Update - Scenarios and Program

[Guru80]

Just so everyone knows they are coming along wonderfully.

Now the bad news...I know some of you aren't going to like this but I am going to release all of them at the same time as a package. I am almost done with the program discussed previously and I have just started the finishing touches on my 4th scenario. They have been played tested by 3 people I know but they will most likely still have room for improvement when released and I know I am going to have to make some changes to Sherman's March through the Carolinas to make it historically accurate.

Campaigns finished/working on
March to the Sea
March through the Carolinas
Peninsula Campaign
Battle of Chickamauga
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
And much more to come......

This will be my Christmas present to the AACW community and Ageod for giving us such a fantastic Civil War game. It should be out well in advance of Christmas however (in a week or 2 I figure).

[berto]

Perfect for those of us who simply don't have the time (or inclination) to play the full-war, all-theater scenarios.

[arsan]

Great news! Thanks for your work!
But.. what its this program you are talking about???
Cheers!

[berto]

How many times has this happened to you? (Assuming you don't own one or more of the super-expensive, large-scale, comprehensive atlases of the Civil War.)

You are reading a textual account of some Civil War campaign (say, for example, Foote's Civil War trilogy, having a few maps but not many). The narrative, the force movements, the campaign logic are hard to follow because any of:

--There is no accompanying map.
--If there is a map, it is B&W, simplified, omits vital geographical details, etc.
--The map is small, fits in just a corner of the page.
--The map is clipped, and peripheral forces and details are left out (off to the side, unseen).
--The map is static, not dynamic (much less interactive).
--You have a modern geographical atlas of the campaign area, but it is cluttered with distracting additions (new towns, highways, etc.) developed in the many years since the campaign being described.

A picture is worth a thousand words. An interactive computer simulation is worth a hundred battlefield maps.

Quite apart from their value as games, in these AACW campaign scenarios, we have unprecedented tools for historical exploration.

Something I have wished for in all my life-long reading of military and Civil War history.

[bigus]

Looking foward to the scenerios.
I'm Glad I did'nt start the peninsula scenerio
Guru you should PM me with your list of up and coming scenerios.
I'd rather not have conflicting ones. I will tell you I have only one
in mind which is the Kentucky Invasion 62 which is on hold till I finish the Trans Mississippi one.

bigus

[marecone]

Great news! Thanks for your work!
But.. what its this program you are talking about???
Cheers!

Program! Is it battle statistic or perhaps in game generals history ??? Tell us, please leure:

[Pocus]

That is excellent news Guru! If you agree, we can check them between ourselves (the team) and perhaps propose them officially?

[Chamberlain]

Guru80,

Thanks for the updated status......

Sounds awesome, can't wait apy: apy:



Thanks

Chamberlain

[Guru80]

That is excellent news Guru! If you agree, we can check them between ourselves (the team) and perhaps propose them officially?

Definitely! If they end up being to your expectations I would be honored

[Pocus]

I'm sure they will, but send them so that I can verify

Seriously, I would like to get all scens at most for december 18, so to get some days playing and checking them for the Xmas patch.

[macnab]

Thanks very much for your work, i d/loaded some of your scenes, trans Miss, etc, very good, im new and still trying to learn game, ,had demo ,but got full game cple days ago, i put scene files in scenes,but didnt know what to do with the folders,(i d/loaded the Zip) ? thanks again Mac

[Pocus]

Scens with Demo won't work well, as you will get missing data or generals.

[macnab]

Sorry pocus ,you misunderstood me, i do have the full game now,and thats what i put the scenes in, but, i didnt know what to do with the folders of trans missip,etc with loads of files inside, do they just go into the main game folder or are they nothing to do with the playing? ie: just the workings out of the mod scenes? thanks

[Pocus]

You need to put the scn in the scens folder and the sct in the events folders. The rest is not needed if you play, but ask the modder to confirm.

[GShock]

Best Xmas ever!!!!

Go go go guru!!!!

[macnab]

Thanks Pocus ,will do as you advise, Mac

[bigus]

You need to put the scn in the scens folder and the sct in the events folders. The rest is not needed if you play.

Yes it seems the Include files are Imbedded into the SCN file when it is generated but the SCT files or event files are not. It does'nt hurt to have the INC files in the Includes folder though. Either way the scenerio if it has Events must be Zipped with the SCT files. Thats the way I see it right now but I could be wrong. As I said It does'nt hurt to include the INC files.

bigus

[tagwyn]

Pocus: Please do this. I agree with the scenario outlook.
Shiloh is a great scenario. Merry Christmas all. T

[macnab]

Thanks for all answers and help, great xmas to all here, Mac

[marecone]

Sooo Guru... Any news of programs? Hope you didn't quit your work.

Godspeed

[Pocus]

I'll need your scenarios within 12 hours or they won't make into the Christmas patch, and even now it is not guaranteed, depending of the time needed for a thorough evaluation.

Sending this by PM too.