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