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Not do-able right now but I have been campaigning for a new feature that allows any nation to go from belligerence to non-belligerence and from one alignment to another, depending on certain events etc. We could then have the USSR join the tripartite pact, other nations change sides etc. Hopefully soon!

This has been discussed before and it is a good idea. Maybe SC3. Naval units could have a leader attached to them who has specific abilities, just like a unit improvement. If this is done then tactical commanders on land and air units should also be added. In this way, each land unit can have a specific "leader" attached to it like a unit improvement that has special abilities. (Yes....very similar to CEAW) In this way we can add Guderian, Paulus, Student etc. I would also argue that Patton is a "tactical" commander, not an HQ.

Just not possible with current engine. There needs to be a significant change to improve speeds on bigger maps. I tried my Global Fall Weiss MOD without AI scripts and just the engine AI and it took FOREVER. Anyway, I am not interested in the Pacific War. My Global Engine MOD is strictly Western Hemispehere although Japan can occupy Madagascar and use it for a sub base if the Allies don't intervene there before hand!

Hi guys: No worries, my Division/Corps level Expanded Fall Weiss MOD is being adapted to the Global Engine. It includes an even bigger map with the coastline of South America and more of Africa. New countries include the Czech nation, Abyssinia, Albania and Libya as conquered nations; Brazil, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, India and all of the "Free" governments of Europe that operated from London after their home nations were conquered. It will continue to be Fall Weiss based but has an enormous number of additions and changes since the old MOD. There are also overland convoys between USSR and Germany, Vichy France and Germany, Romania and Germany and Italy and Germany and expanded "what-if" events. With the scale and size of the MOD though, an AI is really not feasible until the engine better handles larger MODs. Human to Human play should be alot of fund though.

My HONCH Expanded division/corps scale MOD of Fall Weiss is complete except for the AI. It will be released with the next SC2 expansion. It includes the following: 1. Half the scale of the original Fall Weiss. 2. Expanded map to include more of Africa and South America. 3. Many more cities, towns, ports, resources and points of interest. (eg. Kasserine Pass, Dodacenese Islands, Montevideo and the River Plate etc.) 4. Many more nations including Brazil, Venezuela, Netherlands, Abyssinia. 5. Emulation of Free French, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Greek and Belgian governments and units. 6. Expanded scripts to explore the what-ifs of the Iraqi Coup, British military aid to Greece, British Chemical Weapon plans and SAS attacks, German attempts to bring Spain into the War, Axis Surface and Air Raiders, Japanese Sub Bases in Madagascar, defection of General Vlassov, Arab and Zionist partisan attacks, Overland convoys from Germany to Italy, Romania to Germany, Persia to USSR, V1 and v2 attacks and more. 7. Expanded OOB including divisions, garrison troops, coastal and rail guns, Waffen SS and Ost Battalions, US Atomic Bombs and more. Stay tuned.

Also noticed that in Patton Drives East an intelligence report came up for a unit in Kuwait that a corps was spotted near Bari!

Good ideas guys. All are being bandied around by us in the beta testing forum. At the top of the list are changes to the diplomatic system, restrictions on op movement, surface raiding and blockades and some other goodies. I have read all of the posts and submitted my own priorities in the beta testing forum. Stay tuned. I think this will be the best release yet.

Its getting worked on now for upcoming projects. The best solution seems to be to replace rockets with special weapons. We are currently determining how to best represent this so as to make it easy for Hubert to make the changes to include it. Nations will not be able to "purchase" special weapons units. Their arrival will be scripted. USA: Abomb UK: Chemical weapons or special operations units (SAS) Germany: Strategic Rockets (v1,v2) Japan: Kamikazes

1. There was and should be NO chance of peace between Germany and UK or Japan and UK, none. Even a successful sealion and UK fights from its colonies. 2. Once US is in the war there is no chance of US peace with Germany or Japan, however, if sealion is successful BEFORE US enters then maybe US should move AWAY from war instead of towards war? If Sealion is followed up by Axis attack on Ireland, Canada or Iceland then US would move towards war again. 3. There WAS and should be a chance of USSR peace with Germany. If Germany takes Leningrad, Moscow and Stalingrad there should be a decision event to offer peace to Germany. Germany gets all territory from Archangel to Astrakhan. USSR moves capital to Urals and goes Neutral again. (Although possibly still pro-Allied and moving closer to war again after awhile) Currently the remaining territories of the USSR would need to be transferred to a minor, something like the SSSR, Siberian Soviet Socialist republic. Its workable but not perfect. 4. There should be a decision event for Japan and China to have peace if Chungking falls. Again, China goes Neutral albeit very pro-Allied and re-activates if and when certain territories fall to the other Allies. What is needed is a new activation system whereas each major can be in different states of activation towards the others as well as being able to force majors to non-activation etc. A little bird tells me that Hubert is working on something along these lines. Stay tuned.

The final version of my PvP Honch Expanded Fall Weiss for PDE is in the Battlefront repository. It has alot of changes including map adjustements, new starting OOB adjustments and balance changes. The next version will be released with the next SC2 project. At that time I will also undertake to MOD the AI as well.

I see no problem with using the acronym Jap. WW2 was over 60 years ago. Are we going to start getting upset when we use the term Brits, Russkies, Yanks, Aussies, Swedes, Danes or Finns? C'mon. If the term has not become entrenched in our language as a an insult such as "ch$nks" or "n$ps" then we need to get away from this politically correct bullsh$t.

Blashy and I have started a discussion in the Beta Testing forum and whether Germany or Japan could have won. I agreed that Japan had no hope but Germany did. If you were leader of either nation, how would you have won the war? Germany: Crush the BEF at Dunkirk. This causes a vote of no-confidence and ouster of Churchill. Eden takes over. Australian, Indian, Polish, Free French and New Zealand reinforcements for the Middle East are rushed to the UK under threat of Sealion. Rommel is sent to Libya and seizes Tobruk. In May 1941, after signing the "Four Power Pact" with Japan, Italy and the USSR, Manstein and the "Arabia Korps" are sent to Syria. German troops support a Spanish conquest of Gibralter, stopping planning for operation "Torch" in North Africa. Rommel seizes the Suez and meets Manstein in Palestine. Together they seize Iraq and the oilfields as USSR invades Persia, as per agreement. In May 1942 Germany invades the USSR through Europe. Rommel enters the Caucasus along with Turkish troops and cuts off the Russian divisions in Persia. By Summer 1943 the Russians are pushed into the Urals and Stalin signs an armistice. The Luftwaffe and U-Boats turn to the UK and hammer them. At end of 1942, with no oil, Eden sues for peace. The last enemy, the USA threatens atomic attack in 1945 after the defeat of Japan. Germany threatens chemical weapon attacks on the US East Coast via u-boat, Amerika Bomber and A-10 ballistic missile as well as chemcial weapon attacks on UK. USA signs an armistice. Victory and very possible.

A few more improvements: 1. Fixed the minor HQ flags. 2. Fixed the Cape Horn route so that ships can now go all of the way around. (They had been blocked by the South African port) 3. Adjusted garrison unit costs to 75 for every nation. 4. Adjusted the Gdynia and Hel Peninsula tile to include a fortification. 5. Added German Landwehr (garrison) units to the German-Belgian border. 6. Adjusted the entry values of Portugal and Turkey to 0% Neutral. 7. Added a partial strength Norwegian cruiser to Narvik. 8. Added Narvik to the list of Norwegian capitals. 9. Added a few US National Guard units to Boston, Miami and Philadelphia. 10. Removed MacArthur from the US production queue in 1946. 11. Added country, region and water area names to the map. 12. Added the German Hitler Youth, Reserve Army and Volkstrum (Home Guard) to activate upon certain conditions. 13. Adjusted downwards the convoy levels from British Africa, Australia and India to the UK. 14. Added a script to hit Finnish resources due to Allied blockades if they enter Leningrad or Murmansk. 15. Removed Italian HQ Prince Umberto from map and added him to activate as Viceroy of Ethiopia upon war. 16. Changed the UK Habbaniyah division to an entrenched air unit 17. Added script to activate UK Wellington bomber unit at Shaiba upon war with Iraq. 18. Reduced the strength of the Iraqi division in Baghdad. 19. Removed the Turkish armour unit from the map. 20. Added an Italian division to activate at Kismayu upon war.

Newest version on cmmods now.

No problem at all.