Hot Fix 1.7.1

✦AI summary1w

Hot Fix 1.7.1 focuses on significant AI behavior improvements for combat and build orders, alongside various stability and visual bug fixes.

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A.I.
- Team Weapons:Refacing now happens more frequently for frontline team weapons to prevent them from facing the wrong direction.

Battlegroup Abilities:Battlegroup ability casting improved; targets are now more likely to be units currently in combat.→In-combat preference

Team Weapons:Recrewing can now be triggered during combat, making A.I. more likely to acquire and utilize team weapons.Out-of-combat→In-combat

Fixed an issue where camouflaged units would not fire on enemies in their weapon range even when hold-fire was disabled.No fire→Fire on range
Fixed delayed triggering of status decorators and veterancy stars tooltips, and prevented them from disappearing while hovering.Delayed→Instant

Mechanized BattlegroupRaid Package:Fixed an issue where the Raid Package incorrectly granted a bonus to infantry and team weapons.Infantry/Team Weapons→

General
- Fixed an issue where the enemy’s turn in the Italian Campaign would sometimes freeze or not complete.
- Fixed cases where Match History would not load when viewing Player Profiles.
- Vote to Surrender:Fixed the cooldown on Vote to Surrender to prevent a single player from calling it in rapid succession.Rapid→Standard

A.I.
- A.I. will now prefer contesting capture points when making initial contact with the enemy instead of immediately taking cover.→Prefer contesting
- Team Weapons:A.I. team weapons will prefer the backline in combat more often to improve survivability and effectiveness.Frontline→Backline
- Team Weapons:A.I. team weapons will no longer reposition mid-combat, only reface their orientation.Mid-combat move→Reface only
- Infantry:Infantry will no longer pick a second cover spot if it moves them further away from the combat zone.Pick second spot→Stay near combat
- Team Weapons:A.I. team weapons will now retreat more frequently during combat.→Increased
- The Engineers-first build order for US Forces has been removed.Engineers-first→Removed
General
- Fixed an issue where British Forces Foot Guards and US Forces Bazooka Team would have floating weapons after being hit with artillery.Floating weapons→Fixed
- Fixed a visual error in the post-match screen where ELO values were not displayed correctly.Incorrect→Correct
- 2cm Autocannon:Resized 2cm autocannon shells and fixed alignment/trail issues.Too large→Resized