Time flies, as they say! Just like the fighters and bombers these days. The Germans are rearming, the Russians are on the move and the Royal Navy is on high alert! It looks like we are only hours away until war breaks out in Europe once again.
Mobilize your troops and prepare yourself for whatever enemy you may face! “Rush for Europe” is a special event map which runs on breathtaking 6 times the speed of normal game rounds! Even the tiniest decision could have severe consequences at this pace. Experience the war for Europe in a way you have never seen it before!
If you want to participate in this event simply go to the game list: Within the sign-up period ( new event rounds will be created on demand and shown on top of the list of new games.
We hope you enjoy the event and which you best of luck on the battlefield!
Your Bytro Team
Doomsday - Event
Attention, Generals!
What will happen if all states in North America are armed with nuclear weapons? Who will be able to survive? Who will push the button first? The Doomsday Clock is ticking…
In this scenario all states in North America have unlocked research up to nuclear devices and have equipped their armies with these most deadly weapons. Will you be able to unify the continent under your reign before nuclear winter is coming?
Settings for the Doomsday event:
50 player North America map
1x speed
Starts when full
Random country selection
Max. game duration 4 weeks
Advanced starting units (incl. nuclear rockets and bombers) and researches are available from start
Completely developed urban provinces and partly developed rural provinces
Players flagged as inactive after 2 real life days
AI & human player peace period of 24 real-life hours
fixed runtime of 28 real life days after the game started (if not won earlier)
If you want to participate in this event simply go to the game list: Within the sign-up period new event rounds will be created on demand and shown on top of the list of new games. As soon as the map has started you will receive a notification to your inbox.
We wish you good luck and much fun!
Your Bytro team
Call of Christmas
Dear Generals,
Pack your warmest clothes and fastest sleds for our ‘Call of Christmas’ event! In this exclusively available event map remnants of the ‘Third Reich’ have kidnapped the world’s biggest industrialist (Codename: Santa) in Antarctica to capitalize on his skills.
Your mission: Conquer and hold two of three Control Points for four ingame days to free Santa and win all his riches (50000 gold!).
To spice things up, we removed a lot of AI provinces and made all player countries completely conquerable. Additionally most resources on the map are now concentrated in several resource hotspots. What will be your strategy? Will you secure the Control Points for an early victory or will you fight over the valuable resource hotspots to sustain your army? Decide wisely and strike fast to save Christmas!
Event details:
Your Bytro team
Leave a mark! - Release Notes
Release Notes - 2020-12-15
Attention, Generals!
With our last update of the year, we implement new dynamic country names on the map and a Call of War wiki that you can access from within and outside the game!
The new dynamic country names appear when you zoom out on the map and allow you to leave a visible mark in your game round. The bigger your empire grows; the more impressive your country's name will be represented on the map for all players to see.
The new Wiki replaces the old manual and allows you to search for vital information without leaving the game. You will find a vast amount of information in there to a wide variety of topics, explaining the ins and outs of the game and its mechanics. Please note that we will add more content to the Wiki in the next few weeks.
Today’s update also includes some balancing changes, further updates and bug fixes. For a complete overview please take a look at the list below:
New features:
A new Call of War Wiki was implemented in the game providing detailed information on a wide range of aspects of the game. The new Wiki can be accessed from outside and inside the game.
The Wiki can be opened via a new menu item on top of the “other” menu in the bottom right corner on mobile.
On desktop the existing “info” button in the top left corner of the screen is re-purposed to open the game wiki instead.
In the forums the current manual articles are replaced with a link to the Wiki.
The Wiki provides information in English only, as the amount of information is too much to provide localized versions and keeping all those languages up to date in case of changes.
Country names are now displayed dynamically when zooming out on the map. The bigger your country gets, the larger the font size and your mark on the map for all players to see and to represent the power of your empire.
Balancing:
The naval combat balance was adjusted, especially in terms of how Destroyers are fighting Submarines. Prior to this update it was too easy for Destroyers to destroy Submarines due to their attack range combined with their high speed and ability to reveal. Destroyers now get their attack range removed and are compensated with higher damage values and lower costs, among other changes::
Destroyers:
The attack range was removed
The research, building and upkeep costs were reduced
The damage against submarines was increased.
The view range was increased from 50 to 70.
Submarines:
The research, building and upkeep costs were increased
The hit points of Submarines were decreased.
Cruisers:
The damage against submarines was decreased.
These changes only affect newly created game rounds. Games created before this update and “Classic” game rounds are not affected by this change.
General:
The inactivity timers in events were streamlined to make it easier for you to know after what amount of time the AI is taking over your reign in case you are not available to rule your nation.
The inactivity timer is now 2 real life days in all events except in high speed events with 6x or 10x the speed of normal game rounds.
The inactivity timer for events with 6x or 10x the speed of normal game rounds is 1 real life day now.
The index of nations/coalitions and the ranking table in the newspaper, including the info how many Victory Points are needed to win the game round were removed for Dominion maps, as these maps do not require Victory Points to win the game.
Call of War can now be played in landscape mode on tablets.
Since the army bar and province bar are now displayed at the bottom of the screen on mobile, notifications were moved to the top of the screen and can be closed now to avoid overlap.
Bug fixes:
A bug was fixed that prevented the Game End timer to be displayed at the end of a game round on mobile devices.
An issue was resolved that caused the login notification “you have 1 new front report" to be displayed although the player was already logged in and the reported notification was displayed on the screen. The login notification is not displayed anymore when the player is logged in and received the notification itself.
A bug was fixed on mobile devices that prevented the scrolling function in the stock market from working when scrolling the market and switching resource tabs.
An issue on mobile devices was resolved that caused an empty space to be displayed between the coalition flag and the country flag in the army bar, which caused the info button to be hidden.
An issue was resolved that could cause units to be displayed in front of resource icons, but behind other labels on the map. Resource icons are now displayed in front of units, like the other labels on the map.
We added translations for several tooltips that were displayed in English language for some languages.
A bug has been fixed that caused the option of using arrow keys to cycle between provinces and armies to not work as intended.
We hope you like the new Call of War Wiki, the dynamic country names on the map and all the other changes and bug fixes of today’s update. We wish you best of luck on the battlefield!
Your Bytro Team
Speed Round Event
Dear generals,
the time has come for another speed round event! Cancel all your plans and prepare for some short nights and long fights during the next 14 days. If no player or coalition has achieved a regular victory by that time, the player with the most victory points is declared winner. The end time is displayed in the game information within the newspaper and as a countdown on the right side of the screen. This scenario runs on the CoW 1.5 version, with new features and new balancing.
Settings for this speed round event:
If you want to participate in this event simply go to the game list: Within the sign-up period new event rounds will be created on demand and shown on top of the list of new games. As soon as the map has started you will receive a notification to your inbox.
We wish you good luck and much fun!
Your Bytro team
All Countries: All In! - 1x Speed
Dear Generals,
Did you ever want to take the reigns of the smaller nations that participated in World War 2? Now is the time, because according to the motto ‘all countries, all-in’ you can choose any historical nation that existed in 1939 in this Event.
Try to grow a small country into a big empire or pick an established superpower and surround yourself with allies. Recreate history or conquer the whole world in this historical battle scenario!
Event Details:
During the sign-up period the event maps can be found at the top of the games list. Join these event map to participate. We wish you good luck and much fun!
Your Bytro team
Arms Race
Attention, Generals!
The race to victory is about to begin as our “Arms Race” event returns!
Your nation is mobilized, your economy is set up for war, infantry units are deployed to protect the countryside and the finest of your troops are gathered in urban centers across the country!
It is time for you to make the first move and face the enemy!
During the sign-up period you can find the event maps at the top of the games list. Join these event maps to participate. We wish you good luck and much fun!
Your Call of War Team
New alternative to Canvas - Release Notes
Release Notes - 2020-12-01
Attention, Generals!
Today we introduce the new “Low Graphics Mode” in Call of War. This new mode is designed to help player’s that experience performance issues when playing on older mobile devices and as a replacement for “Canvas”. “Canvas” is the old graphic mode that is not the standard advanced graphic mode with advanced rendering. The new “Low Graphics Mode” not only reduces performance requirements, which is handy for mobile users on the go, but also allows traditional Canvas players to switch over to the superior webgl version of Call of War while still enjoying more simplified graphics. The new “Low Graphics Mode” can be found in the account settings on Mobile and Desktop.
The Advisor which appears straight after a new player starts the tutorial is getting a new modern design with improved usability, additional new tasks and rewards. This will improve the introduction of new players to the game and explain more aspects of the game. Existing players will be able to complete the new tasks as well, so you do not miss out on any reward.
We also improved the tablet version of the game by changing the way interfaces are displayed and by offering the ability to play in horizontal position. If you like playing the mobile version on a bigger screen we highly recommend you check it out!
For a complete overview of today’s release please check the list below:
Balancing:
General:
Bug Fixes:
We hope you like the new advisor and the Low Graphics Mode, and that these new features help your efforts on the battlefield!
Your Bytro Team
Free For All
Generals!
In this event you will not know friends nor family: In a 100p map with the ‘anonymous round’ feature enabled and no coalitions you will be pitted against 99 other players in a struggle for survival.
The event maps will have the starts-when-full option and random country selection enabled and will run at normal speed. Players are flagged as inactive after 2 days. There is also an AI & human player peace period of 1 real-life day. We also enabled the Elite AI but will not charge any entry fee for this exclusive event. Additional option this time: 6 week time-box. The game will end after 6 weeks, the player with the highest victory points wins and receives a large gold price.
If you want to participate in this event simply go to the game list: Within the sign-up period new event rounds will be created on demand and shown on top of the list of new games.
Your Bytro team
Release Notes - 2020-11-18
Attention, Generals!
Today’s release makes Call of War 1.5 the new standard in the game. We are very excited about this milestone. Fans of the classic Call of War will still be able to join the older versions of several scenarios, which are now marked as Classic scenarios in the game list.
To make sure that you do not miss a potential uprising in your empire, we added a new feature that highlights a province on the map that could revolt against your rule soon.
We have good news for our mobile generals as well, as we managed to fix several nasty bugs including the one that showed a connection lost indicator, even when the connection was restored again.
These are just some highlights of today’s release, please check the following list of changes for a complete overview:
General:
Bug Fixes:
We hope you like today’s release and wish you and your troops a victorious day on the battlefield!
