A Beginners Guide To Random Maps... By A Beginner!!

[dave74]

TURN 28 -

Battles continue to rage across the southern continent, with all four protagonists winning and losing battles, the germans who earlier pushed the british back, now seem to be losing to me and the soviets with britain also attacking them in decent numbers.

On the northern front, supply losses caused by the russian fleets are over 200, however i am inflicting over 700 on them, hoping to slow there advance against the US to keep the balance of power for now.

[dave74]

I again make gains on the southern island but i have started to notice just how strong the soviets are. This formation has 5 tank destroyers!! -





The US army seems to be holding its own against the soviets in the north, but i launched a few bomber attacks to weaken the soviet defences.

I am starting to have a few supply issues, probably due to the size of my armed forces now, so i switch some more production to supplies. This is not good timing as i need every man and bit of equioment i can et my hands on!!

[dave74]

TURN 29 -

There continues to be fierce battles on all fronts. The US and the Soviets both had massive casualties in there battle, the US destroying all Soviet formations on their land, but at a massive price.

Naval battles continue to erode my northern fleets, although i am inflicting damage on both the US and Soviets.

My southern fleet which was happily bombarding the British ports, suddenly got attacked and decimated by an air attack -

[dave74]

I concentrate all my air power and my major land units against the soviets and have managed to surround their isolated town. I hope to take this soon.

[IRONCROM]

 Sweet thread bro. I started a game with the same settings except on AI instead of AI+. I like this game a lot more playing this kinda war. I'll probably play a lot of random maps with this game til the scenario designers start making some more games. I'm waiting for a good WWII grand campainge for one player versus AI.

[SMK-at-work]

ORIGINAL: Rik81
I know you answered this earlier, but it doesn't work yet for me: How do you change the name of "random regimes? I went into Edit, and click on Regime, and I can select their name but I cannot figure out anyway to get it changed. Need a little step by step I guess.

I can't figure it out either...someone??

[Frido1207]

Hi,
I think thats the way how it works:
1. load scn
2. ckick edit button
3. click Regime button
4. click one if the existing regime names. New edition options appears in the middle of the screen.
5. click name button. A new windows pops up. Change the name to whatever you want. Thats it.
6. by clicking statistics (under "Property sheets") you can also change the regimes logos etc.
Hope that helps.
 
@Dave74. Great AAR. Very inspiring for creating own random games. [;)]

[rickier65]

Looks like th1207 beat me to it, so I'll just post the screen shot, note the numbers in sequence.

Rick

ORIGINAL: IRONCROM

 Sweet thread bro. I started a game with the same settings except on AI instead of AI+. I like this game a lot more playing this kinda war. I'll probably play a lot of random maps with this game til the scenario designers start making some more games. I'm waiting for a good WWII grand campainge for one player versus AI.

[Rik81]

Something not clicking. If I go into the Edit menu and click Regimes, then click one of the named ones that comes up, I don't get anything showing in that middle line. I can't get a figure that looks at all like the figure above. I'm sure it has got to be simple but ...?

What does he mean "...new Edition options...". Like I said, nothing appears on that bar in the middle of the screen (except if I mouse over a terrain thing, or the little symbols to left of where you choose Regimes, etc.

[Banquet]

Is there any way of editing the names without seeing the map? (if you have shroud on)

[Rik81]

ORIGINAL: Banquet

Is there any way of editing the names without seeing the map? (if you have shroud on)

Ah, that gives me a clue maybe -- Actually clicking on the "capital" (after clicking the Regime button, etc. Something to try.

No, that did nothing!

[rickier65]

ORIGINAL: Rik81

Something not clicking. If I go into the Edit menu and click Regimes, then click one of the named ones that comes up, I don't get anything showing in that middle line. I can't get a figure that looks at all like the figure above. I'm sure it has got to be simple but ...?

What does he mean "...new Edition options...". Like I said, nothing appears on that bar in the middle of the screen (except if I mouse over a terrain thing, or the little symbols to left of where you choose Regimes, etc.

after you get into edit menu and click on one of the existing regime names in the Regime box, then move to the center area of the screen and click on Name under the rimes (in the vicinity of number 5 (my nmae shows Gosht Riders. click on the name button then the window pops up to enter a new name for regime.

RIck

[Rik81]

FINALLY! The step I was missing was hit the Reg button in the upper left part of the edit screen. I was always just hit the Regime button, and name over in the upper right side of the screen.

Thanks for your patience.

[Barthheart]

ORIGINAL: Banquet

Is there any way of editing the names without seeing the map? (if you have shroud on)

Nope. 'fraid not..... [:(]

[therockyfroggy]

ORIGINAL: Vic
Click on a passenger unit inside the cargo ship unit and then the unload button will show up.

Crap..I still don't see it...I have cargo ship next to an island which has a town on it..i'm right by the town, the town is next to the water... I click on all sorts of stuff but I never see an unload button. I've clicked on the ship unit, I've clicked on the ship picture, then the rifleman picture, I've clicked on the ship unit below the mini map, I've clicked everywhere, no unload button...augh....I keep starting these games that I'm excited about but can't disembark...sniff.

[SMK-at-work]

the unload button is in the line of buttons that includes teh transfer, attack, bombard, etc buttons - if you loaded units onto the ship then it's in the same place as the load button IIRC

[therockyfroggy]

I never loaded units on the ship....I created a unit in my port town, transfered riflemen and a cargo ship to it, then sailed to the island...no unload button lights up ever.\

Ok...so I did it the long way...created a cargo unit, then a machine gun unit, then loaded the machine gun unit on the cargo unit. The way I did it before, creating a unit and transferring a cargo and a machine gun, is a lot quicker and easier...YET, you can't unload a unit that way....

SO, I have a cargo unit out at see with a bunch of men that I can't unload because I transferred them instead of loading them...uh, can we please be able to unload from both procedures..thanks.

[Barthheart]

What you did was basically create a bunch of shipboard Marines on your cargo ship... they won't leave. This is because they are part of that unit and not a separate entity.

The way the game works now is representative of actual operations.

[PDiFolco]

ORIGINAL: Barthheart

What you did was basically create a bunch of shipboard Marines on your cargo ship... they won't leave. This is because they are part of that unit and not a separate entity.

The way the game works now is representative of actual operations.

Marines *do* unload [:D] ! plus in the game onboard troops have no use at all.
I agree that it shouldn't be possible to attach land troops to ships.

[Barthheart]

Yeah... but the "Marines" I meant are basically swabbies with guns..... scary...[X(][:D]