Originally posted by Paul McNeely:
Thanks guys. I didn't expect the programer would make the change but what can it hurt to ask.
As far as CV goes I am talking about the reported enemy combat value and that doesn't represent the number of divisions in the enemy force but is supposed to be (according to the manual) an +/-25% estimate of their strength (CV). It is in general not. I was just curious if there was an official word on what the number means. My rule of thumb of multipling by 10 works ok for values <10 but fails when I see something with a CV or 35 or so (when playing the russians) or at least I hope that doesn't represent a 350 CV unit.
As Ed said, the enemy CV listing now just shows the estimated number of division equivalents in the HQ, with a more accurate number where there are more friendly planes in the area. For a HQ, it is the estimated number of plane groups in the HQ. This is detailed in one of the readme files with the game.
Actually, I just realized that you mentioned a CV of 35, so that cannot happen in the latest 3.0 release. Are you playing 3.0 or the earlier releases? If it is an earlier release, then our comments do not apply to it. Also, there has been at least one player who upgraded but put the 3.0 version in a new place and was still unknowingly playing 2.1. Anyway, for 3.0, the CV will not go higher than 8 divs ? in that format.
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Rick Bancroft
Semper Fi
[This message has been edited by RickyB (edited February 25, 2001).]
