Parry and Spar, or is it... Reluctant Admiral 4.2 Fulkerson(J) vs Moore (A)

[larryfulkerson]

I've run into a tiny little problem that my readers might want to avoid themselves. TF 408 is unloading 1st Hvy Arty /2 because, unless
I'm reading this wrong, 1st Hvy Arty /2 is empty. I'm finding in the TOE where it's authorized one tube but that there aren't any tubes
actually occupying that billet. So loading it would be a snap but there's nothing important to unload. Also, 1st Hvy Arty /6 in the hex is
in the same situation ( empty ). Also, the game engine won't let me load /6 and the error message when I try is something about the
rule one organization per ship ( and there's only one ship in this TF ). So I can't upload /6 and there's nothing to unload from /2 so I may
as well unload it and see if I can't disband it ..........or maybe I should wait and see if it ever gets it's tube. Yeah, use it as an indicator
as to whether or not there's sufficient armament getting out to the units in the field.

[witpqs]

Larry,

Notice that middle ship display above, that the picture of the ship is sort of doubled and split? That's because your PC/graphics card is not working well with the specific resolution settings that you've chosen for AE. It's the animation of moving water that is not working right.

Mine does the same thing. Because the specific resolution I chose is more important to me than the animations (explosions, guns firing, etc.) I just turned them off by adding this option to the shortcut:

-noFire

Note that the upper/lower case is critical. Just for reference, here is a complete example of a shortcut that I use:

"C:\Matrix Games\WITP AE - PBM #1\Beta2\War in the Pacific Admiral Edition.exe" -altFont -cpu4 -dd_sw -archive -wd -pxf1920 -pyf1018 -noFire

Forgive the wrap-around, obviously there is none in the shortcut. As mentioned, that -noFire turns off any graphics animations. You can still see the "combat animations", but you won't see guns firing, explosions and the like.

[larryfulkerson]

ORIGINAL: witpqs
-noFire

....As mentioned, that -noFire turns off any graphics animations. You can still see the "combat animations", but you won't see guns firing, explosions and the like.

Many thanks witpqs dude. I will use it. Got anymore tricks like that, that our readers would love to hear about? Or comments about the situation Jim and I are in, or something about the AAR itself, almost anything will do. I love to read posts from readers. Jim does too.

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: larryfulkerson

ORIGINAL: witpqs
-noFire

....As mentioned, that -noFire turns off any graphics animations. You can still see the "combat animations", but you won't see guns firing, explosions and the like.

Many thanks witpqs dude. I will use it. Got anymore tricks like that, that our readers would love to hear about? Or comments about the situation Jim and I are in, or something about the AAR itself, almost anything will do. I love to read posts from readers. Jim does too.

Have you heard the one about the farmer's daughter? Oh, wait, better not post that here! [:D]

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: larryfulkerson

I've run into a tiny little problem that my readers might want to avoid themselves. TF 408 is unloading 1st Hvy Arty /2 because, unless
I'm reading this wrong, 1st Hvy Arty /2 is empty. I'm finding in the TOE where it's authorized one tube but that there aren't any tubes
actually occupying that billet. So loading it would be a snap but there's nothing important to unload. Also, 1st Hvy Arty /6 in the hex is
in the same situation ( empty ). Also, the game engine won't let me load /6 and the error message when I try is something about the
rule one organization per ship ( and there's only one ship in this TF ). So I can't upload /6 and there's nothing to unload from /2 so I may
as well unload it and see if I can't disband it ..........or maybe I should wait and see if it ever gets it's tube. Yeah, use it as an indicator
as to whether or not there's sufficient armament getting out to the units in the field.

I think you are reading it wrong. The bottom picture you posted shows that the fragment on board the ship has "1" of the device in question in an enabled state, and "0" (the number in parentheses) in a disabled state. So, the ship (and by extension the TF) still has to unload that one device.

[larryfulkerson]

So um....Hey you guys.........I just had a thought. Maybe I should assign everybody who reads this AAR a specific unit from the game so
as to represent that unit. And chose them completely at Random. I've already chosen one for me at random and it turned out to be a
Jap transport pilot somewhere in China. D'oh. I'm going to pretend that he gets killed off sometime soon and in a week or so, game
time, chose some other unit to represent me. Anybody have a preference whether they want to be Ships, planes, or land? I think I'll just
go ahead and make the assignments and just announce them to the readers because that way we'll be on the program already and we
can always kill it off and make another assignment some days later.

[larryfulkerson]

ORIGINAL: witpqs
I think you are reading it wrong. The bottom picture you posted shows that the fragment on board the ship has "1" of the device in question in an enabled state, and "0" (the number in parentheses) in a disabled state. So, the ship (and by extension the TF) still has to unload that one device.

Thank you very much for clearing that up for me. Now I understand what the various numbers mean more than I did before. That
information changes very little for the ship's situation however, since that one arty tube would probably just get lost overboard when
unloading at the beach. Or maybe I should just ship him / her to his / her parent organization and hope there is an eventual re-join.
Anyway, thanks.

[larryfulkerson]

ORIGINAL: witpqs
Have you heard the one about the farmer's daughter? Oh, wait, better not post that here! [:D]

Part of the reason that joke works so well is that originally farmers' daughters were thought to act just that way. Or it was hoped they
did anyway. That stereotype is an old one and many's the joke that includes it.

Then there are those that begin something like this one:

There once was a man from Norway
who hung upside down in a doorway

etc.

[larryfulkerson]

okie dokie witpqs dude.........I've decided to assign you to be the Task Force commander of TF 408. You're a captain dude. Maybe we
can wangle you a better command in the coming days.

[larryfulkerson]

okie dokie Crackaces dude......your turn....now you're TF commander of TF 409.

[larryfulkerson]

okie dokie Saros..........you're now the TF commander of TF 413. Good luck.

[larryfulkerson]

okie dokie DOCUP you're now the 7th Tank Rgt Commander. Good hunting.

[larryfulkerson]

okie dokie Justus2......it looks like you're the TF Commander of TF 418. Lemme know if that's okay with you. All of these assignments
are negoatiable.

[larryfulkerson]

okie dokie el cid again we're making you the TF commander of TF 421: Stay safe out there.

[larryfulkerson]

okie dokie MAurelius dude. You're going to be the TF commander of TF 423. Next stop Midway.

[larryfulkerson]

So here's the assignments so far:

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 witpqs          TF commander        TF 408
 Crackaces       TF commander        TF 409
 Saros           TF commander        TF 413
 DOCUP           ARM unit commander  7th Tank Rgt 	 
 Justus2         TF commander        TF 418
 el cid again    TF commander        TF 421	
 MAurelius       TF commander        TF 423
 
 

[witpqs]

You should use the TF name field on the TF display.

You do realize that I am honor bound to banzai TF408 to Midway and capture the atoll with that single gun, don't you?

[larryfulkerson]

ORIGINAL: witpqs
You should use the TF name field on the TF display.

I use the name field to designate future ports to visit, cargo aboard, notes to myself ( "Tulagi needs fuel" ) etc. It's pretty handy to use
that way.....although I could really use a larger field to make longer notes.

ORIGINAL: witpqs
You do realize that I am honor bound to banzai TF408 to Midway and capture the atoll with that single gun, don't you?

If you really want to be included in the Midway adventure I'll see if I can figure out a way to include you somehow. I may have to make
a re-assignment but we'll get you in there somehow. Remind me if I I'm not acting soon enough to suit you. I've got a lot of things
going on right now.


okie dokie zuluhour dude you're now TF commander of TF 436. Good hunting.

[larryfulkerson]

okie dokie CV 2 you're now the TF commander of TF 456

[larryfulkerson]

Falken, hello.......you're now the TF commander of TF 469. Anybody else want to be re-assigned? Just say so.