SPWAW FAQ

[Supervisor]

Q. How do I get my units to move? They show ready but will not go anywhere.
A. Check the Command & Control and Unit communications settings. If the unit is out of range and has no radio, It will only move to the unit objective (Pg 28 & 35)
1. Check preferences menu. Is command control on or off? If on, turn it off. Read the manual about how this feature works.
2. Is your unit set to advance or defend? Right click on the non-moving unit. If it says defend in the black screen, click on the word, Defend, and it will change to advance. Now it should move.
3. Is your unit suppressed? Does it have move factors left? Right click on the unit. Does it have move factors remaining? What is its suppression level? Anything above 5 suppression might pin or suppress the unit so that it won't move.
4. Can it move? Some units have no move factors. Check and see

Q. The all formation button is gone. Do I have to move my units one at a time?
A. Use the A key to use the All-Formation command. It will only work with C & C off( Pg 30)

Q. How do I deploy parachutists and gliders?
A. To use Gliders and Paratroopers. load the troops and assign each a hex, during deployment. In the pre-game bombardment phase, after the artillery attacks, the gliders and transport aircraft should come in, under AI control.

Make sure you assign entry and exit directions for all gliders, strike aircraft and transport aircraft, especially when making a scenario. Do not depend on the default.(Pg 24)

Q. How are HQ’s and Ammo dumps and Ammo vehicles used?
A. For resuppling your units, move your unit into the same or the adjacent hex. (Pg 40) HQ’s give additional morale benefit to units within 5 hexes and reduce suppression


Q. Minel;aying has changed. What is the new procedure?
A. To lay mines, use the toggle in the unit data screen. In the old code, you
could toggle "remove mines" with "do not remove mines". There is now a
third toggle, "place mines".

Q. How are Special Forces and Guerilla’s employed?
A. During deployment, feel around with the mouse hint box, until you find the infiltration button and click it. You should see what looks like the artillery screen that is missing some buttons. The special troops you purchased should be listed here. Select a hex on the map and click it. Then click the little lit up circle next to one of the special units. This should depress the little circle icon, as it would if you were targeting artillery. One you have assigned hexes to all the special units you want to infiltrate, you may close the screen. You will note that machine guns, mortars and the like cannot be sent on infiltration missions. These are for troops traveling light.
3) Play the game. After several turns, you should get a pop-out box saying that one or more units have infiltrated to the assigned target.
Note that the exact turn they will arrive is unknown to you and you will not be in contact with them, until they arrive. This may place certain units of the formation who were not able to infiltrate, out of C&C, unless you keep them near a company HQ or the Bn HQ. Play testing may show a need for shuffling of the special formations.
I would not recommend that you choose objective hexes for the target hexes. Your troops will arrive piecemeal and get beat up. I would recommend a nice, out of the way clump of woods not to far from an objective as a rally point. Once the whole platoon arrives, you can then attack.


Q. What is the AI advantage button used for?
A. This number gives the experience/morale rating of the troops as compared to their intended morale. IIRC Germany had a 75 point (average to vet) average on experience in '42, so at 133 percent they should have about 100 points (elite) if only experience raises at this rate. If they increase experience and morale, maybe you nedd 166 percent for elite.

Q. Why is there a Limited Ammo Button and a Full Ammo Button?
A. Limited ammo reduces the ammo a unit gets from the maximum in the OOB to as much as 50% of the listed load
Turning Ammo off means you never run out of ammunition.(Pg 18)

Q. The gray text box messages are too slow or too fast. How do I adjust the speed?
A. Go into the Preferences screen and adjust the message delay up or down. The higher the number the longer the delay(Pg 18)

Send any additions or changes to;
Brent Richards
brentr@schobers.com


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Grenadier
SPWAW Beta Team