NavalArt news & patch notes

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NEW

• Blueprint Screenshot Quality: Added an option to adjust screenshot resolution/quality in Blueprint Mode.

FIXES

• Fixed an issue in Search/Favorites view where variant parts were not displayed correctly if they met the filter criteria but their base parts did not.

• Fixed an issue where switching menu panels while zoomed in on a ship in the Main Menu or Career Menu caused the UI to softlock.

ADJUSTMENTS

• Capped explosive damage transferred from modules to the hull at the module's own HP, resolving abnormal damage behavior.

• Fixed an issue where non-module damage dealt by naval guns was excessively high.

• Fixed an issue where non-module damage dealt by aerial bombs was excessively high.

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NEW

• Career Mode Preset Saves: Career Mode levels now support multiple preset ship saves, which can be selected directly from the level selection panel.

• Ship-based Rewards: Bonus rewards can now be earned depending on the selected ship.

• Mission Flexibility: The mission "Catching a Turtle in a Jar" no longer requires players to use the G3-class battlecruiser.

• New Ship Hulls: Added 15 new hulls for preset ship saves, including 3 large, 6 medium, and 6 small hulls.

FIXES

• Fixed an issue where medium hull saves were missing author names.

• Fixed an issue where colliders remained active after a turret detonation.

• Fixed an issue where the weapon status UI failed to update after a turret detonation.

• Fixed an issue where modules could not be destroyed by extreme damage.

• Disabled atmospheric scattering in Fast Water Rendering mode to fix white outline artifacts on ships.

ADJUSTMENTS

• Appended a "Hull" suffix to all hull save names.

• Removed decimal places from in-match module HP text to improve readability.

• Players can no longer switch to a weapon mode if they do not have the corresponding weapon equipped.

• Hidden mode-switch buttons for unequipped weapon types.

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• Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where the Japanese 76mm/40 Type 41 Naval Gun (Single Mount / ID: 1333) lacked a barrel node reference, causing its firing trajectory to have no elevation angle.

  • Fixed a progression block issue where players could get stuck in Tutorial 2.

  • Fixed an error where the turret base of the Soviet 406mm/50 B-37 Naval Gun (MK-1M Triple Turret / ID: 1387) was not a 24-sided prism.

• Adjustments

  • \ Updated the preview turret model in Tutorial 2.

  • \ Adjusted the contribution coefficient of module HP to the total HP pool from 0.6 → 0.5.

  • \ Lowered the module HP for most open mounts and casemate guns, alleviating the issue where certain small ships were difficult to properly destroy.

  • \ Adjusted the damage performance of aerial bombs.

  • \ Changed the hit indicator text for torpedoes to \.

  • \ Adjusted the trajectory height of depth charge launchers by tweaking gravity values, thereby increasing the maximum depth charge launch elevation angle.

Combat

• \ Damage Model Iteration: Further iterated on the shell explosion damage model, blending features from version 1.5 with version 1.42 and earlier.

  • Non-module component damage is now closer to version 1.42 and earlier, offering more stable damage output. This prevents weapons with large blast radiuses (e.g., underwater depth charge explosions, HE anti-ship missiles) from dealing extremely low damage when hitting small targets.

  • Module damage retains the distance-based attenuation (decay) mechanism from version 1.5. Additionally, the blast power will no longer be diluted to extremely low levels due to an excessive number of components.

  • The blast sphere will perform separate damage checks for module and non-module components respectively. This ensures that during the blast sphere's raycast detection, the mechanism where non-module components provide armor resistance modifiers to module components remains effective.

• \ HE Penetration Checks: Removed armor penetration checks and indicators for High Explosive (HE) shells; damage is now solely provided by the blast sphere itself.

  In previous versions, the shell's point mass would perform an armor penetration check against the hitbox of the struck component. If successful, this would deal an extra instance of guaranteed minimum damage based on the shell's standard damage, though this bonus damage value was very small. Because HE shells use a contact-detonation mechanism and do not actually penetrate the hull, and since the penetration check only applied to the hitbox of the component directly hit by the shell (excluding other components within the blast radius), this design was counter-intuitive and has been removed.

• \ AA Visuals: Multi-barrel AA guns now generate multiple muzzle flash effects. For performance reasons, tracer trajectories will remain a single stream.

• \ Module Status UI: When displaying your ship's module status during battle (default key: O), module HP will now be shown.

  • Note: To prevent numbers from cluttering the view and interfering with module assessment, the HP text is designed with low visibility. If it is difficult to read, you can use the free camera (default key: F4) to bring the view closer to the modules.

• \ Environmental Visuals: Improved the horizon (sea-sky interface) effects, fixing a rendering error on the distant sea surface when the player's camera is at high altitudes.

• \ UI Prompt: Adjusted the hit detection prompt information for the Misc tool.

• \ Weapon Balancing: Adjusted the global damage coefficient for naval gun damage, bringing its performance closer to version 1.42.

• \ Hit Indicators: For explosive-type weapons only, the hit indicator has been changed to \. (Note: In the current version, torpedo hits will also display as "HE Shell Hit").

• \ Damage Tuning: Temporarily removed the high over-penetration damage dealt by shells to ammunition magazines and hoists introduced in version 1.5.

• \ Fixed an issue where the sequential firing rate of other turrets would decrease if one turret's firing arc was blocked.

• \ Fixed an issue where the explosion position for depth charge contact fuzes was incorrect.

• \ Fixed an issue where the blast sphere power did not properly attenuate (decay) with distance in certain situations.

• \ Fixed a series of bugs caused by out-of-sync ship draft/submersion ratios. For example, clients in multiplayer mode locking onto submerged targets would not see the target outline.

Components

• \ Component HP Overhaul: Implemented new HP values for vanilla AA guns, naval guns, rangefinders, and radars. These vanilla components will no longer use the old "Volume × Armor" HP system (except for ammunition magazines and hoists).

  • Note: Some components might have been missed; these will be gradually fixed in future updates. Feel free to report any missing component IDs to us through any channel.

• \ Added color separation for the French 100mm/55 Modèle 1945 Naval Gun (CAD Modèle 1945 Twin Turret / ID: n627).

• \ Corrected the dimensions of the Soviet 406mm B-37 MK-1M Turret to make it closer to historical blueprints (slightly shorter than the old model).

• \ Corrected the rotation pivot error for the Early US 203mm Turret and provided color separation.

• \ Corrected a naming error in the English localization for the British 381mm/42 Mark I (Mark I/N RP 12 Two-gun Turret).

• \ Fixed an issue in the English localization where 5m Railing (ID: n824) and 5m Railing (Quarter) (ID: n825) were incorrectly named as low railings.

Editor

• \ Multiplayer levels now support custom music data synchronization. The Operation Editor now features an unlocked music player.

• \ Added .mp3 format support for custom music in the Level Editor.

• \ Level Editor music can now have its volume set independently.

• \ Fixed a bug where the music volume in the Level Editor could not be controlled in real-time by the game's audio settings.

Performance

Massively improved shipyard loading times! Also slightly improved combat scene loading times.

• Reduced initialization time for the component inventory UI, thereby reducing shipyard scene loading times.

• Reduced skybox loading times.

• Optimized the initialization time for localized text, increasing overall scene loading speeds.

\ Netcode: Significantly improved in-game level transmission speeds; theoretical synchronization speeds have been drastically increased.

Preset Ships & Shipyard

• \ Hull Save Category: Added a system save category: Hulls.

  • Added several blank hulls modified from preset ships, categorized under "Large Hulls", "Medium Hulls", and "Light Hulls".

  • These hulls have their superstructures, weapons, funnels, and some barbettes removed while keeping their armor intact, allowing for rapid ship-crafting.

  • In a subsequent hotfix, the naming convention for hull saves will be changed to reduce the likelihood of accidentally overwriting original saves when saving.

• \ Template Basing: When creating a new save in the shipyard, you can now build directly on top of an existing save. The default directory points to preset hulls.

• \ Reset the following preset ships: Blücher, Kaiser, Mackensen, Hindenburg, Moltke, Seydlitz, and Sachsen.

• \ Fixed a bug causing abnormal armor thickness on the replica preset ship U-764.

• \ Fixed historical accuracy/research issues for the replica preset ships Belfast and Devonshire.

• \ Fixed a bug causing abnormal armor thickness below the waterline on the replica preset ship Fargo.

• \ Fixed a bug causing abnormal armor thickness below the waterline on the advanced preset/tutorial ship Cleveland.

We plan to release a major hotfix for the live build later this week!

Due to a significant amount of underlying changes, we have decided to release a beta version in advance for everyone to test and experience.

You can try out this beta by selecting the 'mid-month-beta' branch in the Steam beta participation settings.

Changelog

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Adjusted: Explosion damage is now distributed based on the overlapping ratio between the part's volume and the explosion radius. This addresses the long-standing issue where explosion damage was difficult to balance and large-radius HE (High Explosive) shells dealt excessive damage.

Removed: Armor penetration calculation and hit indicators for HE shells. Damage is now exclusively dealt by the explosion sphere itself.

Adjusted: HE shell hit indicators.

Adjusted: The global damage multiplier for naval guns has been tweaked to closely match the performance of version 1.42. This adapts to the new explosion radius damage changes (large-caliber HE shells will be less effective than in older versions).

Added: Multi-barrel AA guns now generate multiple muzzle flash VFX (for performance reasons, the tracer effect for the bullet trajectory remains a single beam).

Adjusted: Improved the horizon (sea-sky line) blending effect, fixing a rendering error on the distant sea surface when the player camera is at high altitudes.

Adjusted: Drastically improved in-game level file transfer speeds. Theoretical sync speeds have seen a massive boost (internal tests showed an increase from 256kb/s to 30mb/s. However, since the test PCs were on the same IP and Steam has LAN optimization, actual real-world performance requires further testing).

Fixed: An issue where the ripple-fire rate of other turrets would decrease when one turret's firing arc was blocked.

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Fixed: Corrected the turret pivot point for the early US 203mm turret and provided color separation.

Adjusted: Added color separation for part n627 (French 100mm Jean Bart secondary gun).

Fixed: An English localization typo for the 'British 381mm/42 Mark I (Mark I/N RP 12 Two-gun Turret)'.

Adjusted: Implemented new HP values for vanilla AA guns, naval guns, rangefinders, and radars. These vanilla parts no longer use the old 'Volume x Armor' HP calculation system (with the exception of magazines and hoists).

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Added: Custom music data synchronization for multiplayer levels. Custom music is now available in the Operation Editor.

Added: MP3 format support for custom music in the Level Editor.

Added: Independent volume control for custom music in the Level Editor.

Fixed: Custom music volume in the Level Editor not responding in real-time to system volume settings.

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MASSIVELY improved loading times in the dockyard!!

Also slightly improved loading times for combat scenes.

Optimized: Reduced initialization time for the Part Inventory UI to speed up dockyard scene loading.

Optimized: Reduced skybox loading time.

Optimized: Optimized localization text initialization time, further improving overall scene loading speeds.

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Added: Modules damaged underwater will now generate bubble VFX

Added: A music player to the campaign level editor for single-player testing (Experimental feature)

Added: Surface wave VFX for underwater explosions

Added: Water swells caused by underwater explosions will now physically affect ships (Experimental feature)

Adjusted: Improved the depth charge explosion SFX, lowering the volume and reducing audio clipping issues

Adjusted: The size of the splash VFX when depth charges hit the water

Adjusted: Magazine detonation damage increased from 1.25x to 1.35x of the base damage

Fixed: An issue where the damage of 203mm and larger caliber naval guns was abnormally low

Fixed: An issue where the notification text for damaged/disabled modules was missing the module type name

Foreword

Thanks for waiting, Captains and Designers!

In NavalArt v1.5, alongside our regular parts updates, we have heavily focused on overhauling and expanding the combat system.

In this version, we've made massive changes to shell damage mechanics and naval gun ballistics. We've also implemented the early stages of our Anti-Submarine Warfare system—you can now use anti-submarine rockets for ASW operations.

Basic Anti-Submarine System

Depth charges are weapons designed specifically to combat underwater vessels. Featuring high explosive charges, they can effectively suppress and damage underwater targets. In emergency situations, many depth charges can also be used against surface ships. However, because airbursts are far less powerful than underwater detonations, their damage output is significantly lower in this role.

To ensure a reasonable hit rate, the current version's anti-submarine depth charges utilize a combined proximity and depth-setting fuze. The depth is automatically set based on the target's depth at the moment of firing, while the proximity radius varies by part, typically between 7 and 15 meters. When aiming, the fire control system will provide both horizontal and vertical lead indicators—simply align your mouse with the enemy ship. This provides a high hit probability against targets that are not actively changing depth.

In this build, while the AI will not actively control submarines, it can and will use ASW weapons to defend against them. You can use submarines in Quick Battle and the Operation Editor to challenge AI ASW formations, or host a unique "fish-bombing" competition with friends in multiplayer!

Added weapon type: ASW Depth Charge Launcher (Hotkey: 5)

Placeholder weapon type: ASW Depth Charge Dropper (Parts currently unavailable. Can be spawned via the Misc tool in single-player after enabling Developer Tools)

Added mechanic: If the locked enemy ship is underwater, its silhouette will be highlighted.

Added mechanic: The deeper a depth charge detonates, the greater its explosive power and blast radius become.

Added mechanic: AoE explosion damage. ASW depth charges now have a "near-miss" effect, dealing damage to targets without requiring a direct hit. We will monitor this mechanic closely and, once stable, introduce near-miss effects to naval guns as well.

Currently available ASW weapons: Soviet 213mm RBU-6000 "Smerch-2" ASW Rocket Launcher (RGB-60 ASW Rocket), US 324mm RUR-4A "Weapon Alpha" ASW Rocket Launcher (Mark 1 ASW Rocket).

Hidden parts: (These ASW weapons are currently unavailable but can be spawned via special methods for decorative use).

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American Mark 3 Depth Charge Track (Mark 9 Depth Charge)

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British Triple Depth Charge Rack (Type VII Depth Charge)

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British 305mm "Squid" Anti-Submarine Mortar

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British 305mm "Limbo" Anti-Submarine Mortar

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German WBW C/35 Anti-Submarine Depth Charge Launcher (180kg WBW II Depth Charge)

Shell Mechanics Rework

To address several pain points in the current version—such as AP shells essentially acting as oversized SAP shells making it hard to damage magazines, large-caliber HE shells bypassing armor to instantly wipe out magazines, and shells losing no velocity after penetrating a single layer of armor (making spaced armor ineffective)—we have decided to completely rework the shell damage mechanics.

Main changes include:

• Refactored armor and shell code to improve readability and long-term maintainability for developers.

• Shells now experience significant velocity decay after penetrating armor.

• Removed the ricochet system.

• Rebalanced missile penetration values.

• Added kinetic energy decay for underwater shells to balance the threat posed by standard-fuzed shells against underwater armor.

• Gun parts in the dockyard inventory will now display more detailed information.

• Misc Tool updated: Now provides new armor-penetration data and can spawn depth charges.

• Explosion blast waves now feature damage falloff based on distance from the epicenter.

• Visualized explosion blast wave decay mechanic in FireEye.

• Added overpenetration damage from shells to magazines and hoists.

• Added a new raycast detection solution between the explosion origin and modules, balancing visual effects and performance optimization. If a heavily armored hull is within the explosion radius, its armor will act as resistance to protect the modules.

• If a magazine's HP drops to zero, it is considered destroyed, guaranteeing a 100% chance of a turret magazine detonation. This will inflict bonus damage equal to 125% of the turret's highest base damage stat.

• Explosion blast waves now support damaging multiple targets simultaneously, theoretically allowing for the simulation of nuclear warheads.

• Increased module HP; modules now contribute a larger percentage to the ship's total HP pool.

• Added penetration modifiers for AP shells. Current values are mostly placeholders and will be gradually adjusted to historical data over time.

• Added weight information for AP shells. Current values are partially placeholders and will be gradually adjusted to historical data over time.

• Adjusted some underlying logic for shell damage mechanics.

• Adjusted the criteria for the overpenetration prompt: A hit is now only considered an overpenetration if it penetrates all parts without arming the fuze.

• Magazines and hoists will now take bonus damage when overpenetrated.

Armor-Piercing Shells (AP)

• AP fuzes adjusted to a standard 0.035s delay.

• Fuze arming is now a single-instance check: Assuming a 40mm arming threshold, passing through four 10mm effective armor plates will NOT arm the fuze. It must penetrate at least one plate with a 40mm effective thickness.

• Tactical Role: As the ideal anti-ship shell, AP has a smaller explosion radius but high damage efficiency against heavily armored hulls. It is perfect for striking modules hidden deep within the enemy ship, such as magazines. The long fuze delay also allows for underwater hits (diving shells) that bypass the main armor belt to strike magazines directly.

• However, it has its limitations—fuze triggering is unstable. If the shell strikes impenetrable armor before arming, it will shatter. Against lightly armored or unarmored targets, overpenetration is highly likely.

Semi-Armor Piercing Shells (SAP)

• SAP mechanics are currently implemented for aircraft bombs and missiles, featuring a 0.01s fuze delay.

• The fuze arming threshold is cumulative: Assuming a 40mm threshold, passing through four 10mm effective armor plates WILL arm the fuze.

• Tactical Role: Suitable for engaging lightly armored targets or targets that would highly likely result in overpenetration when using AP.

• Sacrifices raw penetration for more consistent damage output. While overpenetration is still possible, it can be used to target deep-seated hull modules.

• Special Rule: SAP bombs and missiles will detonate even if they fail to penetrate, but future SAP naval shells will still shatter.

High-Explosive Shells (HE)

• Tactical Role: Shells with no deep penetration capabilities, detonating instantly upon hitting any part of the hull. They have a large explosion radius but low damage efficiency against heavily armored hulls.

• Due to the new raycast detection mechanics, HE struggles to destroy modules enclosed inside armor boxes, such as magazines. However, it deals consistent, albeit lower, damage upon hitting enemy ships and excels at stripping deck-mounted modules like AA guns and rangefinders.

Why Remove the Ricochet Mechanic?

Strictly speaking, NA's current ricochet system isn't a true ricochet mechanic. It's essentially shells vanishing into thin air upon hitting at steep angles without achieving overmatch, rather than physically ricocheting.

In real-world naval warfare, while naval guns do experience ricochets, it's usually just another manifestation of a non-penetration—even if the shell luckily didn't bounce off, it would still struggle to penetrate that armor plate.

Iterating further on the ricochet system requires significant time overhead. More importantly, as a high-freedom naval combat game, NA doesn't limit the placement or quantity of player hull parts, unlike other Non-sandbox games with ricochet systems. This means that if we were to fully physicalize and refine ricochets, the shell bounce trajectories and the resulting performance impact would spiral completely out of control, which is unacceptable.

Furthermore, the current system interferes with armor-penetration interactions (such as the incredibly common, tragic pairing of 305mm (12-inch) guns firing at 102mm (4-inch) deck armor). Mere stat tweaks are meaningless here, so there is no need to keep it.

Given the above considerations, we decided to remove the ricochet mechanic entirely. F-formula based effective armor thickness, angling your ship to increase protection, and fighting within immunity zones are perfectly sufficient for NA's current needs.

(Credit: SirPerson)

Naval Gun Ballistics Rework

For a long time, we've received requests from players to fix gun trajectory errors and introduce physical in-flight velocity decay for shells, rather than just using virtual velocity decay for armor penetration calculations. To address this, we've overhauled gun ballistics alongside the damage rework.

Main changes include:

• Shell velocity now decays mid-flight, increasing the difficulty of long-range gunnery.

• Fixed a bug where turret elevation angles didn't match actual shell trajectories.

• Reworked turret elevation and shell fall angles to be more historically accurate.

• Added estimated shell flight time to the gunsight (Note: This estimation is not 100% accurate).

• Increased global shell flight speed to 1.2x to balance the difficulty of long-range engagements.

• Auto-firing guns are no longer forced to a 900m/s muzzle velocity; they now use their actual designated muzzle velocities.

• Extended the horizontal reference line on the gunsight to ease long-range aiming.

• Reduced aiming point error for player-controlled secondary guns, compensating for the reduced target profile caused by the newly implemented high-arcing trajectories.

• Terminal impact angles for shells have increased. High-elevation guns now pose a much greater threat to horizontal deck armor (though still slightly below historical levels).

Guns will now attempt to utilize their maximum elevation as much as possible, resulting in significantly higher-arcing trajectories compared to previous versions.

If you find your ship's guns inexplicably bombarding your own superstructure... we recommend either redesigning the superstructure or swapping to low-elevation guns better suited for that hull...

Additionally, due to these high-arcing trajectories, the effective target profile of enemy ships will be noticeably smaller.

Overall, the aiming difficulty and miss rates in v1.5 will be much higher than before. We recommend keeping gunnery engagements within 25km. Adjustments to the fire control system will be addressed in future updates.

(Credit: 二尾灵猫)

General

• Added: Experimental Visual Setting: \ (Disabled by default; some parts may experience rendering errors).

• Added: Chinese Naval Ensign (1889).

• Adjusted: Reworked the icon assets for shell selection.

• Adjusted: Increased the linger time of the shell-tracking camera from 3 seconds to 6 seconds.

• Adjusted: Modified the notification text for destroyed magazines.

• Adjusted: Reduced the torpedo arming time to 1 second.

• Adjusted: Shell splash sound effects—propagation distance has been decreased for small-caliber shells and increased for large-caliber shells.

• Adjusted: Default diameter for missiles.

• Adjusted: Dockyard inventory information for naval guns, AA guns, and missiles. Removed the potentially misleading RPM stat for AA guns, as it previously only affected visual effects.

• Adjusted: The roughness of the deck color separation on German naval guns.

• Adjusted: Conducted a series of underlying code maintenance to improve overall game stability.

• Fixed: An issue where rain and snow coverage was incorrectly rendered on the underwater portions of the hull.

Parts

Added Parts

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Italian 120mm/50 Elswick M1909 (Casemate)

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Italian 305mm/46 Modello 1909 (Three-gun Turret I, Rangefinder, Colored)

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Italian 305mm/46 Modello 1909 (Three-gun Turret I, Colored)

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Italian 305mm/46 Modello 1909 (Three-gun Turret II, Colored)

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Italian 305mm/46 Modello1909 (Three-gun Turret II, Rangefinder, Colored)

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Italian 305mm/46 Modello 1909 (Three-gun Turret I, Rangefinder)

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Italian 305mm/46 Modello 1909 (Three-gun Turret I)

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Italian 305mm/46 Modello 1909 (Three-gun Turret II)

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Italian 305mm/46 Modello 1909 (Three-gun Turret II, Rangefinder)

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Italian 305mm/46 Modello 1909 (Two-gun Turret I, Rangefinder, Colored)

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Italian 305mm/46 Modello 1909 (Two-gun Turret I, Colored)

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Italian 305mm/46 Modello 1909 (Two-gun Turret I, Rangefinder)

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Italian 305mm/46 Modello 1909 (Two-gun Turret I)

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Italian 305mm/46 Modello 1909 (Two-gun Turret II, Rangefinder, Colored)

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Italian 305mm/46 Modello 1909 (Two-gun Turret II, Colored)

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Italian 305mm/46 Modello 1909 (Two-gun Turret II, Rangefinder)

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Italian 305mm/46 Modello 1909 (Two-gun Turret II)

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Sandbag

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Short Sandbag Barrier (Low Profile)

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Short Sandbag Barrier (High Profile)

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Long Sandbag Barrier (Low Profile)

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Long Sandbag Barrier (High Profile)

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Log Bundle (Small)

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Log Bundle (Large)

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Rolled Hammock

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Rolled Hammock (3)

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Rolled Hammock (10)

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Denton Raft

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Lookahead P-38G-1 “Lightning” Heavy Fighter

Hidden, land-based aircraft

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Lookahead P-38G-1 “Lightning” Heavy Fighter (2000lb AN-M34 HE*2)

Hidden, land-based aircraft

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American Mark 3 Depth Charge Track (Mark 9 Depth Charge)

Hidden, decorations

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British Triple Depth Charge Rack (Type VII Depth Charge)

Hidden, decorations

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British 305mm "Squid" Anti-Submarine Mortar

Hidden, decorations

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British 305mm "Limbo" Anti-Submarine Mortar

Hidden, decorations

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Soviet 213mm RBU-6000 "Smerch-2" Anti-Submarine Rocket Launcher (RGB-60 Rocket)

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British 381mm/42 Mark I (Mark II Two-gun Turret)

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British 381mm/42 Mark I (Mark II Two-gun Turret, Rangefinder)

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American Crane V

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North American RA-5C “Vigilante” (Scout)

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North American RA-5C “Vigilante” (2000lb Mark 84 HE *4)

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Boeing XF8B-1 Fighter

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Boeing XF8B-1 Fighter (2000lb AN-M34 HE*3)

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Boeing XF8B-1 Fighter (1600lb AN-Mark 1 AP*3)

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Boeing XF8B-1 Fighter (MK 13-3 *2)

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Bréguet Br.1050 “Alizé” ASW Aircraft (Scout)

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Bréguet Br.1050 “Alizé” ASW Aircraft (500lb Mark 82 HE *4)

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Soviet 76mm/41.5 M1940 F-34 Tank Gun (Model 1941 Turret)

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Italian \ Anti-Ship Single Missile Launcher

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Italian \ Anti-Ship Twin Missile Launcher

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Russian 152mm/45 Canet Pattern 1892 (Single Mount)

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British Elswick 413mm/30 110-ton Gun (Twin Mount)

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German 150mm/35 MRK L/35 (Enclosed Shielded Mount)

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Japanese 120mm/40 41st Year Type (Single Mount)

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Italian 254mm/45 Vickers Modello 1906 (Two-gun Turret)

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Merchant Crane I

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Merchant Ship Davit II (Outboard)

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Merchant Ship Davit II (Inboard)

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Star Shell Howitzer

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Loong-shaped Decoration

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Loong-shaped Decoration (Front Half)

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Loong-shaped Decoration (Back Half)

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Anchor VIII

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Anchor VIII (Shank)

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Anchor VIII (Tripping palm)

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French Rudder I

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Railings (1m)

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Railings (2m)

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Railings (5m)

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Railings (10m)

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Circular Railings (1m, 90°)

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Circular Railings (1m, 180°)

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Circular Railings (1m, 360°)

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Circular Railings (2m, 30°)

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Circular Railings (2m, 45°)

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Circular Railings (2m, 90°)

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Circular Railings (2m, 120°)

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Circular Railings (2m, 180°)

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Circular Railings (2m, 360°)

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Circular Railings (5m, 30°)

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Circular Railings (5m, 45°)

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Circular Railings (5m, 90°)

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Circular Railings (5m, 120°)

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Circular Railings (5m, 180°)

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Circular Railings (5m, 360°)

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Circular Railings (10m, 30°)

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Circular Railings (10m, 45°)

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Circular Railings (10m, 90°)

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Circular Railings (10m, 120°)

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Circular Railings (10m, 180°)

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Circular Railings (10m, 360°)

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Ammunition Crate I

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Ammunition Crate II

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Steam Pipe Outlet I

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Steam Pipe Outlet II

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Steam Pipe Outlet III

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Steam Pipe Outlet IV

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Steam Pipe Outlet V

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Steam Pipe Outlet VI

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Steam Pipe Outlet VII

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Steam Pipe Outlet VIII

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Missile Blast Deflector I

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Italian 76mm/62 O.T.O. Melara MMI Allargato

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Italian 76mm/62 O.T.O. Melara MMI Allargato

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Italian 40mm/70 O.T.O. Melara Breda CIWS (Twin Turret)

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1m Coaming (1/8)

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1m Coaming (1/2)

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3m Coaming (1/8)

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3m Coaming (1/2)

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5m Coaming (1/8)

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5m Coaming (1/2)

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1-1.25m Coaming (1/8)

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1-1.25m Coaming (1/2)

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3-3.25m Coaming (1/8)

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3-3.25m Coaming (1/2)

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5-5.25m Coaming (1/8)

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5-5.25m Coaming (1/2)

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Russian 406mm/45 Pattern 1914 (Quad Turret)

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Russian 406mm/45 Pattern 1914 (Three-Gun Turret)

n1574

Russian 406mm/45 Pattern 1914 (Two-gun Turret)

n1575

American 324mm RUR-4A "Weapon Alpha" Anti-Submarine Rocket Launcher (Mark 1 Rocket)

n1576

German WBW C/35 Anti-Submarine Depth Charge Launcher (180kg WBW II Depth Charge)

Hidden, decorations

Reworked Parts

• German 203mm/56 SK L/56 Naval Gun

• Soviet 305mm/62 SM-33 Pattern 1948 Naval Gun

• German 150mm/45 Tbts KC/36T Naval Gun (LDrh LC/38 Twin Mount)

• Japanese 100mm/65 Type 98 AA Gun

• Soviet 406mm B-37 Naval Gun (MK-1 Triple Turret)

• Soviet 305mm B-50 Naval Gun (MK-15 Triple Turret)

• US 457mm/48 Naval Gun (Triple Turret)

Color Separation (Paint Customization)

• New US battleship turrets developed in the mid-1930s will universally feature rose gold gun barrel roots (blast bags).

• Domestic US variants of the 40mm Bofors will now feature color separation.

• US 127mm/38 Mark 12 Naval Gun (Mark 38 Twin Mount) now features additional color separation options.

Career

QuickSortie

• Added: A new dreadnought has been added to the shop. It can be unlocked by clearing the mission \.

• Adjusted: Compressed the thumbnails in the shop interface.

• Adjusted: Filled in missing images in the tech tree.

（Credit：Gurt）

Preset Ships

In this update, fifteen brand-new preset ships will be introduced to players! Fourteen of them are the winning entries from the recently concluded Second Shipbuilding Cup 2026, while the remaining one is a long-awaited winning entry from a past event. At the same time, this marks the first time submarines are joining the preset ship lineup.

There are more excellent selected works from this competition that have temporarily not been added to the preset roster due to specific reasons, such as missing parts. They will arrive in your ports in near-future updates, so stay tuned!

Added Historical Replica Preset Ships:

• Sevastopol (Pr.69-I)

• Massachusetts

• S.S. Bismarck

• Devonshire '44

• Languedoc

• Belfast '43

• Saumarez

• Akagi '20

• Kawachi

• Deutschland

• Ning Hai

• Ersatz Monarch

• Yūbari

• Blücher

• U-764

Changelog:

• Added: A new category folder for Historical Replica preset ships: Austro-Hungarian Empire.

• Adjusted: Replaced with the correct cranes for the Historical Replica preset ships Louisiana, Iowa, and Missouri.

• Adjusted: The original Historical Replica preset ship Belfast has been moved to the Advanced category, with its save file renamed to HMS Belfast.

• Adjusted: Tweaked some details on the Historical Replica preset ships Mackensen and Sachsen.

• Fixed: A bug where secondary guns were left floating in mid-air on the Historical Replica preset ship Battleship O due to a recent part model rework.

• Fixed: Missing armor sections on the Historical Replica preset ship Mutsu.

• Fixed: An alignment issue with the main battery placement on the Historical Replica preset ship Comandante Margottini.

• Fixed: Significantly misaligned masts and support structures on the Historical Replica preset ship Tennessee.

• Fixed: Material rendering errors on certain parts of the Historical Replica preset ship HMS King George V.

• Fixed: Material rendering errors on certain parts of the Historical Replica preset ship Mikhail Kutuzov.

• Fixed: Material rendering errors on certain parts of the Advanced preset ship Project 798.

Looking Ahead

We have re-evaluated our current development priorities and decided to temporarily slow down the development of the Map Editor. Update v1.51 will primarily focus on the onboarding process to reduce the learning curve and improve the overall gameplay experience for new players.

A music player for Operation Mode/Campaigns will be arriving soon. Additionally, more anti-submarine weapons will be added and their designs will be adjusted based on recent player feedback.

（Credit：Winchester）

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Selected New Content:

• Added: AI ships will now use depth charge launchers when submarines approach

• Adjusted: Underwater explosion visual effects

• Adjusted: The criteria for the overpenetration indicator. A hit is now only counted as an overpenetration if the shell penetrates all parts and fails to arm its fuze

• Adjusted: Modules will no longer catch fire visual effects when damaged underwater

• Adjusted: Continued tweaking the damage multipliers for most shells

• Adjusted: Reduced the aiming point error for player-controlled secondary guns (as compensation for the reduced target profile caused by high-arcing trajectories)

• Adjusted: Increased the follow distance of the shell-tracking camera

• Fixed: An issue where mixing secondary guns with different shell velocities would often cause them to miss moving targets

• Fixed: Depth sorting/occlusion issues with underwater transparency effects

• Fixed: An erroneous prompt stating armor is uneditable when attempting to modify modded parts in the dockyard

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Selected New Content:

• Added: Underwater velocity decay ballistics for anti-submarine rockets

• Fixed: Incorrect shell spawn positions for the n160 US Triple 457mm gun

• Fixed: Material issues on the preset ships Project 798 and HMS King George V

• Fixed: Stat adjustments for certain naval gun variants failing to apply in-game

• Adjusted: Improved the particle effects for depth charges

• Adjusted: Increased the damage multiplier for aircraft torpedoes

• Adjusted: The 'Misc' panel now displays HE shell penetration. The damage display has been updated to show actual damage instead of the unmodified base damage

• Adjusted: Tweaked damage values once again

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Selected New Content:

• Added: US 324mm RUR-4A 'Weapon Alpha' ASW Rocket Launcher (Mark 1 ASW Rocket)

• Fixed: An issue where the maximum damage absorbed by a part could exceed its own HP

• Fixed: Depth charge launchers failing to display as ship armaments in multiplayer lobbies

• Fixed: Gun barrels occasionally elevating on their own when the turret is not selected during combat

• Fixed: Modded parts potentially disappearing when using the cut function after being placed in the dockyard

• Fixed: Overpenetrations failing to trigger magazine detonation damage

• Adjusted: Magazine detonation damage now scales with the base damage of its corresponding turret

• Adjusted: Introduced a new mechanic to address the issue of small-caliber weapons dealing abnormally low damage

• Adjusted: Semi-Armor Piercing missiles and aircraft bombs can now detonate even if they fail to penetrate armor

• Adjusted: Increased the base damage of aircraft torpedoes, standardizing their values with ship-launched torpedoes

• Adjusted: Reworked the damage values for 130mm to 283mm naval guns

• Decreased: Reduced the damage values for 20-inch class naval guns

  The armor and shell adjustments have come to a temporary close. If all goes well, we will push the official live update tomorrow.

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Selected New Content:

• Added: Raycast detection between the explosion origin and modules. If a heavily armored hull is present within the explosion radius, its armor will now act as armor resistance to mitigate damage to the modules

• Added: Icons for ASW depth charges (Launcher type)

• Adjusted: Some underlying logic for shell damage mechanics

• Adjusted: Completely overhauled the overall shell damage performance once again

• Adjusted: Increased global shell flight speed from 1.0 to 1.2 to reduce the difficulty of long-range gunnery engagements

• Adjusted: Reduced the opacity of the smoke trails from rocket depth charges

• Adjusted: The target lock outline highlight is now only enabled for ships with a certain submergence rate

• Fixed: The preset ship Languedoc incorrectly having only one rudder

• Fixed: Historical description errors for the n294 Chinese \ SAM CCL Vertical Launching System

• Fixed: Missing prefab references in the Level Editor that prevented levels from loading

• Fixed: A bug where depth charges could be launched underwater

• Fixed: Rain and snow coverage being incorrectly rendered on the underwater portions of the hull

• Fixed: Incorrect hotkey text for switching depth charges

• Fixed: The ripple fire interval for turrets being too short

• Fixed: Fuzes on aircraft-dropped AP bombs failing to arm properly

Known Issues (To be fixed in future updates, no need to report):

• The damage efficiency of high-explosive aircraft bombs is incorrect

• The bonus damage caused by magazine detonations has a chance to be abnormally low

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Selected New Content:

• The RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launcher is now available

• Added new parts

• Added new preset ships and fixed several known bugs

• Various UI adjustments

• Added a mechanic where depth charge explosion power and radius scale with detonation depth

• Updated several icons

• Extended the horizontal reference lines in the gunsight

• Extensive underlying code maintenance to resolve the severe crash issues that caused recent build rollbacks

• Maintenance on legacy parts, including updated shell weights and penetration modifiers

Known Issues (To be fixed in future updates, no need to report):

• Anti-submarine depth charges suffer from hit registration issues, close-range detonations may deal zero damage

• Secondary fire control currently only calculates ballistics for a single weapon type, mixing weapons causes incorrect lead calculations for smaller-caliber secondary guns

• Magazine HP is abnormally high, making them extremely difficult to detonate with penetrating AP shells

• The global damage modifier for naval guns is bugged, resulting in severely reduced damage output

• The hotkey for anti-submarine depth charges does not match its UI icon

• Fuzes on aircraft-dropped AP bombs fail to arm properly, completely preventing armor penetration

• Modded parts may still experience issues where armor cannot be customized

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Fixed an issue where the hotfix file for the Japanese 356mm41st Year Type w as not pushed/deployed.

Damage Value Adjustments

• The global damage modifier for Artillery HE (High Explosive) shells has been adjusted to match version 1.42.

• The global damage modifier for Artillery AP (Armor-Piercing) shells has been adjusted to be lower than in version 1.42. However, armor resistance against AP shells has been reduced, meaning the overall damage efficiency may actually be higher than in version 1.42.

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• Updated new parts.

• Fixed an issue where naval guns with a caliber below 100mm could not be used properly.

• Reduced the blast radius of shells.

• Reduced the blast radius of bombs.

• Reduced the blast radius of torpedoes.

• Increased armor damage resistance against High Explosive (HE) shells.

• Slightly increased module HP (health).

• Reduced the contribution of module HP to the ship's overall HP pool.

• Adjusted the Armor Piercing (AP) modifier from 1 to 0.9. Certain parts have AP modifiers of 0.7, 0.8, 0.85, and 1.

• Applied the correct shell weights for Italian weapons.

• Fixed an issue where heavy HE aerial bombs dealt excessively high damage.

• Fixed a bug in the Misc tool where penetration data was not displaying after the AP modifier was applied.

• Fixed a bug in the Misc tool where the extra missile information button was hidden.

• Fixed an issue where the Japanese 356mm 41st year type gun could not be used.

• Temporarily rolled back the dedicated velocity decay curves for certain guns to resolve abnormal velocity drop-off issues.

Known Issues:

• There is an anomaly with the fuses on aircraft Armor Piercing (AP) bombs. Because the fuse activation threshold is currently higher than the bomb's penetration capability, AP bombs essentially act as solid kinetic slugs for now.

• In certain scenarios, the AI fails to spot targets and fire normally.

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Update Highlights:

■ Added several new parts.

■ Shell velocity now decays over flight distance, increasing the difficulty of long-range gunnery engagements.

■ Noticeable shell velocity decay after penetrating armor.

■ Turret elevation and shell impact angles have been reworked to be more historically accurate.

■ Added estimated shell flight time (time to impact).

■ SAP (Semi-Armor-Piercing) mechanics implemented for aerial bombs and missiles. Trait: Fuze arming threshold is cumulative (e.g., if the threshold is 40mm, passing through four plates with 10mm equivalent thickness will arm the fuze).

■ AP (Armor-Piercing) shells adjusted to a standard 0.035s fuze delay. Trait: Fuze arming is a single-instance check (e.g., if the threshold is 40mm, passing through four 10mm plates will not arm the fuze unless it penetrates at least one plate with an equivalent thickness of 40mm).

■ Removed the ricochet mechanic.

■ Increased module HP and increased the contribution of module HP to the ship's overall health pool.

■ Rebalanced missile penetration values.

■ Increased kinetic energy decay for underwater shells to balance the threat of standard-fuzed shells against underwater armor.

■ Artillery parts in the Parts Inventory will now display more information.

■ ASW Depth Charge mechanic implemented. You can currently test it out using the Misc tool.

■ Blast shockwave damage falloff mechanic based on the distance from the epicenter.

■ Visualized blast damage falloff mechanic in FireEye.

■ Increased shell overpenetration damage to magazines and ammunition hoists.

■ Bonus structural damage caused by hitting the magazine has been reduced.

■ If a magazine's HP reaches zero, it is considered destroyed, which will 100% trigger a turret blow-off. Striking the citadel in the current build is more geared toward "disarming them".

■ Blast shockwave AoE damage mechanic affecting multiple targets (I know you guys want to play with nukes, just be careful not to crash the game).

New Missile Data:

Harpoon Anti-Ship Missile: Warhead type reassigned to SAP | Penetration: 95mm

Otomat Anti-Ship Missile: Warhead type reassigned to SAP | Penetration: 80mm

YJ-18 Anti-Ship Variant: Warhead type reassigned to SAP | Penetration: 135mm

P-270 Moskit ("Sunburn"): Warhead type reassigned to SAP | Penetration: 195mm

P-500 Bazalt: Warhead type reassigned to SAP | Penetration: 340mm

YJ-62 Anti-Ship Missile: Warhead type reassigned to SAP | Penetration: 105mm

Known Issues (No Need to Report):

▲ No shell flight time displayed in the Recon Plane camera view yet.

▲ Shell weight and hardness are placeholder values and will be continuously updated.

▲ FireEye's visualized blast falloff may have rendering glitches in scenes outside of Trials.

▲ Due to the increased maximum flight altitude of shells, rendering errors might occur at the horizon line (sky-sea boundary).

▲ Not being able to find the ASW launcher part is normal; the launcher functionality is still WIP.

▲ Visual glitches exist for ASW depth charge explosion effects.

▲ ASW depth charge water-entry SFX currently lacks underwater audio filtering/mixing.

▲ The water splash generated by a blown-off turret hitting the water is too small.

▲ Massive explosions currently lack special VFX/animations.

▲ No "near-miss" shell mechanics yet.

▲ No mechanic for depth charge explosion power scaling with water depth yet.

▲ Mod part armor thickness is forcibly set to low values in the Dockyard scene and cannot be altered.

Known Issues (May Persist Long-Term):

● Shell flight time estimations won't be 100% accurate.

● Secondary battery lead indicators might have issues.

● Shell impact angles do not perfectly replicate historical ballistics.

● Penetration / Non-Penetration / Overpenetration UI prompts are inaccurate. We plan to introduce a new UI to fix this in the future.

● The new shell flight velocity decay mechanic will increase performance overhead.

Feel free to test the new build and share your gameplay experience in the comments section below!

We specifically need feedback regarding framerate differences between the old and new versions in the exact same scene, particularly from users with lower-end PCs.

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• Fixes

  • Fixed an issue in the Level/Campaign Editor where English text would fail to save if the Chinese translation field was left blank.

  • Fixed an issue where the old "Battle" start button had incorrect sizing on lower aspect ratio displays.

  • Fixed an issue where Tutorial 1 could not proceed correctly due to the recent Main Menu button changes.

  • Fixed an issue where rain and snow weather states were not syncing properly on the player's ship upon entering a combat scene.

• Adjustments

  • Tweaked the text on the toggle for generating thumbnails when saving a ship to prevent ambiguity.

  • Updated the ship "4 x II 12.6' BB" in the QuickSortie (Beta) Career campaign: replaced the main guns with the new models, and increased the top speed from 28 to 29 knots.

  • Updated the shop ship preview images in the QuickSortie (Beta) Career campaign.

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Career & Operation Steam Workshop Support is Live!

Time for something different—

Steam Workshop support for Career mode campaigns and standalone Operation levels is now open. After downloading, you can experience them in their respective game modes.

Career Mode

To prevent severe issues like forced campaign flow changes caused by creator updates, or lost Career saves due to Workshop items being taken down, we have built a dedicated download/update manager for Career mode. When you download a campaign file or when a creator updates it, the campaign will not install automatically. You need to head to the "Switch Campaign" menu in the Career interface and manage it manually in the bottom right corner.

Operation Mode

Once subscribed and downloaded, Workshop levels will automatically appear in the selectable level list within the Operation mode rooms.

The Editors are Officially Live!

Want to play around with the editor? Want to sit back and watch massive AI fleet brawls? No need to go through the hassle of dropping files into your C drive anymore—the Operation Editor and Campaign Editor are now officially live! You can access them directly from the Main Menu.

Don't forget to check the Quick Start Guide!

Besides reading the text tutorial, you can also deconstruct the official levels to see how they tick. We have prepared a bilingual (English & Chinese) Quick Start Guide for Operation mode. You can jump directly to it by clicking the graduation cap icon in the top right corner. The Campaign Editor for Career mode doesn't have a detailed tutorial just yet, but the core design logic within the levels is largely the same.

Main Menu Combat Mode Button Consolidation

The Main Menu button list was getting too long to fit! To optimize this, we have consolidated the combat mode buttons into a new secondary menu. Alongside the combat modes, the Career Editor and Operation Editor now also utilize this structure.

Fixes

• n1326-1328 German 210mm/45 SK L/45 Naval Gun: Scaled up by 1.4x and adjusted the barrel thickness to resolve incorrect sizing issues.

• n1075, 1076 China Deck Hatch (Dalian): Fixed an issue with incorrect face normal orientations.

• Fixed a bug where game modes were not displaying correctly in the multiplayer room list.

• Fixed a text error in Career Mode: QuickSortie (Beta) Chapter 2, Mission 2.

• Fixed an issue where the runway maintenance prompt text was missing the remaining time display.

• Fixed missing English localization in the Operation level "Sea of Dreadnoughts," which was caused by the variable translator's inability to save English double quotes.

• Fixed an issue where the variable translator failed to process special characters when reading translation files.

Adjustments

• Replaced the UFC faction camouflage in Career Mode: QuickSortie (Beta) Chapter 2, Mission 2.

• Added new category tags for the Steam Workshop.

• Added Simplified Chinese localization for Workshop tags. (Note: Due to unknown reasons on Steam's backend, the tag category localization changes are not taking effect at the moment.)

Upcoming Features

As the core mechanic of Version 1.5, the basic Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) system is still in active development. Alongside the ASW mechanics, many brand new and reworked parts are on the way!

Furthermore, considering that adjustments to the armor and ballistics system will heavily affect the combat pacing—especially regarding future level design—we have decided to push forward a portion of the shell damage rework. By further refining the ballistics algorithm, we aim to optimize the current damage issues in the short term. A dedicated public test branch will be opened for this, and we welcome all players to participate and share their feedback. Please keep an eye on upcoming Steam announcements.

Additionally, we will begin development of the Terrain Editor in Version 1.51, allowing captains to sail their warships across even more battlefields and create more possibilities on the high seas!

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• Fixed: Physics errors that occur when placing saves in Gallery Mode.

• Fixed: An issue where the camera water droplet effect was incorrectly enabled in Gallery Mode.

• Fixed: An issue with torpedo launchers using manual firing arcs where incorrect arc calculations prevented port-side rotation.

• Fixed: Inaccurate firing obstruction detection for turrets and torpedo launchers.

• Adjusted: The torpedo spawn point for Part n1224 \. This reduces instances of being unable to fire while moving due to precision errors in hitbox detection.

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Fix: An issue in Operation Mode where turret firing arc detection for non-local players became inaccurate due to physical forces applied to the hull.

Fix: An issue in Operation Mode where turret firing arc detection became inaccurate because the player's ship and the NPC ship overlapped during the loading phase when a player replaced an NPC.

Fix: Improved the process of players replacing NPCs in Operation Mode to prevent player ships from overlapping with NPC ships.

Fix: An issue in the Level Editor where ships with custom bounty configurations would become inactive (fail to perform any actions).

Adjustment: Updated the warning text for the "Allow Unreadable Part Mesh" option in the Settings menu.

Note: The "Allow Unreadable Part Mesh" setting is disabled by default to prevent players from loading and using non-standard Mod parts, which can cause visual glitches, black screens, and crashes.

When this setting is disabled, attempting to load or place these problematic parts will trigger an error, and they cannot be placed.

These parts must be fixed by their respective Mod authors. If you absolutely need to load such a part, you can enable the "Allow Unreadable Part Mesh" setting, but the aforementioned issues are guaranteed to occur.

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New: Added a settings option allowing players to use Mod parts containing unreadable meshes (i.e., Mod parts where Unity's "Read/Write" is not enabled. Note: Forcing these mods to enable can cause rendering errors in battles and black screens in Ray Tracing mode).

New: Career Editor: Added an option to configure ship license rewards to remain hidden until they are unlocked.

Adjustment: Improved the UI display format for ship license requirements in the Career Mode procurement screen.

Adjustment: Ramming friendly/teammate ships will no longer leave collision marks (decals).

Fix: An issue where text modifications were not saved when saving a campaign level.

Fix: An issue in Multiplayer Level Mode where players with slower load times would appear in incorrect positions from the perspective of other players.

Fix: Made another attempt to fix the inaccurate turret firing arc detection (This is not fully resolved yet; we are still actively working on a complete fix).

Fix: An issue where turret firing arc detection was incorrect due to initialization timing (sequence) errors.

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Fix: An issue where the Cleveland in the combat tutorial was not taking damage.

Fix: An issue where the Cleveland in the combat tutorial might move incorrectly.

Fix: A NullReferenceException error that could occur upon shell impact if the hit collider lacked a PartAttribute.

Fix: A rendering error with the horizon line when using Skybox Mode.

Fix: An issue with the unlocking of secondary objective rewards in Career Level 2-1.

Fix: Several dialogue text errors in Career Level 2-1.

Adjustment: Switched mod part validation to an "on-demand" system to reduce validation time, and improved the error reporting mechanism for loading mod parts.

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• Optimization: Multiple adjustments to the rendering of the horizon line.

• Fix: A visual anomaly where distant ships appeared to be floating above the water.

• Fix: An issue where clouds caused the horizon line to become excessively bright under specific weather conditions.

• Fix: An issue where player save files could not be synchronized in Clone Mode.

• Fix: Abnormal wake and spray visual effects for ships whose geometric center is far from the origin.

• Fix: An issue where auto-detected turret firing arcs were incorrect in certain save files.

• Fix: An issue in Operation Mode where players with slower load times would spawn in the exact same position as other players.

• Fix: Delayed the initialization timing of turret firing arcs to resolve an issue where raycast failures caused some ship turrets to lack firing arc limits entirely.

• Fix: An issue in Operation Mode where client players could not see AI ships rotating their turrets.

• Fix: An issue in the Career Editor (Beta) where campaign levels not yet added to a level chain could not be entered for playtesting.

• Fix: An issue in the Career Level Editor where the red dot prompt (unsaved changes indicator) would not disappear after clicking save.

• Fix: An issue where the reward feedback shown during a Career Mode level was inconsistent with the final reward settlement under certain circumstances.

• Fix: An issue in the Level Editor where certain text boxes failed to display characters other than Chinese or English.

• Fix: A bug where the ocean boundaries turned dark under the "Quality" ocean rendering mode in the main menu.

• Fix: A NullReferenceException (NRE) error occurring during ship state synchronization.

• Adjustment: Reduced the wave intensity in the RTS interface during storm weather.

• Fix: An issue where Ropes disappeared when placed as custom parts.

Known issues with the Campaign editor:

• text changes made in the level editor are not saved immediately.

  When you need to save text, remember to switch from the level editor to the campaign editor interface and click Save.

Foreword

Hello everyone!

After half a week of community testing, we believe the refactored multiplayer PVE framework is now quite stable. Therefore, we have decided to officially release version 1.42 today.

In this update, players can dive into a brand-new multiplayer experience—Operation Mode, which currently features two playable levels. Of course, this mode also fully supports custom player-made levels!

However, since we already rolled out new parts in the Beta version late last month, this official update will not include any additional parts.

Level Additions

New Multiplayer Mode: Operation Mode

The new Operation Mode allows players to experience standalone, mission-driven levels where victory hinges on completing clear objectives. You can choose to follow the level creator's recommendations and use pre-configured ships, or bring your own vessels into the fray. The host has the authority to toggle the option for allowing custom ships.

Currently, this mode can only be accessed in multiplayer rooms set specifically to "Operation Mode".

Level 1: Sea of Dreadnoughts

Hypothetical mission. When WWI drags on into 1921 without a victor, Britain decides to proactively launch a landing operation against Germany, triggering the second decisive naval clash. Playing as the British forces, players will command older warships to challenge the cutting-edge vessels of the German Navy. Suppressing the enemy's older ships early on will provide a crucial advantage for subsequent combat phases.

Level 2: Fall of the Rising Sun

Hypothetical mission. When the Pacific War continues to a point where both sides are deploying new equipment, players will command US forces armed with experimental weapons against a numerically superior IJN fleet. As a joint naval-air operation level, you will not only face advanced battleships but also have to survive massive enemy air raids.

Levels for this mode are generated using the "Standalone Level Editor". Although Steam Workshop support is not enabled at this stage, you can share your custom levels directly within the lobby for other players to experience together.

Much like the Career Editor, this editor is still in its testing phase and requires a specific method to enable.

Please create a "CareerDev.txt" file at C:UsersYourUsernameAppDataLocalLowRZEntertainmentNavalArt, and then access it by selecting \ from the small button in the top left corner of the main menu.

Adjustment: Swapped the Alsace and Mogami in "Hunt the Flagship: Alsace" and "Hunt the Flagship: Yamato" to better-optimized versions for improved performance.

Fixes

Fix: Significantly mitigated the long-standing memory leak issue.

Fix: Resolved an issue where level objectives displayed incorrect initial states for client players with slower loading times.

Fix: Addressed historical research and model inaccuracies for the Italian \ Anti-Ship Missile Launcher. The launcher and missile have now been standardized to the Mark 1 variant, utilizing its historical 60km range.

Fix: Fixed a bug where n1332 Italian Armstrong 450mm "100-ton" Gun (Twin Barbette), n1385 British 343mm/30 Mark I Naval Gun (Twin Open Mount), and n1410 Italian 431mm/27 Naval Gun (Twin Barbette) were incorrectly using modern artillery sound effects.

Fix: Corrected the face orientation of n186 Small Crane I.

Fix: Fixed the hitbox dimensions for n62, 63 British 356mm/45 Mark VII Naval Guns.

（Credit: Arztpraxis Dr. Tod Robert）

Visuals

New: Brand-new Ambient Occlusion (AO) effects.

Thanks to these updated lighting and shadow effects, ships now look significantly more realistic, richly detailed, and imposing in scale.

New: Added a semi-transparent effect when the camera clips through the hull.

Adjustment: Reduced the visual intensity of raindrops.

Adjustment: Modified the transparency from the sea surface down to the waterline, reducing overall water transparency.

Adjustment: Removed meaningless fog shading on the sea surface.

Adjustment: Improved sea surface shading and enhanced the horizon line rendering in Fast Mode.

Adjustment: Optimized water surface reflection effects.

Fix: Fixed sea surface specular highlights to resolve visual anomalies at certain camera angles.

Part Stat Adjustments

This update introduces a large-scale accuracy buff for heavy naval guns, alongside several balance adjustments based on historical data.

ID

Name

Adjustments

n23, 646

US 356mm/50 Mark 4/11 Naval Gun

Massive accuracy buff: Horizontal dispersion factor: 4→3.9, Vertical dispersion factor: 5.6→5, Reload time: 34s→39s

n31, 984, 1334

IJN 410mm/45 3rd Year Type Naval Gun (Early)

Minor accuracy buff: Vertical dispersion factor: 5→4.7

n42, 985

IJN 410mm/45 3rd Year Type Naval Gun (Late)

Minor accuracy buff: Vertical dispersion factor: 4.3→4

n59

IJN 460mm/45 Type 94 Triple Turret

Massive accuracy buff: Horizontal dispersion factor: 3.4→3.2, Vertical dispersion factor: 3.9→3.5

n69

US 406mm/50 MK7

Minor accuracy buff: Horizontal dispersion factor: 3→3.2, Vertical dispersion factor: 3.5→3.1, AP shell damage 12330→13750

n147

US 305mm/50 Mark 8 Naval Gun

Moderate accuracy nerf: Horizontal dispersion factor: 2.8→3.3

n148

Soviet 305mm/62 SM-33 Pattern 1948 Naval Gun

Massive accuracy buff: Horizontal dispersion factor: 3.1→3, Vertical dispersion factor: 6→5

n149

IJN 310mm/50 Naval Gun

Massive accuracy buff: Horizontal dispersion factor: 3.9→3.5, Vertical dispersion factor: 5.6→4.6

n150

French 330mm/50 Modèle 1931 Naval Gun

Massive accuracy buff: Horizontal dispersion factor: 5.5→4, Vertical dispersion factor: 4.3→4.5

n151, n645

US 356mm/45 Mark 8 Naval Gun

Massive accuracy buff: Horizontal dispersion factor: 5→4.3, Vertical dispersion factor: 5.8→5.4, Reload time: 34s→39s

n152, 153

IJN 356mm 41st Year Type Twin Turret

Minor accuracy buff: Horizontal dispersion factor: 4.2→4.1, Vertical dispersion factor: 5.3→5.2

n155

Italian 381mm/50 "Ansaldo" M1934 Triple Turret

Minor accuracy buff: Horizontal dispersion factor: 4.5→4.3, Vertical dispersion factor: 5.8→5.6

n156

US 406mm/45 Mk5

Minor accuracy buff: Horizontal dispersion factor: 4→4.3, Vertical dispersion factor: 5.5→4.8, Reload time: 34s→39s

n158

Soviet 406mm/50 B-37 Naval Gun (MK-1 Turret)

Moderate accuracy buff: Horizontal dispersion factor: 3.9→3.35

n159

US 406mm/50 Mark 2 Naval Gun (Tillman Sextuple Turret)

Massive accuracy buff: Horizontal dispersion factor: 5.5→4.5, Vertical dispersion factor: 6.8→5, Reload time: 37s→49s

n401

British 457mm/40 (18") Mark I Turret

Minor accuracy buff: Horizontal dispersion factor: 4→4.7, Vertical dispersion factor: 5→4.4

n409

US 406mm/45 MK6 Triple Turret

Minor accuracy buff: Horizontal dispersion factor: 3.8→3.5, Vertical dispersion factor: 3.5→3.3, AP shell damage 11550→12500

n457

British 406mm/45 Mark I Naval Gun

Moderate accuracy buff: Vertical dispersion factor: 5.5→4.6

n527

US 305mm/45 Mk5/6 Twin Turret

Massive accuracy buff: Horizontal dispersion factor: 6.8→5.2, Vertical dispersion factor: 8.4→5.5, Reload time: 25s→33s

n652

Imperial Russian 305mm/52 Pattern 1907 Naval Gun

Moderate accuracy buff: Vertical dispersion factor: 5.6→5.1

n653

Soviet 305mm/55 B-50 Pattern 1940 Naval Gun

Massive accuracy buff: Horizontal dispersion factor: 3.3→3.5, Vertical dispersion factor: 6.8→5.1

n845, 846

US 406mm/50 Mark 2/Mark 3

Moderate accuracy buff: Horizontal dispersion factor: 4.2→3.8, Vertical dispersion factor: 4.7→4.5

n845, 846

US 406mm/50 Mark 2 Naval Gun

Reload time: 32s→39s

n901

IJN 460mm/50 5th Year Type Naval Gun (Twin Turret)

Moderate accuracy buff: Horizontal dispersion factor: 3.7→3.25, Vertical dispersion factor: 4.2→4.7

n942

IJN 410mm/52.5 3rd Year Type Naval Gun (All-Angle Loading Turret)

Minor accuracy buff: Horizontal dispersion factor: 3.7→3.3, Vertical dispersion factor: 4.5→4.2

n1214

Italian 406mm/50 Ansaldo

Minor accuracy buff: Vertical dispersion factor: 5.6→5.5

n1379

SNCASE SE.582 Fighter

Hangar capacity: 8→9

n1387

Soviet 406mm/50 B-37 Naval Gun (MK-1M Turret)

Moderate accuracy buff: Horizontal dispersion factor: 3.6→3, Vertical dispersion factor: 5→4.5

n1396

French 340mm/45 Modèle 1912 Naval Gun (Twin, Early)

Minor accuracy buff: Horizontal dispersion factor: 5→4.6, Vertical dispersion factor: 5.5→5.3

n1397

French 340mm/45 Modèle 1912 Naval Gun (Twin, Late)

Moderate accuracy buff: Horizontal dispersion factor: 5→4.2, Vertical dispersion factor: 5.5→4.8

n1398

French 340mm/45 Modèle 1912 Naval Gun (Quad, Early)

Minor accuracy buff: Horizontal dispersion factor: 5.1→4.7, Vertical dispersion factor: 5.4→5.3

n1399

French 340mm/45 Modèle 1912 Naval Gun (Quad, Late)

Moderate accuracy buff: Horizontal dispersion factor: 5.1→4.3, Vertical dispersion factor: 5.4→4.8

n1400

US 356mm/50 Mark B Naval Gun

Massive accuracy buff: Horizontal dispersion factor: 4.2→3.9, Vertical dispersion factor: 5.6→4.6

Notes:

1. The vertical dispersion factor is scaled up by roughly 2x in actual gameplay, meaning horizontal dispersion will never exceed vertical dispersion.

2. Historically, the Italian Navy lacked azimuth correction in their fire control, resulting in sub-par horizontal dispersion. Reflecting this characteristic, Italian heavy naval guns will have worse-than-average horizontal dispersion in-game.

3. Due to the notoriously abysmal performance of the "unrivaled" main gun loading mechanisms on historical US Standard-type battleships, the reload time for all Standard-type battleship turrets has been further extended to 39s/salvo. Since conflicting historical data exists regarding the 406mm/50 Mark 2, we are temporarily adopting the more well-supported view that it shared a similar structure to Standard-type battleships, thus increasing its reload to 39s. The highly complex Tillman sextuple turret has been individually adjusted to 49s, but its accuracy has received a massive buff to ensure it doesn't fall too far behind standard artillery. The Career Mode tech tree stats and descriptions have been updated accordingly.

4. Given the overwhelmingly superior armor-piercing capabilities of US 16-inch AP shells (especially post-Mk8 Mod 6), we have significantly buffed the AP damage of US 16-inch naval guns. The Mark 7 naval gun simulates the use of Mark 8 Mod 6 AP shells, while the Mark 6 naval gun simulates the use of Mark 8 Mod 0-5 AP shells.

（Credit: Worldoz）

Ships

New: Added Replica preset ships Enterprise, Cimarron, Pr.24 XIII Variant, Bayern, Sachsen, Moltke, Caio Duilio'42, Zara, Comandante Margottini, Hobart, Orion, Mutsu, Kyushu Maru.

New: Added Advanced preset ships 798 Gōkan, De Grasse'42, Sovetskaya Rossiya.

New: Added country category folders for Replica preset ships: Australia, Russia.

Rework: Reworked the Replica preset ship Sovetsky Soyuz.

Adjustment: Changed the nationality of Advanced preset ship Sevastopol from Soviet to Russia.

Adjustment: Swapped to the correct 127mm secondary guns, added firing arc limits, and optimized physics for Advanced preset ship Wichita.

Adjustment: Replaced the torpedo launchers for Replica preset ship Vdokhnovenny.

Adjustment: Replaced the main turrets for Replica preset ship Scharnhorst.

Adjustment: Swapped to the correct main guns for Replica preset ship Giulio Cesare.

Adjustment: Swapped to the correct secondary guns for Replica preset ship Lexington.

Adjustment: Adjusted the armor structures for Replica preset ships Alsace, Iowa, Missouri, and Wisconsin.

Adjustment: Adjusted the funnel shape, partial armor, and speed for Replica preset ship Mackensen.

Adjustment: Added partial details and changed camo color for preset ship Kaiser.

Adjustment: Changed the save file name for preset ship Caio Duilio (1876).

Fix: Fixed a bug with floating rigging on Replica preset ship Barham.

Fix: Fixed incorrect materials on some deck parts for Replica preset ship Lexington.

Fix: Fixed a camo texture error on Replica preset ship Strasbourg.

Fix: Fixed incorrect coloring on some parts of Advanced preset ship Sverige.

Fix: Fixed a description error for Replica preset ship Béarn.

Preview

In our upcoming version 1.5, we will begin working on the highly anticipated basic Anti-Submarine mechanics, primarily focusing on depth charge racks and projectors.

Of course, Steam Workshop support for community levels will arrive even sooner. It will be implemented via a hotfix prior to the 1.5 update.

After over a month of continuous development, we have drastically refactored the code and architecture of the multiplayer mode to ensure it is compatible with our new level system.

Such extensive modifications inevitably lead to many uncertainties, and even our small-scale internal playtests exposed a large number of issues. After several days of hard work, the vast majority of game-breaking bugs affecting the experience have been resolved, but many severe issues still remain.

We are now entering the public testing phase. We invite everyone to participate, playtest the game, provide gameplay feedback, and help us uncover any potential bugs.

New Mode

Multiplayer: Operation Mode

Levels

Multiplayer PVE - Fall of the Rising Sun

⚠ Known Issues:

The current version suffers from a severe memory leak! After entering a battle scene, the RAM is not being properly released. You must regularly exit and restart the game. Otherwise, your system memory will max out, causing both the game and any other running applications to crash.

It is strongly advised NOT to leave any work-related software running in the background while playing this test version!

BEWARE OF PROGRESS LOSS!!! BEWARE OF PROGRESS LOSS!!! BEWARE OF PROGRESS LOSS!!!

Because the majority of our time was spent squashing bugs and addressing performance issues, the feature that automatically allocates ships "based on level configuration" will not be available during this test.

Captains will need to use their own save files to experience the levels, which might occasionally break immersion regarding dialogue. However, you can manually switch to the designated warships beforehand based on the Order of Battle found in the mission briefing (these are all Preset Ships).

Captains! NavalArt will officially be joining the Steam Ocean Fest, kicking off at 10:00 AM PDT on May 18th!

To celebrate this event, we will be releasing the Version 1.42 update right before the festival begins. This update will feature the highly anticipated new multiplayer PVE mode, bringing you an even more challenging naval warfare experience!

Exclusive Ocean Fest Discounts:

• NavalArt Base Game: -20%

• Ray Tracing Gallery DLC: -25%

Take advantage of this special offer, build your warships, and show off your skills in the brand-new PVE levels! See you at sea!

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• Fixed: Adjusted mod error reporting logic to resolve an issue where excessively long error messages prevented certain mods from loading into the game.

• Fixed: Adjusted mod error reporting logic to resolve an issue where warning logs would fail to display properly due to excessively long error messages.

• Fixed: Incorrect face orientation (normals) on the "n1251 Cables IV" part.

• Added: A button in the warning log interface that directly opens the log file folder.

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• Fixed an issue where the n1389 German 406mm/52 SK C/34f (Drh L.C/34f3 Three-gun Turret, Rangefinder) was incorrectly categorized under the Soviet 406mm/50 B-37 (MK-1M Three-Gun Turret).

• Fixed multiple issues with the n1400 American 356mm/50 Mark B (Four-Gun Turret), including abnormal weight, incorrect shell spawn positions, and barrel separation errors in the Gallery scene.

• Fixed incorrect names and descriptions for numerous parts. Resolved an issue where certain parts could not be directly searched using "caliber + mm" due to spacing formatting errors.

• Fixed the mixed-up descriptions between the n1418 Italian 7.2m Rangefinder II and the n1419 Italian 7.2m Rangefinder III.

• Added chronological/era information for several new parts.

Notice Regarding Mod-Related Launch Issues

If you are experiencing game launch failures caused by mods, you can temporarily resolve the issue using the following methods:

Foreword

Due to the substantial workload required to adapt the Level Editor for multiplayer, we estimate that the official version 1.42, which will support PvE co-op levels, will be completed by mid-May at the earliest. Therefore, we have decided to merge the 1.42 beta into the main branch now. You can experience some of the new parts in advance and check out our current development progress in this announcement.

（Credit：千月华狮）

Part Maintenance

• \ Added two new parts to resolve the orientation issue of the Vittorio Veneto funnel; the old parts have been hidden in the inventory.

• \ Corrected the face orientation error on n265 Italian Life Raft and added missing model smoothing.

• \ Corrected the face orientation error on n74 Japanese Funnel II and added missing model smoothing.

• \ Corrected the face orientation error on n256 Soviet 100mm/70 SM-5 Twin Turret.

• \ Reworked the models for n533-549 Bridge Modules to fix messy topology and overlapping faces.

• \ Reworked the textures for the Japanese 460mm Type 91 AP shell.

• \ Scaled n1252 Mushroom Ventilator to 0.44503 to match its correct historical height of 1.2 meters.

• \ Fixed an error in the bomb penetration configuration for n919 Beriev Be-6 Large Seaplane (500kg FAB-500sv HE *6) (8x 500kg FAB-500 HE Bombs). Armor penetration has been adjusted from 92mm to the correct 47mm.

• \ Increased the bomb armor penetration for n936 Westland Wyvern S.4 (1x AP 2000lb Mark IV AP Bomb) from 101mm to 157mm.

• \ Decreased the maneuverability of n934 Westland Wyvern S.4 from 141 to 120.

• \ Adjusted n158 Soviet 406mm/50 B-37 (MK-1 Three-Gun Turret)t based on the 88kg charge SAP shell; standard HE shell damage increased from 10,570 to 12,500.

• \ Adjusted n155 Italian 381/50 "Ansaldo" M1934 Triple Turret; standard HE shell damage reduced from 9,900 to 8,750, standard AP shell damage reduced from 10,800 to 9,300.

• \ Corrected the barrel rotation axis error on n776 German 105mm/65 SK C/33 (Dop L.C/38 Twin Mount).

General Fixes

• \ Adjusted the intensity and downsample level of sea surface reflections to enhance the visual fidelity of water reflections.

• \ Fixed an issue where a cloud initialization timing error caused the sea surface reflection to be overly bright.

• \ Fixed an issue in battle scenes where the camera's near clipping plane was not initialized by the free camera upon the first switch to the free camera view.

New Mechanics

Mod Part Error Detection Mechanism The game will now perform an error check on existing part mods upon startup. If errors are found, a notification will appear in the top right corner of the screen. Specific error details are logged in the Player.log file located at: C:\\Users\\\\\AppData\\LocalLow\\RZEntertainment\\NavalArt.

This mechanism is designed to help mod authors identify mod errors, thereby reducing issues such as missing materials and black screens in ray-traced scenes caused by improper mod creation. If players encounter error prompts after downloading a mod, they can check the log file to identify the specific parts and mods and remind the mod author to update them.

New Parts

• \ Part Nation: Austro-Hungarian Empire

n1366

Shell Model (76 mm AP Mark 29)

n1367

Shell Model (76 mm AA Mark 33 Mod 0)

n1368

Shell Model (127 mm Special Common Mark 42 Mod 0)

n1369

Shell Model (127 mm AAC Mark 52 Mod 0)

n1370

Shell Model (203 mm AP Mark 19 Mod 1)

n1371

Shell Model (203 mm HC Mark 24 Mod 1)

n1372

Shell Model (381 mm APC Mark XXIIb 6crh)

n1373

Shell model (381 mm HE Mark VIIIb 6crh)

n1374

Shell model (460 mm APC Type 91)

n1375

Vought F4U-4 'Corsair' Fighter

n1376

Vought F4U-4 'Corsair' Fighter (1000lb AN-M65A1 HE *2）

n1377

Supermarine 'Seafire' FR Mk.47 Fighter

n1378

Supermarine 'Seafire' FR Mk.47 Fighter (500lb G.P. Mark.IV HE*2)

n1379

SNCASE SE.582 Fighter

n1380

SNCASE SE.582 Fighter  (500kg M1930 HE *2)

n1381

SNCASE SE.582 Fighter  (410kg Type.L AP *2)

n1382

Supermarine 'Seafire' FR Mk.47 Fighter (500lb SAP Mark IIIC AP *2)

n1383

Chinese YJ-62 Shipborne 4-Tubes Launcher \

n1384

Soviet 3K-95 "Kinzhal" Vertical Launch System \

n1385

British 343mm/30 Mark I (Twin Barbette Mount)

n1386

British 254mm/45 Mark VI (BIV Two-gun Turret)

n1387

Soviet 406mm/50 B-37 (MK-1M Three-Gun Turret)

n1388

German 406mm/52 SK C/34f (Drh L.C/34f3 Three-gun Turret)

n1389

German 406mm/52 SK C/34f (Drh L.C/34f3 Three-gun Turret, Rangefinder)

n1390

Austro-Hungarian 66mm/45 Škoda K-10 (BAG Dual-Purpose Mount)

n1391

Austro-Hungarian 66mm/45 Škoda K-10 (TAG Single-Purpose Mount)

n1392

Austro-Hungarian 88mm/45 Škoda K-12/16 (Dual-Purpose Mount)

n1393

Austro-Hungarian 88mm/45 Škoda K-12/16 (Single-Purpose Mount)

n1394

Austro-Hungarian 350mm/45 Škoda K-14 (Three-gun Turret)

n1395

Austro-Hungarian 350mm/45 Škoda K-14 (Two-gun Turret)

n1396

French 340mm/45 Modèle 1912（Twin Turret）

n1397

French 340mm/45 Modèle 1912（Twin Turret, elevation increased）

n1398

French 340mm/45 Modèle 1912M （Quad Turret）

n1399

French 340mm/45 Modèle 1912M （Quad Turret, elevation increased）

n1400

American 356mm/50 Mark B (Four-Gun Turret)

n1401

Italian 20mm/70 Breda Modello 1941 (Sextuple Mount)

n1402

Italian 135mm/45 Modello 1937 (Three-gun Turret)

n1403

Italian 135mm/45 Modello 1937 (Three-gun Turret, with Rangefinder)

n1404

Italian 320mm/44 Modello 1936 (Two-gun Turret, Caio Duilio No.3 Turret)

n1405

Italian 320mm/44 Modello 1936 (Two-gun Turret, Andrea Doria No.2 Turret)

n1406

Italian 320mm/44 Modello 1936 (Two-gun Turret, Caio Duilio No.2 Turret)

n1407

Italian 320mm/44 Modello 1936 (Three-gun Turret, Caio Duilio)

n1408

Italian 320mm/44 Modello 1934 (Two-gun Turret)

n1409

Italian 320mm/44 Modello 1934 (Three-gun Turret)

n1410

Italian 431 mm/27 naval gun (Twin Open-Barbette Mount)

n1411

Italian Elswick 120 mm/50 Modello 1909 (twin turret)

n1412

Italian Ansaldo-Terni 65 mm/64 Modello 1939 (single mount)

n1413

Austro-Hungarian Funnel I

n1414

Austro-Hungarian Funnel II

n1415

Italian 5m Rangefinder I

n1416

Italian 5m Rangefinder II

n1417

Italian 7.2m Rangefinder I

n1418

Italian 7.2m Rangefinder II

n1419

Italian 7.2m Rangefinder III

n1420

Austro-Hungarian Crane I

n1421

Austro-Hungarian Crane II

n1422

French Boat Rack

n1423

Skylight VI

n1424

German 406mm/52 SK C/34f (Drh L.C/34f Two-gun Turret, without Rangefinder)

n1425

German 406mm/52 SK C/34f (Drh L.C/34f Two-gun Turret)

n1426

German 406mm/52 SK C/34f (Drh L.C/34f Two-gun Turret, early scheme, colored)

n1427

German 406mm/52 SK C/34f (Drh L.C/34f Two-gun Turret, early scheme, with Rangefinder, colored)

n1428

German Rudder I

n1429

Barr & Stroud FT25 Triplex rangefinder

n1430

Italian 320mm/44 Modello 1936 (Two-gun Turret, Andrea Doria No.3 Turret)

n1431

Italian 320mm/44 Modello 1936 (Three-gun Turret, Andrea Doria)

n1432

Italian 320mm/44 Modello 1934 (Two-gun Turret, Giulio Cesare)

n1433

Italian 320mm/44 Modello 1934 (Three-gun Turret, Giulio Cesare)

Preview

In the official 1.42 update, we will complete multiplayer support for the new level system. At the same time, we have adjusted some UI layouts in multiplayer rooms to provide basic functions such as level selection and spawn point selection. By then, you will be able to create co-op missions via the Mission Editor to tackle objectives and fight against AI together.

Please note:

• Multiplayer co-op is not part of the Career system, so there is no economic system involved.

• There is temporarily no PvP support for the Mission Editor, as implementing PvP support requires more development time. However, we aim to emphasize the completeness of co-op gameplay in the first half of this year. Its priority is currently scheduled after the terrain editor and basic anti-submarine weapons.

• Steam Workshop support will be implemented in a hotfix following the official 1.42 release.

Meanwhile, due to code conflicts with the ongoing multiplayer implementation, fixes for some known bugs in the Career system will be postponed until the official 1.42 release:

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• Fix: Corrected color errors on the n711 American Mark 51 Gun Director and n1250 Bench.

• Fix: Fixed an issue in the Dock scene where hovering the mouse over crew members while in Delete Mode caused their material to incorrectly turn gray.

• Adjustment: Adjusted the ship models in the "Classified Consignment" level of Career Mode: QuickSortie (Beta).

• Fix: Fixed dialogue errors in the "Special Commission" level of Career Mode: QuickSortie (Beta).

• Fix: Resolved issues with the trigger logic and fixed dialogue errors for the hidden objectives in the "Special Commission" level of Career Mode: QuickSortie (Beta).

• Adjustment: Added color-coding distinctions to the placeholder character avatars in Career Mode: QuickSortie (Beta).

• Fix: Fixed an issue in the Mission Editor where Anti-Aircraft (AA) guns and missiles would continue to operate even after a ship was disabled.

• Fix: Fixed a bug in the Mission Editor where the AI would not cease fire if its difficulty was changed to "Target Ship" mid-session.

• Fix: Resolved an issue where torpedo approach/proximity markers might not disappear after the torpedo itself had vanished.

• Fix: Fixed a visual bug where repeatedly entering RTX (Ray Tracing) scenes would cause full-screen yellow-green noise/artifacts to appear.

• Fix: Resolved several backend errors/exceptions that were triggered when repeatedly entering RTX scenes.