Downfall, Buccaneer and Marianas and Ironman Allied

[Grit]

Playing Downfall V3.

Looks like great fun. Thanks for doing this.

I've only played 2 turns as Allied. Not getting any Allied Plane Art on any mission and no Combat Summary on night B29 bombing missions.

[eloso]

ORIGINAL: Grit

Playing Downfall V3.

Looks like great fun. Thanks for doing this.

I've only played 2 turns as Allied. Not getting any Allied Plane Art on any mission and no Combat Summary on night B29 bombing missions.

I don't think anyone is getting allied air art. I did get it a few times when the PBJs at Iwo did a couple rounds of naval attack. I also had the B24J show up on naval attack as well...

There isn't any combat animation or summary on any air battle that doesn't have enemy CAP present.

[Andy Mac]

Air art is being looked at and should be fixed soon its a code issue

[Andy Mac]

To be certain best way is to post a bug report in tech support forum

[NAVMAN]

Hi Andy<
Re: my post #80. All the ships shown as being sunk and having the reason as "cancelled",
were located at bases which I had captured. Should the reason have been "scuttled"?

Thx.

[Chad Harrison]

Andy

I just wanted to thank you for putting these together. Really appreciate the work - Marianas and Downfall are keepers for sure.

Chad

[michaelm75au]

ORIGINAL: OSO

ORIGINAL: Grit

Playing Downfall V3.

Looks like great fun. Thanks for doing this.

I've only played 2 turns as Allied. Not getting any Allied Plane Art on any mission and no Combat Summary on night B29 bombing missions.

I don't think anyone is getting allied air art. I did get it a few times when the PBJs at Iwo did a couple rounds of naval attack. I also had the B24J show up on naval attack as well...

There isn't any combat animation or summary on any air battle that doesn't have enemy CAP present.

To fix the air art issue, you can create a dummy Allied plane in the aircraft section of the Editor files for Scen #21 and point it to bitmap 1. [Easiest is to copy an existing aircraft line into slot 002 and change the bitmap entry to 1.]
The art check has been changed for the next patch to handle situations where there is no first image.
The current code checks for an image in the first location, and if not found assumes there are NO images present

[Grit]

ORIGINAL: michaelm

ORIGINAL: OSO

ORIGINAL: Grit

Playing Downfall V3.

Looks like great fun. Thanks for doing this.

I've only played 2 turns as Allied. Not getting any Allied Plane Art on any mission and no Combat Summary on night B29 bombing missions.

I don't think anyone is getting allied air art. I did get it a few times when the PBJs at Iwo did a couple rounds of naval attack. I also had the B24J show up on naval attack as well...

There isn't any combat animation or summary on any air battle that doesn't have enemy CAP present.

To fix the air art issue, you can create a dummy Allied plane in the aircraft section of the Editor files for Scen #21 and point it to bitmap 1. [Easiest is to copy an existing aircraft line into slot 002 and change the bitmap entry to 1.]
The art check has been changed for the next patch to handle situations where there is no first image.
The current code checks for an image in the first location, and if not found assumes there are NO images present

Thanks Michael that worked great.

It was my first time using the editor. I had to save the file in slot 26 and I changed the name to Downfall 2. Is there a way to edit and save the original until the patch comes out? It's not important, just wondering.

[eloso]

ORIGINAL: Grit

ORIGINAL: michaelm

ORIGINAL: OSO




I don't think anyone is getting allied air art. I did get it a few times when the PBJs at Iwo did a couple rounds of naval attack. I also had the B24J show up on naval attack as well...

There isn't any combat animation or summary on any air battle that doesn't have enemy CAP present.

To fix the air art issue, you can create a dummy Allied plane in the aircraft section of the Editor files for Scen #21 and point it to bitmap 1. [Easiest is to copy an existing aircraft line into slot 002 and change the bitmap entry to 1.]
The art check has been changed for the next patch to handle situations where there is no first image.
The current code checks for an image in the first location, and if not found assumes there are NO images present

Thanks Michael that worked great.

It was my first time using the editor. I had to save the file in slot 26 and I changed the name to Downfall 2. Is there a way to edit and save the original until the patch comes out? It's not important, just wondering.

I edited version 2 before I started playing it. To get around the restricted scenario slot I saved it to slot 31 with the same name. I copied all of the new files into a different folder and then I manually renamed all of them in windows explorer to 21. Finally, I copied them back into the SCEN directory and overwrote the original files.

[Reg]

ORIGINAL: Grit

Playing Downfall V3.

Looks like great fun. Thanks for doing this.

I've only played 2 turns as Allied. Not getting any Allied Plane Art on any mission and no Combat Summary on night B29 bombing missions.

Also the scn021.cmt file doesn't contain the scenario name so it won't show up on the editor list.

[eloso]

Downfall version 3:

CV Saratoga & Enterprise are listed in the editor as being at Pearl Harbor. The list all ships window also shows them there. I could not access either of them through Pearl Harbor's port nor am I allowed to form an Air Combat TF at Pearl Harbor.

[michaelm75au]

In Downfall, is the Japanese radar N-6 on the C6N1-S Myrt a air-search radar to pick up planes?
If it is, then it is currently set to be a ground search radar as the device attribute 'Air search mode' is off.

[Andy Mac]

Ta guys I will fix em all on the next update when I get back

[eloso]

Downfall Version 3:

The RAAF seems to be absent. They are present in the editor but cannot be accessed in game. None show up in the reinforcement list either. Changing the nationality to something other than Australian allows them to be used.

[ART11]

ORIGINAL: OSO

Downfall version 3:

CV Saratoga & Enterprise are listed in the editor as being at Pearl Harbor. The list all ships window also shows them there. I could not access either of them through Pearl Harbor's port nor am I allowed to form an Air Combat TF at Pearl Harbor.

Try to create Escort TF and after that change to Air Combat.
Regards
ART

[Andy Mac]

Aye its just the 1000 ship limit can you try to get a few TF's formed and moving

[Andy Mac]

I am now on my way home from NY when I get home I will take any feedback on any of the scnes so far and try to reissue over the weekend

[eloso]

1713 - VBF-6 should be on the Enterprise.

[Knavey]

Andy,

Getting prepped to start Marianas enhanced. I don't have feedback for the Japs, but my opponent may.

Initial look at US forces - comments below.

Not all allied ships are fully fueled at the start.
VD-4 has recon skills in the 30s. Other recons are good.
VC(F)-10 low skills
VC(T)-10 low skills
VC(T)-3 low skills
most sub XP is around 55. This may be a little low for that time of the war. Not sure though.
III US Amphib is only 70% prepped for Guam.
Most HQs have no target. Scenario length is only 2.5 months so no way to really prep effectively before scenario ends.
Armor is mostly prepped.
Several units have a withdrawal in 3 days flag at the very beginning of the scenario.
715th Amphib Tank
1 USMC tank
708 Amphib Tank
98 AA
Johnson USN CPNAB

10th Amphib tractor only has support squads.

Need to have forces prepped better that are invading the different islands. Most units will never see decent prep levels for an invasion due to scenario length. Japanese may be in the same boat so it may even out. I do not know since I haven't looked at their OOB.

Just some things I found going through my units.

Going to continue to play with these as is. Will provide feedback as we come across issues.

Thanks for making this one.

edited to remove comments about V amphib. Noticed they are different names and I thought they were the same.

[NAVMAN]

Andy: I was reading up on P-47N ops, and the book stated that P-47N units stationed
on Saipan were able to escort B-29s roundtrip to Japan. Tried this in Downfall but
c/n because the range was too great even w/drop tanks. Is this something that can
be addressed in your next version?

Thx.