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Damn, that ability was already border line OP, and on a commander without useless abilities(except maybe b4 in 1v1). Prepare for shocktroop blobs killing half the army on retreat every game against soviets.

Yes, this could potentially be very bad, god knows why they decided to do this...

Waiting for my horrible internet to actually download the patch, will check for meaningful omits when it finishes.

On that topic, there is also a mortar model for usf in AA. I think you're currently using the Ost mortar.

I know, I initially tried adding the USF 81mm mortar team, which uses the new USF 81mm mortar model, but everything about that unit seemed so glitchy (like it was just forcibly turned into an infantry unit from the mortar ht) that I swapped over to the 60mm that has the grw34 animations and model.

Someone in another thread reported an issue with JPIV turret rotation, and he's kinda right. It's an issue with how much the turret can actually rotate in the animations (like 6 degrees maybe) vs how much rotation it is given in the stats (15 degrees). Not sure if I should "fix" this by matching the animation rotation with the stat rotation and thus nerfing the fire cone of the JPIV. I guess I could compensate with some other stats...

Anyway, last update before the maintenance, let's see if they do that fancy bug fix patch and break everything

#4

Bug fixes for issues I created:
Removed 5% engine destroyed crit from Volk faust, forgot it had its own weapon type (fallschirmjager one uses ostheer version)
Added in missing vet4 bonus for new OKW mortar team
Gave partisans appropriate squad text changes with their weapon upgrades
A couple of text strings in wrong places (KV-2 etc) fixed.

Bug fixes:
Hopefully fixed all veterancy stacking for abandoned team weapons, shorter to list units NOT affected: raketen, zis-3, b4, USF team weapons, lefh. Other units potentially had bonuses being carried over (mg42, mg34, pak43 for both factions confirmed, others changed because they fit the same pattern of weapon stat veterancy+permanent=true flag).
Fixed Major artillery firing radius being 2.5 units larger than targeting radius (15 vs 12.5, now 12.5 both)

Balance:
Tank Hunter reinforce cost penalty increased by 1mp, reinforce time increased by 15%.
Removed Grenadiers from T1 building, only available from HQ now.
DSHK to 0.6 aoe suppression (0.8), the super fast traverse doesn't play well with aoe especially with the now reduced nade ranges.
Added a 3 man squad to Recon 900MP combat group for remanning the dropped atgun (they have no vet or abilities...so not much use otherwise. Would look silly for the atgun to come out of the box already manned, otherwise would just do that.)
Ram now gives engine damage instead of threads destroyed to the T34/76 and T34/85, still maingun destroyed, still stunned for a few seconds.

While I like the Volk model returning, I really hate to see the SMG upgrade go, it gave them a purpose other than "AT Meat Blob" and felt way more authentic (not that you care about authenticity) . How about an "Assault Package" that gives them the MP 40's and changes their model to Grenadiers? (is that even possible?) MP 40 Volks were my favourite part of the mod, it's really a shame to see them go.

There's no way to change models on the fly. You can add models to a squad but you can't remove or change old ones. It's unfortunate, have to keep the squad models as grenadiers or PGs to even offer the MP40 choice.


And the PIV has a decent chance of deflecting even the EZ8...

Made a small update with the new volk test:

#3

Added a T1 building check to grenadier rifle grenade ability
Increased PG smoke cost to 20 to match changelog
Made OKW HQ props (sandbag, generator etc) all passable so your units don't get stuck on them anymore.
Removed 1 second lifetime limit from fusilier at nade, kinda silly for it to be the only one to constantly go poof in midair due to it.
Fixed soviet tech discount

Reverted volk & sturm situation. Volks now have 90 muni upgrade (as before) for one schrek which changes them to a tank hunter squad. This increases their reinforce cost by 4mp/model and decreases veterancy gain by 30%. Tank Hunters can buy an additional shrek for 50 munitions (not rebuyable for now). Volk schrek aim time for long and medium distance increased so you can potentially avoid getting fired at. Reload time decreased to compensate. AOE halved so it's not an anti-inf upgrade.

I guess this is still blobbable, but atleast the upgrade now has a clear negative effect for an individual squad in combat.

Having tested a bunch of stuff, thinking of going for this route with the volk/sturm situation:

Volks back to 235mp base and volk graphical model. Volks get a 90 munition upgrade for 1 schrek. They can buy an additional shrek for 50 munitions after that to bring them up to two.

The 90 munition upgrade changes the squad to a Tank Hunter squad which has 4mp/model higher reinforce and 20% increased veterancy requirements. The second weapon has no extra penalties attached.

Volk schrek aim time multipliers for far and medium ranged increased (reload decreased to balance out dps after first shot), so that you can potentially avoid getting oneshot at max range by moving back with your vehicles.

AOE on the weapon decreased so it doesn't act as an anti-inf upgrade.

Requires own territory for both upgrades

Potentially add some kind of minor "combat training" for munitions after two trucks have been placed so non-tank hunter volks have some reason to exist late game other than meatshielding.