ALLIED SIDE ZULUHOUR(A) FCHARTON (J) NO FCHARTON

[zuluhour]

the very next day...

[zuluhour]

soon to be forced into VP grab mode...

[zuluhour]

the next morning....Allied transports and cargo ships have cleared the area.

[zuluhour]

October 10

[PaxMondo]

Really nice graphics … dang it must take time …

[&o][&o][&o]

[zuluhour]

Thanks Tony! I am learning how to use masks and layers and should upgrade the graphics over the summer.

Francois is busy jaunting around Europe, most likely next turn will be a couple of days.

[zuluhour]

A quick post:
CBI: reorganization of the RAF and USAF. Major defeats in China.
Australia: Will update soon.

[witpqs]

Major defeats in China.

[:(]

[zuluhour]

George, there is not enough Pepto in China. Talk about gas!

[zuluhour]

Better news from down under...

[zuluhour]

the 15th and the 16th..
An assault at Paoshan is repulsed with heavy casualties to the Chinese, IJA units are at Chungking. Chansha
is being cut off.

[zuluhour]

The KB never left. I have no screen shots for the next few days but KB just shifts positions, sweeping KiraKira which declines the invitation.

[zuluhour]

forgot one embarrassing part of the 15th....



fortunately he does not press the attack.

[zuluhour]

a little more today...

[zuluhour]

UGH!

[zuluhour]

not a lot of change today, but I do discover IJ units in new places.

[HansBolter]

I have always used the maximum variable on reinforcement arrivals to keep my games as variable as possible.

I don't want to be able to predict arrival times from prior game experience.

Not sure what you mean by your question if the intel screen changes?

I've always assumed the intel screen listing of reinforcement arrivals reflects the variability setting that is chosen.
I've presumed that the chosen variability factor is applied prior to game start for all reinforcements and reflected in the intel screen. That would be the only way it could work. If you wait until a given units non-variable entry date to apply the variable, then the (-) effect wouldn't work. The only way given unit can enter earlier than normal is if the variability factor is applied prior to that date. Game start makes the best sense for when that would be implemented.

I am nearing the END date of the first scenario I have ever played to completion and I definitely have reinforcement arrival dates that are AFTER the scenario ends. I take this to be a reflection of the variability factor.

[zuluhour]

that makes sense, I will proceed accordingly. I ask because future planning
revolves around some specific dates for arrival, transit, and deployment. The
transit is of course variable but predictable. If the reinforcement screen
were to change in game I would have issues, (with my plans, not the game).
I have also not been able to figure out if an amphibious TF docked or not
is considered at sea or in port. This matters for how I defend against IJN
naval air in an invasion zone. I really should sandbox some of this stuff
but time always seems to be at a premium, comes with marriage[:D].
Thank you sir.

ps, Was it you Hans who showed how the replacement squadrons worked from the
CVEs?

[BBfanboy]

The major warships already under construction have definite arrival dates but in the editor some ships have the arrival date set as 999999, which I think tells the game to randomize their arrival over a range of time.

Even with no variation in arrivals I have seen unit arrivals after the end date of the scenario. My first time out with the Philippine Sea scenario I was fooled by some late arriving ships and LCUs into thinking the scenario must run that long, so I did not get to one of the crucial islands in time![:@]

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

The major warships already under construction have definite arrival dates but in the editor some ships have the arrival date set as 999999, which I think tells the game to randomize their arrival over a range of time.

Even with no variation in arrivals I have seen unit arrivals after the end date of the scenario. My first time out with the Philippine Sea scenario I was fooled by some late arriving ships and LCUs into thinking the scenario must run that long, so I did not get to one of the crucial islands in time![:@]

I think all 9's means no arrival for units. It's a way of keeping them in the scenario file for later use.