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Been playing some of the more modern games, Kp BiN etc and really wanted to learn to play this and Pacwar. Anyone have any basic advice? what does a normal turn consist of, etc? and also would be nice to run in windowed mode if anyone knows how to hook that up. thanks.

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You really have to read the manual its pretty complex but once you understand its all fun. A normal turn is one week I beleive. I don't think you can do windows mode on this game since its pre-windows. To me out of all the older war games this is the best one ever made.

You can use DosBox to run it in a window. Get it from
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/dosb ... e?download
After you install, you make a shortcut on the desktop. Then drag-and-drop the Wir executable on top of this shortcut and voila! Use ctrl-F12 to make it run faster and ctrl-F9 to quit. Read the instructions for more commands.
This is also about the only way to make the game run under XP.

A normal turn consists of:
ORDERS PHASE:
- changing factory production, if necessary
- transferring divisions between your corps or HQs
- moving corps and HQs in your own territory
- air missions
- ordering your corps to plot into enemy held territory
COMBAT PHASE:
- hit "combat" and watch it

A very useful command is Alt-R during the orders phase. This will create a text file in your game folder giving you very detailed information.