Patch 0.8819, uploaded April 27, 2021.
Hotfix 0.8820, uploaded April 28, 2021.
Hotfix 0.8821, uploaded April 29, 2021.

Please use separate threads in the forum <Bug Reports> if you experience any issues:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/654890/discussions/2/

Campaigns:

• no rail movement on enemy territory
  
• added hint about low morale groups (reinforcements) in battle panel
  
• fixed: recruiting panel: sorting states by volunteers and drafts not working
  
• units with low strength are now disbanded after a battle
  
• added blinking symbol to inform player about available but not used research slots
  
• fixed: influence on state support coming from appointment of political commanders is counted every reload
  
• AI now takes state support into account when recruiting
  
• restricted “state to raise” for USCT/CSCT to main states
  
• units now may not move pre-war, garrisons may not be reinforced or transfered pre-war
  
• no trade of military goods between Union and CSA, also pre-war
  
• units get new name if commander is changed (CSA)
  
• added text search function for filters in military panel, eg. for commander names
  
• fixed: too slow construction progress for small buildings, eg. telegraph stations
  
• fixed: tooltips for colors, unread dispatches
  
• fixed: regulars are also resetted when researching conscription act, newly raised units now get longer contracts
  
• removed military installations from economic report “company foundations”
  
• added additional battlefields
  
• fixed: AI has more than 3 grand strategies activated when reloading
  
• fixed: loading info shows old policy descriptions
  
• fixed: units or garrisons across rivers do not block town occupation anymore
  
• horse artillery is now smaller
  
• fixed: rearguard actions not happening while a (multi-day) manual played battle is still raging after returning to campaign
  
• renewed readiness logics: now only units with high readiness may enter enemy territory, readiness is recovering and consumed depending on factors like commander attributes, weather etc.
  
• refixed: enemy fleets blocking town occupation
  
• fixed: lower pre-war unit sizes lead to negative sick numbers and unusual high brigade strength
  
• fixed: reloading resets number of sick soldiers
  
• AI now assaults in sieges if strength is appropriate
  
• fixed fleet renaming input caret
  
• fixed: when switching from fleet to army panel the old commander stays selected
  
• when replacing a commander the filter are now automatically adjusted to army/navy
  
• sea, river, rail movement buttons deactivated by default
  
• fixed: message for bond issuances also launched when enemy faction issues bonds
  
• fixed: wrong weapon type for 2 brigades in 1864 scenario
  
• fixed: unit icons may be displaced at the end of moving
  
• commander attributes are now correctly shown in commander management, taking into account lack of experience
  
• fixed: switching from a full readiness unit to low readiness unit while construction menu is open allows construction for low readiness unit too (Hotfix 0.8820)
  
• fixed: fleets recover readiness too slowly (Hotfix 0.8821)
  

Battles:

• fixed: AI movement is sometimes stuck on an objective although already taken
  
• groups with low reinforcement times now appear immediately/faster on the battlefield
  
• reworked AI deployment and AI entrenchments, note: overlapping deployment zones still in work
  
• all subordinates of groups that arrive during night are placed immediately on the battlefield
  
• potentially fixed: deleting sprites in battles may sometimes lead to exceptions and lags
  
• fixed: Church0_0 disappearing when coming close with camera
  
• adding higher speed for horse artillery
  
• fixed: parapets receive wrong level when reloaded
  
• construction in game phase of parapets that were planned in deployment phase not possible any more
  
• added option to clear message log for battles
  
• fixed: changing group formation does not change formations of single brigades if order delay is on
  
• fixed: campaign influences (state support, national morale) are taken from campaign scenario start, not the latest values
  
• units may surrender now if routed and national morale & average army morale is low
  
• fixed wrong activated objectives in historical battles
  
• neutral objectives are removed in campaign battles to prevent sudden switches of defensive to offensive battles
  
• trenches and barricades are now hidden in FOW
  
• routed units EOD are withdrawing from battlefield at night
  
• reinforcements now entering in double line formation
  
• fixed: redeployment close to borders may shift units out of the map
  
• fixed: clouds not visible
  
• refixed: FOW visible for a second at game start
  
• added historical battles: Appomattox, Glorieta Pass
  
• units falling back now do not stop to engage enemies until their fallback destination is reached
  
• fixed: reloading campaign battles reduces commander attributes (Hotfix 0.8820)
  

Others:

• fixed: date inaccuracy leads to delayed changing of flags
  
• debug logs can now be deactivated in build
  
• added buttons to dispatches: “Mark all as read”, “Delete all read dispatches”
  
• fixed: first dispatch symbol remains on screen although deleted
  
• fixed: message log button remains active if LMB on empty dispatch paper
  
• added larger cursor for high resolutions
  
• added GT mouse cursor for main menu
  
• added additional commander pictures