Gary Grigsby's Eagle Day to Bombing the Reich Version 1.04 now available

[Daniele]

Gary Grigsby's Eagle Day to Bombing the Reich has been updated to version 1.04, and this update it’s huge!

You can download the update from here
Check the Changelog below

IMPORTANT. This update has brought huge changes and improvements to many game’s aspects. For this reason, any game’s session started before Version 1.04 will not be compatible with this update once in place.


v1.04 Changelog

Changes & Fixes:
• Variable moonlight now corresponds to actual phases of the moon relative to sunrise/sunset.
• Fixed a bug in BoB 40 & 41 campaign where moon rise and set hours went past 24:00 clock during mid-late game.
• Added several tweaks and smarts to make the German AI day and night bomber offensive in BoB more potent.
• BoB: Kg 40 and Kgr 126 units in Brest were maritime patrol and minelaying units. They have been reduced in size from Gruppe to Schwarm (assuming some were used for bombing England) and the balance of He 111's returned to the replacement pool.
• Fixed ops points in BoB and non-campaign BTR scenarios to match rulebook.
• BoB ’40 sudden death clarification: as an addendum to what is stated in the rulebook, at the end of the second 31 day period (turn 62), the German player must have a combined victory total of 10 or more or the game ends immediately (this has been in effect since the initial 2009 release.)
• Modified default max ranges for German HQ in BoB to keep early-game AI bombing missions within fighter escort range.
• Ensured detached groups combine with parent when sharing the same base.
• Overcast display simplified to show OVC (overcast) base and height elevation.
• 'Top pilots' and 'Honor Roll' views now show days until return to service for WIA veterans.
• Luftwaffe units in Balkans "Sud Ost" groups now go on alert normally when Allied raids form up in Italy.
• Fixed duplicate German infantry division showing up on French coast in 1944.
• Ensured ground war events are triggered the same dates in both 1943 and 1944 campaigns. D-Day happens June 6, 1944 (note that the date for D-Day, Avalanche, and East Front collapse cannot be influenced by bombing troops.)
• 88mm FlaK 41 now distributed by AI from AA pools to home defense in BTR. Similar fixes to some RAF AA guns in BoB.
• Map now re-centers only when an event falls outside of the current view. The frenetic screen jumping is greatly reduced, especially noticeable for BoB and the smaller scenarios.
• 'Intercept', 'Set Patrol', and 'Set Doctrine' displays now show Nightfighter Groups in blue for easy reference. 'Set Doctrine' display now lists only aircraft currently in use by that Command, with ability to quick reference aircraft database for selected aircraft type.

• Fixed a bug where the random number generator was always producing the same sequence of numbers at start and not re-seeding. This impacts anything that is randomly set at the start of the scenario, and possibly some other effects.
• Fixed a bug where "lowest ready" aircraft was showing incorrectly.
• Clarified "autoplan missions" button and renamed "set bomber targets" to "autoplan missions". Added hotkey text to menu buttons.
• Verified that changing clock speed from anything but 1 impacts the combat results (as previously suspected). Fixing this bug was very complex so for now clock speed hardwired to 1 and menu button removed. You can still adjust the clock/timer settings under 'Options'.
• Fixed a major bug/exploit where the cloud cover in BoB games would reset to the north edge of the map whenever the map was zoomed out.
• Reworked the Fuel-Oil economy routines and greatly reduced the amount of oil and avgas produced by industry. Added a penalty/benefit to ground troop supply depending on shortage status. Shortages are now much more likely to occur with a dedicated fuel/oil campaign. Both players will be notified when the shortage is in effect, but only the defender will see just how severe it is. Besides needing avgas to fly airplanes, shortages impact the training of new pilots, and delivery of replacements to ground units in BTR leading to greater ability to break the defensive lines.
Note that Oil refineries do not produce avgas in BTR, avgas comes from synthetic fuel refineries only. Oil in BTR is used only by the home economy and for supplying the ground troops and the excess is stored.
In BoB, avgas comes from weekly port deliveries and oil refineries. Oil that is not converted to fuel in refineries is used by the home economy and the excess is stored. When the demands of the home economy in both games can no longer be met, a shortage occurs.

• Fixed several cases where aircraft were not converting to elint or other types.
• BTR: Fixed several German fighter default doctrines. Also, as the war progresses, Luftwaffe AI doctrine may tend to ignore escorts and become more aggressive toward bomber formations.
• BTR: "Wilde Sau" nightfighters Bf 109G-6/U4N and Fw 190A-5/U2 cease production and convert into day fighters sometime before the end of March 1944. Bf 109G-6/U4N upgrades to Bf 109G-14 in July 1944 and Fw 190A-5/U2 upgrades to Fw 190A-8 in March 1944. Nightfighters cannot change to Wilde Sau types.

• Added moral loss for delayed or scrubbed Allied missions.
• Reduced accuracy for high altitude raids >25000' more or less
• Increase risk of mechanical or crew damage at high altitude (icing).

Scenario rebalancing:
o Overlord scenarios: Axis receive points for serviceable aircraft west of x=540 instead of x=500 (this also matches the western limits of "terror bombing" targets.
o Avalanche scenario: Allies receive 75 points per airfield captured in Italy instead of 100. Axis receive points for serviceable aircraft south of y=875 instead of y=950.
o Both 1943 and 1944 campaigns are 65 turns shorter, ending in April 1945, corresponding to the historical date that major offensive air operations ended and giving the Luftwaffe a better chance to win before the entire economy is overrun. Allies must achieve 90 VP instead of 85. Added some more historical at-start damage to German cities. Set baseline terror and industry points the same for 43 and 44 scenarios, and sudden death calculation assumes 44 scenario is already 6 months along (so Allies will already need a minimum score of 14 at the March 1944 checkpoint...)
• Fixed the 1944 Jet Age scenario. Me 262's now come on with a vengeance at start, with the AI doing a good job of integration into the Luftwaffe. 1944 Jet campaign length and VP unchanged but sudden death calculation applies as with 1944 campaign.
• Fixed bugs where German targets and bases in Crete and Balkans would remain until the end of the war. Fixed Rimini airfield remains Axis controlled until Gothic line collapses. Fano airfield is activated for 12th USAAF in early December 1944.
• Axis player can now select ground troops during movement phase and see the supply value and path without it flickering by too fast to read. Replay messages can also be read now without flickering by regardless of scroll speed.
Many more OOB changes, See separate listing.
o Most Allied reinforcements have increased delays.
o In the 44 campaign, all 2ndTAF Typhoons are now rocket equipped.
o The LSNF now has its historical OOB.
o Wherever possible, all units now have their historical leaders.
o Fixed a few data errors introduced in the last patch, mainly dealing with replacements.

[Piteas]

GREAT!!! [&o]

[drmweaver2]

Dl'd. Installed.
Question - can I continue to play game begun with v.104 Beta without problems?

Also, is v1.04 release a "complete update" or should I have the original install and then all previous updates?
Basically, for best results, should I uninstall everything and then reinstall just the original and v1.04 release or the original and all updates in sequential order?

[mikkey]

Thanks for update guys!

[boogabooga]

ORIGINAL: drmweaver2

Dl'd. Installed.
Question - can I continue to play game begun with v.104 Beta without problems?

Also, is v1.04 release a "complete update" or should I have the original install and then all previous updates?
Basically, for best results, should I uninstall everything and then reinstall just the original and v1.04 release or the original and all updates in sequential order?

+1

[simovitch]

1. You should restart even the games that were started with the beta.

2. The patch is cumulative so it can even be installed over the beta.

[Talon_XBMCX]

Thanks for the update … really looking forward to getting back into this!

[drmweaver2]

Thanks for the update and the reply about the correct installation/starting of the game now.

Much appreciated.

[boogabooga]

What changed since the beta?

[simovitch]

ORIGINAL: boogabooga

What changed since the beta?

Minor map graphics and data changes but the biggie was some code that we introduced to speed things up a bit was causing problems (like seeing german fighters in the allied escort list) so we backed out of it.
Because the buggy beta code has likely messed with your savegame data, you need to restart with the official patch. Such is beta.

[hajomarseille]

Hello,

Long time player (BoB und BTR since it came out - Talonsoft at that time) and first time poster here.
Just signed up to acknowledge all the work that has gone in to keep the game and community alive.

Was a frequent reader of Jean Claude's old forum also, got really excited when Matrix took over, merged both games and re-released.

Thank you for putting a new patch out!

[drmweaver2]

ORIGINAL: simovitch
Minor map graphics and data changes but the biggie was some code that we introduced to speed things up a bit was causing problems (like seeing german fighters in the allied escort list) so we backed out of it.
Because the buggy beta code has likely messed with your savegame data, you need to restart with the official patch. Such is beta.

Unfortunately, seems the fix isn't quite complete:
Save game file at https :// 1drv.ms/u/s!AvC7p4tHbX40g4Mv5oy_GBUCDPOf0Q

[simovitch]

Can we move bug reports to the tech support threads please?
FYI I see your savegame but I'm unable to reproduce this error.

In the meantime, always make sure you Exit all the way to desktop whenever you want to load different savegames or start a new game.

[drmweaver2]

ORIGINAL: simovitch
Can we move tech support questions to the tech support threads please?
FYI I see your savegame but I'm unable to reproduce this error.

In the meantime, always make sure you Exit all the way to desktop whenever you want to load different savegames or start a new game.

Sorry... wasn't actually looking for "tech support". Just reporting something in response to the comment I quoted.

Again, thanks for the update. I appreciate the work done.

[simovitch]

ORIGINAL: drmweaver2
Sorry... wasn't actually looking for "tech support". Just reporting something in response to the comment I quoted.

Again, thanks for the update. I appreciate the work done.

Thanks, I meant "bug reports to the tech support" ...so we can track them properly.

[-pag-]

Thanks for the update. A special thanks for those working on the patches.

[countrboy]

Hi guys, I just bought the game and am looking forward to learning the game. However I can't access the ftp site (I have never been able to access any ftp sites for some reason) - is there another way to get the update?
Thanks.

EDIT: never mind, I managed to remember my login to Slitherine where I can download it from the website, problem solved!