Focus Pacific Beta

[btd64]

Para, this may be the last thing I may find at this point.

The french Breguet fighter is available to all allies as a upgrade. I don't think this is WAD....GP

[HansBolter]

Don't have the game in from of me to confirm but have suspected a spelling problem with a Dutch ship name.

IIRC in stock the Isaac Sewers is spelled like a SEWER (although I presume the 'w' is pronounced as a 'v').

In FP it appears to have been switched to Sweers.

Can anyone with access to the game confirm my suspicion?

Could just be these terrible tired old eyes deceiving me.

[btd64]

Han's, speaking of EYE's, I had some laser surgery to repair a small tear in my retina last week. As far as the ship goes, I'll take a look in a few minutes....GP

[ny59giants]

I was the one to get the 13th Armoured Division the ability to be bought out in prior versions of RA/BTS/Treaty mods after discussing it with John 3rd. Its the only American LCU that was changed from DBB mods. Anybody been able to use it significantly in their game yet?

[HansBolter]

In my dormant BTS game I sent it to China to lead the charge into Manchuria.
Stopped playing in 11/43 when I got tied up with Focus Pacific.
Had liberated all of China and formed a Corps size US force there for operations in Manchuria.
Was just about to send the Big Blue Fleet to Shanghai for a huge resupply mission.
Maybe I'll pick that game back up when I get tired of FP.

[btd64]

Para, Found another one;

French air ID's 4443 and 4392 have the same name....GP

[HansBolter]

I looked at BTS and it also has Sweers as the spelling for the ship in question.

I'm going on memory in thinking it was Sewers in stock.

Unfortunately I don't have any stock installs anymore. Would have to do another fresh install to check the spelling in stock.

Could either be my eagle eye for details or my failing memory........[8D]

[CaptBeefheart]

I believe it's Sewers in stock, but these guys have it correct per Wikipedia. It looks like a pretty decent ship.

Cheers,
CC

[HansBolter]

ORIGINAL: Commander Cody

I believe it's Sewers in stock, but these guys have it correct per Wikipedia. It looks like a pretty decent ship.

Cheers,
CC

So it was stock that had it wrong and it was fixed in the mods.

Great job guys!

[paradigmblue]

I'm still alive, hopefully I can work on fixes for a release this weekend, crossing my fingers. Thanks for your patience everyone.

[btd64]

Para, Couple more things;

1. I think the only way to fix the Dewoitine HD-780 conversion problem is to delete the aircraft and start over. It converts every turn, back and forth.
2. B-19D available date to 43/05.
3. Air units 3529 and 3531, (and any other similar Photo squadron) change the name from PS to PRS.( Photo Recon Squadron ) The PS would be fine, but early on I see Pursuit Squadron, not Recon.

At this point I am going to stop my testing and wait for the next update....GP

[paradigmblue]

What would be really helpful if I could get a list from everyone of every specific thing that needs to be fixed, so I can make sure that I get everything.

Here's what I have so far:

1. Fix HD-780 Factory upgrade problem
2. Move B-19D arrival date to 43/05
3. Change naming of air unit 3529 and 3531 to PRS from PS
4. Change names of French air units 4443 and 4392
5. Restrict the Breguet so it's only available to the French, as intended
6. Add additional leaders for all allied nations. Anyone have a good guideline for what stats I should use?
7. Add an upgrade delay for the CA Suffren
8. Change name of air unit 2858
9. Change designation of B-19 patrol squadrons so that they aren't designated as float patrols.
10. Change Japanese air upgrade paths to be more similar to those found in Between the Storms
11. Fix the British torpedo bomber upgrade paths
12. Fix the HQ of the 402nd BG
13. Add the intended Dutch ASW assets
14. Fix arrival date of air unit 3616
15. Fix the King's Mountain AA suite so that it carries the correct 20mm AA
16. Add a few of the Indian bases in the NW corner of the map. I won't add all, as slots in the editor for bases and land units are at a premium.
17. Double check arrival location of 6th Indian Division.

Please get me any other outstanding issues that you've come across.

The plan is to make these changes, release them in the last beta patch, then wait for feedback. If no new bugs are discovered at that point with the changes, I will then move Focus Pacific from beta to release, as I think it is feature complete.

If you have any other wishes for the mod, now is the time to let me know, as I probably won't be adding any new ships, planes or LCUs once I've come out with the release version, as I want people to be able to play the mod without worrying about having to restart their game every time a new patch comes out.

[btd64]

Para, I'll check my notes tomorrow morning. #6, add at random. The list looks pretty complete....GP

[paradigmblue]

I've finished all items except for #10, the big one. I really wish there was a JFB who would be willing to step in and help me with these upgrade paths.

Plane upgrades are such a big part of Japanese strategy that I'd hate to screw them up.

[btd64]

1. air unit 3098, start at 18, increase to 36 in 2/44
2. Dutch DB-7's, Two models, both torp and bomb capable. Make one model that does both or the "T" carries torps or bombs and the "B" carries just bombs.
3. air unit 3028, start at 12, increase to 18.
4. air unit 3616, showed up in early 42. I think the rest of the bomb group is fixed.
5. Dutch Baseforces upgrade/downgrade air support. Need to check all of them.
6. Alameda baseforce needs 50 naval support. May of been fixed.
7. LCU's 7634 and 7635 have same name.
8. Perth had a shipyard of 3 in stock. I looked online for info and could not find anything. Maybe add an ARD there or a 10 to 20 shipyard. or just a 3.

Sanderz seems to have a understanding of the japanese aircraft upgrades.

The above items are from posts back to nov 2015 that I haven't seen a fix for. I now await your next update....GP

[paradigmblue]

ORIGINAL: General Patton

1. air unit 3098, start at 18, increase to 36 in 2/44
2. Dutch DB-7's, Two models, both torp and bomb capable. Make one model that does both or the "T" carries torps or bombs and the "B" carries just bombs.
3. air unit 3028, start at 12, increase to 18.
4. air unit 3616, showed up in early 42. I think the rest of the bomb group is fixed.
5. Dutch Baseforces upgrade/downgrade air support. Need to check all of them.
6. Alameda baseforce needs 50 naval support. May of been fixed.
7. LCU's 7634 and 7635 have same name.
8. Perth had a shipyard of 3 in stock. I looked online for info and could not find anything. Maybe add an ARD there or a 10 to 20 shipyard. or just a 3.

Sanderz seems to have a understanding of the japanese aircraft upgrades.

The above items are from posts back to nov 2015 that I haven't seen a fix for. I now await your next update....GP

I had fixed most of this, but there were a couple of outstanding issues that are now taken care of. To fix the Dutch base issue, these base forces are now no longer associated with a "parent" LCU. Their devices will now remain static. This is probably for the best anyway, as I had already tweaked each individual base force quite a bit so they are not really uniform any longer.

[paradigmblue]

I think I've straightened out the Japanese Aircraft upgrades. The problem was that the mod inherited its upgrade paths from Ironman. Those upgrade paths allowed the Japanese player to chain-upgrade research factories through entire aircraft trees, which could result in very late game aircraft appearing years ahead of when they should have (think jets in 1943). By using Between the Storms as a template, much of this has been fixed. Japanese players can still chain-upgrade to an extent, but not to a level that was previously available to them.

The other issue was that almost every single bomber tree in Ironman ends with the Ki-93 Ib, a 408mph fighter bomber that is an absolutely deadly kamikaze platform. By removing this upgrade path, the Japanese player won't be able to move all of their bomber production to this aircraft type as easily as before.

In general, the Japanese player will still have access to many aircraft types well before they are available in stock, due to the presence of repaired research factories in Focus Pacific for certain airframes, but the changes I've made should prevent chain-upgrades from moving an airframe from a 1942 model to a 1945 model instantaneously.

[paradigmblue]

Here's the latest patch.

I believe I've squashed all the reported bugs. If there are no show-stopping issues, I'll move the mod from beta version to release.

[btd64]

Para, Here's my last 7;
All air units;
1. VS-71, 2 units have the same name, 1776(on Wasp) and 2858.
2. VT-26, 2 " " " " " , 1844, 1974.
3. VF-26, " " " " " " , 1843, 1973.
4. VB-111, " " " " " " , 1961, 2785.
5. VB-104, " " " " " " , 2253, 2775.
6. VB-102, " " " " " " , 2249, 2772.
7. VMSB-242," " " " " " , 2624, 2625.

All yours my friend....GP

[paradigmblue]

ORIGINAL: General Patton

Para, Here's my last 7;
All air units;
1. VS-71, 2 units have the same name, 1776(on Wasp) and 2858.
2. VT-26, 2 " " " " " , 1844, 1974.
3. VF-26, " " " " " " , 1843, 1973.
4. VB-111, " " " " " " , 1961, 2785.
5. VB-104, " " " " " " , 2253, 2775.
6. VB-102, " " " " " " , 2249, 2772.
7. VMSB-242," " " " " " , 2624, 2625.

All yours my friend....GP

I think I have this straightened out. Many of these are actually from stock, and aren't actually overlapping unit names. For example, VMSB-242 arrives in 3/42, and then changes its name to VMSB-241 in 5/42. The second VMSB-242 enteres the game in 7/42, after the first VMSB has already switched its name.