Commandos!

Thanks again for all your constructive feedback, it’s really helpful. Much obliged!

Thanks to your great support we can announce a first set of fixes that we have applied to Commandos 2 HD Remaster. This new fix updates the game to v1.05.

Here’s the changelog:

- Added: First implementation of camera zoom with the mouse wheel. This is a work-in- progress feature but already makes a substantial difference to the gameplay experience
- Added: Steam Cloud support has been activated
- Improved: Russian text visibility improved
- Improved: More readable game save confirmation
- Fixed: Issue where the tutorial would result in skipping the first mission
- Fixed: Issue where smoke grenades would prevent Action Select Windows from being closed
- Fixed: Issue with incorrect display of gate textures
- Fixed: Molotov Cocktail can now be thrown through windows
- Fixed: Game no longer freezes when clicking on objective diary
- Fixed: 3D Character models are now visible on the 2nd and 3rd floor of the Eiffel tower

We would very much appreciate your further feedback on these fixes and improvements, especially with the new camera zoom.

We will continue to add new fixes to the game in the coming days and will keep you updated on our progress. First and foremost, we are concentrating on improving the game’s performance and the most frequently reported bugs from the community.

As always, our heartfelt thanks for your support!

Yippie! Entertainment x Kalypso Media

Commandos,

Thank you for your feedback so far. We’ve been hard at work on the next patch and we’re excited to share the details with you below.

Commandos 2 HD Remaster Patch v1.08

Fixes:

- Fixed dead enemies sometimes appearing in a standing position while the Notebook is in use
- Fixed Driver’s skills – Driver can now throw Molotov Cocktails and dig holes correctly
- Fixed visual artifacting at furthest zoom level
- Fixed issue where enemies could stack into each other or other objects during missions
- Fixed load game slots on ‘Mission Failed’ screen
- Fixed a few minor graphical issues
- Fixed an issue where game goes into soft-lock after player hits a patrolman during the mission ‘Castle Colditz’
- Fixed landing position of Molotov Cocktails and Smoke Grenades
- Fixed Sniper Rifle crosshair not showing through windows
- Fixed general localization bugs

Added:

- Added minimap navigation – players can now interact with minimap to change camera position
- Optimized view cones
- Further optimization made to framerate
- Enabled cloud saves on Steam
- Added trading cards to Steam

Please continue sending your feedback. Every message helps us hunt down things that need to be addressed and makes the game be the best it can be.

Thanks again for your support!

Yippee Entertainment x Kalypso Media

Commandos,

Once again, thank you for your feedback so far.

We’ve been hard at work improving the game and we’re delighted to announce another quick-fix, launching today. This focuses on one major issue reported by users: ‘infinite loading time after saving’.

Check out the list below for more details.

Fixes:

- Flamethrower no longer goes through walls (it bounces).
- Saved game issues reported by some users have been fixed – please note,
some saved games MIGHT still be corrupted but new saves will no longer have this issue
- Enemy view-cones will now correctly display over water

Added:

- Footprints! When a commando walks on snow or sand, footprints are now clearly visible for a short time.

Thank you again for your ongoing support and please do feel free to continue sending through your feedback.

Yippee Entertainment & Kalypso Media

- Fixed: Overall performance is highly improved. Further improvement is ongoing.
- Fixed: Issue where sound would disappear after loading a save game.
- Fixed: Performance issues in “Castle Colditz” and “Is Paris Burning?” missions.
- Fixed: Cursor now displayed correctly in building interiors.
- Fixed: Lama and Gurkha now use rope ladders correctly.
- Fixed: Amount of sleeping pills in inventory is now correctly displayed.
- Fixed: Readability of font used in the notebook while playing in Polish.
- Fixed: Minor spelling and grammatical issues with in-game texts.
- General improvements to gameplay, visuals and masking.
- Additional bug fixes and polishing.

Commandos 2 HD Remaster Update (v.1.12)

Commandos,

Thanks again for your feedback thus far.

We’ve been hard at work improving the game and we’re happy to announce today’s update v.1.12 - which includes community requests such as additional save slots, as well as many more bug fixes.

For a more comprehensive update list, check out the changelog below:

Improvements and additions

- Increased save slots to 20 and quick save slots to 3
- Added gamepad functionality

Bug fixes

- Fixed: Bonus Diary fails to appear on screen or gets stuck when spamming mouse buttons
- Fixed: slow loading time when loading a saved game from the pause menu
- Fixed: some enemies wouldn’t highlight when player pressed F11
- Fixed: black background would display when player entered the second level of the Eiffel Tower
- Fixed: incorrect items would display when player looked through the notebook
- Fixed: random objectives or item descriptions could not be closed using the right mouse button or ‘Esc’
- Fixed: incorrect mouse cursor offset on top of the Eiffel Tower
- Fixed: Spanish placeholder text was displayed in some areas
- Fixed: upon entering a vehicle, camera UI fails would fail to display
- Fixed: infinite loading screen during ‘The Giant in Haiphong’ mission
- Fixed: small amount of graphical artifacting at maximum zoom
- Fixed: graphical artifacts in Picture-In-Picture window
- Fixed: Private Smith wouldn’t walk to the radio in the mission ‘Saving Private Smith’
- Fixed: multiple inventory stacking issues
- Fixed: characters and animals weren’t visible on the water’s surface
- Fixed: some objectives wouldn’t mark as completed even after player met the required conditions
- Fixed: placement of mouse cursor shifted slightly at low resolutions
- Fixed: enemy vision cones and markers would not display correctly on water’s surface
- Fixed: Green Beret is not shown as having been buried after player loads a saved game
- Fixed: yellow marker missing from Eiffel Tower interior during 'Is Paris Burning?' mission
- Fixed: character model overlaps vehicle model when sitting on side seat or behind driver
- Fixed: sniper rifle crosshairs do not move when aiming at an enemy
- Fixed: Low-resolution textures in some areas of the submarine during the mission ‘White Death’
- Fixed: Camera control moved to F8 instead of F12 to avoid interference with Steam functionalities
- Fixed: tripwire displayed as pixelated after loading a saved game
- Fixed: some mines would only partially display in the mission ‘Saving Private Smith’
- Fixed: some enemies were invisible while shooting from inside and through a window
- Fixed: some random inventory freezes when swapping ammunition between player character and stunned soldiers
- Fixed: some animations for animals were incorrectly displayed
- Made some general improvements to gameplay and visuals (particularly masking)
- Minor bug fixes and polishing

Commandos 2 HD Remaster Known Issues (v.1.12) The issues below are known and currently being worked on. These will be fixed in future updates.

Graphics:

- Some sporadic graphical glitches
- Some vehicles, such as trains, have minor animations missing such as rotating wheels
- General performance has been improved and optimization is ongoing
- Picture-in-Picture mode still has some artifacting and missing asset issues to be resolved e.g. doors, character shadows
- Should you experience screen flicker, please set your game resolution to the native screen resolution of your monitor. If you cannot do this, set the game to windowed mode, then change the resolution settings to match your monitor’s native resolution.

Gameplay:

- When experiencing problems with saved games or missions being skipped, please check that your saved game folder isn’t located on an external hard drive but an internal one Original game related bugs or changes:
- Highlighted ladders, windows and doors don’t always align correctly

Commandos 2 – HD Remaster has been updated to v.1.13 – fixing a number of smaller issues reported by the community. Thank you for your support and feedback.

- Fixed issue with unresponsive trigger buttons [Gamepad]
- Fixed black screen when selecting missions from the missions menu
- Fixed delay when users tried to close the ‘Help’ screen
- Fixed issue with unresponsive Mission Failure screen.
- Fixed poisoned wine bottle title in the items radial menu [Gamepad]
- Fixed wrong translation for Polish language
- Fixed wrong characters displayed for Korean language