Dev Diary #14 – United Kingdom Beta AAR –December 11, 2009

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Yes the virus did lead to the chain of events that took out my hard drive.

Happened to me once, had to format the whole drive to get rid of the virus and reinstall everything from scratch, without any data as I did not know if the virus could have been in any file... :(
 
Continuing with the OT theme...

As a frequent beta tester of MS OS products, I find myself formating and reinstalling all the time. I've adopted the procedure of setting up multiple partitions on the HDD. A 40GB C: partition should be plenty for most users, with the balance of the drive as D: I use the D: partition as storage. I actually install games to a D:/Games directory, Photos to D:/Photos, etc. When I need to reinstall, for whatever reason, I format the C: partition and reinstall.

Now I know that most of you do not need to do this frequently, but installing that way the first time and putting the important stuff on a separate partition, along with proper security and backup procedures in place, you are better prepared should anything occur.

There are several techniques and none are perfect. This is only the one I use.
 
So, uh, none of the screenshots work and I get spammed by the image site asking for username/password when loading this thread. Possible to fix that so latecomers can enjoy this AAR?
 
So, uh, none of the screenshots work and I get spammed by the image site asking for username/password when loading this thread. Possible to fix that so latecomers can enjoy this AAR?

Looks like most of them are still on Photo Bucket where they were originally posted before I exceeded my bandwidth there. I will work on downloading and reposting them later today.
 
GJ x260bm, ignore the retard.

The aircraft stuff looks far scarier than usual, as germany i fear ill be scrolling to the east front only to go back to normandy to see wreckage of what was my III. Fliegerkorps :rofl:
 
Just noticed that Uk only has 18 DD flotillas - is this a reduction due to ratios or have some been converted to escorts?

Also can regular DD hunt for subs or do they have to be converted to escorts - I found escorts nither deterrant or use in HOI2

Many Thanks,

R
 
I assume some were converted, as the UK DDs are not that low in any scenario. 'Regular' DDs can hunt subs, although specialised ASW ones (with an ASW 'brigade') are better at it; DD flotillas and escorts have different jobs, though. The DD flotillas form "hunter killer" groups while the escorts are with the convoys, deterring attack on them. Lots of escorts on your convoys just mean they don't get attacked - fewer mean that escorts can get sunk instead of convoy transports (and sub attacks are less likely to succeed overall). No escorts means submarine playtime! ;)