JTCS 2.04 BETA

[Jason Petho]

Please try this new beta and let us know if it helps your game. To install this update you can download from this link HERE or by going to your John Tiller's Campaign Series File Downloads in the Matrix My Page section of the webite or from the game's store page. Ensure that you unzip the file after it successfully downloads and run the update installer.

IMPORTANT NOTE: We have seen a number of reports of a white screen issue that seems to be mostly affecting laptops with hybrid GPU setups (e.g. Intel + Nvidia). This public beta includes a code fix that we're hoping will address the vast majority of cases. If you're still experiencing a white screen issue, we recommend updating your Intel Graphics Drivers to the latest version. Please see this link and associated thread for more info HERE.

Also, we'd like to focus player attention on testing out Rising Sun. If you encounter issues loading Rising Sun scenarios or severe map glitches, please try the following steps:
1. Check that you have the NVidia App installed.
2. Open the NVidia App and make sure that the NVidia Overlay is toggled off.
3. Restart.
4. Run Rising Sun.

If you experience any other issues with Rising Sun, or this public beta, please let us know.

Changes in 2.04.00 (August 18th, 2025)

Bug Fixes
• Rising Sun: Engine executable renamed to risun.exe due to namespace conflict with NVIDIA causing map distortion.

Scenarios
• Added the Arctic Front scenario set of 12 scenarios to East Front, previously only available via theBlitz. wargaming club scenario database.
• Added Operazione C3(v2), Operation Sealion(v2), Rommel in England(v4), The End is Near(v2), Tobruk Multiplay(v2), The Art of Blitzkrieg (v2) scenarios to West Front
• Updated Iron Maidens at Cranbrook v2 scenario for West Front

Data
• Added the following to the West Front UK OOB: Desert Fortifications, Strongpoint, 4SP 75mm Pack, 2SP 17pounder ATG.
• Added the following to the East Front German OOB: PzKpfw 35-S 739(f).
• Added the following to the West Front German OOB: 75mm Para Gun, DO 38 Rockets, Foot HQ versions of Corps/Division/Regiment HQ's, and Brandenburg 39.
• Added new carrier graphics for the West Front UK. (Thank you, Troy!)
• Fixed Lloyd carrier bit for the West Front UK.
• Added new Vickers MG graphics for the West Front UK. (Thank you, Troy!)
• Added new German MG graphics for the West Front Germans. (Thank you, Troy!)
• Added new US Infantry graphics for the West Front UK. (Thank you, Ignomar!
• Added new Bersaglieri graphics for the West Front Italians. (Thank you, Schlonz!)
• Modified UK Jeep/MG to be able to carry a scout section.
• Added the above noted units to the weapon file for West Front.
• Added the above noted unit to the weapon file for East Front.
• Revised outline BIT files for the following unit: Italian Besaglieri 30(West Front) (Thank you, Troy!)
• Replaced Snow version of West Front German Wagons with the correct wagons (Thank you, Troy!)
• Added various Lapland DCG organizations to the East German higher level OOB files (Thank you, Petri!)
• Added new Colour Leader Images mod by Ingomar Scheiber for West Front.
• Updated various medium and heavy Italian and French trucks to the proper carry ability for West Front.

Changes in 2.03.00 (June 28th, 2025)

Improvements
• Revised the Victory Dialog to allow for larger values.

Bug Fixes
• Added a fix from Matrix Tech Support for AMD and nVidia cards in laptops under certain, older setups.
• Added missing FR, UK, US airstrike outline files to Forgotten Battles mod.

Scenarios
• Added a new Dynamic Campaign to East Front as a Mod: The Lapland War. (Petri Nieminen)
• Added 27 new East Front scenarios dealing with the Smolensk Battles, 1941. (Jason Petho)
• Added a new Linked Campaign to East Front: 29. Motorized Infantry LCG (Jason Petho)
• Added two new scenarios to West Front, one dealing with Arnhem, the other Crete (Ingomar Scheiber)

Data
• Added the following to the West Front UK OOB: Airlanding Platoon, Platoon 43 section, Airborne division HQ, Airborne motorized Battalion HQ.
• Added the following to the West Front German OOB: PzKpfW B1-bis(f), PzKpfW R35(f)
• Added graphics for the German units, UK Airborne and replaced the Vickers MG
• Added the above noted units to the weapon file for West Front.

[Jason Petho]

Just a reminder that the official release of the 2.04 UPDATE (or whatever it is going to be called) is planned for September 18th.

[Jason Petho]

A typo for Yelnia: Hell by any other name is the culprit for a scenario crash.

The revised file is attached. Unzip and copy and paste it into the EAST FRONT folder.

YELNIA ZIP FILE

[Crossroads]

Just a reminder that the official release of the 2.04 UPDATE (or whatever it is going to be called) is planned for September 18th.

I am guessing we are upping the version number again by one point, so after the 2.03 and 2.04 Public Betas the official release version will be numbered 2.05 

I am quite liking their Public Beta approach, btw.

[Jason Petho]

Yes, me too.

Here are some notes from the Matrix Forum so they don't get lost.

Hi all,

so far, I've only had time for a few quick tests.

- WF: Scen "TT_Britain v Germany_coastal_Med_01" doesn't start -> "Map not found"
- WF: Greek M97 75mm Field Guns (P15107) are not capable of firing (same in 2.03, perhaps always)

- I'm not sure if all new graphics made it to the update. At least the Bersaglieri did not and the UK carriers are from 9/98.
- Where can I find the EF "Arctic Front" scenarios?
"I've got a plan so cunning, you could put a tail on it and call

[Crossroads]

Arctic Front scenarios are part of the Forgotten Battles mod.

[Schwerpunkt75]

The Arnhem scenario still causes crash.

[Jason Petho]

The Arnhem scenario still causes crash.

The Arnhem scenario should have been deleted as it wasn't ready. 

That's an issue with the installer.

[Crossroads]

There's one more little thing I could add to JTCS without a fear of breaking up things I believe: making the targeting tooltip texts a tad more informative.

At the moment, when targeting and you point at a hex containing enemy units, but not at an unit specifically, the range adjusted hard and soft attack values are presented as 20/7. Point at a unit specifically, and with this example, the tooltip changes to 3 - Sho't Kal @ 20.

I could do this instead:




What do you guys think? Leave tooltips as they are? Adjust for more information? Let me knoiw.

[Outlaw Josey Wales]

Too much info. The man on the ground didn't/doesn't have that much info. I'd rather more time is spent on new scenarios and campaigns and the new Campaign Series. One thing with the Dynamic Campaigns is I would like to see better initial deployments. Don't want to see HQs and arty out front.