War in the East Q&A

[Capt Cliff]

ORIGINAL: elmo3

AFAIK there are no plans to model "mad dictator" behavior.

Then the game is a "what if" game. What if Adolph was shacked up with Eva for 4 years!!! [X(][:-]

[wmcalpine]

Jon,

In you last screenshot of the 42 AAR, there are blue dashed lines in the Volga res (near center screen) along three hex faces. Does this mean that the terrain is impassible? Assuming that is correct, one of the hex faces has a rail line running through it. Are there any movement effects when a blue dashed line hexside is crossed by a railway?

Bill

[Aurelian]

ORIGINAL: Capt Cliff

ORIGINAL: elmo3

AFAIK there are no plans to model "mad dictator" behavior.

Then the game is a "what if" game. What if Adolph was shacked up with Eva for 4 years!!! [X(][:-]

Which any good historical wargame should be.

[Wild]

What is the converison rate for oil to fuel?

Does having large surpluses of oil give any bonuses.

What are the penalties for not having enough oil? Does it effect your industry?

[Wild]

ORIGINAL: Wild

What is the converison rate for oil to fuel?

Does having large surpluses of oil give any bonuses.

What are the penalties for not having enough oil? Does it effect your industry?

Anybody have any info about oil?

[elmo3]

That has not been detailed in the manual yet.  One of the programmers might know but I don't know how often (if ever) they check in here.

[Wild]

Thanks for the response Elmo.

[PyleDriver]

Lee is correct... But what I've seen playing is, it doesn't help the front line units unless you keep your supply lines in order...

[jaw]

ORIGINAL: Wild

What is the converison rate for oil to fuel?

Does having large surpluses of oil give any bonuses.

What are the penalties for not having enough oil? Does it effect your industry?

I do not know what the conversion rate of oil to fuel is; perhaps that will eventually be spelled out in the manual.

Oil is obviously used to produce fuel and is also used in production so having lots of it is beneficial and being short of oil is a problem.

[Helpless]

Production chart was posted on page 16 of this thread

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[jaw]

ORIGINAL: Helpless

Production chart was posted on page 16 of this thread

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I stand corrected. Oil is only used for fuel. If I'm reading Pavel's chart correctly 1 oil point produces 500 fuel points but I don't know what an oil point is supposed to be equivalent to. In the game the fuel usage for a unit is measured in pounds of fuel but what that is in fuel points I don't know.

[PyleDriver]

Jim I stopped trying to figure these guys out. Gary, Joel, and now Pavel. They hurt my brain. And I'm a smart guy. They dwarf me...And that dumb ass last week said he was smarter than all of us...lol...Did he get zapped off?. Erik doesn't play games with assholes...

[Helpless]

I stand corrected. Oil is only used for fuel. If I'm reading Pavel's chart correctly 1 oil point produces 500 fuel points but I don't know what an oil point is supposed to be equivalent to. In the game the fuel usage for a unit is measured in pounds of fuel but what that is in fuel points I don't know.

That's right. Oil is used to generate fuel in fuel refinery factories. "Factories" has no measurement unit. Ex. one oil factory will generate 500 tons of oil. Which then could be converted in fuel "factories" to the fuel - 1 fuel factory requires 500 tons of oil to generate 500 tons of fuel. Consumption is also measured in tons. Average panzer division in 1941 requires 300-320 tons of fuel to be at 100%.

[Berkut]

OOB question:

One of the things I have always found very fascinating about the Eastern Front of WW2 is the rather incredible changes unit organization went through on both sides.

With the Soviet early war Mech Fronts, that were largely a failure, to the later Tank Armies, that seemed to work pretty well, but were too small, etc., etc.

The Germans saw their own evolution of OOBs, although theres was often driven by trying to cope with shortages of equipment, rather than shortages of capable officers.

So does the game include any of that? How do the OOBs and command structures change over time?

[Zovs]

So does the game include any of that?

Yes.

How do the OOBs and command structures change over time?

Command structures is the the hands of the player for the most part (there is always exceptions to all rules). The OOBs do change, usually be the withdrawal of the unit and it coming back later (most notable the SS division). For other units some kind of magic takes place by the code gods.

[PyleDriver]

Well that is being worked on also. Pavel, Jim and Trey. These are some real smart guys, and they crunch the info. Thats why were still in alpha...Me, once agian I'm just a jocky...Oh, and I wright the S&T ...

[MarcA]

How do amphibious landings work in the game. Are they port to port? Do you need to activate the shipping? Are they open to air interdiction attacks, that sort of thing.

[elmo3]

ORIGINAL: mantill

How do amphibious landings work in the game. Are they port to port? Do you need to activate the shipping? Are they open to air interdiction attacks, that sort of thing.

The Soviets can conduct amphib landings from a friendly port (in the same zone) to a coastal hex in the Black Sea zone and Sea of Azov zone. Amphibious points are accumulated each turn and can be used to conduct landings. Air and naval interdiction might occur.

[Montbrun]

Can Axis forces conduct sea transport - like the exavcuation of Sevastopol?

[Joel Billings]

ORIGINAL: Brad Hunter

Can Axis forces conduct sea transport - like the exavcuation of Sevastopol?

Yes, as long as the port is not damaged too much, the units can move by sea from port to port.