Victory at Sea Atlantic - World War II Naval Warfare news & patch notes

Hello Commanders,

We’ve just deployed a new update with important fixes, and gameplay improvements. Thank you as always for your continued support and feedback — here’s what’s new:

Bug fixes:

Prevented a possible crash on loading combat arenas containing terrain.

Sinking an oil tanker still counts towards objectives if it is destroyed by its payload igniting.

Fixed a bug where the incorrect level of air raid damage could be shown on the post-battle report.

Prevented aircraft flight route lines briefly pointing to the wrong place on receiving an order.

Fixed a bug where the S-class submarine image would not show up.

Gameplay:

Reworked acceleration and deceleration rates of all ships, with quicker acceleration for light ships.

Silent running is automatically toggled off at the end of a combat.

Parked aircraft models are visible on aircraft carrier decks.

Crashing into icebergs does not stop a ship.

Your feedback is invaluable as we keep refining and expanding the game. Let us know what you think on the Community Hub — and stay tuned for more updates!

Bug fixes:

Fixed a bug where fighters would not open fire on some enemy aircraft.

Bug fixes:

Prevented a crash caused by DirectX 12 incompatibility on some hardware.

The build we launched on the firstlook branch last week is now live on the main branch, so everyone can jump in and try it out!

If you’re on the firstlook branch, you can switch back by right-clicking Victory At Sea Atlantic in your Steam Library and selecting Properties. Then, under Betas, set Beta participation to “None.”

As always, keep the feedback and ideas coming!

⚙️ Bug Fixes

• Fixed AA weapon targeting against carrier-launched planes.

• Fixed a bug preventing troops replenishing in control zones.

• The player's submersibles can now change their depth in an autoresolved battle, where appropriate.

• Prevented combat between larger squadrons of ASW aircraft and submersibles ending too quickly.

• Fixed some incorrect ship positioning when loading into combat.

• Prevented a case of structures being built on top of other structures.

• Clicking a port marker doesn't count as clicking the structure behind.

• Ensured player spotter aircraft obey the range limit.

• The cost of rebuilding a partially-destroyed flight's aircraft is now correctly reduced.

• Prevented a case of two tutorials becoming simultaneously active.

• Clicking a distant fleet before entering combat via alert popup no longer breaks combat loading.

• Fixed a bug that could cause extra ships to be loaded into combat.

• Fixed a bug that could prevent aircraft being added to combat.

• Fixed a bug that could stop combats from starting while unrelated fleets are in combat.

• The message shown when a faction changes sides displays correctly.

• Iceberg sea foam displays correctly.

• The Gloucester-class cruiser may be commissioned in Allied shipyards.

• Ship weapons will not automatically switch their payload from starshells while selected.

• Prevented multiple alerts getting queued for the same aircraft combat.

• Stopped a case of campaign alert messages showing up at the start of combat.

• Fixed a bug that could cause the camera to end up off the campaign map.

• Make sure all docked fleets in a port are shown on the shipyard UI.

• Stopped the airfield UI overlapping with the selected flight UI.

• Fixed a case of Axis and Allies labels getting swapped over.

• Added the Elco-class research project's missing title.

• The TBM-3 Avenger's sprite shows up correctly.

⚓ Gameplay Improvements

• Fleets are no longer hidden or repositioned after an air raid.

• Nearby fleets are not excluded from combat in an air raid.

• Bomber flights may be ordered to defend other aircraft flights.

• Player-ordered bombers no longer automatically turn back and land after a fighter intercept.

• Player-ordered fighters do turn back and land after an intercept.

• Increased the spotting range on the campaign map, more so for planes.

• Increased the overall spotting range of spotter aircraft.

• Planes begin slightly further from enemy ships in combat.

• Reduced the supply cost of civilian ships.

• Separated the airfield ASW bomber lock from the general bomber lock.

• Reduced civilian ships' spotting range and spot chance against submersibles at night.

• Further reduced civilian ships' gun accuracy and reload speed.

• AI will create more supply convoys, but in greater numbers.

• Supply convoys use zig-zag manoeuvres on the campaign map level.

• Improved enemy ship AI when retreating.

• Torpedo boats can no longer sink warships.

• Slowed the deceleration of all ships.

• Improved seaplane landing behaviour.

• Improved enemy seaplane UI when its home ship is not in combat.

• Slightly increased the gun inaccuracy of uncontrolled player ships.

• Reduced the damage reduction on uncontrolled player ships.

• Enemy ships are less likely to stop using their guns due to crew casualties.

• Improved the AI of divebomber squadrons.

• Improved the AI of torpedo bombers, and reduced their torpedo drop distance.

• Aircraft are able to land on a carrier when it has queued flights that cannot currently launch.

🖥️ UI Improvements

• Reduced opacity of the boxes around distant ships, and prevented them from reaching excessive sizes.

• Alert popups do not automatically cycle to the next alert when clicking "view on map".

• Added a visible spotter range limit circle for ships.

• Ensured a fleet's total troop count label updates while the fleet is selected.

Commanders,

We’ve been hard at work preparing the next update for Victory At Sea Atlantic, featuring a wide range of bug fixes, gameplay tweaks, and UI improvements.

Before pushing it live to everyone, we’re releasing it today on a Beta Branch called firstlook — so you can try it early and help us make sure everything runs smoothly before the main release next week.

🧭 How to Access the Firstlook Branch

If you’d like to preview the update early:

We’ve just released a small hotfix addressing carrier AI performance and a gameplay tweak:

Bug Fixes

• Fixed performance issues caused by carrier AI.

• Prevented carrier AI from indefinitely queueing aircraft without launching them.

Gameplay

• Disabled the aircraft bomb order button in combat view if there are only aircraft targets available.

Thank you for your continued feedback — it helps us track down issues quickly and improve the game!

Hello Commanders,

We’ve just deployed a new update with important fixes, smarter AI, and more flexibility for modders. Thank you as always for your continued support and feedback — here’s what’s new:

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that could cause the game to get stuck in the paused state on combat autoresolve.

• Amphibious assaults now start correctly in single-fleet mode when clicking the port directly.

• Removed an incorrect warning tooltip when selecting torpedoes.

• Prevented deep torpedoes from showing a wake on the surface.

• Ensured images display correctly on a couple of German aircraft.

• Fixed a bug that could cause the main menu scene to display incorrectly.

• Fixed a bug where it would change focus from the current ship under your control in a squadron.

Gameplay

• Adjusted submersible attack AI.

Mods

• Added a column to ship weapon definitions for the one-shot parameter.

• Coastal structures position definitions may now overlap.

Your feedback is invaluable as we keep refining and expanding the game. Let us know what you think on the Community Hub — and stay tuned for more updates!

We’ve just deployed a new update packed with improvements, fixes, and a brand-new ship for you to command. Here’s what’s new:

🛠️ Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that could cause default structures to duplicate.

• Fixed a bug that could cause ports to take damage from fleets without a battle.

• Hidden enemy fleets can no longer fire on aircraft.

• Removed some undesired prompts during tutorials.

• Prevented cases where the "view on map" button focused on the wrong location.

• Enemy sinking ships no longer block periscope lock-on to distant enemies.

• Weapon reload progress no longer resets after loading a save.

• Fixed enemy health amounts when loading old saves.

• Fixed a bug that could cause the camera angle to get stuck after returning from combat against aircraft.

• Fixed an exploit that allowed German dive bombers to be built on a level 1 airfield.

• Fixed a bug that could cause a battle to end before setup completed.

⚓ Gameplay Changes

• Added the German Handelsschiff cargo ship.

• Reworked the autoresolve system to better match real combat gameplay.

• Aircraft are more likely to start combat closer to the enemy, and can no longer be repositioned during setup.

• Added the ability for the player to replenish partial flights.

• Added the ability to toggle the target depth of ASW bombs.

• ASW bombers are now better at spotting submerged subs at range in combat.

• Depth charges can damage surfaced ships if detonated close enough.

• Added an option to prevent battles from ending automatically when one side is defeated.

• Submersible fleets may now enter combat with other submersible fleets.

• Submersibles can fire torpedoes while in a deep dive — and be hit by them.

• Silent running now disables active sonar and weapon reloads, and works as an on/off toggle instead of a timed status.

• Enemy navies will create fewer submersibles.

• Improved scout plane AI.

• Civilian ships now cruise at 10 knots or less.

• Added more strong British ships at the start of a new Allied campaign.

• Expanded sections of the tutorial.

• Fighter movement is now smoother when intercepting.

🎛️ UI Improvements

• Torpedo buttons now show both the current payload size and the loaded torpedo count.

• Enemy boxes are visible at closer distances in bad weather and scale with ship size on screen.

• Post-battle victory messages now include aircraft kills and losses.

• Results popup shows the number of shells and torpedoes fired by both sides.

• Sonar pulse from ASW planes is now visible on the minimap.

• The low ammo icon only appears if a ship is low on an ammo type across all magazines, and lists affected ships.

• Point values are no longer displayed on enemy fleets.

🧩 Modding

• Ship commission time multipliers are now moddable per faction.

We’ve just deployed another update for Victory At Sea Atlantic, focused on bug fixes, gameplay improvements, and a key modding adjustment. Thanks to all of you for the continued feedback—keep it coming!

Bug Fixes:

• The collect supplies button is now enabled for neutral ports.

• Sweden now correctly replenishes its resources.

• Resolved an issue where supply fleets would repeatedly dock and undock while awaiting resources.

• Fixed a navigation issue affecting submersibles at very deep depths.

• Submersibles now load from saves at the correct depth during combat.

• Structure upgrade tooltips now correctly display the resource cost.

• The Fairey Swordfish's propeller now rotates around the correct axis.

• Combat air patrols will always initiate combat when in range.

• Fixed a bug that allowed the enemy to make excessive espionage and sabotage attempts.

Gameplay:

• Ships will now automatically switch to an alternative ammunition type if their selected ammo runs out.

Mods:

• Reload time values in weapon stat definitions will no longer be overridden by values in ship weapon definitions.

Thanks again for playing and supporting Victory At Sea Atlantic! See you on the high seas.

Submarines stay hidden, torpedoes flood their targets, and Sweden opens for business — check out what’s new!

Hello Commanders!

We’ve just rolled out a fresh update based on your feedback and reports — thank you as always for your continued support. This update brings a range of gameplay improvements, bug fixes, visual tweaks, and new quality-of-life options to make your time on the bridge even smoother.

Check out the full patch notes below:

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug causing retreating enemies to cluster in the middle of the arena.

• Ship positions should now remain consistent after loading a game saved during combat.

• Prevented a case where non-spotted enemy fleets appeared on the campaign map.

• Attack orders are now cleared once their target is destroyed.

• Fixed minimap order lines not updating in some cases.

• The enemy will no longer know the starting location of submerged player submarines.

• Torpedo tubes will now reload when outside of combat.

• Corrected an issue where the enemy speed and bearing label could get stuck.

• Intelligence reports are now localised correctly.

• Removed a misleading sound clip from the sabotage failure popup.

• Fixed a rare save game issue affecting fleet loading.

• Prevented the airfield autofill button from instantly constructing aircraft.

• Stopped flights being shot down before the battle popup appears.

• Ensured the squadron list displays correctly in the carrier operations tutorial.

Gameplay Improvements

• Added neutral ports in Sweden, allowing Germany to collect supplies.

• Submersible tankers can now resupply fleets with all ammunition types.

• Cargo ships may also resupply fleets with ammunition.

• Slowed build and repair times for bombers.

• Enemy ships detected but not visually confirmed now appear as silhouettes.

• Improved aircraft steering controls.

• Retreating fleets won’t fire torpedoes in autoresolved combats.

• Fleets cruise at half speed on the bridge level; enemy convoy ships maintain cruise speed in combat.

• Fleet attack orders are no longer cleared when losing sight of a target fleet.

• Improved coastal pathfinding on the campaign map.

• Torpedo hits now deal flooding damage, slowing ships until repairs are made.

• Formation movement is now less strict, favouring speed over rigid positioning.

• Enemy surface ships now start combat in motion.

• Ships won’t throttle to zero in combat unless specifically ordered.

• Enemy spotters now scout the arena instead of landing immediately.

• Reduced the accuracy of civilian ships’ gunnery.

• Withdrawing from combat without losses after sinking an enemy now counts as a victory.

• Silent running now limits a submersible’s throttle instead of its maximum speed.

• The combat end cutscene will play if the player withdraws without damage.

UI & Quality of Life

• Added a toggle option for click-to-move on the sea.

• Key bindings can now be cleared in the options screen.

• Added explanatory tooltips to campaign objectives.

• Clicking a fleet counter highlights all squadrons in that fleet.

• New togglable alerts for completed fleet repairs.

• Added a tooltip showing time remaining for ship repairs.

• Alert icons on the bridge can now be dismissed with a close button.

• Ship stats now display torpedo tube placement and internal torpedo capacity for submersibles.

• Oxygen and battery warnings no longer show for surfaced subs.

• Renamed “Retreat” button to “Withdraw.”

• Renamed "AMES" to "Radar Station."

• Added speed and bearing labels to fleets on the campaign map.

• Alert toggle panel is hidden during combat.

Visual Updates

• Reduced the intensity of the sharpen post-processing effect and disabled hard light blending.

• Added a fallback ocean shader for systems that can’t render volumetric materials.

We Want Your Feedback!

As always, your thoughts help shape future updates. If you run into any issues, or have ideas for improvements, drop us in the community page — we’re listening.

Hi everyone,

We just wanted to give you a quick heads-up — we’re very close to releasing our next update for Victory At Sea Atlantic! This one’s packed with new features and a host of quality-of-life improvements, many of them directly based on your feedback.

We’d hoped to have it out for you today, but we need a little more time to finish off some final tweaks and make sure everything’s running smoothly. Thank you so much for your patience and continued support — it means the world to us.

We’ll keep you posted and aim to have the update in your hands very soon!

Fair winds, The Victory At Sea Atlantic Team

• Coastal assault missions in single-fleet mode are now played in the combat view.
• General Campaign AI improvements
• The timescale may now be increased to 32x in combat.
• Added extra enemy fleets to new Axis and Allied campaigns.
• Improved enemy fleet AI for planning amphibious assaults.
• Increased the maximum hull damage on all ship classes.
• Reduced AA weapon accuracy.
• Increased the effectiveness of ASW against submersibles in autoresolved combats.
• Increased the effectiveness of dive and torpedo bombers against surface ships in autoresolved combats.
• Increased the effectiveness of fighters against bombers in autoresolved combats.
• Airfields' allowed spotter launch ranges are displayed on the map when the UI is moused over.
• Gun turret rotation speeds are more realistic.
• Ship captains may be swapped around in single-fleet mode.
• Submersibles start combat closer to enemy surface ships, and at a position that better reflects the global fleet positions.
• Sub-hunter ships start ASW combat at a slower speed.
• Increased detectability of submersibles when they launch a torpedo.
• Germany starts with a farm and a factory in new Axis campaigns.
• Ships may list at an angle after taking heavy damage..

• Fixed a bug causing loitering flights to return to a moving fleet too soon.
• Move order queueing works for aircraft flights.
• Prevented some gun turrets rotating through the superstructure of their ships.
• Radar stations can be built in all territories.
• The structure repair tutorial gives the player the correct amount of resources to repair the structure.
• The summary panel shows the correct weekly income stats of structures.
• Fleets with a movement destination take a more sensible path after leaving combat.
• The Short Sunderland no longer has a blank space for a name.
• Japanese characters are all visible on the unit name and class UI.
• Prevented the amphibious assault muster point UI being displayed for enemy assaults.
• Stopped the enemy capture of player territory being displayed as a victory.

• All carrier-based bombers may now carry ASW payloads.
• Single-fleet campaign XP progression now scales based on your fleet’s size and strength.
• Player fleets can build aircraft instantly while in single-fleet mode.
• Various performance optimisations.

• Fixed an issue where the UI could display incorrect weapon damage values on some ships.
• The Type-XIV U-boat is no longer categorised as a battlecruiser.
• Corrected weapons loadouts on County-class and Wichita-class cruisers.
• Clicking on the minimap in fullscreen no longer issues unintended move orders.
• Right-clicking aircraft buttons in combat won’t open the radial menu.
• Resolved an issue preventing aircraft combats from starting correctly in single-fleet mode.
• Prevented entering combats with non-player aircraft in single-fleet mode.

• Amphibious assaults and air raids may be played in combat view.
• Added the Bristol Beaufighter fighter/torpedo bomber.
• Added the De Havilland Mosquito fighter/bomber.
• Newfoundland begins under British control.
• Non-landed assault troops join a territory's defence garrison after a territory is captured.
• New landing craft may not be researched before amphibious assaults are unlocked.
• Enemy navies may begin attempting amphibious assults earlier.
• Improved enemy navy amphbious assault fleet AI.
• Gunfire is more audible at long range.
• Improved panning behaviour on the minimap.
• Purely aircraft vs submersibble combats do not count as an ambush.
• Fleets ignore weather-based speed movement penalties when outside the combat screen.
• Objectives consider all destroyed enemy structures to be at 0% health.
• Added a confirmation popup when leaving combat with the toggle key.
• The maximum height at which a torpedo bomb arms is more lenient for flights in formation.
• The flight altitude gauge is more accurate.
• The summary panel only shows ship/aircraft focus targets that are in the player's navy.
• Clicking the land button on the bridge screen applies the order to the whole aircraft squadron.
• Improved convoy zig-zag behaviour in combat.
• Convoy escorts are better placed at the start of combat.
• Limited the proximity to enemy ships at which submarines can be placed at the start of combat.
• Reduced cargo ship armament.
• Added huff-duff as a research project, allowing small ships to detect enemies at long ranges.
• Removed radar from German U-boats.
• Surfaced submersibles are harder to spot at night and in poor weather.
• Increased research times on the TBF/TBM-3 Avenger research projects.

• Improved post-processing effects.
• Improved the motion of crashing aircraft.
• Improved aircraft propeller rotation.
• Added a visible torpedo projectile to the Fairey Swordfish.

• Fixed a bug that could cause destroyed aircraft flights to linger on the map.
• Stopped flights sometimes disappearing upon transfer between airfields.
• Prevented structures potentially staying in the destroyed state after repairs.
• Ensured all ships load in the correct positions when loading a save in combat.
• Prevented camera trying to focus on distant ships during an aircraft-only combat.
• Flight loss and friendly fleet sabotage use the correct audio clips.
• Stopped alert popups appearing during the start combat stage.
• Fixed text formatting on the loading screen for certain alphabets.
• Submersible tankers are buildable in shipyards.
• Aicraft flight icons don't show the construction icon when no longer under construction.
• Fixed a case of a combat ending before torpedo bombs hit their target.
• Prevent Germany from researching the allied planes research project.
• Fixed the position of the power station in Bergen.
• Flight stats still show on the flight button tooltip while the shift key is being held.
• Torpedo tubes can reload outside combat.
• Prevented some runway-based planes being used as cruiser/battleship spotters.
• Fixed a bug potentially stopping time passing normally outside combat.
• The Richelieu-class battleship's rear turrets use the correct weapon stats.
• Stopped retreating planes being damaged in a combat after the end cutscene.
• Anti-air coastal structure names change correctly after upgrading.
• Stopped landing ships repeatedly taking zero damage from hits after the first.
• Squadrons in circle formation can be rotated properly in combat setup.

• Improved enemy scouting behaviour, and made combats more likely when fleets encounter enemies.
• Rebalanced fleet damage in autoresolved combats.
• Submersibles can no longer fire their main guns through their conning towers.
• Updated the tutorial to include some newer mechanics.
• Miscellaneous performance optimisations.

• Fixed a bug where submerged submersibles would load from a save as surfaced.
• Prevented fleets from taking a route through the English Channel when attempting to avoid it.
• Fixed a bug that could stop fleets attempting to capture a territory.
• Troop labels refresh correctly after autoresolving an amphibious assault combat.
• The attacking landing craft will not decide to automatically retreat in an amphibious assault.
• Stopped some incorrect German alert dialogue audio playing.
• Stopped audio from cutting out in combat at high timescales.

• Stopped the Richelieu-class battleship's propeller rotating on the wrong axis.
• The Boulton Paul Defiant's wheel struts retract in flight.

• The M key may be used to toggle between the bridge and combat views when a fleet is selected.
• Increased the distance at which two fleets will initiate a battle.
• Increased submersible starting distance in combat.
• Increased enemy ships' detection bonus against player subs.
• Torpedoes are automatically spotted at extremely close range.
• Improved flight bombing AI when using reduced bombing payloads.
• Moved the Axis starting airfield to Cologne in new campaigns.
• Improved patrol behaviour of enemies in single-fleet mode.

• Prevented a case of an entirely submersible-vs-submersible combat starting.
• Fixed a bug where a normal campaign could not be started after starting a single-fleet campaign and returning to the menu.

• Added a display showing the total ammunition of a ship.
• Added colour-coding to the formation icons.

• Fixed an error with the Bearn-class carrier model.
• Flags rotate better according to the wind direction and the ship movement.
• Reduced fog density in clear weather.

• Added the Queen Elizabeth- and Queen Mary-class troop transports.
• Added the Dornier Do 17 bomber.
• Added the Messerschmitt Me 410 fighter/bomber.
• Improved chances for aircraft to escape in auto resolved combats before being shot down.
• AA weapons split their fire better in auto resolved combats.
• Passive ship traits are displayed alongside the unlocked special action buttons.
• Reduced the damage radius of exploding oilers.
• Fleet defend orders do not show lines on the map for unselected fleets.
• The Ruler-class research project doesn't need the Bogue-class as a prerequisite.

• Stopped AI ordering single ships from incomplete convoys to deliver supplies.

• Added the option to scale the UI below 1x if playing at lower than the minimum supported resolution.

• Fixed a bug preventing the Lockheed Lightning model from appearing.
• Fixed some missing or incorrect localised text.
• Improved word wrapping on certain UI elements for Japanese and Chinese languages.

• Ensured all ship classes available to both the US Navy and Royal Navy are researchable before the USA enters the war.
• French aircraft are available to both the Axis and Allies.

• Added the Bay-class frigate.
• Added the Black Swan-class sloop.
• Added the Béarn-class aircraft carrier.
• Added the Vaquelin-class destroyer.
• Added the B-26 Marauder bomber.
• Added the Lioré-et-Olivier LeO 45 bomber.
• Added the Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighter.
• Added the Messerschmitt Bf 110 fighter.
• Enemy will change its submersible doctrines over time regarding patrol areas, AA usage, combat behaviour, and wolf packs.
• Operation Pointblank may be triggered before December 1941 by achieving naval superiority.
• Added some adaptive difficulty to the campaign if the enemy navy is severely outmatched.
• Added bindable shortcut keys to jump to higher timescales.
• The sound of enemy depth charges hitting the water is audible from underwater.
• Added more depth charge detonation depth variation.

• Fixed the late-game port capture missions in single fleet mode.
• The ship purchase popup will not allow the player fleet to exceed its maximum fleet size in single fleet mode.
• Troop-only convoy fleets will automatically start transporting again once finished waiting for enlisted.
• Stopped the game getting stuck if paused right as combat ends.
• Fixed the propeller on the Curtiss Seahawk.

• Added four playable historical scenarios.
• Added the Nelson-class battleship.
• Fleet entry positions in combat depend on their global positioning and heading.
• Increased the default arena size to 100x100km.
• The player may command two ships at the rank of Captain or Kapitän zur See in single-fleet mode.
• Added a gunfire spread indicator to the gun crosshairs.
• Gun splash positioning is more accurate to shell impact position at high timescales.
• Sequential manually-fired shots near an enemy ship increase in accuracy.
• Added the ability to toggle formation spacing during the combat setup phase.
• Improved enemy ship evasive manoeuvres in combat.
• Convoy formation behaviour improvements.
• Enemy escorts will try and defend retreating cargo ships.
• Crippled ships are automatically dropped from their formations.
• The periscope angle remains consistent for each ship after switching camera mode.
• Decreased the depth charge sink speed.
• Reduced submersible turn speeds.
• Reduced submersible torpedo reload times.
• Offset true enemy ship positions from the last spotted position during combat setup.
• Reduced accuracy of civilian ship guns.
• Improved mimimap zoom and panning behaviour.
• Allowed certain popups to be closed with the escape key.

• The Type-VIIB U-boat can now carry ammunition for its guns.
• Prevented depth charge models freezing or lingering after detonation.
• Stopped gunfire making fleet positioning controls flash up on the minimap.
• Prevented a tutorial popup potentially lingering after the tutorial ends.
• Stopped formation break voice clips overlapping.
• Some minor localisation fixes.

• Added the single-fleet campaign mode.
• Added German, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, and Chinese localisation.
• Rebalanced the strength and accuracy of AA weapons.
• Increased gun accuracy at medium ranges, and reduced light/weather accuracy penalties for manually-targeted guns.
• Combats do not automatically end while live torpedoes are still in the water.
• Adjusted the torpedo tube counts of some submarine classes for historical accuracy.
• Adjusted the minimap zoom controls.
• Added a reframe button to centre the minimap between a focused enemy and the selected player unit.
• The selected ship's fired shells display on the minimap.
• Improved AI hunting behaviour when hostile ships and subs are not spotted in combat.
• Improved torpedo collision detection.
• Increased AI ships' torpedo avoidance.
• Flights within engagement range are included in combats.
• Reduced the chance of bomb payloads missing entirely in autoresolved air raids.
• AI fleets will keep capital ships escorted with ASW-capable ships.
• Clarified the autoresolve chance tooltip.
• Squadron members are not repositioned on splitting/merging squadrons in battle setup mode.
• The camera is centred directly on the target in combat.
• Static submersibles automatically start moving if manually steered.
• Depth charges can hit with reduced damage outside their main blast radius.
• Increased sonar detection chances on ships with engines off or in close proximity to an enemy submersible.
• Enemy submersibles start combat surfaced if they're already at critically-low oxygen or battery charge.

• Fixed a but where the minimap could show the wrong orientation in aircraft combats.
• The amphibious assault muster point UI displays correctly again.
• Fixed a bug where the fleet orders radial menu wouldn't show attack options for certain cruiser classes.
• Fixed camera rotation sometimes panning the minimap, or vice versa.
• Stopped the game entering a broken state on hitting escape during the cutscene at the end of combat.
• The Hunt-class turrets' description shows the correct number of guns.

• General visual engine improvements.
• Added a day/night cycle and music on the campaign map.
• Added and updated some tutorial videos.
• Moved the ship scrapping UI to the shipyard panel.