Hello everyone,
The first major update for Steel Division: Normandy 44, "And Justice For All", is now available!
Here's the massive changelog:
Key improvements:
- Enhanced performance
- Added new interface option: Text Size
- Improved the Quick Play and Ranked games, which now allow to search for different game sizes at the same time (i.e: from 1vs1 to 4vs4)
- Added four new music tracks
- Increased the deployment phase time in 10v10 games, now 3 minutes instead of 2
- Improved multiplayer menu navigation: players won't be kicked back to the main menu when failing to join a game
- Improved deck building menu: double-click on a pack will add/remove it from the deck
- Modified multiplayer disconnection condition, should now be limited to players with oldest computers. Please contact us if disconnection problems remain in multiplayer.
General:
- Fixed the displayed statistics in the "Favorite Units" board (starting from this patch - older and incorrect stats will not be taken into account)
- Fixed the diplayed map size in the game list for games with Observer mode activated
- Fixed a graphical glitch in Caumont L'Eventé map
- Fixed a bug when the game sometimes froze when shutting down the game's window while in Observer mode.
- Fixed gunners hands' position fixed on Königtiger(H), Pz IV Beo, SdkFz 251/2, SdkFz 251/16
- Removed the sniper rifles ability to fire on the move
- Fixed XP gain when surrendering
- Fixed censored & uncensored hints on division leaders' hints
- Fixed unit category availability in deployment menu when reinforcement arrows are lost
- Fixed replays unlocking achievements
- Fixed minor errors in French translation
- Fixed "Smooth LOD transition" & "Dynamic Lights Quality" options, now properly saved
- Fixed pathfinding in "Move Fast" mode on Pegasus map
- Fixed the "Disable Weapons" button, now deactivated ALL weapons of the selected units
- Fixed a connection error when the network cable is unplugged when launching the game (that means you can now plug the cable back when the game's launched and play online)
- Anti-tank canons accuracy is now affected by stress
Single player campaign:
- Improved single player HUD
- Improved "compose your battlegroup" voice in the german missions 2 and 3
- Improved the detection of the MG by the recon section in tutorial 4
- Improved the persistance after the third German mission, captured and evacuated enemy supply trucks are now available for the fourth mission
- Improved the 17.SS counter attack in the fourth American mission, now uses its Ju 87G
- Fixed a rare bug that could prevent the "Destroy the 88s" objective from starting in the first US mission
Modding:
- Added specific campaign progress in modded game
- Added an option to have mod automatically activated when relaunching game
- Added localization database to mod folders
- Added soundTag icon to ModCenter
- Added Auto-refresh and manual refresh Mod list in the ModCenter
- Added back mod rating in ModCenter
Balancing :
GLOBAL
- AAA now prioritize ground attack aircraft over fighters unless they are evacuating
- Reduced recon planes price
- Reduced supply trucks quantity in most divisions
- Reduced HMG suppression at close range (lethality remains high, beware!)
- Reduced Mortar crew ammunition loadout
- Reduced HMG resilience: -MG-34 : 5 -> 3 -MG-42 : 6 -> 4 -M1919 : 7 -> 3 -Vickers : 5 -> 4 -M2HB HMG : 6 -> 5
ALLIES
- Increased 203mm observation post price to 140
- Reduced 25pdr dispersion (sexton is affected)
- Increased Universal carrier bren ammunition loadout from 180 to 300
- Added Humber Mk.3's AP3's back
- Reduced Humber Mk4 price from 80 to 75
- Reduced Staghound AA price from 60 to 50
- Increased M2HB sections price from 40 to 45
UK
- Reduced Daimler AC price from 80 to 70
- Reduced Daimler little john price from 100 to 85
- Increased Churchill Crocodile flamethrower ammunition from 40 to 100
- Reduced Bren groups price from 15 to 10
- Reduced Command carrier price from 20 to 15
6th AB
- Increased Tetrarch turret speed (fast chassis + slow turret created problems)
- Added 2 packs of 1 elite AB 6pdr in phase A
15th Scottish
- Moved Recce with Humber Mk-3 from phase A to B
- Reduced Churchill OP price from 140 to 120
Guard Armoured
- Reworked Infantry tab (seeing by yourself will be faster)
- Replaced Cromwell OP by a Sherman V OP available in phase B
- Stuarts from phase A now come in packs of 5
- Added 2 packs of 1 tempest in phase A
- Increased Typhoon AT XP
- Reduced M5 Half track price from 20 to 15
- Removed Cromwell V from phase B, now available in two packs of 3 in phase A
- Reduced Cromwell VII price from 140 to 120
- Changed Cromwell VII availability from 1 pack of 3 to 2 packs of 2
- Inverted Cromwells' AP and HE shells repartition
- Reduced Sherman V price from 150 to 140 (command version unchanged)
3rd Canadian infantry
- Staghound AA are now available in 2 packs of 4 veterans in A
- Increased RAM II price from 120 to 140
- Moved Tri polsten from phase A to B
- Reduced Elite CMP tri polsten to a single pack
- Increased Crusader AA Mk.2 availability from 3 to 4 per pack
- A packs of 2 elite Crusader AA Mk.2 is available
USA
- Reduced M8 Greyhound price from 100 to 90
- Reduced Ford GPA (OP and transport version) speed
3rd Armored
- Reduced Sherman M4A3(75)W price from 160 to 150
- Added 2 packs of 3 veteran M5A1 Stuarts in phase A
- Reduced Sherman M4A3E2 Jumbo side an rear armor ( 12->10 / 10 -> 9 )
- Reduced Rosie the rocketeer price from 100 to 85
101st Airborne
- Reduced M22 Locust price reduced from 70 to 65
- Increased AB engineers price increased from 30 to 35 availability reduced to 1 packs of 4 rookies and 1 pack of 3 veterans
- Increased Ford GPA OP price from 150 to 160
- Increased M8 Scott availability from 3 to 4 per pack
- Reduced 37mm gun availability by one per pack
- Reduced Phase A P-51D mustang with 250lb bombs availability to 1 per pack
- Increased Grasshopper veterancy to veteran
2nd Infantry
- Increased RGR support price from 20 to 25
- Increased RGR marauder price from 30 to 35
Pancerna
- Added two packs of two Wolverines in phase B
- Moved Sherman V OP from phase C to B
- Increased Jeep Z NKM availability per pack from 3 to 5 in phase A, removed from phase B
- Reduced Sherman V price from 160 to 150
AXIS
- Improved Flak 38 and Flakvierling efficiency
- Added more realistic ammunition loadout on infantry
- Increased IG18 stealth from bad to medium
- Increased Scwimmwagen Beo (observation post) price from 130 to 140
- Increased Panzerwerfer price from 110 to 120
- Reduced Hs 129 B1 and Ju-87G AP from 12 to 9
- Reduced Hs 129 B3 AP from 18 to 16
3. Fallschirmjäger
- Panzer L6 : -Reduced RoF, now fire bursts of 12 rounds -Increased ammunition loadout to its IRL value of 396 -Increased price from 50 to 60
- Increased Fs-Pionier price from 30 to 40
- Reduced I.Pak 41 Gerlich in unarmed Kubel XP from Elite to veteran
- Reduced I.Pak 41 Gerlich in Kubel MG availability from 3 to 2
- Reduced Fs-Scharfschütze rate of fire from 10 to 8 RPM
- Increased Fs-Scharfschütze ammunition loadout from 3 to 30
- Replaced LW-Jäger lose one MG-42 and panzerfaust by faustpatrone with less accuracy
- Increased Fs-AAA units veterancy to veteran
- Increased LG42 XP by one step
- Reduced 120mm mortar availability from 3 to 2 per pack
116th Panzer
- Removed Ju-87G from phase A
- Increased Panzer III M price from 105 to 110
- Removed SPW 234/3 from phase B (they only had 3 IRL)