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I have mixed feelings about the new counter art. It harmonizes better with the map art. But the unit echelon colors mesh better with the older, two-color counter art. Maybe reduce in size the echelon colors graphics. Show more blue & gray, less fruit salad!

Contrast the, IMO, too visually overpowering echelon colors graphics in chit view



with the more attractive, because smaller, echelon colors graphics in sprites view



It is my wish that the on-counter unit colors be as small as the off-sprites unit colors. I realize that, at an angle, on-counter echelon displays will be jaggy, the smaller the graphic, and the more zoomed-out.

Maybe therefore move the unit colors off-counter, just like sprites? Or have the unit colors always display straight up, no angling, but floating over the counters? Doing it in either of those ways has the added virtue of freeing up space on-counter for displaying other useful info.

Another suggestion: In sprites view, we have the option to toggle unit colors off. Give us that option in chit view also.

A hot key, please, to Save Game.

Add all pop up boxes during the turn execution phase (unit rout, commander dies, division leadership check etc.) to the history file, placing the text in a different color than the current combat results (so they jump out) and make them click-able to get the full pop-up. This would be extremely helpful for PBEM, where we don't get these pop ups in most circumstances, and usually the pop-ups are what one really wants to know quickly from the previous turn.

Also, in the history file, when one clicks on the button on a combat that centers on the location of the battle, also bring up the detailed attack report.

Both of the above are pretty vital improvements needed for PBEM. I assume they would be a lot easier to implement than a turn replay function, and would give most of the info that right now in PBEM games one often doesn't have, or at least not in an easily accessible format.

I would like to have a non-historical beginner tutorial series of lessons that begins with the basic mechanics of movement and combat, and introduces more complex game mechanics like command, fatigue, morale and supply gradually over several scenarios.

Have it so when you select an empty hex the unit and hhq boxes disappear so screen appears
like when you start a new game and haven't selected a unit.

Would it be possible, in a future patch, to label the History Graph axes? With labels for each tick. Turn/time along the horizontal, morale (or whatever) along the vertical? An accurate grid, properly scaled?

See here.

A new highlight please, to highlight Routed units. While you're at it, new highlights to show Shaken & Shocked units too. All with new hot keys, of course. [;)]

Now it's not possible to save mid-turn in a pbem. I like to spend time looking at the game details (terrain, stats, morale, options...) And I have a limited time for games. So I would like to have the option to save my turn and continue later, or even one or two days later without being forced to play a non-stop session.

Also, maybe a battle where you manage 30.000 troops you're able to play your turn in a non-stop session... But, what about battles like Gettysburg, with 3 times that number? Maybe you'll need a whole day just to look at you troops morale, decide movements, orders, etc!

Some other games have a "continuous action" option to activate/deactivate the mid turn save. Can I suggest a similar option here?

Best regards

Thanks for your comment, which I want to acknowledge. As the programmer, only Eric can say what is possible, and he's taking a (well-earned) break from WCS work. But in the coming year when we begin to focus more on BAB#2 and what coding changes to make he will certainly take this suggestion and the others under advisement.

I to would love to see the same as i cant seem to get into this at all