Beta .99

Kerensky · Post by **Kerensky** » Fri May 27, 2011 9:08 am

New things to watch out for:

- Tutorial messages
- New difficulty levels
- Unit class descriptions on Purchase screen
- 4 new multiplayer scenarios, updates to the existing scenario
- All scenarios now have maps in scenario selection
- Final batch of changes in game rules and formulas, based on beta feedback
- Many bug fixes, tweaks and improvements everywhere
- Phased recon movement
- New supply model

Enjoy, and be sure to leave feedback.

heinrich · Post by **heinrich** » Fri May 27, 2011 11:48 am

LOL I just wanted to start a new campaign to check the mass attack feature but hey that´s even better^^

Kerensky · Post by **Kerensky** » Fri May 27, 2011 12:11 pm

Minor setback, found a critical bug that was disabling MP games at the 11th hour, getting it fixed now.

Obsolete · Post by **Obsolete** » Fri May 27, 2011 1:04 pm

You guys have me quite confused. All I see is a 98, no 99. I also have not recieved an email about any new beta, and when I try to download the file from the download threat, it gives me a 98 binary all over again.

Post by **admin** » Fri May 27, 2011 1:39 pm

It is not available yet - Kerensky is a bit eager!

Coming any second now!

Kerensky · Post by **Kerensky** » Fri May 27, 2011 1:45 pm

admin wrote:It is not available yet - Kerensky is a bit eager!

Coming any second now!

Just a tad, but it's good we caught that bug when we did, was almost too late. I wouldn't forgive myself if that went live.

Steelslayer · Post by **Steelslayer** » Fri May 27, 2011 2:11 pm

Awesome, a couple of questions:

Will saved campaign games work with the .99 version?

Does this version include the massed attack feature? How do you initiate it?

WineCape · Post by **WineCape** » Fri May 27, 2011 2:25 pm

PC coming along nicely now w/ every beta. Downloading .99 for a new spin, and noted the things in it to look out for as per another thread.

Alex2001 · Post by **Alex2001** » Fri May 27, 2011 2:41 pm

heinrich wrote:.... mass attack feature ....

What is it?

heinrich · Post by **heinrich** » Fri May 27, 2011 3:09 pm

It´s in the beta for a long time now but nobody really discovered it before 0.96

if you place more than one unit around an enemy and attack him there will be something like a suppressing effect. It makes life much easier especially when you have no support units to lower the enemy´s entrenchment value.

apanzerfan · Post by **apanzerfan** » Fri May 27, 2011 3:12 pm

tank movement rates haven't been changed.

Razz1 · Post by **Razz1** » Fri May 27, 2011 3:20 pm

Good thing you caught the MP bug as I tried to load our saved game 3 times.

Works now, but have the tutorial messages and I can not shut those things off.

By the way.. right before your Victory I re-took my city back. Mu ha ha.....

Steelslayer · Post by **Steelslayer** » Fri May 27, 2011 3:56 pm

heinrich wrote:It´s in the beta for a long time now but nobody really discovered it before 0.96 if you place more than one unit around an enemy and attack him there will be something like a suppressing effect. It makes life much easier especially when you have no support units to lower the enemy´s entrenchment value.

ok so there is no seperate option to attack either as an "individual unit attack" or in a "massed attack"?

So... will it will just automatically be a massed attack with surrounding units assisting with an attack directed by one unit, and those units that assisted in the "massed attack could still move and fire after that massed attack takes place?

Also... will my saved campaigns be playable with .99? They have shown up in the saved games list, even though I did run the control panel uninstall for the previous version

thanx

DD976 · Post by **DD976** » Fri May 27, 2011 4:28 pm

Steelslayer wrote:
heinrich wrote:It´s in the beta for a long time now but nobody really discovered it before 0.96 if you place more than one unit around an enemy and attack him there will be something like a suppressing effect. It makes life much easier especially when you have no support units to lower the enemy´s entrenchment value.
ok so there is no seperate option to attack either as an "individual unit attack" or in a "massed attack"?

So... will it will just automatically be a massed attack with surrounding units assisting with an attack directed by one unit, and those units that assisted in the "massed attack could still move and fire after that massed attack takes place?

Also... will my saved campaigns be playable with .99? They have shown up in the saved games list, even though I did run the control panel uninstall for the previous version

thanx

That is my questions as well, will my previous saved games from .98 work with .99??

Post by **IainMcNeil** » Fri May 27, 2011 4:32 pm

Yes saved games should be fine. YOu may not get the benefit of all fixes and changes as some of them would require you to start the game in the new version but it should all work.

heinrich · Post by **heinrich** » Fri May 27, 2011 5:05 pm

Ok so let´s begin

-the new difficulty settings are way too much 3 or 5 level should be fine (i.e. on my first playthrough I took 3/8 and finished norway at round 12/27)
-the general difficulty should be better balanced, on the 3/8 game the units of the enemy wasn´t stronger then 8, on 4/8 the enemy had overstrengthened units, 4/8 should be the normal amount of 10
-your core units are counted when they are placed not if they are in your roster, so you can buy over twenty units in the france scenario at the start of the game, bug or intended?

heinrich · Post by **heinrich** » Fri May 27, 2011 6:50 pm

In the first Sea Lion scenario, right at the start, I can´t overstrengthened my units?!? Even when they have 3 stars I am only allowed to repair them, though it worked well in the france and netherland scenario before.

Kerensky · Post by **Kerensky** » Fri May 27, 2011 10:25 pm

Yea, if .99 went live as planned, all multiplayer games would cease to function. That would have been... ugly. But we found it and fixed it, thanks Rudankort!

Also, Mass attack explained:
viewtopic.php?t=22899&highlight=mass+attack

heinrich · Post by **heinrich** » Sat May 28, 2011 9:07 am

heinrich wrote:In the first Sea Lion scenario, right at the start, I can´t overstrengthened my units?!? Even when they have 3 stars I am only allowed to repair them, though it worked well in the france and netherland scenario before.

Can anyone confirm this or know how to solve it? I reloaded the savegames from previous scenario but everytime I start sealion I can´t overstrength may units...

Rudankort · Post by **Rudankort** » Sat May 28, 2011 9:12 am

heinrich wrote:
heinrich wrote:In the first Sea Lion scenario, right at the start, I can´t overstrengthened my units?!? Even when they have 3 stars I am only allowed to repair them, though it worked well in the france and netherland scenario before.
Can anyone confirm this or know how to solve it? I reloaded the savegames from previous scenario but everytime I start sealion I can´t overstrength may units...

Can you send this save to me at rudankort@rsdn.ru?