<t> OK thanks for that Bill. It's not feasible for me at the moment to leave the existing mantis system running, to do that would require rolling back the operating system on that server which I'm not prepared to do for security reasons and also because other things on that server require the new OS ...

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Is anyone still (or has been) using the EIA mantis server? I set this up some years ago as an interim solution while Matrix Games / Slitherine set up their own bug tracker. I haven't been able to contribute much but I did keep running the server.<br/>
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Unfortunately what ...

<t> Hi,<br/>
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I remember seeing this somewhere but can't find the link now -- I have a copy of the game (purchased long ago) and now I'm looking at getting some of the expansions through steam, but to do that I have to have a steam copy of WitE.<br/>
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Can I take my existing product key ...

<t> Hi all, long time no post. I am just getting back into the game after a long absence.<br/>
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Here's an enhancement request. While playing some old board wargames there were a few (Jack Rader design) that had a useful feature. You could assign "orders" to your army level commands -- things ...

<t> I'm an Aussie in Vietnam, 4 hours behind Sydney or 1 hour behind Perth but I can play evenings and weekends on Aussie times.<br/>
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I'm happy to start a game on Vassal until the netplay thing gets sorted out.<br/>
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Any game is a good game since I have no chance of face-to-face ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: paulderynck<br/>
Nothing really - once it's at zero or worse the production is zero. But it can get to worse via the "double-dip" ruling on strategic bombing that was affirmed in the FAQ.
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Correct -- you can't actually produce a ...

<t> Regardless of historical fact, the rules of the computer game are written as per the rules of the boardgame, and in the boardgame it's possible for the axis to claim a game victory despite the incomplete conquest of Germany.<br/>
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It's actually quite hard in v.7 of the boardgame rules for ...

<t> The change that has been made in v.8 of the rules, which is quite a good one IMHO, is that there can only be the same *number* of ships shore bombarding as there are corps-sized land units in the side of the combat. i.e. if you are attacking with 3 corps, then only 3 ships can shore bombard. It ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Erik Rutins<br/>
To respond to the points above - to our knowledge no such other programmer exists...
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I have extensive experience in programming in Delphi as well as its prior incarnations (Kylix, Borland Pascal, and all the way ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: morvael<br/>
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I have also noticed you have some construction units attached to forts. It seems current supply code is not ready to deal with such units (forts are not HQs, so those units have to be resupplied like they would be standalone), and they get ...

<t> I'm currently on a boat, sailing around the Pacific. I go for some weeks at a time with no internet access, then get into 3G and/or wifi range of some hotspot and can play online again. When I'm in port I can play 1 turn/day usually but there might be long periods with no turns.<br/>
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I ...

<t> The other thing that's been missed, apart from the probabilities, is the mongering of chits by the Soviets. If the Soviets are holding a large number of high numbered chits in their pool they can move them to the JP border and DOW Japan, thus releasing the chits to the USA for entry ...

<t> I have to admit to not being a big fan of the new oil rules.<br/>
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They are simpler, but not that much simpler. The main issues I have are that you have to pay attention to oil in every impulse of a turn, not just at the end of a turn when you are reorganising. However the counting of ...

Erik,
Thanks for being honest. Given that my current status is "floating about on a boat in the Pacific" where there are very few WiF gamers, I'm going to need NetPlay. I would love to know when it's ready for general use. Keep up the good work.

<t> Having been to 2 WiFCons using RAW 8 and seen it progress from year to year, and after hearing Harry discuss the issues, I would say that RAW 8 still have a long way to go.<br/>
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Note that Harry distributes the RAW 8 rules to WiFCon attendees with the heading "COMMERCIAL IN CONFIDENCE ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: paulderynck<br/>
Conquering Latvia is <B><s>[b]</s>not<e>[/b]</e></B> a choice the Germans have unless Russia did not take the Baltic States.
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That's true for v.7 of the rules. I wasn't aware it had changed in v.8 but it has, one ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: paulderynck<br/>
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Germany should not have been able to break the garrison ratio in 1941, building as she did.
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It was, and quite often can, depending on the losses taken. Germany spent O chits in France more to ensure not ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Ur_Vile_WEdge<br/>
Not even Gort and two bodies? That leaves France stretched awfully thin.
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Although I would like to say "no, not ever", it really depends on Germany's actions. If Germany is going to be ultra-agressive against ...

I am also running under Oracle VirtualBox under Linux, and I also have a Win7 partition on the same system. There is no significantly noticeable speed difference between the two.

<t> If you look at the Barbarossa campaign as an example:<br/>
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* Early in the campaign, Germany chooses Blitz table in attack whenever possible to enforce breakthroughs.<br/>
* Russia chooses Assault in defence in most cases, to prevent breakthroughs. When trading space for time then Russia ...