RangerJoe wrote: Thu Sep 24, 2026 4:59 pm I have some more things to report. I have an issue getting into Discord . . .

Let me guess. The new age-verification system thinks that you are twelve years old?

WingedIncubus wrote: Thu Sep 10, 2026 1:27 am What Discord?

Jochen Heiden's "The Combined Fleet" Discord is mainly about War in the Pacific, but it also has some War in Spain 1936-39 chat, with some of the developers hanging out there. This Matrix forum is the main place to learn about the game, though.

It's almost middle of September now... any update on when the next patch might be? :mrgreen:


As Alessandro has said on the Discord,
ETA is "2 days" for like 2 weeks now. Somehow real life manages to stop the respective persons that need to contribute in a row.

He said that last month! :lol:

Improvised temporary playlist of Nationalist songs:
Sergei Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 / Act 1: 13. Dance Of The Knights
Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32: I. Mars, the Bringer of War
Carl Orff: Carmina Burana: O Fortuna
Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt, Op. 23: In the Hall of the Mountain ...

It would be interesting if, like some games, you get Republican songs if you play their side, and Nationalist song if you play them. But that would require two full playlists.

I wonder if the engine would able to handle something like the Korean War. There aren't enough games on that topic.

Speaking of UAVs, I was surprised to learn recently that the first use of UAVs was the Ryan Model 147 Lightning Bug during the Vietnam War.

Ryan Model 147

The United States Naval Institute Press recently published a book by David Axe on the topic.

Drone War Vietnam

I know that this is ...

Blast33 wrote: Wed Aug 19, 2026 8:15 pm If it flies as it looks...

I agree, that's is a beautiful aircraft. I am used to cargo planes being the most boring-looking aircraft in the sky!

In my AARs, I give up to 4 pictures with descriptions of what I am doing and why. I also offer to help if people were to ask questions and if I can show examples from my game then I will do so.

I saw your AARs. I am learning the game, and this one is very useful. Thanks for the work!

Scenario 7 ...

Eventually, I also began using AI tools. I provided the AI with the manual, selected forum discussions, AARs, and tutorial videos, and instructed it to base its answers only on those sources.

Now, when I struggle with something, I can upload a screenshot and ask the AI what I may be doing wrong ...

The Houthis are attacking commercial shipping in the Red Sea:

Three commercial vessels attacked in Red Sea by Houthi rebels, says US

It says that the ineffective attacks on USS Mason on October 9, 2016, turned out to be C-802A missiles. I just assumed at the time that they were obsolete Styx missiles, but no, they turned out to be fairly new Chinese exports.

I also hadn't heard about their Shark-33 drone boats before:

The most ...

Nikel wrote: Sat Nov 11, 2023 9:49 am Eisenhower CSG passed in front of the Houthis stronghold without trouble and crossed Bab el-Mandeb Strait, destination the Persian Gulf.

There have been reports of the Houthis receiving C-802A anti-ship missiles. How dangerous are they?

That's the method I had to use. For some reason, the default install doesn't put the documentation and scenarios in the place it expects to find it: ~\Documents\My Games\The Operational Art of War IV

Again and again, more ridiculous again. Now Independence-class limited to only 15 knots by structural cracks (But only the even numbered hulls, hahaha):

https://www.defensenews.com/news/your-navy/2022/05/10/the-littoral-combat-ships-latest-problem-class-wide-structural-defects-leading-to-hull ...

Speaking of the declaration of war on the USA, Hitler's speech to the Reichstag on December 11, 1941, is an astonishing performance of logical gymnastics. He actually blames Roosevelt (and Jewish bankers) for forcing Germany to attack Poland!

Hitler: The full diabolical meanness of Jewry rallied ...

tomlowshang wrote: Sat Jul 15, 2023 12:31 am Patched mech.exe is here: https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/spwawde ... -t277.html

I had tried playing the stock game earlier this year and had no idea that this existed. It fixes it. Thank you so much!

Reading through the dev log, the data simulated reminds me a lot of the NUKEMAP and MISSILEMAP by Alex Wellerstein. Does he have any role in Nuclear War Simulator? Or was it inspired by him?

Thanks a lot for your help. Changing that file allowed me to get past that one menu.

Unfortunately, there seem to be many other bugs in that scenario. Some steps are skipped, possibly because of the unidentified codes you list, and that breaks the later tutorial. I wish that I knew enough about the ...

The problem with the Production Phase tutorial begins when it asks the player to go to Eastern German to build an armored unit. The armor button on my screen is beneath the instruction box. (I am running it at 1920×1080. Perhaps different screen sizes work correctly.)

I've found a way to click on ...