Order Of Battle - v5.2.9 - Open Beta

[Halvralf]

Currently running the open beta and trying to start Battle of Britain campaign. Nothing happens, the game hungs on the loading screen.

[Erik2]

Currently running the open beta and trying to start Battle of Britain campaign. Nothing happens, the game hungs on the loading screen.

Confirmed.
I tried manually deleting the mod, reinstalling and restarting.

[Halvralf]

Confirmed.
I tried manually deleting the mod, reinstalling and restarting

And did it work?

/Halvralf

[Andy2012]

Will this patch be made available in 32 bit also? I have Panzerkrieg and would like to have the bugs fixed for me also. I use winXP32 its all I have and all the games I play are older so they use 32bit.

Right now, this is a Steam only patch. If you have the OoB Steam version, you can participate. 32bit or not. (At least I see no hindrance. Shards, correct me if I am wrong.) As soon as everything works, all will go live on the Slitherine version, too.

EDIT: Windows XP 32bit is really, really behind the curve. Dont mean to be offensive, but this game is greedy and you may have to think about an upgrade. Just saying.

[Shards]

Hi,

We've moved to mostly supporting 64-bit as some of the larger maps really can't cope with the limited RAM that 32bit makes available!

Both are supported on Steam, but the default installer from this website is 64-bit. If you need a 32-bit installer, then I'd advise asking support once the patch is released as they might be able to find one.

Thanks

[Erik2]

Confirmed.
I tried manually deleting the mod, reinstalling and restarting

And did it work?

/Halvralf

Nope. I confimed the previous poster's observation.

[Shards]

Currently running the open beta and trying to start Battle of Britain campaign. Nothing happens, the game hungs on the loading screen.

Hi, quickly tested this. The Scenarios load fine, but the "Campaign" is broken (as the scenarios aren't in the Campaign folder for some reason).

If you make a copy of the Battle of Britain scenarios folder inside the Campaign folder, then it works as intended

https://imgur.com/a/zLvhJ

[Halvralf]

Will do that then, thx Shards!

[uran21]

Not sure is this the case with 5.2.8 version but in current version I have no images for events in Peninsula Invasion and Two Bridges. On Two Bridges map US Army (Blue Team) there is 10 supply on empty hex.

[Shards]

There never have been images. But I'm disappointed that I've left spare resources! Not that it matters much in that Map, if you've got to the stage where you can cut people off, then you're well on the way to winning

[uran21]

Any particular reason to give 40 RP more to one side at the start?

[Shards]

An attempt to counter first player bias. P1 gets to move first and gets their VP added to the total first, so I've given the blue team a small boost for those crucial first turns

[13obo]

I also noticed that but since timeliness is crucial and team 1 clearly has an advantage when starting first, thought that 40 RP extra for team 2 is fair to offset that (somewhat). I guess in the end, no matter how symmetrical the map is, a paired game should always be played to determine the best player.

[Mojko]

PzKw. VI E Tiger the Japanese version expires on 26.8.1944. I think this unit should never expire.

[Andy2012]

@all: Finished Kalach 5.2.8, 21 turns. No issues here. Gumrak changed hands several times, I think you covered the fighting in the Stalingrad suburbs well. Most importantly, the resource situation has improved markedly. Still think discounted upgrades are too expensive. Have now fully switched to Pz IVs since this is cheaper and more efficient than moving up in the Panzer III tree. Oh yeah, a KV as a bonus unit for the next mission is fine, but by this point, its usefulness apart from being heavily armored is low (slow, bad attack values, zero exp). I mean, free is always good, but I think I'll turn it into something else, maybe a PzIII N.

[Horst]

Andy or anyone else, can you check please if paratroopers correctly show up to 4 as "fuel" after airdropping in enemy territory with v5.2.8? So they won't loose efficiency the following 4 turns after they landed.
It's a major bug that prevents playing paras (and Chindits) effectively with v5.2.3. Either this was secretly fixed meanwhile or not yet.

[Shards]

I believe that it's now 3 fuel for paras and 1 for marines (reduced for paras as the first turn of out of supply is much less punishing now). But yeah, would be good if someone checked

[Mojko]

I believe all these Japanese tanks should be in the same series as they have their expiration date in a "chain".

Type 97 Chi-Ha, Type 97 Shinhoto Chi-Ha, Type 1 Chi-He, Type 3 Chi-Nu, Type 3 Chi-Nu, Type 3 Chi-Nu Kai

[kondi754]

I believe all these Japanese tanks should be in the same series as they have their expiration date in a "chain".

Type 97 Chi-Ha, Type 97 Shinhoto Chi-Ha, Type 1 Chi-He, Type 3 Chi-Nu, Type 3 Chi-Nu, Type 3 Chi-Nu Kai

Theoretically yes, but the whole "chain" of tanks is only a fiction created by Artistocrats for the game.
The really used tank was only the first. The second has been used in a small number, and the rest never left Japan.

[Mojko]

Theoretically yes, but the whole "chain" of tanks is only a fiction created by Artistocrats for the game.
The really used tank was only the first. The second has been used in a small number, and the rest never left Japan.

That may be so, but from gameplay point of view it's not balanced properly as the later tanks are just not worth the cost.