General
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- ≈🐛Bug fixItaly Campaignstability
Fixed crashes occurring during AI turns in the Italy campaign.
Crash fix
- ≈🐛Bug fixMain Menustability
Fixed a crash when resuming a campaign mission from the main menu.
Crash fix
- ≈🐛Bug fixUIfont rendering
Fixed an issue where Asian fonts were rendered incorrectly.
Visual fix
- ▲📊NumericVRAM requirement8000MB→7750MB MB
Reduced VRAM requirements for Ultra texture detail to ensure compatibility with 8GB GPUs.
Allows more 8GB GPUs to use Ultra textures
- ≈🐛Bug fixwreck debris
Fixed an issue where destroyed wrecks were spawning duplicate debris.
Fixed duplicate spawning
- ≈🐛Bug fixS-Minesplacement
Fixed a crash that occurred when attempting to place S-Mines outside of map boundaries.
Prevented crash
- ▲🛠QoLTexture Detail—→Ultra
Computers with 8GB VRAM and 24GB RAM can now select Ultra texture detail.
Hardware support
- ≈🎨VisualUS Forces IconsOld Style→Current Style
Updated US Forces decorator icons to match the current visual style.
Visual update
- ≈📝TextTranslationsMissing→Added
Updated missing translations for some abilities in the Campaign.
Text update
- ≈🛠QoLItalian CampaignTutorial skipLobby screen→Direct start
Skipping the tutorial no longer triggers a brief custom match lobby screen.
Fixed
- ≈🐛Bug fixAI Host MigrationStabilityCrash→Stable
Fixed a crash during AI host migration when the host player left the match.
Fixed
- ≈🐛Bug fixBattlegroup visibility
Fixed an issue where Battlegroups did not appear in Skirmish mode, specifically resolving conflicts with Steam Workshop mods in Single Player.
- ≈🐛Bug fixBattlegroups
Fixed an issue where Battlegroups were missing when hosting a Skirmish match.
- ≈✨NewCampaign Logging—→Added
Added additional data logging to help identify and fix soft locks occurring in the Campaign.
- ≈🐛Bug fixUnit Death
Fixed a bug where units would sometimes fail to die if they were receiving healing simultaneously.
- ≈🎯BehaviorMap WeightingIncreased→Normal
Reverted the spawn chance of new maps back to normal levels after the initial release promotion period.
- ≈🛠QoLlogging
Improved BugSplat logging and soft lock detection to better identify stability issues and progression blockers.
quality
- ≈✨Newevent—→Added
Prepared rewards and challenges for the upcoming 'Breaking Point' community event.
new
- ≈🛠QoLSocial Widgetsframe rate
Improved frame rate when navigating menus by fixing performance issues with social widgets.
Performance fix
- ≈🎨VisualCommand Point Wheelanimations—→Added
Added new animations for the Command Point wheel when a new point is received.
Visual polish
- ≈🐛Bug fixFriends Liststability
Fixed a rare crash that occurred when adding or removing friends from the list.
Crash fix
- ≈🐛Bug fixItalian Campaign
Fixed an issue where the enemy’s turn in the Italian Campaign would sometimes freeze or not complete.
Fixed turn freezing in campaign.
- ≈🐛Bug fixMatch History
Fixed cases where Match History would not load when viewing Player Profiles.
Fixed profile loading issues.
- ▲🐛Bug fixCamouflageNo fire→Fire on range
Fixed an issue where camouflaged units would not fire on enemies in their weapon range even when hold-fire was disabled.
Camouflaged units now fire when hold-fire is disabled.
- ≈🐛Bug fixVote to SurrendercooldownRapid→Standard
Fixed the cooldown on Vote to Surrender to prevent a single player from calling it in rapid succession.
Prevented surrender spam.
- ≈🎨VisualVisualsFloating weapons→Fixed
Fixed an issue where British Forces Foot Guards and US Forces Bazooka Team would have floating weapons after being hit with artillery.
Fixed floating weapons for Foot Guards and Bazooka Teams after artillery.
- ≈🎨VisualELO DisplayIncorrect→Correct
Fixed a visual error in the post-match screen where ELO values were not displayed correctly.
Fixed post-match ELO values.
- ≈🎨Visual2cm Autocannonshell sizeToo large→Resized
Resized 2cm autocannon shells and fixed alignment/trail issues.
Corrected shell size and alignment.
- ▲🛠QoLTooltipsDelayed→Instant
Fixed delayed triggering of status decorators and veterancy stars tooltips, and prevented them from disappearing while hovering.
Improved responsiveness of veterancy and status tooltips.
- ≈🐛Bug fixUIBlack screen→Fixed
Resolved a bug that caused a black screen to appear after completing missions in the North African Operation.
- ≈🐛Bug fixstability
Implemented additional crash fixes to improve overall game stability.
- ≈🐛Bug fixqueue estimations
Fixed an issue where matchmaking queue estimations were stuck or inaccurate depending on the match type.
- ≈🐛Bug fixGPU stability
Implemented improvements to reduce D.R.E.D. crashes where GPUs were reported as missing, lost, or hanging.
- ≈🐛Bug fixMap Preference dialog
Fixed duplicate map entries in the Map Preference dialog caused by modded maps sharing filenames with quick match maps.
- ≈🎯BehaviorAutomatch Cooldown
Implemented server-side change to reduce Automatch Cooldown false positives on PC.
Server-side fix for false positives.
- ≈🐛Bug fixStability
Fixed several issues that were leading to crashes.
General crash fixes.
- ≈🐛Bug fixTeam Weapon Targeting
Fixed an issue where certain Team Weapons could not be targeted by infantry or vehicles.
Fixing targeting bugs.
- ≈🐛Bug fixVehicle AwarenessFog of WarShared→Private
Fixed an issue where other players could benefit from the Afrikakorps’ Vehicle Awareness ability.
Fixing a bug where enemies benefited from the ability.
- ≈🐛Bug fixAT Grenades / Panzerfaustfiring triggerDelayed→Corrected
Fixed an issue where AT Grenades and Panzerfausts would fire after the target exited weapon range.
Fixing animation/range desync.
- ≈🛠QoLUI/Text
Fixed localization errors, incorrect menu options, duplicate surrender prompts, and missing Continue buttons in tutorials.
General QoL and bug fixes.
- ≈🛠QoLFriends list loading
Opening the Steam Friends list in-game no longer causes significant delays for players with large friend lists.
Fixed long loading times for players with many Steam friends.
- ≈🛠QoLProfile item update speed
Equipped Player Profile items now update faster when changed in the Party or Lobby screens.
Improved update time for Badges, Titles, and Banners.
- ≈🛠QoLLoadout menu loading
The loadout menu has been optimized to reduce loading times.
Optimized loadout menu performance.
- ≈🐛Bug fixChat interaction
Resolved a bug where specific chat interactions would trigger a 'No Key' error.
Fixed $11183830 No Key error.
- ≈🎯BehaviorModeration system
Implemented various improvements to the player moderation system to enhance community management.
Various improvements to player moderation.
- ≈🎯Behavioraudio processing
Implemented a partial fix to audio processing to reduce frame drops and lag in multiplayer.
- ≈🛠QoLreplay compatibility1.5.1→1.5.2
Replays recorded in version 1.5.1 are now compatible and playable in version 1.5.2.
- ≈🐛Bug fixweapon upgrades
Fixed an issue that allowed players to get the same weapon upgrade twice on a squad.
bugfix
- ≈🐛Bug fixstability
Fixed multiple crashes including transitions out of matches, objective completion, and 3 other instability crashes.
stability
- ≈🐛Bug fixstability
Resolved a critical crash that occurred while loading into multiplayer matches, particularly in larger game modes like 4v4 quick matches.
Crash fix
- ≈🎯Behaviorranked modeDisabled→Enabled
ELO and rank systems have been re-enabled for players.
System restore
- ≈🐛Bug fixcampaign UI
Fixed an issue preventing players from changing Company Support options when starting missions in the Italian Dynamic Campaign.
UI fix
- ≈🐛Bug fixtutorial messages
Fixed an issue where some tutorial messages failed to appear when calling the player's attention.
UI fix
- ≈🛠QoLUI
Updated Unit Command Card to include icons for Breda Model 30, GrB Grenade Launcher, Johnson LMG, and MG 15.
quality
- ▲🎯BehaviorPathing
Improved engineer pathing to prevent them from going to the opposite side of barb wire.
behavior
- ≈🐛Bug fixCombat
Removed Churchill Crocodile flamethrower bonus damage against bunkers in Single Player.
bugfix
- ≈🎯BehaviorCampaign
Fixed various issues in the Italian Dynamic Campaign, including save game healing and objective focus.
behavior
- ≈✨NewUpscaling—→Added
Added support for AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 2 (FSR) to improve frame rates via temporal upscaling.
Performance feature
- ≈🛠QoLOS Compatibility
Improved support for older versions of Windows 10 to ensure better stability.
Stability
- ≈🐛Bug fixDX12 Stability
Fixed several crashes occurring when using DirectX 12.
Crash fix
- ≈🐛Bug fixterrain rendering
Fixed an issue causing FPS losses due to terrain loading and rendering bugs.
FPS fix
- ≈🐛Bug fixteam weapon purchasing
Fixed an issue preventing the purchase of Flak 36 and 17 pounders despite having sufficient resources.
Purchase fix
- ≈🎯Behaviorbombardment abilities—→Fixed
Fixed an exploit that allowed players to use some bombardment abilities indefinitely.
Exploit fix
- ≈🛠QoLrating display
Player rating is now displayed only after all stats have finished loading.
UI improvement
- ≈📝TextPlayer profile tooltip—→Added
Added localization for the Player profile tooltip.
Localization
- ≈🐛Bug fixstability
Fixed the top three most frequent high-rate crashes to improve game stability.
- ≈🛠QoLleaderboard links
Player Profile web leaderboard links now correctly lead to populated leaderboards.
- ≈🛠QoLprofile resolution
Adjusted Player Profile resolution size to ensure it fits on all screen resolutions.
- ≈🛠QoLbuild number locationMain Menu→Settings Menu
Moved the build number from the main menu to the settings menu for a cleaner UI.
- ≈📝Textlocalization—→Added
Added missing localization for Benghazi and Monte Cavo maps, end game screen tabs, and Player Profile tooltips.
- ≈🐛Bug fixstability
Resolved five different crash scenarios to improve game stability.
Fixed
- ≈🎯Behaviorbattlegroup selection
Fixed an issue where players would occasionally start multiplayer matches with the incorrect battlegroups.
Fixed
- ≈🐛Bug fixstability
Fixed two high-occurrence crashes to improve game stability.
stability
- ≈🐛Bug fixlocalizationMissing→Fixed
Fixed numerous missing localization lines across several languages.
Fixed missing lines.
- ≈🐛Bug fixstore pricingIncorrect KRW→Correct KRW USD
Corrected the South Korean Won pricing for the $19.99 USD War Bonds pack.
Fixed War Bonds pack price.
- ≈🐛Bug fixstability
Fixed 12 crash and stability issues to improve overall game reliability.
Stability
- ≈🐛Bug fixstability
Fixed several crash and stability issues and improved crash log reporting.
- ≈✨Newmap availability—→Added
Pachino Stalemate map is now available for 1 vs 1 matches in automatch.
- ≈🐛Bug fixstrategic points
Fixed an issue where strategic points were not appearing on the tactical map.
- ≈🎯Behaviormouse clampingOff→On
The setting to clamp the mouse to window is now enabled by default.
- ≈✨NewEdge Panning Speed—→Added
Added a new setting to control the speed of edge panning.
- ≈🛠QoLdifficulty settings
Renamed difficulty settings for better consistency and user-friendliness.
quality
- ≈🎯BehaviorCampaign AIaggression—→Increased
Campaign AI now ventures more into player territory to capture points or attack.
behavior
- ≈🐛Bug fixmultiplayer connectivity
Fixed several instances of infinite loading and disconnecting in multiplayer lobbies.
- ≈🐛Bug fixsave game visibility
Fixed an issue where campaign and mission saves were not displaying correctly depending on the player's current location.
- ≈✨Newtexture settings tooltip—→Added
Added a tooltip informing players of the minimum requirements for texture settings.
- ≈✨Newmarketing attribution tool—→Added
Integrated a marketing insights tool with an opt-in/out prompt upon game launch.
- ≈🎯Behaviorfaction defaultUS Forces→Preserved
Offline status changes or disconnects no longer automatically reset the player's faction to US Forces.
- ≈🐛Bug fixmultiplayer synchronization
Fixed an issue that caused players to desync during multiplayer matches.
- ≈🐛Bug fixsettings persistence
Fixed an issue where Steam Cloud settings overrode client settings, causing menus to reset between sessions.
- ≈🐛Bug fixstability
Fixed a crash related to 'TacticalPauseVisualUIInfo' when using the Tactical Pause feature.
- ≈🐛Bug fixnetwork stability
Resolved an issue causing high frequency de-syncs during multiplayer matches.
- ≈🐛Bug fixGPU Stability
Fixed a rendering issue where flickering shadows caused GPU instability and crashes.
- ≈🛠QoLTexture Rendering
Reduced building texture flickering when zooming or moving the camera for a smoother visual experience.
- ≈🐛Bug fixWindow Management
Fixed GPU crashes occurring when using Alt+Tab, Alt+Enter, or minimizing the game window.
- ≈🎯BehaviorSave Files—→Invalidated
Mid-mission saves are invalidated after patches; players must revert to a previous autosave to continue.
- ▲🛠QoLGUCpositioning
Global Unit Control no longer resets to the bottom left when entering a new match.
quality
- ≈🐛Bug fixNorth African Operationcinematics
Fixed an issue where opening cinematics did not trigger correctly.
bugfix
- ≈🐛Bug fixCustom Gamesparty lead
Fixed a bug preventing party leads from creating or joining custom games after a lead transfer.
bugfix
- ≈🐛Bug fixQuick Matchserver error
Resolved server errors occurring when searching for Quick Matches in multi-player parties.
bugfix
- ≈📝TextGraphicsVRAM Requirements—→Ultra: 16GB / High: 8GB GB
Clarified GPU memory requirements for Ultra and High texture settings.
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