Changes/Fixes in the v1.03 of Fighting Steel are as follows:
Occasional crash when exiting the end game victory screen has been fixed.
Torpedo hits no longer cause the game to crash in 2-player battles.
Corrected problem of campaign difficulty level switching to default level after loading a saved game.
Starshells and illumination circles are now properly displayed on 2D map. AI controlled ships now properly use starshells.
Improved AI logic added for choosing a torpedo spread (narrow, normal, or wide).
Bow wakes for very slow and sinking ships are no longer present.
The blue ID tags for friendly ships are now a darker blue and easier to read in the 2D display.
An "Evading Torpedoes" message is displayed if a torpedo spread passes near a ship: 1000 yards for elite crews, 800 for veterans, 600 for average, and 400 for green. These distances are halved at night. NOTE: the message "Ship 'X' is evading torpedoes" should be taken to indicate that said ship has spotted torpedoes in the water, not that it is currently, or successfully evading them.
"Sir, one of our ships has sunk", and "Sir, one of our ships has been hit by a torpedo" are now working for all nationalities.
Gunnery modifier for turning in column applies just to ships in turn, not all ships in division.
When enemy ships sink, the white 'sink' spots no longer jump to different places on the 2D map.
When a user creates a multiplay game using the random battle generator, the user is no longer brought to single player scenario, country selection screen instead of the multiplay lobby.
Reform Column now sets course to nearest column heading according to port/starboard selection.
A more obvious 'quit' button has been added to the replay screen.
Players no longer get a delayed Vocal message that an enemy ship has been sunk.
A text message for enemy magazine explosions has been added.
Occasionally, the division selector buttons (1,2,3, etc.) cannot be selected with the mouse. This problem has been fixed.
At times, in the Main Guns single ship screen, a user cannot select a target that is above the currently selected target on the list of targets. This has been fixed.
When in single-ship main and secondary gun target selection pop-ups, a user no longer has to deselect current target before selecting a new one; a 'Close' option has been added.
Battle Difficulty Level is now graphically displayed on the In-Game and End-Game Victory Screens.
Campaign Difficulty Level is now displayed on the Fleet Management Screen.
Corrected problem of secondary guns not firing after selecting a target in single-ship panel. While in the End-Game All Ships Screen, you can toggle between Victory Points and Mission Points (blue numbers for friendly points scored, red numbers for enemy points scored).
Time printout in the single ship Damage Screen will now print out all digits of the time (including the seconds).
In 2-player games, if one player goes to the Briefing Screen or In-Game Victory Screen, the game pauses for the other player.
When loading a saved game, the realism preference options now remain set to the ones you chose at the start of that battle.
Fixed problem of repeated clicking on scroll buttons in Scenario Selection Screen causing scenario to be loaded.
Button added below ship box for a single-ship division to cancel its turn in progress.
Increased safety margin that AI ships use in their torpedo-attack decisions, to reduce occurrence of AI torpedoing their own intervening ships.
The division numbers on the End-Game All Ships Screen are now correct All searchlights and starshells are switched off when night ends.
Note: We are aware of some problems that remain in v1.03 when selecting a Generated Battle for multiplayer games. We will resolve all problems concerning randomly created scenarios for multiplayer games in the next rev of Fighting Steel. We apologize for any inconvenience this might cause and thank you for your patience as we work to resolve these issues.
