Matrix Games

Hello Colonels and Polkovniks.

A new update for Flashpoint Campaigns: Southern Storm is available here. If you own a Steam copy, it will be updated automatically and no download here is necessary.

This update includes a new free scenario called “GM Giraud”, featuring French versus Soviet forces on the Epinal map and created by the very talented Joao Lima.

This update also includes the addition of a new PBEM++ Tournament Play system, allowing Flashpoint Campaigns to work with the Matrix tournament system.

Also included are some major changes to the unit log. As the game unfolds, a series of messages are recorded to the unit logs with a time stamp, a “tag” or type of log entry, and then the text of the entry. This log has been massively improved with the following features.

• All messages are now Tagged (instead of just some of them as before)
• Tags are now filterable
• Unit names are highlighted to make them easier to find and hotlink to the Dashboard
• Locations are given a subtle highlight (just bold, no color) and are hot-linked to flash on the map
• The log is searchable – see the top right corner where any text that is typed in will be matched to log messages
• Highlight colors may be specified by tag type so that specific tags can be emphasized or de-emphasized

These changes to the unit log should make managing large formations and figuring out exactly whats going on to your units far more easy. With the ability to pick your own highlight colors you can pay special attention to your favorite formations.

There are numerous other tweaks and fixes included with this update. These and the previous changes listed are fully covered in the changelog PDF, available for download here.

That's all for now, happy hunting out there everyone!