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ORIGINAL: sad ham

Two more questions:

- why russian rocket weapons research cannot gain the fourth level?

That is by design. I didn't feel that by 1946-48 the Soviets would use their limited resources on a questionable weapons system. Almost all historians agree that the V1 and V2 were a colossal waste of manpower and money and I believe Stalin knew that. He was not into revenge weapons. Remember the Brits and US were his allies at one point. I could change that if you give me a good reason.

- if Russia declares war to Iraq, Persia, Saudi Arabia, Ireland, it can enter with troops into that Country, but cannot destroy the military units that garrison the capital or other places. Why?

I'm pretty sure it's a bug and I forget to ask Hubert about it. There is a AAR on Youtube HERE that shows the same thing happening. It is not by design by any means. I'll ask Hubert about that as well.

ORIGINAL: Hairog

ORIGINAL: sad ham

Allies cannot send troops to the Persian Gulf. Connection between sea areas do not work. Why?

That was supposed to have been fixed. I'll look into it again. I have an update coming and we can incorporate any fixes in it. Sorry about that but it will be rectified.

Harry

It has not been fixed, so that the US and French fleets in the Persian Gulf are useless because they cannot move out of there, so that the game is unbalanced in the Soviet favour. I'll wait you will fix it. Thanks.

ORIGINAL: sad ham

ORIGINAL: Hairog

ORIGINAL: sad ham

Allies cannot send troops to the Persian Gulf. Connection between sea areas do not work. Why?

That was supposed to have been fixed. I'll look into it again. I have an update coming and we can incorporate any fixes in it. Sorry about that but it will be rectified.

Harry

It has not been fixed, so that the US and French fleets in the Persian Gulf are useless because they cannot move out of there, so that the game is unbalanced in the Soviet favour. I'll wait you will fix it. Thanks.

Humm...its working just fine on both of my copies. One from Steam and the other from Matrix.

Try this. Do you know where and how to replace scripts? Usually for user mods they are located...(see picture)

Go to the "Events File" and change the name of the loop.txt there to loop1.txt or something like that just for backup. Then copy this loop file from DropBox into the "Events Folder" replacing the loop.txt file.

or you could just open the file in Note Pad and copy the scripts for the Persian Gulf. Then open the editor or the file in note pad, paste and leave the rest alone.

Give that a try. It should work. If not get back to us and will figure something else out.

ORIGINAL: Hairog

ORIGINAL: sad ham

ORIGINAL: Hairog





That was supposed to have been fixed. I'll look into it again. I have an update coming and we can incorporate any fixes in it. Sorry about that but it will be rectified.

Harry

It has not been fixed, so that the US and French fleets in the Persian Gulf are useless because they cannot move out of there, so that the game is unbalanced in the Soviet favour. I'll wait you will fix it. Thanks.

Humm...its working just fine on both of my copies. One from Steam and the other from Matrix.

Try this. Do you know where and how to replace scripts? Usually for user mods they are located...(see picture)

Go to the "Events File" and change the name of the loop.txt there to loop1.txt or something like that just for backup. Then copy this loop file from DropBox into the "Events Folder" replacing the loop.txt file.

or you could just open the file in Note Pad and copy the scripts for the Persian Gulf. Then open the editor or the file in note pad, paste and leave the rest alone.

Give that a try. It should work. If not get back to us and will figure something else out.

No way. I've substituted the txt file, as your suggestion, but the fleets do not move out from Persian Gulf. See the pic. The stay there all the time.

There is, at the start, a US division in Ragensburg. Usually when I play with Soviets I kill it without any problem, but if I play with Allies, the Soviet AI never kill it, and it and stay there even after Soviets conquer all Europe. Is it an AI bug?

As far as the loop between sea areas not working, it is not only for the Persian Gulf, but EVERY connection does not work. Atlantic and Mediteranean as well.
Units stay on place and never move out.

I want also tell that the vanilla version of the game works properly.

I had this problem too. My vanilla worked as well. Hubert fixed it in the last couple of updates. What version of the game did you start the mod with? I need to know before I bother Hubert again. If you didn't start it in 1.10 then try an experiment and do so for a few turns.

Thanks
Harry

ORIGINAL: Hairog

I had this problem too. My vanilla worked as well. Hubert fixed it in the last couple of updates. What version of the game did you start the mod with? I need to know before I bother Hubert again. If you didn't start it in 1.10 then try an experiment and do so for a few turns.

Thanks
Harry

I did start with. 1.10

Okay, I'll ask Hubert for assistance. Thank you for bringing this challenge with the mod up. I'll also see if he can look into the hidden units and impassible cities in Persia etc.

Here is Hubert's suggestion...

"What will correct this is to open the campaign in the Editor and go to the Country Data screen. Just make sure that there is correct data listed there for each country that you are using in game. For me I clicked on Persia, the correct data is there, and then when I exit and go back to the map it shows that the controller ID for Persia has automatically switched to the UK which is now correct. So in most cases just clicking on each country in the Country Data dialog is enough to do the trick.

Then re-save the campaign and that should do it. We can then look to include a corrected version in any future Community Pack updates.

For the Loops, I suspect that this will correct them as well, and if not let me know."

Do you feel comfortable doing this or do you want me to try and have the file in DropBox?

The problem has been solved saving without updating scripts, but the loop has been not.

I'll let Hubert know. Don't worry we'll get it fixed.

I hope as soon as possible because the scenario is very interesting and I want to replay it without that handicap for the Allies.

Hi, Hairog, I've two more questions:
- about soviet partisans placed on the map at the start of the scenario in Italy and Greece; they cannot move. Is there any particular reason for this?
- atomic bomb symbols in Alexandria and in Sweden do not have any effect on the game; why they are there?

Hey sad ham...

1. From my research the communist partisans in Italy and Greece were not very effective or disruptive. They were more or a nuisance to the Germans. The ones that are there represent cells in the mountains and hinterlands that occasionally disrupt convoys etc. but never take any territory. Hence they stay at home and don't move. They also act as the eyes and ears of the Red Army.

2. The atomic bomb symbols represent the bases that the US will send raids from after the four remaining Mark III bombs are released for use. The only way to simulate a nuclear attack in game is by the use of event scripts. When a Mark III unit reaches one of those hexes a script will be set off that will attack one of 5 Oil resource sites marked by the bulls-eye. One example is near Baku. The Soviets would not know this in a real situation at this time in the war.

There is a popup telling the NATO player of what he has to do later in Dec to set off the scripts.

The one you see in Sweden is a mistake. I can't find it in my copy. Which hex is it?

I am going to setup a Dropbox with a WWIII 1946 2.0 mod.

It will have corrected loops, the Persian problem solved, some new NKVD units led by the head of the NKVD Lavrentiy Beria.

These units will be better at dealing with the Freedom Forces. This task force will start the scenario near Moscow. Don't upgrade them and use them to fight the Freedom Forces.

I will be putting up the link soon. Download it and play test it if you wish.

New version available...

Dropbox 7 zip file Here

Changes include

1. fixed naval loops for both sides.
2. fixed Persia problem of hidden units and invincible cities.
3. Added NKVD units led by Levrentiy Beria. The units in this Task Force are better equipped to deal with the partisans and the Rebels of the Freedom Force.
4. Reconnaissance units are much more mobile.

Done.
I've seen you have changed the air units icons. Furthermore you have fixed Persia, but you did not Ireland, Transjordan and Saudi Arabia that have same problem. I'll do by myself.

Sorry about that. I totally forgot about the other countries. Are the loops working for you?

Other Countries having the same problem are: Albania, Ireland, Transjordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia. I did fix by myself.

Loop is working fine.

Oh my god... not Albania!?!?!?!

Thanks sad ham. Sorry about the inconvenience. I'll fix them for the next update.

Glad the loops are working.