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by alimentary
Tue Apr 27, 2021 9:01 pm
Forum: War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition
Topic: An Anomaly?
Replies: 21
Views: 525

RE: An Anomaly?

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Admiral DadMan<br/>
You are bitten by the sync bug. I forget what causes it, and I'm not sure there's a fix.
<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
In broad strokes, the idea is that given the starting state of the turn, the orders from both sides and a fixed random number ...
by alimentary
Mon Feb 15, 2021 8:58 am
Forum: War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition
Topic: Manual is wrong about Rearming Yamato class
Replies: 10
Views: 551

RE: Manual is wrong about Rearming Yamato class

Although the Alfred is a secondary source, his accuracy and attention to detail is legendary.
by alimentary
Wed Feb 03, 2021 2:46 pm
Forum: War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition
Topic: A truly terrible game
Replies: 72
Views: 2540

RE: A truly terrible game

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Alfred<br/>
The OP is like a baseball batter who hits a flyball and then complains he isn't allowed to run. Or the baseball coach who complains that after 3 outs, the innings ends. Or the baseball coach who demands that the mercy rule not be enforced because his ...
by alimentary
Thu Jan 21, 2021 3:31 pm
Forum: War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition
Topic: Emergency supply via amphibious?
Replies: 22
Views: 347

RE: Emergency supply via amphibious?

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Randy Stead<br/>
So what I am wondering is, if I did not have Lunga's port, could I use an amphibious TF to draw supply from Lunga, over the beach?
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Possibly I am misunderstanding the question. I wonder if you are asking whether, prior to ...
by alimentary
Tue Jan 05, 2021 11:55 am
Forum: War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition
Topic: My first go at this game, very enjoyable!
Replies: 135
Views: 4307

RE: My first go at this game, very enjoyable!

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>The S-Boats used the 21 inch Mark 10 torpedo which actually worked. It was smaller than the Mark 14 with a smaller payload as well.<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
Thanks for the needed focus on the situation at hand.<br/>
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In the table in the manual: <B><s>[b]</s>1620<e>[/b ...
by alimentary
Tue Jan 05, 2021 11:48 am
Forum: War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition
Topic: My first go at this game, very enjoyable!
Replies: 135
Views: 4307

RE: My first go at this game, very enjoyable!

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>The table is on page 284- 287 of the manual.<br/>
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6 Port plus 184 Nav sup<br/>
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5 Port plus 264 "" ""<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
Of course, the table in the manual applies for the scenario data for the stock scenarios delivered with the game. The actual limits ...
by alimentary
Wed Dec 23, 2020 1:10 pm
Forum: War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition
Topic: PT Boat Usefulness
Replies: 58
Views: 1445

RE: PT Boat Usefulness

<t> With respect to the Doolittle Raid, I believe I remember seeing it mentioned many years back as something that would have been more work to allow in the engine than it would have been worth in terms of game play.<br/>
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While you can indeed load land-based aircraft on a carrier and launch ...
by alimentary
Fri Dec 18, 2020 1:07 pm
Forum: War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition
Topic: Should oil be repaired?
Replies: 16
Views: 536

RE: Should oil be repaired?

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Lokasenna<br/>
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Rebuilding Oil costs 1000 supply. Given that 10 Oil (so 1 point of Oil) = 9 Fuel, 1 Supply from a refinery, this point of Oil will recoup 1 supply from refineries per day. This means it will take 1000 days to "make back" your supply ...
by alimentary
Mon Nov 30, 2020 12:52 pm
Forum: The War Room
Topic: Op Modes and general scope of capabilities for Engineers
Replies: 16
Views: 694

RE: Op Modes and general scope of capabilities for Engineers

<t> Industry repair (shipyards, aircraft factories, resource centers, light industry, heavy industry, refineries, etc) is abstracted into supply consumption. No engineers required.<br/>
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Facility repair (port facilities, air field, air base) and base fortifications require engineers.<br ...
by alimentary
Sat Nov 21, 2020 2:12 pm
Forum: War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition
Topic: Pilot Training
Replies: 12
Views: 329

RE: Pilot Training

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Ian R<br/>
Why would you assume that that there is no difference between port or airfield attack training?
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Because the relevant skill is the same. A decision on the part of the developers to have one result in different skill-up chances ...
by alimentary
Sun Oct 18, 2020 11:26 pm
Forum: War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition
Topic: Sakhalin - Best combo of port size and L.I. expansion
Replies: 17
Views: 310

RE: Sakhalin - Best combo of port size and L.I. expansion

Expand LI by 20, expending 20,000 supplies.

As a result you get +20 supply per day. That takes 1000 days to pay back. That's more than 11 months.
by alimentary
Thu Oct 08, 2020 8:15 pm
Forum: War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition
Topic: Most streamlined IJ PLANE research/building approach Scen1
Replies: 40
Views: 1857

RE: Most streamlined IJ PLANE research/building approach Scen1

<t> The table shows 0.6 / day with one factory (with engine bonus)<br/>
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The key problem is that this ignores the 1.0 / day that you get for just sitting on your butt, getting one day closer to the availability date.<br/>
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The Rep/Day column needs incremented by 1.0 to account for this ...
by alimentary
Thu Oct 08, 2020 4:27 pm
Forum: War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition
Topic: Most streamlined IJ PLANE research/building approach Scen1
Replies: 40
Views: 1857

RE: Most streamlined IJ PLANE research/building approach Scen1

<t> Something seems wrong with those estimated availability dates.<br/>
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Research has a chance to move the availability date closer. It never moves it out.<br/>
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One factory should get approximately 0.30 days of move-closer per day of elapsed time once it is fully repaired. 0.60 days ...
by alimentary
Mon Sep 14, 2020 12:23 pm
Forum: War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition
Topic: Planes don't fly from atolls
Replies: 22
Views: 468

RE: Planes don't fly from atolls

<r>
<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: GetAssista<br/>
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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Yaab<br/>
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" Planes don't fly from atolls!"<br/>
" See? A tolld you so!"
<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
A toll should be paid. No toll - no fly
<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
Beam them onto the Klingon ...
by alimentary
Mon Aug 31, 2020 5:52 pm
Forum: War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition
Topic: Game questions (Beginner mostly)
Replies: 46
Views: 1356

RE: Game questions (Beginner mostly)

The get an answer to your question please press "1"
I was going to answer similarly, but felt that Alfred's response would produce a better result.
by alimentary
Thu Aug 27, 2020 1:01 pm
Forum: War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition
Topic: Any plans for Steam? GoG?
Replies: 34
Views: 1417

RE: Any plans for Steam? GoG?

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>So what is the service they provide?<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
For me, convenience. Click to buy, click to install, click to run.<br/>
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The saved games in the cloud and the resulting ability to run on one's choice of machine or to upgrade to a new machine without losing ...
by alimentary
Thu Aug 27, 2020 12:26 pm
Forum: War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition
Topic: Any plans for Steam? GoG?
Replies: 34
Views: 1417

RE: Any plans for Steam? GoG?

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>Not meaning to be disparaging, but it looks like they are monetising a dos shell that is available for free.
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Although one can run, e.g. Darklands, from Steam without knowing a config.sys from a hole in the ground, that is far from their bread and ...
by alimentary
Fri Aug 14, 2020 4:18 pm
Forum: War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition
Topic: DL, MDL and naval reaction
Replies: 28
Views: 562

RE: DL, MDL and naval reaction

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Lokasenna<br/>
So, both of your combat reports are really sub attacks, with the difference being that in the first one, the sub was detected by the escorts before the actual attack.
<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
To make sure that I comprehend what you are saying...<br ...
by alimentary
Thu Aug 13, 2020 1:25 pm
Forum: War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition
Topic: OT: UFO Bombshell: US Government Has Wreckage Material
Replies: 62
Views: 2356

RE: OT: UFO Bombshell: US Government Has Wreckage Material

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>We know that time is affected by/interchangeable with speed. So if we can manipulate the particles to slow time to a crawl, we may achieve close to light speed. We might even be able to get to a time warp which takes us thousands or millions of light years across space.<e ...
by alimentary
Mon Aug 10, 2020 11:27 pm
Forum: War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition
Topic: LCU?
Replies: 11
Views: 827

RE: LCU?

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe
Nope, on grain. [:D]
Ergot is a fungus which grows on grain. Lysergic acid comes from ergot.

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