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I'm planning to buy Carriers at War, but If is similar to war plan orange, I have a serious problem. I have Plan Orange game, but his complexity kills me, I'm not capacited to control all the war in the Pacific, so want to ask If:

1-Exist a step by step guide to control the game

and specially

2-If is possible to have or design very very limited scenarios like take a small island or limited campaigns that not involve all the war production and control, I will really apreciate to control only 2 or 3 task forces, with only 1 or 2 objectives

Thank's

ORIGINAL: Stratos

1-Exist a step by step guide to control the game

Game has a 19 step tutorial which shows (text & arrows on screen) how to perform basic functions.

2-If is possible to have or design very very limited scenarios like take a small island or limited campaigns that not involve all the war production and control, I will really apreciate to control only 2 or 3 task forces, with only 1 or 2 objectives

The game's scenarios are very close to what you're asking for here. Some scenarios have more than 3 TG's but they often tend to be small (and assigned a limited mission in the scenario).

The scenario editor also allows you to build any custom scenario you're interested in. You can size the map, number of TG's, and missions.

Worry not, other than the subject matter CaW is nothing like WitP or WPO. The inbuilt tutorial will have you sinking and being sunk in half-an-hour; I don't think I've even looked at the manual yet! It's rare for a scenario to take more than an hour to play, and there's no production etc to worry about.

So CAW is more combat orriented? Sounds pretty cool, I believe will give a try, is there any AAR I can check please??

Try this AAR:

tm.asp?m=1485541

Here's an AAR Gregor did.

http://www.matrixgames.com/articles/caw ... _page1.asp

Excellent!!
 
looks a lot more agile that WPO or WITP, is true?
Have some questions
 
1-How is the combat simulated? Real time?
 
2-Is possible to have surface action naval combat? Possible to create TF without carriers? You know tranposts to invade island, or BB to bombard enemy bases
 
3-The game include pre-1941 ships and planes? Until which year?
 
4-And last, it seems moddable, is possible to add new ships and planes for a early 30's scenarios??
 
Thank's for the info!

Why yes, you can add early 1930s ships and planes; I've added P-26 Peashooters, and RANGER as she was in the 1930s.

Great!
 
Anyone can help with the oter questions?

1.  Yes... game runs in continous time.  You have game clock settings of 0-9, with 9 being the fastest.  Game runs on a 24 hour clock.   Combat takes place down to the appropriate minute.

2.  Yes, Yes, & Yes.   Many scenarios in the game have TF's without carriers.  Additionally there are land bases where air missions can be flown from...

Sounds cool, anyone know were to contact with shipment department?

Hi Stratos,

The game is available here at Matrix' online store. Just click on the word "Store" (in orange) at the top of the page to go there and order.

Possible to create TF without carriers?

To clarify, you cannot do anything with TFs during the game like merging, disbanding, or creating during a scenario.

WHAT? And then what I have to do in this game?? I'm planning to buy the download version tonight, but that changes everything. I thought that this will be like the strategy part of 1942 Task Force.
Please enlight me a little
Thank's

[:)]

Is funny, but not solve my problem
 
The other question is how big is the downloadable version??

 
Relatively small ~150 megs.
 
Buy it Stratos, it is a good game, it will give you a run for your money and its looks like it's on the verge of getting better.
 
Cheers,
Adam.

Purchased, download and shipping version, will install this night, so expect some questions soon [:D]
Ryancrierie, get the Naval P38 mod going, I will need it soon!! [:'(]