Slitherine

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Screen shot is from the 1916 scenario,in 1914 Basra is controlled by Turkey!

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Kirk wrote;
I have left a message with the software wiz kid,to see if there is a way,to have Battleships & Cruisers offer supply to land forces,say within 2 or 3 hexes from the coast,fingers crossed something can be done to fix this long standing problem,since the game was released!

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ORIGINAL: kirk23

I have asked the software wiz kid,to see if an official fix can be made,for the Naval supply problem in the Persian Gulf.I have removed Basra Capital status,it is now just a City,I have done a trial run, by placing a British Cruiser into the Persian Gulf,to supply Britain's land forces there,but as you can see,even the Cruiser is out off supply range,and its trapped in the Persian Gulf without an exit.I will end this on a positive note,Transports now have a combat sound added,when landing troops onto the enemy coast,as they did not have an attacking sound file before!

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Morale is also based on other in game mechanics,like one or more of your Enemies surrendering,along with a few other things the AI calculates,did you know that you gain National Morale,by simply expanding your borders invading your enemies territory, plus I'm sure you noticed that at the start of the game,most Countries start with their National Morale in excess off 100%

< Message edited by kirk23 -- 5/23/2014 7:39:09 PM >

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ORIGINAL: kirk23

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ORIGINAL: operating

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Kirk,

What is NM% loss to owner for losing city?

Curious, Bob

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Is the NM% loss the same for losing a capital city vs city or fort?

< Message edited by operating -- 4/9/2014 2:30:38 PM >

Kirk,

Read page 26 about National Morale (NM) in the Manual: it does not explain the difference in NM percentages between Capital Cities and Cities, only that one is greater than the other. Forts are not covered in this section as to losing or capturing and it's effect on NM. Nor, is there any reference to cities with ports (which are of additional value) (supply fleet destination). Trying to weigh in on an MP end game strategy, where I am losing on one front, yet winning on another, need some hard numbers.

Thanks, Bob

Hi Bob,I tracked this down in the Game Morale script.

The heading states NO LONGER USED?

-- no longer used
--~ function CaptureMoraleEffect(captor, construction)
--~ if construction.type == Construction.TYPE_CITY or construction.type == Construction.TYPE_FORTRESS then
--~ -- morale loss for original owner
--~ local owner = construction.hex.originalFaction
--~ ChangeFactionMorale(owner, -100)

--~ -- morale boost for captor's factions
--~ for faction in captor.factions do
--~ ChangeFactionMorale(faction, 50)
--~ end
--~ elseif construction.type == Construction.TYPE_CAPITAL then
--~ -- morale loss for original owner
--~ local owner = construction.hex.originalFaction
--~ ChangeFactionMorale(owner, -200)

--~ -- morale boost for captor's factions
--~ for faction in captor.factions do
--~ ChangeFactionMorale(faction, 100)
--~ end
--~ end
--~ end

If you loose a City or Fortress = -10% Morale loss to your Nation.
If you loose a Capital City = -20% Morale loss to your Nation.

If you Capture a City or Fortress = +5 Morale boost.
If you Capture a Capital City = +10 Morale boost.

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ORIGINAL: kirk23

Hi Bob, The below apply to the individual Country.But if a Major power surrenders,then everyone who is part of that alliance takes a Morale hit.

If you loose a City or Fortress = -10% Morale loss to your Nation.
If you loose a Capital City = -20% Morale loss to your Nation.

If you Capture a City or Fortress = +5 Morale boost.
If you Capture a Capital City = +10 Morale boost.


Might I suggest you just click the end turn, without defending,and watch the AI forces capture your Capital.Watch what happens to your Nations morale percentage takes a big drop,as also stated previously,your country also looses morale if you take heavy casualties in battle,or loose your Battlefleet.

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ORIGINAL: kirk23

Yes you need to watch out for this,Capitals in your Colonies same rule applies.If the Central Power player,captures Algiers,France looses -20 Morale the same as if it were Paris,and if and when you recapture it,you only recover + 10 Morale.

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Amtrick wrote:
3. Convoys should be moved by the human player. Unless I missed a setting somewhere (entirely possible) the AI moves all convoys. And South Atlantic CP convoys will doggedly keep trying to make for Cuxhaven, even if the CP controls Brest or Nantes. Just not very realistic. And very frustrating to see all though PPs chewed up in the English Channel.

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ORIGINAL: Connfire

I agree with the above post. As far as which ports convoys can unload, what if the rule was convoys can offload at any port with uninterrupted rail access to the nation's homeland? This way British and French can't offload in the colonies, but to use amtick's example German convoys can offload in captured French ports.

In any event, I would also prefer to see convoys under human control. To continually ram German convoys into choke points controlled by the Allies with 0% chance of survival is not realistic - the sailors would rebel. It is probably a good thing that convoy losses don't effect German NM. Perhaps a warning, similar to that when you end a turn without moving a country's units, could be implemented to remind players who forget to move their convoys?

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ORIGINAL: kirk23

German research 1918 scenario. ( I bet there are things on here you have never seen before )

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ORIGINAL: Connfire

I agree with Tomakatu's statement. Can we have an option to not have the game finish at the end of 1918? Maybe games like this can include a "Surrender" button if the game appears hopeless for either side?

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ORIGINAL: Tomokatu

Sounds to me as though the solution is to make the play open-ended ie. delete the forced end in 1918 and rely on the other surrender or capturing the capital conditions to end the game. It would certainly make the tech tree options valid for a CP player who has managed to keep the High Seas Fleet in being.
Can this be done? (It may already be the case in MP, I don't know)
Should it be considered in the scenarios?

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ORIGINAL: kirk23

I have asked the software wiz kid,to see if an official fix can be made,for the Naval supply problem in the Persian Gulf.I have removed Basra Capital status,it is now just a City,I have done a trial run, by placing a British Cruiser into the Persian Gulf,to supply Britain's land forces there,but as you can see,even the Cruiser is out off supply range,and its trapped in the Persian Gulf without an exit.I will end this on a positive note,Transports now have a combat sound added,when landing troops onto the enemy coast,as they did not have an attacking sound file before!

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ORIGINAL: JeffK

Move Basra 1 hex SE, given the scale of the map it wouldnt be too far out.