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ORIGINAL: rkr1958

I'm not sure what the program is asking/enabling me to do during this phase, which is "Port Attack CAP". In this specific example when I left click on any of the 3 "selectable" fighters, I can't select them. When I right click I get, what I think, is the standard pull-down menu.

I think the program is enabling me to put cap above a port? I seen no way to select a unit, much less put it on cap.

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ORIGINAL: rkr1958

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ORIGINAL: Orm

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I think the program is enabling me to put cap above a port? I seen no way to select a unit, much less put it on cap.

The program do indeed ask you to put cap on a port. But without a save I can't answer if it is possible or not to pick any unit or if it is a possible bug.

I found the very save, in the autosave folder, that corresponds to the screen cap above. I've attached it.

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ORIGINAL: Courtenay

There is a bug. There are two German and one Finnish plane shown that are eligible to CAP over Kiel. For some reason, I can't get them to move when I click on them.

Suggestion: Go to the "Command" menu on the main screen, select "skip phases", and disable CAP. It won't fix the bug, but, unless you really want to CAP, the bug will no longer affect you. (This is the ostrich strategy for dealing with bugs. If you can't see it, it's not there, right? )

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ORIGINAL: Orm

Yep. That looks weird and buggy. Do you normally get the CAP step in your games?

Maybe this should be posted in the 'Tech Support' forum?

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ORIGINAL: rkr1958

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ORIGINAL: Orm

Yep. That looks weird and buggy. Do you normally get the CAP step in your games?

Maybe this should be posted in the 'Tech Support' forum?

Thanks for taking a look. I've posted a report in the "Tech Support".

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ORIGINAL: Zartacla

Are there any units in Kiel that the Finnish can't stack with? If so, there's the problem. If an air unit is in range to fly a mission, it will show up in the available units box but if it can't fly to the only relevant hexes because of stacking limitations, you will be unable to select it. This happens a lot in Russia, when you have (for example) a Romanian bomber and a Russian bomber providing ground support, and an Italian fighter in range to intercept.

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ORIGINAL: Ur_Vile_WEdge

In the Presence of the enemy would be my first guess, but I don't see any Japanese in the sea zone. Is Truk in supply?

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ORIGINAL: Courtenay

Good question: There are only five reasons to reduce naval movement points I can think of:

1) There are naval units controlled by another major power in Truk;

2) Truk is out of supply; (Which, looking at the picture, is not the case.)

3) In the presence of the enemy; (No enemy, does not apply.)

4) Rough seas; (Seas aren't rough, and the option isn't coded yet.)

5) There is a bug.

So, either there are naval units controlled by another major power in Truk, there is a bug, or there is a rule I don't know.

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ORIGINAL: rkr1958

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ORIGINAL: Courtenay

Good question: There are only five reasons to reduce naval movement points I can think of:

1) There are naval units controlled by another major power in Truk;

2) Truk is out of supply; (Which, looking at the picture, is not the case.)

3) In the presence of the enemy; (No enemy, does not apply.)

4) Rough seas; (Seas aren't rough, and the option isn't coded yet.)

5) There is a bug.

So, either there are naval units controlled by another major power in Truk, there is a bug, or there is a rule I don't know.

OK then, I'll post this in the Tech section.

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ORIGINAL: paulderynck

Yes. Two ways. Play the O-chit on an HQ that is involved in the invasion itself, or is located within o-chit range of the units you want to double. FREX an HQ in England can be used to double units within its re-org range in hexes - that are invading France across the English Channel from the HQ.

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ORIGINAL: paulderynck

No it must be a Land Offensive so yes you have to get forces in position beforehand.

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ORIGINAL: rkr1958

This is not a question, but something that I just learned. I started learning (M)WiF back in February when I purchased MWiF. As most you probably know, I've been doing a global war scenario AAR, which I started in mid August, ~ 3 months ago. What I just learned is so basic, so important and so obvious, I'm sure, for those who learned WiF playing cardboard and paper. But it was far from obvious for me.

I just figured out that you can determine the type of ship built in the first cycle of naval construction. Up until, a few moments ago I though that was randomly selected. And it's been so frustrating to me as the allies as I've been wanting all the transports I could get but was getting other types of ships in this cycle. Now I find that all I had to do is to click on the type of ship I want and that's what I get. Of course, the specific ship within that class is still random but now I can start the building of badly needed transports.

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ORIGINAL: Courtenay

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ORIGINAL: rkr1958

This is not a question, but something that I just learned. I started learning (M)WiF back in February when I purchased MWiF. As most you probably know, I've been doing a global war scenario AAR, which I started in mid August, ~ 3 months ago. What I just learned is so basic, so important and so obvious, I'm sure, for those who learned WiF playing cardboard and paper. But it was far from obvious for me.

I just figured out that you can determine the type of ship built in the first cycle of naval construction. Up until, a few moments ago I though that was randomly selected. And it's been so frustrating to me as the allies as I've been wanting all the transports I could get but was getting other types of ships in this cycle. Now I find that all I had to do is to click on the type of ship I want and that's what I get. Of course, the specific ship within that class is still random but now I can start the building of badly needed transports.

I am confused by your description.

The first cycle you select a type of ship class (Carrier, Light Carrier, Battleship, Cruiser, Transport, AMPH) and get a random unit from the units in the force pool for that class. I am not at all clear how you could want to build one type and get another.

The second cycle, you select naval construction, click on a ship, and build that specific ship. No randomness whatsoever -- once you have a ship in the construction pool, you build individual ships. If the US has Wyoming, Iowa, Alaska, and a TRS in the construction pool, you can pick which of these four units you want. Note that the costs and time would be quite different for these four units.

(Subs are exactly the same, except that one clicks on sub construction, not naval construction. The reason for the two different pools is that SUBs are a different gearing class for than surface ships, so MWiF keeps them separate.)

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Sort your units into force pools. Each major power needs a separate force pool for each unit type. So, you need one each for CAV, INF, MIL, GAR, MOT, MTN, MAR, PARA, MECH, ARM, HQ-A, HQ-I, SUB, CL, CA, BB, CV, TRS, AMPH, Convoy points, FTR, LND, NAV and ATR. You only have 1 force pool for each type regardless of how many countries contribute units to your force pools.

Some of these unit types come with different costs. For example, some LND will cost you 4, some will cost you 5 and some will cost 6 build points. Separate each unit type into a sub-force pool for each cost (first cycle cost only in the case of naval units).

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You must select all other units you build from the force pool randomly. You can nominate the type of unit you want to build, and sometimes even the cost you want to pay (e.g. you can choose a 2 point SCS rather than a 3 because they are in separate force pools ~ see 13.6.9). But within those parameters, the choice is random.