What Do You Think Needs to be in World In Flames PC Game

[Shannon V. OKeets]

ORIGINAL: hoe ist?

I am disappointed that no AI is included in the initial release. Hopefully later?[&:]

What do you think I'll be doing in 2014?[;)]

[bosbes]

That's positive news. What's the timeframe on the development of the AI?

[Shannon V. OKeets]

ORIGINAL: hoe ist?

That's positive news. What's the timeframe on the development of the AI?

Now, now, as anyone who has followed this forum will be quick to tell you, having me provide a time estimate is like asking a two year old to explain the theory of relativity.[;)]

[bosbes]

Well, try to explain the theory of relativity then...[;)]

[composer99]

"Well, it's like this, when a supermassive star and a nearby planet love each other very much..."

[bosbes]

Wow!![X(]

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: composer99

"Well, it's like this, when a supermassive star and a nearby planet love each other very much..."

warspite1

Do they do a special cuddle?

[bk19@mweb.co.za]

ORIGINAL: composer99

"Well, it's like this, when a supermassive star and a nearby planet love each other very much..."

I am not that certain that what 'The Big Bang' is all about.. Steve Hawkins may be able to clarify this though.

[bo]

ORIGINAL: Shannon V. OKeets

ORIGINAL: hoe ist?

That's positive news. What's the timeframe on the development of the AI?

Now, now, as anyone who has followed this forum will be quick to tell you, having me provide a time estimate is like asking a two year old to explain the theory of relativity.[;)]

Yes, please dont give a time estimate or I will give everyone your post # in Nov 2009 about estimates [:D] On second thougt it is better left unsaid.

Bo

[Greyshaft]

ORIGINAL: Patton_71
My personal favorite is a plan Z scenario where the German navy has been built up to the level Raeder was promised by 1944. Granted all other powers would have been on a faster building clip than historically, but I always wondered what a WWII version of Jutland would be like.

If I had my druthers on alternate histories I'd like to see a MwiF 39-45 campaign with no air units or (obviously) carriers. All those build points would be available for reincarnation as battleships or artillery etc in the initial setup and perhaps allow Japanese saboteurs a free mission against Pearl Harbor to balance the Pacific War.
Of course it wouldn't be realistic but I'd be curious to see how it all played out. Would it be a replay of WW1?

[Admiral Delabroglio]

A filter to display only units of a certain kind in not available.

How about enabling the players to chose the order in which units are displayed ?
For example, allow playes to display HQs on the top of the stack, then ARM, then MECH, and so on.
Display land units on the top during land movement or combat declaration, air units during air phases, and so on.

Best regards, and congratulations to Steve for a difficult task nearly completed.

GD (long time lurker)

[Shannon V. OKeets]

ORIGINAL: Admiral Delabroglio

A filter to display only units of a certain kind in not available.

How about enabling the players to chose the order in which units are displayed ?
For example, allow playes to display HQs on the top of the stack, then ARM, then MECH, and so on.
Display land units on the top during land movement or combat declaration, air units during air phases, and so on.

Best regards, and congratulations to Steve for a difficult task nearly completed.

GD (long time lurker)

There are two sorts available for stacks: by unit type and by selectable. That isn't as detailed as you requested, but sorted by selectable addresses most of what you wanted.

[juntoalmar]

This may be a bit off topic, if so, sorry in advance, but I thought it could be interesting for some of you. Specially when there are a few people talking about how good will be to get the IA in MWiF (nudge nudge wink wink [;)] ).


This Monday, starts the free online course of Game Theory from Stanford Online. You can find it here:

http://online.stanford.edu/course/game- ... ber-mailer



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[JonBrave]

ORIGINAL: juntoalmar

This may be a bit off topic, if so, sorry in advance, but I thought it could be interesting for some of you. Specially when there are a few people talking about how good will be to get the IA in MWiF (nudge nudge wink wink [;)] ).


This Monday, starts the free online course of Game Theory from Stanford Online. You can find it here:

http://online.stanford.edu/course/game- ... ber-mailer

@juntoalmar
I looked at this, and it seems quite interesting to me!

How exactly does the "free" work? And given that it has started, would I be too late, and/or does this course get run again?

[juntoalmar]

Free as "free beer" for sure. Free as "free speech" you should check the copyright status of the material, I don't know. I think you can access all the materials even if the course has started, but if you have missed some of the exercises you may not get certified after complete the course (that's how it worked with a course that I had in the past). But it really depends on the course, so you'll have to check the details in the web.

These course are available periodically, so if you miss it now, you'll probably be able to take it in 4 or 6 months.

[ByronBond]

You know what would REALLY be cool that could only be done with a computer - a spherical global map. The Mercator projections used for current maps create huge distortion in high latitudes (like Norway and Finland, or southern Australia), and when overlaid with fixed hex sizes, has the effect of making units move much slower and cover far less ground with a ZOC in high latitudes than they would on a constant scale map. How about an optional spherical map, that appears flat when zoomed in for unit movement and combat, but retains constant ground scale per hex everywhere?

[Neilster]

ORIGINAL: NavyGamer

You know what would REALLY be cool that could only be done with a computer - a spherical global map. The Mercator projections used for current maps create huge distortion in high latitudes (like Norway and Finland, or southern Australia), and when overlaid with fixed hex sizes, has the effect of making units move much slower and cover far less ground with a ZOC in high latitudes than they would on a constant scale map. How about an optional spherical map, that appears flat when zoomed in for unit movement and combat, but retains constant ground scale per hex everywhere?

What? [:D]

Cheers, Neilster

[arehb]

Being able to play with the classic counter set on the standard WIFFE maps is what I wish for.

For me it's great that artillery and divisions are optional, I would prefer also to play without PiF and SiF.

[autarkis1967]

Heretic, Though shall be flogged in front of the entire court. Must play with every rule you can find and include 30 or so house rules. There must be a whole day dedicated to voting on the optional rules. It is a mandate to be played in this way. All other ways are wrong and the heretics will be forced to play Nationalist China or the French.

[aaatoysandmore]

ORIGINAL: Sigurd Jorsalfare

LAN play and a respectable AI.

This ^ without the LAN play as I never cared about MP aspects of a game except Combat Mission (new one) and it not having TCP/IP play for turn based players. But, I can't believe this game has no AI. All games I purchase HAVE to have an AI. Without one it's just a boring boardgame remake. I never cared for those kinds of gloss overs.

The funny thing is I remember conversation even from the dev on an AI in the game and how good it was going to be. It's gone now, but I certainly remember the thread of it like it was yesterday.