Release Notes 1.1

Main Changes

New campaign of Personal Missions: Second Front

1. The new campaign includes three operations:
1. Operation: Excalibur (immediately after the update release)
2. Operation: Chimera (approximately on 18.09.2018)
3. Operation: Object 279 (e) (approximately on 9.10.2018)
2. Each operation includes 4 sets of missions. At the same time, each set can be completed in vehicles that belong to one of the national allegiances, and vehicle types are no longer a restriction. To complete a mission, players should enter a battle in a vehicle that belongs to one of the following national allegiances:

• Union—U.S.S.R. and China
• Bloc—Germany and Japan
• Alliance—U.S.A., U.K. and Poland
• Coalition—France, Sweden, Czechoslovakia, and Italy

3. The second campaign becomes available right off irrespective of the progress in the first campaign. Thus, missions of both campaigns can be completed at the same time.
4. Each set includes 15 missions: 14 missions are available right off and can be completed in any order; at the same time, mission 15 (the final mission) becomes available after completing the rest of the missions (similarly to the first campaign).
5. All operations have different sets of conditions:

• Operation: Excalibur—accumulative missions. A mission should be completed within an unlimited number of battles, e.g. cause 10,000 damage within an unlimited number of battles.
• Operation: Chimera—a mission can be completed within a single battle (similarly to the first campaign)
• Operation: Object 279 (e)—a mission should be completed within a limited number of battles. If a player fails to complete a mission, its progress will be reset, and the player will have to start anew.

6. Each completed mission is rewarded with credits, consumables, etc. A completed operation is rewarded with a unique vehicle that cannot be received otherwise.
7. Players will be able to check mission progress right in battle.

• In Update 1.1, this feature will be available only for missions of the new campaign.
• The detailed descriptions of the accepted missions will be available in battle upon pressing Tab or N.

8. Indicator of Personal Missions in the Garage shows missions of each campaign separately.
9. Operations of the Second Front campaign will become available successively after a certain time period. Players who complete an operation before the next one becomes available will be rewarded with a corresponding unique emblem.
10. Improved the interface of the first campaign:

• The main screen is completely reworked to display missions of both campaigns at the same time.
• Improved the mission profile.
• All elements were made consistent considering specifics of both campaigns.
• New reward screens for completed Personal Missions.
• Reworked the display of missions in battle (upon pressing Tab)

Maps

• Added the new Studzianki map.
• Added the new Minsk map.
• Added the Pilsen map that has been reworked to HD. Main changes:
• Increased map size from 800х800 to 1000х1000 m
• Completely revised the eastern part of the map.
• Made a number of balance and gameplay changes all over the map.

Made balance improvements to the following maps:

1. Glacier
2. Siegfried Line
3. Mines
4. Province

The Province map will be available only for vehicles of Tiers IV-VII.

Polish tanks

• A new branch of 10 Polish vehicles was added (Tier I-X respectively):

1. 4TP
2. 7TP
3. 10TP
4. 14TP
5. 25TP KSUST II
6. 40TP Habicha
7. 45TP Habicha
8. 53TP Markowskiego
9. 50TP Tyszkiewicza
10. 60TP Lewandowskiego

Stronghold Mode

A new functionality will be added to the Stronghold mode soon after the update release: it will allow players to search for detachments automatically. At the same time clans will also be able to search for legionnaires for Skirmishes automatically.

The functionality will include the following:

1. The detachment commander will be able to select vehicles that should be used by legionnaires found as the result of automatic search.
2. Legionnaires will be able to select vehicles they want to use when fighting in a detachment.
3. Automatic search for a match (between the vehicles selected by the detachment commander and legionnaires).

The automatic search will be available permanently in Skirmishes at Tier VI and on days of Wargames in Skirmishes at Tiers VIII and X (according to the schedule of Skirmishes and Wargames).

Other Changes

• 4. Added the customization functionality for all Tier IX vehicles.
• 5. Updated Wwise (sound engine): fixed a number of critical issues of the sound system; added a new functionality to improve the sound in the game.
• 6. Changed the display of Bulletin in the client. The section itself has been renamed into Field Post Office.

Changes to the technical characteristics of the vehicles

   U.S.S.R.

•  Added the IS-2M

   Changed vehicle characteristics

• Object 430 II: displayed power of the 4TDF engine was changed from 580 to 610 h.p., which corresponds to the actual value.

Fixes and Improvements 

• Added display of dynamic technical characteristics to equipment tooltips.
• Shells in the magazine are displayed properly when changing a shell type during reloading a magazine.
• Fixed the issue, when in some cases after repair, vehicles could move without tracks.
• Fixed the issue when after applying a winter or desert customization element a player re-entered the Exterior menu but got to the Preset Styles tab.
• Fixed the issue when unremovable camouflage patterns that allowed applying Inscriptions and Emblems could be removed in the Exterior menu.

Known Issues 

• The vehicle panel does not get locked upon confirming readiness in Special Battles.
• Players can re-train crew members to special vehicles that are currently not available in the game.
• There is no protection from spam-clicking on the minimap.
• Vehicle type icons in the extended vehicle panels do not change their color dynamically, when selecting the Colorblind mode in battle.
• Disabled free crew retraining to vehicles of the same type.
• When a player destroys a vehicle by overturning it, this vehicle is not counted towards the total number of vehicles the player destroyed.
• A vehicle with mounted standard and Improved equipment cannot be sold.
• The recruiter's Recruiting Office does not display the recruits and reservists that they invited, if the recruiter's account is restored to a state, preceding the moment when recruits accepted the invitation.
• Mismatch in the descriptions of the Personal Missions (for Platoons) in battle (upon pressing TAB), Battle Results, and congratulation window.
• The badge about base capture can be displayed prematurely, even before the indicated number of points has been accumulated.
• The order of events for received damage is sometimes mixed up in the damage log.
• The text of Mission conditions is not displayed in the congratulation window, provided that the required vehicle type is specified in the Mission conditions.
• In some cases, the sound and effect of receiving damage is missing.
• Upon clicking Paint the Whole Vehicle, paint is not applied to the entire vehicle in case of some tank destroyers and SPGs.
• When a spotted enemy vehicle gets stunned, becomes no longer visible, and the stunned player uses a First Aid Kit, while still unspotted, then the stun indicator is still displayed above this vehicle to its opponents when spotted again.
• When a vehicle is destroyed, the log disappears, provided that the player has not enabled the "Show in Postmortem mode vehicle that destroyed your vehicle" option.
• The amount of received damage of the shot that destroyed the player's vehicle is not displayed in the log.
• The elite status is not received by vehicles of Tier V if the following vehicle (Tier VI) is purchased using a token earned in Bootcamp.
• The player's position in the League is not displayed on the home screen of the Ranked Battles.