Winter Patch Buglist 2021

Jump back to quoted post8 Mar 2021, 08:30 AMMMX

ah, so the 64 bit update didn't kill the infamous 'vilshanka bug' unfortunately

this ui bug has been around for some time and used to occur quite frequently on vilshanka (hence the moniker), but is sadly not limited to this map alone. usually you can regain control by clicking on or entering/exiting an ambient building, but even this won't work 100% of the time. plus, once you run out of empty garrisons that usually means tough luck.
sometimes wildly cycling through your units and giving random orders before switching back to the bugged one can also solve the issue at least temporarily, but afaik there's no universal fix.

iirc it has something to do with how the maps were ported into the game on relic's side, so there's likely not too much mapmakers can do to prevent it from happening, either.

Hold Fire

The following change was to address the issue of vehicles revealing themselves with their secondary weapons against both land and ground targets. Secondary weapons will not auto-engage unless hold-fire is de-activated. The only exceptions to this rule are the Brummbar and Dozer which excel in attack-ground micro. Their MGs will still target infantry that are within range when hold-fire is active.

Now applies to all weapons on a vehicle
Brummbar and Dozer Pintle MGs will still target infantry on hold-fire; they will not auto-target aircraft.

Jump back to quoted post8 Mar 2021, 21:35 PMPip

Does it /only/ happen on imported maps?

Perhaps a solution (Though it would be time-consuming) would be just to remake the maps from scratch in Worldbuilder? There has to be SOMETHING linking the maps this bug is found on...

Archive Viewer

• Launch Company of Heroes 2 Tools and select Tools -> Archive Viewer;
  
• In Archive Viewer, select File -> Open and select "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Company of Heroes 2\CoH2\Archives\UIHigh.sga";
  
• Right-click "UIHigh.sga" in the Archive Viewer's treeview and select "Extract".
  
• Then I have this error:
  
  

GCFScape

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Company of Heroes 2\CoH2\Archives\UIHigh.sga loaded.
Extracting to C:\Users\Mithiriath\Desktop...
Error writing C:\Users\Mithiriath\Desktop\data\ui\assets\textures\placeholder (Error: Deflate Error: Z_DATA_ERROR.)
Error writing C:\Users\Mithiriath\Desktop\data\ui\assets\textures\t14948t14940t1549.tmp (Error: Deflate Error: Z_DATA_ERROR.)
Error writing C:\Users\Mithiriath\Desktop\data\ui\assets\textures\t20740t25008t1518.tmp (Error: Deflate Error: Z_DATA_ERROR.)
Error writing C:\Users\Mithiriath\Desktop\data\ui\bin\placeholder (Error: Deflate Error: Z_DATA_ERROR.)
Done.

Jump back to quoted post17 Mar 2021, 23:25 PMMr. Someguy

Stormtroopers given MP 40's and G43 only get 3 G43, but permanently lose their single MP 40 if any squad member dies and is reinforced.

Jump back to quoted post18 Mar 2021, 06:40 AMUnit G17

They always had 3 G43s since their major rework. Losing the mp40 is actually a good thing imo, G43 storms are meant to be used at longer ranges in general.

Jump back to quoted post18 Mar 2021, 08:21 AMMr. Someguy

Yes but if I didn't want them to have the MP 40 I wouldn't have given it to them. The Stormtrooper MP 40 does insane damage matched only by the Paratrooper Thompson, but their Kar's are only Grenadier versions. If they had Ober Kar98's then it would be better, but I'll take the super MP 40 that does higher damage than the Kar all the way to mid-range.

Jump back to quoted post18 Mar 2021, 09:32 AMUnit G17

I still don't think it's a bug, rather a balance question. Open a separate thread about it if we want to discuss it any further.
Personally I would only put G43s on storms if I wanted a frontline utility unit (smokes nades), othwerise I just keep the MP40s for the high dps on surprise attacks. G43s on panzergrens is generally a better choice imo.

Jump back to quoted post18 Mar 2021, 15:20 PMPip

I mean, it's clearly a bug. The squad was upgraded with one weapon upgrade (to MP40s), retains one MP40 if then upgraded to G43s, and then "loses" it if a model subsequently dies.

Whether or not you might consider having K98s to be "Better" than MP40s for whatever purpose isnt really the question, it's whether a squad's loadout should change if a model is killed and then reinforced (Excepting weapon drops, of course), and I think the answer to that would clearly be "no".

Either have the G43 upgrade give the fourth squad member a K98 when they're upgraded, or don't have the MP40 be "lost" when a model dies. The currently situation isnt intuitive at all.

Jump back to quoted post18 Mar 2021, 16:37 PMUnit G17

Hmm, good point, I stand corrected. It can be indeed considered a bug.

This however brings up a similar issue and I'm not sure if it can be adressed or not: some squads (typically officers) feature multiple weapons (like a pistol and several rifles, carbines or smgs) and when they pick up dropped weapons it is random which model carries it. Now optimally it should replace the pistol wielded by the officer model, but many times that's not the case, I wonder if priorities could be given in this situation.

Jump back to quoted post19 Mar 2021, 11:45 AMBaba

try having some of his bodyguards around^^

Jump back to quoted post19 Mar 2021, 14:03 PMOlfin

They were around as I remember, I will rewatch the replay to make sure of that.

Jump back to quoted post19 Mar 2021, 14:03 PMOlfin

They were around as I remember, I will rewatch the replay to make sure of that.