Slitherine

New Features and Rule Changes

• Added “Display Scaling Percentage” preference item. This allows players some control over scaling their display in-game. Note that when this version is first used, the system will automatically reset all preferences to default and attempt to set a scaling percentage that is best given your windows display settings. Players can change the scaling percentage by hovering over the value in the preference screen and selecting from the dropdown list. The game will only allow the player to select scaling percentages that fit their current display. When you change the scaling percentage, it is necessary to exit the program and restart in order for the new setting to take effect. At this time, items that appear on the right and top bars are not scaled, but the map and all other windows are impacted by the scaling percentage preference.
• Editor - Unit/Air group transfer TB flags will be automatically cleared when a scenario is loaded into the Editor. These transfer flags display in-game dynamic state and should be clear at the start of any scenario. Loading and saving off a scenario in the editor will now clear this info.
• Added Living Manual v1.03.pdf file in the \Manuals folder. This is up to date with changes through game version 1.01.00.

Bug Fixes and AI Improvements

• Units that detach from city forts disappear (placed in 0,0). Fixed.
• Dismissing leader via leader pic on right bar doesn't dismiss leader but does cost some APs. Fixed.
• Minus Fuel on hand at AB after Air Freight Transport. Fixed. (system will use city fuel or convert freight at stage base into fuel from the pool).
• In rare situations, resources/supplies/fuel/oil stored in a city could go negative. Fixed in 1.01.00 but unreported in the whatsnew.
• CTD when trying to create AD for PVO Air Command in RGOW. Fixed. (Also data change with RGOW scenario).
• CTD from clicking on manpower on left of production screen. Fixed.
• Selecting "Mission" text on air unit detail activates disband unit window instead of fighter/bomber switch. Fixed.
• Units in Oranienbaum and Kronstadt are not isolated when cut off. Fixed.
• Player in the middle of a game is dropped into the editor. Fixed.
• Can attach 11 units to a city fort instead of just 10. Fixed.
• Destroyed Damaged numbers in the Battle Report Detail General Info tab are incorrect. Fixed.
• AP cost and APs available are not immediately updating on Soviet build unit screen. Fixed.
• Can assign combat units and additional support units to FBD/NKPS units (should not be possible). Fixed.
• Event open when Event window opens doesn’t immediately reduce unread count. Fixed.
• Axis Allied manpower production is using German production usage percentage instead of using Axis Allied production usage. Fixed.
• Production screen built number for German manpower showed a negative value at the start of some small scenarios. Fixed.
• AI - During AI turn, a human player AOG changes the higher level AOG it is assigned to. Fixed.
• AI - CTD at 38% of Soviet AI in 1943. Fixed.
• AI - Strange Ai attack with only support units and no defender listed. Fixed.

Data and Scenario Changes

• 1941 Campaign and 1941 Campaign - No Early End scenario changes:

o 6th Panzer Division increased Pz35(t) from 155 to 160
o Changed a couple of Soviet Tank Divisions that start the game unready to using the 41b Tank Division OB
o XXXX Mot. Corps HQ now arrives on 10 August 1941 to the map
o Fixed Soviet Northern Offensive Event so it matches the 110% cv requirement in the manual (had been 115%).

• Stalingrad to Berlin scenario changes:

o All Assault-Sapper Squads removed from the game in favor of Engineer-Sapper Squads.
o Felmy Corps changed to LXVIII zbV Corps which Renames to LXVIII Corps
o 6th SS Mountain Division arrives in WE on Turn 109 not 113. Made SS Elite to match VtB.
o WMBef Belgium Removed on Turn 96
o WMBef France Removed on Turn 99
o WMBef Holland Removed on Turn 104
o LIV Corps Renames to 25th Army on Turn 104
o 16th SS PzGr moves to Map on Turn 111 not Turn 113.
o 269th ID moves to Map on Turn 112 not Turn 117.
o 712th ID moves to Map on Turn 112 not Turn 115.
o 403rd Volksartilliere Bde moves to Map on Turn 112 not Turn 116.
o 404th Volksartilliere Bde moves to Map on Turn 112 not Turn 116.
o 405th Volksartilliere Bde moves to Map on Turn 116 not Turn 118.
o 406th Volksartilliere Bde moves to Map on Turn 116 not Turn 117.
o 407th Volksartilliere Bde moves to Map on Turn 116.
o 408th Volksartilliere Bde moves to Map on Turn 116.
o 1st SS Werfer Bde has a Delay of 108 and moves to Map on Turn 114.
o WMBef France has von Stuelpnagel added as Commander.
o LXXXI Corps adds Adolf Kuntzen added as Commander.
o XIV/X SS Corps moves to Map on Turn 114.
o IX SS Mountain Corps moves to Map from the Balkans on Turn 109 not Turn 112.
o 911th StuG Bde Disbands on Turn 114 not Turn 107.
o 167th VG Division moves to WE on Turn 109 not Turn 112.
o 711th ID moves to Map on Turn 110 not Turn 108.
o 3rd, 4th, 6th and 7th Fallschirmjager Divisions made LW-Elite from LW.
o XIII Fallschirmjager Corps given E. Meindl as Commander
o XC Corps given E. Petersen as Commander
o XXXIII Corps given E. Engelbrecht as Commander
o XXXVI Mountain Corps given Karl Weisenberger as Commander
o 444th Security Division added to [SG]
o 286th Security Division converts to 286th Infantry Division on Turn 110
o 203rd Security Division converts to 203rd Infantry Division on Turn 101 not Turn 100.

• Vistula to Berlin scenario changes:

o All Assault-Sapper Squads removed from the game in favor of Engineer-Sapper Squads.
o 405th Volksartilliere Bde moves to Map on Turn 4 not Turn 5.
o 406th Volksartilliere Bde moves to Map on Turn 4 not Turn 5.
o 407th Volksartilliere Bde moves to Map on Turn 4 not Turn 5.
o 408th Volksartilliere Bde moves to Map on Turn 4 not Turn 5.
o All Hungarian Ground Elements updated to new equipment after the 1943 Infantry Division TO&E.
o WMBef Holland removed from the Campaign.

• Red God of War changes:

o Removed all Assault-Sapper Battalions in favor of the Engineer-Sapper Battalion.
o Linked the PVO Air Command HQ with its AOG.
o 1st Guards Tank Brigade was removed as it was a sub-unit of a Mechanized Corps.
o 1603rd Rifle Division was corrected to the 160th Rifle Division.

• Road to Leningrad change:

o 6th Panzer Division increased Pz35(t) from 155 to 160

• OB.dat Update:

o Made Axis Fortified Zones buildable - Limit 40 with a 4 AP Build Cost.
o Made 42a Ski Brigade buildable
o Updated 1944 Hungarian and Rumanian OBs
o Added Soviet Cavalry-Mechanzied Group HQ
o Added 42 Soviet Motorized Brigade that upgrades from the 41 Motorized Brigade
o Soviet Mechanized and Motorized Brigade are now combined in the build limits using the same build chain

• Changes to w_device.dat and w_gtype.dat files - Made some minor adjustments to things like load cost and production costs of various elements, nothing too significant. Reduced the combat value of engineers back to that of rifle squads (3).
• New Ground elements added to w_ground.dat file:

o Rumania:

 41 Bicycle Recon Squad - 6/41 - end (Infantry Regimental Recon Platoons)
 41 Mot. Recon Squad - 6/41 - end (Armored Division recon units)
 43 Armored Recon Squad (Sdkfz 250) - 10/42 - end (Armored Division recon units)
 42 SMG Recon Squad - 1/42 - end (Infantry Regimental SMG Company)
 41 Motorcycle Squad - 6/41 - end (various recon units)
 75mm PaK40 - 10/42 - end (Armored Division in 42 and Infantry units in late 44). Limited quantities.

o Hungary:

 41 Recon Squad - 6/41 - end (general recon units)

o Finland:

 7.62mm AAMG - 6/41 - end (Infantry)
 75mm Field Gun - 6/41 - end - probably the 75K/17 "Bethlehem" imported from the USA is the most common.

o Slovakia:

 Cavalry Squad - 6/41 - end (started as Infantry Regimental Recon and later in Security Divisions)
 Bicycle Recon Squad - 6/41 - end (standard recon element in most elements)
 Motorcycle Squad - 6/41 - end (standard recon element in motorized units)
 Labor Squad - 6/41 - end (standard)
 50mm Mortar - 8/43 - end (adopted later by infantry and security units)
 88mm Anti-Aircraft Gun - 6/41 - end (limited quantities in mobile and later infantry units)
 LT-33 - 6/41 - end - Tančík vz. 33 - Wikipedia

o Italy:

 Recon Squad - 6/41 - end (standard regimental recon platoon in infantry)
 Mot. Recon Squad - 6/41 - end (standard recon element in motorized and armored units)
 12.7mm AAMG - 6/41 - end (AAMG Battalions)
 88mm Anti-Aircraft Gun - 6/41 - end (Heavy AAA Battalions)

• New Photos:

o Leader: (replacement picture)

 859 Dashichev Ivan

o Ground elem:

 484 7.62mm ItKk/31 Twin AAMG
 485 75mm K/17 Field Gun
 486 Recon Squad
 487 Motorized Recon Squad
 488 12.7mm Breda AAMG
 489 88mm Flak18 AA Gun
 490 Bicycle Recon Squad
 491 Motor Recon Squad
 492 Armored Recon Squad
 493 SMG Recon Squad
 494 Motorcycle Squad
 495 75mm PaK40 AT Gun
 496 Recon Squad
 497 LT vz.33
 498 Cavalry Squad
 499 Bicycle Recon Squad
 500 Motorcycle Squad
 501 Labor Squad
 502 50mm GrW 36 Mortar
 503 88mm vz.36 AA Gun

• New leader added to Leader.dat file - 650 Cocorascu, Traian
• Corrected RGOW and RAR scenario .txt file descriptions of APs per turn.

Matthew Ravenwood

QA & Operations Manager

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But I do find the right panel, and it leader pictures on HQ's, slightly too small at 125% scaling.

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At this time, items that appear on the right and top bars are not scaled, but the map and all other windows are impacted by the scaling percentage preference.

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ORIGINAL: HansBolter

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At this time, items that appear on the right and top bars are not scaled, but the map and all other windows are impacted by the scaling percentage preference.

Does "at this time" imply that there is a plan and a timetable for making the ENTIRE game playable on a 32" 4k monitor WITHOUT having to downscale the resolution of the monitor?

Increasing scaling to 200% makes the highest zoom level acceptable with regard to legibility for the map area. However, as stated it does nothing for the control buttons that are crammed into the upper left corner and too small to be discernable without a mighty effort, nor the right bar that is completely illegible without getting my face 6" from the screen.

Until you commit to correcting these failures this game remains unplayable for me.

Erik Rutins
CEO, Matrix Games LLC



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ORIGINAL: MarkShot

I let it default to AUTO 100% (1080p Window), and then reset all my other game preference.

It seems this is just as it is before. Will it remain so? (As I have programmed mouse movements to my gaming controls to reduce the number of hotkeys.)

Thank you!

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ORIGINAL: freeboy

so, The updates help me see on the far away smart tv as monitor.... but the top bar I have to remember the tabs as they remain very small