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PanzerMike wrote: Fri Sep 16, 2022 5:19 am
Which begs another question, what do you think about the weather in general? The autumn and winter months basically bring the game to a standstill. Is it overdone? Too much bad weather? Too much bad weather effects? Thoughts?

I have always felt that the bad weather is a bit too bad. Especially on the Eastern front so much happened during winter turns that is not easy to replicate in the game. I hope in WP2 the bad weather effect is not quite as bad. I want the rain and possibly blizzard turns to be resting turns but snow should be a bit easier to fight in. Just my 2 cents

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Yeah, my feeling is that some of the weather effects are a bit too harsh as well (or there are too many turns of bad weather). Effectively everything slows down to a crawl or a standstill for a long time. Of course you can change this in the editor if you want.

AlvaroSousa wrote: Fri Sep 16, 2022 1:48 pm Sealion is a grind into 1941. The hope is to take them out before Uncle Sam gets really pissed off. At the very least you can cripple them then pull back for a 1942 Barb. At the same time you should be pounding all their other positions putting maximum pressure on the UK.

Killing the UK in 1940 is incredibly hard to do even for an experienced player vs a novice wargamer. You might be able to kill the UK in 1940 against my wife who isn't a wargamer and just builds ships.

Thanks for the reply. So, the patch is ready. When will it be available for download?

As soon as it passes the Matrix sniff test. Also they have other games ahead of me in the slot. So I gotta wait my turn.

The bad weather months are supposed to be rest periods as they were in the real war. During the mud season not much happened in Russia. You still can attack in the snow but the weather recovers effectiveness slower.

I appreciate what you are saying, but right now the campaign season is so short. I am considering changing the month of May for the North Moderate, Mediterraneum and Semi Arid to be basically clear weather. And to lessen the effects of severe weather slightly in those zones. Winter conditions in Russia are not quite the same as in the rest of Europe. Rasputitsa in France with its better infrastructure is not on the same level. Just my thoughts.

That's why there is an editor. So you can adjust.

Hmmm, looking at the editor and the weather effects. It seems there is no possiblilty to differentiate the effects depending on the weather zone. The effect of snow is the same (-35% combat), regardless of weather zone. So if you want to lessen the impact of snow in for example the North moderate zone (North Western Europe basically), you can only lessen the occurence of bad weather but not the severity of the effects.

Weather -> Modifiers

But yea there are only 5 zones

I think you mean there are only 5 weather conditions. And the modifiers for those 5 conditions are the same for all the weather zones. Alas.

yes conditions

AlvaroSousa wrote: Fri Sep 16, 2022 7:47 pm As soon as it passes the Matrix sniff test. Also they have other games ahead of me in the slot. So I gotta wait my turn.

While we are waiting for the patch, could we have a teasing of its content?

Throw an old dog a

Bring on this patch Matrix!

September 8th, 2022 - version 1.00.18

**** = need to verify that it is working right.

FIXED Victory points when all of one side surrenders earlier than end date
FIXED VIctory showing when loading a game after finishing one
ADDED Weather section to help files
ADDED Interception range highlighter when moving fleet
FIXED Subs no longer provide naval support to land attacks
FIXED Night missions should work now properly ****
FIXED Moving large fleets port to port ****
FIXED Transport requirement for beachhead supply
FIXED Recording MM lost on supply interdiction
FIXED Bombers interdicting port supply in no-fly weather
CHANGE Message on retreating or bottom fleets on retreat to cover both situations
FIXED Naval retreats now only go into empty hex.
FIXED Enemy units sometimes not revealing information next to unit ****
FIXED Control and owner hexes correctly converting during out of supply control change which also fixes minor unit deployment bug
FIXED A.I. fleets stacking with enemy fleets ****
FIXED Bearn is now a supply source for Switzerland
ADDED Convoy lane for Greece
CHANGE UK will only be able to build armor and mech starting in March of 1940. Details in the scenario notes.

Thank you for the content.

Thanks. Wasn't there a naval interdiction change as well?

Alvaro, could please clarify the Fix about MM's supply interdiction? Thanks.

In the loss logs. They werent being recorded.