Great! Thanks - been a while since I played DW1 so I must be misremembering. Was excited before, even more excited now, can't wait to play!

<t> Hey, I'm excited for this game and have been following the previews closely. One holdover from DW1 seems to be planet naming conventions, which is a small thing to be sure but nonetheless a bit of a bummer for me. Sorta takes me out of the game when an empire's homeworld is something like "Adare ...

Thanks for the incredibly helpful answers! I already feel like I'm getting a better hang of this game this time around. Putting the HQs on big depots is a new one for me - does where you place HQs matter? Should I not move them randomly around the map like I currently do?

<t> Every year or two I pick WitW back up and fall in love with it again. I'm back on that train once more these days and am relearning the game (some parts come back easier than others), reading through tutorials, watching videos, etc. I'm trying to take it much slower than before and my goal is to ...

Does anyone know where in the game data one can find the name files? I'd like to add several as I'm already starting to see a lot of repeats only a few battles into the grand campaign.

Yes, I have been.

Soldier names change in between battles (or possibly between operations). They tend to duplicate, so now I have two MG sections with almost identical names - same with mortar sections, etc. Not a huge deal but not great for immersion.

<t> warspite, you're the best - thanks for the help<br/>
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I definitely don't think there is some magic, singular answer to the question of encirclement. I guess what I meant, was that HarryBanana's tutorials/AARs (and others) rely quite a bit on that tactic as a means of winning and ...

<t> Thanks for all the air help guys. It's still all semi-Greek to me, but I'm getting there. I was especially puzzled because I keep thinking I've selected only ADs that have available air groups only to have them not fly. So, I go back, recheck, and run again and have it work. Just trial and error ...

Right, I see there are no sorties listed next to one of my Bomb City directives...but I can't figure out why the sorties didn't run. I read through some air tutorials and don't think I ran the directives on overlapping days and made sure there were available air groups prior to running the AD.

OK one more:

is there any easy way to tell why a particular air directive didn't run during a turn?

<t> Got a new set of questions for this thread as I think I'm starting to really "get" the game and you've all been so helpful so far...<br/>
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1. Is there an "optimum" loadout for support units? The living PG says to always try and assign at least an engineer and a tank group to your ...

Thanks for the link and the allowances. Disabling "Override high DPI scaling" in the compatibility properties did the trick.

<t> I can't post pictures cause I just joined recently (or something), but text on my game seems to have moved or changed size in the last week and now text overlaps with other graphics elements in a number of screens including unit display, commander's report, and the save game screen. To my ...

<t> Figured I'd resuscitate this thread (now that I finally understand rail repair thanks to you all) for a few strategy questions...<br/>
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First, is there any benefit to moving my air HQs and higher level ground HQs? When do you all typically move them out of Africa and into Italy or back to ...

Thanks again guys. Last question/clarification - how do I get airbases to build/expand faster? The only construction units I can find are the aforementioned rail construction units.

<t> Thanks for all this. To be a bit more specific: I can't even figure how to access the construction units attached to the HQ to exit the HQ unit so I can move them around. I feel like I'm missing something incredibly basic here but all my bases are at 1% construction and I can only repair rail a ...

<t> I'm embarking on my yearly quest to complete a full campaign in WitW (love the game but life always gets in the way or I get frustrated and move onto other things after a few weeks). I've got a few questions I haven't found the answer to in the forums or in the manual, though if I just missed ...