Hey Commanders! Here comes the 0.9.87b update!
A new support vehicle, the M3 CDL, a brand-new Night battlefield environment, plus headlights and night vision systems are here! Let's take a look!
🚨 New Vehicle Arrives!
"M3 CDL": A Rank 3 support vehicle equipped with the Canal Defence Light!
Shine its powerful searchlight on enemies to temporarily blind them, preventing them from attacking! (Elite enemies are immune.)
The searchlight has no ammo or reload time, but continuous use causes it to overheat. At dangerous temperatures, it will start burning your crew! (Burn damage can be reduced by Crew Resistance.)
Turning on the searchlight provides the same effect as headlights: increased vision at night, but reduced Concealment.
The M3 CDL will also appear in both the Turret Pool and the Ally Pool.
🌙 New Battlefield Environment: Night
The new Battlefield Environment system has been added! Missions now have a chance to feature random environmental conditions.
The first environment is "Night":
○ Vision range is greatly reduced for both allies and enemies.
○ Turning on your headlights increases vision, but also makes you much easier to spot.
More battlefield environments will be added in future updates!
💡 Headlight System
You can now turn your headlights on with the G key.
Headlights increase your vision at night, but also make you easier for enemies to detect.
It may sound obvious, but only vehicles equipped with headlights can turn them on.
We manually added headlights to more than 200 vehicles in the game. If we missed any, please let us know!
👀 New Trait: "Night Vision"
"Night Vision" replaces the headlight toggle and allows the vehicle to maintain normal vision at night without the risk of exposing itself.
All Panther tanks can now equip Night Vision in the garage.
🥷 Stealth System Updates
The "Concealment" stat now reduces the distance at which AI vehicles can detect you.
AI alert behavior has been updated. After hearing gunfire, AI will now investigate the source of the sound instead of immediately locking onto the shooter.
⚙️ Other Improvements and Fixes
Improved AI target selection. AI will now switch targets more intelligently if it cannot attack its current target.
Fixed a bug where AI vehicles could drive while turret facing backward.
Updated the fonts used for Japanese and Korean text.
💡 This is a Beta update. Please participate in testing by right-clicking on the game in Steam, selecting "Properties" → "Betas" → "Beta Participation"! Once everything's stable, it'll go live on the default branch.
