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Rail lines in Finland
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2000 11:51 pm
by FrankyVas
Why don't the rail lines in Finland ever repair? I know the Finish only went so far into Russia, but what if I want to move some German units up there? They are still stuck with the crummy supply.
Frank V.
(I'm playing 2.1+)
Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2000 12:10 am
by RickyB
Originally posted by FrankyVas:
Why don't the rail lines in Finland ever repair? I know the Finish only went so far into Russia, but what if I want to move some German units up there? They are still stuck with the crummy supply.
Frank V.
(I'm playing 2.1+)
The rail lines will start converting. I believe this happens when the Blitzkrieg supply completely ends in early September. I would guess this was done to weaken any direct Finnish attack on Leningrad early on to represent their overall reluctance to aggressively attack the Soviets.
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Rick Bancroft
Semper Fi
Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2000 12:07 pm
by frank1970
I think rail will work after Leningrad is captured.
Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2000 11:38 am
by Ed Cogburn
Originally posted by Frank:
I think rail will work after Leningrad is captured.
No, Ricky is right, rail conversion for the Finns doesn't work while the Germans are getting blitzkrieg supply because, well basically because the game is brain-dead in this department (IMO).
Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2000 3:32 pm
by OlliH
I wonder if it has been taken into consideration that Finland and Soviet Union/Russia used the same rail width, and still do.
BTW Is there any way to make the rail damage repair faster?
Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2000 11:43 am
by Ed Cogburn
Originally posted by OlliH:
I wonder if it has been taken into consideration that Finland and Soviet Union/Russia used the same rail width, and still do.
The problem, I'm afraid, is more general. Because this bug prevents Finns from advancing on the Soviets in the early game, the powers-that-be have decided to leave this bug alone. The reason is the Finns did not attack the USSR at the same time as the Germans did (22-6-41), they attacked later in August I believe, and in fact never cooperated with the Germans on attacking Leningrad (this is crucial). The game obviously has no built-in restrictions on Finnish activity (which in my book is a bug in its own right), so we're going to use this rail-conversion bug to partially compensate for that, even though the most important issue is not affected by this bug at all, this being German attacks on Leningrad assisted by the Finns. Its not my idea, but thats the way its going to be.
BTW Is there any way to make the rail damage repair faster?
Nope, its built-in, no way for a player to control it.