Thanks much, sillyflower!

boldairade, I've sent you a PM with further details and questions. Looking forward to our game, I imagine we will both learn a ton.

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pfand, sure, let's have a go!<br/>
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i have no idea how to set up MP here on matrix, do you?<br/>
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i'd like to be the axis, but if you really want to be them, i'll play the allies.
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<t> I remember thinking the same thing about my first job, and I had 3 years in college to prepare, study, and practice. And guess what? I was totally unprepared for day 1 of actual work.<br/>
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So while the AI may be useful to learn basic fundamentals and mechanics, I agree that you won't ...

Thank you for the reply! I did some follow up research and really liked what I saw. I took the plunge and bought straight from Matrix. Been playing around with the main (1939) campaign, reading the manual, etc. etc. really like it so far!

<t> I know you're going to say "just play other people, do PBEM." And I may, at some point. But I wanted to ask, how is the AI in comparison to say, Strategic Command WWII: War in Europe? Does the AI invade Italy, does it do D-Day in some form? Does the AI pose any sort of challenge for a new player ...

<t> I had encountered this too recently after the game running fine since I first got it (I'm running it on Steam). I tried the Beta there and did not resolve the issue. It only occurred once or twice when trying to boot up and mostly affected loading a save game or saving a game. I tried a few of ...