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Game Manual For Order Of Battle WWII
Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2020 9:16 pm
by joesbills
When I click on "game Manual for Order of Battle WWII I get game Manual For Order Of Battle Pacific. How do I get the manual for WWII ?
Re: Game Manual For Order Of Battle WWII
Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2020 11:02 pm
by bru888
The bad news is, that IS the manual. It's never been updated. The game had the "Pacific" label when it was first released.
The good news is, there have been only three major revisions to the game that are missing in the manual. Here they are:
http://www.slitherine.com/forum/viewtop ... 64&t=74089
http://www.slitherine.com/forum/viewtop ... 64&t=74192
http://www.slitherine.com/forum/viewtop ... 64&t=76808
Re: Game Manual For Order Of Battle WWII
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2021 3:24 pm
by MaguaDE
Hello,
I´m playing Rising Sun, and in the Coral Sea senario there is a gold(or yellow) exit only. What is it?
Thanks in advance.
Re: Game Manual For Order Of Battle WWII
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2021 4:18 pm
by bebro
joesbills wrote: ↑Wed Dec 09, 2020 9:16 pm
When I click on "game Manual for Order of Battle WWII I get game Manual For Order Of Battle Pacific. How do I get the manual for WWII ?
The game started as OOB Pacific, then evolved into OOB WWII. In any case the manual is the same.
Re: Game Manual For Order Of Battle WWII
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2021 4:24 pm
by bru888
MaguaDE wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 3:24 pm
Hello,
I´m playing Rising Sun, and in the Coral Sea senario there is a gold(or yellow) exit only. What is it?
Thanks in advance.
Since you are playing as the Japanese (red alliance), these exit hexes are for the AI/Americans (green alliance). One of your objectives is to "Cripple the US carrier or air strength - Destroy a sufficient number of US aircraft or carriers to break the enemy's offensive capabilities." At some point, when you have established air superiority, this objective is completed and the Lexington and Yorktown fleets are instructed to "Exit the Map." I would imagine that is what these exit hexes are for. There are more sets of these hexes around the southern edges of the map.
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Re: Game Manual For Order Of Battle WWII
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2021 4:31 pm
by bru888
Oh, wait a minute. You said "gold(or yellow)" and I thought you were just misreading the green color. But lo and behold, here is what you are referring to, in the northwest area of the map:

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Re: Game Manual For Order Of Battle WWII
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2021 4:57 pm
by bru888
Well, I think the color is actually orange:

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and corresponds with the Japanese AI team that the designer provided for the Invasion Fleet (and the Tulagi Construction Group):

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The Invasion Fleet is programmed to move toward Port Moresby:

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I am thinking that at one point, the designer intended for the Invasion Fleet to turn around and exit the map if attacked and damaged, but decided not to include such an instruction in the end. There is no trigger directing these units to exit that I can find. If so, he neglected to remove these extraneous exit hexes.
Aren't you glad you asked? TMI!

Re: Game Manual For Order Of Battle WWII
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2021 10:29 pm
by MaguaDE
#bru
"Aren't you glad you asked? TMI! "
I´m most pleased
Thank you very much for your efforts. Cheers.