Back to Basics v4.2 Beta changelog

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Back to Basics v4.2
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Global Balance Changes:
- Unified ready aim time for all tank guns to 1 second.
- "Riflemen_Elite" infantry armor:
 * Received accuracy multiplier from 0.75 to 0.85.
- Infantry Anti-Tank Weapons (Panzerschreck, PIAT, Bazooka, Recoilless Rifle):
 * Damage multiplier vs all infantry reduced from 1 to 0.65.
 * Tuned down the radius units scatter away from the impact location.
 * Removed the 5% chance to one-hit-kill infantry from full hitpoints.
- 20 mm KwK 38 (Sd.Kfz. 222, 234 and 250/9)
 * Fixed an issue where the gun would cycle through the firing animation more than it would fire shells.
 * Reduced clip size from 25 to 20 shells.
 * Slightly adjusted effective DPS to compensate for the loss of 5 shells per clip.
- Lockdown (Marder III, Panzer IV Infantry-Support Tank, Panzer IV and Sturmhaubitze 42)
 * Unified hotkey to "C".
 * Normalized rate of fire bonus to a decrease of 1 second.
- Ambient buildings:
 * Buildings that had equal to or less than 3 hold capacity raised to 4.

Americans:
- M1 57mm Anti-Tank Gun:
 * Crew hitpoints from 83 to 90.
- Armored Infantry:
 * M1 Carbine cooldown on all ranges slightly reduced.
 * Changed aesthetics to camouflaged Rangers instead of Engineers.
- Pathfinders:
 * Replaced Assault with Smoke Grenades.

Commonwealth:
- Boys AT Rifle:
 * Fixed an issue where it could not penetrate bunkers.
- Tetrach:
 * Little John Adapter penetration bonus increased from 1-2% to 2-4%.

Wehrmacht:
- Zeal:
 * Removed the decreased received damage bonus.
- Leutnant:
 * Nebelwerfer Battery Fire hotkey from "V" to "B".
 * Forced Retreat hotkey from "F" to "C".
- Obergrenadiers:
 * Replaced Bundled Grenades with a Panzerfaust.
 * Removed the default Panzerschreck.
 * Added Panzerschreck upgrade.
 * Reduced call-in cost from 440 to 400 manpower.
 * Replaced speaker (Assault Grenadiers).
- Sturmpioneers:
 * Kar98k effectiveness increased by approximately 5%.
 * Changed aesthetics to Panzer Lehr uniforms instead of Pioneers.
- Stormtroopers:
 * Reduced call-in cost from 380 to 360 manpower.
- Sturmhaubitze 42:
 * Increased damage multiplier versus the M18 Hellcat and M10 Wolverine.
- Sd.Kfz. 234 Armored Car:
 * Fixed an issue where the puma 50 mm projectile would not spawn at the correct marker, not causing a firing sound.
 * Hitpoints increased from 380 to 420.
 * Added missing object cover parameters to provide cover for nearby infantry.
 * Added missing veterancy 1 -15% received accuracy modifier.
 * Camouflage detection radius increased from 0 to 9 to match the Armored Car.
 * Critical target type changed from tp_vehicle to tp_light_vehicle.
 * Reduced experience value from 5 to 3.
 * Reduced manpower upkeep from 7.1 mp/min to 3 mp/min.
- Tiger Ace:
 * Replaced speaker to the one from the Tiger Ace singleplayer.
 * Can no longer use Tank Shock.
- King Tiger:
 * Replaced speaker to the one from the Tiger Ace singleplayer.
 * Can no longer use Tank Shock.

Panzer Elite:
- Henschel 'Panzerknacker' Overwatch:
 * Cost from 200 to 180 munitions.
- Fallschirmjägers:
 * FG42 Package hotkey from "M" to "F".
- Hummel:
 * Removed the decreased received accuracy modifier when locked down.
- Hetzer:
 * Spotting Scope now also increases the camouflage detection radius of the vehicle, similar to the tank commander.
- Railway Artillery:
 * Barrage incoming delay time from 1 to 3 seconds.
- APCR Shells:
 * Penetration bonus increased from 1-2% to 2-4%.

GUI:
- Further improvements and corrections to unit descriptions.
- Anti-class rating (present near the unit kill counts):
 * Tidied to a scale from 0-6, where 0 is "terrible" and 6 "excellent" for an better basic indication what the base unit is useful for.
- Victor Target warning smoke color changed from green to red.

Campaign:
- Carpiquet:
 * Fixed the missing Canadian Infantry.
 * Added Medical Kits and Field Dressing to the Commandos for more comfortable raiding.
- Carpiquet - The Airfield:
 * Starting manpower increased from 1000 to 1500 to ease the frontline construction and reinforcement of starting squads.

Maps:

- Downtown (6) (Made by TheSphinx, edited by Celution):
 * Opened up many passage ways for easier pathfinding of vehicles and fixed several locations that were not accessible with vehicles whatsoever.
 * Widened small wall openings to allow the passage of lighter vehicles.
 * Cleared roads of most movement blocking objects such as sandbags, tank traps, craters and wrecked cars for easier movement of light and medium vehicles.
 * Opened up three new passage ways for vehicles for the north base area.
 * Slightly increased the north base area.
 * Base sectors slightly redrawn.
 * Removed and flattened many craters to make the map slightly less "overdone" (less is more).
 * Moved several strategic points to no longer block roads/passage ways for vehicles.
 * Cleared the central graveyard for easier trespassing.

AI:
- Fixed an issue where Panzer Elite AI would sometimes get a really high number of 250 halftracks, they are now limited to 3.