Reliability? Manual incorrect?

Gary Grigsby’s War in the West 1943-45 is the most ambitious and detailed computer wargame on the Western Front of World War II ever made. Starting with the Summer 1943 invasions of Sicily and Italy and proceeding through the invasions of France and the drive into Germany, War in the West brings you all the Allied campaigns in Western Europe and the capability to re-fight the Western Front according to your plan.

Moderators: Joel Billings, RedLancer

Post Reply
User avatar
jzardos
Posts: 677
Joined: Tue Mar 15, 2011 1:05 pm

Reliability? Manual incorrect?

Post by jzardos »

A little confused about AFV reliability. Manual says:

9.6. Aircra ft and AFV/
Combat Vehicle Reliability
All aircraft and AFV/Combat vehicles have a reliability
rating which ranges from “really good” (lower numbers)
to “really bad” (higher numbers). An example of a
5 would be an armoured car and a 45 would be a
Panther D AFV.



But I see in editor that all common German Pz IVs all have reliability in high 50s? These late model Pz IVs were very reliable tanks. I have about a dozen or more books that will prove it. So why does WitW make them so unreliable? I take it somebody spend time here with research? Please help me understand, guess the manual is not correct.
User avatar
LiquidSky
Posts: 2814
Joined: Tue Jun 24, 2008 4:28 am

RE: Reliability? Manual incorrect?

Post by LiquidSky »



Or your understanding of what that number means would be incorrect.

Reliablity is a single digit number.

From the README:

ƒ¡ƒ¡ƒ| Rule correction (section 9.6) ¡V Aircraft reliability works as described in the manual, but AFV reliability works differently. The reliability rating of an AFV is actually two different items. The first digit represents the reliability of the AFV when moving (if only 1 digit is shown the 1st digit is assumed to be 0). The higher the number, the less likely the AFV will become damaged during movement. The second digit is survivability, and the higher the survivability the less likely the AFV will be destroyed in combat during a special survival check as opposed to just being damaged.
“My logisticians are a humorless lot … they know if my campaign fails, they are the first ones I will slay.” – Alexander the Great
User avatar
jzardos
Posts: 677
Joined: Tue Mar 15, 2011 1:05 pm

RE: Reliability? Manual incorrect?

Post by jzardos »

ok , cool
thanks
User avatar
Grotius
Posts: 5842
Joined: Fri Oct 18, 2002 5:34 pm
Location: The Imperial Palace.

RE: Reliability? Manual incorrect?

Post by Grotius »

Wow, I missed that readme thing too. So wait -- low numbers mean good aircraft reliability, but for AFVs, high numbers mean good reliability?
Image
Post Reply

Return to “Gary Grigsby's War in the West”