Normandy Patch Update

Strela · (This post was last modified: 05-08-2016, 08:28 PM by Strela.)

Normandy Patch 1.01 Change Log

Hi All,

We have just received the latest patch update from John. Though this doesn't have everything we wanted, we/ve decided to release what has been done to date.

Below you can see what is in the patch. What hasn't made it for this round but is being actively worked on is;

Place All function for reinforcements
User Interface and Reporting improvements

There will be a follow up patch to include these and some other enhancements planned beyond the above. We believe we have covered off the most troublesome bugs etc in the 1.01 patch.

Patch notes

Bug Fixes

Units could use a bridge while in travel mode to enter an obstacle and then exit the hex, rather than lose their whole movement allowance. This has been corrected and units will now lose all their movement points if they move into an obstacle hex
Engineer units were in some cases isolated when in a minefield – this should no longer occur
Engineer units will not clear a minefield in a turn that they recover from disruption
Adjacent engineers no longer remove isolation for units in minefields
Off map artillery was not firing during the defensive fire phase – this will now occur at the same frequency as on map artillery
Engineers that attempt to damage a bridge or AT ditch will reveal themselves if currently concealed
Units can no longer combine if in mismatched travel modes
File mismatch due to different encryption setting during PBEM – fixed
Campaign auto-advance on wrong password entry – fixed

Enhancements

New parameter file entry – Fatigue factor. Used for scaling fatigue accumulation. Set at 2.0 for Normandy & Kursk. Will be 3.0 for future titles to match the fatigue calculations in Panzer Campaigns. 3.0 is the more appropriate value to use, but none of the Kursk & Normandy scenarios were tested with the higher value
New on counter broken and disrupted markings – visible when stacked and unstacked.
New Getting Started documentation, including Campaign Primer and Terrain & Combat tables
Updated General Help guide with a revised layout and additional information.
Updated User guide with a revised layout and additional information. All manuals are a work in progress and will continue to be rationalised over time.

Order of Battle Changes

Luftwaffe 42 76mm Gun btty (hs) Soft attack value reduced to 9 from 39.
Corrected ‘Is Support’ flags for heavy mortars in 5. Fallschirm-Jäger Division & FJ-Regt 6
American & French M-21 Halftrack 81mm mortar soft attack value reduced to 10 to align with other 81mm mortars

Graphics Changes

Regiments in British, British Airborne, Canadian and Polish are now show as battalions, conforming to the correct unit size.
Corrected incorrect alternative graphics in US airborne
New ‘small’ terrain features. All files are under \Maps\Map Variants\Small. Copy all the 11 files into the map directory and overwrite the existing. To revert to the original graphics, copy the files out of \Maps\Map Variants\Original directory back into the Map directory.

Scenario Changes

#01 Getting Started: Hill 192 - Kraut Corner Missing entrenchments in hex (5,8) added. All entrenchments now halved in value i.e. marked as vacated.
#02 Getting Started: Utah Beach Erroneous reinforcements and releases removed. Game length extended to 12 turns. Selected defences now begin disrupted.
#0607_02: Authie - 12th SS Riposte Corrected scenario name
#0614_01: Return to Carentan Tweaks for balance
#0622_01: Cherbourg Landfront Corrected scenario name
#0622_01a: Cherbourg Landfront Corrected scenario name
#0622_02: Cherbourg - The Right Flank Corrected scenario name
#0626_01: Operation Epsom - Day One Replaced DD tanks with standard Shermans
#0629_01: Operation Epsom - Day Four Corrected scenario name
#0711_01: Le Dezert Added a supply source in (48,16), 60th Regt, 9th Infantry added
#0711_01a: Le Dezert Added a supply source in (48,16), 60th Regt, 9th Infantry added
#0711_02: Hill 192 - Battle in the Bocage Missing entrenchments in hex (5,11) & (6,10) added.
#0718_03: Operation Goodwood - Fifes Corrected ‘fixed’ reinforcements
#0719_01: Goodwood Day 2 Corrected scenario name
#0803_01: la Bistiere - Tigers Marsch! Removed redundant British smoke. 3 turns added for HTH play
#0803_01a: la Bistiere - Tigers Marsch! New vs AI scenario
#0803_02: Les Grands Bonfaits - Nedforce Updated description
#0808_04: Gaumesnil Corrected scenario name
#0808_05: Cauvicourt - Blooding the Polish Corrected scenario name
#0809_01: Worthington Force Corrected scenario name
#0811_01: Barenton - V Corps Strikes Corrected missing stream hex sides in hex (11,220 & (11,29), II SS Pzkorps HQ now off map
#0812_01: Forêt d'Ecouves Corrected scenario name
#0820_01: Falaise Corrected scenario name
CG_2US_Armd_6: Barenton II SS Pzkorps HQ now off map
CG_2US_Armd_6a: Barenton II SS Pzkorps HQ now off map
CG_2US_Armd_6b: Barenton II SS Pzkorps HQ now off map
CG_2US_Armd_6c: Barenton Corrected ownership of trenches

Map Changes

Alternate small map graphics included
Heavy Bridge removed from hex (85,108)
Medium Bridges added at (242,198) and (246,197)
Small Bridges added at (232,199), (236,203) & (237,204)
All rail bridges converted to small bridges to reflect their poor ability to carry vehicles.
Numerous place name updates
Rail lines removed as per the below. Thanks to Chris Haigh who did all the research here.
Most of these were tramways and were in the actual adjacent road – most closed before the war;

Isigny - Grandcamp - St Laurent - Le Molay/Littry - Balleroy - (Closed 1929)
Balleroy - Bayeaux (only shown on map going as far as Subles) - (Closed 1930)
Balleroy - St Martin des Basacres (358,337) - Closed (1930)
Bayeaux - Ryes - Arromanches - (Closed 1930/1)
Ryes - Courseulles - (Closed 1931)
Luc sur Mer - Ouistreham - Benouville - Caen (shown only going as far as Blainville) - (Closed 1944)
Pont de Ranville (actually Benouville crossing Pegasus bridge!) - Dives - (Closed 1932)