Is this the correct forum for game mechanics questions?

[I1066]

Hi guys!
Back playing the game after some extended absence...a lot of great new things seem to have been introduced!

So after playing with the new features for a while now I have some questions, but first I just want to make sure i post to the correct place...

Is this the correct forum for game mechanics questions?

Also, which is the correct forum for more generic questions and discussions on the game itself, the AI, how things works (or should work?), tradeoffs between realism and being a simulator/game and so on?


cheers
/H

PS Perhaps a few new forums would be a good idea?

• Game Mechanics & operations
  Description: Questions and discussions about the game, how to do something in the game, which settings affect what and under which circumstances and everything else concerning how the game operates.
• Game AI
  Description: Questions and discussions on the game AI and how it work, what to expect from the AI on a given command/situation, why something played out the way it did in a specific situation, and so on.
• Simulation model
  Description: Questions and discussions on how different things are simulated within the game, and which "parameters" are considered and used by the game when simulating the real world. Also, what is not part of the simulation yet and what simplifications are in play right now.

[tjhkkr]

Is this the correct forum for game mechanics questions?
Though I probably cannot answer your questions, this part of the forum seems as good as any!

[kevinkins]

I agree. But I1066 might want to read through http://www.warfaresims.com/ to come back up to speed. Then post questions here. Having too many specialized sub-forums may just slow down responses to questions. I go to this forum more than the others by far since it has the most traffic.

Kevin

[thewood1]

We don't need more forums. There are 7-8 sub-forums already. A number of them are rarely used. Plus there are almost 20 stickied threads that already clutter the forum. My suggestion on those topics is use the War Room sub-forum. Unfortunately, I don't think many people read it.

This is a general game forum already for game questions around mechanics and game operations. Unfortunately, a lot of game discussions go unnoticed because people continue to put unrelated questions and reports in threads on another topic.

Two suggestions that will make it easier to get help and leave behind a meaningful discussion is post a save with any specific question and use the forum search function before posting the question. I know its one of the crappiest forum search tools around, but it still works and can reveal a wealth of information. It also lets you see if the devs have answered it before, versus a guess you'll get from players yet to really understand the game.

In the end, there are players who can't figure out where to post stuff. Adding three more options will not help that.

[Rory Noonan]

Just to tack onto thewood1's search suggestion, you can use google to search the site by prefixing your search with 'site:matrixgames.com',

e.g. to find chains of war content:
site:matrixgames.com chains of war