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Kurt_Steiner - Looking at the numbers it takes me about 4.25 months RL to do 1 month of game time. So to get through to 1948 as per the graphic on page 1 will take till early in 2057.... :blink: 
I must admit that was a bit of a surprise. I think I may need to speed up somewhat or not take this through to 1948. Or possibly both.
Carlstadt Boy - I blame my evil twin piP, I didn't actually know I was that much slower than real time.
Carlstadt Boy [2] - Spookily enough I've been playing around with springsharp this weekend looking at new shiny ships for the coming Pacific War. I may have to throw in a tech pron update once these political shenanigans are over.
Kurt_Steiner [2] - Assuming an OTL 1941 kick off of the war its actually about 20 years away in realtime......
I'm really going to have to speed up aren't I?
Duritz - It will be less than five years of gameplay AND less than five years RL till fighting in the Pacific. Definitely.
I must admit that was a bit of a surprise. I think I may need to speed up somewhat or not take this through to 1948. Or possibly both.
Carlstadt Boy - I blame my evil twin piP, I didn't actually know I was that much slower than real time.
Carlstadt Boy [2] - Spookily enough I've been playing around with springsharp this weekend looking at new shiny ships for the coming Pacific War. I may have to throw in a tech pron update once these political shenanigans are over.
Kurt_Steiner [2] - Assuming an OTL 1941 kick off of the war its actually about 20 years away in realtime......
I'm really going to have to speed up aren't I?
Duritz - It will be less than five years of gameplay AND less than five years RL till fighting in the Pacific. Definitely.
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Personally, I think El Pip's pacing is just fine where it is. This is a great AAR; if it moves at a glacial pace, so what? You can't rush greatness.
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How come springsharp won't let me specify the width of the tank treads?!? Something's wrong with the program...
Dury.
Dury.
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Carlstadt Boy - I hope to exceed your expectations.
Nathan Madien - Thats the kind of support I like, particularly from someone who can knock out updates far faster and still make them good.
Duritz - I think that might be a user error, the programme you were looking for was TankSharp which you may find here; For all your alt-tank design needs. Looks a bit optimised for post-war armour but it may provide you with an acceptable fix.
Now if only someone can find me an aircraft version the techporn triad will be complete, think of the tech updates that would result....
Nathan Madien - Thats the kind of support I like, particularly from someone who can knock out updates far faster and still make them good.
Duritz - I think that might be a user error, the programme you were looking for was TankSharp which you may find here; For all your alt-tank design needs. Looks a bit optimised for post-war armour but it may provide you with an acceptable fix.
Now if only someone can find me an aircraft version the techporn triad will be complete, think of the tech updates that would result....
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X-Plane is supposed to have a wonderful "plane maker" component; you design it and the sim (supposedly accurate enough that FAA and aero companies use it) lets you know how it performs. Downside: it's US$30.
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Unfortunately you're right in that it's designed for modern armour, not our timeframe. Armour, weapons, engines all modern and all relative values relate to modern realities (TOW missiles for instance).
And so the search continues...
Not that you need much help to produce lovely, steaming hot techporn updates anyway...
Dury.
And so the search continues...
Not that you need much help to produce lovely, steaming hot techporn updates anyway...
Dury.
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Actually, I think I move rather slowly in my updating. Maybe once a week or so.
But like I said before, I think your updating is quite fine. I would rather get an update that has been worked on for a while than get a rushjob.
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DonnieBaseball - I had a quick look at X-plane and it turns out the full Plane Maker is included in the demo. But designing an alt-hist plane by building and then repeatedly looks like far, far too much work and the results will defend more on my flying skills than anything useful.
The hunt continues.
Duritz - Bugger. So the hunt continues for both tanks and aircraft. Still my current technique hasn't met with disapproval so far, so the tech should continue unabated.
Nathan Madien / Nathan Madien - About that. Turns out in all the excitement of Spain I kind of forgot to mention the 1937 budget, something I only noticed when checking a few dates. So part of the next update will be a retrospective on the budget, explaining some of the background that will help the plot make sense.
The hunt continues.
Duritz - Bugger. So the hunt continues for both tanks and aircraft. Still my current technique hasn't met with disapproval so far, so the tech should continue unabated.
Nathan Madien / Nathan Madien - About that. Turns out in all the excitement of Spain I kind of forgot to mention the 1937 budget, something I only noticed when checking a few dates. So part of the next update will be a retrospective on the budget, explaining some of the background that will help the plot make sense.
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wonderful ... so the slowest moving AAR in AARland is now back tracking - one of the many reasons why this is such a delight to read
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That's the mistake most readers of the Butterfly Effect make. They assume AAR's progress in a linear fashion, with cause and effect, a start, middle and finish, when in reality, from El Pip's perspective, it is all just a big ball of wibbley wobbley timey wimey techporn.
Probably the best way to surreptitiously fit in the restrospective of the budget would be a bait & switch by obliquely commenting on the inordinately generous allocation made to Hobo's tank research and development project before launching into the development of the new Crusaders.
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[Whispers to Davout]He he, good one cobber. He'll never work out your alterior motive until too late![/Whispers to Davout]
Yes Pippy, what a great angle to take!
Dury.
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loki100 - Not backtracking, merely pointing out events that occurred in parallel while the main focus was on Spain. That the story in Spain got somewhat ahead of events in Westminster may give it the appearance of back tracking, but that's probably an optical illusion of some kind.
Carlstadt Boy - But then I might only get some thumbs up for an update rather than a reply. I'm fairly certain I'd prefer a reply to be honest.
Davout - Always with the tanks, though I'll confess you have rumbled my view of the Butterfly Effect completely; lots of wibbley wobbley around a central core of techporn.
Duritz - I suppose saying tankporn in a couple of updates time isn't much of a lure is it? That said I have a sneaking suspicion you will like how the next couple of politics ones pan out.
Carlstadt Boy - But then I might only get some thumbs up for an update rather than a reply. I'm fairly certain I'd prefer a reply to be honest.
Davout - Always with the tanks, though I'll confess you have rumbled my view of the Butterfly Effect completely; lots of wibbley wobbley around a central core of techporn.
Duritz - I suppose saying tankporn in a couple of updates time isn't much of a lure is it? That said I have a sneaking suspicion you will like how the next couple of politics ones pan out.
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Just to show I don't have a one track mind, I had thought you may wish to incorporate the Ashes into the plotlines. I forget whether we are in 1937 or 1938 but there was a 1936/37 series in Australia and a 1938 series in England. Depending on the current year, there could be shennanigans on the High Seas as the visiting team has to detour around the war zone by going around the Cape, or even better, get embroiled in the blockade (Len Hutton hits the Spanish for a six!?!).
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The formation of a Worldwide Internationalist government built on social justice, equality and humanist ethical practices?!? You're right, I like it...
Pippy won't mention the 1936-37 series because Bradman tore England a new one as we came back from 2-0 down to win 3-2. Not even a ship load of butterflies could stop Bradman in that series.
What about a boycott over the Spanish intervention during the 1938 tour?
SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
Tiger protests against Spain: O'Reilly withdraws from
Hampshire match to protest latest convoy to Spain!
Tiger protests against Spain: O'Reilly withdraws from
Hampshire match to protest latest convoy to Spain!
It wouldn't matter if he was really against the Spanish intervention although I suspect he would have been. Bradman would have be all for the Monarchists, so O'Reilly would do it just for spite!
Dury.
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