Love Skirmish!! - Minor Enh. Request

[ushosp]

I am retired and I play skirmish against the AI again and again. Absolutely love it.

Would like to be able to save a mix of skirmish settings. As it is now, I begin each skirmish by configuring my settings, which requires 151 left clicks per skirmish.

Not a big deal, but it would be handy. An alternative would be to have the previous skirmish settings always come up by default, even if BA2 has been closed and/or the PC has been rebooted.

LOVE SKIRMISH MODE AND ABSOLUTELY LOVE BA2!

[pipfromslitherine]

OK, we will add it to the wishlist

Cheers

Pip

[Tac2i]

In addition to ushosp request I'd like to see sliders for various terrain features: forest, mud, marsh, etc. I know we have the 'openness' setting but I'd like to see more control over individual terrain features, especially mud and marsh. It would also be nice to see a wilderness map have a small village. Absolutely love the skirmish mode but lets make the map creation routine more flexible so we can play on more interesting maps.

[pipfromslitherine]

The map creation code is very complex, so adding those kinds of things would be quite tricky! That said, I will look at whether we can further open up the scripting to allow users to modify the algorithms.

Cheers

Pip

[THE_bRUCE]

The map creation code is very complex, so adding those kinds of things would be quite tricky! That said, I will look at whether we can further open up the scripting to allow users to modify the algorithms.

Cheers

Pip

The game does a great job on random maps for the most part. It's a shame that some skirmish maps will not see the light of day again. Is there any way to extract a random map from a skirmish file for use in a reusable scenario?

[pipfromslitherine]

Unfortunately we looked at the feature but couldn't come up with a way to make it user friendly. Note that the editor supports the same plugin as used in skirmish mode, so you can generate any number of random maps and save/modify them as you like.

Cheers

Pip

[THE_bRUCE]

I didn't know about random maps in the editor. Thanks for the tip.

[Stechkin]

Having now played BA2 for some time I am listing some of the problems encountered.

1. Somewhere in the bits and pieces of scattered documentation in the forums it says one "can select a specific campaign for the scenario". How? I cannot find a way.

2. What is "symmetric" scenario type? All option headers should show a short explanation when clicked.

3. Why are rivers possible for urban maps only? It should not be too hard to place a bridge or ford on a tile where river and road intersect. Engineers should be able to build and destroy bridges.

4. Enhanced i.e. realistic functionality of engineers/sappers should be standard for all campaigns, not an unofficial patch.

5. All BA1 campaigns and troops should be automatically available for BA2.

[Stechkin]

Re my previous message. I found out how to use the campaigns in skirmish. Here is, however, another complaint. Skirmish over farmlands fills the bloody map with hedges that cannot be penetrated even by a tank. I think non-penetrable hedges is a major bug an should be fixed. Besides, hedges belong to Normandy, not to Russian steppes.

[pipfromslitherine]

Bear in mind that the maps in BA are abstracted. The hedges are a simple shorthand for impassible terrain. This is by design.

Cheers

Pip