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I will begin:

I am playing one NetPlay with another guy.

I have currently 4 games ongoing.
One game paused since > 1 year, it is my turn and I tried several times to start my impulse, but failed every single time. I feel very much guilty about having let slip the game flow, sorry Luis, if you read this. I promise, I will not abandon the game, but will continue. It is already in 1943 and will be the first game of Global War, which I will finish ...
One game is still in early 1940, again stalled by me.
Game #3 is active again since yesterday, after a 4-month break enforced by my opponent. We are in 41MA, no Vichy, Med under Axis control but Gib and Suez safe for Allies.
Game #4 started only last month, we are playing quite fast, but Ronnie is currently on vacation, so not only this game is pausing for a couple of days, but also his Solo game receives no updates.

Our netplay game is currently resting due to vacations and other shenanigans which got in the way since July. We will continue early October, after I return from the Oktoberfest.

It's my main wargame staple. Playing a global war now since a long time. We finished it last year with my victory as Axis and decided to replay it (starting at Barbarossa) changing sides to see if it was possible for the Allies to revert it (which I'm trying now).

Pretty thin .... sad ....

I was playing against myself for a bit but put it down to try to digest War in Spain and Flashpoint Campaigns Cold War. I may return to it but I'm kind of waiting to see if the dev ever comes back to life and puts out another update. (Lord knows...)

For what it's worth it is arguably the coolest wargame I've ever played, but more modern games have spoiled me when it comes to AI and UI, to some extent.

RedwoodForest wrote: Sun Sep 20, 2026 10:20 pm I'm kind of waiting to see if the dev ever comes back to life and puts out another update. (Lord knows...)

There you go, an update 2 days after you comment this. Please, comment each month

What's New in v08.02.00.00

Peace
- Removed the request for whether a player wants to liberate a country that has already been liberated. This unfortunately occurred when Italy had already been liberated and the program lost track of that fact.

Supply
- Fixed a problem where the program was not checking for secondary supply sources from all cooperating major powers. This would occur at times when the US was looking for supply for its land units and Commonwealth HQs, which were viable supply sources, were not being found (the search was erroneously terminated early).

And, accidentally it seems, the super lag (supply check) when moving units has been "solved" it seems, maybe as a secondary result of the supply calculation Fix above.

Those with game files where significant lag on supply calculations occur would be prime candidates to re-try those files using 8.02.

paulderynck wrote: Wed Sep 23, 2026 4:38 pm Those with game files where significant lag on supply calculations occur would be prime candidates to re-try those files using 8.02.

For grins I tried with this latest version the file that Jose was having problems with a month or so ago. The one during allied RTB. Honestly, I didn't notice any improvement.

Looks like the game development has officially ended. The game is what it is from now to eternity. I bought this game and have never played a turn of it on the computer. It is my absolute favorite strat level WWII boardgame.

rkr1958 wrote: Wed Sep 23, 2026 7:21 pm

paulderynck wrote: Wed Sep 23, 2026 4:38 pm Those with game files where significant lag on supply calculations occur would be prime candidates to re-try those files using 8.02.

For grins I tried with this latest version the file that Jose was having problems with a month or so ago. The one during allied RTB. Honestly, I didn't notice any improvement.

Well, we kept playing and in the same game not much further (because of the lag making it so slow) we upgraded and tried... and the lag dissapeared for us!!! After playing some sessions with 3.2.

I am really surprised, and I am unsure on whether this will come back or not, but for now it works.

In another thread, somebody quoted (who I think is) Steve in his developement updates, and it seems he may have migrated the game to 64-bits, which is what is supposed to solve this "permanently".

https://forums.matrixgames.com/viewtopi ... 2#p5292092

Joseignacio wrote: Thu Sep 24, 2026 11:58 am

rkr1958 wrote: Wed Sep 23, 2026 7:21 pm

paulderynck wrote: Wed Sep 23, 2026 4:38 pm Those with game files where significant lag on supply calculations occur would be prime candidates to re-try those files using 8.02.

For grins I tried with this latest version the file that Jose was having problems with a month or so ago. The one during allied RTB. Honestly, I didn't notice any improvement.

Well, we kept playing and in the same game not much further (because of the lag making it so slow) we upgraded and tried... and the lag dissapeared for us!!! After playing some sessions with 3.2.

I am really surprised, and I am unsure on whether this will come back or not, but for now it works.

In another thread, somebody quoted (who I think is) Steve in his developement updates, and it seems he may have migrated the game to 64-bits, which is what is supposed to solve this "permanently".

https://forums.matrixgames.com/viewtopi ... 2#p5292092

Glad the update (our last) helped!

Hansstory wrote: Thu Sep 24, 2026 5:11 am Looks like the game development has officially ended. The game is what it is from now to eternity. I bought this game and have never played a turn of it on the computer. It is my absolute favorite strat level WWII boardgame.

It is a shame you never played it, unless you had decided to wait for an AI. What Steve accomplished is admirable. If you want to play the game solitaire or with another human, then you really should give it a try. People have dissed solitaire play as non-challenging, but if you've played this game a lot, you'd know the variability of turn length and weather can tear down any plan and it can be fun to react to (not to mention remember!) what the "other side" was trying to do.

Yes, there have been bugs - name a complex computer game that has none, but overall this version of WiF has been a huge success, IMO.

Hansstory wrote: Thu Sep 24, 2026 5:11 am Looks like the game development has officially ended. The game is what it is from now to eternity. I bought this game and have never played a turn of it on the computer. It is my absolute favorite strat level WWII boardgame.

If you are a wiffer, this is a (tarnished) jewel. And best played as NP IMO.

99% is wonderful, 1% nasty bugs or stupid AI (for convoys).

Only problem is that you need to learn how to solve these naughty bugs editing a txt file of the game, which takes some effort, or have a partner who can.

I have one game on the go in netplay it's 1944... The other game ended in 1940 when the allies knew they were toast. It was MJ 40 the French had been decimated more than usual (!!) and I had Paris on three sides with two two German O-chits in still unused. Worse, the Italians and Germans have taken Algeria and are well on their way to Morroco with a solid force and nothing in between (Aligiers fell on a 16 and the large BEF commitment in France was by passed after the Maginot was cracked in MA on a lucky roll). So yeah, the allies were toast. Gib would have fallen by sea in 41 and there was very little to be done about it.

Joseignacio wrote: Fri Sep 25, 2026 8:43 pm Only problem is that you need to learn how to solve these naughty bugs editing a txt file of the game, which takes some effort, or have a partner who can.

I think that actually the best cost/profit solution would be at the moment to create an easy file editor, even with graphical UI. I thought of trying it, but I have too many projects on my table, as usual. But if someone wants to team up...

There is Magic
And Ronnie's paper on editing MWIF helps a lot once you figure things out

Joseignacio wrote: Wed Sep 30, 2026 2:08 pm There is Magic
And Ronnie's paper on editing MWIF helps a lot once you figure things out

Could you elaborate on this? What/where is Magic? And Ronnie’s paper is probably the Layman’s Guide thread; is there a downloadable pdf guide? If/when I get serious about trying a solitaire game, I’ll want that. I’ve been holding off for the half-map Fascist Tide but probably won’t ever see it now. Sigh.