1st patch priority for Jason...

[paulsalayko]

Aug 8 1942 Dynamic Campaign Game, German Tank battallion, Central Barbarossa. I know i'm not the only one with the AT gun at 1 problem, but now it has transfered to the mobile assult guns. This was never a prob in the original east front 2, the Stug 3's were always at a strength of 3. Since i have started this campaign, which i'm several dozen missions into, i havent recieved one piece of equipment ( that wasent a core unit), that dident have a strength of 1 when it arrives. I hate to sound like a broken record with this, but it really just chaps my ass, seeing this has been a problem with the game since the late 90's. Can i get a promise that this fix will be in the first patch. And i mean for the whole eastern front DCG Barrarossa trio? I hope you realize that i love this game and appreciate all you and your team have done to revive and improve it, and with most things that one loves we nit pick it to perfection...
Semper Fi

[Jason Petho]

ORIGINAL: paulsalayko

Aug 8 1942 Dynamic Campaign Game, German Tank battallion, Central Barbarossa. I know i'm not the only one with the AT gun at 1 problem, but now it has transfered to the mobile assult guns. This was never a prob in the original east front 2, the Stug 3's were always at a strength of 3. Since i have started this campaign, which i'm several dozen missions into, i havent recieved one piece of equipment ( that wasent a core unit), that dident have a strength of 1 when it arrives. I hate to sound like a broken record with this, but it really just chaps my ass, seeing this has been a problem with the game since the late 90's. Can i get a promise that this fix will be in the first patch. And i mean for the whole eastern front DCG Barrarossa trio? I hope you realize that i love this game and appreciate all you and your team have done to revive and improve it, and with most things that one loves we nit pick it to perfection...
Semper Fi

A promise for the first patch? Honestly, probably not.

Will it be looked into? Yes, I hoped I had fixed with the recent update, but alas, no prevail. Hopefully there is a quick fix, that doesn't include regenerating the whole campaign order of battles. I am still going through the oob files to see if I can figure out why it's doing it and fixing any errors I see. If it is a programming problem, that will take longer.

Dynamic Campaigns will be my undoing.

Jason Petho

[Jason Petho]

Does anyone remember having a problem with this with the original East Front? Not East Front II.

Jason Petho

[warhead2]

ORIGINAL: Jason Petho

Does anyone remember having a problem with this with the original East Front? Not East Front II.

Jason Petho

It happens regularily. I thought it was a design intent to reflect the new equipment coming in.
I've been running campaigns since november 1997

even have one still going started back on the original EF that had been patched to version 1.04

sometimes I get soft transport w/o men or guns
sometimes I get only the 4 mg platoon and no other units in the coy,but all it's transport
etc.

I chalk it up to hardships of war and soldier on

[paulsalayko]

I got to admit, i have the same outlook when its at guns or trucks. But halfway through 42, those stug's with there 75mm guns are the only thing i have to go toe to toe on open country with the t34 m41's. And unfortunatly i only get two platoons each with one stug in it... Oh well, like you said warhead, looks like were chalking it up to hardship. [:'(]
Semper 1 Stug 3

[golfbill]

Jason:

This was a problem with the TS version. The problem occurs upon an upgrade and also occurs in WF "Road to Germany" on the upgrade to the newer tanks for the Americans.

In the ccd file the strength and name of the piece of equipment appears before the upgrade. After the upgrade the strength goes to zero and the name of the equipment does not appear. The only upgrades I have found this to be a problem with are the ones for the equipment only. The upgrades for a company, battalion etc seem to be ok. The oob files appear to be ok on the equipment which seem to be a problem. In the ccd file I do notice that there are no strength values on the equipment upgrades. Could this be the problem?

Bill

[Jason Petho]

ORIGINAL: golfbill

Jason:

This was a problem with the TS version. The problem occurs upon an upgrade and also occurs in WF "Road to Germany" on the upgrade to the newer tanks for the Americans.

In the ccd file the strength and name of the piece of equipment appears before the upgrade. After the upgrade the strength goes to zero and the name of the equipment does not appear. The only upgrades I have found this to be a problem with are the ones for the equipment only. The upgrades for a company, battalion etc seem to be ok. The oob files appear to be ok on the equipment which seem to be a problem. In the ccd file I do notice that there are no strength values on the equipment upgrades. Could this be the problem?

Bill

Sounds like it could be indeed.

So theoretically, changing the individual equipment upgrades to company upgrades should resolve the problem? Or?

Jason Petho

[golfbill]

Jason:

I agree in theory, that would work.

I just ran a brief dynamic campaign in WF "Road to Germany" and changed to date in the ccd file to force the upgrades. The individual tanks that were suppose to upgrade did at zero strength and no description of the equipment. This will cause no description in "review command" for that equipment. All it shows is the platoon!

As I stated earlier, this same problem occured in the TS version.

I am sure that somehow there should be a reference back to the platoon oob (obx) files when these upgrades occur. Quite obviously this is not happening.

One other point. When a zero strength item of equipment comes on the board as a reinforcement or on a meeting engagement it will be assigned a strength of 1. If the item of equipment is going directly on the board at the beginning of the scenario it simply will not be shown.

Bill