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Gargoyle

I didn't mean to sound so critical. The game works so well as designed that the decision to allow leaderless stacks to attack seems to be the right one.

I guess I was just looking for a "historical" justification, not just a "Game playability" one.

Gargoyle

I don't see a problem with this being credited to the Confederates.

I'm sure French intervention anywhere in north or central America is bad news for the Union.

Gargoyle

Many times I have found that if I greatly need to attack when my only leaders in the area are "without orders" (envelope shaded brown), I detach all the leaders and send the troops in to attack. I know they are fighting with negative modifiers. But what is the design concept behind the fact that "No...

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Working out a realistic and efficient climate model is a long and cumbersome task. We have started it, but give us some time.. :siffle: You sound like me at work when upper management needs a report that I find particularily difficult. Many of the posters here have attempted to describe methods tha...

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Pocus, Thank you for the response. Frankly, I'm not quite sure I like the replacement model; unless there are other parameters which you haven't mentioned (e.g. for each "pass", the "envelope's" chance of "surviving" the next check is diminished, there's a very real chance that with one "envelope" ...

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Von Beanie is absolutely correct in all particulars here. A little shorter winter on most of the map would be more in keeping with actual North American climate conditions (it's about right in the mountainous areas of the West). I prefer variable rather than strictly "historical" weather. Uncertain...

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I guess this is most directed to Phil and Pocus, but there may be others that contribute to the design process. I am very impressed by your ability in 4 areas: 1) Historical accuracy 2) Game mechanics that mirror actual real world considerations 3) How well your programming translated this design 4)...

Gargoyle

I enjoy this game much more than HOI. I found HOI to have too many moving parts that didn't always sync well. AACW is a much "tighter" game - much less mouse clicking and menu mining, and far more actual planning and executing. I really don't think AACW and HOI are comparable at all in terms of the...

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Thanks jimkehn and others. The reason I am so adamant about the demo is not because I doubt the game's quality, but I am not sure if it's going to be the style of game I am willing to play. There are a lot of fantastic games out there. I can think of Europa Universalis, for example, same designer a...

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I can't believe you haven't sticky'd this yet.

Gargoyle

The only problem I've encountered is that it seems a bit too easy for the Union to do nothing. I'm having a simmilar experience, but... It isn't so much that its easy to do nothing as its difficult to do something. The low command of higher ranking Union Generals and the lack of Army HQs and the le...

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Pocus wrote:this day, if possible.

When you issue the patch will it allow saves to be continued? Or will a fresh start be required?

Gargoyle

Thanks to both of you. I think I have a grip now

jimwinsor wrote:Alternatively, you could take one of those two '62 armies, make it the "Army of California," and appoint McC...

Gargoyle

Probably because my Englis :niark: . Ok. He is not a 3 star general from start, Event makes him a 3 star general. You don't need to transfer him for sure. If you have an army HQ and want to creat an army you will need a 3star general. Generals are ranked by seniority. Let say McClellan has a higher...

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For now, event says what really happened. You don't need to transfer McClellan to D.C. This event makes him a 3 star general. Why? Because AGEOD wanted to simulate that some generals had great influnce and many friends on high places. So what is a result? You have a general with low ratings that if...

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In mid 1861 I got the message that McClellan was appointed commander of the army by Lincoln. I let McClellan lead forces in the west attacking around Lexington, KY. Now I get a new message (late Oct 1861) that McClellan has been appointed C-in-C of the Army of the Potomac and his removal would cost ...

Gargoyle

Which is it: Two separated units in a area. Both say -5% due to lack of command. Group the two units and its -10%. If the stay ungrouped and fight a battle, is it -5% or -10%? Or is it they may be encountered piecemeal, so its -5% each, but might fight separately. While if grouped the suffer the -10...

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Repairing Rail lines is done the same way as you destroy rail lines. Units must start turn in region. Then under the 3rd tab of the special orders window, there is a destroy/repair button. If your engineers are up to the task, railroad line should be good to go. :) You need a line unit to do the re...

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The gaming public needs to know how good this game is. Even I, a BoA veteran, came by it by accident. I flip-flop between classic wargames (BoA, SSG Decisive series, HOI2.DD, etc) and Roleplaying games (World of Warcraft). I burned out on WoW lately, so it was time to get back to some old fashion hi...

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Hi Gargoyle, the Offensive value determine the probability to hit, the Damage value determine the damage a unit does if it hits (strength/cohesion). Thanks. It's nice to know. At the same time, in most situations I have to just throw together whatever is at hand, so I wonder if I'll ever have to ma...

Gargoyle

I understand Offensive and Defensive ratings.

What are the 2 values give to range and assault? Like 3/15 range and 3/20 assault. And how does it differ from Offensive?

Gargoyle

I've played DomII and lately DomIII. Quite a bit of fun, but I find it repetitive. Recruit, attack. There is a lot of "Stuff" in the game, but you don't really do anything differently because of it.

Gargoyle

tc237 wrote:Does posture of the units you move into the region have any effect?
Is an offensive posture more effective then defensive or passive?

As I have understand it, you can only gain military control by have an aggressive posture (>defensive).

Gargoyle

AACW has more replayability than I'll ever be able to exhaust. I played BoA twice thru, once each side (won both). I loved BoA but I'm sure that BoA has quite a bit less replay value than AACW. Edit: Possible game feature: Have the game do some kind of evaluation at the end to determine a projected ...

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Dear Rafiki, as I know you can improve and increase your capacity as high as possible.In my current campaign game in late december 1862 the tooltip tells me that my possible maximum in railway points is 508 and I have now an average of 371 plus 40 points invested.I´ll try to invest even 50 points m...

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thank you for the feedback. Pocus - wouldn't it be cool (for the future) to have a view on what you invested in the economy (colum 1) and what you gained from it (colum 2). Eventually to get a view on what the gains are compared to the cost. By the way - can you see what each city is making ? In th...

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Please specifiy scenario, date and side. For what I can tell, you might have been playing Union, and it's December...in Dec 1861, we add 3 Union Army HQs in the force pool. You have to build them, they don't come for free... 1861 Full 2 Theater Campaign as Union. Current Date is Late August. And if...

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Please provide the exact text of the message. I have a couple of ideas, but they will not be helpful if I don't know what I'm talking about. Also, have you created any army HQ replacements at any point? The message was: New Army HQ has been added to the Force Pool. And yes I had created 1 Army HQ r...

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LAVA wrote:Patience...

I think the Army HQ's show up around Dec 1861 or so...

Ray (aka LAVA)

I could deal with that. But I'm worried about the fact that I got the message saying it was now been added to the force pool when it hasn't.

Gargoyle

Queeg wrote:I think the message means that you are now able to purchase Army HQs in the Reinforcements panel. That's how it worked in my current game. Are you looking in the Replacements or Reinforcements panel?

Yes, that's were I expected it to be. Its not there. Or anywhere I can find.

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The No Leader Concept

About the designers

McClellan Confusion

-5% or -10%?

Ranged & Assault X/Y values?