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by Golden Bear
Tue Mar 23, 2010 11:01 pm
Forum: Gary Grigsby's Eagle Day to Bombing the Reich
Topic: Shot Down Returning To Base
Replies: 11
Views: 331

RE: Shot Down Returning To Base

<t> Well, fighter control for the Axis really was not all that great if you read there own comments post-war during interviews.<br/>
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Things seemed organized from the Allied side because they lost a LOT of aircraft but of course the other side did too.<br/>
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The twin engined "fighters ...
by Golden Bear
Tue Mar 23, 2010 10:56 pm
Forum: Gary Grigsby's Eagle Day to Bombing the Reich
Topic: Fighter Sweep - Program Exploit or Great Way to Wipe out the LW?
Replies: 88
Views: 2666

RE: Fighter Sweep - Program Exploit or Great Way to Wipe out the LW?

<t> I don't know how to evaluate Nick's original complaint. First of all, I don't play HTH but have played oodles of SP BTR as Allied.<br/>
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If I catch everything just right I can devastate a LW unit coming in to land. Usually, though, this only happens once and then a bunch of AA gets moved ...
by Golden Bear
Thu Jan 07, 2010 10:31 pm
Forum: Gary Grigsby's Eagle Day to Bombing the Reich
Topic: Gameplay question from a prospective buyer
Replies: 20
Views: 441

RE: Gameplay question from a prospective buyer

<t> I guess that I look at the small campaigns as "trainers." <br/>
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To "win" the small NB campaign you need to hit cities, not individual targets. Peenemunde is a strategic target not a "terror" target. Attack the German cities and try playing with the timing of raids, direction, etc. Get a ...
by Golden Bear
Thu Jan 07, 2010 10:18 pm
Forum: Gary Grigsby's Eagle Day to Bombing the Reich
Topic: Game ending early
Replies: 1
Views: 104

RE: Game ending early

<t> If you are playing Allied and get "Sudden Death," then, no. You are cashiered.<br/>
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Although...<br/>
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If you have a save from a few weeks back you might be able to replay the turns and get your score high enough not to get cashiered. Don't worry, after a couple of tries you won't ...
by Golden Bear
Thu Jan 07, 2010 10:12 pm
Forum: Gary Grigsby's Eagle Day to Bombing the Reich
Topic: Timings
Replies: 3
Views: 162

RE: Timings

Don't get the Woof but I do like it!

No, the old BTR only let you set the launch times. Then you'd need to go into "Review Missions" to see what time they are really going to be over target... oh, wait, it is the same way. Heh.

Carlos
by Golden Bear
Thu Jan 07, 2010 10:05 pm
Forum: Gary Grigsby's Eagle Day to Bombing the Reich
Topic: Missing Sound Effects
Replies: 8
Views: 261

RE: Missing Sound Effects

There's sound in the game?

I think that the clouds don't look fluffy enough.
by Golden Bear
Thu Jan 07, 2010 10:02 pm
Forum: Gary Grigsby's Eagle Day to Bombing the Reich
Topic: I have the Talonsoft versions, why should I buy the Matrix versions?
Replies: 5
Views: 201

RE: I have the Talonsoft versions, why should I buy the Matrix versions?

<t> Depends if you like the game and want to play it. If you do, then YES buy it.<br/>
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Let's see, FSs in the MED no longer fly to England before going home. Fighters actually escort mediums a little bit. Me410s get shot down. <br/>
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Basically it IS the same game. But now it works ...
by Golden Bear
Thu Jan 07, 2010 9:57 pm
Forum: The War Room
Topic: Questions from "green" players
Replies: 55
Views: 1385

RE: Questions from "green" players

<t> It is "Working As Designed." Part of the reason that I like the '44 campaign. I'm surprised you got to December before complaining. Ususally I can't get a raid off the ground from late October until sometime in January.<br/>
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Don't worry about the score at this point too much (except for ...
by Golden Bear
Mon Dec 21, 2009 8:09 pm
Forum: Gary Grigsby's Eagle Day to Bombing the Reich
Topic: Screen/Ergonomic/Visibility Thread
Replies: 54
Views: 3027

RE: Screen/Ergonomic/Visibility Thread

<t> Doug, a bomber unit is back to 0 fatigue after 2 days rest but morale continues to recover for a day or two after. Fighter units similarly are down to 0 after 2 days rest and can usefully fly on the third day.<br/>
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As I believe I said in the earlier post, FAT is a tough one to nail down ...
by Golden Bear
Thu Dec 17, 2009 9:04 pm
Forum: Gary Grigsby's Eagle Day to Bombing the Reich
Topic: Witch game to buy
Replies: 19
Views: 509

RE: Witch game to buy

<r> What do YOU calll significant? I only play Allied... now, you can plan your raid days as real raids without needing tricks to keep your losses from being astronomical. Good planning pays off, and bad ... bad luck too... will hurt you badly. I've been playing BTR since the first day it showed up ...
by Golden Bear
Thu Dec 10, 2009 5:31 pm
Forum: Gary Grigsby's Eagle Day to Bombing the Reich
Topic: odd?
Replies: 8
Views: 321

RE: odd?

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: freeboy<br/>
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Seems kind of hard to get excited about winning.. I am a very goal oriented gamer, playing to simply relive the experience falls short and thats what this sounds like to me, I am sure I am wrong
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No, I believe ...
by Golden Bear
Thu Dec 10, 2009 5:20 pm
Forum: Tech Support
Topic: newbie question
Replies: 3
Views: 124

RE: newbie question

<t> I'm not totally certain that I understand the issue, BUT, if you are setting your missions with the "Set Bomber Missions" then don't do that.<br/>
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Click Bomber Mission (B is the hot key), pick your Primary target, pick your Secondary, Click "Lead Unit". Then exit that screen and click ...
by Golden Bear
Thu Dec 10, 2009 5:15 pm
Forum: Gary Grigsby's Eagle Day to Bombing the Reich
Topic: Screen/Ergonomic/Visibility Thread
Replies: 54
Views: 3027

RE: Screen/Ergonomic/Visibility Thread

<t> Ahh, this is a cropped image to get it to fit into the thread without fooling around too much. The mini screen is actually still in there since I am endeavoring to make it as easy as possible for Harley to code it in. Some of this stuff is hard coded pretty severely and if it is too complicated ...
by Golden Bear
Wed Dec 09, 2009 10:15 pm
Forum: Gary Grigsby's Eagle Day to Bombing the Reich
Topic: Screen/Ergonomic/Visibility Thread
Replies: 54
Views: 3027

RE: Screen/Ergonomic/Visibility Thread

<r> Well, you've gotten my Allied interface screen improvement. Don't much care about the Axis screens.<br/>
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Here is a reprise of the screen so that my brillance can be appreciated.[;)]<br/>
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Carlos<br/>
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by Golden Bear
Mon Dec 07, 2009 12:36 pm
Forum: Gary Grigsby's Eagle Day to Bombing the Reich
Topic: Dismal December 1943
Replies: 11
Views: 228

RE: Dismal December 1943

<t> You don't really need to be damaging targets at this point... February is when that can really start in earnest. You do need to get HEAVILY escorted raids up though so that you can shoot down LW interceptors. So missing a target is not a big deal. The problem is when the weather is so bad that ...
by Golden Bear
Mon Dec 07, 2009 12:32 pm
Forum: Gary Grigsby's Eagle Day to Bombing the Reich
Topic: Screen/Ergonomic/Visibility Thread
Replies: 54
Views: 3027

RE: Screen/Ergonomic/Visibility Thread

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>
To allocate a lead unit you can see the HQ and pick Division eg 245 Sq / 83 Group but when to go to add bombers you dont see the HQ. <br/>
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Am I missing something? (more than likely) <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
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<COLOR color="#0000CC"><s>[color=#0000CC]</s>No ...
by Golden Bear
Mon Dec 07, 2009 12:27 pm
Forum: The War Room
Topic: Questions from "green" players
Replies: 55
Views: 1385

RE: Questions from "green" players

A FS seems LESS likely to go on a random AF strafe if it is targeted to a specific AF... but will still do it sometimes.

The only way I've found is to route the path away from enemy AFs. But they will still wander quite a bit to go hit them.

Carlos
by Golden Bear
Wed Dec 02, 2009 5:55 pm
Forum: The War Room
Topic: Questions from "green" players
Replies: 55
Views: 1385

RE: Questions from "green" players

<t> As TS says, there are a lot of variables and one of them seems to be that some units just won't improve morale very much.<br/>
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But here's some things that help:<br/>
Wait at least 4 days between missions. I know they recover fatigue after 3 but doing raids every three days wears them ...
by Golden Bear
Wed Nov 25, 2009 10:26 pm
Forum: Gary Grigsby's Eagle Day to Bombing the Reich
Topic: Patch #1 Status
Replies: 19
Views: 452

RE: Patch #1 Status

<t> Richard - Why the hostility and cynicism?<br/>
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You have one programmer working on this and he devotes almost all his free time to it. This new version of the game wouldn't have happened at all without a tiny group of people who pushed it through as a labor of love.<br/>
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These ...
by Golden Bear
Wed Nov 25, 2009 7:11 pm
Forum: The War Room
Topic: Questions from "green" players
Replies: 55
Views: 1385

RE: Questions from "green" players

<t> 121 for 78 is pretty good. Keep the idea in mind that the bombers are there to draw up the bad guys for you to shoot down. Early in the game - I mean like from the first turn - write down the AFs they launch from and sweep them the next turn. Some JGs will move but some will be there for you to ...

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