Now that the mod is approaching a playable state, we need help in fine-tuning things, getting the AI balanced, hunting down bugs, and generally improving everything. And here's how everybody can help:
When you play a game of 1914, please make a post to this thread describing the results. In particular, please let us know:
Which version of the mod did you use? (If you added any extra changes or tweaks to the published mod yourself, please describe them).
Which country did you play as? (If you play a 'hands-off' game, that's useful to know too)
How long did you play for? (If you abandoned the game, it's still helpful to know what happened)
When did war break out in your game? (Was it at the historical time, earlier or later?)
Please describe the general course of the war. Which countries did well, and which did badly? If countries were conquered, how long did it take?
If the AI did anything really stupid or unhistorical (such as a country lending its entire army to an ally), please let us know.
Please let us know if there were any actual bugs in your game - such as events failing to work, ships appearing in land provinces, techs with no effect, pictures of jet fighters appearing in the unit roster, etc)
With this information, we should be able to solve any problems more quickly - and it'll also be a good way to make sure the game is balanced. For example, a couple of people saying "Germany always gets massacred" might just be a coincidence - a dozen playtest reports here all saying the same thing means we need to sort things out.
Plus it'll be interesting to see who's playing and as whom...
Thanks for your help!
When you play a game of 1914, please make a post to this thread describing the results. In particular, please let us know:
Which version of the mod did you use? (If you added any extra changes or tweaks to the published mod yourself, please describe them).
Which country did you play as? (If you play a 'hands-off' game, that's useful to know too)
How long did you play for? (If you abandoned the game, it's still helpful to know what happened)
When did war break out in your game? (Was it at the historical time, earlier or later?)
Please describe the general course of the war. Which countries did well, and which did badly? If countries were conquered, how long did it take?
If the AI did anything really stupid or unhistorical (such as a country lending its entire army to an ally), please let us know.
Please let us know if there were any actual bugs in your game - such as events failing to work, ships appearing in land provinces, techs with no effect, pictures of jet fighters appearing in the unit roster, etc)
With this information, we should be able to solve any problems more quickly - and it'll also be a good way to make sure the game is balanced. For example, a couple of people saying "Germany always gets massacred" might just be a coincidence - a dozen playtest reports here all saying the same thing means we need to sort things out.
Plus it'll be interesting to see who's playing and as whom...
Thanks for your help!