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ORIGINAL: michaelm

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ORIGINAL: Blackhorse

More great work . . .

How hard would it be to add:

A "LOC" (Line-of-Communication) field to the LCU screen. The player can select any adjacent hex as the "LOC." If the LCU is forced to retreat, it will first check the LOC, and if there is an eligible retreat path, the LCU will retreat to the designated hex. If the designated hex is not eligible, the LCU retreats per the existing code.

It strikes me as odd, in a game of this scale, that we can direct individual pilots to specific squadrons, but we exercise no influence over the retreat direction of a 100,000+ man army.

Not quite sure how this would work.
I can see a unit having this set, and merrily moving until it hits some enemy units. A battle occurs and the unit retreats back towards the LOC which about "10 hex away in the direction of the enemy".
A case of set and forget.
Or it needs to be re/set everytime a unit moves.

Anyway, I'll chew over it.

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ORIGINAL: michaelm

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ORIGINAL: bk19@mweb.co.za

It would be nice for a mouse tool tip to pop up when over non-base locations to display the hex grid reference. It would help a great deal when chasing sighting/intel reports (for example).

Game engine is not really designed to handle reporting of hexes without something in them.

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ORIGINAL: Blackhorse

Thanks for chewing.

You make a good point about "set and forget". When a retreat occurs, could there be a check to see if the LOC hex is adjacent? If it is not adjacent, the LOC retreat routine is skipped.

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ORIGINAL: michaelm

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ORIGINAL: Blackhorse

More great work . . .

How hard would it be to add:

A "LOC" (Line-of-Communication) field to the LCU screen. The player can select any adjacent hex as the "LOC." If the LCU is forced to retreat, it will first check the LOC, and if there is an eligible retreat path, the LCU will retreat to the designated hex. If the designated hex is not eligible, the LCU retreats per the existing code.

It strikes me as odd, in a game of this scale, that we can direct individual pilots to specific squadrons, but we exercise no influence over the retreat direction of a 100,000+ man army.

Not quite sure how this would work.
I can see a unit having this set, and merrily moving until it hits some enemy units. A battle occurs and the unit retreats back towards the LOC which about "10 hex away in the direction of the enemy".
A case of set and forget.
Or it needs to be re/set everytime a unit moves.

Anyway, I'll chew over it.

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ORIGINAL: Bradley7735

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ORIGINAL: Blackhorse

Thanks for chewing.

You make a good point about "set and forget". When a retreat occurs, could there be a check to see if the LOC hex is adjacent? If it is not adjacent, the LOC retreat routine is skipped.

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ORIGINAL: michaelm

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ORIGINAL: Blackhorse

More great work . . .

How hard would it be to add:

A "LOC" (Line-of-Communication) field to the LCU screen. The player can select any adjacent hex as the "LOC." If the LCU is forced to retreat, it will first check the LOC, and if there is an eligible retreat path, the LCU will retreat to the designated hex. If the designated hex is not eligible, the LCU retreats per the existing code.

It strikes me as odd, in a game of this scale, that we can direct individual pilots to specific squadrons, but we exercise no influence over the retreat direction of a 100,000+ man army.

Not quite sure how this would work.
I can see a unit having this set, and merrily moving until it hits some enemy units. A battle occurs and the unit retreats back towards the LOC which about "10 hex away in the direction of the enemy".
A case of set and forget.
Or it needs to be re/set everytime a unit moves.

Anyway, I'll chew over it.

I agree w/Blackhorse. If the player doesn't set the LOC for 10 hexes, then they should get the default retreat path. However, if they are diligent and set it each movement (ie, adjacent), then the LOC hex would apply.

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ORIGINAL: Chris H

I don't think the amphibious TF loading routines are working correctly. This is not new but I've got to the point in the game where I'm carring out lots on amphibious ops and it's getting a little trying creating a TF with enough ships to load a unit(s) only to be told during the loading routines that I need to add more or, even worse, not being told that and finding I've left some behind.

I've just tried loading the 8th Aus Div which requires 10368 troop and 8680 cargo onto a TF with 11240/10940 space. The loading routine indicates it will load OK, a green YES, but when I click it I get an indication that I could do with some more troop space and the fit goes to a red NO. OK I'll verify it and add some ships at the next screen which is below.





This screen however tells me I'm short of cargo space by 1652 and not troop space as previously indicated. I haven't carried on with this load but on numerous occasions, having added ships and accepted the load, I've left some load behind.

This problem is exacerbated when trying to load more than one unit, in fact it becomes almost imposible to bulk load LCUs particularly when there are large units involved I now load them individually.

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ORIGINAL: michaelm

Installer updated with new build

[1108p9]
Fixed Non-transport TF are trying to un/load [MEM]
Tweaked Show island stacking limit on mouse over [MEM]
Tweaked On Army screen for HQs show ship/air/ground assigned buttons [MEM]
Tweaked Suppress Japanese industry icons for Allied player as not relevant [MEM]
Tweaked Suppressed port icon in lower base panel if not applicable [MEM]
Tweaked Port repairs to consider port damage - was only checking in some cases [MEM]
Tweaked Added codes to HQs on unit lists( c Corps, y Army, m Amph, n Naval, a Air) [MEM]
Tweaked Added type of HQ, op and combat modes to LCU mouse over in base panel [MEM]
Fixed Added special case of base/shipyard size to weapon repair estimate as in actual shipyard repairs [MEM]
Tweaked Some screen changes to Manage Repair and Ship List sccreens [MEM]
Added Ship due upgrade time filters to the Ship List screens [MEM]
Changed Arrival base of rebuilt restricted groups may change HQ [MEM]
Tweaked Rebuilding destroyed units: non-Chinese LCU will release/change restriction at a cost, and can change HQ to a higher HQ [MEM]
Tweaked Suppress need for a Convoy army leader [MEM]
Tweaked On Destroyed LCU screen, show the potential TOE AV if unit has not been rebuilt yet; add filter to suppress 'no recall' [MEM]
Changed (S) to [S] for HQ attachment to indicate permanent to align with [R] [MEM]
Added Restriction filter to army lists - filter by [S], [R], (R) or None [MEM]
Added Industry filter to Intel's Resource/Industry screen [MEM]

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ORIGINAL: michaelm

Installer updated with new build

[1108p9]
Fixed Non-transport TF are trying to un/load [MEM]
Tweaked Show island stacking limit on mouse over [MEM]
Tweaked On Army screen for HQs show ship/air/ground assigned buttons [MEM]
Tweaked Suppress Japanese industry icons for Allied player as not relevant [MEM]
Tweaked Suppressed port icon in lower base panel if not applicable [MEM]
Tweaked Port repairs to consider port damage - was only checking in some cases [MEM]
Tweaked Added codes to HQs on unit lists( c Corps, y Army, m Amph, n Naval, a Air) [MEM]
Tweaked Added type of HQ, op and combat modes to LCU mouse over in base panel [MEM]
Fixed Added special case of base/shipyard size to weapon repair estimate as in actual shipyard repairs [MEM]
Tweaked Some screen changes to Manage Repair and Ship List sccreens [MEM]
Added Ship due upgrade time filters to the Ship List screens [MEM]
Changed Arrival base of rebuilt restricted groups may change HQ [MEM]
Tweaked Rebuilding destroyed units: non-Chinese LCU will release/change restriction at a cost, and can change HQ to a higher HQ [MEM]
Tweaked Suppress need for a Convoy army leader [MEM]
Tweaked On Destroyed LCU screen, show the potential TOE AV if unit has not been rebuilt yet; add filter to suppress 'no recall' [MEM]
Changed (S) to [S] for HQ attachment to indicate permanent to align with [R] [MEM]
Added Restriction filter to army lists - filter by [S], [R], (R) or None [MEM]
Added Industry filter to Intel's Resource/Industry screen [MEM]

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ORIGINAL: Schorsch

There is something missing on the industry-screen (latest beta p9)

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ORIGINAL: jmalter

playing scen#14v2 vs. the IJ AI under 1108p9a - FoW prob w/ the '5' hotkey.

in this screencap, the location 2 nexes NE of Hanoi shows no supply available. now i know there's an IJ unit there that i drove out of Hanoi a coupla' weeks back, but this unit is currently not detected by my air recon.

so i'm concerned that one could get intel from the supply-path hotkey to identify hexes where undetected enemy LCU are present, 'cos the supply %age doesn't display in an enemy-occupied hex. once the hex is ID'd, bombing strikes against the hex will supply further intel, such as the names of units in the hex.

ideally, undetected LCUs should not influence the supply-path display.

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ORIGINAL: michaelm

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ORIGINAL: jmalter
FoW prob w/ the '5' hotkey.

The results are different for a PBEM game. You don't see the numbers, just dots. The units themselves don't stop the trace, it is the onwnership of the hex and hexsides that does.

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ORIGINAL: jmalter

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ORIGINAL: michaelm

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ORIGINAL: jmalter
FoW prob w/ the '5' hotkey.

The results are different for a PBEM game. You don't see the numbers, just dots. The units themselves don't stop the trace, it is the onwnership of the hex and hexsides that does.

so it's not an intel prob for PBEM play? i'm glad to hear that, 'cos while i was writing my post i thought, "wow, this could be a hairy bear to get sorted properly." i'd rather you spent your time on the 'good stuff' !

from my experience w/ VASL, the most difficult probs were cases where the thing inadvertently provided unwarranted intel advantages.

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ORIGINAL: michaelm

[p9b]
Fixed Industry totals on Indusrty menu [MEM]
Fixed Missing search patrol level on night mission [MEM]

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ORIGINAL: BigDuke66

A minor glitch, the TF screen popup shows "docked at" instead of "unloading", I suppose it should show "unloading" as it also shows "loading" when really loading something.

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ORIGINAL: BigDuke66

Yes all those TFs that are unloading show "docked at base".