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BOA2 : Wars in America patch 1.08a Public Beta Release Candidate 3
October 25, 2011
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= Fixed rare CTD seen with structures being captured
= Canadian Militia (in French and Indian Wars) now upgrade to Light Infantry (used to upgrade to Troupes de Marine)


[RC2]
= Introduced “Turn 0” options to 1775 and 1776 Campaign.
= Added Models and Units and Graphics for new King Phillip's War Scenario
= All Dragoons, Rangers, Partisans, Mountaineers, Backwoods Riflemen, Couriers and Indians now have the *NoCapture* Attribute, and thus can only capture Ports, Depots and Native Villages by themselves.
= Depot build bug fixed. Depots can be “built up” with Supply or Transport Ships/Bateaux to the level defined in 2Depot.str (where MaxLevel = 3)
= Pillagers (Model Attribute = *Pillage*) now properly raze Settlements and Stockades. These units will now display the Pillager Ability icon.
= Ships not getting replacements: bug fixed.
= “Tidied up” the Element Detail window
= Weather "Coastal" bug fixed {Thank you, berto}
= Weather adjustments made in some areas. Generally reduced severe weather in Southern Areas.
= Weather in Regions now described as either Clear, Rain, Cold, Frozen or Very Cold (old descriptions carried connotations that it was a 30 day Blizzard!)
= Game Engine updated to latest AGE
= New AI parameter: aiCTM_ThreatValInFow in AI.opt to help regulate AI agressivness

[RC1]
= New parameters in settings to regulate Automatic Experience gain: “Excessive Experience Bug” fixed.
= Ammo non-consumption bug fixed.
= "Scrambled" Battle Reports bug fixed.
= There is now a stack (group) name memory. Basically when the scenario setup is created the current name is also stored. This has been done (and is very often useful) so that the name of a stack doesn't change as soon as you move a unit out of it, or the reverse. A stack will assume a new name by merging the stack into another unit or stack.
= An insidious bug with the "NotEnemy" script parameter is fixed. (This was part of the issue with the "Hortelez Supply" arriving in Enemy Ports.)
= Cavalry won't switch posture when crossing a river, even if 100% hostile MC on other side
= Bug Fixed where sometimes a replacement was used from a wrong faction tag to replace an element in an unit
Script (event, scenario start) changes
= 75/76 Campaigns: Revised logic for various unit and group arrivals to prevent arrival in an enemy-occupied region (Continental Marines, Hortelez, etc etc)
= 75 Campaign: Continental Marines arrive unfixed now
= 59 Annus Mirablis COL variant: minor adjustment to event dates for Canada Reinforcements so they appear in the short scenario as they do in Campaign.
= Added 1689 King William's War Scenario (Thank you Hobbes) {Text is in English only - translations needed}
= Added 1763 Pontiac's War Scenario (Thank you Hobbes) {Text is in English only - translations needed}
= Added more Leader Biographies, which can be viewed by hovering the mouse pointer over the large portait in the Element popup display window (thank you Stephane Parrin, Stewart King, Paul Roberts) {More translations needed}

KG Erwin wrote:Thanks, Lodilefty. I'll start a new "Crucible of War" campaign (as I call the FIW Colonial version) when I get home from the office today.

Narwhal wrote:What baffles me is that you are, from what I understand, an unpaid voluunteers. I know I would want some hard cash for the job you are doing, which brings few "Thank you" and a lot of complains. I hope you are at least retired. Thank you so much.

Hobbes wrote:Hi Lodi, after a quick test all seems fine and dandy! (apart from one minor thing of course).

The new KWW Puritan unit at Salem lacks its model text - but I can't spot where the problem is can you? All seems present and correct to me - must have worked too hard today.



Cheers, Chris

Hobbes wrote:Lodi, I will have a play around tonight if able - PC is on the blink again.

There will not be any more graphics changes for KWW in this patch - but I may do something for King Philip's War.
The Union flag is probably beyond my abilities to mod though. I have thought about doing this before - but also noticed a very similar flag was in use.

Cheers, Chris

Philippe wrote:Three of the four flags from the flag folder were easy to make (two PNG files and a bitmap). The big one that appears in the upper left corner of the screen is a bit more involved and probably not worth the effort (unless you happen to have the fabric template that was used -- then it's just a matter of layering the red part of regular english flag over a white field).

I can post them to you here but someone will have to explain how to attach files directly onto a post. If you put them in your game they will overwrite the regular files, so they would need to appear either by file-switching or an edit of the game instructions (and I don't know enough about the inner workings of the game to know what needs rewriting).

1. Scroll down below the text window, to see a box marked "Manage Attachments"
2. Click on that.
3. Click on one of the "Browse" buttons
4. Find the zip you made, click on it and then "OK"
5. Click on "Upload files"
6. When it shows the file as uploaded, close the Attachment Management window.
7. Complete your reply to message as usual.

Daniel_Morgan wrote:So is the consensus that this is a fairly stable beta patch?

Durk wrote:I do not know if this is a consensus, but in two games for five turns, no problems, and lots of happy results, like reinforcements entering in areas controlled by their side, ammo consumption, build depots beyond level one and etc.

Hobbes wrote:Tested a bit more - all seems well apart from the tendency for 3* leaders to join small raiding parties while 1* leaders command the main force with a penalty.

Cheers, Chris

lodilefty wrote:AFAIK, we should try to tinker with some of the Leader Preference settings.

See AI.opt, then decide what we need:
1. Create a leader type to reduce desire to command raiders.
2. Assign the type to all/most 2* and 3* leaders