ORIGINAL: cfulbright

I was pleasantly surprised to see I had a Github account already - cfulbright. Please invite me as a collaborator.

Cary

Done, lets see if it worked.

Gen Dad.

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: cfulbright<br/> <br/> I tried to upload a file and got the following error:<br/> <br/> Uploads are disabled.<br/> File uploads require push access to this repository.<br/> <br/> Cary <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> <br/> Hmmm, did not work as I hoped when I checked a box t...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: cfulbright<br/> <br/> Gen. Dad,<br/> <br/> This sounds intriguing, but I wouldn't know a Python script from a garden snake. Is this something a layman can do?<br/> <br/> I've created some custom scenarios that veer away from the generic dta, so it's not a matter of...

<t> The Hellcat F.I is an F6F-3; so not the F6F-5 types in use by the US at the invasion of Southern France - still a good start for a mod. RAF no. 800 squadron seems to have been using the Hellcat F.I. Having escort carriers protect the amphibs is an abstraction - but in the invasion of Southern Fr...

Seminole,

Thanks, I had missed that part of the manual. I still don't think it is enough, though. The Hellcats were making strikes inland against rail - so they are still partly missing from the game.

Gen Dad.

<t> Cary - <br/> <br/> I went ahead and started playing the 43-45 campaign. As you note, the Allied player can cripple the LW and my May '44 Normandy invasion has met little air or sea interdiction response. The issue is the May and June '44 start scenarios, but given a year to crush the AI LW in th...

<r> It is a shame that the aircraft carriers that supported Dragoon – the invasion of the South of France - are not represented in the game. 9 escort carriers participated in the operation. They mounted 72 Hellcats plus some 40 Wildcats with the remainder of the aircraft Seafires. Thus some ~180-200...

<t> Possibly only by using the editor. Allied manual rail repair units are just headquarters of a special type. They hold 4 engineering regiments to do their work. The British ones actually hold dedicated rail repair units, the US ones just hold General Service Engrs. Unlike other HQs the assignment...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>I turn amphibious support on in the air doctrine screen and let the AI handle everything from there.<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> <br/> The AI does a bad job of managing your air force. You very much will do better, much better, with your own air directives. If turn 1 air phase 1 ...

<t> I have been using the NFs as escorts by transferring them to Bomber command. I will try the intruder thing.<br/> <br/> When I have plenty of fighter replacement air frames, I find that I can bomb escorted 4 days a week in daylight. Some times in the game there are not enough fighter replacements...

<t> Actually - there is a way to split air groups into squadrons - it has to be done in the game editor. Unless you code it would be quite painful to do, but you could manually modify via the csv files.<br/> <br/> I wrote a Python script that takes the air group csv from the editor and processes it ...

<r> Forgot the picture of the result!<br/> <br/> <IMG src="https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/upfiles/58709/D11FDA38266F4E9E812A7F14CFF4E1A6.jpg"><s>[img]</s><URL url="https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/upfiles/58709/D11FDA38266F4E9E812A7F14CFF4E1A6.jpg"><LINK_TEXT text="https://www.matrixgames.com/...

<r> # Python 3 script w/ pandas library.<br/> # Renames US and French artillery so that the gun type is in the unit name.<br/> # eliminates the digging needed to find out what type of guns you have.<br/> # Use with witw editor csv functions.<br/> # Enjoy - maybe I can find time to post some modded s...

<r> Once one has bombed the ports and has a decent air plan, here is what I believe to be the main issues that cause excessive Allied losses at sea in the invasion:<br/> <br/> 1. H2 293 glide/rocket bomb, radio controlled. It was a deadly weapon, but by the time of Normandy the Allies had developed ...

<r> Success perhaps - added some extra RAF Bomber Command Lancasters to their existing NP AD and this suppressed German Naval interdiction values to 0-2 rather than 2-4. The Amphibs still lose too many points but now I have command of the sea to a meaningful extent.<br/> <br/> It seems counter-intui...

<r> Here is another AI cheat for you (D-Day, May Start). Naval Interdiction points in the Seine Bay. I destroyed the Axis ports - 100% - so they do not contribute to interdiction. In the Seine Bay I have a whopping 19803 to 1221 advantage in interdiction points; yet the Axis has a lot of hexes with ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>The Germans aren't running any NPs in those photos...<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> <br/> When I check air battles, there are German interdiction battles over the Seine Bay - so I think that they are running NPs. MY first screen shot had no port damage - I did not realize how impor...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>I like it! Knowing that the USAAF had squadrons within groups, I've always wondered why this game used groups for the USAAF, squadrons for the RAF/CW, and then even has those add little 4-plane units for the LW.<br/> <br/> I'm sure there's somebody out there who will look up...

<r> "I've notice this, and wondered why. It may, indeed, be a math issue in the code, where larger numbers have a disproportionate likelihood of suffering damage or loss. For example, if you move an infantry division from Oran to Naples in short bursts, you have a good chance of getting all the way ...

<r> The 51st ID was shipped from the south coast. It did fine until it hit the interdiction zone. Doing much better in later efforts, though. Advice here and some experiments are helping out This new picture is after my air & the moves after the invasion.<br/> <br/> I am playing with some mods:<...