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Maximum units in WWII Campaign - 10/4/2000 3:27:00 AM

Hunter

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Although the game allows up to 400 formations I am only allowed to purchase 200ish units (it sometimes allows up to 203). Is there any way I can increase this limit?

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- 10/4/2000 3:39:00 AM

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Originally posted by Hunter: Although the game allows up to 400 formations I am only allowed to purchase 200ish units (it sometimes allows up to 203). Is there any way I can increase this limit?

Remember - it's (IIRC) 400 formations and 800 units for both sides !! And easiest way to get to 400 units is - buy larger formations .. most OOBs have complete Co.'s in it - sometimes under "misc.", so watch out for them

Arralen PS: You don't really want to play with that much units, do you? If you're getting bored with zipping units around, try C&C ... [This message has been edited by Arralen (edited October 03, 2000).]

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- 10/4/2000 4:13:00 AM

Hunter

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I have tried everything but there is know way I can buy over 200 units including buying whole companies. It simply stops at 200 even if it half way through a company, and I have only bought about 50-60 formations.

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- 10/4/2000 6:20:00 AM

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We have found out that the game cannot possibly handle 400 hundred formations. So now the maz is around 200. It was causing all kinds of problems including the repetition of lettering (you would get two A0 units) and some units not appearing at all on the roster. The only cure was to go back to 200 formations total...counting formations of both side. Usually one side maxes out at around 100. I just tried it with the newest Utah Beach scenario and that was all I could get. Wild Bill ------------------ In Arduis Fidelis Wild Bill Wilder Coordinator, Scenario Design Matrix Games

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- 10/4/2000 6:36:00 AM

Warhorse

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Hunter, no, this is the max for a campaign CORE force, this is to allow the addition of support units!!! And yah, I know, because I too like a HUGE campaign!!!! Hang tough pal, us gluttons have to stick together!!!

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- 10/4/2000 3:52:00 PM

kao16

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I'm curious. What is the force size (regiment/ division/ many divisions/ ...) for a force using 100 formations?

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- 10/4/2000 5:37:00 PM

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You cannot have 100 large formations, the program will stop you with 200 units (vers. 4.0)

. Wehrmacht: A bataillon would have 3 companies, a regiment 3 bataillons and 2 companies (11 big formations). A division (Inf) would have 3 regiments infantry, 4 bataillons artillery, and some other bataillons (pioneers, tankhunters, recon, mg, Transport,...). This would be about 50 formations (company size). 100 formations would represent about 2 Inf-Divisions (1939)of the Wehrmacht. [This message has been edited by Frank (edited October 04, 2000).]

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- 10/4/2000 11:30:00 PM

Wild Bill

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Here are the stats from my latest scenario, Utah - We Start the War Here US Forces Formations: 83 Units: 222 German Forces Formations: 104 Units: 140 So what do we learn? That you can have up to 200 formations (I can still buy formations for the US) and up to 400 units (I now have 362 and counting). Just for your info. Wild Bill ------------------ In Arduis Fidelis Wild Bill Wilder Coordinator, Scenario Design Matrix Games

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- 10/6/2000 4:10:00 AM

Hunter

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But thats during scenario creation, if you start a WWII campaign and but large companies then the number of units will amx out at 200 no matter what the number of formations is.

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- 10/6/2000 8:39:00 AM

jsaurman

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If someone really wanted more units, couldn't they just sort of edit all the units until they were similar to the SP3 scale? That is, instead of ten man squads, make every infantry unit have 40 men and call it a company. Every tank unit could be 5 tanks instead of one. Wouldn't that enable you to have more units? Yes, I know that would not really accomplish much, but maybe it would enable larger formations to be simulated.

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- 10/6/2000 9:17:00 AM

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That's terrible news. I have 400 units on each side of my big Kursk scenarios... I guess its going to freak out. Tomo

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