Thanks for your comments and suggestions,

>>SUPPLY
>> I want to make supplying your squad a more important part of game-play:
> Supply crates now have an action when you get close to them to rearm your squad; your squad's original load-out will be applied to them. You can turn this off in the Options Menu.
> You can now turn off the VIRTUAL ARSENAL being available from the supply crate (I might make this default in the future).
> I have more ideas for improving the supply side of game-play - watch this space!

>>KILL STREAKS
> You now have options to turn off kill streaks entirely or just turn off free support after two (i.e. you still get a reduced cost after one).

>>BATTLEFIELD EFFECTS
> Random smoke and HE can now either be constant or only when the enemy are aware of your presence. These have been factored into BATTLEFIELD EFFECTS Presets.

>>PRESETS
>> As a result of play testing I re-worked some of the Presets.
> I merged the DIFFICULTY and ACTION/TACTICAL Presets
> I added Presets for ACTION/TACTICAL HUDs
> I added Presets for Spawn Distance

>>QUICK FACTIONS

>Changed
> I am always looking to streamline the mods I use so I removed all dependencies on the Community Factions Project (CFP) mod.

> CUP US troops from the Somalia and Iraq Invasion QUICK FACTIONs replaced with Cold War Rearmed III units (previously CFP).

> I only learnt at the weekend that Iraq did not deploy any air assets in the Iraq War 2003, so I removed all air from the Iraq QUICK FACTION for CUP and RHS.

> As 131221 pointed out I incorrectly had the Peshmerga as the Kurdish force in Syria. I've changed them to the YPG. I've also done a bit of research to give them appropriate kit - still not 100% accurate though, but close enough.

> I also completely re-worked Yom Kippur War (Israel) using '[LEP] Lefteris Cold War Expansion Pack'.

> I completely re-worked The Aden Emergency using Western Sahara and IFA.

>Added

> 'American Patriots' added to the 'Empires 1700s' QUICK FACTIONs.

> Forces from the 1983 invasion of Grenada added, with RHS and CUP versions.

> 131221 also requested I add forces from the Turkish invasions of Cyprus. As suggested by 131221 I have used '[LEP] Project Eurus. [The East Wind 1960-1983]' by Lefteris. The forces are not super realistic (wrong tanks and aircraft) but close enough without requiring too many mods.

> Impressed by Lefteris mods I used '[LEP] Lefteris Cold War Expansion Pack' to add QUICK FACTIONs from the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion.

> I have added 'Conflict On The Savanna' as an alternative way of playing the bush war in Rhodesia, which uses GLOBAL MOBILIZATION and PRAIRIE FIRE assets.

> As requested by Nacho I have added 'WebKnight's Zombies and Creatures'. Find them in the QUICK FACTIONs. You can also find the creatures under Heroes (enemy side only).

Thanks for your comments and suggestions,

>>WEATHER
> Time and weather is now randomised the first time you set up a mission.
> Weather and night effects on air assets (i.e. air can't fly in bad weather or at night) can now be applied differently to player, enemy and independent factions.

>> PRESETS
> Added Presets for Battlefield Intensity, these can be found in the weather menu and also changed mid-game.
> 6 Levels of ACTION/TACTICAL Presets
> Separate SPECIAL FORCES and SURVIVAL Presets
> When you select the SPECIAL FORCES Preset your squad will be reduced to three, you'll not be able to reinforce and your support will be limited.
> Some QUICK FACTIONs define a Special Forces load-out. If you select the SPECIAL FORCES Preset you will be given the option of changing your squad's load-out to the Special Forces load-out if one is available. The loud-out will be applied to all three squad members.
> The SURVIVAL Preset reduces your squad to a single unit and you have no reinforcements or support.
> QUICK FACTIONs have some Presets automatically applied
> Overhaul of the GAME-PLAY OPTIONS menu

>> NO SUDDEN DEATH FOR ZERO VPs OR SQUAD BELOW 4
> If you chose the game-play options to lose if your VICTORY POINTs fall below zero or to lose if your squad falls below four members, you'll now get a 30 second warning that you are about to lose giving you a chance to try and earn some VPs or call reinforcements.

I'm so happy to have my PC back! Was getting serious Arma withdrawal!

Thanks for your comments and suggestions,

> I forgot to have the Insertion Menu remember your previous selections. That has now been corrected.

QUICK FACTIONS:
> Galactic Empire Stormtrooper paratroopers changed to Rockettroopers.
> Ukrainian volunteers added to RHS and CUP factions
> Ukrainian units given NATO AA and AT launchers instead of Russian weapons, to be more in keeping with the current conflict.
> Argentinean forces from the Falklands War are armed with FNAL, not AKs. Been meaning to fix this for a while!
> When picking SOG, Navy Seals or Dac Cong as the player's QUICK FACTION you'll get an option to select a 3 man squad instead of the standard 10. The 3 man squads are intended for Special Forces gameplay (see presets below) and have no reinforcements and limited support.
> Similar to the above you will get an option to create a single survivor when selecting Survivors as the player's QUICK FACTION.


>More presets added to the GAMEPLAY OPTIONS Menu to make mission making easier:
>>GAMEPLAY: SPECIAL FORCES/SURVIVAL
>>ERA: 2000+
>>ERA: 1939-1999
>>ERA: PRE 1939

> New time acceleration mode added: 1 game hour = 1 minute
> New game play difficulty: You lose the mission if your squad falls below 4. Does not apply if your squad starts with three or less units. This is included as a default for the TACTICAL preset.
> New option to remove the text that tells you if you have gained or lost VICTORY POINTS, e.g. when you kill an enemy. It is turned off in the TACTICAL and SPECIAL FORCES/SURVIVAL presets.

Before my PC broke all the text in the GUI menus were nicely aligned. I have no idea why, but since re-installing Arma the text has become slightly misaligned. If I can figure out why I'll change it.

Thanks for your comments and suggestions,

I wanted to make customising THE ASSAULT a lot easier and faster:

>When you return to menus they will now remember the options you've previously chosen (e.g. enemies, missions, support etc),
>If you've already defined a unit or vehicle you'll be asked if you want to use your current design instead of opening the VIRTUAL ARSENAL or GARAGE,
>When you choose how to insert you'll now see the map in the background allowing you to make a more informed decision

>When you choose a QUICK FACTION you now choose how to insert, it's no longer chosen for you.

>The Gameplay Options menu now includes presets for ACTION or TACTICAL game-play and DIFFICULTY settings.
>Swapped the SU34 to the Shikra as the interceptor for some CUP QUICK FACTIONs, as the SU-34 is a ground attack aircraft.

>Some QUICK FACTIONs automatically change game-play options:
>>Pre-Radio eras will disable radio sounds
>>Russian Radio speaker will be applied to Russian QUICK FACTIONs
>>Air forces from the 1990s onward can deploy at night
>>The Nassau 1715 Wind Indicator is turned off with Nassau 1715 QUICK FACTIONs

>As I updated the GUIs I found several errors which have been fixed.

Thanks for all your comments and suggestions...

*Can be turn on/off in the options

CHARLIE OWNS THE NIGHT!:
>Friendly and enemy air cannot deploy at night*
>Enemies spawn close at night*

>Re-worked flares to make them better. You now select whether to use them in the 'Time, Weather, Effects and Music' menu. There are two options:
1) Flares are always on at night
2) Flares are only on at night when the enemy has spotted you
However, be aware unmodded Arma flares are not very bright. Make them brighter with:
Brighter Flares: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2095827925
or
Blastcore Complied by Neetch: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1158566432

>You can now add NVGs in the 'SELECT LOADOUTS AND SQUAD SIZE' menu

CLOSE QUARTERS BATTLES:
>Enemies spawn closer in some locations such as towns and dense woodland/forest*


AIR WAR:
>Added fixed wing interceptors to enemy and independent sides

ENEMY/INDEPENDENT MAXIMUM SIZE AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTS*:
>The maximum size of enemy and independent sides includes units in vehicles. So, if there are a lot of vehicles on the battlefield the number of infantry can drop off considerably. To correct this, maximum enemy/independent sizes will automatically increases when they have vehicles.

TIME ACCELERATION:
>I already had the option to have 1 game hour = 10 mins, now there are the options to have 1 game hour = 5 mins or 3 mins.

WANT A NEW CHALLENGE?:
>Added a game-play option where every time the player is killed the player's maximum squad size is reduced by one

QUICK FACTIONS:
>Hanss asked if I would add CUP forces for the current crisis in Ukraine. I have added them for CUP and RHS.

>Re-worked some of the GUI
>It's now possible to change a lot more settings mid-game
>Removed the penalty if you select to use manual saving in the options

>Enemy sometimes spawned close when they should not
>The last menu before deploying would sometimes not appear when you returned to it when loading an auto-save

There are a lot of changes in this update. Although I have play tested it some bugs might have snuck through. Please let me know if you find any.

Thanks for all your comments and suggestions...

GAME-PLAY:
Ever had civilians or allied independent units get in the way, like standing right where you want to plant some explosives? Now, when you get close to them you'll get the option to tell them to 'Get Out of Here!', which will delete them.

CUP QUICK FACTIONS:
When I started THE ASSAULT I was torn between using RHS or CUP for modern warfare. I chose RHS, but I still love CUP, and it keeps getting better and better. I've now added CUP alternatives for the following historical conflicts:

Rhodesia 1964-79
Afghanistan 1979-89
Chechnya 1994-96 & 1999-2009
Somalia 1992-93
Kosovo 1998-99
Sierra Leone 2000-01
Iraq Invasion 2003
Afghanistan 2001-21 - with Germany and Czech Republic added (although the latter, in reality, were limited to non-combat roles except special forces)
Syria 2011+
Mali 2012+ - Insurgents only

Thanks as always for all your suggestions and comments...

Making the most of CDLC Western Sahara content I've added:
>India to the 'Empires 1700s' era QUICK FACTIONS
>India/North Africa to the 'Empires 1800s' era QUICK FACTIONs.
>China to the 'Empires 1800s' era QUICK FACTIONs.
Appropriate civilian factions have also been added.

>Tweaked the Legion Base Stable QUICK FACTIONs to make them more interesting.
>Tweaked WH40K Chaos, Death Korps and Valhallans QUICK FACTIONs to make them more interesting.
>Added Gravchutes to WH40K QUICK FACTIONs paratroopers, except Space Marines, Chaos Space Marines and Necrons - as they do not work with them.
>Really small tweaks to a bunch of other QUICK FACTIONS.

>Independent Space Marines and Chaos Space Marines are no longer immortal!

I know I said I would not do an update for a while... but I could not help myself....

>Special Forces units now spawn like other units; they won't get a marker to identify where they are and there are no bonus VICTORY POINTS for killing them.

>The squad size of enemy or independent paratroopers, melee units or special forces will now scale to the total number of units of that side:
>> Total enemies/independents 1-5 = 1 paratrooper/melee/special forces in a squad
>> Total enemies/independents 6-8 = 2 paratroopers/melees/special forces in a squad
>> Total enemies/independents 9-11 = 3 paratroopers/melees/special forces in a squad
>> Total enemies/independents 12 = 4 paratroopers/melees/special forces in a squad

>I've tidied up the JM's Long Live the Empire QUICK FACTIONS, merging some of them together.
>Paratroopers added to Galactic Empire factions from JM's Long Live the Empire and Manadalorian factions from Legion Base Stable. However, I don't think paratroopers fit with the ambience of Star Wars so I recommend also loading JM's Effect which will swap the parachutes for jet packs.

>Added Rain Storm/Monsoon
>Storms will now come and go every 5-10 minutes instead of being permanent
>During a storm enemies and independents spawn closer (you can turn this off in Gameplay Options)
>All sides cannot call air support/reinforcements or supply drops during a storm or in heavy rain (you can turn this off in Gameplay Options)
>If you are using automatic view distance from the Gameplay Options the view distance is much more limited in a storm

>If you are unlucky enough that all your squad is killed when first spawned (rare, but it can happen if the vehicle spawns in a tree, for example) then the mission will fail rather than the game getting stuck.
>Heroes sometimes had no maps
>Sometimes when a hero was killed during melee their marker did not disappear.
>Link to the new IFA 3 in the description. Glad to see IFA back and looking forward to the big update they have planned.

I hope you all had a good Christmas and I wish you well for 2022!

I would never have believed when I released THE ASSAULT last summer that so many people would play it. Thanks for your comments and suggestions, they've really helped it develop since then. I'm pretty happy with how THE ASSAULT is now. So, in 2022 the pace of updates will slow down. I will continue to keep an eye out for new Workshop content to include and I will definitely include any new CDLC (WWII please!!!). And do keep on offering suggestions!

In this update:

>China and Japan QUICK FACTIONs added from the East Asia War 1937 Mod.
>East Asia War 1937 bayonets added to the "Add Bayonets" list in the "Select Loadout and Squad Size" GUI.
>Re-applied France and Spain to Nassau QUICK FACTIONs (my new GUI means I am not limited for space anymore).
>Added Serbia in Digital Camo QUICK FACTION as requested by Fruits (find it in the middle column of the QUICK FACTIONs list under "RHS Extra").
>Option to remove radio sounds as they were ambience breaking for some time periods
>Option to change the language of the radio speaker to Russian

>You will no longer be asked if you want to open your parachute whilst swimming

Another update for the holidays!

> Removed SPECIAL QUICK FACTIONs sometimes asking you to design diving gear for your squad, changing in and out of diving gear is not compatible with SPECIAL QUICK FACTIONS.
> Fixed issue where if you chose the blue filter to be on at night it would turn off in the final mission.
> Fixed an issue where you did not get rewarded if you killed a hero that uses melee weapons.
> I noticed you'd stop getting rewarded for killing a dog. I did some experimentation and it showed that Arma could no longer detect if the player killed the dog - don't know why. Given dogs are hard to kill I've now made it that you'll get a +5VP reward if anyone kills a dog.

>The player must kill special forces to get the +10 VP bonus, it can't be any member of the player's squad (it was way too easy to get the reward).
>Added Western Sahara CSAT QUICK FACTION, somehow I failed to notice they were included in the CDLC when I added the other Factions!
>Made small changes to the following QUICK FACTIONS: NATO (all), CSAT (all), AAF, LDF, most Warhammer Factions, most TREBUCHET factions, Clone troopers, some Galactic Empire (JM's Long Live the Empire) factions


>For some reason when you fail a mission custom messages are no longer shown, instead you'll get a default message like "MISSION FAILED". This is an annoying change to how BIS_fnc_endMission works as you no longer know why you failed a mission or what your final score was if you failed the last mission. I hope that is a glitch that will be corrected rather than a permanent change. As a workaround I've added the message that used to appear into the mission debrief.