Did you read the AI Opponent Mode of Play section in the first post of the linked thread under "What's New in v07.00.01.00?"


Oh, there it is...
AI Opponent Mode of Play
9. For the AI Opponent, fixed a newly created problem where the program wasn’t starting the Barbarossa scenario - halting at ...

At the very best, the AI opponent for this game will play the Russians in the Barbarossa scenario. That is all that has been promised.


Really? Then I guess all of the code work Steve did for AIO and LAIO over the years for much more than just "the Russians in the Barbarossa scenario" wasn't to ...

As far as I know, I think AI opponent is what Steve likes and his motivation to join this project. I'm quite sure his involvement hasn't been monetary beneficial for him (he has worked many more hours than the money he received) and I guess he had this agreement with Matrix from the beginning ...

Hotfix #4 posted today. Several gameplay issues were resolved plus a lot of other AI improvements and minor fixes. Here's the complete list of my Hotfix #4 notes:
Fixed stealing of minor nation conquests. Added new area_nation_majority_control function to verify current majority control by corps ...

Hotfix #3 posted today. This has been a busy three weeks or so. Here are my hotfix notes:
Added redundant check to combat_retreat_units to retreat leaders
Fixed load_units_to_battle for siege battles
Fixed AI naval attack
Fixed adding garrison to conquered minor during setup
Fixed code for combat ...

For the full movement I have a treat for you - an actual save. The corps in question is III in Poitiers with Soult. Move it pls to Bayonne and it still have 4 moves. It seems it's "dipping into the sea" Area19 during the move, briefly appearing to be there.


Very good. This was helpful and I ...

Are you playing just v1.27.02 or with Hotfix #1? I know I just fixed the builds issue with Hotfix #2, where if you cancel a minor's builds it reset to the Major Power's money and manpower. That's fixed. And I cannot recreate your combat issue. I'm pretty sure I fixed the run-on combat problem ...

I played 1.27.02 over weekend and noticed a few more bugs.
1. Multiple city assaults possible in one turn.
2. Portraits of leaders who lost a battle and retreated to a different area are shown during siege / assault battle.
3. Demanded provinces reset and not ceded.
4. Mack and John were ...

Hotfix #2 posted today. Lots of little things fixed over the past couple of weeks. I think the change to the combat die rolls was something I did a couple versions back, thinking it should be 0-5 (for +1 die roll 1-6), but I got a comment about not seeing any "6" die rolls. The combat tables, of ...

Got it, thanks. "Partly as a vaguely ominous recurring dream, partly as therapy." I am fearful of maybe doing this myself 20 years from now with Empires in Arms.

Have you got a link/reference to what Major H has been up to?

The most impressive aspect of his OPFOR AI was how it was doctrinally correct. Combat Recon Patrol in the lead (platoon-size), then Forward Security Element (company-size) about 3-5 km behind, and then the Main Force (battalion ...

Related to that was strange string of combat log. FRA wins, FRA loses 2PP, BR gains 2PP, BR gains 2 PP (for the same action). I think the PP are adjusted as FRA ended up at the low end of neutral zone, although I wasn’t tracking the exact numbers before and after.


I have this resolved now, and ...

Yes, that’s the one. I forgot about HOL fleet ending up blockading London while the BR fleet stayed in the sea zone.


I'm finding that somehow Holland is switched to attacker and Great Britain is switched to defender for the interception battle and that screws up loading units to battle. And ...

I play as FRA in Jan 1805, NED fleet is not blockaded, when I move past the English channel the interception triggers but there are no battles or action and some random PP are awarded. I get to see the naval combat screen but with no fleets and no action. I can click on done to close the window ...

FYI. I have been busy working on Hotfix #2 with several end-game issues regarding dissolving kingdoms and multiple surrenders. We are very interested in finding and resolving any and all lingering game bugs and gameplay issues, however large or small. Please, if you get a chance to play with Hotfix ...

...and again, a BIG thanks for the continued support of the game.


Thank you! I try. As I reflect back on about 8-9 years(!) of my continued code development of this game, on top of Marshall Ellis's 15+ or so years(!) of code development (from before game release in 2008 until about 2016), it ...

I'm okay disabling defender, but why is it finding a known trojan?


I get occassional reports like this. I run Norton 360 on my system to keep it up to date. I just ran another scan to verify no issues with the zip file or EXE that I posted. It's possible that Norton is missing something that ...

Hotfix #1 posted. More fixes made regarding conquering of kingdom components and Poland. This has been challenging. We still need to look at the case where COR or Ottoman is down to the last component and it's conquered, dissolving the kingdom. Admin moves will now move fleets into port, either the ...

I must admit I don't know what to choose.


Heck, wait a bit until the next sale when EIA is like $10 or $15 and try it. I've got War and Peace (Napoleon's Eagles) but haven't had time to get into it. Back in the day (like 45+ years ago) I was playing W&P and never played EIA until this computer ...

- As for Rhineland, I meant the "left bank", i.e. provinces like Julich, Palatinate and so on that were annexed to France and part of the de jure territory.
I've seen in the manual that Julich, for instance, is needed for CoR. => Does it switch to CoR upon creation or does it stay French (as it ...