New comprehensive v5.50.07 update for Close Combat: The Longest Day, the newest release in the Close Combat series. This major update comes with dozens of bug fixes, map line of sight tweaks, data file changes for increased historical accuracy of equipment performance, and much more.David Heath, Director of Operations at Matrix Games, said “Close Combat: The Longest Day has earned many well-deserved accolades from gamers and reviewers alike as it recreates the full scope and incredible challenge of the first day of the Allied landings in Normandy. We’re thrilled to continue to support this fantastic game series and Close Combat fans should expect more updates for existing releases as well as additional new releases!”
Close Combat - The Longest Day is a highly enhanced rebuild of the critically acclaimed Close Combat Invasion Normandy, originally developed by Atomic Games. Take command of either the Allied Expeditionary Force or Germany’s Wehrmacht. You will either carry out the world’s largest amphibious invasion to liberate Europe from Nazi occupation or defend Hitler’s Atlantic Wall! From the initial airborne landings to the fight for the beaches and the drive inland towards the D-Day objectives, Close Combat – The Longest Day covers it all.
Close Combat – The Longest Day comes with expanded force pools, support for much larger maps, night battles with simulated flare effects, and more! Also included in this rebuild is are 60+ battles, operations and campaigns including a new enhanced Grand Campaign covering all the beaches and landing areas as well as "classic" CC5 style Grand Campaign available for download!
This update is comprehensive and will bring all previous versions of the game up to 5.50.07.
Features
* Highly enhanced rebuild of the critically acclaimed Close Combat Invasion Normandy title, originally developed by Atomic Games
* Expanded strat layer with new strat map image as well as 64 gorgeous hand-drawn tactical maps. That's an additional 21 tactical map slots over the original game!
* Comes with all new 60+ battles, operations and campaigns including a new enhanced Grand Campaign from the airborne landings and the beach heads to the advance inland as well as "classic" CC5 style Grand Campaign available for download.
* Battle the enemy in the darkness. Includes simulated flare effects and full lighting effects where ability to see the enemy troops is effected by flare deployment as well as light sources such as explosions and fires.
* Game can now be played in Windowed mode.
* Extended ForcePool list to display 25 of 25 available units as opposed to the 20 that stock CC5 displayed.
* New reports at the end of battle showing campaign cohesion and VL control – track your progress after each bout. Also displays battlegroup cohesion and fatigue status.
* Game now accepts maps up to 4800x4800 pixels as compared to the stock CC5 map size of 3600x3600 pixels.
* Off-board or off-map support quantities now tied to difficulty level.
* Improved graphical communication of strat map connections.
* Tweaked User Interface graphics, with nearly all new planes, vehicles and map graphics. Also includes carefully crafted game play manual
* No longer requires third party utilities for modding to provide years of additional gaming excitement.
* Among the moddable features: ALL strat layer features, ALL campaign details including weather, turns per day, scoring, all support mission types for both sides and locations, battlegroup recycling, battlegroup retreat/disband, supply and much more!
* Teams, battlegroups, elements, forcepools soldiers, vehicles, and weapons files maximum number of entries extended.
* Capable of representing multiple nationalities with varying capabilities available to both sides.
* Capable of simulating airborne battlegroup deployment drop zones.
* Further improvements have been made to the AI to reduce some of the more inadequate performance issues, in particular with respect to vehicle pathing, the 'crawl of death', and Team and Unit morale and response in general.
* Enhanced Scenario Editor - Create your own "what if" Scenarios.
* Enhanced to run well on modern DirectX systems
* Accurately depicts World War II tactical warfare and its challenges
* Realistic soldier psychological profiles during combat.
* Accurate and realistic equipment modeling
* Close air support and direct and indirect fire
* Ability to protect your men in buildings, bunkers, and trenches Includes specialized squads, weapons, soldier types, attack Aircraft & Artillery
* Adjustable game speed scroll speed and sound volume
* ... and much more!