Commanders, it is time to launch Operation Neptune! In the update, you will find a new map, improved effects and animations, a soldier filter, additional customization pieces, weapons and vehicles for your armies, plus a lot more!
The map draws inspiration from the Omaha and Sword beaches of the Normandy coast and the missions set there will offer you a wide variety of combat situations and intense battles, both while fighting on the heavily fortified beaches or in the urban areas.
As always, new unlocks await you in the research trees of each army, plus two premium anti-aircraft tanks to help you clear the skies and a unique premium Rider squad for Germany with medical gear and supplies! Additionally, the added soldier filter will help you set up your squads even faster than before and when it comes to personalizing them, the new customization pieces allow you to make them even more unique!
Animations also got improvements. Sprinting and switching between your guns are now more smooth and realistic, plus a number of weapons got their reload animations reworked too! Ground vehicles and aircraft received spectacular new effects, such as tank turrets being blown off after ammunition explosions and torn-off aircraft parts leaving smoke and fire trails, to make the battles even more immersive!
Along with the update, the Silver Chest also returns! From the release of the update until June 30th (13:00 UTC), the "Arsenal of the Far East" chest will be available in the shop with an updated list of rewards up to the Vienna offensive event, including the previously unavailable rewards from the Operation "The Gates of Destiny" event too.
But that’s not all. You can read about the main changes below, but the update also includes numerous additional minor fixes and improvements too!
Weapons and soldiers
- Added new weapons:
- Suomi KP/-31 (SJR) (Germany, BR V, Research)
- Type 4 90mm AT (Japan, BR III, Research)
- Suomi KP/-31 (SJR) (Germany, BR V, Research)
- Adjusted a number of weapons:
- LAD: BR V -> IV
- AVS-36: Reload time 2.7 -> 2.3
- DT-29: Base RoF 550 -> 600, Recoil 33/19 -> 34/17
- PPD 1929: Reload time 4.0 -> 3.1
- PPD-34/38 (Snail drum): Damage 6.4 -> 6.6
- FG 42, FG 42 with grenade launcher: ADS speed 0.65 -> 0.75
- FG 42 II: ADS speed 0.65 -> 0.8
- Gewehr 43 (8mm Kurz): Ammo count 30/60 -> 30/90
- Gerät 03: Damage 14.4 -> 15.3
- MP 35/I : Base damage 5.7 -> 6.0
- Gewehr 41: Base damage 12 -> 12.7
- Sniper Gewehr 41, Gewehr 41 (M): Damage 14.4 -> 15.3
- Walther A115 : Reload time 4.4 -> 3.7
- Mondragón M1908 (10): Reload time 4.8 -> 4.2
- Erma EMP 44: BR III -> II
- Sturmpistole: Reload time 6.0 -> 4.0
- FNAB-43: Base spread 0.88 -> 0.58
- ZB-26: Base RoF 750 -> 600
- Carcano M91 with scope mount: Base RoF 40 -> 50
- T20, T20E1: ADS speed 0.65 -> 0.8
- Patchett Mk I: Damage 6.6 -> 6.8
- Viper No.3: Damage 6.6 -> 6.8
- Turner SMLE: Reload time 5.6 -> 4.2
- M1A1 Thompson Para: RoF 690 -> 810
- Lanchester Model 1: Recoil 22/22 -> 27/16, Recoil control 50% -> 70%
- Type 2a SMG: Base recoil 10/10 -> 13/7
- Type 4 rifle: Fixed the damage falloff at longer ranges (similar to other rifles like the M1 Garand)
- Type Ko rifle: Reload time 5.4 -> 3.6, Recoil 68/25 -> 49/18
- Type Otsu rifle: Base recoil 66/34 -> 49/25
- Type 99 rifle (early): Base RoF 48 -> 60
- LAD: BR V -> IV
- Added the ability to attach a bayonet to the Mondragón M1908.
- Improved the sprint animations with melee and ranged weapons.
- Improved the weapon switching animations.
- Updated the reload animations for multiple weapons: Walther PP, Walther PPK, Mauser C96, MP 43/1, StG 44, StG 44 (S), Sniper StG 44, StG 45(M).
- Improved the hold and use animations for the detonator of the TNT charge.
- Added the ability to purchase bayonets and scopes.
- Fixed a bug where the M1A1 Carbine had no unique reload animation when there was still a round in the chamber.
- Fixed a bug where the Winchester 1866 ejected the shell casing before the trigger was released.
- Fixed a bug where there were no rounds in the new magazine when reloading the SVT-40 15.
- Fixed a bug where the camera would clip into the scope of the Springfield M1903A1 while aiming.
- Fixed a bug where the chambered round in the VG-2 was not counted for its ammunition.
- Adjusted the position of the Fedorov Avtomat in first person view.
- Added 50+ new customization pieces across multiple squads.
- Disabled the option to purchase bare hands when customizing soldiers. Purchased ones will be refunded with appearance change orders.
Vehicles
- Added new vehicles:
- SU-122 (USSR, BR III, Research)
- Nashorn (Germany, BR IV, Research)
- R-75 Medical (Germany, BR I, Premium)
- Kugelblitz (Germany, BR III, Premium)
- F7F-1 (USA, BR V, Research)
- Skink (USA, BR III, Premium)
- SU-122 (USSR, BR III, Research)
- Added gun barrels to the x-ray view of vehicles with additional information about the cannons.
- Added bomb sight for the Tu-2S, Pe-2-31, Ju 188 A-2, B-25J-30, Potez 633, AP-1, B5N2 and the D4Y1.
- Bullets fired from small arms now ricochet off armored vehicles.
- Added working hull machine guns to Tier 4 vehicles.
- Separated the customization options for Japanese vehicles into "Pacific War / Burma" and "The Far Eastern Front".
- Reduced the slowdown of wheeled vehicles in water.
- Improved the physics of blown-off aircraft parts.
- Adjusted the visuals of the cannon's recoil when firing.
- Fixed a bug where tank shells couldn't penetrate soldiers.
UI
- Added a new filter for soldiers in reserve.
- Added vehicle names to camouflages in the Silver Chest.
- Weapon attachments now show up correctly on the Battle Pass screen.
- Added a timer for event tasks.
Graphics
- Improved the shape, size and appearance of projectile tracers, depending on the caliber.
- Improved the explosion effects of bombs, tanks and artillery strikes.
- Added an explosion effect for aircraft destruction in air.
- Changed the antialiasing mode on PlayStation 4 to high quality Temporal Hyper Resolution.
- Changed the antialiasing mode on Xbox One to high quality Temporal Hyper Resolution, upscaling from 720p to 1080p.
- PlayStation 4 Pro now outputs a 4K image, rendering resolution is the same as before.
- Motion vectors are now used with all antialiasing modes. This fixes the ghosting on aircraft with high Global Illumination when using FXAA for example.
- Fixed a bug where tank tracks were missing in BVH.
- Merged the High Quality Volumetric Clouds and High Quality Volumetric Fog settings into their main settings (Cloud Quality and Fog Quality) as the "Movie" option and added a performance warning to them.
- Replaced the performance warning popup of the Supersampling Antialiasing with a new inline text.
- Fixed the shiny artifacts in RTR on the edges where two planes with perpendicular normals met (stairs for example).
- Improved the CPU performance when using ray tracing.
- Improved the explosion effects of tanks when their ammunition detonates.
- Added the ability for turrets to be blown off upon ammunition detonation.
- Adjusted the placement of flames on torches.
- Separated the effects of 20-60 mm shells into 20-40 mm and 40-60 mm ranges.
- Added additional effects when the armor of vehicles is penetrated.
- Improved the dust effects when hitting rocks.
- Improved the fire effects, they are now smoother.
- Added smoke and fire trails for blown-off aircraft parts.
- Fixed a bug that caused airplane cockpits to be excessively noisy with ray traced reflections.
Locations and missions
- Added a new location: "Omaha".
- Added new missions: "Omaha beach (Invasion)", Omaha beach (Confrontation), "Sword beach (Invasion)" and Sword beach (Confrontation).
- Added additional cover in the "Heilongjiang" and "Heilongjiang Airport" missions.
- Added a new possible "Hangar" capture point in the "Heilongjiang Airport" missions.
- Reduced the number of positions where tanks had direct line of sight to capture points in the "Heilongjiang" and "Heilongjiang Airport" missions.
- Improved the battle areas in the "Pokrovskoe City (Conquest)" mission.
- Improved the placement of the strategic objects in the "Pokrovskoe City (Destruction)" mission.
- Improved the placement of vehicle spawn points and battle areas in the "Pokrovskoe City (Conquest) Large" mission.
- Improved the battle areas in the "New Georgia (Destruction)" mission.
- Improved the placement of spawn points when the first capture point is active in the "River crossing North (Invasion)" mission.
- Improved the placement of spawn points in the "Tractor Plant East (Invasion)" and "Tractor Plant (Confrontation)" missions.
- Improved the placement of spawn points in the "Lehrter Bahnhof West (Invasion)" and "Lehrter Bahnhof North (Invasion)" missions.
- Fixed the floating fire effects in the "Birch Grove" missions.
- Improved the placement of spawn points when the first set of strategic objects is active in the "Werbig station (Destruction)" mission.
- Improved the placement of spawn points win the "Königsplatz (Confrontation)" mission.
- Improved the placement of spawn points in the "Werbig station East (Destruction)" mission.
- Improved the placement of spawn points when the first capture point is active in "The Kroll Opera House (Assault)" mission.
- Improved the placement of spawn points when the second capture point is active in the "D-Day North (Invasion)" mission.
- Improved the placement of spawn points, battle areas and the paratroopers' spawn camera in the "Ministry Garden (Destruction)" mission.
- Improved the placement of spawn points when the second capture point is active in the "Heilongjiang South (Invasion)" mission.
- Improved the battle areas in the "Communist street (Destruction)" mission.
- Improved the placement of spawn points in the "Le Bre West (Invasion)" mission.
- Improved the placement of spawn points when the third capture point is active in the "Heilongjiang North (Invasion)" mission.
- Improved the placement of vehicle spawn points when the third objective is active in the "Mountain pass" missions.
- Improved the placement of spawn points when the second capture point is active in the "Königsplatz West (Invasion)" mission.
- Improved the placement of the paratroopers' spawn camera in the "Rzhev: Left bank" missions.
- Improved the placement of spawn points when the second capture point is active in the "Moat East (Invasion)" mission.
- Improved the placement of spawn points in the "Birch Grove (Assault)" and "Birch Grove (Confrontation)" missions.
- Improved the placement of spawn points in the "Lehrter Bahnhof West (Invasion)" and "Lehrter Bahnhof North (Invasion)" missions.
- Improved the battle areas and the position of the respawn camera in the "Guadalcanal Coast" missions.
- Improved the placement of spawn points in the "Heilongjiang North (Invasion)" and "Heilongjiang South (Invasion)" missions.
- Updated the churches in Normandy
- Adjusted the physical materials of trenches in Berlin and Normandy.
- Added hit marks on ice, soil and snow.
- Made paddles destructible in the village on the New Georgia location.
- Adjusted the destructibility of wooden fences on almost all locations.
