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ORIGINAL: kirk23

Since the biggest problem with the game at the moment, appears to be that Countries are surrendering far to early & easily,the way I see it the solution to the problem, is pretty straight forward to fix, I have taken a look at the game files, and all Nations as far as I can see, are set to surrender when the country morale reaches 30%, so I have changed that too 10% so that now they won't even think about surrendering until their country has a -90% Morale drop!

Also while reading the comments in this thread, the biggest problem for gamers is the fact that its Russia that is surrendering in 1916,so again I have explored the data files, and the fault lies in the fact that the Russians, get crippled morale wise, if their morale is at 80% in February 1916 ("FebruaryRevolution") they take a massive -30 morale hit, and it gets worse if their morale is 40% in October 1916 ("OctoberRevolution") then they take a massive -35 morale hit, no wonder Russia surrenders, game designers these penalties are far to severe please fix as soon as possible, by means of a hot fix !!

See below for proof! ( Info comes from GAME EVENTS FOLDER )


-- Februari revolution
function FebruaryRevolution()
if GetEvent("FebruaryRevolution") == 0 and GetEvent("OctoberRevolution") ~= 0 then
if game.date.year >= 1916 then
local russia = game:GetFactionById(4)
if russia.morale < 80 then
SetEvent("FebruaryRevolution", game.turn)
ChangeFactionMorale(russia, -30)
end
end
end
end


-- October revolution
function OctoberRevolution()
if GetEvent("OctoberRevolution") == 0 then
if game.date.year >= 1916 then
local russia = game:GetFactionById(4)
if russia.morale <= 40 then
SetEvent("OctoberRevolution", game.turn)
ChangeFactionMorale(russia, -35)
end
end
end
end

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ORIGINAL: suprass81

Yes. I can confirm that. There is very easy to predict when you have to stop attacking Russia and Her will surrender. Mayby to split impact on NM at the start of the years- 1916- 15 or 20 NM and in 1917 another 15 NM loss. And remove BB to Petrograd to avoid quick destruction that can't be stooped by Russians.
P.S. Warspite do you remember your NM level at the end of 1915?

England expects that every man will do his duty. Horatio Nelson October 1805

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ORIGINAL: suprass81

And what about US entry? What do you think... is that only I'm missing those troops on battlefields? Or only I can't trigger their entry?
I can't see a reason why they don't enter at begining of 1917... Every country envolved in history has it's own entry date and US no? Why?

England expects that every man will do his duty. Horatio Nelson October 1805

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ORIGINAL: battlevonwar

I noticed there is no real reason for the Germans to pursue a U-boat campaign either which would help lessen the over strength British Forces. U-boats should be brought down in cost 1, Bombers should be reduced in attack on ground units 2, Russian and USA entry should be randomized but these are things we've all been discussing for ages!

Without these fixes after 5-10 games the game is predictable. Russians cannot defend. USA never enters. The only way to win as the Entente is to go on an offensive in 1915 that wins the war if it's possible? I doubt it! It would require in an inept CP that leaves all it's important strategic points open...

Anyone can check the SCRIPTS! Russians surrender in 1916 every time if you beat down their Morale. EVERY SINGLE TIME

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ORIGINAL: kirk23

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ORIGINAL: battlevonwar

I noticed there is no real reason for the Germans to pursue a U-boat campaign either which would help lessen the over strength British Forces. U-boats should be brought down in cost 1, Bombers should be reduced in attack on ground units 2, Russian and USA entry should be randomized but these are things we've all been discussing for ages!

Without these fixes after 5-10 games the game is predictable. Russians cannot defend. USA never enters. The only way to win as the Entente is to go on an offensive in 1915 that wins the war if it's possible? I doubt it! It would require in an inept CP that leaves all it's important strategic points open...

Anyone can check the SCRIPTS! Russians surrender in 1916 every time if you beat down their Morale. EVERY SINGLE TIME

SCRIPTS ARE EASILY EDITED !

1 = Uboats should be reduced in cost. ( Done )
2 = Bombers reduced ground attack. ( Done )
3 = Russia surrenders 1916 because of morale penalties. ( Done )Morale penalties reduced + events don't kick in until February 1917.

Please upload these fixes + many others so that gamers can test the game further.( Please backup your script file before replacing with this new script file )
http://www.gamefront.com/files/23645765/Commander+The+Great+War+Script+Edits.zip

Footnote : It might be beneficial if the game designers, responded to their customers requests for fixes, instead off planning future upgrades,Lord Zimoa last responded to this thread nearly three weeks ago, please fix the game now before your customers depart for pastures new never to return!

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ORIGINAL: kirk23

Hi the link is working I have just checked it, and has been downloaded at least 5 times in less than an hour.

What I do regarding installing the different scripts is this, I install a complete duplicate version of the game, in a new directory, mine is stored within a directory simply called GAME.

Their are changes on Land, Air & Sea. Below is a photo of naval engagements near the German coast, results obtained by these combats are historical and not fiction that the standard game coughs up!

1st combat near the Dutch coast, a German cruiser fleet engages a British cruisers fleet without loss to either side.

2nd combat German U boat fleet attacks a British cruiser fleet, inflicting 1 point of damage or 1 ship lost!

3rd combat German Battleship fleet attacks a British cruiser fleet, inflicting 3 points damaged or 3 cruisers sunk!

4th combat a German Battleship & Cruiser fleet, attack a British cruiser Fleet inflicting 4 points damage to the British cruiser fleet or 4 cruisers sunk, while the German cruiser fleet suffered 1 point damage or 1 cruiser sunk!

NB: In the stock bog standard version of the game, at least one of the above combats would have resulted in the complete destruction of a fleet, speaking from a purely naval minded gamer point of view, I see no point in building a new fleet, if its so fragile, that it can't survive even a single combat action, the costs involved would be better used elsewhere. But with my tweaks to the data scripts, no fleet will be destroyed by a single combat action, nope never will not happen not on my watch it won't.

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ORIGINAL: warspite1

So what are the pressing issues that need fixing people?

I have six on my list:

1. Russian morale reduction is simply too harsh. Yes, this needs to be linked to losses of cities and men, but needs to take into account other factors e.g. how well the allies are doing.
2. THIS IS A GAME. If you have a situation where Russia exits the war - for goodness sake do NOT stop Romania and Portugal from entering. Give the Entente a reason to continue the game. This may be less of an issue if the Russians are given more sensible surrender conditions.
3. One British cruiser could not bottle up the Kiel canal. This comes back to a suggestion I made many many months ago. Enemy ships operating in coastal waters have to suffer wastage the longer they are there e.g. this depicts mines, torpedo boats, coastal guns etc. Certain areas should be extremely harsh in delivering pain to the enemy.
4. Please sort out supply. If France falls there is NO way back for the Entente.
5. USA was a feature of WWI - please bring that into this game.
6. Strategic bombing in WWI is RIDICULOUS!

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ORIGINAL: kirk23

I would add a 7th point to your list- bring back to life armour trains (for now I can't see use for them) and make something to enable rail-art. But this is only my point of view.

What changes to Armoured Trains would make them more effective?

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ORIGINAL: suprass81

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ORIGINAL: kirk23

I would add a 7th point to your list- bring back to life armour trains (for now I can't see use for them) and make something to enable rail-art. But this is only my point of view.

What changes to Armoured Trains would make them more effective?

For now they are usless in defence and attack ability is limited. Maybe some more shock and defence. I don't know what was their purpuse in real war... I'll check this.

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ORIGINAL: operating

I might have posted this before; If Russia stays above 80% do the revolts and stuff (morale drop) like it happen?

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ORIGINAL: kirk23

Can we have a some feedback from the game designers please, what is happening with future patches etc?

Talking off future patches, is it possible to tweak the naval AI, so that instead of it having, the survival instincts of the dodo, it might think about returning to port, and repair any damage instead of what it does now, IE wait till it gets surrounded, and completely destroyed, the way I see it, its as thick as a brick.

England expects that every man will do his duty. Horatio Nelson October 1805

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ORIGINAL: kirk23

Since National morale is based on production output, army size and game events. All my mods have a little more Production output per country which is good for morale, along with increased FreeUpkeep cost, which means you can have a bigger army, but it costs less to up keep that bigger army. The game events that help morale, are mainly protecting your own cities, while capturing your enemies, plus winning battles often helps while taking less casualties.