War on the Sea

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Arcade or Sim?

Gunnery fire rates are historical.
Accuracy is based on target solution which is modified as follows;

Rate of Solution Accuracy Increases with:
- Good visibility to target, at close range
- Using Spotting fire against the target
- Correct identification of target ship class
- Using radar
- Target using radar
- Dark conditions and target illuminated by fire, muzzle flashes or fire
- Tracking target with multiple directors

Rate of Solution Accuracy Decreases with:
- Poor visibility to target, at long range
- Changes in target course or speed.
- Changes in observing ship's course or speed.
- Target is burning or releasing smoke (unless observer using radar)
- Losing contact with target

[Asid]

Version 1.06b Now Live
10 Feb

GENERAL
•   Guns firing flak automatically stop if HE ammo runs out
•   Guns firing flak no longer spam "No Ammunition" messages if HE ammo runs out
•   Improved air formation behavior if air leader shot down during an attack, especially during a dive bomb
•   Forming up flights under new leaders clears references to original leader
•   Wichita stern secondary gun number of barrels and icon corrected.
•   Tutorial panel respects UI scaling across all lessons
•   Save game dialogue box respects UI scaling in Campaign and Custom Mission
•   Submarine torpedo tube number correctly display during pre-combat briefing
•   Improved aircraft terrain avoidance AI (player MUST still manually avoid terrain if flying a plane themselves)
•   Dogfighting aircraft now intercept targets properly (bug introduced v1.06)
•   Cancelling MAN with the toggle firing now clears the weapon waypoint placement
•   Fixed a few subtle issues where switching MAN firing on/off or cancelling it could get out of sync with target data
•   Kate max speed corrected to 204 kn


CAMPAIGN
•   Removing all troops from a home port no longer renders it neutral
•   Aircraft with 0 endurance that were never given a course to follow now land as expected
•   Player aircraft no longer "auto moved" in campaign combat if player ships are present
•   Subs moved to intercept position only if subs present for that side (no other surface ships, no air)
•   Submarine reloads and tubes ready correct and persistent over campaign combat sessions
•   Ground war continues to be calculated in cases where all opposing troops are "evacuated" from a location
•   Merging task forces now calculates correct speeds of each group

[Asid]

Version 1.07 - 13 Feb 2021
Sat, February 13, 2021


GENERAL
•   Star shells no longer generate damage
•   Star shells correctly sync up with MAN on/off/cancelled
•   Star shells now correctly fire in Museum in MAN mode
•   When in formation or following, orders panel now lists leader ID and name
•   Submarines may change their depth when in formation or following a leader
•   Corrected torpedo type 93 and 95 files
•   IJN submarines TypeB1 and Type B2 torpedo type corrected to type 95
•   Added new torpedo: type96
•   Early IJN destroyer/cruiser torpedo type corrected to the type 96: Momi, Minekaze, Wakatake, Kamikaze, Tenryu, Kuma
•   AI ships no longer break and retreat due to damage unless player is or has been detected
•   Ships no longer stall behind a crippled or sinking leader
•   AI ships no longer wait up to 2 minutes to react after detecting player units

[Asid]

Version 1.07d Released
Wed, February 17, 2021

UI IMPROVEMENTS
•   Fixed screen height detection and Options page not responding for screen heights below 850 px
•   All possible screen resolutions now displayed under Options resolutions setting

•   Pause Menu added with options to resume, save or quit the session or game
•   In combat, Escape now closes panels then if pressed again takes player to Pause Menu
•   In campaign strategic map, Escape now closes panels sequentially, then if pressed again takes player to Pause Menu
•   Right Click cancels Navigation mode in Tac View
•   Right Click cancels Navigation mode on Strategic Map
•   Right Click cancels Navigation mode in Custom Battle
•   Renamed Sea Group orders dropdowns to make them clearer
•   New icon for "Execute" orders buttons so as not to appear as checkboxes
•   WORLD button renamed to TACTICAL
•   Updated tutorials to reflect UI changes
•   CombatMountText syle added to styles.txt
•   Gun mounts now display the shell type currently being fired on the turret icons


GENERAL
•   somers_model.txt corrected "numberToFire":[2,2,2]
•   Corrected armor and TDS schemes in _data.txt files for Atlanta, Cleveland, Pensacola, Northampton, Portland, New Orleans, Wichita, Baltimore
•   Farragut and Mahan guns corrected to DP 5"/38 Mark 12
•   Can no longer create mixed formations of Sea & Air by swapping the Unit Roster
•   Only Surface Radar provides a bonus to target solution calculations


CAMPAIGN
•   Released ships that are undamaged no longer show up in repair queue with base number of repair days
•   Strategic Map music now correctly plays whenever returning to the map
•   Additional checks to prevent RTB orders being issued or carried out by Sea groups which could delete them or cause them to stop moving


Bugs introduced in v1.07b should be fixed:
•   Ships/Task forces should no longer be able to disappear off the map
•   Aircraft with no valid ship to return to should ditch and be removed from the ma

[Asid]

Version 1.07f2
Feb 23 2021

UI
Unit Roster color coded by leaders and followers
LEFT Click on color tabs selects unit and all members of that formation/group
Controlled Unit roster text now highlighted YELLOW
Zoom In/Out keys now zoom Map, even when not in binoculars view
Selecting a new unit now updates target information while game is paused
Orders panel now correctly displays new selected unit's navigation data

GENERAL
•   MALAITA typo corrected on strategic map
•   Fixed campaign tutorial which had insufficient resources to demonstrate upgrading ports/airfields
•   Atlanta AAA gun display in Unit Viewer corrected
•   Corrected AAA data for Agano and Aoba _data.txt files
•   Corrected Farragut class ship name typo: Macdonough
•   Perth class assigned main guns to correct magazines
•   Fixed a bug where map icons would not scale correctly after quitting a previous battle via the Pause Menu
•   Breaking out a unit within a line formation now keeps any followers in original formation
•   Added an error message when trying to create air formation with different aircraft types
•   Switched Air Line Ahead to follow leader only which solved line ahead issues with new Roster Interface


CAMPAIGN
•   Return to base on first waypoint (and task forces stopping?) further addressed
•   Removing ship during recruitment now updates Unit Viewer to longer display it as under command
•   Enemy ships with extensive damage can no longer call a retreat at combat startup (prior to player ships being generated) which could lock up a campaign and require a reload
•   Map Waypoints should now correctly be restored on reloading a campaign
•   AI strategic decisions limited to 1 per day
•   AI no longer launches fighters against ships

[Asid]

Version 1.08 in BETA
Wed, February 24, 2021

UI
•   Ship Roster Tabs no longer overlap in battles with greater than 10 ships

GENERAL
Using air radar no longer gives a bonus to max solution against ships
•   ship_data.txt file edits:
•   Yamato 30km surface radar added
•   Yorktown TDS added
•   New Orleans 5" belt over machinery spaces
•   Atlanta 3.75" belt rounded to 3.8" (96mm)
•   Kamogawa Maru main gun firing arcs corrected
•   Torpedo room gyro angle display added for submarines to aid with estimating accuracy of torpedo salvos
•   Submarine torpedo tubes now fire if current target is not the one being tracked by the control room, they fire at the CURRENT TARGET


CAMPAIGN
•   Campaign Summary and Task Force ships now display ammunition, aircraft names, cargo and damage on mouse over
•   Sea groups can longer receive a waypoint placed on a strategic map position that is not water
•   Loading a campaign saved with a different game version creates a backup copy of the file in campaign_backup folder
•   Ship torpedo mount ammunition now correct between campaign battles

[Asid]

Version 1.08b (In Beta)
Thu, February 25, 2021

Version 1.08b (In Beta)


GENERAL
•   Error message "No Valid Solution" displayed when no mathematical solution to target intercept exists; torpedoes cancel, guns will not fire until valid
•   Unit Viewer now holds focus on Name In Class
•   Fixed rear torpedo tube torpedo orientation on firing
•   Removed the duplicate Akatsuki ships listed as members of the Fubuki class (will not change existing campaigns)
ship_data.txt file edits:
- Brooklyn TDS added
- Amphion TDS added
- Cleveland TDS edited
- Takao belt at magazines thickened to 5"
- Atlanta Magazine armor added


CAMPAIGN
•   Fixed Ship Preview panel to display correct cargo type and amount
•   Fixed Ship Preview panel to display on ships during task force creation
•   Releasing ships returns any cargo on board to the location
•   Releasing ships closes cargo and formation panels if they were open

[Asid]

Version 1.08bh1 now Live
Sat, February 27, 2021


GENERAL
•   Error message "No Valid Solution" displayed when no mathematical solution to target intercept exists; torpedoes cancel, guns will not fire until valid
•   Unit Viewer now holds focus on Name In Class
•   Fixed rear torpedo tube torpedo orientation on firing
•   Removed the duplicate Akatsuki ships listed as members of the Fubuki class (will not change existing campaigns)
•   ship_data.txt file edits:
- Brooklyn TDS added
- Amphion TDS added
- Cleveland TDS edited
- Takao belt at magazines thickened to 5"
- Atlanta Magazine armor added


CAMPAIGN
•   Fixed Ship Preview panel to display correct cargo type and amount
•   Fixed Ship Preview panel to display on ships during task force creation
•   Releasing ships returns any cargo on board to the location
•   Releasing ships closes cargo and formation panels if they were open
•   Weather icons updated on loading campaign

[Asid]

Version 1.08c now in BETA
Sun, February 28, 2021


GENERAL
•   Torpedoes and depth charges no longer factored into Time Compression availability
•   Time compression filtered by air attack distance 250,200
•   Mission file guadalcanal1 - corrected references to Akatsuki class ships (originally listed under Fubuki Class)
•   Fixed Malaita typo in tutorial missions and campaign001 objectives
•   Fixed submerged speed penalty on submarines for loss of propellers and electric engines
•   Fixed submarine cavitation when propulsion offline
•   Surface radar no longer provides Solution bonus against submerged targets
•   Yorktown and Shokaku data.txt "aircraftTotal":[24,24,24] to more historically accurate values
•   Added "minute= min" to dictionary/general.txt


CAMPAIGN
•   Campaign ammo preview corrected for ships having performed bombardments
•   Scout aircraft default to 1 aircraft when preparing to launch
•   Added display for Endurance and Cooldown when launching aircraft/switching payloads (dictionary/general.txt AirLaunchData)
•   Language/campaign_message.txt added "MaxFlight" message

setup.txt file edits:
- postEngageSeaCooldown decreased to 30 min
- Added 300x time compression rate, timeCompression:[0,1,60,300,600,1800]
- Reduced maxCampaignDetectionRange:50.0 to 35 km

config.txt file edits:
- aircraftLaunchCooldown:0
- New variable "maxInFlight":12
- Flights from ships and airbases now limited by "maxInFlight":12

[Asid]

Version 1.08c2 in BETA
Mon, March 1, 2021


•   Nation and ship type filters added to Unit Viewer
•   Corrected 50 B17 typo in campaign001 setup.txt (introduced v1.08c)
•   Added support for flights greater than 12
•   Using map toolbar to follow target no longer drops out of binocular view

[Asid]

Version 1.08c3
Tue, March 2, 2021

•   Fixed 10th ship not getting placed correctly in some formations
•   Corrected breaking up of air groups into groups of 4
•   Corrected scout launch defaulting to 1, even if no scouts remaining
•   Repairing an offline gun will not return it to online if associated magazine is not functional
•   Decreased strafe damage and improved armor protection against strafing
•   ship_data.txt file edits:
- Wichita TDS at forward magazine corrected
- North Carolina armor corrected
- South Dakota armor corrected