Barry Eynon

Thanks for all the updates in 2.2. Trying it out, I come to the same thing I've had happen in earlier versions: I activate the Italians against Ethiopia, and am able to defeat them just after the third special offensive event in early 1939. I then move the IEA army up to the border with Sudan and wait. Germany attacks Poland on 9/1, Britain and France declare war on Germany, and then I get a slew of events such as Haille Selassie summons the troops and Khartoum reserve activated, and when my turn starts, I can see that Italy is now at war with Britain and colonies, but not France. Is this how it's supposed to work? The whole Italian activation process is gone, and the NAf campaign starts in 1939 instead of 1940. I couldn't figure out from the scripts which one is making Britain be at war with Italy, no message appears in the log about it. Appreciate if you could look into this, thanks.

Returning to the topic of the thread, I think it's becoming clear what you're saying, Hubert - the table on page 33 does not get applied to the supply level a HQ gets based on another HQ, only to the best traced supply from a resouce. If that's how it's supposed to work now, then everything seems to be working correctly. Thanks for your patience! -Barry

Thanks Hubert, your last paragraph matches exactly my understanding of how supply chaining is supposed to be working, for HQ that are far enough apart to not to have supply available from resourses. I do not believe this to be working correctly (or at all) in 1.02, here are two screenshots showing this: scgc102example2.png Here the 3 German HQs are all able to get at least 1 point of supply from the Finnish HQ in Leningrad, hence should be promoted to 8 supply as per the table. scgc102example3.png Here supply comes from Smolensk which is at 6, and this reaches the southern of the 2 German HQs and puts it at 8 supply. The northern HQ is out of range of Smolensk, but according to the table it should end up with supply 8, not 7, by chaining from the southern HQ. I will mail you the save files from these two situations for you to examine. But isn't this supply improvement also supposed to happen for HQ that are closer together, e.g. the HQs in the first screenshot I posted above? Since you think the rule may have changed since WaW I'll leave it out of the discussion, though I know there was HQ chaining in WaW. Thanks, Barry

In the manual, on page 34, please read the two paragraphs beginning "Friendly HQs can also be linked in a supply chain over extended distances ... as well as any nearby units ..." This may never have worked properly in SCGC, but you could certainly pass level 10 supply along a chain of HQs 4 spaces apart and have it distributed to the units at the front in earlier iterations of SC, in particular SC: W&W. Here is the picture I was trying to upload, thanks for the suggestion to use imageshack: scgc102supplyexample.png

In version 1.02, it appears that HQ are not being rechecked for supply increases from other HQ as described in the HQ supply chain rules (and as always used to work). For instance, consider the Axis HQs stretching east across the southern front at the start of the 1942 scenario. (tried to put a picture in here but couldn't get one small enough to upload, sorry). The unit information and the supply display both show the Rumanian HQ at 10 supply, and the 2 German HQs further east at 8 supply, all of which they could get from local resource supply sources. But by the chaining rule the Rumanian HQ should offer 8 supply to Manstein which is 2 squares away, and raise it to 10 supply according to the chaining table. Then Manstein should be offering 6 supply to Bock, which should raise Bock to a 10 as well. Right? This problem was particularly limiting in doing some of the user scenarios like 1938 Calm Before the Storm, where resource supply sources are much more spread out. So either there's a bug or something I don't understand, appreciate clarification either way. Thanks, Barry Eynon