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Burma Road Open....but no Rangoon

Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 1:13 pm
by aphrochine
July 1944, the allies are retaking Burma

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As you can see I do not yet own Rangoon. I have made 2 deliberate attacks and have had units on the Rangoon hex for a few turns now.

This is stock, Scen 2. v1.0.6.1108r9 (no beta).

RE: Burma Road Open....but no Rangoon

Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 1:21 pm
by witpqs
ORIGINAL: aphrochine

July 1944, the allies are retaking Burma

Image

As you can see I do not yet own Rangoon. I have made 2 deliberate attacks and have had units on the Rangoon hex for a few turns now.

This is stock, Scen 2. v1.0.6.1108r9 (no beta).
This one was fixed quite a while ago in the Beta. [:)]

RE: Burma Road Open....but no Rangoon

Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2013 11:55 pm
by aphrochine
Great thanks!!

RE: Burma Road Open....but no Rangoon

Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 5:17 pm
by aphrochine
I do have a follow up question. Was the nature of the bug graphical, or is the Burma Road actually open??

RE: Burma Road Open....but no Rangoon

Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 5:36 pm
by witpqs
It came up in a 2x2 PBM I am in. Although I am the relevant player on the Allied side, I did not try to confirm that it was open via supply tallies, I just noted that the display said it was open. When MichaelM (the programmer) fixed it he pretty well implied that the bug was the road actually being open when it should be closed.

So, AFAIK the bug is the road actually being open.

RE: Burma Road Open....but no Rangoon

Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 1:12 am
by Jonathan Pollard
According to the manual (p. 254) it is not necessary for the Allies to control Rangoon in order for the Burma Road to be open. A path between Tsuyung and Ledo is supposed to be sufficient for the Burma Road to be open, even if Rangoon is controlled by the enemy.

RE: Burma Road Open....but no Rangoon

Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 3:17 am
by witpqs
ORIGINAL: Jonathan Pollard

According to the manual (p. 254) it is not necessary for the Allies to control Rangoon in order for the Burma Road to be open. A path between Tsuyung and Ledo is supposed to be sufficient for the Burma Road to be open, even if Rangoon is controlled by the enemy.
That error in the manual is old news.

RE: Burma Road Open....but no Rangoon

Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 3:30 am
by koniu
ORIGINAL: Jonathan Pollard

According to the manual (p. 254) it is not necessary for the Allies to control Rangoon in order for the Burma Road to be open. A path between Tsuyung and Ledo is supposed to be sufficient for the Burma Road to be open, even if Rangoon is controlled by the enemy.
Under official patch it is not necessary to have Rangoon

Under beta it is different story
21/10/2012: 1119e - Burma road not open if Rangoon in enemy hands

RE: Burma Road Open....but no Rangoon

Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 8:50 am
by Jonathan Pollard
ORIGINAL: koniu

ORIGINAL: Jonathan Pollard

According to the manual (p. 254) it is not necessary for the Allies to control Rangoon in order for the Burma Road to be open. A path between Tsuyung and Ledo is supposed to be sufficient for the Burma Road to be open, even if Rangoon is controlled by the enemy.
Under official patch it is not necessary to have Rangoon

Under beta it is different story
21/10/2012: 1119e - Burma road not open if Rangoon in enemy hands
So it looks like the OP is seeing something WAD, because he admitted to not using the beta.

Historically I think it would be a good idea for the Ledo-Tsuyung connection be in effect starting January 1945 since that's when the Ledo road was completed.

RE: Burma Road Open....but no Rangoon

Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 10:23 am
by witpqs
ORIGINAL: Jonathan Pollard
ORIGINAL: koniu
ORIGINAL: Jonathan Pollard

According to the manual (p. 254) it is not necessary for the Allies to control Rangoon in order for the Burma Road to be open. A path between Tsuyung and Ledo is supposed to be sufficient for the Burma Road to be open, even if Rangoon is controlled by the enemy.
Under official patch it is not necessary to have Rangoon

Under beta it is different story
21/10/2012: 1119e - Burma road not open if Rangoon in enemy hands
So it looks like the OP is seeing something WAD, because he admitted to not using the beta.

Historically I think it would be a good idea for the Ledo-Tsuyung connection be in effect starting January 1945 since that's when the Ledo road was completed.
No. There is a bug in official patch. It was fixed in the Beta.

The manual has an error. The game does not replicate the historical road that closely. With all of the different factors involved, they settled on the "Burma Road" going to Rangoon. Several discussions of this can be found by search (I do not have any links to them).