AK: Alam Halfa

[zappel]

Finished the scenario after hard work. After 6 turns my prestige expires so some units left weak till the end of the scenario. Near to the end some fighters and bombers appears magically in my zone of control.

Fighters and bombers

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Fortunately I captured the last airfield a turn before so these planes stay stiff at their position and could be shut down plane by plane. I saw this behaviour also in the scenario before: after the last airfield is captured allied airplanes don't move any more. Good for me but eventually it is more realistic to remain fighting until they crash?

[Ballacraine]

a) Still can’t use paratroopers – by design or fault? Transport button says I have two air transports allocated, but can’t use them.

Yes I am getting that in a freshly started scenario too.

Balla.

[zappel]

a) Still can’t use paratroopers – by design or fault? Transport button says I have two air transports allocated, but can’t use them.

Yes I am getting that in a freshly started scenario too.

Balla.

Are paratroopers equipped with land transport (Truck or Halftrack)? Then they cannot be loaded in planes, disband the transport first.

[Ballacraine]

That may well be it.
Thank you.

I shall try that.

Whilst I am posting on Turn 7 I just got 3 overstrength units of Folgores.
Whilst I am grateful, there was no message to say why.

Edit: How do I discard the transport for the paras, please?

Nevermind..Got it.....Go to flagged town & click on no transport as an 'upgrade.'

Balla.

[Ballacraine]

OK Managed to get a DV, but had to be careful with my aircraft when a swarm of high grade enemy fighters arrived towards the end of the scenario.

I got the impression the AI struggled with them though.
The enemy had one airfield left, but the formation of fighters & bomber tended to stick together swarming fairly aimlessly.
I found it easy to avoid them with my battered high experienced air units.

Balla.

[LostAgain]

a) Still can’t use paratroopers – by design or fault? Transport button says I have two air transports allocated, but can’t use them.

Yes I am getting that in a freshly started scenario too.

Balla.

Are paratroopers equipped with land transport (Truck or Halftrack)? Then they cannot be loaded in planes, disband the transport first.

I've been wondering about this myself. I know you have to discard the transport, but the game used to ASK you when you tried to mount paras if you wanted to discard the transport.

[Rudankort]

I've been wondering about this myself. I know you have to discard the transport, but the game used to ASK you when you tried to mount paras if you wanted to discard the transport.

Indeed, the game asked about this before, but now looks like it does not. I did not plan to remove this feature, so it is bug, I'll check it. Thx for pointing out this.

[Kamerer]

Alam Halfa, Beta 4
Level: Field Marshal
Prestige Start: 6,825 End: 7,325. Net: +500
Result: DV at 15/18

• 1. Spitfire capture message repeated at next turn, as in the two prior scenarios. (I understand this is being corrected now)
  2. Aircraft spawning at captured fields? I noticed at turn 12, it appeared a B-25 and a fighter came from the south, presumably the base at 28,21. I had it about three turns before that happened. A pair also came from the north/sea, which seems logical. But the pair from the south didn’t make sense.
  3. I noticed Pio. can earn an obscene amount of prestige just hanging back and killing minefields. Perhaps minefield damage inflicted should earn a little less prestige?

Looking at my prior notes, I had a dv at 11 then, and earned twice as much prestige. I assume the scenario was beefed up. I think the minefield was tougher, too? It felt better this time.

I will toggle a loss or mv to go to the “historic” branch to check that out in beta 4; I imagine most people are playing the other branch.

[uran21]

It was changed a little. But there is no captured Spitfire here??? Also planes do not spawn from captured airfields any more. If aircraft appeared Allies should have at least one airfield left on the map and they will come either from the sea either from the desert on the border of the map. If you capture all the airfields spawning should stop.

[Kamerer]

Oops - sorry re: the spitfire comment. I copied my prior notes to type over and forgot to delete that one, that was from Malta.

Ok, if they came from the east or etc., no problem. they came from the direction of a captured base so it seemed that way.

The scenario is better and plays well.

[Razz1]

Beta 4
General
start 6201
recv'd elite Bf-109 tac bomber
lost my Italian bomber from last scenario
No free spitfire here
End 3031

DV 18/18