another test run

[TechSgt]

ORIGINAL: bigmilt

Hard Sarge:

I noticed on the raid info that British Fighters can now escort 8th air force bomber formations.  Can the 9th a/f fighters escort the eighth????? If the Royal a/f can escort the eighth can
it also escort the ninth????

Bigmilt,

The quick answer is yes!

They can all be interchanged.
The basics are... After assigning escorts, go back and re-assign the lead unit.

TS

[TechSgt]

ORIGINAL: BigDuke66

Just a minor thing but what are those grey only rectangles(not the 2 infantry units)?
Or are they just a ground unit without any recon so the type is unknown?

BD66,

They are "static" coastal defenders, or garrrison units, ie. they can't move.

TS

[Hard Sarge]

ORIGINAL: TechSgt

ORIGINAL: bigmilt

Hard Sarge:

I noticed on the raid info that British Fighters can now escort 8th air force bomber formations. Can the 9th a/f fighters escort the eighth????? If the Royal a/f can escort the eighth can
it also escort the ninth????

Bigmilt,

The quick answer is yes!

They can all be interchanged.
The basics are... After assigning escorts, go back and re-assign the lead unit.

TS

well, there is also a small RAF Command, that works with the VIIIth and IXth Airforces, part of the ADGB (which is really wrong, but the units assigned to these commands, are the Units that tended to help out with the VIIIth raids, so fair)

also as TS stated, we have left one of the old plotting tricks in

and yes, those are Static Inf units

[jcjordan]

Will the # of plottable raids be the same or increased? In old version it was 200 before it would CTD or wouldn't plot anymore - is the CTD fixed?

[Hard Sarge]

it is still 200, it works for me, really had to get the Staff busy to get 200 plots in

[terry1040]

Which brings me to another question:

Do you have the staff plot most (all?) of your raids first and then modify them manually? Or do you select top targets manually first and have the staff plot the rest based on general guidlines? [&:]

Terry1040

[Hard Sarge]

for me, it depends on what I want to have attacked, most times, I do my own plotting, plot my own Recon, when I need it, but let the Staff plot alot of my recon

think it depends on your play style and what you want done

one thing from the old days, most people think the Staff can figure out where the gaps in the clouds are and what not

[K.Pooley]

I normally find that the staff only generate a fairly small number of raids, and that if I plot some of my raids first I get the 'insufficient resources' message from the staff. For this reason I either do it all myself or else get the staff to do its recon, which I can supplement, and then add my own bombing raids.

Kev

[TechSgt]

ORIGINAL: TechSgt

ORIGINAL: BigDuke66

Just a minor thing but what are those grey only rectangles(not the 2 infantry units)?
Or are they just a ground unit without any recon so the type is unknown?

BD66,

They are "static" coastal defenders, or garrrison units, ie. they can't move.

TS

An FYI for Hard Sarge, or Harly;

I've recently invaded France, and the 716th Infantry unit is mobile!
Its graphics show a static unit.

This is not necessarily bad, what if Axis unit show as "static" prior to the invasion, then switches to a mobile unit -- and display?

Big Duke's idea about the Blank-until-Reconed is worth thinking about! But, the game currently informs the Allied player about the arrival of troops.

TS

[Hard Sarge]

kind of confused here, a static Div, does not mean it can't move, it is just not mobile, it can retreat, move forward, and all of that kind of stuff, it just can't do it as quickly as a mobile or leg unit can

[TechSgt]

I stand corrected.

Thanks,
TS

[Hard Sarge]

the currect AI vs AI test run, I did yesterday

seen alot of good things, only a couple things I didn't care for

but was shocked at this one

[BigDuke66]

[&:]
Flight Officer?

[Hard Sarge]

LOL, sorry, but if you have seen some of my other posts about pilots, that is me on top of the list

think I made it up to 23 kills, before I lost track of him (or me)

[BigDuke66]

Not bad!
I think that will be fun for a lot of guys, to take a look now and then and check how their alter ego is doing.

[Hard Sarge]

well, I can at least say again, that the AI defeated the AI, so am sort of happy

some issues with in issues, most are mainly AI, the player is not going to do what I don't like (or if he does, shame on him)

Manual is on the last look over, got some stuff coming from Matrix to add in, and we should be close to done

[joey]

Great news! I wonder: is the 4th of July a possiblity?

[Hard Sarge]

really, I am not sure, there are background stuff that still needs to happen, and then they got stuff of there own to do, when we sign off and hand it over

[joey]

I am just happy to hear we are so close. I would love it to be by the 4th. Heck I would love it by tomorrow, but a couple of weeks or so is not too bad either. I am sure it has been a long haul for you. This project certainly must have ate up your time. Thanks!

[Hard Sarge]

time is not too bad, bank account kind of hurted at times, but I like books anyway

what really hurts, is I can't read a book with out a clipboard and paper, to take notes, I can't just sit back and read something, to read it

I used to read about 3 to 5 books a week, while on breaks, now I got to take notes, and I can be reading 5 books at the same time

I got about 300 DVDs to watch, but don't want to watch them, as a email or chat box may open up

but most of it has been fun (better when it works, worse when it don't)