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ORIGINAL: Mike Scholl

ORIGINAL: General Quarters

Railroad in Fredericksburg:

It is not clear to me why there is not a railroad in Fredericksburg, since there was one (or two) there historically. This limits the impact of hospitals in Washington and Annapolis, and it apparently affects supply, since I had a Union army in Lynchburg that seemed to start starving to death. Since the Union already has trouble holding its own, this seems like an unnecessary impediment.

I believe this RR ran north to Aquia Creek Landing on the Potomac, and didn't link into the RR's from Washington. However it was the major supply line for Union Armies opperating around Fredricksburg, so it should provide some support to the North. And of course it did run South to Richmond, and was Lee's major supply line for both Fredricksburg and Chancellorsville.

Yes, thanks for the clarification.

Wasn't there also a railroad that went from Alexandria through Manassas Jct and on to the Culpepper or Orange area, where it connected with a line that did go into Richmond. Maybe it was called the Orange and Alexandria. I think that was more roundabout and therefore more vulnerable, but was a possible full-supply approach to Richmond or southwest Virginia. In fact, wasn't that sorta the plan, insofar as they had a plan, for John Pope's Army of Virginia -- to approach Richmond from the opposite side McClellan was approaching it?

[chris0827]

The only plan for McClellan's army was to withdraw from the Peninsula and reinforce Pope.

[sven6345789]

Hi,
how about giving not only a bonus regarding the relationship to a governor once you promote a general to lets say 4 star leader, but also a malus to all the governors of those generals which have been passed in the promotion process (if you have 2 3-star and 3 2-star leaders, you would have to think twice before you promote some 1-star leader just because you want to have him;the higher ranked generals would not be happy about being bypassed)

[New York Jets]

ORIGINAL: briny_norman

I'll sign the petition for a zoom-function - both on the strategic and the tactical map.

And a little thing that irritates me when fighting detailed battles: The way the camera instantly jumps from one unit to the next when the last action has been performed, so sometimes you don't get to see the results of your order (I don't want to miss the cool new animations...!). This is aggrevated by the seemingly random way you jump through your units when giving orders, as you might be thrown form one end of the battle-line to the other without warning and apart from missing out on some action and results of your latest move this jumping back and forth across the map can be quite disorienting. At least, I don't think it makes for very fluent gameplay.

Perhaps the unit 'jumping' could be a little less random and based on your army organisation - next unit is always from the same division etc... That would also encourage realistic battlefield manouvering, ie. keeping divisions together etc...
And maybe you could make so the you don't jump to the next unit before the animations of the current unit has been played through...

By the way, also adding to the jumping effect is the fact that your moves are intermingled with your opponent's, but I really like this feature for other reasons, so I guess I wouldn't want to see it go.

Anyway, that's all I can think of right now. Back to the game!

Cheers!

Seconded.

The box art is awful.

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Responding to Chris:

Not at first. Pope understood his mission as being to put pressure on the rear door of Richmond while McClellan moved against its front. Pope told the War Dept that his army would be at risk unless McClellan attacked at the same time Pope advanced on Richmond. Historians often quote Pope's early message to McClellan, offering to coordiate plans and to be as helpful to McClellan as possible. McClellan sent him a rather dismissive note. The decision to withdraw forces from the Peninsula was made a bit later.

[chris0827]

On the day Pope took command McClellan was already retreating on the Peninsula. Pope's troops were scattered all over northern Virginia and he didn't start advancing until august 2nd. McClellan had been given orders only july 30th to prepare to move his army to Aquia harbor.

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ORIGINAL: chris0827

On the day Pope took command McClellan was already retreating on the Peninsula. Pope's troops were scattered all over northern Virginia and he didn't start advancing until august 2nd. McClellan had been given orders only july 30th to prepare to move his army to Aquia harbor.

Yes, it is good to be specific about dates, though I am not sure what the date of Pope's advance is apropos of. I was speaking about plans.

From Civil War Day by Day, June 26, 1862:

"A primary command change was announced in Washington. Maj. Gen. John Pope was formally assigned command of the newly created Army of Virginia .... The main tsk of the new command was to protect Washington and, more importantly, to consolidate all land forces in Virginia ... so that they could move overland to aid McClellan and take the pressue off his army near Richmond."

From Shelby Foote:

"On June 27, while Porter was under attack on Turkey Hill," McClellan wired the War Dept, "I will beg that you put some one general in command ...." Lincoln "had already done what he suggested ...." "John Pope was the man ...." "The Army of Virginia, it was called." "... its mission was to move in general down the line of the Orange & Alexandria Railroad ... so as to close in on the Confederate capital from the west and north, while McClellan's Army of the Potomac applied pressure from the east; thus Richmond would be crushed in a giant nutcracker, with Pope as the upper jaw."

The documentary evidence, as far as I have seen it, is not as explicit as the nutcracker image suggests (that's why I called it "sorta the plan, insofar as they had a plan") but it was sufficient for me to suggest this should be a possibility in the game.

[Johan_Banér]

ORIGINAL: General Quarters


Yes, thanks for the clarification.

Wasn't there also a railroad that went from Alexandria through Manassas Jct and on to the Culpepper or Orange area, where it connected with a line that did go into Richmond. Maybe it was called the Orange and Alexandria. I think that was more roundabout and therefore more vulnerable, but was a possible full-supply approach to Richmond or southwest Virginia. In fact, wasn't that sorta the plan, insofar as they had a plan, for John Pope's Army of Virginia -- to approach Richmond from the opposite side McClellan was approaching it?

Yes the Orange & Alexandria railroad runs there, however IIRC Confederate troops had destroyed the bridge across the Rapidan, the same they had with the Chatham bridge across the Rappahannock in April -62 when Union troops occupied Fredricksburg.

[tiredoftryingnames]

On the city detail screen under the developments part I would like to see the data order rearranged.
 
I think it should listed the current number of buildings and the max at the top, then the under contruction buildings and then the list of buildings in the province. That way when you cycle through the cities at a quick glance you'll see if the province can support more buildings without having to scroll.

[chris0827]

ORIGINAL: General Quarters

ORIGINAL: chris0827

On the day Pope took command McClellan was already retreating on the Peninsula. Pope's troops were scattered all over northern Virginia and he didn't start advancing until august 2nd. McClellan had been given orders only july 30th to prepare to move his army to Aquia harbor.

Yes, it is good to be specific about dates, though I am not sure what the date of Pope's advance is apropos of. I was speaking about plans.

From Civil War Day by Day, June 26, 1862:

"A primary command change was announced in Washington. Maj. Gen. John Pope was formally assigned command of the newly created Army of Virginia .... The main tsk of the new command was to protect Washington and, more importantly, to consolidate all land forces in Virginia ... so that they could move overland to aid McClellan and take the pressue off his army near Richmond."

From Shelby Foote:

"On June 27, while Porter was under attack on Turkey Hill," McClellan wired the War Dept, "I will beg that you put some one general in command ...." Lincoln "had already done what he suggested ...." "John Pope was the man ...." "The Army of Virginia, it was called." "... its mission was to move in general down the line of the Orange & Alexandria Railroad ... so as to close in on the Confederate capital from the west and north, while McClellan's Army of the Potomac applied pressure from the east; thus Richmond would be crushed in a giant nutcracker, with Pope as the upper jaw."

The documentary evidence, as far as I have seen it, is not as explicit as the nutcracker image suggests (that's why I called it "sorta the plan, insofar as they had a plan") but it was sufficient for me to suggest this should be a possibility in the game.

I should've said "By the time Pope was ready to move it was no longer the plan." You should of course be able to try it in the game. I want the resources available to each player to be as historically acurate as possible but I don't want to recreate history.

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ORIGINAL: chris0827
I should've said "By the time Pope was ready to move it was no longer the plan." You should of course be able to try it in the game. I want the resources available to each player to be as historically acurate as possible but I don't want to recreate history.

Yes, thanks for the clarification. That sounds right to me.

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Promotions per turn:

Someone posted below, and I agree with him, that the limitation of one promotion per turn is just irritating, particularly at the beginning of the game.

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Default on loading a saved local game:

It would be nice if the default name that appeared was the most recent saved game rather than "Forge."

[Hard Sarge]

ORIGINAL: General Quarters

Promotions per turn:

Someone posted below, and I agree with him, that the limitation of one promotion per turn is just irritating, particularly at the beginning of the game.

I thought it was posted elsewhere, but this has been changed

currently, you can pormote as many Generals as you have slots for

and Acdamines (?) give more slots then before

[Twotribes]

I would like to see a command added that allows containers "under command" to train brigades to at least 2.5 scale. Allow a General to have x amount of ability to train if useing this command, based on one of the ratings he has, scaleing up from terrible at some real low level to superb at some noticably higher level.

In other words, a Division with at least a 2 star could, if given the command and in the appropriate area, begin training brigades under 2.5 up to 2.5 . A General in a Corps or Army could do the same, but obviously since the rating will effect the number of units trainable this would be more efficient at the Division level.

[chris0827]

ORIGINAL: Twotribes

I would like to see a command added that allows containers "under command" to train brigades to at least 2.5 scale. Allow a General to have x amount of ability to train if useing this command, based on one of the ratings he has, scaleing up from terrible at some real low level to superb at some noticably higher level.

In other words, a Division with at least a 2 star could, if given the command and in the appropriate area, begin training brigades under 2.5 up to 2.5 . A General in a Corps or Army could do the same, but obviously since the rating will effect the number of units trainable this would be more efficient at the Division level.

They could add a training special ability as well. Generals like MClellan and Bragg had little success in the field but did well in training their commands.

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ORIGINAL: chris0827

ORIGINAL: Twotribes

I would like to see a command added that allows containers "under command" to train brigades to at least 2.5 scale. Allow a General to have x amount of ability to train if useing this command, based on one of the ratings he has, scaleing up from terrible at some real low level to superb at some noticably higher level.

In other words, a Division with at least a 2 star could, if given the command and in the appropriate area, begin training brigades under 2.5 up to 2.5 . A General in a Corps or Army could do the same, but obviously since the rating will effect the number of units trainable this would be more efficient at the Division level.

They could add a training special ability as well. Generals like MClellan and Bragg had little success in the field but did well in training their commands.

I like that idea. It is very historical, as Chris points out. Training versus operations was a choice generals had to make. They pretty much drilled all the time -- I don't know if that is already modelled in the game. Perhaps the training function would indicate a higher level of training and take extra supplies or something.

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Cleburne and Lee:

It has been pointed out that, even when Lee is commanding, Jackson's name often shows on the map. I gather that is being fixed. Now I have the same phenomenon with four-star Cleburne showing rather than Lee.

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Capturing horses?

Re-reading Shelby Foote, I notice battles after which the winner reports, not only how many enemy were taken captive and how many guns and supplies, but also how many horses. That might add a nice flavor of historicity.

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Province names:

I would like to be able to change the name of some provinces to ones more familiar to me. In particular, I would like the city-river provinces to be named after the cities so I would not have to remember which part of the Ohio Louisville is said to be on, or which of the two rivers St. Louis is on.