There are still things that need to be done beyond testing. For example, the translations needed. I still hope for volunteers for that, ultimately.

Here's how we stand on the update. Note the need for translations:


1. One feature remains to be finished. This was the Commander Vacancy Fill ...

Update: It's now been a month since I texted Eric about a Beta Test. Email is still in my out box. :(


Personally, I think it's pointless to just wait passively in this situation. I suggest making a call to Eric's office at an appropriate time to explain your demands to him and remind him to ...

"Could it be that this game merely simulates encounters and the defense and offense battles in a rush situation?"

Mostly. But the mission generator also includes Several levels of Defend

1. Defend
2. Defend: Dug-in
3. Defend: Fortified
4. Defend: Dug-in+Fortified
AB2 Mission Generator - Defend ...

Could it be that this game merely simulates encounters and the defense and offense battles in a rush situation? I think that complete trenches and defense lines are important means of defense in both the Cold War and modern warfare. Therefore, I hope that this aspect can be simulated in the near ...

Those are more like foxholes and similar improvised individual protections and emplacements. It will probably be improved at some point, but it is not a high priority. As for digging in during battle, it is not planned, as digging a trench typically takes several hours.


I also believe that ...

Some are public domain but others are licensed in such a way that they can be used but not for commercial purposes, like sales of TOAW.

And some of the images on Wikipedia are simply stolen but the person who uploaded them falsely claims they hold the rights to the image.

Like I said, images ...

1. One feature remains to be finished.
2. Scenarios need to be modified/designed to incorporate the new features for testing and publication.
3. Those scenarios need to be play-tested to ferret out any remaining bugs with the new features.
4. There is a significant suite of legacy bugs that need ...

I’m finally giving up waiting on the green light from Erik. I last emailed him on 11/1. He never even read the email (it’s still in my outbox). I assume he’s off till new year’s. So, I’ve finally posted my writeup on the new update sans permission. No telling what Erik will say about that. But it ...

A small announcement: The feature coding on the new update is finished. Still plenty of other things to get done, so still no launch date can be estimated, though.

Took 65 months to get to here!


I am delighted to learn from Curtis Lemay that the update features for The Operational Art of War ...

I really hope to include a feature in new coming DLC that allows players to customize the location, type, and number of coast gun and airports, as this would greatly expand the richness of naval combat. Thank you!

biddrafter2 wrote: Tue Feb 13, 2024 11:23 pm Just wanted to say hello to this thread from the future, February 2024.

Unfortunately, there may never be a new update

nikolas93TS wrote: Wed Sep 13, 2023 5:19 pm For lurkers.

That's great! This is my dream game! Look forward to it! Thank you very much!

You could use fleet exercises for this. But you would need to do some savegame editing since you need ships with +1 and 0 guns and a special slow and heavily armed target ship so that you can obtain representative results.

Which is all possible, but I don't enjoy searching through a big save ...

Alright. If I'm going to do this, I might as well check to see if there are any others out there that have a hunger to help out with the playtesting. This will mean access to the Development Board and the current beta .exe . An NDA will be required.

I would like to take the liberty to ...

Very good advice, and I hope to see the development of RtW3: Age of Sail in the near future.

+1

Would be also VERY helpful to test for bugs. I was tester for War in the East and the ability to create test scenarios with the editor quickly helped tremendously to find all the bugs with various subsystems and formulas.
RtW3 simply doesn't have that functionality, you always have to hope ...

HI DEV one suggestion Please add custom battle function in RTW3. Players can design, save and retrieve ships of various countries and levels in a pool, and freely choose the battle area and adjust the battle environment. I think this will be a very cool function, and can greatly increase the ...

CapnDarwin wrote: Thu Oct 20, 2022 2:46 pm Woos1981, sometime next year. There is usually a 6+ month delay between a release on Matrix and then on steam.

Thank you! Look forward to the steam release

When will it be released on steam?

A developer. (as in only one).

Sorry if this is already covered somewhere else. What are the plans for the future of this game?

A large update has been in development since 2019. So far, it has only been revealed that it has, among many other elements, this feature:

https://www ...