Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: Orm

I am a fan of the long movies. They give a extra feeling to the game. And if there is 2 or 3 of them for most events then you do not tire of them to fast. When a turn last for an hour or more a clip for 30 sec does not feel so long.

I like all the glitz. For me the more the better. But I do like when you can turn it on/off.

I would hate if the glitz delayed the release date so adding most after release might be wise.

-Orm

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ORIGINAL: Shannon V. OKeets

Well, my previous post here has met with a resounding silence.

I am going to send it off to Matrix tomorrow as my final list unless someone has something to say before then.

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ORIGINAL: warspite1

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ORIGINAL: Shannon V. OKeets

Well, my previous post here has met with a resounding silence.

I am going to send it off to Matrix tomorrow as my final list unless someone has something to say before then.

Warspite1

Steve

Three suggestions:

I dont know if its too much detail but for the land ops, can you differentiate between Pacific and Europe and have troops moving through Jungle terrain, specifically for the Pacific theatre?

Also what about Axis forces taking a Capital? Why only Paris?

Finally, for the naval combat, what about clips of sinkings? There are tons of clips for merchant vessels being hit by torpedo and I see you have "sub firing at a surface target" covered, but what about ships as they go down? Loads of merchant ship footage of that. Equally, sad though it is, what about the famous clip of HMS Barham blowing up as she rolls over? Would be good to have that powerful image.

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ORIGINAL: Mad Russian

These are one option I could do without.

I'd rather you spend time on the finishing the mechanics of the game and add all this later in either patches or addon's. I played WiF for years without any visual effects I'll more than likely keep playing it that way.

When playing wargames I normally try to put myself "in the boots". IOW, I try to assume the command level of whatever level the game is set in. Chiefs of Staff did not watch tanks attack, ships sink, hear torpedo hits, or watch bombs fall. In all likelyhood I won't either.

Good Hunting.

MR

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ORIGINAL: HansHafen

Have you thought about not eating every other day? That could save you lots of time! No cooking, no washing dishes. :)

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ORIGINAL: Shannon V. OKeets
... breakfast at 2 pm, lunch at 4:30 pm, and dinner at 6:30 pm. Very bad habits which I am trying to break.

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ORIGINAL: MajorDude

I couldn't read through every post here, but the video ideas look good.

I didn't see a list for the simple sound effects, but may look later when I have more time.

I do think that some sort of pleasant, variable background sound tracks would be nice as we scroll through the phases, etc., like many rts games have these days - some of them are really quite good.

The possibility of optioning on/off for these is a good idea - one player I know turns off all sound and music so he can blast his ears with headbanger stuff while he plays...

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ORIGINAL: Halsey

Late post on this subject.

Please allow me to disable animations and soundtrack addons from an in game preference screen.

I'm sure after a few years into a game I might want to stop the feature at times.

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ORIGINAL: Shannon V. OKeets
...What is new is the ability to set the die rolls (only available when playing Solitaire)...

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ORIGINAL: warspite1

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ORIGINAL: Shannon V. OKeets

B - For music, there will be at least one song per major power that is nationalistic in nature, with perhaps a second that is militarisitc. Yes, there are a lot more possibilities but I am looking at what will be included as part of the first release. More bells and whistles can be added later. We are looking at about 1-2 minutes of play time for each piece.

C - For historical video, there will be between 10 and 30 clips. I expect some of these to appear only once, under special circumstances (e.g., the attack on Peral Harbor) and others to occur perhaps more than once, but still very rarely (e.g., the capture/liberation of Paris).

Warspite1

My views for what they are worth.

For the Commonwealth I would go for:

Militaristic - Eternal Father, Strong To Save; the Royal Navy Hymn (although the US Navy claim it too) - a powerful yet moving piece (remember the film Crimson Tide?) and if any one service is preferred over another, I think the RN - our senior service - deserves that honour.

Nationalistic - I vow to thee my country. I think this has the edge over more obvious choices like Jeruselem and Land of Hope and Glory as the later two would probably get irritating after too much play!

For the American Militaristic I think you could do worse than Samuel Barbers Adagio for Strings, used in the film Platoon.

For the Japanese militaristic, how about David Sylvian and Ryuichi Sakamoto`s Forbidden Colours without the words?

Video: The sinking and blowing up of the battleship Barham in December 1941 is an oft used clip, but for good reason. Its about 16 seconds long.

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

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ORIGINAL: warspite1

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ORIGINAL: warspite1

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ORIGINAL: Shannon V. OKeets

B - For music, there will be at least one song per major power that is nationalistic in nature, with perhaps a second that is militarisitc. Yes, there are a lot more possibilities but I am looking at what will be included as part of the first release. More bells and whistles can be added later. We are looking at about 1-2 minutes of play time for each piece.

C - For historical video, there will be between 10 and 30 clips. I expect some of these to appear only once, under special circumstances (e.g., the attack on Peral Harbor) and others to occur perhaps more than once, but still very rarely (e.g., the capture/liberation of Paris).

Warspite1

My views for what they are worth.

For the Commonwealth I would go for:

Militaristic - Eternal Father, Strong To Save; the Royal Navy Hymn (although the US Navy claim it too) - a powerful yet moving piece (remember the film Crimson Tide?) and if any one service is preferred over another, I think the RN - our senior service - deserves that honour.

Nationalistic - I vow to thee my country. I think this has the edge over more obvious choices like Jeruselem and Land of Hope and Glory as the later two would probably get irritating after too much play!

For the American Militaristic I think you could do worse than Samuel Barbers Adagio for Strings, used in the film Platoon.

For the Japanese militaristic, how about David Sylvian and Ryuichi Sakamoto`s Forbidden Colours without the words?

Video: The sinking and blowing up of the battleship Barham in December 1941 is an oft used clip, but for good reason. Its about 16 seconds long.

Warspite1

Steve - was any decision made about the music?