[CoH3] Changelog

Pre-Alpha Preview - Build 1.0 - 2021/07/13

Pre-Alpha Preview - Build 1.1 Patch Notes - 2021/07/14

• Fixed an issue where some below minimum specification hardware, such as older generation Intel i5 processors, do not allow for the player to advance when selecting “next turn."
  

Pre-Alpha Preview - Build 1.2 Patch Notes - 2021/07/16

• Crash Fixes
  
  • Fixed a crash on Assault Animation end when squad dies before the animation finishes.
    
  • Fixed a crash on displaying range visuals on dead units.
    
  • Fixed a crash when trying to calculate combat preview/initiate assault on dead target.
    
  • Game can be installed to Unicode directory names
    
  
  
• Delay on edge camera panning removed
  
• Northern airfield progression bug now resolved
  

Pre-Alpha Preview - Build 1.3 Patch Notes - 2021/07/21

Crash Fixes

• Fixed a crash when a player captures Monte Cassino on the campaign map.
  
• Fixed a crash due to AI Save / Load corruption.
  
• Fixed crashes on the campaign map stemming from various abilities or actions.
  
• Fixed a number of other crash related issues.
  

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Campaign Medic Heal. Changed the range to include neighbors.
  
• Fixed middle mouse button causing camera to "jump" towards the cursor.
  

CoH-Dev Feedback Changes

• Campaign Hospital Heal Aura range increased. Range preview on mouse over.
  

Pre-Alpha Preview Closed - 2021/08/04

Multiplayer Pre-Alpha - 2021/11/30 at 9AM PT until 2021/12/06 at 8PM PT

• 2 factions: USF and Wehrmacht (no mirror matches right now) ;
  
• 4 battlegroups : USF Airborne, USF Armoured, German Breakthrough and German Luftwaffe ;
  
• 1v1 and 2v2 ;
  
• PvP, Co-op vs AI and Solo vs AI ;
  
• Victory Points or Annihilation ;
  
• Automatch and custom game ;
  
• 4 maps:
  
  • One 1v1: Twin Beaches ;
    
  • Three 2v2: Pachino Farmlands, Torrente and Aere Perennius ;
    
  
  
• Tactical pause enable vs AI ;
  
• No Italian units but Relic will be showing off those units in game next year (2022) ;
  

Multiplayer Pre-Alpha - 2021/12/01

• Fixed some matchmaking disconnects and crashes
  
• Fixed the missing scroll bar in Friends list

Multiplayer Pre-Alpha - 2021/12/03

• This patch is aimed squarely at addressing top player feedback on gameplay, crash rates, and performance. We had to make a hard choice between not rolling out a patch for the remainder of the Pre-Alpha, or publish one that fixes these issues but also introduces a visual error. We chose the latter as we want players to have a more fun, stable and better performing game as we head into the last three days of this Pre-Alpha test. Thanks for your understanding and continued feedback!
  
• Textures and lighting on buildings are flickering or flat.

• Fixed some out of memory and gameplay crashes
  
• Fixed the missing model for the Flak 88
  
• Reduced performance issues while edge panning the camera
  
• Added scroll bars to friends lists across all screens.

• Panzerschrek penetration increased
  
• Jeep HMG penetration increased
  
• Kettenkrad capture speed reduced and health decreased
  

Mission Alpha (North African Operation) - 2022/07/12 until 2022/07/19 at 9AM PT/12PM ET

• An early look at one singleplayer mission from the North African Operation.
  
• Play with an assigned set of units from the Deutsches Afrikakorps through a number of set objectives.
  
• Full Tactical Pause to play at your own pace.
  

• Occasional FPS drops in the Ajdabiya mission.
  
• Sound may desynchronize on occasion during the Ajdabiya mission. Setting Audio to Low and restarting the game may help reduce this issue.
  
• Some visual discrepancies on vehicles (charring, attachments, tints, tracks not animating, etc.).
  
• Mortars cannot be picked up from the battlefield.
  
• Anti-air gun in the village is missing its asset.
  
• Recovery Vehicle may be able to recover targets from further than intended. Certain trucks cannot be recovered as intended.
  
• Famo Recovery Half-Trak's self-repair ability is passive despite its tooltip saying 'Click to Activate.'
  
• A British 2 Pounder Anti-tank gun in the mission has a fixed position and will not rotate.
  
• A building in the final village cannot be completely destroyed.
  
• Flak 36 88mm cannot be towed when both towing vehicles are destroyed.
  
• Unit call-in abilities do not display Manpower cost.
  
• Air call-ins display incorrect target area. Ability only affects one side of the target area.
  
• Withdraw ability can target the Flak 36 unintentionally.
  
• Unloading infantry from tank-riding may not display the correct animation.
  
• Vehicles do not traverse trenches as smoothly as intended.
  
• Units may unintentionally abort a retreat order.
  
• Reinforcing the Flak 36 causes a grey progress box instead of a proper icon.
  
• Tank riding Panzergrenadier squads don’t follow their leader once they disembark the tanks without further instructions.
  

Mission Alpha Closed - 2022/07/19 at 9AM PT/12PM ET

Multiplayer Tech Test - 2023/01/11 at 10AM PT until 2023/01/16 at 10AM PT

• PvP/PvAI
  
• Automatch & custom games
  
• 1v1, 2v2, 3v3 and 4v4
  
• 4 factions (Allies: British Forces & US Forces - Axis: Deutsches Afrikakorps & Wehrmacht)
  
• 12 battlegroups (3 battlegroups per faction):
  • US Forces: Airborne, Armored and Special Operations Battlegroups
    
  • Wehrmacht: Luftwaffe, Mechanized and Breakthrough Battlegroups
    
  • British Forces: Indian Artillery, Armored Support and Air & Sea Battlegroups
    
  • Deutsches Afrikakorps: Armored Support, Italian Combined Arms and Italian Infantry Battlegroups
    
  
  
• 8 maps (2 maps per game mode):
  • Two 1v1 maps (Road to Tunis et Twin Beaches)
    
  • Two 2v2 maps (Pachino Farmlands et Torrente)
    
  • Two 3v3 maps (Gazala Landing Ground et L'Aquila)
    
  • Two 4v4 maps (Mignano Gap et Winter Line)
    
  
  

• To replay the tutorial mission, you will need to delete your save file under Documents > My Games > Company of Heroes 3 - Playtest
  
• If a user begins a game in a Custom lobby and a player tries to join after that lobby is no longer available, they may encounter a crash.
  
• Twin Beaches has the incorrect territory point income and Victory point count.
  
• Battlegroups may show as pink placeholder boxes after finishing an automatch game. 
  
• If a player leaves while a match is loading, there may be an error loading match stats afterwards. 
  
• There is a slight chance that if the host of a lobby searches for an automatch game, then fails the search and leaves the party, once they try to rejoin they will not see themselves in the lobby. 
  
• If a lobby host selects “Start Match” as a player is changing their Faction selection, they may load into the game with Battlegroups that do not function. 
  
• The Smoke Launcher ability on the Panzer III cannot be used more than once. 
  
• When certain units pick up a team weapon from a different faction, they may use that unit’s voice lines. 
  
• White Phosphorus tracer rounds have the wrong color. 
  
• The 251 Medium Carrier is missing a voiceline to indicate when Auto-Reinforce is enabled or disabled. 
  
• Stuka Anti-Tank Loiter ability is not functioning as intended.
  
• All Loiter abilities are targeting units in a larger area of effect than intended. 
  
• Constructing and repairing may cause certain units to t-pose. 
  
• Text chat box may get wider than intended when typing long messages. 
  
• Wehrmacht Sniper is missing Veterancy descriptions.
  
• Game scaling may default to a low setting causing low resolution and bluriness. Ensure your game scaling is set to 100%.
  
• A rendering bug is causing lighting shadow artifacts.
  
• A map bug is causing large patches of terrain to lose its decal dressing.
  

Multiplayer Tech Test - Build 1.1 - 2023/01/12

• Enabled Annihilation Game Mode in Custom Games.
  

• Fixed a crash when exiting from a match or mission.
  
• Fixed a crash where using an ability then opening the Tactical Map would sometimes cause a crash.
  
• Fixed a crash when loading into a match.
  
• Players should now be able to chat during a match.
  
• Fixed an issue where A.I. were unable to use upgrades in certain Battlegroups. Players may see difficulty changes based on this.
  

Multiplayer Tech Test - Build 1.2 - 2023/01/13

• Improved logging for GPU related crashes.
  
• Addressed an exploit where players were able to get more resources than intended.
  

Multiplayer Tech Test Closed - 2023/01/16 at 10AM PT

Company of Heroes 3 - 2023/02/22 at 6PM GMT