Civil War: Gettysburg6.1.0 - App Store

The Battle of Gettysburg was fought from 1st to 3rd July 1863, in Pennsylvania. The battle resulted the largest number of casualties in any battle of the entire war, and was the turning point of the American Civil War. Over three days General George Meade's Army of the Potomac defeated the Confederate army of General Robert E. Lee's, ending Confederate attempts to invade the North.

The first day ended with the Confederates in control of the town of Gettysburg but they had failed to push on to take the high ground. Day two was a day of a series of actions at both ends of the battlefield at Culp's Hill and Little Round Top. Day three ended with the disaster of Pickett's Charge.

The game also covers other of smaller engagements in the run up to the greatest battle of the war.

Key Game Features:

- Historically accurate game play.
- Three day ‘battle’ game.
- ‘Twilight’ scenario covering the key actions from the 2nd and 3rd day of the battle.
- Three massive one-day scenarios for each of the three days.
- Five scenarios covering the battles of:
- Thoroughfare Gap
- Furr Farm
- Goose Creek
- Ewell's Chapel
- Marsh Cree
- Little Round Top
- Accurate Civil War Units;
- 8 different types of artillery.
- 5 different types of cavalry (mounted & dismounted).
- 3 different types of infantry.
- Four categories of unit quality.
- Four categories of generals.
- Different types of formations.
- Detailed combat analysis.
- In-depth reference charts.
- Advanced tactical features including:
- Day and Night.
- Map zoom.
- Strategic movement.
- Flank attacks.
- Ammo.
- Hours of Gameplay.

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Version History Generals caught on their own now ride for safety when the enemy closes in. Units can change formation while an unattached general or artillery battery shares their hex, artillery batteries join infantry correctly, and reinforcement generals retain their leadership abilities. Movement and attack highlights and mission briefing scrollbar layout are fixed. Includes stability and memory improvements. 6.1.0 Aug 19 Fixed Gettysburg - Master Edition ending prematurely during the first day of battle.
Corrected a later objective that could incorrectly cause an immediate Union defeat.
Cleaned up obsolete mission scripting in the tutorials and Gettysburg - Day Two.
Improved mission stability and fixed general gameplay issues. 6.0.0 Aug 14 Various bug fixes 5.3.0 11/25/2024 Various bug fixes 5.1.0 11/21/2024 Various bug fixes and performance improvements 5.0.0 11/04/2024 Fix: Some sound effects not playing following the last update. 3.0.3 12/10/2021 Fix: Issue with game hanging at the Victory and Defeat displays.
Change: Updated some screen background images.
Change: Updated some button background images.
Change: Updates button highlights.
Change: Improved A.I. opponent. 3.0.1 09/13/2021 Add: Support for the Metal graphics system on all Apple devices, improving graphics performance.
Change: Updated the combat capabilities of Cavalry armed only with Pistols.
Change: Improved A.I. opponent.
Fix: Missing some mount dismount button options. 3.0.0 03/31/2021 Change: Improved A.I. opponent.
Fix: Some screen layout issues.
Fix: Invalid font selection on some buttons on some platforms.
Fix: Some projectile animations not displaying.
Fix: The in-game player message were sometimes cropped at the left edge of the screen.
Change: Update the play balance in some scenarios.
Fix: An issue with some load/reload animations not displaying. This could give the impression that a unit was not firing. 2.4.5 01/23/2021 Improved: AI has received a pass to help improve performance.
Change: Some UI updates. 2.4.4 09/07/2020 Fix: Units may sometimes have been unable to attack adjacent enemy huts or tents unless charging.
Change: When a general ends alone in a hex adjacent to an enemy, after enemy shooting, it now evades if possible, or is destroyed.
Fix: Some units were not getting their shock combat bonus in a charge combat.
Fix: Some time flank attacks provided no benefit in combat.
Fix: A rare crash which could occur after charging. 2.4.2 04/30/2020 Fix: Some line of sight issues from high hill hexes across lower hill hexes.
Fix: An issue where changing formation while leaders and artillery are in the same hex could sometimes cause a crash.
Change: Improved map zoom.
Change: Base line of site range increased.
Fix: Sometimes a unit would advance after combat and end adjacent to an enemy unit.
Change:Faster A.I. execution during larger missions. This latest updates reduces the time game turn times by up to 75%. 2.4.1 12/21/2019 Fix: An issue with units in column not changing formation to attack.
Fix: A bug which could cause units that merge to not register on the strength meter. 2.3.0 11/06/2019 Fix: Cavalry can once again move over fences.
Fix: Artillery can no longer move over fences.
Change: Some minor tweaks to the UI. 2.2.0 09/24/2019 Fix: A bug affecting the Low Ammo mechanic has been tracked down and sorted.
Fix: Artillery units can once again merge with infantry units. 2.1.0 06/18/2019 Add: Game Speed Button to settings menu. You can set game speed to Standard, Slow or Fast.
Change: Minor UI tweaks. 2.0.1 02/14/2019 Fix: Could crash while loading on iPhone Xr.
Change: iPhone and iPad: Major improvement to the map zoom feature (use two finger pinch to zoom in/out).
Changed: iPhone and iPad: The game is now optimised to used all the available screen space at the best screen resolution for each device.
- One some newer devices the game image was stretched.
- On some newer devices the game had a black border.
Note: An update is in development to better support the space around the 'notch' and the curved displays on iPhone X, Xr and Xs models.
Change: Game performance is much faster and graphical execution smoother.
Add: The ability to unlock all scenarios in the settings menu. 2.0.0 01/04/2019 Fix: Some reinforcement triggers not working. 1.9.1 04/06/2018 Fix: Ewell's Chapel: sorted a bug which could cause it to end early on confederate side 1.8 03/07/2018 Change: Gameplay balance updates.
Add: A whole new way to play, 'Historical Mode'. This is now an option on starting a new mission.
Add: 'Historical Mode' preference to the settings menu.
Add: Change log for all updates in the latest edition of the game.
Add: Change log to the help menu. 1.6.1 03/06/2018 Fixes issues to be compatible with iOS 9 1.5 10/21/2015 Updated General stance.
Logo revamp.
Flag and control point revamp. 1.4 06/29/2015 Adds new Battle and Standard Edition versions of the Gettysburg map. 1.3 06/14/2015 Fix: Infantry no longer incorrectly go disrupted.

Fix: Corrected an issue with the Confederate campaign not being playable. 1.2 01/14/2015 Fix: One unit in the main campaign game had a significantly incorrect unit strength.

Fix: There was a 50:50 chance, playing the main campaign game that the night curfew on combat would not end at the end of the first day. This will not fix any main campaign games already in progress, but this will be part of the next update. 1.1 01/03/2015