[h2]v1.6.0.0 Experimental[/h2] [h3]Additions[/h3] ★ 78' Huckins boat added; high performance player boat with an emphasis on turn rate and engine surge performance. ★ John C. Butler-Class Destroyer added, joining US assault forces, supply convoys and Strategic Target group on occasion. ★ Mutsuki-Class Destroyer added, joining IJN assault forces, supply convoys and Strategic Target group on occasion. ★ Added rangefinder and reworked targeting reticle for M3 Anti-tank Gun and M4 Autocannon. ★ Added rangefinder and exact angle error visual for torpedo mode. ★ IJN hunter groups now added to attack US Strategic Targets. - Beach Barrage Rockets added as an Artillery call-in variant, firing a salvo of rockets instead of shells. - P-38 metallic variant added, equipped with an improved cannon and lots of rockets instead of bombs. [h3]Changes[/h3] - Ocean horizons will blend better with sky. - Reworked cloud rendering. - Ryuujou-Class Carrier given an additional explosion node in the front, making it more likely to suffer magazine detonations. - Squadron boat camo will now synchronize with player regardless of selected class. - Radar model color will now synchronize with camo. - Increased ocean rendering resolution, added graphics option to switch to lower resolution. - Camo color option "Waterline" renamed to "Draft" - Smaller vessels will now try to evade incoming shells with trajectories, including the player mortar. - Larger vessels will try to evade detected torpedoes. - XP gain tickers for crew added. - RP crates respond visually to being picked up. - Restored sub hunting function for acoustic torpedoes. - Minor buffs to Nagara physics. - "Awaiting Fuel Arrival" message now appears under player unit on map rather than corner of UI. - Map groups push away player according to their size, this should prevent engagements spawns that are too close to enemy carrier groups. - New rocket firing sound. - New bazooka firing sound. - New mortal shell falling sound. - Rockets now start slow and accelerate. - EQ pass on ocean sounds. - Reimplemented subtle boat wave crash sounds. - Reworked assault system to manage multiple assaults at the same time with scaling. - Proper strategic target spawning system. - Unused charges in call-in cards now contribute to a reroll discount. - Added new physics to make boats feel more responsive to waves. - Camera changes to help sense of speed. - Cargo net and antenna are now physically animated. - Reworked starter boat selection screen. - Added physics to torpedo deployment to make them nose heavy. - AT gun model and animation upgrades. [h3]Optimizations[/h3] - Shadow baking for trees saving a million triangles for campaign foliage. [h3]Bug Fixes[/h3] - Path queuing for the map and new click animations. - Added check to prevent reported issue of squadrons disappearing, squadron boats are now registered to be killed if their position is still within above water - Fixed muzzle flashes appearing way above jingei and submarines. - Fixed projectiles being able to ricochet on water repeatedly. - Fixed torpedo aiming issues for certain slots. - Fixed vessels that are capsized with little damage not taking in water fast enough to sink. - Fixed bug preventing bazooka aim animation. - Fixed dauntlesses showing up with only machine guns in starter call-ins reserve. - Fix attempt to prevent spawns in challenges teleporting when spawned during pauses. - Fixed exploding ship turrets being delayed too late. - Ship Fire control system volley fire validity fixes. - Added fix for detecting missing boat types in boat swap menu (usually caused by old saves missing new boat type additions). - Fixed hidden campaign log events reappearing on return to map. [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40896017/57a6a0307ab11b0c13703c3bbb80733995710cc4.png[/img]