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Battlefront.com and Fury Software are thrilled to announced that the v1.05a Super Patch for Strategic Command 2 Blitzkrieg (Armchair General Magazine: 4.5 stars out of 5!) is now available for download.

We are calling the new v1.05a update a "Super Patch" because it not only fixes the few remaining reported bugs, but it adds a ton of new features and functionality to the AI, the Editor and game itself. One of the biggest improvements has to be with the AI, which will now much more intelligently use the special abilities of its units (like Paratroopers and Engineers) to prepare for, launch and even defend against attacks. Newcomers and veteran players alike should find the AI much smarter, and tougher from this point on.

A wealth of additions were also incorporated into the Game Editor which will allow much more freedom to create complex unit behavioral and add situational condition scripting into your own campaigns. If that wasn’t enough, some new multiplayer enhancements are also being rolled out in this update to make those sessions a lot easier to manage and play.

Along with the v1.05a Super Patch, we have also released an updated game demo with the same v1.05a enhancements and fixes applied.

Here are the details to download the files. Patch and Demo Specifics are also included below.

Direct link to v1.05a Super Patch download page.

The Full Patch Notes are copied below.

Direct Link to the Strategic Command 2 Blitzkrieg v1.05a updated Demo Page.

Patch Notes:

SAVE GAME COMPATABILITY NOTICE

Strategic Command 2 Blitzkrieg v1.05a is NOT compatible with older save games from ANY previous version of the game. If you wish to play multiplayer with someone else, make sure that they have upgraded their game to version 1.05a.

NOTE ABOUT SCRIPT EDITOR UTILITY FROM VERSION 1.04

The v1.04 game patch included a user created Script Editing program located in the ‘Extras’ folder. That program is NOT compatible with version 1.05a of Strategic Command 2 Blitzkrieg and should no longer be used.

NOTE ABOUT CUSTOM CAMPAIGNS AND GAME MODS

Prior to installing this patch over your current files, use the Export Data feature to save all of your existing data for a custom campaign(s). We suggest you also zip up all of your custom files just in case so you can go back to them if necessary and rename your custom campaign as campaign_old. You should also rename your templates directory to templates_old so you can check for changes.

Once you’ve followed the steps above apply the patch and then do the following:

1) Open a new campaign using File->New

2) Set the new campaign map size to match the map size of your previous pre patch campaign.

3) Select File->Import and select the folder for the campaign in which you would like to import data files from. If you do not have the correct map size the Editor will inform you and you can then repeat step 2)

4) At this point, select Save and select the name of the older campaign you wish to update. This assumes you still have the original ‘Campaigns’ folder intact with the pre patch campaigns and subfolders. For example, let’s say you had a file called ‘1939 Fall Weiss Custom’. Simply select this file when you are going to save.

WARNING: It will ask you if you would like to overwrite the scripts. Make sure you click "NO".

NOTE: If you click "YES" it will overwrite the existing scripts with the Template scripts. If you click "NO" it will use the existing scripts which is what you want here.

V1.05a Change Notes

GAME ENGINE CHANGES
- fixed an AF interceptor bug during AI turns
- fixed an entrenchment bug
- fixed a Fortess/Fortification destroy on overrun bug

EDITOR RELATED CHANGES
- fixed a FREE UNIT script error

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