Armoured Commander II news & patch notes

1.3.5 Changelog

ADD: The game will now also create a mods directory in the install directory; if 1+ mods are placed in this directory, the game will use those instead of the ArmCom2/mods directory in the home directory ADD: Improved display of current mods directory in Mods and Tools menu ADD: Display of the base AP value of an attack during the shooting phase if target is spotted, does not apply range or target armour modifiers but should give the player a reminder of what their chances are to destroy the target ADD: Anti-Infantry unit support now adds a +15% bonus to the support roll, Recon unit support +10%, reflecting the greater availability of these units

CNG: Moved PH display to area above the radio status display on unit portrait

FIX: Fixed the HE AP base values for all calibres; were all set slightly too high due to poor programming on my part FIX: Was possible for player crewmen to spot enemy units while unconscious or dead FIX: Changed two in-game references from 'Combat Day' to 'Campaign Day' for accuracy FIX: Changed several in-game references from 'enemy strength' to 'enemy presence' for accuracy FIX: Corrected Finnish rank titles to Finnish rather than Swedish language (thanks Jori!) FIX: Added missing AP base value for 105S guns using AP ammo

This update adds a dyslexic-friendly font based upon the OpenDyslexic Mono font by Abbie Gonzalez. This should make the in-game text much more easy to read for many players. My thanks to Pink on the Discord for requesting this. Players can switch to the new font in the Font Size setting in the Options menu.

Changelog

ADD: A version of the OpenDyslexic Mono font by Abbie Gonzalez <https://antijingoist.itch.io/opendyslexic>, available under the Font Size setting FIX: The 'Effective Communication' skill is now replaced by 'Good Communication' as the name string was too long, game will still apply the older skill name for backward compatibility with saved games

Armoured Commander II is now Steam Deck verified, meaning that it should provide a seamless play experience on the Steam Deck. It has been playable for quite some time, but there were some minor issues with external controllers that took a while to sort out. If you do have a Deck, give the game a try!

This is a large update that's been tested for a while on the preview beta branch, adding hundreds of new units and adding a large number of units to the game's campaigns. These integrate some great work that was done on the Overhaul mod into the base game, but you can still download that mod which also adds a number of new campaigns using the new units.

Saved campaigns from previous versions are still compatible.

As always, please do reports bugs and crashes to the Steam discussion forum or to the Discord.

While this will be the last big content update for the game, there's still more work to do fixing and polishing things, including some updates to campaigns.

Full changelog follows:

1.3.0 Changelog

ADD: New units adapted from the Overhaul mod:

New SPAA guns: Krupp Protze AA, Sd. Kfz. 10/5, Sd. Kfz. 10/5 GPZ, Sd. Kfz. 7/2, Flakpanzer I, Flakpanzer Bren 731(e), 29K, Peugeot DK5J AA, M15 CGMC, M16 MGMC, Marmon-Herrington II AA, Marmon-Herrington III AA, Staghound AA, Ford F15 Polsten, CMP Polsten, AB Fiat-Terni, Autocannone da 20/65 Dov., Autocannone da 90/53, Type 98 20mm AA GC, 40M Nimrod, Type 76 SPAAG

New Armoured Cars: Daimler DZVR 21, PSW 221 (late), PSW 221 (28mm), PSW 222 (late), PSW 234/1, PSW 234/3, AAC-1937 612(f), PSW P204(f), PSW P204(f) (late), M-H II (GER), M-H II (37mm, GER), M-H III (GER), M-H III (20mm, GER), PSW M8(a), PSW M20(a), PSW Mk I 202(e), PSW AB41 201(i), PSW AB43 203(i), PSW DAF 201(h), PSW BA 202(r), PSW BA 203(r), PSW BA 10 203(r), PSW BA-64(r), BA-27, BA-I, BA-3, BA-3 (half-track), BA-6 (half-track), BA-10 (half-track), BA-11, PB (45mm), PB (20mm), FAI, BA-64, PSW 221 (USSR), PSW 222 (USSR), P204 (USSR), AAC-1937 (MG, FRA), AAC-1937 (37mm, FRA), Laffly S15 TOE - MG, Laffly S15 TOE - AA, M8 Greyhound (early), AB 41 (USA), Guy Armoured Car, ACV-IP (ATR), ACV-IP (MG), ACV-IP (late), M-H II (28mm), Marmon-Herrington IV, M-H IV (late), AB 41 (UK), PSW 222 (UK), Daimler Armoured Car CS, Landsverk L-182, Landsverk L-182 (late), BAB A, BAB B, BAF B, BAF B (half-track), BAF C, BAF C (half-track), Fiat 611A, Fiat 611B, BA-10 (ROM), AB 41 (ROM), M3A1 Scout Car (ROC)

New Dug-In Tanks / Emplacements: BOT-26 (GER), Panzerturm I, Panzerturm II, Panzerturm II (37mm), Panzerturm II (MG), Panzerturm 38(t), Panzerturm 38(t) (MG), Panzerturm III, Panzerturm III (75mm), Panzerturm IV, Panzerturm 35R, Panzerturm 39H, Panzerturm Mark IV, Panzer III F (Dug-In), Panzer III G/H (Dug-In), Panzer IV D/E (Dug-In), Panzer IV J (Dug-In), BOT-18, BOT-18 (MG), BOT-26, T-26 M31 (Dug-In), T-26 M33 (Dug-In), T-26 M37/39 (Dug-In), BT-2 (MG, Dug-In), BT-2 (37mm, Dug-In), BT-2 (Dug-In), BT-5 (Dug-In), BOT-5, BOT-7, T-28E M40 (Dug-In), T-34 M40 (Dug-In), T-34 M41 (Dug-In), KV-1 M39/40 (Dug-In), Machine Gun Turret, Mixed Arms Turret, FT-17 (MG) Turret, FT-17 (37mm) Turret, FT-17 (25mm) Turret, FCM 36 Turret, AMC-35 Turret, BOT-26 (FIN)

New Assault Guns: StuG III F (early), StuG SU-122(r), Sturmpanzer I, Sturmpanzer II, GSW IV B, GSW 39H(f) (leFH 16), GSW 39H(f) (leFH 18), GSW 39H(f) Wurfrahmen, GSW Mk VI 736(e), GSW 37L(f) (105mm), GSW 37L(f) (150mm), Panzer AMR 35(f) (81mm), SPW 251/1 II Wurfrahmen, IS UE 630(f) Wurfrahmen, Reihenwerfer, SU-75 (early), SU-105, SU-150, SU-100Y, SU-14, SU-4, SU-5, SU-26, SU-76M (early), SU-122, SG-122, ISU-152 (late), M12 GMC, M40 GMC, M4 Sherman Calliope, M4A1 Sherman Calliope, M4A3 Sherman Calliope, FTR Carrier Mk. IIC (M), Autocannone da 65/17, Autocannone da 75/27, Autocannone da 100/17, Autocannone da 102/35, TAs T3, 43M Zrinyi II, StuG III G (HUN), 3-Inch Carrier

New Tank Destroyers: Panzer 740(r) (75mm), GSW 39H(f) (75mm), GSW FCM(f) (75mm), Marder II D, Marder II (50mm), Panzerjager 35R, Panzerjager 35R 731(f), PSW P204(f) (50mm), PSW 234/4, Panzerjager SU-76(r), Panzerjager SU-85 748(r), Pz.Sfl. V, IS UE 630(f) Sfl. (early), IS UE 630(f) Sfl., AS 630(r) Sfl., FGS Bren(e) (25mm), FGS Bren(e) (47mm), Sd. Kfz. 10 (37mm), Sd. Kfz. 10 GPZ (37mm), Sd. Kfz. 10 GPZ (50mm), U304(f) (37mm), Sd. Kfz. 6/3 GPZ, RSO (75mm), Panzerjager I (USSR), Marder II (USSR), SU-88, M10 (USSR), SA-L 34 Carrier, SA-L 34 Portee, 37mm Mk I Portee, Deacon, M-H II (37mm), M-H III (25mm), R-35 VdC, TACAM T60, R-2 TACAM, Jagdpanzer 38 (ROM), Marder II (HUN), Jagdpanzer 38 (HUN), Carden-Loyd Mk VI (47mm)

New AT Guns: 3.7cm IG 152(f), 4.5cm PaK 184(r), 37mm obr. 30, 45mm obr. 42, 47/32 (USSR), PaK 38 (USSR), PaK 40 (USSR), 100mm obr. 44, 37mm mle 1916 TRP, PaK 35/36 (LFV), OQF 37mm Mk I, 20 PstK/40, 25 PstK/37, 37 K/15, 37 PstK/36, 47 PstK/39, 25/72, 75/39, 3.7cm mod. 1936 ATG, 4.5cm mod. 1932 ATG, 4.7cm mod. 1935/1939 ATG, 4.7cm mod. 1936 ATG, PaK 97/38 (ROM), 7.5cm mod. 1943 ATG, PaK 97/38 (HUN), 47mm mle 1931, Type 77 37mm, Type 77 37mm ATG, Type 94 37mm ATG (THA)

New Heavy Tanks: Panzer KV-1B 755, Panzer KV-IC (75mm), Sturmpanzer KV-II 754, Flammpanzer B2(f), T-100, SMK, KV-6, KV-8, KV-8S, Mark II (76mm), Panzer VIe (HUN)

New APCs: Sd. Kfz. 4, U304(f), Panzerjager Bren 731(e), SPW 250/1 (USSR), T-20 APC, Loyd Carrier TPC, Priest Kangaroo, Sherman Kangaroo, Churchill Kangaroo, C15TA Armoured Truck, Type 98 So-Da, Type 1 Ho-Ha, SPW usor, SPW mijlociu, Ford M-H (APC)

New Airplanes: Mitsubishi Ki-51, Mitsubishi Ki-30, Nakajima Ki-43-II, Nakajima Ki-44-II Otsu, Potez 25 TOE, IAR-80, PZL P.11 (ROM), PZL.23 (ROM), Bf 109 (ROM), Fiat CR.32 (HUN), Fiat CR.42 (HUN), Fiat CR.42 (BEL), Hurricane Mk I (BEL), Vought 93S Corsair, Avro 504N, Curtiss Hawk 75N, Mitsubishi Ki-30 (Thai)

ADD: Colour highlights for console output

ADD: New unit class: Emplacement, for static bunkers including those with tank turrets

ADD: Emplacements and Dug-in Tanks will not be spawned if enemy is on the offensive (i.e. Campaign Day mission is Counterattack, Fighting Withdrawal, Hold the Line, or Urban Defense)

ADD: Slight pause after tutorial slide is displayed but before player can dismiss it, so that players can't dismiss it by mistake

ADD: Optional comments field for campaigns, can be viewed in the New Campaign menu if present

ADD: Campaigns can now include a no_armoured_support field, which removes the armoured support option from the player's Unit Support menu

ADD: Campaign check will now check if any units listed in enemy_unit_list are also in the nation's trucks list, warn as being redundant

ADD: Campaign check will now check for duplicate entries in enemy unit lists

ADD: List of potential squadmates now displayed in player unit selection menu, if defined by campaign

ADD: Connecting or disconnecting a game controller will now produce a menu where the player can choose from remaining input methods, or will default to kayboard input if no other game controllers are connected

ADD: Very Fast animation speed option

CNG: 'Mods' main menu option is now 'Mods and Tools'

CNG: Mods and Tools Campaign check now works for all campaigns, and will check unit lists included in the campaign for errors

CNG: If all enemy units are destroyed during player support phase, further types of requested support will still reduce support levels but no attack/spawn sequence will take place (to speed things up)

CNG: Improved highlighting for when RR is in use

CNG: On highest enemy AI difficulty level, player must now have an open path back to friendly lines on the Campaign Day map in order to request resupply

CNG: Improved display of to-effect chances on bar graph

CNG: Campaigns may now define both transported_units and transported_units_by_class for friendly and enemy units, game will check first list first and then default to second

CNG: Gun tractors not towing anything will now try to withdraw as soon as possible

FIX: If player has no squadmates and the commander tried to Command Battlegroup, the proper input prompts would not be displayed in the crew command menu during the Crew Action phase

FIX: If player has no squadmates, was still possible to set orders for them in the Crew Action phase

FIX: Removed some debug console messages that had been left in by mistake

FIX: Minor fixes to some campaigns

I've uploaded a preview version of the upcoming 1.3.0 update to a Steam beta branch. This update adds a final batch of units and adds all the recently added units to campaigns. It also has a number of minor changes and fixes.

I haven't added VP modifiers for the new player vehicles nor any new player squad groups to the campaigns yet, but if you do want to test this update out, please switch to the preview beta branch. I don't anticipate any major crashes with this update, but as always if you find anything please let me know.

After further testing and final work on the campaigns I'll upload this to the main branch.

This is a bit of an incomplete update, but I wanted to get it out for the improvements and bugfixes at least. There's a number of new units added which are not yet part of any campaigns - these will be added to campaigns in a future update as I continue to add new units from the Overhaul mod.

As always, although I've tested everything things might break, so please do report bugs and crashes on the discussion board or on the Discord.

1.2.70 Changelog

ADD: Full regional rarity tables are now displayed for units in the Unit Gallery

ADD: Truck units now also display a list of nations that use them in their Unit Gallery

ADD: 'weak_engine' stat for units: decreased chance of movement, slightly increased chance to bog down; this has been added to the Mk. VI, A9, and A10 tanks as they only have 6 cyclinder engines

ADD: Unit definitions that have been depreciated in previous updates are now labeled as such in the Unit Gallery

ADD: Incorporation of units from the Overhaul mod:

New truck units: Volkswagen Type 166, Traction Avant (GER), Lancia Aprilia (GER), Opel Blitz 3000, Buessing-NAG 4500 (revised unit name), Steyr 1500A-1, Sd. Kfz. 3, Sd. Kfz. 247 A, Sd. Kfz. 247 B, Lancia 3Ro (GER), Fiat 621 (GER), Fiat 626 (GER), SPA 38R (GER), SPA Dovunque 35 (GER), Tatra 111, Citroen 23 (GER), Peugeot DMA, Renault AHN, Renault AHR, ZIS-5 (GER), Morris 15 cwt (GER), Ford F15 (GER), SPW 252, Munitionsschlepper I, Munitionsschlepper II, Munitionspanzer III, Munitionspanzer IV, Munitionsschlepper Bren, Munitionspanzer 38, Munitionsschlepper 39H, Munitionsschlepper T-60, Munitionsschlepper T-70, GAZ-M1, GAZ-61, Willys MB (USSR), Ford 4, GMC DUKW (USSR), GAZ-AA, GAZ-AAA, ZIS-5, ZIS-6, ZIS-6 (half-track), YaG-6, Fiat 621 (USSR), Opel Blitz 3000 (USSR), Buessing-NAG 4500 (USSR), Studebaker US6, Chevrolet G506 (USSR), Dodge 3/4-ton, Citroen-Kegresse P19, Peugeot DK5J, Renault AGR, Renault AGK, Fiat 626 (FRA), Ford GPA, Dodge WC 1/2-ton, Dodge WC 62, Chevrolet G506, Diamond T G509, GMC DUKW 353, Humber Super Snipe, Bedford QL, Bedford MW, Leyland Retriever, Thornycroft Tartar, SOD, AEC 4x4 ACV, AEC 6x6 ACV, TGB m/39, GAZ-M1 (FIN), Chevrolet 4x2 RD (FIN), Citroen 23 (FIN), Scania Vabis 335 (FIN), GAZ-AA (FIN), ZIS-5 (FIN), Fiat 508 Coloniale, Bianchi VM 6C, Lancia Aprilia Coloniale, Fiat 634N, Isotta Fraschini D80 NM, Alfa Romeo 800, Lancia 3Ro, SPA 38R, SPA Dovunque 35, SPA AS.37, Morris 15 cwt (ITA), Ford F15 (ITA), Chevrolet 4x2 RD (ITA), Type 80 Nissan, Type 1 Toyota KC, Tatra 93C, Tempo Vidal G1200 (ROM), Horch 901 (ROM), Kubelwagen (ROM), Horch 108 (ROM), Ford-AA (ROM), Praga RV 2-ton (ROM), Tatra 93R, Fiat 621 (ROM), Tatra 111 (ROM), Fiat 508 (HUN), Kubelwagen (HUN), Horch 108 (HUN), SPA Dovunque 35 (HUN), Alfa Romeo 800 (HUN), Tatra 111 (HUN), Opel Blitz 3000 (HUN), Traction Avant (BEL), Citroen-Kegresse P19 (BEL), PAG Trekker, Citroen 23 (BEL), Chevrolet 4x2 RD (BEL), Type 73 Truck

New tractor units: Skoda S, Steyr 1500A, Sd. Kfz. 9, Sd. Kfz. 10, IS UE 630(f), FN-Kegresse ZKW P302, Kettenschlepper CT3 601, AS 35(t), GAZ-60, ZIS-22, ZIS-33, ZIS-42, ZIS-42M, Laffly V15T, Latil M2TL6, Somua MCG, M1 Light Tractor, M2 Light Tractor, M1 Medium Tractor, Dodge WC 63, Stuart Kangaroo, Stuart Kangaroo (late), AEC Matador, Scammell Pioneer R100, Latil M2TL6 (FIN), Type 96 AA Gun Tractor, Skoda 6 ST-6, Sd. Kfz. 9 (ROM), Unic P107 (BEL), FN-Kegresse 3T, Ford Marmon-Herrington

New units not yet added to campaigns:

New tankettes: T-27, OT-27, T-38 (20mm), T-30, R-1, FTR Carrier Mk. IIC (MG), FTR Carrier Mk. II, T-38 (FIN), T-37A (ROM), 35M Ansaldo (early), 35M Ansaldo, Type 73 Carden-Loyd Mk VI, Type 77 Carden-Loyd Mk VI, Type 76 VCL

New light tanks: Sd. Kfz. 265, Sd. Kfz. 265 (late), Panzer I F, Flammpanzer 38(t), Panzer T-26 740, Panzer 17R 730, Panzer 731, Panzer 35R 731, Panzer 39H 735, T-18, BT-2 (MG), BT-2 (37mm), T-26 M31, T-26 M32, KhTZ-16, NI-1, T-I, T-II, LT-35 (USSR), Mark VII, AMR 35 ZT1 (early), AMR 35 ZT1 (late), AMR 35 ZT2, AMR 35 ZT3, MK VII Tetrarch, T-26A, T-26B, T-26C, T-26E, H39, H39 (late), OT-130 (FIN), OT-133 (FIN), Mk VI B (ITA), A9 Cruiser Mk I (ITA), T-26 M37/39 (ITA), T-60 M40 (ITA), R-2, R-35, T-26 M33 (ROM), T-26 M37/39 (ROM), BT-7 (ROM), T-60 (ROM), T-38 (ROM), T-38 (HUN), Type 76 Vickers 6-Ton, Type 81 Vickers 6-Ton, Type 83 Light Tank

New medium tanks: Panzer III N (late), Panzer IV H (early), T-III (late), T-IV (early), T-IV (late), 41M Turan II (USSR), Mark III (early), Sherman IC

New support weapon teams: Tank Hunter Team, Druzyna PIAT

New SPAA guns: If. 5

CNG: Truck units are now listed in the nation definitions and are automatically added to lists of enemy units in a campaign

CNG: Modified AI so that guns will try to move around the map much less often

CNG: Units with "large_transport" stat, larger trucks for example, will now normally carry two passenger units

CNG: Very Small Trucks (ie. staff cars and jeeps) can now only have Support Weapon Teams as passengers

CNG: New system for campaigns to set what types of units can be transported by friendly and enemy units, now listed by unit class rather than one list per unit type

CNG: Recon campaign day missions now much more likely if player is commanding an armoured car or a light tank

CNG: AMR 35 and AMR 35 (Late) are now replaced by four variants

CNG: Minor changes to menu layouts

CNG: Minor change to how data is stored in unit_type_defs.json

CNG: Process for enemy units firing on player tank during bailout is now a little more detailed, will check for suitable weapons, and Engineer/Tank Hunter teams now much more likely to apply FP

FIX: Shortened some unit descriptions as they overran available space

FIX: Typo in code for removing old backup saved games

FIX: Process for spawning sufficient enemy truck units for a Convoy Attack mission is now improved, and will avoid spawning very small trucks (staff cars)

FIX: During an air or artillery strike targetting the player, the crew info console is now correctly updated to reflect any crewman who rolled to BU or Hunker Down

FIX: Added a check to prevent an exceptionally rare crash when generating unit support

FIX: Unit renaming: Panzer T-70 -> Panzer T-70 743

FIX: Updated stats for: BT-7 M37

FIX: After an enemy air attack at the start of a battle, the player unit is now moved to the top of the unit stack

FIX: Dug-in indicator is now more visible on urban terrain

With 500 Steam reviews and 98% of those positive, Armoured Commander II is now rated by Steam as Overwhelmingly Positive. My sincere thanks to everyone who helped make this the game that it is.

I continue to fix and polish the game, and plan on adding some more (optional) visual improvements as well as a few new campaigns over this Summer.