To opt into the beta:
1) Right click War on the Sea in your Steam library, go to properties/betas and you should have new tabs listing other available versions.
2) Password to access the beta is: warontheseabeta
Use the pulldown to select the beta version.
It should then begin to download.
3) When you run the game the version number should read the version you selected.
BETA 27 Aug 2021
GENERAL
Multiple AI subs in combat now engage targets
Decreased capsize sensitivity of ships
ammunition files new variable "collideAir":true to also allow collisions with air units
CAMPAIGN
Campaign seaUnits.txt files converted "sunkYield":[2,2,1,1,1] to arrays to assign a value for each difficulty level (easiest to hardest)
config.txt modified campDifficultyPreset values to re-balance in conjunction with new campaign Command Point acquisition methods
campDifficultyPreset3 and campDifficultyPreset4 reduced base repair times (5, 10 to 2, 5) to account for carrier air wing replenishment and refunding points post-repair
campDifficultyPreset3 and campDifficultyPreset4 increased Release ship refund yield (0.5, 0.25 to 0.9, 0.7) to account for carrier air wing replenishment
All campDifficultyPreset decreased sunk ship command point % yield (0.75 - 0.25 to 0.35 to 0.15)
Auto scout panel rearranged to accommodate movement of lower buttons
Create Air panel refreshes aircraft numbers upon replenishment if open at that time
Light_Carrier integrated with Aircraft_Carrier behaviour in combat and for strategic map AI
Campaign seaMissions.txt;
added variable "delayAIDays":[0,1,2,4] (example) to delay AI decision making by the number of days specified at;
- start of mission AI will delay another decision for 0-1 days
- end of mission/loss of group, AI will delay another decision for 2-4 days
- assign 0,0 for first 2 and/or last 2 numbers if no delay desired
(Note: "Home" missions use original mission issued to calculate any AI delay)
(Note: AI ships do NOT enter Rest & Repair queue unless they have suffered destroyed compartments, they use these DelayAIDays values instead)
(Note: vanilla campaigns currently use [0,0,0,0] for all missions, expected default values [0,2,0,2] for small task groups to [1,4,1,4] for large task groups pending further testing)
Cruiser patrols in the Slot set to "autoRenew":false for both campaigns