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john g -> (10/16/2001 7:33:00 PM)
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Originally posted by mcschmidt_00:
Sorry--I accidentally posted this in the Matrix general forum as well.
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Hello--I've just recently begun playing SPWAW and am in the middle of my first campaign battle. I'm playing the WWII campaign as America fighting in the Pacific. I have a few questions that I haven't found answers to in the manual. (They may be in there, but I'm still trying to digest it).
I'm playing v6.1.
Any insights from the experienced players would be helpful:
1. When choosing my forces, I noticed that the "Display Map" button showed a different map when choosing my primary forces then when choosing my supporting units. Is this a bug?
2. I also found that I wasn't told the nature of the first battle (in this case, defend against counterattack) until after I had deployed my forces (incorrectly as it turns out). Is this on purpose (a way of mimicking the uncertainty of battle) or am I doing something wrong?
3. A few turns into the battle, I got my first taste of heavy artillery directed at me (why do they hate me so much?) I remember reading somewhere that shooting artillery leaves traces of smoke. I've got "limited intel" turned on, so I'm wondering if the enemys artillery does this as well. I see a few white patches on enemys side of the map and I'm temped plaster those areas with artillery. Is this right?
4. And last. As this scenario is based in the jungle and the weather is giving me very limited visibility, most of my artillery strikes are unspotted. Occasionally, I see flames where my shells land instead of just smoke. Have I hit something (enemy troops, artillery) or have the trees just caught fire?
I hope to hear from you soon and look forward to learning more about this game.
Thanks,
MCS
I'll throw my 2 cents in, from my experiances with the game.
1. This is how it has always worked, the mission map only shows up when buying support points. Since you buy core only once, it doesn't matter what is shown that one time.
2. While buying support points, there is a mission listing down by the map button. It shows visibility, mission and total game turns. You can also figure general mission from how the victory hexes are arranged on the map (assuming 5 vic hex clusters).
3.Not only arty leaves a smoke trace, if you look closely, tanks will give a light smoke trace if they fire often enough from the same location. Arty just puts out a heavier smoke faster. So whatever is making the smoke might be arty.
4. Trees will catch fire, and fires will sometimes spread from one hex to another. Unless you are using flame weapons like wurf or napalm it generally shows that the trees are on fire.
About the only enemy unit that flames up is the ammo dump, and you will recognize that once you have seen it.
If you have any other questions go ahead and ask, enough players have gone thru it before to have an opinion if they don't have the facts.
thanks, John.
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4. The trees have caught fire. If you hit the enemy forces it will show in the text bit of the lower right hand side of the screen.
Good luck with your campaign and remember that you need plenty of MG's flame throwers and artillery to beat the Japanese. Don't go toe to toe with them. Play it as unfair as you possibly can ![]("wink.gif")
Regards,
Lars
