<t> Working on different switches now. One last question. Maybe my Brain is getting addled in old age but I could have sworn there used to be an option for changing the way Japanese subs behaved. I can't find it now. Am I remembering things correctly or is it possible the game didn't install ...

<t> Tried the -dd_sw switch and got the plane art back but still getting the annoying courser change. Funny thing is my 12 yo E-machine ran the game with no issues lol. where would you find a complete listing of command line switches so I can tinker with it until I find something that works?<br ...

<t> After playing WITP:AE for a little while the mouse courser turns into a vertical line that persists until I reboot the computer. Only happens when playing AE. Also Can't see aircraft at all-air battles are just clouds and Air to Naval is just a report afterwards. All other animations appear to ...

they will adjust their route 'on the fly' as they chase down the enemy fleet. It is obvious, you can't miss it. instead of headed to where the enemy was they will constantly update to where he is and/or is going.

<t> There are advantages to scrapping a ship. I build 'scarpheap' class ships anytime I move into a new territory and then scrap them at the first spaceport to come online-giving a source of much needed minerals to get your local mines built up. It is horribly inefficient I'm sure. But since for ...

<t> Proximity scanners on at least on of your ships combined with LRS means you can click 'attack target' and there is a chance the fleet will follow the enemy (or even overtake them with faster hyper drives) to their destination. <br/>
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I recently had what I am assuming is a 'legendary ...

<t> Have you tried using raiders rather than bombardment to weaken garrisons? 20+ raiders will do a good job of killing off most of the garrison and allow you an easy conquest without hurting planet quality. I build two varieties of 'dropships'- one an assault dropship with heavy shields/armor and ...

<r> This is from the war time manual on MTBs (manual can be found here <URL url="http://www.hnsa.org/doc/pt/doctrine/part1.htm">http://www.hnsa.org/doc/pt/doctrine/part1.htm</URL><br/>
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1501. After expenditure of torpedoes, the opportunity to depth charge surface vessels may arise ...

<t> Birth of the Empires looks interesting, but would really like to see a re-make of Botf. The game is actually much better than it seems at first, though of course it could use improvements (what game couldn't?). Considering playing some of the mods or modding it myself to play the way I want it ...

<t> I wonder if Matrix could pick up the rights to Star Trek:TNG Birth of the Federation and remake it? There is a surprisingly large number of people still playing this game (17k+) who have been begging for a remake, me included. <br/>
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Given the success of Distant Worlds franchise I'd ...

<t> I still say option 5a invasion ofor at least neutralizing Ceylon (destroying port and shipyard) would be his best option. Could you really break his combined carrier air? Normally I'd say no, but then again John has gotten the KB chewed up a few times already so anything is possible. Otherwise ...

If I was John I'd be planning an assault on Ceylon, with troops to occupy it taken from those that will otherwise wilt and die in Burma. Lose Ceylon and the allies can't effectively supply or reinforce the troops in Sumatra. Of course this is easier said than done.

<r> Nemo, assuming you were more intelligent than to post what you really think, I'd actually have to have them send you Pm's about the area I was going to attack, on the premise that you'd assume I knew that you knew that I knew that you thought that I might think about sending you false info. Then ...

<t> Note to self, if I ever get the time to devote to a PBEM and somehow get to play the illustrious Nemo, I need to start an aar and have sympathetic readers start sending Nemo innocuous PM's asking about a target area I have no interest in, in hopes of diverting attention from an area I am in ...

So when is the real invasion (Tokyo) going to come? D+20?

Well played, fun read. Should be an interesting month (if things go badly) or 3 months (if they go well). Enjoying this game.

7 hours of sleep? Wasted time my friend. During fishing season I average 4-5 hours a night, sometimes less. Sleep when you are dead, you won't be doing anything else then anyways...

<t> I feel the opposite, Horn Island is an over-rated base. It is easily by-passed and isolated by the allies, turning it into a training base for allied fighters/bombers. Horn Island is important for the Japanese player, but not so much for the Allies. Since you know he has a division there I'd let ...

<t> The North Koreans invaded South Korea during the monsoon season in 1950, for historical perspective. The attack was accompanied by armor, in fact armor was often the deciding factor in the early battles. Monsoon does slow units, but doesn't prevent them from moving. Air power on the other hand ...

<t> The destruction of the IJN's air arm is probably close to worth the loss of the battleships, if you really got most of his elite pilots.<br/>
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Have to agree with Nemo on the Burma question. The adage of 'take what you think you need to do the job and multiply it by 2 or 3' has held true ...

<t> There is a use for every aircraft, just have to find its niche. Wirrarways are great for training bomber pilots, but also make good ASW planes in the right spots, such as between Tasmania and Melbourne or the Torres Straight area. Even a 100lb bomb hit on a sub is bad news for the sub. <br ...