Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront update for 28 August 2023

Change Log

Highlights

• Added new 'Region' option to Conquest creation screen that will choose map pool selection. Ex. Osftront Maps only, Osftront + Finnish Maps etc. Feature is moddable.

• Added new prop 'engine' to vehicles with engines so only they have the engine button on the right control panel

• Moved Engine button in right control panel to same location as cannon switch stance button

• Moved Ammo Switching Lock button in right control panel to where engine button use to be

• Added experimental pathing settings for vehicles and cannons to not get stuck on cliff edges and trenches as often

• Added "Kick" button for MP and CooP hosts to use during loading screen

• Added new pathing settings for vehicles and cannons to not get stuck on cliff edges and trenches as often and work on bridges and tight spaces better

• Fixed several memory leak related crashes

• Fixed several Conquest related crashes

• Fixed several online sync issues

• Fixed several cases of humans not shooting at other humans due to skeleton limits and alignment

• Fixed humans being able to walk through windows/walls of buildings when ordered to garrison/crew a window

• Fixed human continuing previous move order, when new move order was to garrison/crew a window. New order should override old order now, as it should

• Fixed canceling a squad formation move order so that whole squad stops instead of just squad leader

• Fixed crash on MP server on airstrike, if airstrike can't happen (cooldown)

• Fixed sync issue with cannon when link/unlink using quick command

• Fixed inventory sometimes weapon stayed locked ("flashing") after failed boarding attempt

• Rebalanced spawns and capture point positions for Domination and Battlezone maps

Conquest

• Added new 'Region' option to Conquest creation screen that will choose map pool selection. Ex. Osftront Maps only, Osftront + Finnish Maps etc. Feature is moddable.

• Added CampaignDefenderBotId, CampaignFirstPlayerId, CampaignFirstEnemyId to lua script

• Added failsafe for any saves that might have captured vehicles by player still with disabled movement as a result of vehicle being disabled/decrewed during mid script situation. This fixes any "stuck" vehicles player spawns that were previously captured in battle.

• Added 37mm m30 AT Gun to USSR in conquest

• Added Panzer Pioneer team with Sdkfz.302 (Goliath) to conquest

• Added Panzer Pioneer team with Sdkfz.303b (Goliath) to conquest

• Fixed certain tanks or vehicles lose forward or backward movement

• Fixed spawn zones on conquest maps dcg_a_kalinin and dcg_raseiniai so they are farther away from enemy defenders

• Fixed conquest defense levels to require researching previous level before unlocking next level

• Fixed CP values for 76mm_k02_30_40 and 75mm_pstk9738

• Fixed various scripts related to stage_specials airstrikes

• Fixed CP and cost for 75mm pak9738 top be consistent between GER and FIN use

• Fixed crash on resupply of units after battle

• Fixed crash on loading save game

• Fixed another conquest crash

• Fixed ai logics related to vehicle disableforward/reverse in conquest

• Fixed CP of Soviet Assault Sappers and BSF Marines in conquest 2CP instead of 3CP per soldier

• Fixed tags on arrowpointers for dcg_shaforovo

• Fixed unenterable house on MP & DCG shaforovo

• Fixed floating shed on DCG Vyazma

• Fixed floating grass on the bridge on DCG Vainikalan winter

• Fixed missing includes for dcg script in dcg_black_sea_coast

• Fixed Finnish Bots in conquest to buy the correct BA-10

• Fixed building scale on dcg_puhoksen and dcg_puhoksen_winter

• Fixed dcg_pinsk removed legacy no_pass terrain which was blocking units for no reason

• Fixed fallen trees blocking vehicles on DCG Kymhi airfield and Kymhi airfield winter

• Fixed prop vehicles inventories on DCG Mannerheim

• Fixed some issues with pathing around cliffs on DCG Natramala and DCG Natramala winter

• Fixed unenterable house on DCG shaforovo

• Increased some cap zones size on DCG kirjavala and kirjavala winter

• Updated Conquest to always load a save and not show old version warnings

• Updated AI scripts and tags to fix various issues

• Updated ammo for conquest Maxim MG emplacement to have AP ammo like standard Maxim MG

• Updated enemy airstrike targeting logic double checks if no vehicles as initial pass, to make sure selecting user target(at least during fly by) to prevent bombing their own ai units.

• Reduced the maximum number of possible capturable points from 4 to 3 in conquest

• Reduced CP cost of MG emplacements and Searchlight in conquest

Multiplayer

• Rebalanced spawns and capture point positions for the following Domination maps

• 2v2 balzerweg

• 2v2 blizzard

• 2v2 countryside

• 2v2 courtyard

• 2v2 gelid

• 2v2 fall

• 2v2 hakola

• 2v2 industry

• 2v2 kainuo

• 2v2 karvola

• 2v2 katrinovo

• 2v2 mannerheim

• 2v2 monastery

• 2v2 olshanka

• 2v2 shaforovo

• 2v2 stalingrad

• 2v2 suishka

• 2v2 suburbs

• 2v2 tikhvin

• 2v2 urban hell

• 2v2 vainikalan

• 2v2 ziborovo

• 3v3 barrikady

• 3v3 brozha

• 3v3 elanskaya

• 3v3 factory

• 3v3 glushkovo

• 3v3 Hqvistvaara

• 3v3 hungary

• 3v3 lakeside airfield

• 3v3 lakhta

• 3v3 mikli

• 3v3 natramala

• 3v3 posenov

• 3v3 radusha airfield

• 3v3 sopheke quarry

• 3v3 steppe

• 3v3 trebcges

• 3v3 wotan

• 4v4 dubovka

• 4v4 kirjavala

• 4v4 kylmapuro

• 4v4 lysovo

• 4v4 niemen

• 4v4 olkhovatka

• 4v4 pinsk marshes

• 4v4 rikila

• 4v4 shiryaevo

• 4v4 sikovitsy

• 4v4 vahikkala

• 4v4 vitebsk

• Rebalanced spawns and capture point positions for the following BattleZones maps

• 1v1 crossing

• 1v1 farmstead

• 1v1 kalinin

• 1v1 reka

• 2v2 balzerweg

• 2v2 mannerheim

• 2v2 monastery

• 2v2 shaforovo

• 2v2 suburbs

• 2v2 tikhvin

• 2v2 urban hell

• 2v2 vainikalan

• 3v3 glushkovo

• 3v3 lakhta

• 4v4 rikila

• 4v4 olkhovatka

• Adjusted MP bots to have less resources for Easy and Normal difficulty levels for newer players. Hard and Heroic remain the same.
• Adjusted CP scale for Doctrine Artillery and Rocket Artillery units so that:

• Maximum CP for the most powerful of units is 60cp
• Minimum CP is 38cp (light artillery)
• Net effect is most Artillery CP has gone down and Rocket artillery has gone up or roughly stayed the same

• Added "Kick" Button for host when loading maps in MP and CooP

• Added ability for host of MP lobby to kick users in spectator slots before match starts

• Added new lua scripts for bots to account for spawning on any side of the map (A or B side) in Battlezones and Domination

• Added KV1 M1942 to Regular Buy menu for Late War Soviets

• Added limit of 1 purchase for Doctrine Artillery Signaler per player

• Added towing vehicle to each towable doctrine unit that was missing one

• Fixed 'poly texmods' memory leak

• Fixed 'doctrines' memory leak

• Fixed crash on server on airstrike, if airstrike cannot happen (cooldown)

• Fixed sync issue with cannon when link/unlink using quick command

• Fixed inventory sometimes weapon stayed locked ("flashing") after failed boarding attempt

• Fixed human parachute related desync

• Fixed sync issue with vehicle chassis type switch on entering/exiting water

• Fixed weather selection problem on some of the MP maps

• Fixed 1v1_forssa_dam flying grass and dam collisions

• Fixed 1v1_uran winter texmods & bridges alignment

• Fixed 1v1_workshop intangible steel beams

• Fixed 2v2_fall flying barn

• Fixed 2v2_industry ruins showing wrong pathing option

• Fixed 2v2_kavichy_factory misaligned fences

• Fixed 2v2_mannerheim prop vehicles inventories

• Fixed 2v2_monastery windows not being crew-able on church in the middle

• Fixed 2v2_shaforovo unenterable house

• Fixed 3v3_glushkovo one bridge indestructible

• Fixed 3v3_lakeside_airfield prop barge ables

• Fixed 3v3_Natramala some issues with pathing around cliffs

• Fixed 3v3_posenov house being underground

• Fixed 3v3_sopheke_quarry some pathing issues with cliffs, fixed floating houses

• Fixed 4v4_Rikila intangible train car and railways

• Fixed 4v4_vitebsk broken texture transitions, indestructible water tower

• Swapped team A (default allies) and B (default axis) spawn points on 2v2 monastery for both gamemodes, to be consistent with decorative/destroyed units nearby: soviet destroyed/empty emplacements near allied spawn and german destroyed vehicles near axis spawn

• Increased cost of 76mm_k02 for Finland in Early War

• Increased initial timer of su152 to be same as is1 timer

• Increased Finnish Late War soldier inventories to have comparable AT grenade as their Mid War counterparts

• Reduced MP Payback amount for Easy, Normal and Hard Difficulty bots in MP game modes

• Reduced price of KV1 M1942 from 40DP to 35DP for Soviets

• Reduced the score gained/lost for shooting down airstrikes by 50%

• Reduced the amount of MP earned from capturing objectives in Domination mode from 300 to 150

• Removed deep water in shallow water/crossing areas on 4v4 Vitebsk

Single Player

• Fixes for Bootcamp Mission: "Military Camp"

• Fixed Panzer1b placed inside a pole

• Fixes for Bootcamp Mission: "Trial by Fire"

• Fixed many broken texture transitions

• Fixes for German Mission: "The Legend of Krasny Bor"

• Fixed wrong flag texmod

• Fixes for German Mission: "Downfall"

• Fixed pathing issue and clipping fence

• Fixes for Soviet Mission: "Absolute Zero"

• Added Officer voice lines

• Fixes for Soviet Mission: "Operation Bustard Hunt"

• Added Officer Voice over lines
• Fixes for officer talks
• Set dynamic delay so that first airstrike(part1_plane_truck) does not happen until initial officer convoy trucks conversation and meeting is over in all cases.
• Fixed volume for soldier narrator for mission

• Fixes for German Mission: "Among the heavens"

• Changed ger/gebirgs_2 (0x8015) to mountain sniper(mid) as this soldier was specifically added sniper rifle but was not a sniper, now he is a sniper(reinf_player for part2). (keeps all the added mines).
• Fixed some soldiers not wearing their headwear at all in winter(reinf_player for part2).
• Fixed underground rocks that would block units

• Fixes for Soviet Mission: "Street to Street"

• Fixed "in mission" game music must not stop.

• Fixes for Soviet Mission: "Closing the Pocket"

• Fixed all german reinf/counter calls so that at no time they are coming from side where player already occupies. There are number of possibilities and now all are covered
• Fixed possible bottlenecking of german counters and reinf as vehicle inf squads and vehicles can spawn similar time, now this is managed
• Improved pathing
• Talk complete voices tune to fix possible sound overlap resulting in talks not playing.

• Fixes for Soviet Mission: "The Koenigsberg Cauldron"

• Fixed map wrecks ownership, train selectables
• Fixed intro now fades from black properly
• Few environments fixed missing envmap file locations

• Fixes for Soviet Mission: "The Cold Supper"

• Replaced old brick models

• Fixes for Soviet Mission: "Unbroken"

• Fixed missing ocean patch on a road

• Fixes for Finnish Mission: "The Bridge Too Far"

• Made some of ger phase2 enemy infantry respond to their friends under attack nearby instead of being lazy
• Assignment of towed aa coop fix.

• Fixes for Finnish Mission: "Through Ice and Fire"

• Fixed wrong flag texmod

Everything Else

• Added new prop 'engine' to vehicles with engines so only they have the engine button on the right control panel

• Moved Engine button in right control panel to same location as cannon switch stance button

• Moved Ammo Switching Lock button in right control panel to where engine button use to be

• Added experimental pathing settings for vehicles and cannons to not get stuck on cliff edges and trenches as often

• Added early, mid and late infantry breeds to the unit library

• Added Panther A armor variant, additional track armor on the engine, track armor around the turret

• Added geballteladung_3kg to sdkfz231

• Added suspension system to Panzer1F, Stug3B and Stug3F

• Added priority for humans to target other humans with grenade in hand, if within 40 meters distance

• Added new susp. system and track's break animation to Sdkfz302 and Sdkfz303b (Goliaths) and x model textures

• Added aiming while reloading for vehicles when both gunner and charger slots are crewed (WIP)

• Added allowance for .ply files to be in a different folder (possibly shared between models) when applying ply texmods

• Added new obstacle entities for blocking pathing up cliffs (still need to be applied manually to maps)

• Updated code to prevent craters from spawning near height/cut extenders

• Updated script include files to include all events and vars, not just logic ai related

• Updated vision for transport and supply trucks to not have 360° visor

• Updated Panzer IV J extra track armor to all be separate pieces and can be shot off

• Updated all Panther's front fenders to not go off when shield is toggled

• Updated interaction scripts for vehicle engine code so Karl Thor's engine automatically will turn off/on depending on its stance (fire or move)

• Updated Jagdpanther x models

• Updated suspension system to panzerjager1 and jagdpanther

• Updated suspension system and new track to hetzer

• Updated interaction scripts for construction parts and x model behavior to be more friendly to unit pathing

• Updated diesel_hut building so humans will walk between garrison-able windows instead of teleporting

• Updated new pather radius to improve vehicle pathing

• Updated lighting on inventory view of dp27

• Updated description of video settings

• Updated interaction scripts to call_synced most events based on {if effector_velocity} checks

• Updated tags for Pistol, SMG, MG, Rifle and AT Rifle ammo along with target/ammo.set and related interaction scripts

• Fixes to multiple language localizations

• Fixed obstacles on BF110 so that vehicles path better around them when destroyed / on the ground

• Fixed some dummy items from showing in the Library that should not have

• Fixed AP ammo not resupplying for 107mm M1910/30

• Fixed resupply for 15cm SiG33 Stielgranate ammo

• Fixed being able to direct control infantry through walls of generic_ruin_07 in some cases

• Fixed engine mesh for Stug3B and Stug3F

• Fixed Marder 3 body break and repair animation

• Fixed Jagdtiger reverse speed

• Fixed pzgren texture when changing from winter to summer uniform

• Fixed hitbox of Panther A ball machinegun on front hull

• Fixed x and xx model of IL2 right wing

• Fixed missing fire fx for Karl Thor when engine is destroyed

• Fixed issue with Jagdpanther showing penetration decals on the front side of tracks

• Fixed 150mm_sw34 Searchlight to not explode when destroyed by pierce damage

• Fixed AP type shells from being able to penetrate vehicle beyond max weapon range when the penetration should have been 0

• Fixed humans being able to walk through windows/walls of buildings when ordered to garrison/crew a window

• Fixed canceling a squad formation move order so that whole squad stops instead of just squad leader

• Fixed human continuing previous move order, when new move order was to garrison/crew a window. New order should override old order now, as it should

• Fixed issue where extra crew positions on cannons and tanks would be considered passengers. Following issues should be fixed:

• Some of the crew leaving the cannon/tank when spotting enemies
• Not all crew leaving the cannon/tank when given the first emit order

• Fixed on the T-27 1st person view breaking if linked MG was removed and replaced with other weapon

• Fixed T60 and T27 vehicle view

• Fixed missing icon for MMG Carrier doctrine unit in results screen

• Fixed number a crew of Panzer 3 Flamm from 5 to 3

• Fixed shore environment sounds not playing properly in relation to distance from camera

• Fixed issue with T26 M1931 when turret is torn off, then vehicle explodes, turret re-appeared on tank

• Fixed auto-cannon shells getting the "shell" tag when they shouldn't have by updating tags on all set/stuff/shell/xxxx.ammo files

• Fixed Landsverk L62 broken turret not displaying in vehicle view (bottom left corner of UI)

• Fixed humans disappearing when garrisoned in certain buildings, and those sections of building were destroyed. Humans should now die and fall to ground.

• Fixed when 2nd gun (Hull Gun) of PanzerB2 is broken, that it cannot aim/shoot until repaired

• Fixed issue with humans garrison building delivery_plant and floating high up above the window

• Fixed moto class vehicles being destroyed by fire not counting towards kill score and still using CP

• Fixed penetration decal from appearing on the front/rear of tracks on Panzer1F

• Fixed roof corners of ukr_hut from being able to collide with objects (tall vehicles should no longer get stuck on the roof edges)

• Fixed shell casing making the wrong sound/fx when falling on to bridge terrain

• Fixed stonewall_rural_01-03 causing path issues for cars and trucks when breaking

• Fixed Panthers reverse speed

• Fixed aiming at distant tanks in First Person mode (much much less twitchy behavior from cursor and turret sometimes rotating on its own)

• Fixed another case of humans being unable to shoot while prong due to bone miss-alignment (MODDERS this means human.mdl has been updated)

• Fixed weapon state after cancelling weapon mounting (plagued the panzerfaust)

• Fixed humans clipping weapons through walls and being able to shoot

• Fixed humans becoming unresponsive when aiming in direct control, when close to cover (gun pointed up)

• Fixed issue with garrison-able positions in structures, breaking when human is inside and mission is saved

• Fixed most cases with humans sometimes not entering garrison-able position and instead walking back and forth close in an endless loop

• Fixed cancel order resetting all the way to idle (and making soldiers reload because of that)

• Fixed charger pose in ford 3ton breda

• Fixed several light tank xx models not having thickness for their volumes

• Fixed enumerator order for all vehicles

• Fixed humans not dying when hit directly with 20-25mm autocannon shells and health dropping below 0

• Fixed finnish_hut roof part hanging in air when destroyed

• Fixed muzzle fx location on Mosin Carbine

• Fixed german humanskin issues

• Fixed missing winter textures for x models of Soviet M3 Stuart

• Fixed human ladder climbing orientation for mu-14_1939 and ma-24_1939 bunkers

• Fixed mts-fuel container from being able to be exploded twice

• Fixed blend mode of textures for clay_pile stamp

• Fixed 2 windows that were not garrison-able for the finnish_wooden_church

• Fixed recoil and barrel volumes for 25mm_72k

• Fixed recoil for gaz_aaa_72k

• Fixed nco parka ranks and some missing .mtl files in some skins folders

• Fixed missing sound for flamethrower when out of full (click sound)

• Fixed volumes on wood_bridge_205 that blocked vehicles from driving on it

• Increased minimum screen resolution to 1360x768

• Increased resupply cost of Karl Thor HE shells

• Increased the max bullet spread for soldier carried MG's when firing long bursts

• Increased durability of non-armored cars and trucks body and engine components slightly

• Increased rate of penetration reduction beyond weapon max range for bazooka class weapons

• Increased slightly the reload times for most rocket artillery 10-20s

• Increased pathing cost for driving over electrical poles

• Increased Jagdtiger reload time from 16s to 18s

• Increased number of burn particles that shoot out of flamethrowers per shot from 1 to 2, effectively doubling the rate of fire

• Increased radius of heat damage from flamethrower burn particles from 0.9m to 1m for handheld, 1.2 for vehicle flamers

• Reduced Jagdtiger traverse speed and gun rotation speed

• Reduced durability of Karl Thor to that have a Medium tank instead of Heavy tank

• Reduced damage done to vehicle components after penetration for Heavy MG's. Was nearly the same as a 20mm before change.

• Reduced sensitivity for to the click and drag formation and cover features so allow for easier fine tuned spacing

• Reduced accuracy of Karl Thor to be similar to that of the 280mm BR5

• Reduced max spread of 280mm_br5 from 35m to 30m

• Reduced slightly the heat damage of each individual flamethrower burn particle to help keep some balance with increased rate of fire. Overall, flame weapons are stronger and more lethal

• Removed duplicate 15cm Stielgranate ammo entity

• Removed duplicate 15cm sIG33 from Library

• Removed {ground} from target/ammo.set in most cases as it causes auto cannons to shoot after target moves or is dead

• Removed bullet class weapons from being able to target cannons. Should make them target crew instead.

• Equalized LOD distances in cinematics (and when hiding interface)

• Both Battlezones and Domination vars and events includes synced up to the fact the include files store all events/vars now

• Changed human aiming by dropping limits for horizonal aim reference bone. Should help fix issue with humans aiming but not shooting at enemies or in some cases not rotating towards enemies at all.

• Changed bolt rifles to use burst mechanic so they will fire multiple rounds quickly at targets that are close by ~30m

Fixes from Open Beta Period

• Fixed autocannon's not targeting vehicles properly with AP/APCR ammo

• Fixed missing localization for new German Goliath Squads in conquest

• Fixed 4v4 swamp ammunition crash due to extra bracket

• 1942_10_obsich - night to morning to day smooth long transition instead of instant(no ocean).

• 1943_02_krasny_bor - intro sp fix.

• 1940_01_Raate_Road - truck/cannon/tank stolen counter fixed to count 1 item at a time, to prevent situation where player brings multiple at same time and miscount.

• trucks and tanks unlink trailer before emit/deletion to prevent player losing soldiers on towed cannons.
• all stolen vehicles on task disable recrew to prevent player losing soldiers on deletion.

• Fixed some texture issues on wood bridges
• Updated several of the oldest DCG maps to the newest visual standards
• Reduced resupply cost of 50mm mortars from 5 to 3
• Fixed inconsistency of 82mm mortar HE resupply cost

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