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  1. After taking Brusell, Antwerp, and then Ypres, the capital of Belgium still switches to Antwerp and the unit occupying Antwerp disappears.
  2. Hubert, Why doesn't the surface raider gain experience in raiding?
  3. Another bug is that carriers suffer air losses for attacking subs.
  4. the wwII scenario needs tweaking as the Poland refusal would have led to early production and troop mobilization on the part of the ussr.
  5. multithreading please to take advantage of multiple cores to speed up turns-
  6. Germany can't really go for a tit for tat slug fest with winter around the corner also. Can't replace troops quick enough.
  7. This is not looking good for Germany. The tremendous jump in MPPs for Russia and getting nasty armor tech levels spell doom. It is just a matter of time. Level 4 tanks for Russia at this point? Yikesss! Taking the whole of Poland does not appear good at all. Since Germany went for Gibraltar- the Med would have been a good hunting ground and then just take a limited offensive in the East or even a defensive war. Allies can not afford to lose the med-
  8. What is the percent of USSR activation? Stalin would have been ready to throw the whole kitchen sink in after being denied the partition of Poland and it should be a matter of months before DOWing Germany.
  9. I think this is a win for the allies. The time table has been disrupted by the late taking of France and Stalin is pissed. No time to harvest.
  10. This confirms my playtest also. It seems that the real winning stratagem for Germany is to stabilize the western front and shift east to deal with the Russians - now is it worth to do the unrestricted warfare? Maybe, maybe not- when the US early entry. But the gambit of not attacking Belgium - really works well as France/UK always DOW Begium. Germany just have to have a ready army group ready to go in to fill in the gaps. Then Germany just sweeps the whole east. The AI still does not know how to set up a good front back East as when Germany shifts east- it needs to bide it's time and set up defensible chokeholds and until it can get better techs. The AI right now throws troops left and right and it is easy to set killing zones to gain experience and weaken their forces. Dave will likely sweep France or hold them to a stalemate as he has not been throwing away troops in pitched attrition battles in the west -Dave should have a very big pool of reserves to throw at the west right nopw- delayed US entry might have paid off, but the extra income for UK for no unrestricted warfare also leads to more troops and materiel they can produce. No sense of wasting money on sea forces -invest in techs and get artillery asap! Hubert, I think the AI is very lacking as it tends to hold on to cities even without support-and advancing without support -HQs, other units, artillery- gives the human player an easy game in picking off units one by one. The ai does not know how to utilize recon to support advances.
  11. Whenever I try to edit a campaign and then save - the engine keeps on telling me there are error in the scripts - even if I just changed the campaign name to save and not do any changes to the 1914 call to arms campaign. Is there something that I am missing to do? I wanna do my eastern campaign with forces realigned to the eastern front.
  12. I have played a few games against the AI - and the eastern strategy is proving really worth it- get to roll up the whole east then focus west. Be careful of deploying all forces east as UK will declare against Belgium and be ready to move into Blgium with what forces you have on hand to form a front. Why not the eastern strategy - it's a pain to slowly shift east (to save mpp in operating units) plus you get the Belgian army group to boot.
  13. I wish they would post the scripts to see how closely they did follow history.
  14. I am assuming that there is a scenario to reflect this alternative plan. If not, it it is easy to modify with the editor to shift forces East.
  15. The Elder plan is presenting more of a viable option to link up with the Ottomans and creating play in the mideast. Once Russia is subdued all options are open to the Central Powers- and the Entente has to sit and wait! Definitely CP have the initiative from the get go. If France were ever to invade Belgium, this would have serious political repurcussions for the US to join and also cause other neutral countries to also shift closer to the CP. Germany does not have the resources to advance well deep into France while trying to hold the east. Belgium has signed a 1839 alliance with Britain and how should the UK react to the French invasion? It would probably not declare war on France, but may institute a blockade of France or just strictly maintain neutrality - there was already fervent opposition to declare war in 1914 in the UK (leading to the near collapse of the governing party) but the German invasion of Belgium swept that away. Invasion of Belgium by France is a big no GO. By 1915, Russia would be near collapse -freeing Ottoman, Austro-Hungarian, and German forces to deal with the Entente. The Schieffen plan would not work as France and the UK already has hindsight into that plan and would react accordingly to stop the advance. Russia is a great menace that threatens a wide swath of territory and resources while the French could be bottled up in a small front. Concentration of force and cost-benefit ratio comparison leads me to support the Elder plan. More resources and MPPs you have, then you are more likely to win even in an attrition battle. I can see France and later UK will do demonstrations in the mid-east and try to activate Italy to create another southern front to relieve the pressure on Russia. The Schleiffen had many ifs to make it work - surprise, slow Russia mobilization, non-reactive French and UK forces - just look at the current AAR - Germany is already getting bogged down in the West and losing troops it could not afford to lose while Russia is getting scarier by every turn while not being able to subdue Serbia and losing valuable Austrian troops. The AAR reads like an almost repeat of WWI. Begium does not have to be invaded to widen the front - keep it small in the west to conserve forces and throw the kitchen sink East - the rewards and good possibility of success are really great.
  16. We have to take a look at eh scripts to see how UK/USA would react to this. Germany can still hold the west and focus on Russia. But a real short defensive line for Germany would be ideal if Belgium is not attacked. Politically, this would and should be very unappeasing for the UK and USA. If this is so, so it would look like the Elder plan would be more cost-ratio effective and would give great chances for Russia collapsing. The other drawback, France can sit put and ready for Germany's delayed Belgium swing. But I can see German troops in the mideast kicking out UK forces and just dive into France at all cost before the US arrives.
  17. Let's start of thread that we think optimizes strategy for both sides: Central Powers: Germany opening moves-Schlieffen plan- but bypassing Holland (they give income anyway) and advance as much as possible through the northern gap. Stabilize lines then shift east to deal with Russia - Austro-Hungary should be having a withholding action on the eastern front until German reserves come through - No calvary/infantry exploitations without support as we have seen how easy it can be surrounded and destroyed. Get the Ottomans to join as soon as possible - Naval actions must wait and bide time until there are openings- subs already out raid what they can. Entente- France must rush north to the Belgian gap to try to slow down the Germans -and start building forces for counter-attacks. Naval blockade of the adriatic sea. Britain expeditionary forces to France and prepare the mid-east for eventual Ottoman entry -naval blockade of the North Sea. Russia- rush into the eastern front as much as possible before Central Powers can organize a defensive/offensive line. Try to exploit Prussian border weakness and try to advance into Austro-Hungary as much as possible. Ready border line with Ottomans to invade thru the Caucus and possibly link-up with Brit forces.
  18. No disrespect, when I am engrossed in a game I don't usually take time out- waiting for the AI turn is a real serious issue that detracts from the game play whcih has led me to abandon playing SC as it is right now. I know other people can take a break and put a hotdog on the grill but really? At least I am gladdened that Hubert is seriously looking at this issue and for the issue and we need to give constant feedback to make this game better. With newer speedier CPUs and 64 bit software, quad and hexa cores, and multi-threading, hopefully in the future these new technologies can be put into use for this software or else it would be severely limited in it's appeal.
  19. This is AWESOME! Hopefully you can allow multiple attacks simultaneously
  20. Thanks for your input Hubert- hopefully someday with SC5 or 6 we can see multithreading.
  21. With all due respect, I have enjoyed Hubert's SC series from SC1 up to the present. But I can not hide my disappointment that long turn times are not really going to be addressed such as taking advantage of multiple cores/multi-threading. As mentioned earlier by Kuniworth I believe, more realistic combat should have been implemented also. Just my two cents opinion.
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