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Vanguard: Normandy 1944

Build 519: Patch Notes


Our next event is Saturday 23rd March at 19:00 UTC. Join us for this and for future events, which run every other weekend.

You can sign-up for events, get notified of new events and discuss the changes with the team at discord.gg/vanguardww2.

Summary of Changes:

  • Fixed: Incorrect round stats in round end screen
  • Updated: Round end screen now shows time taken only for completed phases
  • Fixed: Map icons disappearing during round 
  • Carpiquet
    • Revised Objective B to reduce grenade effectiveness
    • Updated ground textures
    • Updated minimap
  • Lion-sur-Mer
    • Revised house objective near chateau to reduce potential camping

Known Issues


  1. Rare bug where objective capture can continue after player dies. Press F to cancel after being killed. We are actively investigating this issue and we have made changes in this update to make it easier to track down the cause.
  2. Cursor sometimes get stuck on screen. ALT+ENTER can fix this issue for some users.
  3. Steam overlay opens when Alt+Tab back into the game. (Workaround: Change game window mode to full screen window or windowed in Graphics settings)
  4. After extended period of playing, rendering glitch can occur and leave trail behind cursor and other icons. Game restart is required.




Build 518: Patch Notes


Our next event is Saturday 9th March at 19:00 UTC. Join us for this and for future events, which run every other weekend.

In this update we introduce a new end-game screen which compares the performance of the attacking team across the two rounds and the overall winner of the level.

You can sign-up for events, get notified of new events and discuss the changes with the team at discord.gg/vanguardww2.

Summary of Changes:

  • Added: End of round screen
  • Fixed: Map icons disappearing during round

Known Issues


  1. Rare bug where objective capture can continue after player dies. Press F to cancel after being killed. We are actively investigating this issue and we have made changes in this update to make it easier to track down the cause.
  2. Cursor sometimes get stuck on screen. ALT+ENTER can fix this issue for some users.
  3. Steam overlay opens when Alt+Tab back into the game. (Workaround: Change game window mode to full screen window or windowed in Graphics settings)
  4. After extended period of playing, rendering glitch can occur and leave trail behind cursor and other icons. Game restart is required.


Build 517: Patch Notes


Our next event is Saturday 24th February at 19:00 UTC. Join us for this and for future events, which run every other weekend.

You can sign-up for events, get notified of new events and discuss the changes with the team at discord.gg/vanguardww2.

Summary of Changes:

  • Fixed: Potential fix for objective icons disappearing from pull-out map
  • Added: Reinforcements countdown to show long long until automatic reinforcement arrives after attackers capture an objective
  • Carpiquet
    • Updated airfield objective area, creating options for attackers to flank on the right-hand side
    • Fixed fence heights which were too high to jump

Known Issues


  1. Rare bug where objective capture can continue after player dies. Press F to cancel after being killed. We are actively investigating this issue and we have made changes in this update to make it easier to track down the cause.
  2. Cursor sometimes get stuck on screen. ALT+ENTER can fix this issue for some users.
  3. Steam overlay opens when Alt+Tab back into the game. (Workaround: Change game window mode to full screen window or windowed in Graphics settings)
  4. After extended period of playing, rendering glitch can occur and leave trail behind cursor and other icons. Game restart is required.


Build 516: Patch Notes


Our next event is Saturday 10th February at 19:00 UTC. Join us for this and for future events, which run every other weekend.

You can sign-up for events, get notified of new events and discuss the changes with the team at discord.gg/vanguardww2.

Summary of Changes:

  • Fixed: Game menu not working after confirming settings change
  • Fixed: Potential fix for crash after changing settings
  • Lion-sur-Mer
    • Fixed terrain hole near trenches
    • House overlooking coastal trenches is now enterable

Known Issues

Build 515: Patch Notes


The snow has thawed and the team is back with the first event of 2024:
Saturday 27th January at 19:00 UTC
Join us for this and for future events, which run every other weekend as they did throughout 2023.

You can sign-up for events, get notified of new events and discuss the changes with the team at discord.gg/vanguardww2.

Summary of Changes:

  • Fixed: Crash when player uses voice chat while level loading
  • Removed: Snow from maps from winter event
  • Merville Battery
    • Rebalanced spawn positions of first objective
    • Fixed level exploit

Known Issues

Build 514: Patch Notes


Join us for our last event of 2023 for a special winter event on Sunday 17th December at 7PM UTC. Don’t worry the beautiful green fields and blue skies of Normandy will return after the event.

Summary of Changes:


  • Added: Snow to all maps as part of limited time event
  • Updated: Voice chat indicator now shows when audio is being sent or received.

Known Issues


  1. Cursor sometimes get stuck on screen. ALT+ENTER can fix this issue for some users.
  2. Steam overlay opens when Alt+Tab back into the game. (Workaround: Change game window mode to full screen window or windowed in Graphics settings)
  3. After extended period of playing, rendering glitch can occur and leave trail behind cursor and other icons. Game restart is required.

Build 513: Patch Notes


Summary of Changes:


  • Updated: 'Ping' markers now ignore glass at short range
  • Fixed: Reinforcement available audio no longer repeats
  • Merville Battery
    • Improved spawn protection for German spawn on variant 2
  • Lion-sur-Mer]
    • Improved spawn protection for British on variant 1
  • Pegasus Bridge
    • Fixed: Barbed wire around Gliders

Known Issues


  1. Cursor sometimes get stuck on screen. ALT+ENTER can fix this issue for some users.
  2. Steam overlay opens when Alt+Tab back into the game. (Workaround: Change game window mode to full screen window or windowed in Graphics settings)
  3. After extended period of playing, rendering glitch can occur and leave trail behind cursor and other icons. Game restart is required.

Build 512: Patch Notes


Summary of Changes:


  • Fixed: Grenades being un-selectable for the German last stand player
  • Fixed: Rank progress bar on round end
  • Updated: Redesigned reinforcements available HUD tip (NCO only)
  • Merville Battery
    • Increased distance of German spawn points on first phase of mission variant
    • Re-added previously removed map variant
  • Lion-sur-Mer]
    • Increased distance of German spawn points on first phase of mission variant
    • Re-added previously removed map variant

Known Issues


  1. Cursor sometimes get stuck on screen. ALT+ENTER can fix this issue for some users.
  2. Steam overlay opens when Alt+Tab back into the game. (Workaround: Change game window mode to full screen window or windowed in Graphics settings)
  3. After extended period of playing, rendering glitch can occur and leave trail behind cursor and other icons. Game restart is required.

Build 510: Patch Notes


Summary of Changes:


  • Fixed: Switch team notification no longer sent during round transition
  • Carpiquet
    • Fixed graphical artifacts around town area
    • Added additional props and detail to town area
  • Merville Battery
    • Added additional props and detail in village area
    • Removed unbalanced map variant (to return soon)
  • Lion-sur-Mer
    • Removed unbalanced map variant (to return soon)

Known Issues


  1. Cursor sometimes get stuck on screen. ALT+ENTER can fix this issue for some users.
  2. Steam overlay opens when Alt+Tab back into the game. (Workaround: Change game window mode to full screen window or windowed in Graphics settings)
  3. After extended period of playing, rendering glitch can occur and leave trail behind cursor and other icons. Game restart is required.

Build 509: Patch Notes


Summary of Changes:


  • Fixed: Objective name and status incorrect between rounds
  • Fixed: Pop-up status dialogs not being displayed
  • Change: Added SMG to German 'Last Stand' kit (experimental)

Known Issues


  1. Cursor sometimes get stuck on screen. ALT+ENTER can fix this issue for some users.
  2. Steam overlay opens when Alt+Tab back into the game. (Workaround: Change game window mode to full screen window or windowed in Graphics settings)
  3. After extended period of playing, rendering glitch can occur and leave trail behind cursor and other icons. Game restart is required.
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