abandoned

[Joseignacio]

Not meaning it is your fault.

Multiple windows is innovative but I dont see any problem with it. One is the detail map, another the general map (in most games you have them both), there are some pop up to select which area you want to see or which way to display the game. This two scrolls I always close them because i dont like them, but you close them once and that is all.

Then there is the console which many games have, for load, save, change options, , zoom in/out, ..., see rules pdf...

IMO this presents no difficulty, and also I like that it is innovative in it´s presentation.

Dont know if you are a WIF player, if you have played the board game, then I dont understand what can be the problem.

However, if you havent approached WIF before MWIF then I can see several matters that you can get puzzled or several options that you may not know you have or what they arte good for. Like Emergency Supply (which I believe MWIF doesnt completely addresses) or surrendering China (voluntarily) and it's benefits for allies. Or you may be saving Jap OChit for a Naval action and then you learn that in MWIF they have not implemented it, as it happened to me.

So, that is what I mean, IMO the general interface is nice and easy. There are some darker areas, no problem for experienced WIF players but obscure for newbies, and a very few that I would agree with you, especially the selection of ships (loaded) in the naval forms or the ENg or OChit benefits delivery, made through a certain menu, that you need to call or the bonus will be lost that may be a PITA for anybody.

That is what I meant in my earlier post, that if the game wants to be expanded out of it's niche, as much as an AI or even more, it needs to be more friendly, for those who do not belong to the niche.

[Joseignacio]

Ok, now going back to the topic, IMO the game is abandoned.

There are no news from the developer in around one year.

Plus, all the "improvements" seem to be for the unprobable AI the game will have. No solving the bugs the game already has, from years ago.

Besides, the new WIF with AI if it ever comes out, will be a new game that you will have to pay for as new or if lucky with a discount if you own the old one. So the work is on something else, not the current MWIF but another product. So this is effectively abandoned.

Also, considering what you gather here and there at the forums, Steve is pretty disconnected from most of his beta testers, so even an AI working "new WIF" is probably not coming in the following decade, for it needs extensive tactics' contributions and beta testing.