1.6

• Fixed AI bug that caused retreated units to gather closely around the HQ.
• Worldbuilder now shows territory properly.
• Fixed a crash that occurred while loading old files.
• Fixed a bug in crew switching during AT gun movement.
• Fixed a graphical bug in the replay menu.
• Fixed a bug with unit weapon slots after dropping two weapons.
• Fixed a crash bug when launching saved games from Windows Explorer in Vista.
• Fixed multiplayer maps not drawing boundary lines after a performance test.
• Anti-hacking systems have been integrated.
• Tiger Ace with wreck mesh has been fixed.
• Fog of War can be toggled on and off during Replays in the Replay Menu.
• Scenario packs will show UI images and loading screen.
• Recorded game files no longer saved to disk until after the game.
• Fixed timed ability not triggering on all selected squads.
• Fixed a bug that caused the Panzerschreck to misfire.
• Hyperlinking support added to news items.
• Addfriend and Removefriend commands are now disallowed in game.

• Players can now see the number of "dropped" games in the player profile screen. (See note below)
• Performance improvements for lobby game pings.
• Performance bar improvements.
• Fixed a rare crash occurrence in the lobby.
• "Play Now" button is disabled if in dev mode or any mods are active.
• Implemented dropping fixes.
• Player ability levels are matched more evenly during automatch.

"Drops" is actually the count of the games you have been in that the server had to arbitrate the results for. The following things cause arbitration; kicking somebody for lag, having a synch error, “drop-hacking”, and certain kinds of internet connection problems. Players should be aware that all of these things will affect the players trust score.

• Units using Barbed Wire Cutters are now significantly more susceptible to damage while cutting barbed wire.
• Squads building barbed wire are now capped at two builders per squad.
• Wire cutters are now provided to all players at the start of the game.
• All Anti-Tank Guns have a reduced chance to hit moving infantry targets.

• Route N13 ambient building repositioned so troops no longer become stuck when exiting.
• Axis Inspired Assault UI indicator will now last as long as the ability is still active.
• Axis Sniper now obtains suppression resistance and a health bonus at second level veterancy.
• Axis Stormtroopers will now come out of camouflage while retreating.
• Removed manpower upkeep cost from mines.
• Axis Advanced Warning Commander Tree Ability no longer applies sight bonuses to Axis Vehicles.
• Axis Grenadier and Stormtrooper squads can continue purchasing weapons packages regardless of the number of times they've dropped them.
• All small ambient buildings will now display on the minimap while garrisoned or controlled.
• Allied M3 Halftrack and Jeep armor is no longer highly resistant to projectile ammunition.
• Changed the requirements to use Offmap Reinforcements and paradropped engineers when HQ is destroyed; Mortars, AT Guns and other non-builder units will not prohibit this action from taking place.
• Removed flamethrower death critical on ballistic weapons.
• M8 Greyhound no longer does incremental engine damage to vehicles.
• Allied M10 Tank Destroyer no longer has an unintended accuracy penalty against moving Axis Sdkfz Armoured Cars.
• Axis Volksgrenadier and Axis Knights Cross Holder squads now receive bonuses at their second levels of veterancy.
• Axis Panzerfaust ability no longer has a 50% chance to miss moving heavy vehicles.
• Axis 88mm Flak 36 now receives indended bonuses from support weapon veterancy.
• Tank wrecks found on maps are no longer salvageable.
• Allied Demolitions upgrade moved one slot to the left on the Allied HQ UI.

• Allied Paradrop AT-Gun cost increased to 350 manpower from 320.
• Allied Pershing now requires more experience to obtain veterancy levels.
• Allied Supply Drop will now cost 200 Manpower.
• Axis Infantry Assault Team cost decreased to 350 manpower from 400.
• Axis Stormtrooper squad removed from the Urban Assault Team and the Armored Assault Force Commander Tree Abilities.
• Axis "Urban Assult Team" has been renamed to "Urban Assault Support".
• Axis Urban Assault Support cost decreased to 600 manpower from 700.
• Axis Armored Assault Force cost decreased to 900 manpower from 1000.

• Allied M4 Crocodile Sherman range and damage decreased.
• Allied M1 57mm Anti-Tank Gun and Allied Paradrop Anti-Tank Gun accuracy bonus at first level of veterancy decreased.
• Allied M10 Tank Destroyer acceleration speed slightly decreased.
• Allied M10 Tank Destroyer damage reduced versus Axis Light Vehicles.
• Allied M10 Tank Destroyer damage reduced against buildings.
• Allied M10 Tank Destroyer turn radius increased.
• Allied M3 Halftrack cost increased to 25 fuel from 20.
• Allied M3 Halftrack Quad .50 cal upgrade cost increased to 125 munitions from 100.
• Axis Ostwind Flakpanzer area of effect radius increased.
• Axis Sdkfz Armored Car 50mm Puma Gun upgrade no longer requires Escalate to Battle Phase.
• Axis Motorcycle more resilient to small arms fire.
• Axis Panzerfaust ability damage increased versus Allied Jeep.
• Axis Grenade ability range increased significantly.
• Axis Grenade area of effect increased.

• St. Mere Dumont, Langres, and Wrecked Train Community Maps added to the Custom Games map selection.
• Hill 331 resources rebalanced.
• Point du Hoc resources rebalanced.
• Sturzdorf resources rebalanced.
• Angoville Farms base defenses updated.
• Angoville Farms ambient building positions rebalanced.
• Beaux Lowlands base defenses updated.
• Beaux Lowlands resource positions rebalanced.

1.5

New Maps:

2p_Beaux Lowlands
4p_Lyon

General Fixes

• Games with friends now have a friend icon displayed when browsing the lobby game list.
• Messages regarding game connection attempts are logged to the chat window for all players in the session.
• Rank icons now indicate the type of game the rank was earned in.
• Games with players who have infinite pings now display an “X” for ping in the lobby game list.
• New game list filtering options added to the online lobby.
• Custom maps are now properly supported in multiplayer.
• Losing connection with the lobby while downloading a patch no longer crashes the game.

Sound

• UI sounds have been added to the online lobby.
• Auto match sound notification has been improved.
• Various speech fixes for weapons have been implemented and tuned.
• Destruction sounds have been added to various world objects.
• Repetition has been reduced in battle chatter and with various units.

Gameplay

Sherman Calliope:

• Sherman Calliope’s main tank gun has been removed and the Calliope Barrage ability is now free to use.
• Sherman Calliope Barrage range increased from 130 to 150 meters.
• Sherman Calliope now has cap of 2, similar to the Pershing Heavy Tank.
• Sherman Calliope cost reduced from 600 Manpower to 560 Manpower.
• Sherman Calliope Barrage ability recharge timer increased to 105 seconds

M10 Tank Destroyer:

• Allied M10 Movement improved: 15% increase to acceleration and 10% increase rotation rate.
• Allied M10 Tank Destroyer weapon damage has been increased and Fuel cost has been reduced by 5.
• Axis Armoured Car (Puma) 20mm main cannon rear penetration vs. the Allied M10 significantly reduced.

M8 Armored Car:

• Allied M8 Armored Car’s accuracy on the move increased. Now on par with the M4 Sherman and M10 Tank Destroyer.
• Allied M8 Armored Car’s accuracy penalties vs. the Axis Armored Car (Puma) have been removed.
• Allied M8 Armored Car Armor upgrade Munitions cost reduced by 25.

M26 Pershing Heavy Tank:

• Allied Pershing penetration rate vs. the Stug increased to 80%.
• Axis Stug penetration rate vs. the Pershing has been reduced to 45% from 74.6%

Allied Commander Tree Improvements:

• Armoured Fury Branch changed to: Raid to Allied War Machine to Calliope.
• War Machine Branch changed to: Fast Deployment to Field Repairs to Pershing.
• Allied War Machine Command Point Cost reduced by 1
• Sherman Calliope Command Point Cost reduced by 1

Infantry AT weapon changes (Allies and Axis):

• All Infantry Anti-Tank weaponry (Bazooka, Recoilless Rifle, Panzerschreck) are slightly more accurate when firing at moving light targets.
• Allied Bazookas and Recoilless Rifles now deal slightly more damage to Light Vehicles
• Panzerfaust accuracy against infantry targets has been reduced as intended. While there is still a chance to directly hit and kill targets like snipers, - Panzerfausts are now more likely to cause splash damage rather than kill infantry.
• Panzerschreck Damage vs. base buildings lowered by 25%.
• Bazooka damage vs. base buildings has been lowered by 25%.

Allied BAR and suppression changes:

• Allied BAR Rifle upgrade now gives 2 BAR Rifles rather than 3. Allied BAR Riflemen squads will now be able to pick-up MG42 and Panzerschreck items
• Allied BAR Rifle damage increased by 40%.
• Allied BAR Rifle will take slightly longer to Pin units that are in a Suppressed state
• Allied BAR Suppression ability can no longer suppress and pin units in heavy cover.

Construction Changes:

• Players may no longer delete Sand Bags or Tank Traps.
• Allied Observation Post built from Riflemen now has the same build speed as the Observation Post built by Engineers.
• Allied Observation Posts, Axis Observation Posts, and Machine Gun Nests now have the appropriate target type while building; now like all other buildings they will be much more susceptible to damage while under construction
• Axis Volksgrenadiers can now utilize the same build menu as the Grenadiers – this allows them to construct Barbed Wire and Sand Bags.

Smoke Changes:

• All Barrage weapons no longer have a 50% chance to miss targets in Smoke.
• Projectiles will no longer pass directly through Sherman’s on registered “Misses” – they will now behave like all other tanks and those hits will be registered as a non-penetrated “deflection”.
• Sherman smoke launcher recharge rate was less than the duration of the ability, now set to 45 seconds

Axis Officer:

• Axis ‘Leutnant’ Manpower cost decreased to 260 from 340
• Axis ‘Leutnant’ Build Time increased to 60 from 30.

General Squad and Weapon Changes (Allies and Axis):

• All Snipers more effective against units garrisoned inside of bunkers.
• All Allied Rifles slightly more effective against Axis Motorcycles
• Allied Engineers with the Flamethrower upgrade are no longer resistant to Sniper Shots
• Fixed an issue where the Stug’s main gun Area-of-Effect was too effective against infantry squads.
• Axis Assault ability will now break pinning/suppression and prevent pinning/suppression while the ability is active.
• Increased Axis Infantry passive health regeneration bonus received from their first level of veterancy by 40%.

General Vehicle Changes (Allies and Axis):

• Panzer IV accuracy while moving set to the same value as other tanks.
• Axis Goliaths now destroy Tank Traps in a single explosion.
• Axis Armoured Car Puma 50mm Cannon upgrade now requires Escalate to Battle Phase upgrade.
• Axis Motorcycles damage vs. units in light or heavy cover has been slightly reduced
• Axis StuH 42 now effectively kills infantry as was originally intended
• Axis Armoured Car Puma 50mm Upgrade accuracy reduced vs. infantry. It is intended as an anti-armor upgrade.

General Heavy Weapon Team Changes (Allies and Axis):

• All Mortars now have a chance to deal Mobility Damage if they hit Light Vehicles.
• All Anti-Tank guns are now more accurate when firing at moving and stationary Light Vehicles.
• Allied 57mm Anti-Tank gun firing cone has been increased by 20 degrees to match Axis 50mm Anti-Tank gun.
• Allied HMG Armor Piercing Rounds ability price reduced from 50 to 35 munitions.
• Allied Howitzer Gun Barrage is less accurate when firing into the Fog of War.
• Axis Nebelwerfer Manpower cost has been reduced by 20
• Axis Nebelwerfer Rocket Suppression area of effect increased.
• Axis Nebelwerfer Rocket area of effect damaged reduced. Direct hits and near misses will still damage infantry units.
• Axis Nebelwerfer will deal a reduced amount of damage to units in light, heavy, bunker, and garrison cover types.
• Axis Flak 88’s are more resilient to Artillery, off-map attacks, and satchel charges (the crew manning them is not).
• Axis Flak 88’s and Nebelwerfers can now be re-manned by 2-man Pioneer squads.

1.4  

General Fixes

• Both Ranked and Custom games now support random starting locations.
• The in-game server status URL now points to http://www.relicrank.com/
• Fixed a bug pertaining to unranked matches counting as Ranked matches.
• New performance and lag indicators have been added to the Online UI.
• A new loading screen has been added which incorporates player names, ranks and loading bars.

Gameplay

• Light Vehicles can no longer be blocked by Allied Barbed Wire and Sand Bags
• Light and Medium Vehicles can no longer crush Axis Tank Traps.
• Fixed bug where Allied*AT Guns could destroy Axis Flak 88s in a single registered hit, regardless of the Flak 88's health.
• Fixed issue where unfinished defensive structures had 100% health. Also,*Now all unfinished defensive structures take much more damage from all weapons.
• Fixed bug where the Axis Halftrack Flammenwerfer upgrade cost fuel. This was an attribute data error.
• Allied and Axis Snipers can once again kill each other with single registered hits.
• Improved Sherman Crocodile damage against infantry units not in cover

1.2 

• Patch Notes:
• SLI Performance bug fixed
• Various connection problems fixed
• Fixed exploit with Allied HMG Crew's Armor Piercing Rounds ability, where ability would remain active after squad was garrisoned or retreated back to HQ
• Fixed Axis wrecked building exploit
• Various crashes fixed