Changes to the A0 unit

[OV-10Bronco]

Wow, What a respone. Several points to make:
1) Deselecting on the buy screen will not work, although if there is ever a SPWAW 7.2 this would be a nice option. Upgrading the A0 unit after the first battle works poorly. The low armor command values of the formally infantry A0 unit lower his chances of hitting anything considerably.
2) I am well aware of the disasterous consequences of loosing the A0 unit. Although I am new to this forum I have been playing SP for about 6 years and like many of you I have spent hundreds of hours with this outstanding game. Usually, when playing a campaign I try to kill off my A0 unit late in the first battle when I know I will get a DV. Prior to the second battle I upgrade him to armor. This works well, armor command values are correct and all the special chacteristics of the A0 unit still work. The only thing strange is he is usually just a Lt.
3) Editor will not work for a campaign. Works great for individual scenario.
4) If I am playing a human the computer will not tell you he is my A0 unit, you will only be told he is a Tiger or whatever type of unit I have changed him to. If he is not changed you would be told he is the German HQ unit. By changing him I actually limit your information.
5) I can't comment on using this tactic on the mega campaign. I purchased LV primarily to get SPWAW 7.1. I was very disappointed, the CD matrix sent had version 7.0 on it although 7.1 had been out for some time. I got a friend to download 7.1 as I have no internet connection at home and no downloads allowed at work. After upgrading to 7.1 LV still crashed, often after a battle was completed. Usually the save would crash when it was loaded. When I got to the third battle and it crashed I gave up on LV rather than start at battle one again. Matrix sold me an imcomplete and buggy product. I should not have to go online and download patches to make the game work. This experience has prevented me from purchasing Uncomman Valor.
6) The campaign I am developing is for a core force of about 8 tanks, one mech infantry company, and a few mech arty. This force is acting as a "fire brigade". A force of this size would probably be commanded by a senoir captain or a major tank dirver, rather than a Col. with a staff and tent.
Thats my thoughts on the matter, thanks for all the responses

[Irinami]

Originally posted by OV-10Bronco
5) Matrix sold me an imcomplete and buggy product. I should not have to go online and download patches to make the game work. This experience has prevented me from purchasing Uncomman Valor.

Hey, Buddy? That's par for the course these days. As games get more complex, they take more and more beta-testing to get the bugs worked out. Unfortunately, the concept of the "Free, Open Beta" has gone the way of the dinosaur for way too many companies. So what happens?

There's Alpha Testing, usually in-house stuff. Then there's Beta Testing, which is (in most cases) either pay-to-test or has entry requirements, both of which limit the testing crowd to something way too small. So when a game (or most any software) comes out, you're buying a beta-test.

Frustrating. It's why my general advice is to never try anything with a version number less than n.3 unless you trust the development team. Though I have NO problem with patches. They're the best freakin' idea around, for there will always be bugs.

[Sturmpionier]

Originally posted by OV-10Bronco
3) Editor will not work for a campaign. Works great for individual scenario.

Actually, I have used the editor mid-campaign. It works just fine. Here's how I try it.

Take your save file and rename it scenxxx and save to scen folder.

Open in editor and make your changes. save file

rename and re-save to old save file name in the save folder.

Re-load your saved game. It has always worked for me. It continues the campaign after the battle. (Even works in mid-turn!)

Good luck.