Keeping track

[rtrapasso]

ORIGINAL: Rob Brennan UK

I am constanty amazed by the dedication some people put into this game [:D]

I am just writing a list of people i don't want to fight PBEM with though, sorry chaps but anyone that keen scares me [:D][&o]

So who makes the list?[:D]

You might look at it the other way - the guys who are so brain-dead that they need lists to keep track of stuff might be the guys you WANT to play.[:'(]

[Speedysteve]

LOL [:D]

[DuckofTindalos]

ORIGINAL: rtrapasso

You might look at it the other way - the guys who are so brain-dead that they need lists to keep track of stuff might be the guys you WANT to play.[:'(]

Or maybe that what they WANT you to think![:D]

[Tom Hunter]

I do it all by feel, no notes or records

[MarcA]

ORIGINAL: Terminus

ORIGINAL: rtrapasso

You might look at it the other way - the guys who are so brain-dead that they need lists to keep track of stuff might be the guys you WANT to play.[:'(]

Or maybe that what they WANT you to think![:D]

Nope, I would definitely forget to put my pants on in the morning if I didn't write it down

[Toast]

I use your excellant Utility for a lot of things but find I need a spiral notebook for:

Tracking tf's that don't have there and back mission: tf going to point A to pickup supplies/resources/oil and then going to point B and returning to Homeport C for further missions. (I found myself forgetting that I wanted to send the tf to point B and would just have it return to point C.

Also to track where I want units sent to: going to point A to pick up unit 1 and transport to Point B and then return to Homebase C for further missions.

I try to use my cargo/tanker/transport tf's in this manner so as few as possible are idle.

I also track which bases need resupplying. Of course production changes and further plans.

One I have had to do recently is naval repair yards, how many points they have and produce and what they are currently upgrading/repairing so I distribute the ships needing work on them more evenly and get them back at sea more quickly.

I keep track of ship upgrades by month and type so I can plan sending them back to major ports without disturbing major operations.

When planning major invasions, I track the LCU and tf's that will tansport them, making sure I have enough transports and escorts available in the right places.

Finally I track aircraft pools and how many are needed for current units and which types need increased production (for Japanese) or which type has an excess of planes in the pool si I can use the accompanying units in sustained offensive operations.

[DuckofTindalos]

That's a definite sign. Of what I'm not sure, but it's a sign of SOMETHING.[;)]

[Sonny]

Notes?

Hmmm, no wonder I lose games.[:o]

[Cap Mandrake]

I simplify this by using a one day planning horizon.

Keeping track of intel on enemy land units is a chore..but necessary

[Captain Ed]

This seems to be the thread to ask. Anyone have any ideas on trying to keep track major enemy surface units and say important surface units such as tankers for Japan. Info such as hits on ships, how many, what type, date. So a person can look at a ships history and deduce how bad she is damaged. I`m thinking spreadsheet but maybe there is a better way[&:]

[Nikademus]

ORIGINAL: Tom Hunter

I do it all by feel, no notes or records

me too

I find it simluates the uncertainy of war very nicely. The arguing voices in my head serve to simulate the command rivalries experienced by both sides as well.

[:D]

[DuckofTindalos]

Just make sure you don't automatically do what the loudest voice in your head tells you to. Could get you into trouble.[;)]

[witpqs]

I record what LCU's are prepped for an objective. Then what TF each unit is loaded on, along with the other TF's for the objective.

I've tinkered with the other way around - a list of LCU's and what each is prepped for. Very useful to make sure I'm not letting people loaf around!

Also, once I went into the database and made a list of all IJN carriers so I could keep track of what was out there and what kind of shape it was in. I would record reported hits against each. If a lot of time passed, zero out that carrier's hits (assuming they had been repaired).

The LCU tracking is a big deal. I would love to have a spreadsheet with all my LCU's so I can plan better (arrival dates as well as what they are doing/planning to do).

Air units similar.

Ships also, especially to keep a birds eye view of upgrades. Having to always look around and find which ships haven't upgraded AA yet is a pain. CV's and BB's are easier to track, but there are lots of smaller ships.

Intel (all reports): Only having the present turns intel reports is a big weakness. I like the sound of your utility and I plan to try it out. A map format is great, but also having a spreadsheet format to track intel on enemy dispositions would be great too.

[Widell]

Them voices, them voices! Have just finished reading Anthony Beevor's books on Stalingrad and Berlin, and (from a strictly military standpoint, mind you all!) I feel a little like the German High Command when playing WitP - Ordering troops back and forth and being frustrated these poor troops doesn´t do what I ordered them!

Anyhow, I tend to be a point and click player, which is usually a simple opponent to beat, so what I tend to do is write AAR's while I play as that requires I develop plans, commit formations and follow up what goes on, and voilá, not so much point and click anymore

To create the AAR, I make more or less confused notes and then consolidate in a Word and/or Powerpoint file

/Robert

[Lord_Calidor]

Since I'm statistic freak it's sorta game within a game to keep stuff organized, listed and labeled. [;)]
Currently, I have several excell spreadsheets with info on:
1. manpower, HI, res and oil sources in bases, broken down by regions not connected with infrastructure, so i can determine which region needs what, and which can spare some material;
2. LCUs grouped by armies/regional commands (as in editor), with general objectives and stuff to do;
3. writing down carrier ops, tracking air combat TFs and general info on following naval air operations;
4. listing every TF without a clear objective (no obvious ones, like run-and-gun bombardments, fast transports on retirement allowed etc.) and noting it's role;
5. Bodhi's excellent utility;
6. misc;
7. of nine. [;)]

[Mark VII]

YES, seven of nine

ORIGINAL: Lord_Calidor

7. of nine. [;)]

[DuckofTindalos]

You guys DO know she'd only call you "irrelevant" and shoot you, right?[:D]

[Mark VII]

Maybe, but I would insist that "resistance is futile"

ORIGINAL: Terminus

You guys DO know she'd only call you "irrelevant" and shoot you, right?[:D]

[Lord_Calidor]

ORIGINAL: Mark VII
Maybe, but I would insist that "resistance is futile"

And yet, her most famous quote still rings in my ears:
"(calmly) Ensign Kim, do you wish to copulate?"

Darn!

[Mark VII]

Almost fell out of my chair when I heard that one.

ORIGINAL: Lord_Calidor

And yet, her most famous quote still rings in my ears:
"(calmly) Ensign Kim, do you wish to copulate?"

Darn!