Panzer Corps 2: Axis Operations 1943 is out now

[MarcoT.]

It is 1943. Between the brutal stalemales, brutal winter and armies of marauding tanks, the Germans find themselves pinned or retreating throughout Russia.

But, as spring of 1943 approaches, the wehrmacht perhaps has some cause for optimism. The lessons of the last few years have surely been learnt. The Russians have surely taken incalculable losses. Surely a well thought out strike now could see the end of the war.



We are delighted to announce that Panzer Corps 2: Axis Operations 1943 is out now, and with it comes the turning point in the most brutal part of the war.

Will you be able to change history and lead Germany to victory? Or will overcoming the Russian defences prove too problematic to attempt? Either way, this extensive DLC will offer hours of tactical depth and challenge to keep you engaged right up until the final moment.

As with other Axis Operations content, you’ll be able to jump right into this DLC with your existing core. If you don’t have one, don’t worry, as you can also play with our specially tuned premade core.

Panzer Corps 2: Axis Operations 1943 is available now on the Slitherine store, Steam, Epic Games and GoG.

[Sequester Grundleplith, MD]

Is a change log getting posted? There is nothing in the "update history" on the steam page

[Bee1976]

Is a change log getting posted? There is nothing in the "update history" on the steam page

here, really fresh posted by MarcoT

https://www.slitherine.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=109297

[terminator]

Is a change log getting posted? There is nothing in the "update history" on the steam page

Change History:
v1.03.03 – May 26th , 2022
• Added Axis Operations 1943 campaign to the game
• All Axis Operations campaigns now display Commendation Points in the UI
• Reworked Fjord War scenario
• Destroyed units now remain on the map after save/reload
• New medal popup which appears during the AI turn is now delayed till the beginning of the player's turn
• When upgrading a unit, it now shows its proper current skin in Upgrade window
• Fixed some annoying rare issues in Fog of War calculation
• Fixed marker color of player 1
• Fixed occasional crashes when opening Combat Log screen
• Fixed visual artefacts around map name in the bottom-left corner of the map
• Fixed transport units sometimes having no texture in the Shop
• Fixed older messages in Multiplayer not showing after reloading the game from the server
• Fixed lua scripts sometimes not loading correctly in Multiplayer games
• Fixed custom data files not working in Multiplayer games
• Fixed a number of issues in modding support
• Various other improvements, optimizations and fixes

[Sequester Grundleplith, MD]

Is a change log getting posted? There is nothing in the "update history" on the steam page

Change History:

Thanks!

[Corse66]

Just wondering, first scenario of AO 43 and there's "a narrative objective"

Is this something we have to do in any case? of if we don't then we open a parrallel timeline? (aka non historical path?)

[Magic1111]

The briefings have not yet been translated into German language??

Will this come with a patch?

[Raf158]

There is no translation for e.g. Polish, but what's worse, I can't import my army from AO 1942. I checked and this error occurs now in all DLCs.

[Kerensky]

The briefings have not yet been translated into German language??

Will this come with a patch?

As players have noticed, the localizations for the new 1943 DLC are not available yet.

They have not been discarded, or lost, or forgotten. Just unfortunately delayed.

There is more text in this DLC than there has been in any previous DLC, with historical events, characters, character dialogues, the beginning of an entirely new ahistorical timeline that requires even more text than normal to fully explain and flesh out, and more.

We really wanted to stuff this DLC with extra goodness and do historical characters justice. Sorry this has caused delays in then localizing that text into many additional languages.

[Kerensky]

There is no translation for e.g. Polish, but what's worse, I can't import my army from AO 1942. I checked and this error occurs now in all DLCs.

Do you have any equipment file mods installed, by chance?

I just tested importing some of my old CORE into my old DLC... everything seems to be working. No crashes, no errors, my old COREs are importing correctly into the DLC they are attempting to enter.

If you had mods, perhaps they need to be re-enabled after the update?

[milliethedog]

Hi, i have imported my 42 core with no issues, i tried with a couple of other cores i had for 42 and again i had no issues.

Martin

[milliethedog]

Hi, just a minor thing, the Beta testers were sent a nice e-mail thanking them for the testing, the e-mail states the 43 DLC would be released on the 9th of July? I ignored this date and checked the store and downloaded.
Now i can play for real.
Thanks
Martin

[Kerensky]

Hi, just a minor thing, the Beta testers were sent a nice e-mail thanking them for the testing, the e-mail states the 43 DLC would be released on the 9th of July? I ignored this date and checked the store and downloaded.
Now i can play for real.
Thanks
Martin

Did your BETA tester email come with a discount code for 1943?

[Quin1936]

Kerensky and all the team just came here to praise you guys for great work in 1943 DLC

I even used "runany Victory 0" just to read all the history until the end (i am fine with spoilers )

Now the though work begins, there are some really "nasty" missions ahead that will require long hours of fun trying to crack them.

Some minor bugs to handle (normal) but just to say its was worth this long wait that ended today.

[trailhawk750]

Spent most of the afternoon and evening playing, got to "Return to Stalingrad" before calling it quits for the night. Like the others, 1943 is very well done. I am confident it is the hardest AO title yet; those first few missions are nothing but slugging it out. I lost 2 of the units that I've had since starting SCW on Prokhorovka; the AI seems to be far smarter and takes advantages of openings more than in the previous titles. The Kursk missions were tough going, even with my crack 5-star Corps that i've had since SCW and 1939. AO '43 will be utterly brutal if you start out fresh on it.

Not gonna spoil too much, but the return of 6th Army was very welcome.

[SirAllan]

Hi, just a minor thing, the Beta testers were sent a nice e-mail thanking them for the testing, the e-mail states the 43 DLC would be released on the 9th of July? I ignored this date and checked the store and downloaded.
Now i can play for real.
Thanks
Martin

Did your BETA tester email come with a discount code for 1943?

Hi Kerensky
I was a part of the Beta tester team too, and I have recieved an e-mail yesterday.
It seems to be an early draft since it is adressed as: "Hello {First Name}" and with release day 9th of July.
It comes with no discount code for AO 1943

[Kerensky]

That date is wrong (obviously), and the discount codes should be coming, if our BETA testers are willing to wait for them.

[Grondel]

steam store: 8,19 €
Slitherine store: 9.89 €

*puzzled*

[terminator]

steam store: 8,19 €
Slitherine store: 9.89 €

*puzzled*

Slitherine store 8.90 € (-10%)

[milliethedog]

Hi Kerensky,
No there was no discount code, but to be honest the DLC is cheap enough, i am more than happy to pay the full price. The reward for me is to be involved in making a great game better.

Thanks
Martin