POW task improvements:

• POW can move around the AO in which case his escort need to be killed to free him
  
• POWs can be civilian variants - a journalist or a scientist
  
• Better task descriptions
  
• Subtasks that break the objective into stages
  
• Task grouping for more than one POW task - tasks will receive appropriate description text to reflect the number of POWs present

• New extraction system that is additionally given before mission end to allow the possibility of extracting POW's midway through the scenario
  
• Intel reveals now show closest points of interest and enemy units rather than a random selection
  
• Intel unit reveals improved to be more efficient and show entire groups
  
• Intel unit reveals will only reveal currently unknown groups
  
• Intel unit reveals will no longer reveal enemies as civilians
  
• Added respawn position MP lobby options
  
• Faction names now appear alongside unit names in Team Planning menu
  
• Fixed: Advanced factions do not give the full faction complement
  
• Allowed pilots and crew to be chosen as classes
  
• Fixed: Script break if no intel objects created
  
• Fixed: Moving HVT targets were blocked from initiating
  
• Fixed: One instance of an empty player slot 1 causing a script break
  
• Experimental failsafe for vehicle destruction objective auto-completing on mission start
  
• Variance added to barrier AOs

Hotfix:

• Added pause for player detection for dedicated servers

Intel system expansion:

• Better intel discovery messages
  
• Support for task specific intel
  
• General intel objects added
  
• Civilian informants added

• Added support for subtasks
  
• HVT can now move between locations
  
• HVT search radius greatly increased
  
• HVT given a tracking search area marker
  
• HVT task intel is now given much more generously
  
• HVT evidence gathering subtask added
  
• Optional HVT intel gathering subtask added
  
• Can receive intel on what the HVT is wearing
  
• Can receive intel on the HVT's identity
  
• Can receive intel on the HVT's route

• Added a new end of mission event
  
• Gave objective selection a better ability to select the preferred task types
  
• Temporarily removed reactive defend tasks as they would stall the mission end
  
• Team respawn position will check for distance from team leader
  
• Groupname listener added to address issues with C2 Command & Control and revive

• Removed April Fools G.O.A.T. mode - the goats may return someday!

• Added General Operational Artiodactyla Theater mode

• Loadout units are now invincible until mission begins
  
• Reset AI options returned to their intended usage following BIS hotfix (select stuck AI unit with F1-10, find their reset option in command menu 6)
  
• Fix for two mission generation hangs on dedicated servers
  
• Fixed spectator mode and added freecam

• Extra waiting added to loadout switcher to allow for variable propagation in MP
  
• Loadout switcher grouping modified to work better with C2 mod
  
• Fixed: Wreck task could fail on ground vehicle types
  
• Fixed: Reactive task generation could fail causing mission not to end
  
• Fixed: Early allPlayers call on dedicated servers could cause mission to hang on startup

• Fixed: Unit switcher locality in MP could cause a range of issues (will solve empty backpacks after air insertion)
  
• WaitUntil crew ready commands added to reinforcing enemy vehicles attempting to solve vehicles missing waypoints
  
• Corrected misplaced failsafe for respawn weapon loss
  
• Fixed: Objective selection could hang on a recon task
  
• MCC4 access reassigned after mission start

Expanded AO:

• AO can now take up to 3 extra locations surrounding the main centre
  
• The first task will always be in the main location but any others could be in the surrounding locations
  
• Increased starting base placement range to account for new AO size
  
• AO definition is now modular to build the groundwork for future updates
  
• Briefing reflects any expanded AO locations
  
• AO size marker only appears with extraction task

• New unit loadout system from DCO
  
• New load screen messaging and load sequence tidied up
  
• New intro zoom camera
  
• Fixed: Disabling civilians did not account for all civilian spawn possibilities
  
• Cache objectives made easier to complete
  
• Task guard enemies now affected by AI multiplier
  
• Clear Base objective removed
  
• Recon foot patrol temporarily removed
  
• Added extra failsafe for POW positioning
  
• Slightly increased chance of reactive task
  
• Fixed: Unable to trigger wreck destruction success
  
• Improved wreck task selection criteria
  
• HandleRating eventhandlers added to units as part of revive script to prevent revive/kill loops
  
• Removed helicopter task failstate

• Added warning box to startup UI, will display mod incompatibility messages and faction selection issues
  
• Support for JIP players that join while the Team Planning menu is still in progress
  
• JIP players will not be given revive if revive is disabled
  
• Team Planning controls given to another player if slot 1 is not occupied in MP
  
• Fixes for menu reactions to MP lobby AI slot removal

New Startup UI:

• Scenic camera backdrop
  
• Page switcher to change between menus
  
• Map for AO placement no longer uses the entire screen
  
• Client players receive the scenic camera backdrop instead of a black screen while host chooses options
  
• Most menu data is saved
  
• Reset to defaults button included to wipe any saved data

• Objective preferences
  
• Overcast settings
  
• Month
  
• Day
  
• Enemy AI skill separated from enemy numbers
  
• Enemy force size multiplier
  
• Enable/Disable minefields
  
• Enable/Disable civilians

• Better JIP support
  
• Dedicated support for situations where the mission is begun without the first player slot occupied
  
• Advanced faction selections now add entire factions to the possible selection, not just individual vehicle types