Storm over the Pacific v1.04 Public Beta

[Andrew Loveridge]

Greetings,

I am happy to announce a new Update now available in the Members Club. It fixes some range display issues, improves event handling in PBEM, and corrects Naval loss report, along with a number of other changes. This is a beta update, but we plan on making it official next week, barring any major issues. Please post any comments you may have, we always appreciate your feedback.

Here is the list of changes included in this update;

v1.04 – November 30, 2010

• Fixes
  • Countries VP reports presents VP instead of Country ID
  • Naval Units movement range presented correctly
  • Carrier Air Strike on land and air units range now presented and working correctly
  • Naval units lost report presentation corrected
  • Empty space at the end of Qung-Si (and others) name corrected
  • Corrected 2nd US Marine description
  • Added missing 1st US Marine description
• Features
  • Improved PBEM system that allows player to automate decisions in events
  • New event method added City.GetOwnSupply (int hexX, int hexY)
  • New event method added City.SetOwnSupply (int hexX, int hexY, newValue)
  • On Commanders Assignment Window screen will center on currently highlighted assigned commander's unit, after closing a window screen centers on currently chosen unit
• AI
  • Delayed to early creation of navy to more accurate build time
  • Japan AI can try to take the opportunity to attack Soviet Union
• Gameplay
  • Partisans will pop up only if there is a direct land connection with the source city
  • Supply convoys will now be executed even if supply at the destination is higher than 80% of the maximum possible supply
  • Added penalties for skipping too many Islands in Pacific Campaign

[qy_panzer]

I bought the game from stardock, now I could not register my serial number in matrix's member area!

[rmielech]

ORIGINAL: qy_panzer

I bought the game from stardock, now I could not register my serial number in matrix's member area!

Not much of a surprise there, is it?

[bo]

Is Razz's Mod Rising Sun also included?

Bo

[oldspec4]

ORIGINAL: bo

Is Razz's Mod Rising Sun also included?

Bo

My question also..

[cpdeyoung]

Can a 1.3 saved game be continued with this version?

If so what change needs to be made to allow the load to work?

Chuck

[cpdeyoung]

When I click on Reports_cities from the reports menu I get a CTD.

Last lines of ConsoleOut :

============== Enjoy your game
CenterAtHex
---- Game state = 12
---- Game state = 7
CenterAtHex
---- Game state = 12
---- Game state = 7

Chuck

[qy_panzer]

ORIGINAL: rmielech

ORIGINAL: qy_panzer

I bought the game from stardock, now I could not register my serial number in matrix's member area!

Not much of a surprise there, is it?

No, I pre-ordered the game there. Now I didn't even find the game on their site.

[rmielech]

Sure you didn't get it from GamersGate and not Stardock? Either way, you've got an autoupdater in there. As soon as the patch becomes official, it should update it for you. I think you'll find it if you look in your all programs folder.

[cpdeyoung]

It appears that a land unit can only be attacked by air one time per week. I do not remember this as a feature before. Can anyone confirm that this is the expected behavior?

Chuck

[qy_panzer]

ORIGINAL: rmielech

Sure you didn't get it from GamersGate and not Stardock? Either way, you've got an autoupdater in there. As soon as the patch becomes official, it should update it for you. I think you'll find it if you look in your all programs folder.

I pre-ordered and bought it from Stardock, then I downloaded it by impluse.
I can wait a bit more time for the official pathc.
Thanks for your assistance.

[rmielech]

That's odd, because I did a search for it on their site and it didn't come up. I had to look in the strategy section to find it. It's there and patched to 1.03 at the moment.

[Razz1]

ORIGINAL: cpdeyoung

It appears that a land unit can only be attacked by air one time per week. I do not remember this as a feature before. Can anyone confirm that this is the expected behavior?

Chuck

In 1937 China campaign I have encountered this with an Armored unit. Can only attack Armor once.

Still checking.........

[cpdeyoung]

A single air attack per unit seems consistent in all my many tries. I will now wander into the realm of anecdote and speculate that the single attack seems a bit more potent. I find myself using every air attack I can. I have not explored this in any depth.

Chuck

[Razz1]

ORIGINAL: cpdeyoung

A single air attack per unit seems consistent in all my many tries. I will now wander into the realm of anecdote and speculate that the single attack seems a bit more potent. I find myself using every air attack I can. I have not explored this in any depth.

Chuck

Moving this to the big thread as you are correct about the change.

While only a single attack on a land unit is allowed, it help the AI tremendously.
The AI would always make several attacks and then it would have to replace their losses.
The AI is programed to replace losses on air as a priority.
The losses in combat is too high when attacking. There is a 90% chance the attacker will loose 1 strength point.
While this change helps the AI manage it's PP's more effectively, it harms the human player by making bombers useless.

Before one could use 1 to 3 bombers and make 2 to 6 attacks to weaken the defender enough to increase the odds on a land attack. Then the land attack would succeed and push the defender back. The attacker would pay heavily for this in PP's to reinforce the bomber losses.

Now a player does not have this choice.

The affectivity of air power needs to be increased a little like in the Rising Sun.
The other alternative is to make air losses as floating, using .5 increments.
While an attack by strength 10 bomber may be shown as 10 after the attack, in actuality it is 9.5, and a player can tell by looking at efficiency. It will be reduced because a loss of .5 in strength.

[diablo1]

Gamersgate says goto the official site for patches now?? What's up with that? How do I get the patch?

This is what is says on Gamersgate:

Links First Wallpapers pack
Patch 1.02
For further patching, use the ingame autopatch function

When I load up the game there is NO INGAME AUTOPATCH FEATURE!!!

[Razz1]

Look here.

[rmielech]

ORIGINAL: diablo1

Gamersgate says goto the official site for patches now?? What's up with that? How do I get the patch?

This is what is says on Gamersgate:

Links First Wallpapers pack
Patch 1.02
For further patching, use the ingame autopatch function

When I load up the game there is NO INGAME AUTOPATCH FEATURE!!!

It's in your start folder, too. The patch won't update yet, though. I suppose it's not quite ready.

[diablo1]

Thanks rmielech it was in my star folder but why isn't it on the main page when I load up the game? Seems that would be more user friendly? Stardocks games Galactic Civ 2 and Elemental do it that way.

[rmielech]

Making History 2 will do it for you automatically when you start it just like a Steam game will. Lots of different approaches out there.