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>>This is most likely the final Addon version for BE 2.4.<<
It incorporates much but not all of the feedback so far from the ongoing BE + Addon playthrough by HerzogSieg.
It also takes some of recent discussion in the Battlefield Europe thread into account.
Arty and AA units can now capture flags!
There are now map markers for the bigger bottom mine spots (above 5 strength) and map markers for the British Chain Home radar spots.
New difficulty preset "Heinrici", for 70% player prestige plus 1 enemy unit strength. Same setting that HerzogSieg uses on youtube.
The Dnepr bridge near Kherson was removed and is only established in late 1943.
So players might need another bridge engineer for Ukraine.
Several changes to the fighter units.
They are deployed differently and have much more heroes.
But some start out understrength and there is one less German fighter unit in 1941.
Those few fighters initially deployed against the West have a free respawn until after the first winter, but their heroes stay lost (except Marseille hero in Africa).
Some more gifted units in the early to mid war, but some more conditions for some of the later gifts (eg some now given only when losing).
2026-04c Update "Locarnus Addon" Download: https://bit.ly/3Q1F8eL
This is only an update to the Addon and requires the 2026 base version of the Locarnus Addon to be installed already on top of BE 2.4 and the bugfixed PzC patch 1.32 first. All previous updates to the 2026 base version are included in this one.
UI & Library changes
- Suppression number changed from red to light blue (youtube compression)
- Renamed library entries for Major to Strat and Minor to Tac messages
- Removed unbalanced "Guderian" difficulty (flat turn reduction is problematic)
- Added more balanced "Heinrici" difficulty (70% player prestige, +1 AI Strength)
- Reassigned difficulty level "epaulettes" for imho more fitting rankings
- German and Italian Upg Groups library entries also updated for de, fr & ru
- Corrected and updated the 3 pages for BE scripts, mostly up to turn 20
- Shortened some Me 410 names
GC & Battlefield Europe main scenario, thanks to HerzogSieg & McGuba
- GC West Taranto recon DFS 230 changed to Fw 189, thx to RobertCL
- GC East Berlin Redux starts later on 8.5.1945, Epilogue on 10.6.1945, thx goose_2
- BE Map markers for the 5+ strength bottom mine spots and the British Radars
- BE Dniepr near Kherson changed, bridges removed, script adds one late 1943
- BE Stalino generates prestige, but only after it takes 21 months to repair
- BE Benghazi becomes Italian upgrade city at the end of Axis turn 8, thx to SeJu85
- BE El Agheila airfield in Africa changed to German flag for upgrade options
- BE Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor plus airfield with names, flags and protection
- BE Mid 1942 additional Axis prestige script reduced from 100 to 50 per turn
- BE Strat to Bf 109 special upgrade script much cheaper & more robust
- BE 1942-1943 fighter to Fw 190 upgrade script options reduced from 4 to 3
- BE Two new fighter OR late Ju 87 to Fw 190 F-8 upgrade script options in 44
- BE Two Fw 190 gifts in 44 now conditional on unit losses
- BE Some German fighter heroes rebalanced & additional heroes (Axis and Allies)
- BE Increased variety & changed some BE main scenario early units
- BE Hans-Joachim Marseille with JG 27 gets early 2nd chance, like Rommel
- BE Africa JG 27 Bf 109 & Ju 87 from the beginning, but Bf 109 has 7 str
- BE Africa Italian aircraft start the scenario with reduced strength
- BE New NJG 2 equipped unit with Ju 88 C night fighters from early 1942
- BE New NJG 101 equipped unit with Do 217 night fighters from early 1943
- BE JG 1 removed from start, is now the first strat to fighter conversion Bf 109
- BE JG 26 is now there from the start, flying Bf 109
- BE JG 26 is auto-upgraded to Fw 190 in turn 5, instead of only appearing then
- BE JG 2, JG 26 & NJG 1 get second chance if destroyed before turn 20 (no heroes)
- BE One He 111 replaced by Ju 88 for beginning of Barbarossa
- BE British Spitfire Vb fighter unit earlier (turn 2 instead of 5), with two heroes
- BE Another British fighter and bomber wing now later in turn 6 instead of 1
- BE Slight nerf (-1 str) and reposition for Kolobanov tank unit
- BE Defensive Pantherturm east of Berlin returned, if Soviets push enough
- BE New German unit of Lorraine GW mobile artillery in turn 25
- BE 7.62 FK 297(r) r11 purchasable in turn 9, 1 unit gifted if SU invasion progress
- BE Late Hetzer gifts, if SU is still alive, now come with full strength
- BE Freya radar more expensive but now purchasable
- BE Major bottom mine spots (above 6 strength) are marked with a (B)
- BE British Chain Home Radar locations marked with a (C)
- BE Kiev pocket surrender requires two more blocking units to the west
- BE Kiev pocket surrender area larger to capture units which slightly moved
- BE Axis bottom mines protecting bay of Danzig and Königsberg
- BE Response to Axis Africa abandonment now includes warships
- BE Most Italian units changed to aux
- BE Italian surrender now only affects their aux units!
- BE So player purchased Italian units do not surrender, due to not being aux units!
- BE German surface ships & Bulgarians are core, to partially compensate Italians
- BE First core slot increase in turn 2 to 180 instead of 190, to compensate Italians
- BE Added Italian Folgore paratroopers in turn 21, with Frattini hero
- BE KV-1 in front of Stalingrad changed to T-34 plus arty
- BE Moscow fighters surrounded by ring of 1 str barrage balloons to reduce exploit
Unit Changes
- Arty & Anti-Air units can now capture flags, thx to HerzogSieg Let's Play
- Bf 110 & Me 410 rebalancing pass (from Bf 110 E series onward)
- He 111 two more versions added, H-3 and H-5
- He 111 generally cheaper, several availability dates adjusted
- Do 217 J-2 and N versions all have 3 vision, regardless of switched mode
- Ju 88 C-6 available months later
- SM.79 & CANT Z 1007 nerfed range, former buffed air def, latter nerfed air def
- Italian fighter MC.202 is available a few weeks earlier
- Marder I is now in the Lorraine upgrade family and purchasable
- Lancia da 100/17 cheaper
- 7.62 FK 297(r) r11 more expensive, but now also available in BE scenario
- 7.62 FK 36(r) available 2 months earlier
- German Stalinets S-65 purchasable from mid Nov 1941
- More organic transports in same upgrade family (eg S-65 in Sd7, RSO in Sd11)
- Ju 387 Stuka added as an in-family upgrade to Ju 87 (ahistorical unit)
- 12cm GrWerfer available two weeks earlier
I'm working on a major patch incorporating all that non-PzC-veteran feedback.
