I suppose, what exactly do certain things mean?

For example:

1904-02-09
|1000| Japan: True
|7| Japan: True

Those are clearly decisions for events, but what do they refer to exactly?

I appreciate the devs for including the F1, F2, and F3 commands to debug the game yourself if you are doing modding/scenario design

However, I am having trouble "reading" the logs and saved games to replicate AI behavior while playing the game myself

I can find them and open them, but the contents ...

I checked out the lobby. There are several passworded games open, but how are you meant to know the password?

I would like to play as any side in any campaign, but here are my preferences:

-Confederates (either 1861 scenario)
-Union (either Trent War or Make Georgia Howl)
-France in Franco ...

Thank you!

I can't post links but I think the one you mean is called "Who put the stranded Admiral in charge? - Siberian White Short Campaign PBEM"

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I'm trying to learn this game but as we all know AGEOD learning curves can be steep, especially for those of us new to war games.<br/>
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I'm wondering if there is any way to set the game to AI versus AI (as in playing itself) or to see complete AI turns so I can get a ...

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