<t> Figured it out. I inadvertently had somehow custom-assigned (hand-picked) the vast majority of BC for the first mission rather than let the computer do the work. That restricted my subsequent choices, obviously. Please ignore previous posts. I've been puzzling over this for two days: it's funny ...

<t> Did some more playing around, and what seems to be happening is that the "missing" bombers are being assigned to the first Directive and are not listed for any subsequent directive, even if the missions are on different days. Now I've played three full Allied campaigns since buying the game in ...

<t> I'm well into a 1943-1945 Allied campaign with no significant problems when suddenly I've lost the ability to set up major raids with Bomber Command. When starting a new Bomb City directive in the planning screen only a fraction (about ten percent) of the bombers attached to BC are available ...

<t> Regarding the German player being ahistorical in not having to follow Hitler's orders, there is a difference between restricting implausible or impossible behaviors and forcing a player to favor certain legal strategies over other legal strategies. In any war game the player is assuming the role ...

<t> I was thinking about this topic all morning (hey, there's seven feet of snow in the yard here in Massachusetts) and one of the things I was idly considering (in a very abstract way, as if I have any influence on anything or anyone) was penalties or prohibitions for assigning a nationality to ...

<t> This last post illustrates precisely the difference in philosophies between the goals of the people who play the game: those who want to win and those who want to simulate history. It's not a hard border between the two: I like to win as much as the next guy, but not if it requires acting in an ...

<t> This thread is very interesting and enlightening as to the philosophies that should be behind the game; and I heartily agree with the suggestion that BC should act like BC and 8AF like 8AF if WITW is to be the best available simulation of the war. However (like everything else in life) things ...

Thanks! The new Spits are here!

<t> I'm getting murdered with automatic air base changes, mainly involving Ninth Air Force and 2nd Tactical. I figured this will be fixed eventually, so I haven't complained. But what really concerns me is that I'm running 1.00.08, which I thought was the latest version. Everyone else seems to be ...

Thanks guys.

<t> Turn 9 of the long campaign game (43-45) and I noticed that my 305 Bombardment Group, 8AF, has no pilots listed. It is based at Chelveston (80, 169). The group report and base report say that the unit has 48 ready pilots, it has a full complement of airplanes (although they are all in reserve or ...

<t> I'm scrapping the SHAEF-less game and starting anew, largely because my invasion of Normandy was a disaster and the casualties as I try to break out of the Cotentin peninsula are so high I am bleeding VPs at a rate of 30-35 per turn. I've gone from nearly 300 VPs to almost zero since D-Day. <br ...

<t> Thanks. Unfortunately I don't have the earlier saves, having played Grigsby games since the very first days of the ORIGINAL WITP and WITE and therefore not expecting any problems whatsoever. When SHAEF didn't show up in December I figured it was probably because I hadn't met some condition or ...

Thanks. I'm not at all sure I'm doping this right as the program apparently will only allow me to send graphic or zipped files, so I zipped two of the latest saves into one zipped folder. Hope that makes sense.

<t> Thank you. So the next question obviously is where did it go? I've checked the destroyed units list, it wasn't destroyed or inadvertently disbanded; I cannot find it on the map; it is not listed in the commander's report; ditto the order of battle; nobody reports to it. And even though it is the ...

<t> I tried to post this earlier but it seems to have vanished:<br/>
It's the middle of May 1944 and SHAEF has still not formed. I am playing Allies against Axis AI. I'm sure I'm missing something ridiculously obvious, but can anyone tell me when SHAEF is supposed to show up, or if there is a ...

<t> Not sure if this is the appropriate place, as this is not a typical bug, but it is at least an inconsistency with the manual. In WITW the reliability ratings are reversed from both the manual and WITE; <br/>
for example, according to the Commander Report the StugIII is a 25 in WITE but a 58 in ...