Patch 1.2.204 file

Massive Assault by Wargaming - US retail v1.2.204 patch

Version 1.2.204:

1. GAMEPLAY

- Transparency of trees increased
- Statistics changed: Stats screen displays now all potential money instead of
total country control
- Entire phase rewind function added (Alt + "Rewind" button)
- Bug fix: airplanes and carriers disappearing after "Undo"

2. REPLAYS

- Smart replay name generation implemented

3. MULTIPLAYER

- Ability to enforce the end of time-out game enabled (the victory is given to
the last active player)
- "Online Status" feature added to "My Profile"
- Random side challenges enabled
- Special message with achievements is being shown once advanced to new
rank/gaining score
- Now you can view the whole turn, during which the opponent has surrendered
- In-game messages are now an option after the game is finished
- Sending personal messages to any player added (available in "Personal
Challenge")
- Improved challenge/game descriptions
- IDs of received/sent games being shown during connection to the game server.
- "Restore Profile" button now restores all games from Game server
- Hidden password option added
- Minor rules differences between this and older versions fixed

4. INTERFACE

- AI difficulty level selection is back for World War mode

5. MISC

- Support of all available resolutions, including wide screen resolutions added
- Option to switch background animation on/off from main menu added (see
"Gameplay Settings")

Some other bugs and glitches have been fixed.

Version 1.1.191:

The full list of improvements

1. GRAPHIC ENGINE

- Metallic units - environment mapping added
- Light reflection on water added

2. GAMEPLAY

- Hot-Seat save enabled
- Scoring system added in single-player mode
- All scenarios and campaigns are redesigned and rebalanced for 3 difficulty
levels
- Undo during unit deployment is implemented (left click removes unit)
- Enhanced statistics indication: player names added
- Indication of disabled countries in scenarios added

3. REPLAYS

- Player names, side and turn number are now indicated in replays
- Fly-over-world mode at the end of replay added
- Bug fix: some glitches in replays are eliminated

4. MULTIPLAYER

- Your rank, name, score, wins and loses are now showed in the multiplayer menu
- Opponent's rank and name, as well as turn number are showed in multiplayer
games
- "Send Message" button added to menu for multiplayer games
- Bug fix: incompatibility of in-game messages for different version eliminated
- Bug fix: broken games caused by the disconnections while sending turns
- Bug fix: game freezing in Challenge menu

5. INTERFACE

- Space shortcut added for "End Phase" in "This unit can fire" warning
- Bug fix: pause release on clicking "Menu" button in replays
- Bug fix: "Cancel" button in "Gameplay Options" not working
- Bug fix: unable to buy air units when fully loaded Transport is in the city

6. MISC

- Hardware/Software options added for mouse and sound
- Some other bugs and glitches are fixed

Version 1.0.190:

The full list of improvements

1. 3D GRAPHIC ENGINE

- Significantly increased performance for NVidia GeForce 3&4 in pixel shaders
mode
- Improved quality of water reflection in pixel shaders mode
- Increased overall 3D Engine performance

2. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

- Significantly increased AI performance
- 3 AI's difficulty levels implemented for all playing modes
+ EASY level is funny enough: AI buys expensive units and makes mistakes in
tactical calculations
+ MEDUIUM level: AI buys cost-effective units but makes mistakes in tactical
calculations
+ HARD level is similar to original AI level: AI buys cost-effective units
and it's very tough in tactics
- Overall AI's tactical behavior improved
- AI's Naval units' behavior improved (including their co-operation with the
land units)
- Bug fix: AI crashes, when it is trying to raises Guerilla in a country
without empty spots

3. GAMEPLAY

- "Rewind" button now works throughout the Phases
- Restarting campaign bug has been fixed
- Restarting campaign's step bug has been fixed
- The air units, which have already fired are now allowed to move,
corresponding message box appears
- When a player is loading already fired unit to transport, corresponding
warning appears
- Bug fix: possibility to combine Undo and Rewind to illegally load Land
Transport into Naval Transport

4. MULTIPLAYER

- Automatic Server Connection inside multiplayer profile enabled
- Bug fix: the last player in the player list was not displayed
- Bug fix: problems with profile restoration over the old one
- Bug fix: destructive data losses due to interrupted internet connection
- Bug fix: wrong 'days ago' calculation in Multiplayer mode
- Additional turn history verification implemented (to prevent online game data
losses)
- F5 and R keyboard shortcuts added for server connection (equal to
"Send&Recive" button)
- Ctrl-Enter shortcut added for message editing mode to send the message (equal
to "OK" button)

5. INTERFACE

- "Composed" unit (i.e. Transport, Carrier or city with other units or Bombers
are automatically selected at first click (though the popup is still
displayed). Players can select the "passenger" by clicking on the popup units,
or immediately move/attack the initial unit. Right click = deselect
- Alt-Click selects:
1) a unit inside a city
2) a Transport (without showing the popup with "passengers")
3) a Carrier (without showing the popup with Bombers)
- "Passenger" info is displayed (both allied and enemy units) when the mouse is
over the popup window
- Pause button implemented in replays and enemy turn animation - you can freeze
the enemy movement and freely move/rotate the camera - EXTREMELY USEFUL FOR
AFTER-ACTION-REPORT SCREENSHOTS
- Scenario list opening is speeded up
- Cursor relocation upon mouse click in the text input box implemented
- Keyboard response is speeded up in the text input box
- Numpad Enter is now equal to main Enter
- Mouse scroll button capturing improved
- Sound volume scale changed. After installing this patch the sound volume may
appear higher
- Bug fix: sometimes mouse clicks were not counted fast enough (i.e. there
were "lost" mouse clicks)
- Bug fix: some glitches in voiceovers are eliminated
- Bug fix: some glitches in list controls eliminated
- Bug fix: double click on "Stats" button causes doubled voice comment
- URL to MA web-site on the main menu screen has been made clickable

6. OTHER

- Bug reporting tool added
- Log info presentation changed, date/size of ma.exe added
- Numerous text typos corrected