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ORIGINAL: Gaspote

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ORIGINAL: Banzan

I think there may be some bug with loading troops. I was still trying to figure it out before posting about it, but sometimes parts of your troops are left behind who shouldn't.
As an example, an amphibious TF (~300% of the needed troop and cargo space) left 112 mot. support and one gun of the division at the harbour.

Happend twice already in my current game (latest beta), but i never noticed early enough, so i had no savegame for michaelm to check. Looking (and saving) now everytime i build an amphibious to see if i can repeat it.

Yep I noticed the same thing but sometimes, I tried an all the units load even with the troop loading screen showing one won't be fully load.

I noticed small units take the biggest ships sometimes so the biggest units have to take the smaller and can't load fully. I know I load all my transports one by one to avoid those bugs.

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ORIGINAL: gunny3013

Aaaaah and the moose couldn't resist a dig while he tells me in the same breath how friendly a place this is.[:)]

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ORIGINAL: gunny3013

Symon, I think you took my comments personally. They were not directed at anyone specific. Yours were. aaaah such a friendly place indeed![:)]

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ORIGINAL: crsutton

I don't get it. You are the Allied player and are worried about wedging troops into your ships? The "Allied player?" What are we having this discussion for?

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ORIGINAL: Alfred

Why do you keep on making reference to terms which are not necessary to master (but good for those players who do master them) and disregard what I say.

Assuming the regt has a troop load cost of 2277 and a cargo load cost of 5819, and it is in strategic mode and not restricted:

1.  Create a Transport Task Force.
2.  At the ship selection screen, filter to only show AP
3.  The screen will list the troop (and cargo capacity if any) of the available ships.
4.  Select sufficient AP ships until you have approximately 2500 troop carrying capacity.  If you don't want any "freeboard", just stop at 2277 troop capacity.
5.  Then change filter to show only AK whose cargo carrying capacity will be listed.
6.  Select sufficient AK until you have approximately 6500 cargo carrying capacity.  Again if stingy, just stop at 5819 cargo carrying capacity.

Alfred

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ORIGINAL: gunny3013

Yea we get it Symon, blah, blah, blah, guess and then throw in a few AK's for good measure. As far as rules 6.3.2.2, 6.3.2.3 & 6.3.2.4 they are absolutelly worthless overstating the obvious, "troops can be loaded on ships..." and failing completely to instruct on how exactly to do that. All I can conclude is what I have always maintained, that programmers and game designers need to stay out of the rule writting business as they are brilliant at one thing and miserable at the other and the yes men around them rarely tell them the truth. This rule book does very well at overstating the obvious, falls short of disclosing things like guessing load capacities and gives little helpful information. As a result most of what is being learned I'm forced to figure out on my own through trial and error. Stop asking for pictures of the 34th IR as I posted the relevent info on that unit and had't formed a TF because I did not know about the "toss in a few extra vessels for good measure," bit. Don't even get me started on the Japanese production rules shortfalls and please stop stating that because you get it everyone should.[:)]

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ORIGINAL: zuluhour

Back in the 40's we might have used the term "shoehorn".[:D]

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ORIGINAL: zuluhour

The shame is, I have a shoe horn in my golf bag.[:D]

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ORIGINAL: gunny3013
I would be remiss if I didn't keep in mind that soft civilians cannot be addressed in the same manner as I was formerly accustomed. I need to remember to be soft spoken or at least less direct, and throw in some political savvy while I'm at it. I will endevor to do just that but its a learning process so bear with me.

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ORIGINAL: Cannonfodder

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ORIGINAL: gunny3013
I would be remiss if I didn't keep in mind that soft civilians cannot be addressed in the same manner as I was formerly accustomed. I need to remember to be soft spoken or at least less direct, and throw in some political savvy while I'm at it. I will endevor to do just that but its a learning process so bear with me.

So the Corps does not teach social skills does it?