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Where is the beach for Singapore?
Posted: Wed May 05, 2021 4:45 pm
by willgamer
The hex that says beach is a beach for the land to the west, not Singapore...
RE: Where is the beach for Singapore?
Posted: Wed May 05, 2021 5:26 pm
by sveint
You'll have to take it from land.
RE: Where is the beach for Singapore?
Posted: Wed May 05, 2021 6:55 pm
by AlvaroSousa
It's all set up from land. Just run down and take it.
RE: Where is the beach for Singapore?
Posted: Wed May 05, 2021 8:51 pm
by willgamer
Kinda misleading to have a beach hex right next to it then...[8|]
RE: Where is the beach for Singapore?
Posted: Wed May 05, 2021 9:15 pm
by JWW
ORIGINAL: willgamer
Kinda misleading to have a beach hex right next to it then...[8|]
Why would it be misleading? Click on one of the Japanese units at sea just southeast of Saigon on turn 1. Click Z. There are dozens of invasion hexes within reach of those units on turn 1. One happens to be next to Singapore. If you look at the situation, though, land units are poised to north of Singapore take Singapore and you don't need to invade there. But you also have the option of a landing beside Singapore if you want to, though probably not the best option on Dec. 7. However, who knows, later in the game it might be useful to the Allies.
RE: Where is the beach for Singapore?
Posted: Wed May 05, 2021 11:49 pm
by willgamer
ORIGINAL: jwarrenw13
ORIGINAL: willgamer
Kinda misleading to have a beach hex right next to it then...[8|]
Why would it be misleading? Click on one of the Japanese units at sea just southeast of Saigon on turn 1. Click Z. There are dozens of invasion hexes within reach of those units on turn 1. One happens to be next to Singapore. If you look at the situation, though, land units are poised to north of Singapore take Singapore and you don't need to invade there. But you also have the option of a landing beside Singapore if you want to, though probably not the best option on Dec. 7. However, who knows, later in the game it might be useful to the Allies.
Thanks for asking... yes, I'm in Dec. '43 and looking to invade as Allies.
Must have missed Z somewhere; I give it a go...
RE: Where is the beach for Singapore?
Posted: Thu May 06, 2021 12:42 am
by JWW
In the Hot Keys and Mouse Functions section of the manual. I usually don't use hot keys in games, just a personal thing, but this one is really helpful:
Z = Show all potential invasion hexes within a fleet’s range
RE: Where is the beach for Singapore?
Posted: Thu May 06, 2021 12:44 am
by eskuche
ORIGINAL: jwarrenw13
I usually don't use hot keys in games, just a personal thing, but this one is really helpful:
Really?! My hands got arthritic from bombing the Germans in war in the east...and that's with keyboard macros. Imagine how much easier it would be if you could go to production just by pressing P...
RE: Where is the beach for Singapore?
Posted: Thu May 06, 2021 1:21 am
by JWW
ORIGINAL: eskuche
ORIGINAL: jwarrenw13
I usually don't use hot keys in games, just a personal thing, but this one is really helpful:
Really?! My hands got arthritic from bombing the Germans in war in the east...and that's with keyboard macros. Imagine how much easier it would be if you could go to production just by pressing P...
I know. It makes no sense but I've just always played games and done work on the computer without using hot keys in most cases unless I had to. I just feel comfortable that way. And the Z for invasion hexes is one of the cases where you need to use the hot key. I took a course for certification for a video editing program a few years back, and I had to learn a lot of hot keys. Got the certification but didn't like it at all.
RE: Where is the beach for Singapore?
Posted: Thu May 06, 2021 11:38 am
by willgamer
Improvement requests:
1. make a mouse UI for this function.
2. add the hotkeys (even though they are not re-mappable) to the settings section so they can be accessed ingame.