<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: roderh<br/> <br/> Hi guys,<br/> <br/> as a newbie (and, I would say, even to wargaming in general) after having carefully watched the very instructive tutorial-videos I played the tutorial and managed in my first play-through a decisive victory. Naturally I asked m...

<t> I have to respectfully disagree about the plan being good.<br/> <br/> Historically, they probably figured that a failure wouldn't set things back too much, and the prospect of destroying Germany so quickly had to be irresistible.<br/> <br/> The flaw? Too many points of failure. But I have to adm...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: lion_of_judah<br/> <br/> I've decided to add Estonia as this will help in realism. Estonia doesn't have much of an army so that will be a cake walk, and as for the EU intervention I'm thinking less than Lithuania, probably around 45-50% chance. <e>[/quote]</e></QUO...

I didn't think it would be that small since an arty battalion generally has a 250m X 250m area, but I have not really given it deep though. Thanks for the answers!

<t> I have looked in the manual and searched the forums... no dice.<br/> <br/> When you target an airstrike, how far from the center does it extend, and is it a box or a circle?<br/> <br/> I see it a somewhat like an arty strike, but with no border, I don't know the size I am attacking. Just as with...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Lieste<br/> <br/> This is probably an 'unknown' enemy unit that disbands, so doesn't surrender or is destroyed. As there is no action from friendly forces there is no report of action/identification of survivors. <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> <br/> Didn't think of that, ...

<t> This is an intermittent bug that seems to happen when there is a lot of activity and the game speed is at >> or >>>. The high activity -- many units doing something, especially fighting many enemy units -- is the largest factor. The cross for the enemy unit shows on the map, but clicking on it d...

<t> Abstracted or under player control, whatever would affect supply lines in a real world conflict to match -- as closely as reasonable -- what would happen in the real world. Without this, the strategic value of the Suez goes away, and that would be very damaging to realism.<br/> <br/> There are a...

<t> I have mentioned this before. I think some work was to be done to make supply runs "smarter" but I don't know if it was implemented. It seemed to me that the supply runs were taking the same approach and getting hammered each time.<br/> <br/> An example is in the St Vith demo. If you play as USA...

<t> This is a little bit off of your main question, but it may help. This is based on the manual and what I remember from some posts by Arjuna discussing resting. <br/> <br/> Note to all... If I am wrong an anything, correct my error quickly!<br/> <br/> You rest units to make their red fatigue lines...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: dazkaz15<br/> <br/> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: rfrizz<br/> <br/> For clarification, the closet unit's footprint edge was more than 600m from the edge of bombardment. I don't know why I didn't think to uncheck the Avoid Friendlies box. Durrr. <e>[/quote]</e></QU...

Does it really matter? The distance rings are always the same, so maybe it is just a "programming shortcut."

Good observation because I may be wrong, and it may actually matter.

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: tukker<br/> <br/> rfrizz,<br/> <br/> The reason I often assign points for time of control (and did so in the Tutorial scenario) is that it forces a player to try to gain control of an objective as early as possible. If points are only given for controlling an objec...

ORIGINAL: Arjuna

I've decided to go with "Command Ops: Battles for Greece" or BFG for short.

Are we going to have an option for a BFG-9000 in there? Are you going to go FPS on this one?

Interesting. I have tried it, but I can't see that it works.

In your experience, how effective is counterbattery fire? How long after the bombardment ends does the enemy unit recover?

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Ramses<br/> <br/> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Wartath<br/> <br/> As far as I know HTTR is not required. Have you tried try the 'Check for update' in the splash screen?<br/> <br/> This is the way I always update my Matrix games. [;)] <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> <br/>...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: phoenix<br/> <br/> I have found, in my own tampering with the scenmaker, that the hardest thing - and I still have this problem - is balancing the scenarios I make. <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> <br/> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: phoenix<br/> <br/> I have found, in my ...

For clarification, the closet unit's footprint edge was more than 600m from the edge of bombardment. I don't know why I didn't think to uncheck the Avoid Friendlies box. Durrr.

<t> Saved games are also good for you, are they not? Ex: I have a situation saved in which my arty won't fire because of "friendlies in the way" even though there are none of my units with a footprint close enough to be a problems.<br/> <br/> Another is the frequent inability to click on the "cross"...

<t> There is a thread about 3-D maps for the COTA version, but I would love to see some for the terrain of the BftB/HTTR maps.<br/> <br/> Having a 3-D feel for the terrain is critical for a real commander, and it if just as important for winning BftB.<br/> <br/> Even if the maps were simple 2-D with...