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RE: Blow by blow - 1/1/2009 6:40:14 PM   
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Status: offline 		It's easy to see how much work has been put into this game just from the AAR... So much of it looks great I especially like the new clouds! Thanks again for giving us a look Cathartes, and the rest of the team for their efforts.

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RE: Blow by blow - 1/2/2009 1:09:15 AM   
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Status: offline 		Greetings everyone - Carthes has told me we are ending the scenario - I read through everything. I have to say I think I was very lucky indeed with the weather on the first day of the carrier action. Not only did the weather over my carriers probably save me, but the weather was also bad in the afternoon over Port Morseby when the B-25s attacked. As it was they still sank one transport. Had the weather not been bad there, I could've lost a lot more.

AE offers a lot more flexability in the use of small forces - and as you can see from the actions, small forces can be effective as well.

Oh and BTW, the first umpteen times I ran this scenario (as Allies against the AI) it took PM and trashed my carriers, so the AI can do the same job I did - though we wound up changing the start date to 4 May and changing the start postion of the task forces - as they were on that day - to focus the action a bit more and make the immediate dash for PM a bit more risky for the Japanese.

We will take a short break - work on the testing some more - and then come back with another AAR shortly - stay tuned!

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RE: Blow by blow - 1/2/2009 11:17:34 AM   
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RE: Blow by blow - 1/2/2009 3:28:31 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Cathartes

And Port Morseby falls. After two turns of bombarding and unloading the Japanese shock attack. I gambled that my defense would hold one turn, long enough to get my aircraft out. It's a route, and a smart shock attack by my opponent. A bad day for the Allies!

After this performance, you'll all probably be eager to take me on as PBEM opponent in AE.

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That combat report is awesome! I dont know if I missed it before, but this is the first time I have seen the new, more detailed report.

Is any of the ground combat detail included only in the testing versions of WitP:AE? Or, is all the detail shown here going to be in the full version of WitP:AE? (outside of fog of war setting as mentioned earlier)

If it will be in the full version, with full fog of war will the player get accurate losses on his OWN troops atleast? Or will these numbers be affected by fog of war also?

Thanks in advance and again, looks great!

Chad

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RE: Blow by blow - 1/2/2009 3:49:42 PM   
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Status: offline 		The text shown is all straight from the new more detailed combat report. We did embed this text in the graphic for posting purposes - that is NOT done in the game. The combat report is still a separate entity - as it always was.



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RE: Blow by blow - 1/2/2009 3:59:34 PM   
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Status: offline 		It's still really cool stuff, Joe.  Question though.  Is the data in the text FOW for both sides or will the "owning" side see accurate data?

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RE: Blow by blow - 1/2/2009 5:11:53 PM   
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The text shown is all straight from the new more detailed combat report. We did embed this text in the graphic for posting purposes - that is NOT done in the game. The combat report is still a separate entity - as it always was.




Thanks for the quick reply. Having that data will be very, very nice.

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It's still really cool stuff, Joe.  Question though.  Is the data in the text FOW for both sides or will the "owning" side see accurate data?



I had not thought of that. I assume the combat report is still a shared document. So how is that going to work with fog of war? Will the owning player have fog of war with his own troops?

Thanks in advance.

Chad

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RE: Blow by blow - 1/2/2009 6:38:54 PM   
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Status: offline 		I love the breakdown of LCU device-losses. One rather basic question: in the sample report, Japan "lost" 12 guns, but the report lists only 10 disabled and zero destroyed -- a total of 10, not 12. Likewise, the Allies "lost" 30 guns, including 21 disabled and zero destroyed -- a total of 21, not 30. What happened to the unaccounted-for "lost" guns? Perhaps they are truly lost -- left on the field of battle, out of reach?

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RE: Blow by blow - 1/2/2009 6:48:47 PM   
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Status: offline 		FOW Grotius.

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RE: Blow by blow - 1/2/2009 11:34:54 PM   
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I love the breakdown of LCU device-losses. One rather basic question: in the sample report, Japan "lost" 12 guns, but the report lists only 10 disabled and zero destroyed -- a total of 10, not 12. Likewise, the Allies "lost" 30 guns, including 21 disabled and zero destroyed -- a total of 21, not 30. What happened to the unaccounted-for "lost" guns? Perhaps they are truly lost -- left on the field of battle, out of reach?


With FOW on, you will rarely see those numbers add up. Assume you are getting conflicting reports from your people at the front. With FOW off, the numbers reported will add up.

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RE: Blow by blow - 1/2/2009 11:43:41 PM   
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Status: offline 		And then WitP Tracker will be like a very detailed AAR for your side only.

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RE: Blow by blow - 1/3/2009 3:17:48 AM   
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Status: offline 		Ah, FOW. Cool! Thanks.

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RE: Blow by blow - 1/3/2009 1:44:26 PM   
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Status: offline 		Indeed, if the Allied side just high-tailed it into the weeds, I would have no expectation of an accurate ops report. In fact, if Mac knew for a fact Moresby was lost on the same day of the loss, for certain, I would say he got more info than he might have gotten!

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RE: Blow by blow - 1/7/2009 10:34:43 PM   
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Status: offline 		Joe can we be looking forward to anymore of these AAR threads ? This thread was a good read...

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RE: Blow by blow - 1/7/2009 11:44:14 PM   
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Status: offline 		That's in "we'll see" mode at the moment. Depends on how much longer the development process has to run.

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RE: Blow by blow - 1/7/2009 11:53:27 PM   
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Status: offline 		More seriously, I believe there are plans to do another AAR soon.  I'm not sure of the exact time table.

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RE: Blow by blow - 1/8/2009 12:02:20 PM   
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More seriously, I believe there are plans to do another AAR soon.  I'm not sure of the exact time table.

Bill




When will the AE AAR be released.(Hope no kitties are involved here?)..

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RE: Bad CAP!, Bad! - 5/8/2009 10:03:52 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Cathartes

Here was a critical point in the day... about 16 Wildcats stray over Port Moresby, precious CAP that I could have used over my carriers and in escort of my strike aircraft. My bad on this one, as it serves my right moving my carriers close enough for my CAP to reach Port Moresby. It makes sense they would stray off and help intercept a massive raid over the base, but if I didn't want them to do this, I probably should have moved my carriers over a hex or two. After all, my priority here is enemy carriers, not the invasion force since I know enemy carriers are nearby.

I exchange one F4F for on Zero, but I end up with about 9 damaged Wildcats. There is probably some FOW here, but the point is, a portion of my CAP is not where I would like it.






Thanks for the great AAR!

I hate to continue any nitpicking but something Ive wondered for some time now as I also use Elf's plane set is why are the firing animations uneven? Can this be corrected?

One is out further than the other- Is this because when he resized the planes the animations stayed in the same place? Maybe this cant be fixed?
Just always wondered! Ok now awaiting my punishment for nitpicking!


So I see from the screenshots in the new review that just came out that this was never fixed?

(Sees torches in the distance)

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RE: Bad CAP!, Bad! - 5/8/2009 11:37:07 PM   
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Status: offline 		I added this (recalibration of MG animations) to the pre-GOLD checklist - as a P2 - meaning we will try to get it in before GOLD.

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RE: Bad CAP!, Bad! - 5/10/2009 3:32:13 PM   
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I added this (recalibration of MG animations) to the pre-GOLD checklist - as a P2 - meaning we will try to get it in before GOLD.

It's been addressed. The updated art has not been released to the Beta team yet, and the screens used in the preview are the same shots that have been passed around for months...

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RE: Bad CAP!, Bad! - 5/10/2009 3:37:31 PM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks, we can take this off line - but I'll need to know a tiny bit more about HOW this was fixed.


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RE: Bad CAP!, Bad! - 5/11/2009 8:02:32 AM   
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I added this (recalibration of MG animations) to the pre-GOLD checklist - as a P2 - meaning we will try to get it in before GOLD.

It's been addressed. The updated art has not been released to the Beta team yet, and the screens used in the preview are the same shots that have been passed around for months...


Thanks guys for fixing this! Yay it will no longer drive me nuts!

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RE: Bad CAP!, Bad! - 6/10/2009 7:34:34 AM   
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ORIGINAL: jwilkerson

I added this (recalibration of MG animations) to the pre-GOLD checklist - as a P2 - meaning we will try to get it in before GOLD.

It's been addressed. The updated art has not been released to the Beta team yet, and the screens used in the preview are the same shots that have been passed around for months...


Hi Elf I noticed in Joe and Nik's AAR some of the firing arcs are still crooked. Are they not using the updated art?

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