Maybe try this, if you haven't seen it:

https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/view ... 9&t=389531

We all know the Kobayashi Maru scenario. Kirk hacked the program in order to affect a positive outcome for himself. Surprisingly, this was viewed not as a lowly cheat, but as a great accomplishment !! Fascinating.

They are called Reconstituted Units, and are explained in our wonderful manual in the '9.1.8. Replacements' section.

... a bluff or even a double-bluff?
It's been years since that one was worked on so memory may not be clear but I think it is bluff. Since you are testing it I won't have to take the time to do it so that is appreciated.

An update is planned and it is up to third on a to-do list. Any thoughts ...

it's probably just me jumping to an erroneous conclusion.
Correct!

But I will explain! First, for anyone following from the sidelines, the Critical Supply Point is detailed in the Scenario Document. Referring to that, you can see that the Critical Supply Point will be triggered at some point. But ...

I never posted a later version because it wasn't significant.

... PO was very passive when I played.

It will be a different experience now.

Do you plan to leave it like that or extend to 130 turns? Would be nice to play more.

Currently it is set to 115 turns which is an ending in October 1945.

The scenario length is listed above as being 130 turns ...

Ahah! That clue sent me to this from a Wiki page:

Amt Ergänzungsamt der Waffen-SS (Waffen-SS Reinforcements)
Amt Germanische Ergänzung (Germanic Recruitment)

So with these 'details' I have a direction in which to proceed. Thank you so much!


A change list so far:

Removed trucks in some Allied ...

Does anyone know what these 'Erg.' units are meant to represent? Maybe 'replacement' units?

This scenario has only 60 turns, with 500 units for Ukraine and 600 units for Russia. You must be talking about another scenario. I hope you retract your inaccurate statements and unjustified criticisms.

Check out 'Mr. Krinkle' for another Primus bass treat!

Can someone please explain whats different in the -slow Version and if there are any downsides using it ?

Well, from the way back machine, the 'slow' version was for older operating systems. I used to use it a lot as I didn't move off of W7 until the hell froze over. There is no downside that I ...

I'm no authority on such matters, but since no one else has weighed in yet I will suggest to make sure you are on the latest patch. Update v4.1.0.40 :
https://www.matrixgames.com/game/the-operational-art-of-war-iv

Also try looking here:
https://forums.matrixgames.com/viewtopic.php?t=317507
although ...

That's odd, the version I have doesn't show like that:

***Notes to this shorten/PBEM Version***

At this point i want to say thank you to the original author J. Burke for his permission to modify his original Version.
This scenario is mainly for PBEM players, who don't want to play 400 turns, but ...

I'm confident something will happen. Either the original designer will show up and weigh in, or the one who modified it will stop by and get involved. Failing either of those happening within a reasonable amount of time, a couple of us are working on a private version which could be posted publicly.

This looks like an older design, it could use some 21st century help! There are a lot of units that have 999 Trucks, and for most of them that is about 900 too many! Also, whomever modified it from Day to Half Week turns may have missed changing the entry dates for many units [which are now ...

It states that it is possible to lend to other formations based on cooperation levels, so it may be working as designed.

Formation Supply delivery is not a visible item, so I don't know how it could be monitored except for within a specific test scenario, I think.

PO Random Seed: Random numbers in the computer aren’t truly random, they are generated from an algorithm. a seed of 103458 will always generate the same sequence of numbers. This means that if you make the same attacks and moves in the same order, you can get repeatable results which is great for ...

When playing an old scenario, are there any rules of thump to decide on advanced rules,

In later TOAW versions there is supposed to be a preset dialog when you start a scenario, so check that to see if the designer may have given an opinion on which options to use. Also, read the scenario ...

Try:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Matrix Games\The Operational Art of War IV\Scenarios