strength and good order.png

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it's always good to read the manual ... sometimes it's not enough. ;)

(e.g.) to understand what the occasionally appearing number besides the formation icon means you'll have to read the change logs:
here from BGW (Version 1.12 8/97)
Probability of a successful ...

heya 2by3 posse, matrix team and the army of modders! WitE2 is still the wildest game around, thank you for your support!

cheers!

i added small arrows to the skirmisher symbol for normal 2D view
skirmisher facing.png

it's very hard to see in which direction a unit faces - with the arrows on the symbols it's pretty easy.
even stacked skirmisher units can be easily checked with the Selection Dialog (press Space key ...

if you ever wanted to change the contents of the help files that come with the old Battleground games ...
...
just HLP yourself.png

why would you want to do that?! :o

here are the tools to do just that:
the home of HelpDeco
https://web.archive.org/web/20130531203717/https://www.oocities.org ...

now, that one has Command Levels at their fingertips,
Weapon Effectiveness Tables on their laps,
Thread Zones on their mind
...
and everything just seems to be ranges, more ranges and still more ranges to think of ...

... i gave myself a present: Rangefinder ! :P

range_finder.png ...

cmdLvl.png

... still learning but man, i just can't remember everyone's command level ...

2 = brigade 3 = division 4 = corps 5 = army

this should save me a mouse click on the leader image - i'm not yet sure if this has some merit but hey! give it shot! :)

ah, btw: i used the stock Waterloo ...

... this BSOD-kinda-blue ... nope, couldn't handle it anymore. here's my cure, enjoy!

This one is an oldie but a goodie. With chapters by British, French and German writers, excellent illustrations and probably the best battle maps outside Adkins' work.

"WATERLOO, Battle of the Three Armies."

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51EhLAbeQoL.jpg

http://www.amazon.com ...

here's a working link to the old oob-editor page:
https://web.archive.org/web/20030207155127/http://www.hist-sdc.com/editor.html

oob-editor link (BG Edition):
https://web.archive.org/web/20030207155127/http://www.hist-sdc.com/utilities/4_1_bg_2.exe

the manual is attached as zip - forgot were i ...

Wut?!

Using Gary Grisby Games as an example is like saying that doing your taxes on a PC is bad for your health – LOL!

Eat healthy, take regular breaks, and don't play in the dark with only your PC screen lit up – please see a doctor if you have problems with your eyes.

largerORGview.png

... just an idea. give yourself (and the Old Guard) a little bit more space with a simple tweak to the Dialog resource of ' ORGDIALOG: 1033 ' (BGW.EXE, NIR.EXE and PTW.EXE).

grab https://www.angusj.com/resourcehacker/ and start hacking - enjoy!

ORGDIALOG DIALOG 0, 0, 250 ...

heya!

hello?

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how about that bundle offer - it's time for an updated sale, not?

now is the time!

heya, did my own version of a green bases mod for the napoleonic battles - idea from here:

https://www.wargame.ch/wc/nwc/Club_Webpages/Graphics_Mods/index.html - credits go to Paul Synnott, nice!

BGW_greenBases.png
PTW_greenBases.png
NIT_greenBases.png

backup files included - enjoy ...

it's still online and updated as well:

https://www.acwgc-engineering.com/

Luciano B wrote: Mon Jul 03, 2006 8:29 pm Feedbacks, comments and suggestions will be greatly appreciated ...don't esitate to post your feelings about these add-on's.

i feel happy that some of your files are still available, thank you so much!

more here, on page 121 - 125: https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/c7 ... fb0cd0f2b3

enjoy.

it's just a jump to the left
and then a step to the right
[...]

:ugeek: dangerously nostalgic vibes incoming - don't wait for it ...

( ... because in my book it's a twinkle past 98 and it's going to rock! )

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sources:
page 48 in: https://archive.gamehistory ...

Battleground Series v2 SOUNDS.DAT file explored.

eg: BGN (BG 5: Antietam)

21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 9
17 15

21 (AEXPLO0.WAV - AEXPLO20.WAV) 0 (7x ?) 34 (IEXPLO0.WAV - IEXPLO33.WAV) 0 (17x ?)
10 (IMELEE0.WAV - IMELEE9.WAV) 9 (CMELEE0.WAV - CMELEE8.WAV)
17 (UBACKG0 ...

same idea for the civil war titles (except chickamauga) - an overview cheat sheet is also available ...

Enjoying this and getting back to WW1G. Unfortunately, I am in FL for 3 months with a Windows 11 computer. WW1G will not install on it. The other problem is that my home computer is on its last legs and a new one means Windows 11.

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I couldn't tell from one of your earlier posts if you ...