Important please vote: when to release GS v2.1

[Peter Stauffenberg]

We're getting to Christmas soon now and GS v2.01.35 seems to be pretty stable. We might not yet have got enough input about the end game balance. Originally we told people that we wanted to get the game out till Christmas. What do you think? Should we go for that or wait another month or two so we get more end game data about the game balance.

To me the game seems pretty balanced at least till the end of 1941.

If we want to make a Christmas release we need to decide now so Slitherine can make an installer.

I believe that we have the mechanisms available in the game to adjust the game balance through general.txt and the other txt files if we need to readjust the balance slightly. I therefore hope there won't be necessary with more code changes.

If you know of any bugs in the game that you haven't reported then NOW is the time to do so. If not you will not see the bug fixed for the GS v2.1 release.

[Plaid]

I think you are free to release in as it is even tomorrow.
Balance is a myth - none version was perfectly balanced and people always complain about it, as I remeber.
One group of people mend holes, another - find new holes, and its quite endless cycle.

[Diplomaticus]

I think we're ready for Prime Time.

[zechi]

Not sure if this is a bug, but I noticed in my game with Morris that before the activation of the US that I could not move any air units to the airbase in Iceland as the airbase is flagged as US controlled. However, the Allies get the message in 1940 that the British occupied Iceland.

I know that later in the war the US took over in Iceland, but I think the Allies should be able to use Iceland as soon as it becomes British occupied or I'm overlooking something?

Sorry, that I forgot to point it out earlier.

[Peter Stauffenberg]

Britain can send air units to Iceland as soon as they get control over the airbase. Later USA will take over airbase control. I guess the problem is in the time between USA gaining control and USA joining the Allies. Then the airbase will be flagged as neutral and you can't land there. But you can fly missions if you're already stationed there while Britain controlled Keflavik.

This is not a bug, but rather a feature with neutral power's not being able to move their units.

[rkr1958]

O.K. We were putting the final touches on the fileset to give to Iain for the official GSv2.10 release. Basically, we were getting ready to move from beta to a candidate release. It's a major pain to have to update a candidate release while Iain is working on the installer for it. So given the thread that was just opened on u-boats hunting down DD's:

viewtopic.php?p=280848#280848

I guess I would ask are we ready to release? Also, if anyone else has other SIGNIFICANT balance issues now is the time to post them (in a separate thread).

If you feel that we're not ready to move from beta to a candidate release now is the time to chime in and with a detailed reason why.

By the way, if you "chime in" after we make the candidate release and make it available to Iain you will literally make my head exploded. Please don't do that I need my head.

[Diplomaticus]

If you know of any bugs in the game that you haven't reported then NOW is the time to do so. If not you will not see the bug fixed for the GS v2.1 release.

Yikes! I hope it's not too late to correct this, but I just came across an important bug.

Axis has lost North Africa but has taken Baku and is driving south into Persia. Just got warning message: "Axis units in North Africa have exceeded supply limits. Blah, blah, Axis loses a bunch of PP's." These units (in Middle East, not NA) are drawing their supply from cities in southern Caucasus and a captured city in Persia, so the Malta interdiction rule should not apply at all.

Is there anything that can be done to correct this before we release?