Vietnam War news & patch notes

Performance:

* Flying has now also been updated for increased perceived frame rate and smoother visuals.

* Physics and collisions performance optimization (bullets, projectiles, boats, cars and military land vehicles).

Movement and Improvements:

* 3rd person flight camera now moves relative to the aircraft so the perspective changes.

* Movement in rough terrain updated for reduced bounces (I will work more on this soon).

* Swimming speed is increased a lot.

* Walk speed is reduced by 5%.

* The effect of player's energy (press 'H' to bring up UI for it) now has a greater effect on his movement speeds.

* Loading tip added to explain the small white eye icon in top left corner of screen (it shows level of concealment by fading).

Bug fixes:

Fixes for issues related to camera smoothing patch:

* Jetpack fixed.

* Wheelchair jitter fix.

* Carried soldier jitter fix.

* Parachute jitter fix.

* Camera on American cars fixed (it has been an issue since the recent camera smooth patch).

* Fix for issue where boats (probably) lost the ability to bounce off coast.

Thanks for playing, giving feedback and doing beta testing! I appreciate it.

It's great to see how much you like the new movement (Update 45) and the camera / performance patch.

I plan to try to improve the flying free camera soon so its more smooth etc.

Camera while on foot is now a lot smoother and less jittery.

The felt FPS should be higher, especially on fast PC's.

Movement has also been updated to be a bit more responsive and less icy.

I expect to soon add settings for control of the parameters and probably adjust the default settings once I get more feedback.

Thanks for playing and thank you beta testers!

MOVEMENT:

* Movement has been updated to be more responsive (faster acceleration) and stop faster (less icy).

* Movement max speeds have been reduced or adjusted for: Walking, crouching & crouch running, prone, strafing while prone and crouched, as well as for normal running (negated by taking dextroamplifier pills).

PERFORMANCE:

* Physics performance optimization.

* Script performance optimization.

* Some animal spawn rates have been lowered for performance.

* Conditions for the cap on the max number of squads has been tightened to improve performance (especially in long games).

IMPROVEMENTS:

* The game now loads when out of focus / when alt tabbed. This also means the game keeps running unless you paus. You can disable this in page of general settings in the main menu, if you want to.

* Bark texture (uv wrap) on 5 tree types have been improved for better visuals.

* Prevented NPC soldiers placing traps near player built bases.

* Artillery inaccuracy for medium and especially short range has been increased. However, not when the artillery fires on a specific position provided by player using radio, etc.

* All types of NPC's now have +20% inaccuracy for rifles, besides sniper NPC's who have +10% inaccuracy. This is to help lessen the enemies 'lasering' the player at range.

* Zippo lighter now has a lot more range on the light source.

V.C. BASE BUILDING AND MANAGEMENT:

* 32 new constructible structures for VC/NVA player.

* The player now carries 100 construction supplies and each squad member now has 50. Cutting down trees is a great way to get construction supplies.

* Supplies near display issue for VC/NVA player is now fixed.

* Some U.S. and VC/NVA bases have been updated with a few new structures.

(See Update 44 for details on base management).

Bug Fixes:

* C96 reload animation updated.

* Z-fighting on 3 player built VC bunkers fixed.

* Fix for keybind conflict when digging tunnels (it was conflicting with the new place supply point key).

* Issue with player built US pow camp having colliders on its building visualizer is now fixed.

* Player should now be able to kill centipedes.

* Sandbag blocks now wont level and cut grass, etc on load.

* Torches flickering for 1 frame every few seconds has been fixed.

* Name of village issue in the mission text for VC missions to attack enemy squad has been fixed.

* Crane (bird) physics is now on at 50% longer range.

* Destroyed small concrete bridge now has the correct collider (it had the non destroyed collider).

* Pangolin now has proper gravity force on them (rigidbody velocity was canceling normal gravity out).

* Player can no longer fire some weapons while swimming.

* Water ripples no longer appear under helicopters high above the water.

* Noise audio volume on VC base radio has been decreased.

* Angry monkeys now behave similar to dogs and move back after attacking, rather than running into the player.

Thank you for support and feedback, I appreciate it!

BASE BUILDING & MANAGEMENT:

* You can now build your own outposts (bases) and make use of 68 buildable structures added to the US side! You can access them by holding out the shovel (keybind 7) and then opening the build menu with the N-key. The player can only build a base in an area that is 200m away from the nearest base. These player outposts generate construction supplies every 6 in-game hours (other ways to get supplies is by calling them with your radio). The VC/NVA will get their own building update next.

* There are 3 outpost buildings; these being the Tent Outpost, FSB Outpost and Castle Outpost. They're highlighted in orange in the build menu, until one is placed nearby.

* Each outpost has a Base management board, which displays the overall status of the base. You can see resource production & consumption, garrison, supply hours, morale, training, hygiene and other base related statistics. Additionally, you can request vehicles through this board.

* You can view what a specific building does, by using Alt + Left Click on it in the build menu (N-key, with the shovel in hand).

* The player's base receives supplies every 6 in-game hours (specific times shown on the Base Management Board). The amount of supplies, as well as their cap, is affected by various buildings. The Storage building not only generates a bit of most resources, but is also required to store more substantial amounts in the base. Field kitchens make rations, water pumps make water, bars make beer, generators make electricity, fuel depots make fuel, munition bunkers make munitions and so on. Lastly; medical buildings, helipads and barracks generate reinforcement points. The outpost itself and the Storage generate construction supplies.

* Resources in the player's base are consumed by various sources. The resource drain of a specific building can be seen by using Alt + Left Click on a building in the Build menu (N-key, with shovel in hand). For instance, most buildings use a bit of electricity, showers use water, artillery guns need munitions, etc.

* The player's base has a garrison, initially consisting of 0 men. To increase the size of the garrison, the player can interact with the Reinforce button on the Base Management Board. Requesting soldiers costs rations (price displayed on board) & the more soldiers your base has, the more rations and water they require in upkeep. Housing these soldiers also takes barracks capacity, which is increased by building various barracks. Additionally, requesting more soldiers requires Available Reinforcements which are generated by your outpost.

* The garrison of the player's base have a Training and Morale stat (viewed on the board). Training gives your soldier's more XP increases their rank, thus making them more effective in combat. It is increased through building obstacle courses and shooting ranges. As for morale, it affects how easily your soldiers panic, and is buffed by a large variety of buildings.

* The player's base has to contend with hygiene, which is affected by showers, latrines & other hygiene buildings. These buildings tend to consume water. Bad hygiene has debuffs, good hygiene has buffs.

* The player now has the ability to request land and air vehicles at their base, through the Base Management Board. They cost reinforcement points and fuel to request, which are generated by various buildings. Land vehicles require a Land Repair Pad to be spawned, and air vehicles require a Helipad. The helipad checks if the helipad is occupied, before spawning a helicopter. You can also build your own Runway to have planes spawn automatically.

* Most player built structures now automatically clear grass and trees in the area they are placed in. Additionally, relevant player built structures now also automatically level the ground beneath them, for smooth placement.

* You can build multiple different bases, and the resources they make & use will be shared between all of your bases. The exception is garrisons & barracks, which are unique to each base.

* Player built antennas extend range of hand held radio (provided they have sufficient power).

* All buildable structures now have a visualizer appear when building them.

* The player can now repair buildings with the shovel, by using the K-key and looking at the broken building. Most player built structures can be repaired. The cost of repair is 0.5 * initial HP of structure, up to a max of 25 supplies for the repair. They will be taken from player's base storage, if possible. Otherwise the supplies player carries will be used.

* Some player built structures can now be destroyed with the shovel, by using the U-key while looking at the building you want to destroy. Outposts cannot be destroyed, for now, this will be changed in the coming updates.

* Calling in chinook with platoon under 400m from a player built base now costs 80 Reinforcement Points.

* Player's main base and its icon (barracks icon) on the map, is now moved to the base the player has built.

TERRAIN EDITING & BUILDING REPAIR:

* You can now level the ground manually with the shovel (keybind 7) by hitting the L-key.

* The player can now cut down trees & tall vegetation with their melee weapon, when holding Alt and using Left Click. Doing this also gives the player some supplies. Also, the machete is faster at cutting down trees than other melee weapons. Trees can only be cut in South Vietnam, for technical reasons.

* The player can now cut grass and other vegetation by using Left Click while nearby, and looking at it.

* We've adjusted the positioning of dirt when digging, so it is placed in front of the player instead of behind them.

* Terrain editing, both automatic and manual, saves & loads within a range of 3km.

* Bulldozer will now cut trees (in all plow modes).

SUPPLY POINT:

* Supply Point: Can be setup and retrieved by player using the entrenchment tool. It will provide medikit, main and secondary ammunition crates after some time, depending on distance to nearest friendly base and the (global) supply situation. After some time it will also provide rations and water.

If it is not retrieved there is a cooldown to redeploy it. Crates can only provide 16 mags and 16 secondary rounds before needing to be replenished by Retrieval and reposition of the supply point.

GENERAL ADDITIONS/ADJUSTMENTS:

* AT3 ATGN HEAT damage increased substantially.

* Top white UI texts now has 5 lines instead of 3, to ensure no messages are lost.

* Supplies near system now includes construction supplies from player built base if its near.

* Rank of NPC soldier now has effect on health regeneration.

* Player squad now has +50% health regen plus increase per rank.

* Shotguns for player now have bayonets available (Alt + V).

BUG FIXES:

* Added missing update of supplies near UI when taking from supply crates.

* Issues with radioman and squad medic not coming when called in loaded games is now fixed.

* Improved detection of existing helicopters on helipads, before spawning a new one on it.

* Fix for some special situations where ammo boxes could be pushed around.

* Fix for issue with NPC mortars probably digging up terrain, even when terrain destruction was disabled.

* Issue that sometimes prevented a full garrison (of soldiers not in a squad) spawning at U.S. bases, is now fixed.

* Fixed a Shooting Range issue, where it would load your save, if starting it in a game session where you previously loaded a game. Now when you enter the Shooting Range from the Main Menu, it should send you there properly.

TREE RE-SCAN:

* All trees (and 3D plants) in South Vietnam have now been re-scanned in my tree registry system.

* This system is used when cutting, destroying or charring trees and when calculating tree cover for soldiers and ensures cpu time (lag) spent on it is about 1/400th of what would normally be the case.

* The re-scan was needed due to me manually adding and deleting trees over time since the last scan, thus causing the data to become partly corrupted which results in inconstancies in some areas.

* Due to the size of the data (up to 150k trees and plants on each 2x2km terrain) I only use it in South Vietnam to save on RAM usage and loading time. Thus tree cutting etc only works there, but I plan to add more areas most likely to be relevant for players. Accessing (distance checking) the terrain tree instances normally without it would cause huge lag under these circumstances.

Thanks for playing. And thank you for the feedback beta testers.

LINE OF SIGHT & NPC BEHAVIOUR:

* Adjusted NPC line of sight (LOS) origin points and ensured LOS is always checked before firing. This is to prevent them from shooting the player through walls & should also fix some issues with enemies shooting from tunnels.

* NPC's now are more lethal when under 3m from an enemy soldier.

* NPC's rotating to target closer than 2m now has reduced update speed to decrease crazy rotations very close to target.

SQUAD:

* Squad Hold Fire command (Action menu) has been updated to completely forbid your squad from engaging enemies and a "Squad: holding fire" UI text has been added. Giving other orders to your squad. such as follow orders, will not overwrite the Hold Fire state. It is only disabled by using the Hold Fire command again. This means you have much more control with getting your squad to disengage & retreat with you, rather than focusing on fighting enemies when you want them to not do so.

* The Radio command in the Squad Action Menu now works again.

NPC COLLIDER FIX:

* NPC death animations no longer have a standing collider & the colliders on dead bodies now disappear after 8 seconds!

* Fix to prevent dead bodies not rotated correctly if they died while aiming up at helicopters etc.

* Fix for prone soldiers having standing collider at their feet that only affected players movement collider.

FIRE:

* Bonfires/campfires updated to have a protective collider, forbidding NPC's from walking into them.

* NPC's should now avoid running into Molotov fire and White Phosphorous from hand grenades.

* An NPC touched by another burning NPC will now in most cases not catch fire, but instead panic & flee for a bit.

SKILLS:

* Swimming skill now saves/loads (oopsie).

* Medic skill added & increased max capacity of bandages from 3 -> 4. Medic skill increases bandage, syringe & healing glue capacity by +1 for every 20 levels. You gain XP for it by healing NPC's with glue, medkit (weapon) or by using healing items on yourself. XP modifier is 3x on healing NPC's & 1x on healing yourself, with a 50% chance to gain XP from these actions.

ARMORIES:

* Added large VC/NVA armory tents to some bases.

* U.S. big tent armory updated (Colliders, destroyed model).

* The M1911 now spawns on tables in U.S. armories.

* The Kbar now spawns on tables in U.S. armories.

* The C96 is now in the VC/NVA Gun Range.

* The Kolt Commander is now in the U.S. Gun Range and has a 10% chance to spawn on tables in U.S. bases.

* RPD short barrel variant random roll spawn in U.S. Armorer is now way higher odds.

GUNS / WEAPONS:

* Added 9M14 Malyutka / AT3 Sagger ATGM (use W,A,S,D to control missile).

* Added K50M SMG Stick mag.

* Added K50M SMG Drum mag.

* Added TT-33 Pistol.

* New VC and NVA NPCs using K50M.

* Replaced NVA AF pilot pistols to a TT-33 (for NPCs and player).

* MP-40 reload animation fix.

* Suppressed Nagant revolver reload animation fix.

* AK47 model updated (smoothed some parts that were previousy blocky).

* RPK model updated (smoothed some parts that were previousy blocky).

* Grease Gun and the M1911 now have +50m/s muzzle velocity (and thus a damage buff also).

* Dragunov sniper rifle muzzle velocity (and thus also damage) slightly increased.

* When firing sidearms, bullets will now spawn closer to the muzzle thus allowing you to hit enemies closer to you.

OTHER FIXES / CHANGES:

* Hand grenade shrapnel from player's grenades should no longer cause negative reputation when they hit friendlies, unless they were close to the explosion. And all shrapnel will now disappear a bit faster and thus fly shorter.

* Fix for player map icon sometimes not resetting to same direction as helicopter being piloted(likely after using doorgun)

* VC/NVA player start position now raised 1m up first time to avoid issues.

* Fixed PT-76 mesh falling through the ground when destroyed.

* Keymap page now has the new Alt + Number method of using commands/orders displayed.

* Keymap page now has the Raise Weapon action displayed.

* Small Pottery jar now has correct size destroyed model.

* Poncho achievement now unlocks in light rain too (as opposed to only in heavy rain weather).

* Higher chance special sword in sandbag castle spawns (hanging on wooden beam inside).

OPTIMIZATION:

* Some physics performance optimization.

* Performance optimization of animations.

* Performance optimization of animals and civilians.

* Animal spawn optimization.

Thank you beta testers!

And thanks for all the feedback, I appreciate it. I'm sorry I haven't replied much lately.

I took a few breaks to get out in the sun and do some rl stuff so this one took some time. Thanks for your patience.

VIETNAM CONTENT

5 NEW GUNS:

* RPD (MG) for Player and VC and NVA soldiers using it.

* RPD Mod (short barrel, 125 round mag) and U.S. special forces using it. Can usually be found at the armorer (blue vice icon on map).

* PPSh-41 (SMG) for player and VC soldiers using it.

* MP-40 (SMG) for player and VC soldiers using it. It Can also be found at some U.S. bases incl. S.F. and ARVN bases.

* PTRD-41 (anti material rifle) for player.

* These new guns can be found in the randomized VC/NVA gun crates, or pre-placed locations.

BUG FIXES/ADJUSTMENTS:

* ZU-23 proximity fuse splash damage is now halved, alongside having its effective range reduced by 400 meters. ZU-23 AI accuracy vs NPC air targets decreased.

* Sidearm weapon crates should now resupply sidearm ammo if it is same caliber.

NVA RPG-7 soldier now have the right ones on his back.

* Fixed multiple issues with the Gun Range, primarily a save issue.

* VC base spawn point west of Dai Loc is now repositioned so player shouldn't fall under the terrain.

* Soviet advisors added to SA-2 instalments & NVA Air Bases in north Vietnam.

* Audio for RPK and MG-34 have now been updated as to not cause breaks in the sound.

* Fix for interrupted reload on Childers SOW.

* Hitting dogs/wolves now give hitmarkers.

* Issue due to earlier update causing too few U.S. special forces to carry Stoner-63 LMG has been fixed.

USA/SIBERIA CONTENT

SPY MISSION & SIBERIA:

* Northern Siberia Spy Mission (24km2 terrains added, includes some updated assets from my old games). The location of this mission is marked on the USA map, in Seaportle city.

* Completing the mission rewards the player with 10 000 in-game dollars.

* There are wolves, bears, deers, etc in Siberia.

* The objective is to take pictures of objects marked with a red X, which can be seen on the map the CIA has given the player. The camera as well as some supplies, will be found near the extraction point along with some crates.

* In Siberia; you can heat yourself by placing down a bonfire with your Zippo lighter (recharges every 2 minutes or from proximity to firewood stacks in Siberian villages) or by going to houses with smoke coming out of the chimney and a black stove inside. Your body temperature is displayed as a colour on your Health status on the top left side of the screen. Teal/blue means you are cold, orange means you are warm.

* You are disguised upon entry to Siberia and because of this, you can get close to guards. But get too close and your disguise will be lost. Having any weapon in hand, including the camera - will lead to your cover being blown. When your disguise is lost, only enemies that directly saw through you and your disguise, will attack you. You can find stronger weapons, such as scoped Mosins in some Siberian village houses, as well as vodka - which when held in hand, will improve your disguise. Additionally, drinking vodka will heat up the player a bit.

BUG FIXES/ADJUSTMENTS:

* Criminals in USA will now target player when having sidearm equipped too.

* Fix for interrupted reload on KOLT wAR15.

* Wolves have had their health reduced to 65 points.

* Robbing safes is now more profitable. There is more cash inside and the chance to find a gold bar or gold nuggets is also much higher.

Thank you beta testers!

VIETNAM CONTENT:

AIRSTRIKES & ARTILLERY:

* VC/NVA NPC artillery is now significantly less accurate than before, to make them less frustrating to

deal with.

* Player called artillery is now more accurate.

* VC/NVA NPC RPG's are now less accurate.

* Airstrikes (“B” key) called by player and dive bomb airstrikes called by NPC radiomen will now use tangential approach (relative to base perimeter) if near friendly base, to minimize collateral damage. In other words; these will no longer devastate friendly US bases. This code also used to have a 10% chance of failure, which has now been reduced to 5% (it simulates rare friendly fire incidents).

High Priority Fixes:

* Victory Points and various other things and accomplishments in Vietnam are no longer unintentionally cleared when going to U.S.A. (oops sorry guys).

* Player now has proper momentum when running down hills and mountains.

* Player movement now has more bounce and thus moves more smoothly across rough terrain.

* Fixed a high priority issue where some NPC squads that had been killed; would be revived when the player loaded their save. Leading to a rising amounts of squads that should not be present. We fixed this by adding save data for squad health, which is set to 0 on squad death. Meaning; fallen squads of enemies should no longer rise from the grave after you load your save.

* Fix for issue where sometimes after player drove far in land vehicles originating from groups of vehicles on roads, would cause destruction of player’s parent object (the vehicle), and thus cause loud noise and stall of game. It was reported as BTR-60 issue but fix applies to all.

PLAYER BODY HEALTH SYSTEM:

* Player body part damage system (view with H key):

(Damage percentage shown is relative to original values)

Head shots cause +100% damage.

Torso at 0 health causes damage over time. Hits cause +15% damage.

Damage to legs causes slower movement and swimming. Hits cause -15% damage.

Damage to arms causes more recoil and slower swimming. Hits cause -25% damage.

Damage to right arm causes lower melee damage, lower throwing force.

Body parts can regain health passively over time, but not if they reached 0 health.

Bandages, morphine, being healed by a medic, using the medical crate at hospital tents and respawning restores health to all body parts. You can get more healing supplies by going to a medical crate at hospital tents.

Explosions and traps can damage body parts, but player health is affected like normal.

BUG FIXES/ADJUSTMENTS:

* NPC close quarter detection of player has been updated (detection of VC player affected to a higher degree due to that situation being further from the intended conditions).

* NPCs aiming at player updated (to better match new body part damage system).

* Less indirect explosion damage for player (when solid structures block direct path from player to explosion center).

* Fixed an issue where entering US civilian cars prevents entering aircraft afterwards.

* The "Going Home Sign" in the buildings at large US bases that let you fast travel to Saigon if you have a completed Tour, should now fade the screen back to normal once used.

* Interacting with objects by looking at them now has a reduced range.

* Less MP dogs.

* Pine trees are now more lush and green (in both S.E. Asia and U.S.A.).

* Opening the Inventory no longer brings up the UI message about changing clothing, nor the cooldown.

USA CONTENT:

SHERIFF/POLICE/STATE TROOPERS/SWAT/FBI:

* FBI agents added (3 types). They usually appear at wanted level 5 and have their own vehicle. They can be found around federal buildings.

* Federal Bureau of Investigation office is now in the new Kansota City Federal Building, as is the new Department of the Treasury. They can be robbed, and there are elevators in some of these buildings.

* US Border Patrol buildings and vehicle added, along with Border Patrol NPC's.

* Bigger units of Police, SWAT and FBI can now appear on map when player has wanted level 3, 4 and 5.

* National Guard and Special Forces may now be called upon to stop player rampaging at wanted level 6

and 7.

* Added SWAT to USA. They spawn at wanted level 4 and above, and they are also placed at state penitentiaries. They will also be found sometimes at small police stations.

* Added State Troopers near highways.

* Police stations are now police departments in larger cities and sheriffs departments in smaller towns.

* Police stations now have an ammo and explosive supplies resupply crate near the gun cabinet, so you can always get more ammo for your weapons by standing near them.

* Police officers should no longer target player with 0 wanted level if they attacked him before.

* Police job application now requires pressing G to accept, and there is now a UI popup and in-game text hint to inform player.

* Police/FBI/SWAT cars now have more limits to spawning as result of player crimes and some cooldown time to avoid traffic blocks etc.

* Police/FBI/SWAT/National Guard squads updated.

* Police squads are now limited to 3 per type existing at once.

* Police squads sent after the player by being wanted now despawn when the player is over 1200 meters away and is at wanted level 0.

PRISON/CRIME/WANTED LEVEL:

* State penitentiaries have been added. If you have a wanted level of 3 or higher and then get arrested, you get sent to one of them instead of the normal small jails in police/sheriff stations. You can either serve your sentence by sleeping and waiting or escape through a hidden tunnel, climb the wall or run out the front door. The Kansota and New Texico state penitentiaries both have mines the player can go break rocks at with a pickaxe.

* Criminals will now take some of the player's money if they gun him down. The money can be retrieved by killing the criminal. Avoid this by depositing money at the bank.

* Player will now be jailed if hospitalized while having a wanted level. Bail will be paid to get out faster. Any illegal firearms like full auto rifles and explosive weapons will be seized.

* Wanted level now now decays much faster and has a maximum capped value for how long a single level takes to decay. At night, a single wanted level will take at most 45 seconds to decay and during the day, at most 60 seconds to decay. The decay speed is also affected by how close you are to cop cars.

* Entering national guard bases in the USA will get the player an immediate wanted level, due to them being a restricted area.

* Cell doors can now be opened without incurring a wanted level.

* When arrested; you now lose your weapons only if you were at wanted level 2 or above. However illegal weapons (full auto & explosive) are always lost.

* You can now retrieve your confiscated guns (besides illegal ones like explosive weapons and fully automatic weapons) from a crate at small police stations near the entrance. The guns in the crate are saved, even if you save & quit. They also replace any weapons you might have on hand, if you picked up new ones before retrieving them.

DRAFT DODGER:

* Draft Dodger mode. Appear in bottom of Corps selection screen when unlocked. Player will start in U.S.A. with minimum wanted level of 1 due to being draft violator. This can be cleared by hiding in mountains in Canada, Mexico or W. Ashington for a while. You will get an UI message telling you to hideout for a little longer if you are at the correct height/place. If arrested, player will go to a state penitentiary instead of jail even if only having wanted level of one - after which, the draft dodger status is cleared.

* To unlock this mode; get 100 kills. Then go to the main menu and start a new game as the US faction, and select Draft Dodger from the Corps selection.

LAWYERS/BANKS:

* 3 Law firms has now established offices in Kansota. Hiring a lawyer can get you reduced prison sentences and he will try to reduce the amount of cash and gold stolen from banks police will confiscate. Remember, you get what you pay for.

* Large Banks and smaller rural branches added. Player can deposit and withdraw cash. It can be helpful to avoid criminals looting it or police confiscating money or gold bars stolen from banks.

GUN SHOPS & THE BLACK MARKET:

* New gun shops have been added (closed from 01:00 to 07:00) and the existing one in Kansota City has been updated (flagship store is always open).

* KOLT wAR-15 and other existing weapons have been added to gun shops in the USA.

* The black market gun shops now sell full auto rifles and other illegal firearms.

* Added multiple new hidden black market gun stores.

HOSPITALS & HEALING:

* Hospitals have a medical crate in most rooms now, allowing the player to resupply their medical items and heal themselves.

* Player will now respawn in the nearest hospitals in the USA.

* Medical crates now heal player limbs.

* Morphine now heals all limbs.

* Bandages can now be used at full health to heal broken limbs.

THEME PARK & RESTAURANTS:

* Vietnam War electro-mechanical combat simulators added to Kansota City, Big Rock City and 7 Banners Theme Park (the Army has already signed contracts for units delivered to South Vietnam to optimize training of new conscripts with incredible levels of realism.

* 7 Banners theme park has opened in New Texico (Bus service available from Big Rock City downtown area).

* 5 Fast food chains now have interiors in all branches and the food can now be purchased. Same for Chubby Cop Donuts and diners. New employee models added for them.

CLUB/BARS:

* Nightclubs are now in Kansota City, Big Rock City, Seaportle and Honolulu (open hours 18:00 to 04:00).

* The club can be bought and managed by the player. It can be used for economical activities in its office room's board.

* The club owner can be reported for illegal activities by finding clues with blue text above them (there are 3 in the club) and then finding a phone in the club (one is near the cash register on a counter) and then calling the police. This and other things will reduce the price of the club.

* Biker type bar added (no bikes yet though).

* Harvest weed crops and sell to biker bar mechanic added (weed grown in Mexico or New Texico pays more).

* Political Reputation added for future content. Obtained from shady dealings at the club.

CLOTHING/CLOTHING STORES:

* Clothing shops: Player can now buy and change clothes in all bit department stores, in Kansota Clothing Corporation shops (in most towns and cities), and in Hanks Haberdashery (K.C. and Seaportle).

* Changing clothes will usually lower wanted level by one. Various effects of the different outfits will be added.

MINING/GOLD:

* Gold bars and gold nuggets in various sizes have been added. Bars are usually stored in bank vaults or the federal treasury, as well as inside of Fort Bankster trucks. Nuggets can be found on the ground in mines, in safes and are sometimes dropped by Mexican criminals.

* Mines are usually near mining ghost towns marked on map, in some of the state penitentiaries and a few in the W. Ashington region.

* Pickaxes can be found near and inside of mines, and in Kansota prison yard.

* Dynamite has been added as a throwable grenade.

GROWSHOPS:

* Growshops have been added to cities in the USA map, selling supplies that let the player farm weed.

* Weed growing mechanic: you can buy the supplies at a growshop and then use the shovel to plant and farm. Use a PH kit to find a spot with 6-7 PH. They take 5 minutes to grow. Weed can be harvested by standing still in fields with them, and then sold at bars to a biker. You can find hidden weed fields in desolate areas, hidden inside of corn fields and sometimes it grows in the wild. It is also in greenhouses/barns in more northern climates.

TRAVEL & NEW CARS:

* You can travel by bus to most places in the USA map. They are marked on the map and all you have to do to use them is to approach the bus at a stop. There are large bus terminals in Kansota city, Big Rock city and Seaportle city. Each airport also has busses.

* New cars have been added; the Fort Hinterland which has 4 models, including one for the Border Patrol. And a SWAT truck for SWAT units.

* Added domestic flight tickets to all the USA airports.

JOBS:

* You can apply to become a police officer at sheriff/police stations or a prison guard at state penitentiaries.

* The player can become a truck driver. Any truck can be backed up to any trailer to attach it. The destination will be given and shown on the map in red text, and a compensation paid upon completion.

* The player can be a criminal and make money by stealing or robbing banks in the USA.

* You can farm in fields in the USA by using a combine harvester.

NEW NPC'S & ANIMALS:

* US border patrol agents have been added.

* 3 FBI agents have been added.

* SWAT agents have been added.

* State troopers have been added.

* Soviet spies can be found loitering near national guard bases (can be killed without penalty).

* Many new civilian types have been added; such as new hippies, war veterans, night workers, criminals, bikers, bartenders, fast food workers and many new female NPC's.

* Mexican Criminals on foot and on pickup truck added (they always attacks player).

* New Mexican and Native Indian civilians have been added.

* Deer added (many more flocks to come soon).

* Bears have been added.

* Wolves have been added.

MAP/ENVIRONMENT:

* 304km2 or 117 square miles of new terrain has been added to the USA map. Including many new towns, cities, airports & other points of interest.

* W. Ashington State added. Including city of Seaportle, an international airport, a few towns, some mines and a national guard & naval base.

* Wyomingtana State added. It consists mainly of road, mountains, rivers and trees.

* Canada has been expanded north and alongside British Columbia with the town of Montsilvia.

* New Texico State added. It has old ruins of Spanish villages, abandoned mines, open pit mines, hippie camps and festivals, criminal hideouts (including a lot of Mexicans), the Mexican border, a new town, Indian reservation, oil fields, a few ranches and two new hospitals. There is also a civil war train museum in the region.

* Coloradaho State has been updated with new terrain (grass, fields, roads, mountains) & a new town.

* Canada Expanded incl. new town of Montsilvia.

* A Battle of Kansota City Civil War Memorial has been added to the Kansota region.

* Fort Kansota (frontier fort, south west of the city) has been added (Image below is from Fort Yellowrock).

* Ranches and pig farms have been added to Kansota.

* Big Rock City now has a lot more civilians.

* Westhood in Big Rock City has been updated.

* South Hood added/updated in Kansota City.

* Updated military bases in Hawaii (Honolulu).

* Hawaii has been updated. New buildings, more npc's, etc.

* The missile base now has more soldiers and MP's.

* Added Hoghaven national guard base in Kansota.

* Seaportle naval base has been updated and now has a bus route.

* New national guard bases with vehicles; found south of Big Rock city and south of Seaportle city. These ones have planes & the Big Rock city one has an international airport as well. National guard bases are restricted areas, so entering them makes the player wanted.

WEATHER/SEASONS:

* Seasons/weather have been updated to follow the time and date shown in your Inventory menu (I key) accurately. Additionally the game now always starts 91 days into the year, in summer.

* Terrains can now properly switch between winter and summer. Allowing you to witness both sun and snow in the USA.

* 3 new ambiance tracks (daytime, daytime forest, night).

BUG FIXES/ADJUSTMENTS:

* Player can now travel between Vietnam and the USA (as well as other regions) after having done 1 tour, as many times as they like.

* Returning to Vietnam after being in USA should now give you the default U.S. loadout instead of what you had in USA.

* Cars with wrong (and loud and annoying) engine sounds have been updated.

* AFVN talk radio segments removed from radio broadcasts in the USA (I might add replacement eventually).

* Airplanes and helicopters in America can now fly higher. So you can fly over mountains properly.

* Out of game world restricted area added, to forbid the player from going out of bounds in the USA.

* Various bugs fixed related to prisons, player icon, wanted level, hospital spawn, etc.

* Fixed an issue that caused criminals to speak Vietnamese in the USA.

* Issue making UI show vehicle destroyed when hitting civilian cars in USA fixed, and it can now get you in trouble with the law.

* Low detail LOD for civilians fixed.

* Many missing building colliders have been added.

* Issue making UI show vehicle destroyed when hit civilian cars in USA fixed, and it can now get you in trouble with the law.

Thanks for the patience!

I'm sorry this one took a while and probably isn't exactly what you expected.

I needed a break from coding and debugging and I wanted to relax making some new terrains etc. And I had a lot of motivation to work on U.S.A. I hope you understand, I will be getting back to Vietnam now though. I look forward to listen to your feedback and be in the forum etc again. Thank you!

Thank you beta testers!

* Soldiers targeting aircraft (ie not door gunners etc) can no longer enter a legacy aim high mode (that isn’t working correctly, but got activated unintentionally). I might fix the aim high mode and bring it back later though to reduce the amount soldiers rotate back to hoot aircraft. * All trucks now has 25% more gravity force. * Flying trucks should now be fixed, or reduced a lot. * Gaz69 on roads have been replaced by trucks with troops. A quick update to mostly fix issue with soldiers shooting aircraft since update 27Thanks.