Victory at Sea Atlantic - World War II Naval Warfare

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Atlantic update 1.0.4.1
Wed, 21 May 2025



We?ve been listening intently to your feedback and have been hard at work on the new update. It would be great to hear what you think, please keep it coming!


Gameplay:

  - 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..


Bug fixes:

  - 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.

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Nearly There ? New Update Incoming!
Thu, 3 July 2025



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

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Update Deployed! Bug Fixes, Gameplay Improvements & Mod Tweaks
Mon, 21 July 2025



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.

[Asid]

Update Deployed! Bug Fixes, Gameplay Improvements & Mod Tweaks
Wed, 3 September 2025



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.