Hi All, Last week we launched Axis & Allies 1942 Online into Steam early access! Thanks to everyone who's been getting into the trenches already and providing great feedback. The launch included some connection / speed issues, and the team has already performed a few hot fixes that went a long way to improving gameplay. Today we'll be pushing out our first major patch focusing on performance and stability improvements. *There will be a brief outage at 12pm PDT while we perform the update.* Read on for more patch details!
PATCH NOTES FOR FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 2019 Front-end Performance: - Changed how renderer caches textures to reduce memory usages and increase rendering speed - Changed how Steam Avatars are fetched to reduce server load - Join Games list now has a refresh button so users can request an updated list manually rather than auto-updating - Changed how in-game videos are handled to reduce memory usage - The game now behaves better when minimized UX Improvements: - The Combat Summary now automatically opens when all combats are completed. - If a player has not set up any combats in the combat move phase, the game will automatically skip to the non-combat move phase. - Updated combat summary dialog styling - Added Industrial Complex damage in combat summary totals - Updated tutorial with a clearer explanation of infantry & artillery pairing UI Improvements: - Fixed misaligned and/or incompletely styled tool-tips on various screens - Fixed text alignment on various screens - Revised map art to better align region borders - Revised main menu art - Adjusted button positioning on game cards