PATCH DETAILS

FEATURES

• New Defense Profiles | You can now pick from new options of Defense Profiles for Submarines and Destroyers! Differentiate between lone Subs and Subs with a fleet when automatically submerging, or select the last defending Destroyer to be preserved in an encounter with attacking Subs

• Black Screen Prevention on iOS | Axis & Allies 1942 Online on iOS will now use Minimal High Quality Sprites by default: only unit icon sprites will be used on the game & combat boards. The setting (which players can find & tweak to their liking in Graphics -> Image Content And Resolution) will hopefully mitigate black screens and constant reloading. The Use Minimal Resources setting will also cause no animations and unit icon sprites only, but at a lower resolution than default

FIXES

• Game History now shows players who forfeited in Custom games
  
• Purchase Panel and Map Notes should be more accessible on mobile devices with unusual screen resolutions
  
• Fixed an incorrect error message when attempting to move a transport to a non-hostile seazone in the Combat Move phase
  
• Fixed The Victory Cities text in the Help More Victory City list section
  
• More crash fixes

• Fixed combat situations where hits couldn't be assigned to battleships
  
• Email notifications now show incorrect turn expiry times
  

PATCH DETAILS

FEATURES

• Customized Turn Timers for Custom Games | The game now allows you to customize the Turn Timer when setting up a non-Ranked game. Can be defaulted to a particular value for all new games in user Settings
  
  
  
  
  
• More informative Game History | Game History now shows length of game and which round it ended at
  
• More informative in-Game Menu | The in-game menu now displays the Match Name, Game Mode & Dice Mode
  
• More Colorblind adjustments | With the Colorblind Setting enabled, the game now also changes display of units & unit tokens
  
• Improved Offline Mode detection | Increased the speed with which a local network disconnection is detected to prevent players from entering Online games if they don’t have a network connection

FIXES

• Tentative fixes for Black Screens & Dice Animation issues on iOS
  
• The War Diary now shows the origin location of units for the Combat Move and Noncombat Move phases
  
• Combat scenarios of Submarines vs Fighters are optimized for quicker play
  
• In-game Audio tracks now play properly on PC
  
• The Purchase panel is now disabled when viewing completed games
  
• Aircraft Carriers and Fighters can now properly deploy in any sea region
  
• The game shows the first roll for attackers in the Roll Log properly when there is an offshore bombardment
  
• Clearing your in-game notifications should work better
  
• Fixed The Victory Cities text in the Help More menu
  
• More crash fixes

Hotfix Details

• Fixed an issue with Aircraft Carriers’ movement
  
• Fixed an issue with the Colorblind mode not saving on tablets & phones

PATCH DETAILS

FEATURES

• Colorblind Setting | The game now has a setting with updated map colors for Protanopia, Deuteranopia, Tritanopia, Achromatopsia
  
• Improved Server Efficiency | Combat moves and Combat with very large numbers of units now proceed more smoothly
  
• Combat Predictions Calibration | Combat predictions (Implausible, Poor, Unlikely, Favorable, Strong) now calculate more accurately

FIXES

• Sorted the Season dropdown list in the Player Profile
  
• Fixed the End Turn pop-up screen
  
• Ranked games no longer show a “Notify” option
  
• It’s no longer possible to kamikaze Fighters; Aircraft Carriers are forced to catch lone Fighters disabling alternative moves
  
• The Mobilization Phase confirmation pop-up screen now properly shows warships deployed in the hostile sea zone
  
• Added the automatic transport destruction when the Attacker has only aircraft units vs submarines on Defense

***IMPORTANT***

SEASON 7 LAUNCHES ON FEB 14, 2022

PATCH DETAILS

Features

• Unfinished Ranked Games | Ranked games will become custom games at the end of seasons instead of being deleted (the change will come into effect at the end of Season 7)
  
• Turn Timer | Merged US & USSR turn timers: the turn timer will now only reset if the US and USSR players are different
  
• Turn Timer | The timer will no longer reset when a power’s turn is completely skipped
  
• Forfeit Button | Moved the Forfeit button further away from the Return to Main Menu button & added the 2nd confirmation dialog requiring a typed confirmation when forfeiting (can be disabled in the Gameplay settings)
  
• Combat Banners | Added option to disable animated combat banners without disabling all combat animations
  
• Notifications | Added alliance a player is controlling to notifications about starting a ranked game

Fixes

• Further adjustments to the Profanity Filter
  
• Fixed bug where players would incorrectly be ranked in the Platinum category
  
• Fixed a few display bugs in the Observer Mode
  
• Fixed combat banners not being dismissed when hitting the continue/accept key
  
• Fixed a bug where players would incorrectly be ranked in the Platinum category

Patch Details

• You can now minimize the Purchase Panel during the Purchase Phase on tablets and PC
  
• Game History now shows all Matches you’ve played up to a month ago
  
• Notifications for starting Ranked Games now display the Commander Name of your opponent
  
• Profanity Filters are now relaxed to accommodate common word patterns. Profane words that are common word patterns inside other words are now only considered profane if they are separate words
  
• Fixed a bug where conquered areas didn’t switch to the invader Power’s colour
  
• Fixed a bug where negative hits blocked combat
  
• Fixed incomplete movement arrows caused by missing borders
  
• Industrial Complexes should no longer hide units when zoomed in

HOTFIX DETAILS

• Added an option in Game Settings under Graphics to disable Infinite Horizontal Map Scrolling (The Infinite Horizontal Scrolling now defaults to "off" for the iOS App Store & Google Play to reduce memory usage)