aden and abadon not working

[spudrokz]

I got an new computer and downloaded the War in the pacific admiral edition to play again. I also used Seebee to do the install.The problem I am having is I can not get convoys to Aden or Abadon. When you look at the task force screen it has the distance as too far, Anybody else see this or have a fix?

[Chris21wen]

There are three things you need to download and install in this order. I suspect you don't have all.

[PC] Installer v1.00.79 WarinthePacificAdmiralsEdition-SetupRelease-v10079DR.zip
[PC] Update v1.01.26a
[PC] Update v1127Beta

You might have to reset your command line switches for your computer system.

[btd64]

Can you post a picture of the bases in question?....GP

[BBfanboy]

This could also be a mismatch between a modded (extended) map art and the PWhex files that the computer needs. The extended map moved those base locations and severed the direct off-map link between them.

[spudrokz]

Here is a screen shot. I have all three of the apps. the launcher, the beta and the regular app.

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[btd64]

Screen shot of the two bases in question....GP

[spudrokz]

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[BBfanboy]

Here is a screen shot. I have all three of the apps. the launcher, the beta and the regular app. Screenshot 2023-06-06 134522.png

Something is messed up about the route here. The "Exit the Map" point is 38,3 which is the holding box right next to Abadan. Normally, the exit the map point is where the TF is on the dark transition strip along the top edge of the map. Then there is the distance in hexes from Karachi to Abadan being 29,997 hexes! Looks like the TF has gotten lost before it even got in the holding box! Select your TF and look at the routing - is it going to the transition strip?

[spudrokz]

It does not show a convoy route, unlike going to everywhere else.

[Trugrit]

Obvious that your game is totally corrupt.

You can tell by looking at your map and your Task Force….

As noted....almost 10,000 Hexes to your destination?….and almost 30,000 Hexes
back to Karachi….No way... and the map and data set is completely screwed.
Hex 38,3 is on a different map.

I don’t have any Idea how you got where you are but I would suggest you
uninstall the game and start over from scratch.

If you want you can follow the way I install the game and it will take you
to the 26a version…..stop there….you don’t need to use the old Beta...the 26b just the 26a.
https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/view ... 4#p4731404

Then….Later if you want the new Beta (the 27.2 version) you can install it over version 26a.
Or put it under a separate game install.

But….I suggest you don’t use the new Beta….it is not finished….just go with the 26a version for now.

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[btd64]

Definitely install 1127 in a fresh install of AE....GP

[goryshaw]

I have similar but different problems in Aden and abandon. In Aden I can’t load anything on ships, aircraft or land units. Aircraft I have workaround by fliing to socatra first then loading onto ship, it’s a nuisance but it works, land units are just stuck there for the duration. Adabon I just can’t select so anything spawning there is just stuck, with no way to select ships or fuel/oil.

[btd64]

Post screenshots of the task force screen and the ground units. I suspect that you are trying to load troops in combat mode on transport TF. Suggest reading the sections about transport and amphibious TFs....GP

[goryshaw]

I,ve played this game since about 1990, I may be out of practice and have to think recall what to do, but I can still load things up, but the load troops button is blank, no error about mode being incorrect or anything. Just no option to load, which is why I’ve flown to socatra then loaded on ships there, unfortunately that doesn’t help for ground units.

[btd64]

Well, screenshots please....GP

[goryshaw]

I have a couple of screenshots attached. One labelled ground units shows them all in strategic mode, the second labelled task force shows it is in transport form but load troops is greyed out so no option to load troops.

[Platoonist]

Excellent. A screenshot or two sure helps define the problem.

So, it looks like what happened is that you may have installed beta version 1.01.27 over a previous install of version 1.01.26 instead over a fresh install of WitP like they recommend. You have the version 1127 map art but you probably still have the old pwhexe or pwzlink.dat files in place so they are not matching up. That means the new off-map boxes like Suez and Alexandria in Egypt that came with v.1127 probably aren't working properly either. I notice in your screenshot that they're not displaying any infrastructure icons, and they should be.

Properly working the v.1127 map should look like this with the Aden and Abadan airfield, flag and port icons inside of their off-map boxes not displaced one hex row south as in the image you posted.

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Like btd64 says in a previous post.

Definitely install 1127 in a fresh install of AE....GP

[goryshaw]

I had wrong dates earlier, should have been 2009-2010, about my 5th or 6th pc in that time. Fresh install of witpe from dvd and 1127beta i downloaded in September. Never had 1126 on this pc, went right to WarinthePacificAdmiralsEdition-UpdateComp-v1127Beta from the matrix website.

[Platoonist]

Are all the Australian and British ground units listed in your screenshot arriving at Aden? In the 1127 beta these same units should show up at the base of Suez instead. Aden mostly gets by-passed in 1127 as players will send transport task forces directly from Suez to where they need to go on map.

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Just out of curiosity are you able to transfer task forces to or from any of the new off-map locations added in v.1127 like Suez, Alexandria, Port Said, New Orleans, Jamaica, etc.?

[btd64]

He is going to have to reinstall the game. Reinforcements, the bases and the map data is all messed up. It's like he has 3 different versions running at the same time. Fresh folder reinstall....GP