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Matrix Games and Slitherine (www.slitherine.com) are pleased to announce that the new Grand Strategy 2.10 update for MILITARY HISTORY™ Commander – Europe at War is now available for the PC and Mac. The update brings many new features and improvements created by the community for the community, available to everyone who has a copy of MILITARY HISTORY™ Commander – Europe at War.

The v2.10 update for the grand strategy game features a ton of changes, from the manual to the game board, environment, units, and historical/political features. Game balance improvements were made in v2.10 update to control “blob” strategies, as well as more rail heads added to supplement the rail movement rules. Historical and political changes include new prerequisites for Spain becoming an Axis ally, and Britain now requires 8 home guard forces units in country to avoid morale loss.

The v2.10 update is comprehensive and will bring the Grand Strategy expansion to version 2.10. To get the update, download it from its download section on the Matrix Games website.

Find below the changelog:

Historical/Political Changes

• New prerequisite for Spain activating as Axis ally - USA neutrality
• Denmark & Norway historically linked for DoW consequences
• Belgium & Holland countries historically linked for DoW consequences
• Persia activates if Axis unit moves into Iraq vs capture Iraqi resource
• French, UK units in France & UK based air units suffer 20 efficiency loss if Belgium surrenders in one turn
• Persia spawns GARs in all cities if Axis units occupy Iraqi city/resource
• Allied units restricted in Russia to reflect historical accuracy
• Britain requires 8 home guard force units in Great Britain to avoid morale loss
• Owner changed to US for southern convoy when USA joins war

Logistics Changes

• Game balance measures to control “blob” strategies
• Major change to rail movement - start must be on or adjacent to resource
• Major Russian rail (broad gauge) restrictions implemented
• Increased oil usage for Axis MECH when at tech level 2
• Maximum SS & Russian Guards reduced for play balance
• Increased cost of creating new type units when limits are exceeded
• Starting war efficiency adjusted for all countries
• Building 3rd lab in a technology requires 3 other areas have a lab
• German PP at game start increased from 20 to 35
• German eastern fortresses can spawn in 1942 if Allied units in Germany
• Allied Atlantic naval presence required at all times to maintain convoy size
• Finland, Hungry, Romania and Bulgaria war effort better aligned to Axis
• Partisan spawning divided by 3 in AI games - now matches regular game

Environment Changes

• Updated hexes in Russia to reflect correct geography
• Added more rail heads to supplement rail movement rules
• Reduced average number of severe winter turns from 6 to 5
• Severe winters % effectiveness change & new general.txt variables
• Reconnaissance/land spotting reduce by half in winter & severe winter

Unit Changes

• Germans are allowed to build a paratrooper unit in 1939
• Russia receives 8 garrison units as strategic reserve - Aug 1, 1941
• Canadian units spawn at normal quality if UK manpower level is yellow

Game Board Changes

• New French large counters & unit names historically correct
• Free French unit color on mini-map made unique
• Unit stats chart changed - MECH info now with ARM stats
• New large NATO counter option with detailed information
• Map board options now allow country, river & lake names
• Settings file name changed to “gs2_settings.txt”

Much anticipated, downloading now [:)]

And it installed perfectly over my original non-gold CEAW once I'd pointed it to the Matrix installation folder of the game. The installation testing was worth it.

Any chance you could post a screen shot for installation? I remember 2.0 being a nightmare to figure out.

Brilliant![:)][:)][:)]
And very easy to install too.
[&o][&o][&o]

I had to change the default install directory to Matrix Games and the mod crashes after the Slitherine logo. I tried both graphics setting.

v2.0 works.

Anyone have any tips?
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v2.10 default directory C:\Program Files (x86)\Slitherine\Military History Commander - Europe at War GOLD

Matrix CEAW installed directory C:\Matrix Games\Commander Europe At War Gold

am having similar issues - changed from default directory but game will not load - using same directory structure as mbar.

I had the same issue as mbar and ferryman1013.

My solution was to uninstall everything. I tried uninstalling only 2.00 but because I had already installed 2.10, I could not. So I uninstalled back to no game. I deleted the files on the main Windows program menu and the folder in the Matix games folder.
Then I reinstalled my old original Commander:Europe at War.
Updated to 1.12 (the file is available on the members page if you registered your game and didn't put the update into your game folder).
Then I installed 2.10

All works well now. If you have your old game and serial number, this will work.

I received a install successful message, but still not sure...
Other screens suggest new data as per readme.pdf
Anyone else getting old version number?

start screen showing plenty of options.

ORIGINAL: Agent S

I received a install successful message, but still not sure...
Other screens suggest new data as per readme.pdf
Anyone else getting old version number?

I get CEAWv1.12 GS v2.10 after the install, changed the installer default to the Matrix 'CEAW' folder and everything seems to be working OK. I read elsewhere the vGS 2.0 should be uninstalled, but the download just delivers the installer and I saw no notes about v 2.0, either way I didn't uninstall v2.0, but it all seems to be working OK. [:)]

ORIGINAL: mbar

I had to change the default install directory to Matrix Games and the mod crashes after the Slitherine logo. I tried both graphics setting.

v2.0 works.

Anyone have any tips?
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v2.10 default directory C:\Program Files (x86)\Slitherine\Military History Commander - Europe at War GOLD

Matrix CEAW installed directory C:\Matrix Games\Commander Europe At War Gold

I have the Matrix version and changed the installer default to the Matrix CEAW installed in directory C:\Matrix Games\Commander Europe At War Gold and it all seems to be working OK. There is something about uninstalling v GS 2.0, but I saw no notes on that so didn't do it and it doesn't seem to have had any effect.

New member here.

I have CEAW v.1.12 and installed v..2.10 under Matrix folder. Installed okay but now I have no sound. I had sound with V1.12. Haven't changed any soundcard, drivers, etc. How can I get sound for V2.10. I turned on fullscreen and checked "enable sound."

Thanks all.

I guess it just doesn't want to work on my main PC. Worked fine on my work PC. No big deal. Thanks for trying.

Just wanted to mention to everyone that there are a number of people that play the game despite
how dead the matrix forum is. Everyone posts on the Slitherine.com forum and there are even some
AAR's of current games.

The slitherine forum is here:
http://www.slitherine.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=18

I had all of the same problems. I have v1.12. I had to install v2.1 in the same folder as the game to make it work. No sound to start but I started a game as axis. This way I could click on the options box and check both boxes under Audio (sound effects, music). Version 2.1 seems to work. Hope this helps.

Trouble here too. I have the original game from Matrix and have done everything I can to try to get this to work without success.

Driving me nuts. Almost as bad as the APOS upgrades. Almost.

mo reb

I followed laramieela's advice and I got it working. Thanks.

Is there any way to increase the resolution?

I could never get the original game to work on my Windows 7 computer and don't know if I still have the install. I'm also pretty sure my download period has expired. So does anyone know what my best course of action would be -- including a way to find out whether the new edition will even run on my computer?

Big problem for download the file, the max speed is 300 ko/s, and the download stop before the end with an error message, "source file cannot be read try later"

Any solution ?

[Edit : problem solved]