Changelog Alpha 0.6 (outdated) news - CoH: Far Eastern Blitzkrieg Front Mod Fusion for Company of Heroes

The important changes are:

• updated the AI and the scar files, which leads to the next point
• extreme AI is a bit harder now and should be more competetive
• imported some new models and replaced the buggy ones from the latest Far East War mod
• three "new" gamemodes:
  1. Infantry only (already known)
  2. No tanks (Infantry and light vehicles only)
  3. Vehicles only (400 fuel at start, to pretend a lame start, and engineers are the only allowed infantry to build and capture)
• all factions can be played against each other (e.g.: Sowjet, USA vs China, USA)
• new music for loading screens, victory/defeat
• as usual some bug fixes and changes in damage system

• optimized ai for vehicles only game mode a bit

• also 500 fuel instead of 400 fuel at the beginning in vehicles only mode

USA:

• small bug fixes

• added a missing text for the 76mm gun upgrade for a M4 Sherman

• fixed the pentration for the back HMG of the M21 Halftrack Mortar

Commonwealth:

• changed their buildorder at the beginning and the demand system for the AI
• added 18 new command abilities, 6 for each tree
• added a new squad: "Recon" infantry for observe mission for the artillery
• bren carrier should now be penetrable by HMG's
• cleaned up the build menu in the mobile HQ's

• Leutnants/Captains are buildable in vehicle only mode (they need them to push their tech-tree forward)

Soviets:

• changed their buildorder at the beginning and the demand system for the AI
• because of the new gamemodes some requirements has changed for a few units

China:

• changed their buildorder at the beginning and the demand system for the AI
• has some new building and unit models
• a few new command abilities (Sowjet reinforcement, recon plane,...)
• new units: "Type 82 MLRS" and "Rocket launcher"-infantry
• has some "new" tanks --> Soviet (e.g. T-34 winter skin) and USA (e.g. M18-Hellcat multiple skins) support
• new veterancy icons
• can build some units from ambient buildings
• fixes some reinforcement problems
• first chinese phrases for engineers
• also cleaned up the build menu

Axis:

• cleaned up the build menu in command buildings
• added 12 new command abilities, 6 for each tree (except Blitzkrieg, not finished)

PE:

• add one new command ability: Panther platoon reinforcement (more abilities will come)

• PE Upgrade "Kampfgruppe" in vehicles only mode is now purchaseable and some infantry which was still buildable should be now deactivated

Ostheer:

• changed their buildorder at the beginning and the demand system for the AI
• PzII, III, Semovente and Carro Armato Fiat has now correct veterancies

Japan:

• changed their buildorder at the beginning and the demand system for the AI
• has also some new building, unit and tank models
• new unit: "Raikugun Taiken (Colonel) Yamato Takeru" is a hero unit
• new tanks: "Type 98 AA", "Type 97 Chi-Ha II", "Type 97 Kai II"
• Kamikaze airplane works finally
• when activating "Tenno Heika Banzai" units will do a battle cry
• fixes some reinforcement problems
• new veterancy icons

Known bugs:

• some LMG's of the asians are not visible or has no fx/sound effect
• asians has problems with russian weapons if they pick up these (ptrd, dp-28,...) --> no animation
• Japan HMG sound is too loud/uses wrong sound file
• HMG34 and Bombardier Team has no correct sync animation between unit and weapon
• melee weapons strike ones and then hold the position of animation
• very rare: Ostheer get a fatal AI error when using a specific command ability
• rare: after statistics menu when going back to the main menu the game crashes