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faos333 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 22, 2023 9:34 pm Hello, concerning the Tags, could you post 1-2 tags examples, so to see how they are defined?

faos333 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 23, 2023 7:18 pm Kursk '43 save new AAR link below

https://www.slitherine.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=112876

McGuba wrote: ↑Tue Sep 05, 2023 1:19 am

faos333 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 22, 2023 9:34 pm Hello, concerning the Tags, could you post 1-2 tags examples, so to see how they are defined?

I do not really understand what you mean by that. They can be used for various things, mainly to simplify scripting. For example a tag can be activated if a combination of several conditions (specific turn, map condition or even another tag) are met and then this new tag can be used to activate certain events. Then the designer does not need to add all these conditions every time, only the tag. For example a large number of units would only appear if certain conditions are met. In this case I would make it so in the editor that if all these conditions are met then a certain tag is added. Then these units only need to check if this certain tag exists and I would not need to add all these conditions one by one to all affected units. It can save a lot of time.

faos333 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 23, 2023 7:18 pm ...

McGuba wrote: ↑Tue Sep 05, 2023 1:19 am

faos333 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 22, 2023 9:34 pm Hello, concerning the Tags, could you post 1-2 tags examples, so to see how they are defined?

I do not really understand what you mean by that. They can be used for various things, mainly to simplify scripting. For example a tag can be activated if a combination of several conditions (specific turn, map condition or even another tag) are met and then this new tag can be used to activate certain events. Then the designer does not need to add all these conditions every time, only the tag. For example a large number of units would only appear if certain conditions are met. In this case I would make it so in the editor that if all these conditions are met then a certain tag is added. Then these units only need to check if this certain tag exists and I would not need to add all these conditions one by one to all affected units. It can save a lot of time.
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faos333 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 05, 2023 1:51 pm For some reason I can not create or edit a Tag, that is why I want to see a Tag example, to see the content of Tag

faos333 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 05, 2023 1:51 pm For some reason I can not create or edit a Tag, that is why I want to see a Tag example, to see the content of Tag

Locarnus wrote: ↑Tue Sep 05, 2023 4:28 pm ...................

McGuba wrote: ↑Mon May 15, 2023 7:45 pm

Locarnus wrote: ↑Sun May 14, 2023 4:11 pm Give the Soviet Union more units from the western Allies, based upon the amount of Axis trade warfare in the Atlantic.

Currently the SU gets the historical number of Western (Lend Lease) units, in proportion to the Soviet home produced units. Increasing the number of western units would change this historical ratio to an unhistorical one, making the western units over-represented.

This would give a further incentive to the Axis player to actually wage the "Battle of the Atlantic".
It would also buff the Soviet Union, if the player does not conduct this trade war (which is the default among experienced players at the moment).
Rough implementation does not require more AI zones.

It could be argued that the Western Allies would have sent more help to the Eastern Front, if the supply to the UK itself would not have been contested.

I think your argument is highly speculative: historically only a relatively small portion (about 25%) of the US aid to the Soviet Union was sent via the North Atlantic - Arctic Sea route. And of this only about 7% was lost, 93% arrived safely, despite German efforts to disrupt this flow. The majority of the US aid was sent via the Pacific route (50%) and the Persian corridor (25%). And these two routes could not be disrupted by the Germans.

German efforts, however signficant they were, could only cause partial disruption at best and only for limited time. Had these efforts were more successful, it is probably more likely that the Allies would have tried to send more aid through the other two routes.

Nevertheless, I agree that it may be beneficial to make it somewhat more worthy for the player to use the u-boats (and perhaps the Kriegsmarine) to attack the convoys instead of conserving them for D-day or a late war Sea Lion.

For example each destroyed convoy unit could result in one less Allied unit (Western or Soviet), that would otherwise appear later. This could mean not only one less Lend-Lease Soviet unit in the east, but perhaps rather one less Western air unit appearing in the UK or one less ground unit for D-day.

Also, if there are too many active German U-boats in 1944, perhaps there should be even more Allied destroyers appearing to better protect the D-day invasion and/or Sea Lion (at least in the single player version). The Allies had a fairly good intel on the actual strength of the German U-Boot Waffe, and if it had been any stronger than it was then most likely they would have provided even more escort to the invasion fleet.

Slartibartfast wrote: ↑Sat Sep 30, 2023 7:48 pm How about, each lost convoy unit equals one less mechanised/aerial combat unit 3-6 months later, but also 0.5-1 more destroyer units 6-12 months later? So the Allies lose that material but increase their destroyer production to counter the threat. Which is historically coherent. I'd also add a Soviet conscript division for each Soviet mechanised division lost. Those conscripts aren't getting sent home because some Jeeps didn't show up at Murmansk.

bondjamesbond wrote: ↑Sat Sep 30, 2023 9:43 pm In addition to Murmansk, there were also deliveries through Iran

So the seizure of the Caucasus is not only oil, but also the closure of Lend Lease supplies through Iran (It will be possible to arrange bomber raids on Ashgabat and Tehran))

goose_2 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2023 10:37 pm the download says it is to big to preview?

tactical22 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 03, 2024 6:53 pm Hi McGuba!! Is this the end of your master piece??

PeteMitchell wrote: ↑Mon Jan 08, 2024 6:00 pm I would still propose a small intro scenario about the Spanish Civil War prior to Poland

faos333 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 08, 2024 8:45 pm ...I am thinking later on this year, to try the Normandy/Bagration save, which I think would also be very interesting.

faos333 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 08, 2024 8:45 pm

PeteMitchell wrote: ↑Mon Jan 08, 2024 6:00 pm I would still propose a small intro scenario about the Spanish Civil War prior to Poland

Indeed

In the mean time, after finishing UHU's Italian campaign and Locarnus add on Afrika Korps, I am thinking later on this year, to try the Normandy/Bagration save, which I think would also be very interesting.

How about you Pete, any game plans for the year 2024?