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ORIGINAL: barker

i sure do

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ORIGINAL: barker

rail guns
trains
plains
automobiles

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ORIGINAL: baltjes

High Barker,

For DCG scenarios, I don't know, but as a 'lover' of huge scenario's I can tell you the following:

1. 500 x 500 hexes is very well possible
2. In developing scenario's I experienced that the maximum width is 500 hexes. The maximum heigth is 'unknown' but exceeds 700 hexes. When making huge maps, I found my limit in 1020 hexes (w x h = 500 x 1020); at that size my computer works very slowely (lack of memory I suppose). Taking that in account and considering that huge maps can contain a huge amount of units, I mostly take 500 x 700 as a maximum.
3. Momently I am testing a home-made scenario (Herbstnebel) with 480 x 580 hex mapsize and about 19,500 units (Allied PLUS German) and all works correct on my old 1GB computer but AI is V E R Y slowely (I recently tried to play it on a 4 GB computer and it was as slowely as on my own, so lack of memory is probably not the problem!)


Hope to have answered your question

Yours sincerely

Hajo Baltjes

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ORIGINAL: baltjes

I am normally using a 5 year old machine with 2Ghz and 1 GB RAM. When playing against AI, the machine's turn can go very, very slowely and it takes a considerable amount of time before the computer has finished its turn. Especially the total consumption of all truck-unit movement point, one at the time, is highly frustrating. Sometimes a programme execution error occurs, at irregular intervals. But I have that problem also with very small scenario's and with some other programmes. So, I think it is not inherent to the size of JTCS - scenario's. It is recommended to do several game-saves during the machine's turn (just put the button 'Save current game').

As far as I can see there are no problems to be foreseen with screen resolution. The resolution is not adjustable within the game.

Indeed it takes hours (even days) to put the units appropriately (That is, on their historical correct position, to be released at the historical correct time (turn) or enter them at the historical correct time and site in such a way that they can arrive at the historical correct position at the right time;e.g. the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions in 'Herbstnebel')).

To move such a number of units also does takes hours, but that is just what I like so much with huge scenario's; to plan your moves carefully and to make sure that large fromations are just at the spot where and when you need them (and of course the actions of your opponent which makes you to do major improvisations without loosing the cohesion of your units (Very important for supply!!!)


Hajo