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ORIGINAL: jwilkerson


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And in the process of so doing, we will build a scriptable AI, which can be used to play against the computer ( though I would not expect it to be as strong as a human player ! ).



This scriptable AI - will it not also use a computer? When this scriptable AI plays the computer what will the computer use to determine its moves? This is all so confusing.

ORIGINAL: Xargun

Can I be the first to buy it again ??? I promise to buy at least 5 copies again But this time let me know first so I don't show up in my lounge around the house clothes ...

Xargun

ORIGINAL: Xargun
The only thing I could add would be some way for us players to list what we would like to see changed / added when the time comes.

Xargun

ORIGINAL: Erik Rutins

ORIGINAL: itsjustme
Not to bring a downer to this thread, but does this mean that the new War in Russia is being pushed back/delayed/canceled?

Nope, this will have no effect on WiR's development schedule.[8D]

Regards,

- Erik

ORIGINAL: pasternakski

ORIGINAL: Xargun
The only thing I could add would be some way for us players to list what we would like to see changed / added when the time comes.

Xargun

This is one of the primary things that ruined the first attempt.

Let the designers design. I just hope they decide, first, to tear this thing all the way down to the foundation if they are going to undertake a revision at all and decide what the real level of the game (and the role of the player) is. If this is to be a strategic/operational level game, deep six the individual pilot stats and assignment of individual ship and unit commanders, please. Constrain Yamamoto and Nimitz from having control over their countries' economies and industry. Then, take a look at some of the design elements of Pacific War that made it such a success at being what it intended to be. Make command meaningful. Focus the player's decisionmaking on real command, not some pretense at FPS and fantasizing about becoming a Pacific ace. The first thing that will tell me whether this is a serious redesign or if it is just more crap is if there is a screen where you decide who your army and fleet commanders are, with no room for fiddling around with who is running a squadron of Dutch planes at Batavia.

Design around historical considerations. Balance the game through victory conditions, not screwing around with production and the sides' equipment capabilities.

Build a game you believe in and tell everyone else, including me, to shut up. Forget editors. Invest in real AI ability. To hell with modding. I want to play a game, not indulge in fantasies.

Put the players in the shoes of the historical commanders and let them see what they can do with what was really available historically and with what was possible within historical reason.

If you want to see a game that really cooks up a great stew, go see what AGEOD did with "Birth of America." It's by far my all-time fave, and streaks ahead of anything WitP has. It was designed with a plan in mind, and, when it hit the street, it was a fully developed, FUN historical simulation game. The designers continue to make improvements, but only within a reasoned, rational framework based on the integrity of the game design. If only WitP had been created this way.

All right. With that, I am taking my flame retardant butt out of here again. I'm sure a lot of my old pals will have a considerable amount of fun at my expense after I am, once again, gone. Sorry about all the whining.

ORIGINAL: pasternakski

Invest in real AI ability.

ORIGINAL: Oleg Mastruko

OK to get back to the ground from the daydream world....

When will the patch 1.8 be finally available? [:'(]

O.