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playing a game against another guy and neither of us know what the yellow square in the lower left hand of the counter is or the colored bar on the bottom edge of the counter

any help would be great.

thanks

steve

The green/yellow/red square in the lower left denotes whether the unit recieved supply, limited supply, or no supply at the start of its turn. Note that this does not necessarily mean that it has no supply in stock, or conversely that it is fully stocked, but only the current turn's distribution potential.

The bar across the bottom is a visual representation of the readiness of the unit.

thanks a ton, been looking in the book while trying to pbem and couldnt find it nor did my opponent know so Ill pass it along to him as well.

steve

Isn't the manual great? I found I had to learn how to play the game just so I could (almost) understand the manual.

ORIGINAL: montarakid

Isn't the manual great? I found I had to learn how to play the game just so I could (almost) understand the manual.

That's true. The way I learned it is by reading some AAR's, well quite a few of them actually. Then play a few small random scenarios and make them slowly more complicated.
I still miss things though. Like a ingame help button, or the right-mouse click to give some more info on a hex.
Besides, writing a manual is tough enough, I think it does it's job.... adequatly. I wonder how the manual of WIF will look like??

well Im just glad it wasnt me being a total dork, I looked and looked and figured, "why cant I find that?"

finally I gave up and got ready for someone to tell me to read the manual, guess that wont happen on this one. 

steve

dont get me wrong, love the game, just feel a little lost.

steve

I feel your pain. [;)] That's why I spent a LOT of time going through the archives here, as well as asking questions.

I still don't quite know how strategic transfer of an entire SF works, but I'm getting there.

yeah, Im not doing anything with stratgic transfer yet

When you guys figure out Strategic Transfer, let me know. [8|]

Ho, strategic transfer is very easy :
- click on the unit you want to transfer
- click on the Strategic Transfer button or press the 'S' key
- select the HQ that will provide landcap
- click on the green checked button or press the 'space' key
- select the transfer mode if relevant
- select the hex you want your unit to reach.
- look at the very bottom of your screen, under the landcap / navalcap lines : if the screen displays a text claiming "Impossible", then guess what ? It is impossible ! [:-] If you ever have to face such an evil fate, you must try to find an hex closer to the above selected HQ. Please note that Strategic Transfer may be impossible at all if the selected HQ has not enough landcap. If, in the other hand, the screen kindly displays the beloved "Do stragegic transfer" button, then just click on this button and it's done.

Wasn't it obvious ? [:D]

There's a drawback to strategic transfer though... the unit loses half of it's readiness.

Thanks for the info. Much appreciated.

nice