Build 998.10 Release Notes (changes/additions from B998.9)
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* FIXED: Weapons with datalink + TSARH guidance (e.g. SM-2/Aegis) evaluated their illumination/blind status throughout their flight instead of just on terminal mode. This rendered all but the very first weapons in an AAW salvo blind, as in this example:
http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=4509033
* FIXED: ARMs fired in BOL mode dive straight into the ground upon reaching the seeker activation point
* Fixed: #12451 - Sub under AI control not recharging battery
* FIXED: Timed events not triggering when game runing exactly 24 hours
* FIXED: Sim-freeze if unit cannot find a suitable place to move for cargo mission
* FIXED: AI-controlled platform not taking kinematic-range torpedo shots when relevant doctrine option is enabled
* FIXED: Can take control of cut-wire torpedo by an indirect GUI trick
* Added: Check for IR sensors when evaluating submarine mast sensors
* Added: Submarines only use "Mk1 Eyeball" when on the surface (ie. not on periscope depth)
* Lua: Added 'remove' option to SE_SetEvent()
* Lua: Added weapon causing damage to Event_Damaged/Destroyed
* Lua: Added property 'classname' to unit wrapper
* Lua: Clear Lua.UnitY on Damage/Destroy Event
* Lua: Fixed event crash due to invalid object
* Tweak: #12427 - Add feedback to cargo mission
* Includes the v475 update for the DB3000 database.
* Significant DB3000 database update: Added discrete sensors for submarine periscopes & masts, including 50+ periscope and photonics mast types and components; Mk1 Eyeball is now only available when submarines are surfaced.
Other DB additions/changes:
Added floating wreckage and debris entry
Added generic UAV launch truck
Added invisible ship marker
Corrected abnormally fast fuel consumption for certain UAVs
Corrected entry for Long Track [P-40] 1S12 radar to 3D Air Search
Corrected explosive (and therefore damage point) values for AIM-9 and AIM-120 warheads
Corrected signatures for buouys
Improved RCS for stealth UCAVs
Implemented Supreme's renaming suggestions
Added anti-surface capability for RIM-116 RAM
Added generic C2/C3 vehicle
Added generic sector controle vehicle
Added generic UAV mobile control station
Australia
Added retirement date for Australian S-70B-2 and Squirrel helicopters
Updated Australian Oberon class SSKs
Updated in-service date for Australian P-8s
Corrected loadouts for HAWK 127 to reflect ADEN 30mm as gun pod, not mount
Added G550 SIGINT
Added GBU-53/B SDB II loadout for F-35A
Brazil
Added A 140 Atlantico (Ex UK Ocean class)
China
Added AK-630 x 2 to stern of Type 818 CGV
Added CH-5 UCAV for China
Added CH-500 helo-UAV with Blue Arrow-9 (BA-9) ASM for China
Added Chinese SF Units
Added Wing Loong II UCAV
Added Z-11J unarmed utility helicopter
Added Z-11W light attack helicopter
Added Z-11WB light recon helicopter
Added Z-18G for People's Liberation Army
Added Z-20 for China
Corrected altitude parameters for Soar Eagle ELINT drone
Increased hangar size for Chinese Type 055
Updated name and pennant number for new Chinese 901 AOE
Corrected excessively high speed for DA42 variants
Colombia
Added 2014 version of Kfir C.10 (I-Derby, GBU-49, new radar, DECM and ELINT)
Finland
Added FIM-92 Stingers for Finland
Kenya
Updated cargo data for DHC-5 Buffalo
France
Added Puma Pirate gunship
Added Cougar Horizon helicopter
Added Patroller UAV for France
Greece
Added CH-47D for Hellenic Army
Added OH-58D for Hellenic Army
Added F-16V for Hellenic Air Force
India
Added MQ-9B Guardian UAV for India
Israel
Added Nimrod Missile for Israeli CH-53s
Added Yasur 2025 [CH-53C]
Added Yasur 2000 [CH-53C]
Added retirement date for F-16/B Netz
Added GBU-31 loadout for F-16CG/DG Blk 40 Falcon [Barak]
Japan
Renamed Type 74 SPH
Added C-2 SIGINT mod
Myanmar
Added Hainan Class subchaser for Myanmar
New Zealand
Added P-8s for New Zealand
Norway
Added P-8A Poseidon for Norway
Pakistan
Added JF-17B and Export Designations
Portugal
Updated F-16A/B engines, also added AGM-65 and CRV-70 loadouts
Russia
Added Beriev A-100 "Premier" AWACS for Russia
Added Borei-II class SSBN for Russia
Added cockpit and engine armour for MiG-23B/BN and MiG-27
Added extra armour for Su-17s in Afghanistan
Added Iron-Bomb loadout for Su-27SM3
Added Khabarovsk-class submarine (Project 09851) for Russia
Added An-71 Madcap AEW (Hypothetical)
Added MAWS for Su-35
Added retirement date for "Kerch" (last of Kara-class CG)
Added Uragan-1M dual-calibre MLRS
Added Yankee Notch ability to launch SS-N-21b (Hypothetical)
Corrected an issue with the Kh-58/AS-11 Kilter missile
Corrected number of R-77/AA-12 channels for Su-27SM/SM3 Flanker B
Corrections to various Russian radar mast heights (40V6MT Universal Mobile Mast)
Improved KAB-series reliability
Improved SA-20 PoK
Improved USET-80KM
Implemented Sharana's Russian aircraft loadout updates
Updated armour values on various Russian helicopters
Updated entry for Yankee Notch submarines with new info
Updated Kanyon/Status-6 warhead
Updated sensor data for Bull Nose MGK-355EM Zarya-3 sonar
Updated sensor data for Slot Back [V-004] radar
Saudi Arabia
Added LCS for Saudi Arabia
Added MH-60R for Saudia Arabia
South Africa
Added paratroop loadouts for South African C-47s
Added Valkiri MLRS
South Korea
Corrected Boom Refuelling for South Korean MRTT
Spain
Updated in-service date for Spanish S-80 submarine
Taiwan
Added retirement date for Taiwanese S-2T Trackers
Turkey
Added Anka-I SIGINT UAV for Turkey
Added Bayraktar Tactical UAS for Turkey
Added Bayraktar TB2 UCAV for Turkey
Ukraine
Added Ukrainian Frogfoot (Su-25M1)
United Arab Emirates
Added Wing Loong II UCAV for UAE
United Kingdom
Added Gurkha Infantry for UK
Added Protector UAV for UK
Corrected excessively high speed for DA42 variants
United States
Added MQ-9B Guardian UAV for US Customs
Added Multi-Mission Launcher (MML)
Added Hypersonic Air-launched Weapon Concept (HAWC) HCM prototype
Added Hypersonic Conventional Strike Weapon (HCSW) HCM prototype
Added Search & Rescue loadouts for MH-60S
Added SH-3G and UH-3H cargo/utility variants
Added Davit (Small) x 4 to LPHs
Updated USS Ponce entry to reflect out of service 2017
Updated cargo capacity for UH-1N Huey (USMC) Marines x 4 and Hydra loadout
Updated cargo capacity for LCP
Added JASSM-ER loadout for F-15E
Added capability for Mk6 Patrol Boat to be carried by larger ships