Richard Whipkey wrote:
WDS has announced the release of 4.05 for Antietam only (others to follow). It looks like they fixed the enormous points for leader losses problem along with some other issues. BTW, it requires a complete reinstall. Thoughts?
WDS calls it a "clean install". If you do it for any for any title with ongoing games all the files will be lost. That is, your game will be gone.
Finish all games in Antietam or Demo before installing v4.05 (and other titles when the v4.05 update is provided for them).
As WDS said:
"Updates for the 4.05 Release Cycle require a Full Installation.
You must uninstall your existing copy then download a new installer from your Store Account in order
to do a fresh installation. Normal patching will resume for future updates."
As for 'thoughts' it's a bit early to say. I've only installed the Demo (a "clean install" as required) so I can have a look around without removing the old Antietam version.
The bizarre 'VP for Leader Casualties' thing that appeared in the last version appears to be fixed as you said. It is not listed as a 'Fix' but falls under a new title of 'Content Changes' in the Changelog.
I don't understand why there was a need for a colour change in the CSA units but I would see that as an unimportant issue.
I'll be interested to see what has changed in the User Manual but it'll take some time to go through it. The User Manual (and others) need a rewrite as there were a number of confusing things in it or missing from it. However, it does not appear that any substantial changes have been made to the Manual. The type in the Manual has changed but the graphics all seem to show the old, rather than the new, CSA colour.
In another example, we see from the Changelog that Mounted Cavalry Skirmishers and some other Optional Rules are now built in. The Manual says that:
"Only Infantry in Line formation and Dismounted Cavalry may deploy Skirmishers"; and
"Units with less than 51 men may not deploy Skirmishers".
However, the Manual also says:
"All mounted cavalry regardless of the size of the unit have the ability to detect enemy units like infantry skirmishers without having to deploy skirmishers".
Does this mean that the change introduced in v4.03 to remove mounted cavalry skirmishers for small units (50 and below) is gone. Unknown. It'll take some time to check that and other things.