GDN: winSPWW2 Moves up to Version 4.0

A new patch that upgrades the game to version 4.0 is now available and you don’t even have to wait until December 25th to unwrap it!

Camo Workshop has once again crammed the upgrade patch with plenty of content to satisfy all your tactical wargaming needs. For starters, here’s the breakdown of general changes found in the version 4.0 patch:

22 new scenarios
52 revised scenarios
6 revised campaigns including the ANZAC campaign
96 new or revised photos
29 new icons
36 updated OOB files
40 new or revised text files
4 revised sound files
17 revised graphic files
Upgraded ScenHack, MOBHack, and Cost Calculator

Highlights of some of the additional content includes:

A new explosive class has been added. Bring a new level of carnage to the battlefield with booby traps, demolition charges, and fougasse. Booby traps represent mainly anti-personnel weapons, demo charges can be used to destroy bridges and buildings, and fougasse is a goose liver dish banned in Chicago. Wait, that’s foie gras. Fougasse is a remote controlled barrel of flaming death. Cool!
Pesky infantry hiding in a building? Blow it up and see what happens now. Buildings that collapse on folks will have the chance to grind said folks into paste. Previously there was no test for casualties in the situation.
A tank turning its hull to face an enemy firing will no longer turn the hull directly 90 degrees, increasing the angle of attack for the shell (and thus increasing the tank’s survival chance).
Passengers dismounting from a vehicle in a minefield will now be tested to see if they set off a mine. Previously the only test was for the vehicle when it entered the hex. This is why when you see a sign saying "Minen" it’s best not to break out the pogo stick.
All OOBs have had every unit and formation trimmed back to 12/46 where the OOB still existed in 1946. All OOBs have been checked for units that started before 1930 and the few that were found have been corrected to 1930.
There was an extensive comb through of the weapons list done to correct deviant and erroneous entries. All weapons of one type should now have the same stats in every OOB they are listed.
Two development programs will be added to your winSPWW2 folder: ArmourCalc and APCalc_WW2. ArmourCalc allows a user to enter armour thickness and the angle. The application then calculates the resulting game statistic and spits it out. APCalc_WW2 reads the weapons data in each OOB and displays the potential armour penetration at various range increments for AP and sabot.
Once the patch is downloaded check your digital manual for a complete list of changes.

You can download the version 4.0 upgrade patch here: winSPWW2 Product Page

NOTE: All patches must be installed in order, so if you skipped out on the last patch make sure to grab that and install that first. The version 4.0 patch is of course compatible with all versions of the game (free and Enhanced).