Latest Patch 1.0421

[Captain Müller (KGF)]

Latest patch 1.0421, uploaded January 21, 2021:

Patch 1.04 is mainly addressing improvements of AI in campaigns and battles. Thanks again to the development patch players for testing before the official release!

Campaigns:

• added AI seas invasions
  
• AI now better uses gaps in the frontline and coordinates attacks better
  
• AI actively replaces bad commanders
  
• AI fleets try to avoid enemy forts when executing blockade orders
  
• added campaign theaters that lets AI focus on certain regions and not moving across the map
  
• AI recruits armies with more corps the more the war progresses
  
• AI converts early war armies into late war armies with corps structure
  
• fixed: commanders may be promoted above maximum rank causing issues
  
• fixed: commander history shows wrong battle name
  
• fixed issues with AI recruiting and rebalanced recruiting
  
• AI now transfers units to locations threatened by enemy
  
• fixed: CSA Free Trade act lowers Union tariffs if Tariff Act is also active
  
• weapon strength and national morale are taken into account for evaluating AI offensive actions
  
• fixed: AI bonus not 100% applied on higher difficulties in campaign
  
• if troop transports are engaged by fleets the troop transporter is now slowed down in movement tremendously (not if unit is retreating)
  
• fixed: garrisons are retreating with other corps if joining battles
  
• changed chart logic: all negative values now show downward graphs
  
• AI recruits preferably volunteers, does not recruit more drafts as possible
  rebalanced ammo consumption and casualties for interception of troop transports
  
• fixed: updating available weapons immediately if combining brigades
  
• AI now gets also access to commanders that had a low rank at start of the campaign and actively uses promotions
  
• rebalanced AI ship recruiting and allocation
  
• changed auto naming logic of newly created fleets
  
• fixed: reloading duplicates captured soldiers to missing in stats
  
• supply consumption lowered when troops are transported
  
• fixed: not spawned fleets can be selected in spring 61 scenario if using left/right arrow
  
• fixed: sometimes ships in harbor are not marked red for transfer although not fitting to the currently selected fleet
  
• fixed: ship image is shown when switching from army -> navy -> officers -> army in military management panel
  
• fixed: transport capacity usage sometimes takes subordinate but separated corps into account
  
• fixed: transferring units that had already been transferred before may lead to immediate arrivals
  
• fixed: navy raids may end up stuck if both fleets run low on ammo
  
• fixed: low readiness during navy raids may reset fleet orders with implications on strength relation of the battle
  
• fixed: AI may not recruit groups in areas where no recruits are available
  
• fixed: fleets cannot retreat if enemy fleets are on raiding points
  
• fixed: fleet orders of high readiness fleets not selectable if a fleet with low readiness was chosen before
  
• improved pathfinding along rails and rivers
  
• filter searchfield is now cleared after assigning commanders and filter settings are now saved permanently instead of just when leaving the management panel (except when replacing officers)
  
• fixed: sometimes units cannot cross bridges in campaign
  
• supply depots now store lower numbers of less relevant goods
  
• reduced spamming of AI supply depots
  
• increase focus of AI on capital regarding recruitment and unit transfers
  
• AI tries to construct more forts around the capital
  
• fixed: multiple commander assignments when replacing wounded or killed officers
  
• changed AI army composition factors
  
• pre-set filters when replacing commanders are now not overwriting the manual setting
  
• fixed wrong arrival times when re-transfering units

Battles:

• fixed: groups in certain AI groups leave field as no subordinate brigade arrives
  
• fixed: dead models visible on paper map
  
• artillery now interrupts movement before running into enemy lines and slows movement if moving in front of the column
  
• AI tries to form up in larger force before starting attacks
  
• improved direction finding when units with defensive stance fall back
  
• retreating out of the field without having the loss barrier triggered now results in a withdrawal on campaign map instead of a retreat
  
• AI now bombards positions before assaulting if artillery is in position
  
• fixed: finished barricades shown low alpha after reloading
  
• AI uses advance movements more often
  
• commanders now better try to move away from enemy units
  
• fixed: sometimes surrendered units reappear on the map edge after reloading
  
• fixed: sometimes routed artillery units do not move or move late
  
• AI now tries to reposition to back if it discovers encirclement
  
• allowing overriding of “safety zone” movements of commanders by manual movements
  
• probably fixed: units caught in animation cycles on papermap (eg. cavalry mounting) and gets stuck until zoomed in
  
• fixed: AI acted to defensively if approaching with huge formations
  
• allowing cover for skirmishing formations
  
• fixed: units hanging slightly in the air in map “#210”

Other:

• fixed: subordinate commanders not shown for historical battles in main menu if switching from campaign battle
  
• desertions are now influenced by commander’s admin skills instead of leadership
  
• fixed: loading saves from in-game does not apply the save-game realism settings
  
• improved input for entering/modifying names & support of copy/paste
  
• reworked setting of game options as some settings were not remembered