Attention Squaddies,

After a series of updates to Squad over the course of 2022 we wanted to touch base with you, our community of players, and update you on a few goings on with the game and behind the scenes here at Offworld!




The next update to Squad will be v3.2.

At the end of last year we set ourselves the goal of improving not only communication with you, but also delivering on a number of the promises that we have made over the years. We really wanted to start this year on the right foot, and work to demonstrate our commitment to Squad and to our community of players.

In 2022 so far we have released monthly Updates including a significant overhaul of our lighting and shadows systems, two new factions (the Australian Army and the American marine forces), and other improvements to the game. The team has been working incredibly hard to deliver these updates, and address issues with them through quick hotfixes when required. We’re really proud of the progress that has been made.

While it’s still too early to share a date for v3.2, we are currently on track to release at the end of August. This means that July will be the first month in a while that we spend working on Squad without releasing an update. We know that you’ve recently experienced a monthly schedule for updates, so we wanted to let you know before you start wondering where this month’s update is.

Now that we’ve pushed out a ton of great content, V3.2 will feature bug fixes, and various updates meant to improve Squad’s performance. We’ve seen a lot of requests for this focus from our community, and this is another step to ensure we are paying active attention to the feedback you all provide us with. We are already working to test some of these in our Closed Playtest Sessions with select members of the community.

We will have more details about v3.2 as it gets closer to release, and are looking forward to sharing those!




As many of you know, we have been looking to hire a Community Manager for Squad for the past few months following OWI_Krispy’s move back home to the United Kingdom. We still miss Krispy, but are delighted to announce that we have found Squad’s new Community Manager! They’re working on getting up to speed on the ins and outs of the community, and you’ll be meeting them later this week.

This addition will allow us to further level up the community team and begin to really focus on providing our players, Server Owners, Partners, and other community members with the best possible connection to Offworld Industries. More hands on deck always ups the ante on what we can do!

This also means that OWI_Wedge will slowly be transitioning to a bit more of a behind the scenes role and won’t be quite as visible in the Squad community. You may see other refinements as well over the coming weeks and months.

While we don’t want to talk too much about what we have planned at this point, more regular Development Diaries sharing what’s going on behind the scenes at Offworld Industries, and letting you know what the focus of our next release will be is a goal for our team. We are also looking at our Developer Q&As to see how we can make them more informative and useful to a wider audience.




One of the things that we will be doing in these Development Diaries is to share a bit of a peek behind the scenes here at Offworld. While not directly affecting you as a player, we hope a look at the goings on behind the scenes of the development of the game might be illuminating and add a bit more flavour!

It’s summer time here in New Westminster, British Columbia, a city just outside of Vancouver. The past few weeks the team has been preparing to move into our new offices, and many of the members of our development teams who have been working remotely will be starting back in the office a few days a week.

On days off the past few weeks many of the team came into the studio to help put together furniture, move in computers, and get the studio ready for operation. The OWI IT team had an epic weekend long move to set up our new infrastructure and were able to minimize disruptions to game development, ensuring that both the Squad and Beyond The Wire teams had everything they needed for their first days back in the office!

Offworld will continue to be a mixture of remote and in-studio development teams, but the opening of a new office and the resumption of in-person work is a big step for the studio.

We look forward to bringing you all more Squad updates, more Squad news, and introducing our newest Community Manager to you all very soon!

At ease,

OFFWORLD OUT.

Attention Squaddies,

Today we are releasing Squad Hotfix v3.1, which specifically aims to address some of the issues introduced into the game by last week’s v3.0 Update (LINK URL).

We would like to thank all of the players who used our forums (LINK URL) and other channels to report their experiences with the game. If you have further issues please report them on our forums.

Thank you to all of you for your continued support of Squad and your patience as we work to resolve these issues.

At ease,

- Offworld Industries

• Fixed a client crash “CreateUnorderedAccessView”, this was caused by a new water compute shader not being compatible with older machines / older GPU drivers.
  
• Fixed a client crash when returning to the main menu. This was related to the waterline post process.
  
• Fixed a client crash when loading into a map regarding replication of vehicle seats.
  
• Fixed an issue with vehicles getting launched into space after being in the water, causing very poor FPS (<1) and/or client crashes.
  
• Fixed an issue with log spam "STEAM Rules response", reducing the log size on clients.
  
• Optimized networking of the environment interaction component to improve server network performance.
  
• Fixed an issue AUS F88 (old) scope water invisible through
  
• Fixed CAF Coyote ARV turret not passing damage to the vehicle.
  
• Fixed M1151 CROWS using the wrong map marker icon.
  
• Fixed an issue with USMC AAVP seat configuration on certain variants, unifying the seat configuration to 1 driver + 11 passengers.
  
• Adjusted USMC AAVP Mk19 automatic grenade launcher to improve gameplay balance:
  
• Rearm cost was increased to 75 ammo points per magazine (up from 8)
  
• Time to rearm one magazine was increased to 45 seconds (up from 3)
  
• Amount of magazines that could be rearmed at once was limited to 1
  
• Currently loaded magazine can’t be rearmed anymore (operator will need to load a new magazine for the current one to be rearmed/refilled)
  
• Projectile spread cone angle was increased to 50 MOA (up from 35)Fixed an issue with all RUS faction deployables not having a cost or limit on the Black Coast map layers.
  
• Fixed an issue with USMC LAV25 ARV woodland variant requiring Crewman kit for both the Commander seat and Pintle mounted MG seat. No special kit is required for these 2 vehicle positions.

• Al Basrah AAS v3 - Fixed INS minsk bikes not spawning.
  
• Black Coast RAAS v1 - Adjusted one of USMC’s helipad proximity to trees.
  
• Black Coast RAAS v3 - Fixed Subpen being available in the CP pool.
  
• Black Coast Seed v1 - Fixed USMC Main’s protection zone allowing USMC soldiers to survive as frogs.
  
• Goose Bay Invasion v4 - Fixed RUS Main missing repair stations and RUS helicopter pad not having rearm/repair and ammo/construction resupply.
  
• Jensens Range v3 - Fixed USMC UH1Y helicopter exploding on spawn.

•  Clear Cache to resolve residual issues If you are experiencing issues, be sure to go to Settings -> “CLEAR CACHE” after updating.

Attention Squaddies

Today we are releasing Squad Hotfix v3.0.1, which specifically aims to address some of the issues introduced into the game by yesterday’s v3.0 Update (LINK URL).

We would like to thank all of the players who used our forums (LINK URL) and other channels to report their experiences with the game. If you have further issues please report them on our forums.

Thank you to all of you for your continued support of Squad and your patience as we work to resolve these issues.

At ease,

- Offworld Industries

Attention Squaddies,

Squad’s v3.0 update is now live for players to download.

For details on what’s in this latest update visit our Release Notes which we posted yesterday (LINK URL).

To report any technical issues you might experience after updating to v3.0 please share them on our forums (LINK URL).

Thank you for your attention.

At ease,

– Offworld Industries

Attention Squaddies,

Tomorrow we are releasing Squad v3.0.

While there are dozens of improvements, fixes, and other changes in v3.0 the most significant are the addition of the American marine forces faction, new amphibious gameplay, and a new map Black Coast.

We’ve made a whole lot of other gameplay changes which are listed below in the Changelog, as well as addressed numerous bugs.

Squad v3.0 will be released on Wednesday, June 22nd at 18:00 UTC.

At ease,

- Offworld Industries






This update primarily showcases amphibious functionality

Summary

• Join the marine forces in amphibious assaults from ships off the coast.
  
• Leverage the unique capabilities of your vehicles and faction asymmetry to pull off new tactical manoeuvres.

List of vehicles with amphibious capabilities

• AAVP-7A1 APC - NEW
  
• AAVC-7A1 Command/Logistics Vehicle - NEW
  
• LAV-25 Armoured Recon Vehicle - NEW
  
• ASLAV Armoured Recon Vehicle
  
• BMP-1 IFV
  
• BMP-2 IFV
  
• BTR-80 APC
  
• BTR-82A APC
  
• BRDM-2 Scout Car
  
• MT-LB APC
  
• In addition to these fully amphibious machines, many military vehicles are capable of fording bodies of water up to a certain depth. Other less rugged vehicles will slow to a crawl and be flooded.

Features

• Fully-modelled waves, buoyancy, and water drag physics for vehicles.
  
• Waves become more gentle in inland waters.
  
• Soldier water interaction has been reworked
  
• Deep water reduces movement speed, scaling by immersion depth.
  
• Trying to move in deep water depletes stamina, scaling by immersion depth.
  
• Soldiers will raise their weapons above their heads when passing chest-deep water.
  
• Drowning damage has been reworked and rebalanced.
  
• Added Amphibious Invasion layers where capturing the first flag provides a shoreside spawn point for non-amphibious vehicles.
  
• Added an icon to denote Amphibious capability in the driver’s HUD and Map Vehicle List.
  
• Animated vehicle wake-plates when entering/exiting water

Summary of American Marine Forces Faction

• Iconic weapons, equipment, and tactics
  
• Adds BLUFOR amphibious capability

New / Modified Weapons

• M16A4 Full Length 5.56mm Rifle
  
• M27 IAR + SDO Optic 5.56mm Rifle
  
• M38 5.56 DMR
  
• M249 SAW + SDO Optic 5.56mm LMG
  
• M240 + MGO Optic 7.62mm MMG
  
• M16A4 + M203 40mm Under-Barrel Grenade Launcher
  
• SMAW Heavy Anti-Tank
  
• OKC-3S Knife

Shared Existing Weapons with US Army
• M4 Carbine 5.56mm Rifle
  
• M136 Medium Anti-Tank
  
• M72A7 light Anti-Tank
  
• M9 9mm Pistol
  
• M67 Fragmentation Grenade
  
• M18 Smoke Grenade

Kit Roles

• Rifleman (3 variants)
  
• Corpsman (2 variants)
  
• Squad Leader (3 variants)
  
• Crewman (2 variants)
  
• Pilot (2 variants)
  
• Automatic Rifleman (2 variants)
  
• Light Anti Tank (2 variants)
  
• Heavy Anti Tank (2 variants)
  
• Grenadier
  
• Marksman
  
• Machine Gunner
  
• Combat Engineer

Vehicles

• RHIB Watercraft
  
• RHIB Transport
  
• RHIB Logistics
  
• RHIB M240
  
• RHIB M2
  
• M1151 Light Armoured Car
  
• M1151 Open Top M2
  
• M1151 Open Door M2
  
• M1151 RWS M2
  
• M-ATV Armoured Car
  
• M-ATV Open Top M2
  
• M-ATV RWS M2
  
• M-ATV TOW
  
• AAVP7-A1 Armored Personnel Carrier
  
• AAVP7-A1 Amphibious APC
  
• AAVC7-A1 Amphibious Armored Logistics
  
• LAV-25A2 Amphibious Armoured Reconnaissance Vehicle
  
• M1A1 Main Battle Tank
  
• UH1Y Transport Helicopter

Map Layers

• Updated many map layers to include USMC:
  
• Note for Server Owners - Black Coast POI Subpen - This flag location currently only exists on AAS v1 and Seed v1 for performance reasons.When running Black Coast AAS v1 please keep in mind players may have much worse client performance The Subpen POI will be receiving updates and will be worked on for a future update when it could possibly be added to more map layers.
  
• Al Basrah Invasion v2
  
• Belaya RAAS v2
  
• Black Coast AAS v1
  
• Black Coast Invasion v1
  
• Black Coast Invasion v2
  
• Black Coast RAAS v1
  
• Black Coast RAAS v2
  
• Black Coast Seed v1
  
• Black Coast Skirmish v11
  
• Black Coast RAAS v3
  
• Black Coast RAAS v4
  
• Black Coast Invasion v3
  
• Fallujah Invasion v1
  
• Fallujah Invasion v3
  
• Fallujah RAAS v1
  
• Fallujah RAAS v3
  
• Fallujah RAAS v6
  
• Goose Bay RAAS v3
  
• Goose Bay Invasion v4
  
• Gorodok AAS v4
  
• Gorodok RAAS v6
  
• Jensen's Range v3
  
• Kohat RAAS v2
  
• Lashkar RAAS v5
  
• Mutaha RAAS v6
  
• Narva AAS v4
  
• Narva RAAS v2
  
• Sumari AAS v5
  
• Tallil RAAS v1
  
• Tallil Seed v1
  
• Yehorivka AAS v4
  
• Yehorivka RAAS v1
  
• Mutaha RAAS v3 was updated with Great Britain, replacing Australia
  
• Updated the Main Menu Entrymap to now feature the USS Essex WASP class LHD emerging from a storm.
  
• Updated Discord Rich Presence config for USMC faction.

• Added new vehicle: CAF Coyote Armoured Recon Vehicle.
  
• Added new vehicle: CAF CH-146 Transport Helicopter.

• Added a new map showcasing amphibious capabilities: Black Coast.
  
• Added a new amphibious-focused training map featuring the USS Essex: Pacific Proving Grounds.
  
• Added nicknames on the USA M1A2 and USMC M1A1 tank barrels.
  
• Added Character Interaction with mud, snow, dirt, and water. These materials will now accumulate on characters’ uniforms.
  
• Updated the training menu to include a link to Jensen’s Range for all factions training layers.
  
• Updated the infantry weapon hip-fire recoil visual animation to appear more intense.
  
• Updated repair station unbuilt and mid-built level states to have a more accurate visual footprint and reduced vertical profile.
  
• Updated the Ticket Legend, the generic vehicle ticket amounts have been removed. Exact ticket values for vehicles are now being displayed in the vehicle card list.
  
• Updated MEA Ural 4320 and RUS Kamaz5350 truck gearbox configuration.
  
• Updated the game flow when entering and exiting vehicles while reloading your weapon. If you enter a vehicle during the reload animation before finishing the reload, the reload will be cancelled.
  
• Adjusted the splash damage intensity on vehicle explosions. Vehicle explosions are now less deadly to infantry.
  
• Adjusted AUS M1A1 Commander M2 to now use turret stabilisation.
  
• Adjusted the rearm costs for various GPMG weapons on multiple vehicle turrets. The rearm costs should be reduced, in some cases drastically. Vehicles affected:
  
• USA MATV CROWS w/M240B : full rearm cost reduced to 150 ammo points (down from 563)
  
• USA M1126 RWS w/M240B : full rearm cost reduced to 150 ammo points (down from 563)
  
• GB FV432 RWS w/M240B : full rearm cost reduced to 150 ammo points (down from 563)
  
• GB FV4032 MBT loader’s turret M240B : full rearm cost reduced to 150 ammo points (down from 563)
  
• CAF Leopard 2 loader’s turret C6A1 : full rearm cost reduced to 150 ammo points (down from 250)
  
• CAF LAV 6 open-top turret C6A1 : full rearm cost reduced to 440 ammo points (down from 500)
  
• CAF M113 open-top turret C6A1 : full rearm cost reduced to 440 ammo points (down from 500)
  
• CAF M113 TLAV coaxial C6A1 : full rearm cost reduced to 220 ammo points (down from 750)
  
• CAF LUVW open-top turret C6A1 : full rearm cost reduced to 440 ammo points (down from 500)
  
• Adjusted CAF M113 TLAV turret inventory config - the coax GPMG now uses the same weapon slot as other similar vehicles (i.e. BTR-80, BRDM-2).
  
• Updated the CAF LUVW Transport variant to now have a more clear visual distinction from the Logistics variant. The Transport variant now does not have a rooftop cargo carrier.
  
• Updated reticles on the 1P78 (RU AK74m rifle scope) and ZF-1 scope (MEA G3 rifle scope) to be thinner and less obtrusive at range.
  
• Updated the GB FV107, USMC LAV-25, and CAF Coyote to use a new Recon Vehicle icon in the Vehicle List menu and Map screen.
  
• Adjusted the USA MATV Armored Car’s turret texture colouring to better match the rest of the hull.
  
• Adjusted the colour of several CAF vehicles to better match each other.
  
• Adjusted the MEA/INS G3 Rifle to have decreased visual roughness on the plastic butt stock and handguards.
  
• Adjusted the woodland GB FV4034 and CAF Leo2 MBT’s, to remove distant fields on the turrets camo netting for improved optimization and improved visual quality.
  
• Adjusted GB LDS Elcan reticle with thickened numbers to improve readability.
  
• Adjusted all vehicles using the GPMG turret weapons and NSV Cupola guns to use proper LODs for improved optimization with these assets.
  
• Adjusted all US Army character artwork to feature the M17 MHS pistol as all M9 pistols are now assigned to USMC.
  
• Updated the launch Splash image to feature USMC.
  
• Updated the CAF team-select menu images with newer character models & CH146.
  
• Optimised AUS knife texture usage from 32552kb to 5461kb.
  
• Optimised Skorpo cubemap texture usage from 49152kb to 8192kb.
  
• Optimised texture memory texture usage from 49152kb to 8192kb.
  
• Optimised Yehorivka Macro Mask Resource Size.
  
• Optimised several non-power 2 macro masks texture usage from 65536kb to 8192kb.
  
• Optimised skyboxes for lower resolution monitors/lower screen percentages
  
• Optimised particle motion vector compression to bc7 from vector displacement
  
• Optimised vehicle reticles compression and mips
  
• Optimised F88, AUS Binos and SUSAT texture compression to bc7
  
• Updated Credits

• Added a new music track to the main menu.
  
• Added new M4 Rifle firing sounds.
  
• Updated the AK74 Rifle close-up firing sounds.
  
• Updated CAF C7 rifle series SFX for better ROF timing and decreased bass for mid range firing.
  
• Updated the DShK HMG close-up firing sounds to use new, more powerful sounding SFX.
  
• Updated the M2 HMG close-up firing sounds to use new, more powerful sounding SFX.
  
• Added new CAF LUVW engine sounds.
  
• Updated infantry sounds to now include sounds when interacting with mud, including a mud landing sound, mud crawling sounds, and mud wrestling sounds.
  
• Updated 50cal projectiles to use new wood impact sounds.
  
• Adjusted bullet cracks audio with minor tweaks.
  
• Adjusted 30mm pass-by sounds
  
• Adjusted the turret rotation audio for emplacements and technicals.
  
• Disabled muffled EQ for 1p chopper gunner firing including reload sounds.
  
• Fixed an audio issue with footstep landing sounds, as they were too quiet and should now match the normal footstep sounds.
  
• Fixed an audio issue with several vehicles that had missing engine destroyed sounds.
  
• Fixed an audio issue with the DSHK and M2 HMG distance firing sounds volume from close range to mid range.

• Fixed an issue which was affecting patch install times. This will only improve install times for patches which come after v3.0, and is not a complete solution to long install times. We will continue to investigate fixes for that issue.
  
• Fix attempt for a server crash related to Soldier Ragdolls.
  
• Fixed an animation issue where certain grenade launchers, binoculars and rocket launchers (ie M72A3) had a jarring delay in the start of the animation when reloading, equipping, etc.
  
• Fixed a gameplay issue with AUS Field Dressings costing 10 ammo points to rearm instead of 5.
  
• Fixed a gameplay issue with certain user input breaking Rallypoints.
  
• Fixed a gameplay issue where the AUS/GB HX60 Truck’s F2 passenger seat soldier’s boots were clipping through the vehicle mesh.
  
• Fixed a gameplay issue with Seed map layers, the pre-placed deployables were unintentionally respawning after getting destroyed.
  
• Fixed a gameplay issue with the M4 M150 ACOG M203 Rifle having a misaligned front sight mount.
  
• Fixed a gameplay issue with the RUS Kamaz5350 Truck, the wheel traces caused the truck to get launched in unexpected ways. The vehicle handling should feel significantly different now. Increased speed threshold for substepping to have high precision at the shift point between 1st and 2nd gear. Also fixed an issue with the wheel setup that was affecting stability of the vehicle when doing sharp turns.
  
• Fixed a gameplay issue with Light APCs, which were costing 10 instead of 5 tickets if destroyed by friendly fire.
  
• Fixed a gameplay issue with the INS Black M1151 jeep, the gunner was not receiving direct explosive/frag damage.
  
• Fixed a gameplay issue with the INS Black M1151 which was not receiving explosive damage properly and was not destroyable with timed explosives.
  
• Fixed a gameplay issue where the CAF LAV6 IFV collision mesh permitted soldiers to clip into the rear of the vehicle.
  
• Fixed a visual issue with helicopter tail rotors not showing rocket impact explosions correctly.
  
• Fixed a visual issue with the INS/MIL BMP1 IFV, where the visual ATGM rocket mesh remains on the vehicle after getting fired.
  
• Fixed a visual issue with Militia soldiers roughness/metallic values.
  
• Fixed a visual issue with the RUS/MEA BMP2’s front wheel rig.
  
• Fixed a visual issue with the CAF TLAV APC, where the turret was not visible on the wreck mesh, they will now pop off a little when destroyed.
  
• Fixed a visual issue with the INS/MIL Mosin Rifle metal albedo being too bright.
  
• Fixed a visual issue with the AUS Browning MK3 Pistol having flickering textures.
  
• Fixed a visual issue with the BTR80, MTLB 6MA, BRDM-2 and BRDM-2 Spandrels occasionally having player shadows visible outside of their turrets.
  
• Fixed a visual issue with ammo bags & rally points, there were inconsistencies with the desert/woodland patterns between factions, these have been standardized to woodland for all factions for all biomes.
  
• Fixed a visual issue with the GB FV510 IFV, the turret colour was not matching the rest of the hull.
  
• Fixed a visual issue with the RUS Kamaz truck having broken normals on the rear truck flap.
  
• Fixed a visual issue with the CAF Rifleman 2 Arid soldier mesh, which had a visual anomaly with the helmet scrim.
  
• Fixed a visual issue with the MIL + INS Repair Station, at the first build state the generator's frame was doubled and clipped into the mesh.
  
• Fixed a visual issue with the MEA BRDM hubcaps using the wrong texture.
  
• Fixed a visual issue with the MEA UB32 rocket pod turret having incorrect texture.
  
• Fixed a visual issue with the INS Black M1151 Light Jeep which had a missing vehicle wreck texture.
  
• Fixed a visual issue with the G3 Z-point selection icons being inconsistent.
  
• Fixed a visual issue with the Militia Machine Gunner Soldier having bad skinning on the back of the neck.
  
• Fixed a visual issue with the GB Rifleman Soldier's back, which had bad skin weights.
  
• Fixed a visual issue with the GB Automatic Rifleman soldier mesh having a double radio pack.
  
• Fixed a UI issue with the name of the MEA BRDM-2 UB32 on the HUD text element being incorrect.

• Updated CAF map layers to include the new CAF vehicles.
  
• Updated the following maps to use the new ocean/lake water interaction: Al Basrah, Fallujah, Goose Bay, Narva, Skorpo.
  
• Updated all Level Designer-placed razor wire (ie Al Basrah VCP) to use the same damage and movement penalty settings as deployables razor wire.
  
• Fixed a visual issue with dead poplar trees having bad ambient occlusion.
  
• Fixed a visual issue with various “breathing” ground cover materials when affected by wind.
  
• Fixed a visual issue with the cattail plant mesh breaking when blowing in the wind.
  
• Fixed a visual issue on the Infantry Tutorial causing floating grass and green roads.
  
• Fixed Gorodok RAAS v3 main resupply zones not encapsulating all vehicles at both teams main.Fixed
• Tallil RAAS v1 Iraqi Hangars flag name being offset from the actual capture volume.
  
• Anvil Skirmish v1, Goose Bay Skirmish v1, Lashkar Skirmish v1 - Fixed an issue with Flag ticket gains being incorrect. They should behave like other skirmish layers:
  
• +20 tickets for flag capture
  
• +10 tickets for neutral flag capture
  
• Anvil RAAS v1 - Fixed an issue where MBT’s were not spawning for both teams.
  
• Al Basrah Seed v1 - Fixed minor visual issue with pre-placed FOB, MEA faction was incorrectly using the RUS Radio mesh and sound.
  
• Belaya RAAS v5 - Adding missing helipad and heli spawner for CAF.
  
• Fools Road Invasion v1 - Fixed a spelling in the name (was missing v).
  
• Goose Bay - fixed collision on the roof of the airport building.
  
• Goose Bay Invasion v4 - Fixed floating ammo crate.
  
• Goose Bay RAAS v3 - Added new map layer with USMC vs RUS.
  
• Goose Bay Skirmish v1 - Fixed an issue with both teams main base resupply zone not being large enough.
  
• Goose Bay Invasion v3 - Fixed an issue with the RUS Main base resupply zone not including the helipad, preventing helicopters from rearming.
  
• Goose Bay Invasion v4 - New map layer featuring the USMC.
  
• Gorodok RAAS v11 - Fixed an issue where River Fortification can appear twice in the same layer, right on top of each other.
  
• Gorodok - Fixed trees and smoke visible in Gorodok skybox.
  
• Gorodok - simplified large scale grass.
  
• Infantry Tutorial - Updated vehicle and faction ID board with USMC vehicles and infantry.
  
• Jensen's Range v6 (AUS/RUS) - Fixed an issue with the AUS MRH90 helicopter exploding on the landing pad.
  
• Jensen’s Range - Added Australian/RUS Jensens Range main menu selection link for AUS/RUS and USMC/RUS map layers.
  
• Kamdesh Invasion v4 - Fixed an issue with the AUS MRH90 helicopter exploding on the landing pad.
  
• Kohat AAS v2 - Changed from Mid Day to Early Morning lighting.
  
• Manic-5 - Updated the upper water reservoir depth to be very shallow. This is an interim workaround for a technical issue, until the map can be fully updated for amphibious gameplay.
  
• Mutaha Invasion v1 - Added INS Ural375 Transport Truck.
  
• Mutaha RAAS v3 - Updated to swap AUS with GB.
  
• Mutaha RAAS v5 - Fixed bad MBT spawner position for MEA.
  
• Narva - Added amphibious water and updated the Narva landscape material.
  
• Sumari Seed v1 - Fixed minor visual issue with pre-placed FOB, INS faction was incorrectly using the RUS Radio mesh and sound.
  
• Tallil Outskirts - Adjusted all Tallil map layers' helicopter altitude threshold to be decreased from 600m to 300m to avoid visual anomalies and excessive helicopter spotting with LOD/landscape exploits.

• Incremented the Mod Major Version, to enforce compatibility with the new Squad Version on v3.0 release.
  
• Added functionality to vehicle spawner that allows to override the biome to use for selecting a vehicle variant for debug purposes
  
• Added functionality to vehicle spawner which allows you to set Required Tags. This is used to ensure only Amphibious-capable vehicles spawn in the Essex well deck, for example.
  
• Added new experimental gameplay scripting system. This is a basic system for creating quick gameplay scripts. For example, in v3.0 it is used on certain amphibious-focused Invasion map layers to enable or disable vehicle/infantry spawns after the first CP is captured.
  
• Added new all-new ocean and lake BPs. These water actors enable waves and infantry and vehicle water interaction. A tutorial for setting these up will eventually be made.
  
• Updated vehicle spawner to allow spawning vehicles on water.
  
• Overhauled the vehicle turret wrecks for optimization. Turret logic has been consolidated into a component. Your existing custom vehicle wrecks will still work, but we recommend updating to the new system.
  
• Added a prototype Cinematic Character blueprint for easy setup of static scenes and cinematics. Also added a prototype improved Projectile Spawner for use with Sequencer.
  
• Updated minimap generator tool to have tight and proper bound handling, using landscape component bound if there are no map corners.
  
• Moved the hay bales and snow pole props from Skorpo map folder to Generic and cleaned up redirectors.

• If you are experiencing issues, be sure to go to Settings -> “CLEAR CACHE” after updating.

Attention Squaddies,

We are very pleased to announce that the next major update for Squad will be going live on June 22nd! Along with a new map, new vehicles and other game refinements, our 3.0 release will bring yet another one of our previously promised factions to the game - the American marine forces!

Since the start of 2022, the Squad development team has worked hard to hit a much more frequent cadence of releases, and to demonstrate our ongoing commitment to Squad and to you, our players.

This is not just another faction. In order to capture the marine experience, and fully mirror their real world missions, an entire new gameplay element has been developed for Squad and will be part of this next update. Previously impassable river and ocean terrain can now be crossed. Vehicles with amphibious capabilities can traverse bodies of deep water expanding players' tactical and strategic options. Five existing Squad maps have been overhauled to add amphibious gameplay, and we will be introducing one new map that’s amphibious ready! We plan to continue to make further refinements to existing maps as time goes on, as well.

The 3.0 update, dubbed our Amphibious Assault update, is a big step forward for Squad and something that has been in the works for a very long time here at Offworld. We are excited to share more information with Squad players over the coming days, and can’t wait for you all to get into the mud and play as this all-new faction.

We’re looking forward to hearing your reactions, seeing the amazing content we know our Squad Partners will be putting out, and want to extend a heartfelt thank-you to the Server Owners who help make this game what it is.

Be sure to check back next week for our Release Notes which will have the full list of additions, fixes, and new content coming to the game in v3.0.

At ease,

- Offworld Industries

Attention Squaddies,

Squad’s v2.16 update is now live for players to download.

For details on what’s in this latest update visit our Release Notes which we posted yesterday (LINK URL).

To report any technical issues you might experience after updating to v2.16 please share them on our forums (LINK URL).

Thank you for your attention.

At ease,

– Offworld Industries

Attention Squaddies,

Tomorrow we are releasing Squad v2.16. This continues a series of more frequent updates, some of which are smaller in scope, to allow us to continually improve the Squad experience for our players.

V2.16 will be the fourth update to Squad this year (not including Hotfixes).

While there are dozens of improvements, fixes, and other changes in v2.16, the most prominent are the addition of three new vehicles for the Canadian Armed Forces faction, a INS emplacement Hell Cannon for the Insurgent faction, and the new Seeding Mode that will help Server Owners better populate Squad servers.

We’ve made a whole lot of other gameplay changes which are listed below in the Changelog, as well as addressed numerous bugs.

Squad v2.16 will be released on Wednesday, May 18th at 18:00 UTC.

At ease,

- Offworld Industries

• M113A3 APC (3 variants) - This is an older vehicle which saw some service in Afghanistan. This fills the gap for CAF in terms of a tracked troop transport.
  
• M113A3 C6 Open Turret
  
• M113A3 M2 Open Turret
  
• M113A3 TLAV Enclosed Turret
  
• LUVW Light Jeep (4 variants): - This light jeep is outfitted with an armour kit, giving it slightly more protection against small arms than for example an un-armoured logistics truck, but less armour than for example a MAT-V.
  
• LUVW Transport Jeep
  
• LUVW Logistics Jeep
  
• LUVW C6 Jeep
  
• LUVW M2 Jeep
  
• CH-178 Transport Helicopter - Mi-17V5s were acquired by Canada during the Afghanistan War, used as a stopgap medium-lift helicopter while the RCAF sourced alternatives. This historical oddity is featured on a handful of layers set in Afghanistan.

• Added a new INS emplacement – The Hell Cannon. This terrifying, home-made insurgent weapon launches an explosive-filled propane tank to devastate enemy positions.
  
• Overhauled the Seed Game Mode.
  
• Updated all Seed map layers to now have pre-placed forward FOBs and HABs. Pre-placed FOBs will have 10,000 ammo and 2000 construction points.
  
• Removed weaponized emplacements for all seed map layers (exception for INS on Sumari Seed v2 and Tallil Seed v2 having access to the new Hell Cannon emplacement).
  
• Updated the Seed Game Mode to start in a “Seeding Phase” ruleset and transition to a “Live Phase” ruleset when sufficient players have joined the server. See our blog post for more details on the new Seed Game Mode [[url=https://joinsquad.com/2022/05/16/introducing-squad-seeding/]LINK URL

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• Updated FOB Radio to have an increased ticket loss penalty of 20 tickets (was 10). Design Intention: to increase the incentive to defend FOBs, and attempt to address FOB spam, which is currently the predominant tactic for winning games.
  
• Adjusted the INS Tire Fire deployable to now have an additional movement impairment directly in the center of the deployable, which should prevent infantry being able to run all the way through the blockade. Design Intention: Increase the viability of this barrier to impede enemy traversal.
  
• Adjusted the INS Sapper Kit Role’s main weapon from the Mosin Carbine Bolt Action Rifle to the PPSH41 submachine gun. Design Intention: to give the INS Sapper an effective close and medium range weapon while relying on team members for longer range engagements.
  
• Updated all CAF Kit Roles with a new, more authentic L83A1 smoke grenade, which is the CAF equivalent to M18 smoke grenade.
  
• Updated AUS & CAF 3rd-person character model to remove the pistol model from Kit Roles that aren’t equipped with them, and added the missing 3rd-person pistol model on the Engineer 2 and Crewman Kit Roles.
  
• Updated all AK family rifle reload SFX, to now use correct bolt moving SFX and improved mag in / mag out SFX.
  
• Updated the AUS EF88 / F88 Rifle reloads to now use unique SFX.
  
• Adjusted the AUS Maximi to be slightly louder when fired in close proximity.
  
• Reduced the max audible range of the AUS ASLAV IFV’s engine SFX.
  
• Adjusted the layout and text of Game Mode descriptions to be clearer for new players.
  
• Adjusted the AUS MRH90 Helicopter collision model to now include the middle seats section.
  
• Adjusted the HUD name for all factions’ Combat Engineer E-tool/Spade to include “Engineer” or “Sapper”. Design Intention: To give a clear indication that this shovel has unique properties vs normal shovels (can build / dig down deployables faster).
  
• Adjusted the text for AUS weapon descriptions.
  
• Updated the loading box splash screen artwork.

• Fix attempt for the crash that gives an error regarding ASQTeamState.
  
• Fix attempt for the crash related to the muted players cache.
  
• Fix attempt for the issue where some players would see thick fog after swapping layers.
  
• Fixed an issue with missing destruction SFX for light vehicle engines.
  
• Updated the deployable camo netting to add a fallback colour, which should fix issues with the Landscape Renderer breaking camo netting under certain circumstances, like with the Fools Road black camo nets.
  
• Fixed a legacy issue with infantry bipods, where deploying your bipod while simultaneously crouching could get you stuck in a permanent bipod state.
  
• Fixed a visual issue with ADS peripheral blur, which was not getting removed when a player entered a vehicle or emplacement while in ADS.
  
• Fixed a visual issue with some vehicle windows (ie. M-ATV) not showing RPG impact effects.
  
• Fixed an issue with the AUS Observation Tower deployable’s camo netting collision unintentionally blocking projectiles.
  
• Fixed a collision issue with the AUS PMV Armored Car, where the rear hatches passed damage to the hull – impacts to those hatches no longer pass damage to the hull, in line with other similar vehicle hatches.
  
• Fixed AUS Squad Leaders missing Incendiary Grenades necessary for destroying Caches in the Insurgency Game Mode.
  
• Fixed an issue with the AUS pistol costing 10 ammo points to rearm; it now costs 1 ammo point per mag, in line with other pistols.
  
• Fixed an audio issue with the AUS MRH90 Helicopter’s exterior rotor SFX after exiting the pilot seat.
  
• Fixed an issue with the AUS M1A1 MBT’s ammo not being removed when the ammo rack component was destroyed.
  
• Fixed an audio issue with the AUS EF88 SL40 Rifle Smoke rounds having incorrect impact SFX.
  
• Fixed a legacy UI issue with SPG-9 emplacements not having a map icon when unmanned.
  
• Fixed a legacy visual issue where the arms visually broke when dry reloading the M240H Helicopter Door Gun.
  
• Fixed a legacy visual issue with low texture quality on character models in the Role Loadout menu.
  
• Fixed a visual issue with the GB SA330 Helicopter’s instrument panel flickering.
  
• Fixed a visual issue with the AUS MRH90 Helicopter’s cockpit display not updating correctly on ultra-wide monitors.
  
• Fixed a visual issue with AUS ASLAV APC’s wheel collision meshes when destroyed.
  
• Fixed a visual issue with the AUS EF88 SL40 Rifle (Grenadier Kit Role) having rounds visible in the magazine during a “dry” reload animation.
  
• Fixed an audio issue with MG shell casing SFX not being affected by the volume slider.
  
• Fixed an issue for some special weapon skins icons (Veteran RPG7, Veteran RPG7v2, and Desert M4) so they now show the correct variants.
  
• Fixed an issue with Kickstarter uniform patches not displaying correctly on 3p models of AUS and specific Woodland CAF soldiers.
  
• Fixed a visual issue where some MEA and RU fortifications (HASCO blocks / walls) were filled with brown dirt instead of sand for desert biome assets.
  
• Fixed a UI issue where the AUS PMV M2 RWS Armored Car used the incorrect map icon (“light jeep”). it now uses the correct map icon (“heavy jeep”).
  
• Fixed a UI issue for the AUS EF88 Rifle’s description; it no longer lists the stats twice, and also shows the correct zeroing distance for the Spectre optic.
  
• Fixed a typo with RUS and MEA artillery strike title and tooltip text so it correctly refers to it as being a 152mm caliber strike.
  
• Fixed an issue with Discord rich presence not supporting CAF assets correctly, this affected Goose Bay, Manic-5 and the CAF faction flag.
  
• Fixed an issue with Discord rich presence, where AUS & RUS factions were displayed as US.
  
• Fixed an issue with Discord rich presence, so the Anvil map will now display correctly.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Anisotropic Filtering level was being misreported in the log file.

• Updated all CAF map layers naming convention to be unified with all other factions map layers. Check the sheet for the full list of changes:
  
• v2.16 CAF Layers [[url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gqUYbOW72KQ9j4f2JNj6R23z6MIZc1roOOA1H2n45no/edit#gid=0]LINK URL

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Updated all CAF map layers to include new vehicle distribution.

Added new map layer – Kohat RAAS v9.

Added new map layer – Goose Bay RAAS v2.

Updated Fallujah Seed v1 layout to now have 3 capture points.

Updated Tallil Seed v2 – Team 2 is now INS (was RUS), and CAF now gets LUVW jeeps (transport + logistics).

Updated Sumari Seed v2 – Team 2 is now INS (was RUS).

Updated all INS map layers to now include the Tire Fire deployable – each INS FOB can deploy up to 2 Tire Fire deployables.

Updated several INS map layers to include INS Ural 375 Transport Truck variant.

Al Basrah Seed v1 – Fixed MEA main base no-deploy zone being offset by around 80m to the south.

Al Basrah AAS v3 – Fixed Helicopters not being able to resupply at the AUS main base.

Fallujah Seed v1 & Tallil Seed v2 – Fixed map layer name not showing up correctly on the deploy screen / server browser.

Jensen’s Range v4 (CAF vs RUS) – Fixed RUS not having a MI8 Helicopter spawn and fixed RUS using INS HAB mesh.

Kohat RAAS v8 – Fix attempt for the AUS MRH90 helicopter exploding on the helipad.

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• Added a configurable variable to vehicle turrets, to set the health level required for stabilizer to function. Default value is 0.5.
  
• Added a system for Level Design to allow for ambient Jetovers on maps. JetFlyBy will spawn ambient planes that fly overhead of the geo map.
  
• Made initial ammo & construction values on FOBs editable on instances, to allow customizing the amount of resources on pre-placed FOBs without additional components.
  
• Adjusted the AUS PMV Mag58 Armored Car to include a LowCaliber tag.
  
• Moved CAF faction setups to single use folder and updated them with standard delays & counts, deleted old legacy faction tables, counts & delays for these layers.
  
• Added bRulesetEnabled flag and setters/getters for it into SQGameRuleset to allow for rulesets logic to be notified to enable or disable itself.
  
• Added implementable events BPRulesetEnabled & BPRulesetDisabled to SQGameRuleSet, to allow blueprint child classes to react on being enabled or disabled in event-based fashion.
  
• Modified GraphTicketComponent and GraphNodeBasedBleedComponent, allowing their logic to be turned on/off.
  
• Modified Ruleset_Vehicle, to allow the ticket subtraction logic to be enabled/disabled using new ruleset enable/disable functionality.
  
• Events OnPlayerJoined and OnPlayerRemoved on SQGameState exposed to blueprints
  
• Added a TryGetDefaultObjectFor() helper function to SQBlueprintLibrary to get the default object for a certain class, with dynamic output type, to save some casting in blueprints.
  
• Added TryGetRulesetsOfClass() helper function to SQGameMode, to get an array of currently active rulesets of a specified class, with dynamic output type to save some casting in blueprints.
  
• Exposed RuleSets array in SQGameMode to blueprints as a read-only property
  
• Made GetCustomServerSetting() helper function in SQBlueprintLibrary compatible with In-Editor server settings, accessible in Editor Preferences -> Play Squad -> Custom Options.
  
• Added server-side helper functions to SQBlueprintLibrary to expand the ability to work with CustomOptions.cfg contents in blueprints:
  
• GetCustomServerSettingAsInt()
  
• GetCustomServerSettingAsFloat()
  
• GetCustomServerSettingAsBool()
  
• DoesCustomServerSettingExist()
  
• Added new INS Ural 375 Transport Truck variant.
  
• Reminder: Make sure your vehicles, turrets, vehicle weapons, and emplacements are using the new SQArmourMesh Component added in v2.15, or they may not receive damage properly.

If you are experiencing issues, be sure to go to Settings -> “CLEAR CACHE” after updating.

Attention Squaddies,

Squad’s v2.15 update is now live for players to download.

For details on what’s in this latest update visit our Release Notes which we posted yesterday (LINK URL).

To report any technical issues you might experience after updating to v2.15 please share them on our forums (LINK URL).

The Australian Faction was originally developed by the modding organization Midnight Interactive Pty Ltd. Offworld purchased the mod and has spent many months fine-tuning the artwork and mechanics.

Thank you for your attention.

At ease,

– Offworld Industries

Attention Squaddies,

Squad v2.15 continues Squad’s new release cadence, with our team working to provide more frequent updates as we move forward. It is the third update of the year (not counting Hotfixes).

The most obvious part of the v2.15 Update is the much anticipated release of the Australian Army. This light infantry focused faction has a Bullpup primary, and a unique Combat Engineer split to offer players expanded options on the field. Also a feature in v2.15 is improvements to FOB Deployables including new additions such as camouflage netting that will help conceal soldiers who are using the FOB for cover. The team has also updated and replaced most particle VFX with improved visual fidelity and major performance optimizations.

We’ve made a host of other gameplay changes which are listed below in the Changelog, as well as addressed numerous bugs.

Squad v2.15 will be released on Wednesday, April 13th at 19:00 UTC.

• New Faction – Australia
  
• Squad welcomes the folks from down under to the fight
  
• Light infantry focused
  
• Bullpup primary
  
• Unique Combat Engineer split

• Camouflage Pattern: AMCU (new)
  
• Pistol: Hi power pistol MK3 (new)
  
• Main Rifle (Non Magnified Optic): EF88 + Eotech 552 (new)
  
• Main Rifle (Magnified Optic): EF88 + Elcan Specter 4x (new)
  
• Grenadier: EF88 + SL40 UGL (new)
  
• Designated Marksman (DMR): HK417 (new)
  
• Light Machine Gun (LMG): F89 Minimi (new)
  
• General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG): Maximi (new)
  
• Hand Grenade: Australian F1 Frag (new)
  
• Smoke Grenade: M18 (Same as USA/GB/CAF)
  
• Timed Explosive: CompB Explosive (new)
  
• Light Anti-Tank (LAT): M72 LAW (Same as USA/GB/CAF)
  
• Heavy Anti-Tank (HAT): Carl Gustaf (Same as USA/CAF)
  
• Crewman & Pilot: EF88C (new)
  
• Knife: SOCP (new)
  
• Binoculars: AUS Binoculars (new)

• Logistics Vehicle: HX60 (Retextured GB asset)
  
• Unarmed Transport Vehicle: HX60 (Retextured GB asset)
  
• Armoured Car:
  
• PMV Open Top Mag58 (new)
  
• PMV Open Top 3x Mag58 (new)
  
• PMV RWS M2 (new)
  
• Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV): ASLAV-25 (new)
  
• Main Battle Tank (MBT): M1A1 Abrams (Modified USA asset)
  
• Transport Helicopter:
  
• MRH90 (new)
  
• AUS UH60 (Retextured USA asset)

• HMG: M2 Emplacement (Same as USA/GB/CAF)
  
• ATGM: BG71 TOW Emplacement (Same as USA/GB/CAF)
  
• Mortar: 81mm F2 Emplacement (Same as USA/GB/CAF)

• Commander CAS: F/A-18 Rocket Strike
  
• Commander Artillery
  
• 12 Cannon Salvo Circle (Same as USA/GB/CAF)
  
• 12 Cannon Salvo Line (Same as USA/GB/CAF)
  
• Commander UAV: MQ-9 Reaper (Same as USA/GB/CAF)

1. Anvil AAS v1
   
2. Anvil AAS v2
   
3. Anvil Invasion v1
   
4. Anvil Invasion v2
   
5. Anvil RAAS v3
   
6. Anvil RAAS v4
   
7. Anvil Skirmish v1
   
8. Anvil TC v1
   
9. Al Basrah Invasion v3
   
10. Al Basrah AAS v3
    
11. Chora AAS v4
    
12. Chora RAAS v3 – features old school F88 Rifles. 2 pre-captured flag, INS start with extra 40 tickets
    
13. Fallujah Invasion v4
    
14. Fallujah RAAS v4
    
15. Fool’s Road RAAS v4
    
16. Gorodok RAAS v7
    
17. Gorodok RAAS v8 – INS/MIL begins with 2 flags pre-captured and starts with an extra 40 tickets
    
18. Jensen’s Range v6
    
19. Kamdesh AAS v1
    
20. Kamdesh Insurgency v1
    
21. Kamdesh Invasion v4
    
22. Kamdesh Invasion v5
    
23. Kamdesh Invasion v6
    
24. Kamdesh RAAS v5
    
25. Kamdesh RAAS v6 – new layout with 1 pre-captured flag.
    
26. Kamdesh Skirmish v1
    
27. Kamdesh TC v3
    
28. Kohat AAS v3
    
29. Kohat RAAS v8
    
30. Kokan AAS v3
    
31. Kokan RAAS v3
    
32. Lashkar AAS v3
    
33. Lashkar AAS v4
    
34. Lashkar Invasion v2
    
35. Lashkar RAAS v2
    
36. Lashkar RAAS v3
    
37. Lashkar Skirmish v1
    
38. Lashkar TC v4
    
39. Logar AAS v3
    
40. Mutaha AAS v3
    
41. Mutaha Invasion v3
    
42. Mutaha RAAS v2
    
43. Mutaha RAAS v3
    
44. Sumari AAS v3
    
45. Sumari Seed v2
    
46. Tallil RAAS v5
    
47. Tallil Invasion v4
    
48. Yehorivka AAS v3
    
49. Yehorivka RAAS v8

Upgrade package for defensive deployables

• Added camouflage nets to many deployables: Pillbox sandbags, HMG bunkers, HASCO bunkers, Indirect Fire Shelters, HABs. 

Design Intention: This is intended to make it harder to spot soldiers using deployables for cover. One side of the camo netting appears semi-transparent up close, while the side facing the enemy is fully opaque. This is intended to make using these deployables more effective for defence, as well as offsetting the impact of the new muzzle flashes.

• Added a new deployable - fortified HASCO Observation Tower for all conventional factions.

Design Intention: This gives defending players the opportunity to deploy an elevated, protected position, which they can use as an observation and firing platform. Players could also use this as a corner-piece to connect with a larger network of defensive deployables like the HASCO walls, sandbags, HMG bunkers, etc. The primary purpose is to provide a camouflaged observation position with which a defensive player can monitor enemy movements without being seen, as well as a firing platform should they choose to engage.

• Pros: Large amount of hit points and good viewing angles, with a protected entry way
  
• Cons: Large Construction cost & build time, very exposed / prominent position which is easy to target with area effect weapons.

• Added a new deployable – rickety wooden watchtower with camo nets for Militia.
  
• Pros: Relatively small footprint with superior viewing angles for observation and fire support.
  
• Cons: Very exposed / prominent position which is easy to target with area effect weapons.

• Added a new experimental Tire Fire deployable for Insurgents.
  
• Initial Limits: Limited to 2 per FOB. This experimental deployable is initially available on a limited selection of map layers:
  
• Al Basrah AAS v2
  
• Al Basrah Insurgency v1
  
• Al Basrah Invasion v1
  
• Al Basrah Invasion v2
  
• Al Basrah RAAS v1
  
• Al Basrah Skirmish v2
  
• Anvil Invasion v1
  
• Anvil Invasion v2
  
• Sumari Invasion v1
  
• CAF Al Basrah Invasion v1
  
• CAF Al Basrah Invasion v3
  
• CAF Mutaha Invasion v1

Design Intention: This unique Insurgent deployable is intended to slow vehicles, cut off enemy routes, conceal travel routes, block sight lines, and create fear and chaos among the enemy.

• Updated HABs, Sandbags, HASCOs and several other deployables to use biome-specific camouflage. Each faction’s deployables will have a different colour scheme depending on which biome the map belongs to: Forest, Desert, or Snow.
  
• Unique Biome variations exist for:
  
• NATO (USA, GB, CAF)
  
• AUS
  
• RUS
  
• MEA

Design Intention: This is intended to make deployables blend into the environment better, making them slightly harder to spot, especially from longer ranges and from the air.

• Adjusted Deployables’ damage resistance against explosives, fragmentation, and HEAT. This is intended to make deployable fortifications more resilient.
  
• Affects:
  
• Sandbag walls
  
• HESCO walls
  
• HESCO blocks
  
• HESCO bunkers
  
• HMG Bunkers
  
• HABs
  
• Razor Wire

Design Intention: This change is meant to make large fortified FOBs more viable in the face of mortars and Commander call-ins. While the ultimate solution will include changes to those offensive assets, buffing deployables should lead to more enjoyable defensive gameplay in the meantime.

• Updated the HAB ghost placement mesh to include exit point indicators. Exit Indicators will change colour from green to red to indicate when an obstacle obstructs the arrow’s position, which is an indication that the doorway may be partially or completely blocked to players.

• Updated and replaced most particle VFX with improved visual fidelity and major performance optimizations.
  
• Updated and optimised deployable sandbag destruction FX.
  
• Added a new Capture Rate Indicator to the HUD Flag Status widget (in the top right of the screen). Arrows will appear on the Capture Progress Bar to indicate how quickly the point is being captured or lost. Capture Speed Scaling was added in v2.14.

Design Intention: Encourage squads to capture together, and make players aware of the benefits of having more people together on the point.

• Updated flag capture rate scaling values. Capturing generally takes longer and the neutral flag capture rate variability is more obvious with 3 or fewer soldiers in the capture zone. Create Infographic with the information below:

Design Intention: Encourage teamwork within and between squads by incentivizing capturing points en masse, and give squads a reason to stick together when back-capping on initial rollout. It should also improve pacing by encouraging more deliberate movement from flag to flag, and provide more strategic options on rollout. Overall this change should discourage rushing flags by increasing the chances of encountering a full squad on the point, rather than a lone enemy on back-cap duty.

• Added a Depth of Field (DoF) effect. This draws focus to the action and enhances the look of visual effects.
  
• Most noticeable when aiming down weapon sights, bipoded, using emplacements, or looking through a vehicle viewport.
  
• The quality and performance cost of this effect are controlled by Post Process Quality. Setting it to Low will disable the effect altogether.
  
• Overhauled the vehicle armour mesh system to now use a new simplified process for assigning VFX and SFX.
  
• Updated the MIL/INS AK74 with 1P29 to once again have adjustable range zeroing from 100m out to 400m, in increments of 100m.
  
• Updated all GB SUSAT-equipped infantry weapons to have adjustable range zeroing from 100m out to 600m, in increments of 100m.
  
• Updated the vehicle explosion impact interior sound sets, adding 2 new sounds. This should alleviate the issue of a vehicle crew not being able to determine the severity of an impact (i.e. a UGL impact getting perceived the same as a Tandem rocket).
  
• All UGL / Frags now use a new light impact sound.
  
• All armor piercing projectiles use another set of piercing more destructive sounds. (APFSDS rounds etc.)
  
• All tank rounds are using the existing sounds that you’ve heard.
  
• Updated CAF Commander CAS to now use CF-18 rocket strike.
  
• Updated the Standard Lighting so FX emissive bloom can be adjusted by material instance brightness where needed.
  
• Updated the game mode legend descriptions and server browser tooltip text to be more rapidly digestible and easy to understand.
  
• Adjusted Combat Engineer Kit Role inventory razorwire to have the half built state with a single row of knee-high wire (Same as FOB razorwire).
  
• Adjusted deployable Razor Wire (FOB+Infantry) to no longer have any player or vehicle collision on the stakes at any build state..
  
• Adjusted the rotation speed of open turrets and emplacements using keyboard and mouse input.
  
• Added WASD input zoom sensitivity scaling to open top vehicle turrets and emplacements.
  
• Adjusted the MEA BRDM-2, MEA BMP-2, MEA BMP-1, MEA Ural-4320 & RUS Woodland BMP-2 hull textures to improve the resolution on small details like the lamp, turret cloth and track wheels.
  
• Adjusted the Mi8/Mi17 Helicopter’s default ammo/construction cargo split from 750/750 to 900 ammo / 600 construction.
  
• Adjusted all AR/MG Kit role minimum magazine count. No kit will have more than 100 rounds if they respawn with an empty kit. The only exceptions are the MIL AR kit with FN Minimi and CAF AR kit with C9, which uses 200-round belts. Most AR/MG kits should now have only 1 magazine/belt when spawning with an empty kit. Exception is RUS AR kits with RPK-74, which should spawn with 2x 45 round magazines (90 rounds in total).
  
• Adjusted the CAF Arid and Woodland team selection images to reflect the most up to date character and weapon models.

• Fixed an issue where players occasionally would have very thick fog after switching to a new map layer.
  
• Fixed a common Server crash related to SQMapMarkerManager.
  
• Fixed a long-standing issue with RAAS fog of war, which was unintentionally hiding lost and “double neutral” flags. Now on RAAS map layers, all flags should stay visible for members of a team at all times after they were discovered by that team. A “lock” icon will appear over a capture zone when a team cannot currently affect the flag state anymore (in a double-neutral situation). The capture progress bar will also be hidden to indicate the flag is no longer valid to capture.
  
• Fixed a long-standing UI issue with the diamond-shaped flag state indicator on the map, where the indicator was incorrectly blinking even when neither team was capturing the flag, giving players an incorrect impression about the current capture situation.
  
• Fixed several issues with the peripheral vision ADS Blur for infantry weapons:
  
• Fixed ADS blur harsh cut transitions when toggling between ADS and hipfire. The effect now smoothly fades in and out.
  
• Optimization: Blur shader no longer costs performance when not in ADS.
  
• Applied subtle ADS peripheral vision blur to some remaining weapons which did not yet have it.
  
• Increased intensity of peripheral vision blur when using zoom optics.
  
• Fixed an issue with the minimap on all maps which support helicopters (using soft map boundary), the minimap appeared more dim/darker than intended.
  
• Fixed an issue with dithered temporal AA glass shaders.
  
• Fixed a visual issue with the vehicle HUD, where a vehicle’s destroyed turret component indicator would incorrectly display that the turret stabilisation was still active, even though the turret was disabled and therefore stabilisation was disabled.
  
• Fixed an issue with Graphic settings to ensure contact shadows are always on for low and medium shadow quality.
  
• Fixed a gameplay issue with pilots getting excessively harsh team kill penalties in relation to crashing helicopters with multiple passengers. Corrected the helicopter pilot’s penalty to now only be counted as a single suicide penalty when crashing a helicopter, regardless of the amount of passengers involved.
  
• Fixed an audio issue where double hit sounds would play for soldiers.
  
• Fixed an issue with the vehicle driver smoke generator, where the smoke was invisible to the driver.
  
• Fixed an issue with the RUS/MEA Kord HMG emplacement’s stadiametric rangefinder not having accurate markings.
  
• Fixed a minor visual issue with the GB FV107 Tracked Recon wreck mesh LOD.
  
• Fixed a minor issue with the RUS Kamaz 5350 Truck where infantry were unable to fire while prone in the truck bed.
  
• Fixed a minor issue with the Destruction game mode legend’s text not fitting on 16:9 aspect ratio without scrolling. Adjusted the text to be scrollable along with images for aspect ratios which require scrolling. Clarified the requirement for Combat Engineer explosives.
  
• Fixed a minor visual issue of character’s backpacks getting awkwardly crunched down in 3p by adjusting soldier prone pitch up and pitch down 3p poses.
  
• Fixed a minor visual issue with the USA HAT MAAWS having a slight gap in the reticle.
  
• Fixed a minor visual issue with proportions on the CAF and MEA static flags.
  
• Fixed a minor visual issue with the viewport texture on the RUS woodland BMP-2.
  
• Fixed a minor visual issue with the Militia Heavy Machine gunner having a broken lip that stretched out the back of his neck.
  
• Fixed a minor visual issue with the M240 Helicopter Door Gun’s muzzle flash not moving with the gun.

• Added new map layer: Goose Bay Invasion v3 – USA vs RUS, dim twilight lighting scenario with very large capture zones.
  
• Added new map layer: Narva Invasion v3 – USA vs RUS, using a unique flag lattice with under-utilised Points of Interest.
  
• Added a new map layer: Sumari Seed v2 – AUS vs RUS, clone of Sumari Seed v1.
  
• Belaya – Updated Belaya to use a new landscape renderer.
  
• Fallujah RAAS v1 – Adjusted vehicle layout, removing MEA Simir Kornet, replaced with BMP2 IFV.
  
• Fallujah – Fixed a few locations in sewers that still allowed deployables to be placed – intention is to disallow all deployables in the sewers.
  
• Fallujah – Updated the sewer entrances with blocking volumes for vehicles only, to prevent motor bikes from glitching into sewers.
  
• Fallujah – Fixed a detached wall segment at grid G5-3-2.
  
• Fallujah – Fixed an issue with train cars in the north-west of Fallujah having several issues with their LODs, allowing players to see through parts of the assets.
  
• Goose Bay – Fixed various floating grass.
  
• Goose Bay – Adjusted minimap brightness.
  
• Gorodok – Fixed various floating grass: grids F6-1-2, H4-1-4, F7-7-8, C12-8-3.
  
• Infantry Tutorial – Updated to include the AUS faction on the soldier and vehicle identification board.
  
• Kamdesh RAAS v4 – Fixed respawn time of an MEA MTLB 6MA (was incorrectly 10 seconds, now 6 minutes).
  
• Kokan – Adjusted all Kokan map layers to remove the ability to become Commander.
  
• Narva – Adjusted Narva mid day lighting.This lighting should now have more balanced colour temperature and wider contrast.
  
• Narva Destruction v1 – Fixed USA not having enough vehicle spawners for all vehicles to spawn at start.
  
• Narva Destruction v1 – Fixed an issue where USA is not team1, which could result in the same team playing the same faction 2 maps in a row.

• Fixed an issue with the crash reporter not running for server builds, therefore not reporting crashes or ensures. This will now be enabled by default on all server platforms and will aid in gathering information to address the critical Linux crash issues.

• Added a BP tool that allows media creation by loading a weapon mesh with all the attachments associated – BP_Weapons_Marketing
  
• Updated mod major version from 2 to 3.
  
• Overhauled the vehicle armour mesh system to now use a new simplified process for assigning VFX and SFX.

• If you are experiencing issues, be sure to go to Settings -> “CLEAR CACHE” after updating.

The Australian Faction was originally developed by the modding organization Midnight Interactive Pty Ltd. Offworld purchased the mod and has spent many months fine-tuning the artwork and mechanics.

At ease,

- Offworld Industries