We have released a substantial update to Day of Infamy today, including performance improvements, BattlEye anti-cheat, destructible walls for alternate map routes, lethal bayonet charging, improved character art, helmets that fly off, a new map in testing, and much more! Check out the full changelist below:

Performance Improvements

• Map Performance Pass
• Sicily
• Ortona

• Model Performance Pass
• All character models, improved LODs and bones collapsed in higher LODs.
• Third person weapons improved LODs.

New Content

• Added BattlEye anti-cheat.
• New map: Saint Lo - Inspired by DoD “Thunder” now available in the “in testing” playlist.
• New weapon: German “Splitterring Stielhandgranate”
• New weapon upgrades:
• American “White Phosphorous” bazooka round.
• M1 Garand grenade launcher.
• Suppression audio heartbeat effect heard when suppressed and under 40% health.
• Shootable Bells on the following maps:
• Bastogne
• Comacchio
• Ortona
• Salerno
• Sicily
• “Explosive planted” VO for TNT for all factions.
• 1st person screen desaturation shader tied to low player health.
• Caps for German officers.

Updated Content

• Improved shading on character models using new SurfaceGGX shader.
• New Springfield & grenade launcher models.
• Bayonet option now added to all bolt action rifles regardless of class type.
• New lighting in the kit selection menu when shader detail is set to “high” or above.
• Particle tails now added to rifle grenades & launcher rounds.
• Added pilot light particles to flamethrowers.
• Improved TNT textures for all factions.

Gameplay Improvements

• Destructible walls allowing for new flanking routes added to all maps.
• Bayonets can now be charged for a guaranteed kill by holding the attack key.
• Helmets now have a percentage chance to be knocked off characters by headshots or nearby explosions.
• Reduce confusing battle sounds from soundscape ambiences.
• Rebalanced grenade launchers to use grenade damage values.

Bug Fixes

• White phosphorous impact grenades no longer bounce or roll after detonation.
• Fixed missing prop dynamic override on Bastogne.
• Fixed bots occasionally not being assigned their fuel tank when using flamethrowers.
• Fixed missing localization string for “Radial Request Artillery” in the keybinding menu.
• Fixed grenade launcher reload skipping.
• Fixed bad angular velocity impulses being applied to the Bazooka round.
• Fixed smoke grenade particle alignment.
• Fixed exit impacts for bullet penetration.

Cooperative Improvements

• Stronghold:
• New Counter Attack Mechanic:
• After capturing a point, an enemy will retreat to call in a counter attack. If he gets there safely, the enemy army will assault the captured position with intensity. Look for the swearing, sprinting soldier who holstered his weapon!
• During a counter attack artillery may be called against the players.
• Round timer changed from 20 minutes to 5 minutes, which will reset on each point captured. The final radio objective time has been reduced to 90 seconds so be quick to destroy it.
• Rare chance of elite, better equipped enemies spawning throughout the round.
• On the final radio objective, fire support will be called against the players and elite enemies will be defending.
Entrenchment:
• Elite, better equipped enemies will start appearing towards the end of the round.
• In Solo mode, any living ally will head to the regroup point to reinforce the team when it is unlocked, allowing the player to keep fighting.
• Other:
• Easy difficulty changes:
• Allied bots will endlessly spawn in Stronghold.
• Enemy bots will take 2.5x longer to react.
• AI will try to avoid and repath around areas with death and gunfire.
• German Engineer bot now has a C96 Carbine.
• Allied bots are now 50% more accurate.
• Fixed a bug where flamethrower bots were burning to death on spawn.

Map Changes:

• Ortona
• Changed defender spawn location for Objective A in Offensive.
• Fixed church window clipping issue.
• Fixed numerous exploits and community identified flaws.
• Major art pass on all areas of the map.
• Minor layout adjustments to improve level flow and performance.
• Comacchio
• Fixed player clip allowing players to get outside of the map bounds.
• Minor art pass on several areas of the map.
• Reichswald
• Fixed stuck spots at front of entrenchments.
• Fixed several issue throughout the map.
• Minor performance improvements.
• Salerno
• Adjusted Salerno entrenchment mode to improve gameplay.
• Adjusted Salerno Offensive mode to make it more balanced.
• Fixed numerous exploits throughout the map.
• Adjusted several areas of the map to improve level flow.
• Updated soundscapes.
• Clipping pass to smooth out player movement.
• Sicily
• Minor layout adjustments to improve level flow and performance.
• Fixed small clipping issue near bakery.
• Fixed several small issues throughout the map.