keycode system
• Added file time stamp check for find PBEM import game to use
• Some preferences now locked with a PBEM save is loaded
• The sidebar now disappears when turn processing for PBEM
• Fixed crash bug when running PBEM turns

Bug Fixing
• Fixed nation AC pool numbers that got caused by wrong SCN data. Unused AC slots had nation and a pool number
• Fixed issue when starting SCN in a row could change text sizes
• Fixed a case where a player managed to get RR cars move off track

Manual
• Section 3.2- Updated PBEM sequence of play
• Section 2.2.2.1.1- Fixed replacement model descriptions
• Section 2.2.2.1.1- Updated Preferences descriptions for combat groups
• Section 7.7.1- Changed section callout from 7.6.3 to 7.7.3.
• Section 16.5- Changed section callout from 7.6.4 to 7.7.3.
• Section 6.17- Updated wording of section to be clearer
• Section 9.9.1- Updated wording to be clearer
• Section 8.2.8- updated
• Section 6.7.2- Updated port information screen
• Section 6.16- updated section pointer location from 9.1 to 10.2.1.