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WIA is great, but I always feel I loose control once the battle starts, it always seem a little random who wins and how much damige the battle does

Thanks Blücher, thats a good point No Combat Mission was not what I was thinking, but a completly seperate and new game, buildt from the ground up. If any game can be close to what I'm thinknig of, then Take Command and the new scurage of war games are it. Only with 3d models, in 1;1 scale, so a regiment of 260 soldiers have 260 models and a regiment with 400 has 400 ect. As I said The battles are 30 000 soldiers or less, which easly can be done today. The game would have a realistic ai that used historic tactics and strategies. With real command structure, brigades, and divisions. Had I had the brain for computer programing or moddeling I would have started on this my self, but I'm a total software idiot.

Total war is not a histiric wargame it's hollywood action. Real wargames or sims are like Sid Mayers, waterloo/gettysbrug Histwar, Take command, and soon scurge of war gettysburg. Were real tactics are used not some sort of fantasy rock, papper siccors thing, there they main point of the game is realistic ai, not fancy graphics

As I said Empire total war allready covers the period, but it's not a true wargame, and it's silly and stupid, like having grenadiers with granades. I want a real wargame of the type and quality Battlefront delivers.

A great strategic game has allready been made by AGEOD. But because of the lack of tactical battles it looses alot, you feel you are never in full control, it's very random how battles go, and it's very simple. But if you want deep strategic and army building take a look at AGEODs games, they got, two about the AWI, the first AWI game was their first game, they then did a ACW game/which I found the best) then a Napoleoinc game, and finnaly back to america with a French and indian wars/AWI/1812 game, All games are based on the same engien and gameplay, it has only been updated more and more, with better and better features. But I do miss a battle engien in the game. Here's my half finished Fusiliers I still need two more bases, for a total of 24 figs. I know they fusiliers didn't actualy use the cap during the war, it was left at depo atleast as late as 75 probebly even earlier. But they do look damn good in the caps

AWI beeing American War of independence. In gaming fashon it gives sevral things that make it very good for gaming. You got the american milita having to stand and fight agasint the juggernaught of british soldiers, this makes the way you play very diffrend depending on if you are playing British or American. With the american side, you have to be very carefull about how you use your milita, don't do any fancy manouvers, it will only make things harder, if you have to attack, don't make elaborete planes with them ect. You will only have a few good regiments of vetran continental soldiers, they will be your "imperial Guard" Rely on them but don't waist them. For the British side You will have very few bad regiments some are avrage seval are good, and a few are the umtimate regiments seen that last 20 years. But you will most likely be outnumberd(after 1777) your regiments can take alot of punishment, but in the end, your victory might taste as bitter as defeat. The terrain is just wonderfull if you get a right grapich engien, lush american farm land and woods, prestine and peacefull untill soldiers start to fight over the terrain and blood start to flow. Generly small battles, and small units, making it possible to do battles in 1:1 scale. The biggest battles had about 35 000 soldiers, and histwar has allready gone beyond that, most battles had less then 20 000, infact most had less then 15 000, making it very feasible to do all battles inn full scale. The game could be a campaign/battle game, or just a battle game. I think with Empire total giving people a taste of this war, a real computer wargame that is more realistic and grandur would be able to sell.

If you get CTD, try to chage the game options and or battle options, there seem to be some comboes that Make the game CTD, just keep changeing the options and see of you get it to work

When I try to run the demo install, nothing happens. Just nothing.

one thing that bugged the hell out of me with the first game is that the garand is boltaction. it just looked so silly with them working the bolt after every shot, it also takes way from the atvantage the US soldiers had with beeing able deliver alot more lead without using a MG

no it's not the first, it's the sixth, luttich or something I don't even have time to take the town before the tanks comes rolling

thanks, that worked

Hi, I'm playing the allied Campaign, and I have come to an american mission were you only have infantry but gets run over by sevral german tanks. first you have to take a town thats defended by two AT guns and some infantry, I try to take over the AT guns and use them on the tanks but I still got run over, and the bazooka is of no use

when I try to start it I get culture name "nb" not supported parameter name: name whats wrong. I play with Xp not vista