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The mod v1.08.5 is playing very nicely. Really like the many new events, and many things regarding start set up. Think you did right to lock Germany's national policies/ideas.
Right now it feels like Germany is climbing very high. It seems hard to imagine this might all change and get so difficult. The dream of a 1000 year Reich seems so real right now but I only played just the first year. Probably feeling how Hitler must have felt heading towards 1937.
Anyway, I am very much enjoying this excellent mod.... and really looking forward to the unfolding future. Thanks for a great game!
Right now it feels like Germany is climbing very high. It seems hard to imagine this might all change and get so difficult. The dream of a 1000 year Reich seems so real right now but I only played just the first year. Probably feeling how Hitler must have felt heading towards 1937.
Anyway, I am very much enjoying this excellent mod.... and really looking forward to the unfolding future. Thanks for a great game!
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I have the same problem. Tried to uncheck "Window mode" but it appears red and I'm not able to check/uncheck, so I'm stuck with the same error massage: "Fatal error: Could not initialize Video! If you are running in windowed mode, please make sure you are running in 16 bit color."
Running windows 10 with 32 bit colour. I haven't had any problems running the previous mods.
Btw: thx for the best mod to Arsenal of Democracy - have used way to many hours playing it already
I don't use Win10 but here is my suggestion for Win7 users. I imagine that you can try a similar approach with Win10....
go to control panel > appearance and personalization > display > screen resolution
click on advanced settings
click on list all modes
select one of the 16 bit color options and click ok
then try running arsenal.exe
once you get AoD running, you can close it and change your screen resolution back and see if you can run AoD normally. If not, then you might need to change your screen resolution every time you play AoD
I'm having the same issue on my new Windows 10 box. Nothing has worked for me with TRM but an old 1.2 AOD loads and run fine. Very strange.
Just tried it today, and same message: "Fatal error: Could not initialize Video! If you are running in windowed mode, please make sure you are running in 16 bit color."
I know it's a lot to ask, but is there a version for windows 10 coming?
I had the same problem, but fixed it easily. Open the file settings.cfg located in the game folder using Notepad++ (or just any text editor). Make sure Width and Height are correct for your resolution and disable the intro by writing 1 in front of "# Disable Intro" (instead of 0). Hope this helps.
You can download the final version of TRM at the link below. You do not need a dropbox account to download the file; simply close the box that tries to get you to register and then you can immediately download TRM.
The file will unzip/extract into a new folder named TRM v1.08.6 KIKH. You need to manually copy the two application files aodgame.exe dated 8/10/2012 and arsenal.exe dated 2/27/2012 from AoD version 1.08 from elsewhere on your computer into this top-level folder before TRM will run. I cannot provide you with the two application files. The zip file includes every AoD file except for the two exe files, so you do not need to extract TRM over a clean version of AoD.
TRM is complete and this will be the final release.
The change control log compared to v1.0.8.5 is in a Word document in the top-level folder.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/12oe8ce0ijmwzyc/TRM v1.08.6 KIKH.zip?dl=0
The file will unzip/extract into a new folder named TRM v1.08.6 KIKH. You need to manually copy the two application files aodgame.exe dated 8/10/2012 and arsenal.exe dated 2/27/2012 from AoD version 1.08 from elsewhere on your computer into this top-level folder before TRM will run. I cannot provide you with the two application files. The zip file includes every AoD file except for the two exe files, so you do not need to extract TRM over a clean version of AoD.
TRM is complete and this will be the final release.
The change control log compared to v1.0.8.5 is in a Word document in the top-level folder.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/12oe8ce0ijmwzyc/TRM v1.08.6 KIKH.zip?dl=0
I wish I could. I lost my laptop in an armed robbery a couple years ago. The music was on that laptop and, unfortunately, I never backed it up.
If anybody still has those music files, could you please upload them to dropbox or another file sharing site because it would be nice to have that music again. The zip file would have extracted to a folder named WW2 Music and Speeches unless you renamed it
If anybody still has those music files, could you please upload them to dropbox or another file sharing site because it would be nice to have that music again. The zip file would have extracted to a folder named WW2 Music and Speeches unless you renamed it
The download was very easy to do. Thank you.
Regarding the two needed files from V1.08, is there any link in this forum to find them? Or does it need a download of V1.08 (perhaps from Gamer'sGate) to get them? Unfortunately my earliest AoD I have only goes back to V1.09. I shouldn't have trashed that other stuff I had years ago!
UPDATE: I got the two application files from DSA and popped them into the TRM folder. Game is running like a charm. Thanks!
So I opened the file called "Gringo Jan 22/43". Seems Germany will be enjoying its last "happy year". Very interesting situation. And oh - the first image upon opening the game (with all those German crosses, etc) says it all.
Thank you again Gringoesteban!
So I opened the file called "Gringo Jan 22/43". Seems Germany will be enjoying its last "happy year". Very interesting situation. And oh - the first image upon opening the game (with all those German crosses, etc) says it all.
Thank you again Gringoesteban!
...And where, pray-tell, does one find 1.08?
I found it. On a backup HD.
I found it. On a backup HD.
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Any idea if this will be updated? If someone has please upload the file for the rest of us.
I've uploaded it before but I received a message saying that uploading a game's .exe file was not allowed and the post with the file was deleted.
Hi all,
I played this mod a lot recently (hardest USSR invasion difficulty) and I wanted to exchange some experiences.
I see that playing this mod historically makes it practically unwinnable in my experience. The main problem is that:
1. I simply run out of oil by the time I reach Stalingrad (Jan 1942 with Moscow taken at that point)
2. low manpower (I did take the MP minister for Germany), forcing me to disband outdated divisions
3. I constantly have to trade with allies for rare materials against supplies.
Potential criticism on my strategy:
1. I normally try to establish at-least some naval supremacy (this means that I don't have to worry about naval invasions ever and can leave the Mediterranean sea area unprotected, since I control Gibraltar and Suez) with carriers, which draws resources from the Airforce and the land army [Counterargument: Even if I had much more planes and mech I would still run into fuel shortages, even sooner at that].
2. Because of the slow org regain in the USSR I constantly need to drive my tanks back to Germany where the org. regain is 13 or so, which costs me a lot of fuel. I have no better way to do that.
3. Because of the focus on the navy my Airforce is weaker than the one of the USSR or the Allies, which is a problem as the Soviet airforce especially is constantly bombing me (which becomes especially painful as one approaches the Volga) [Counterargument: Even if I had more Airforces and more fuel getting airports of a good level still takes time].
4. An alternative I never tested is not to ally Spain and not losing all those resources, yet owning Giblatar and getting their whole army is simply too good of a deal to pass by.
Yet playing this mod unhistorically, everything becomes very easy. These are the steps I take:
1. I switch the German navy to base strike and build carriers so in 1940 I have 4 IV carriers
2. I start the war historically and I occupy most of Europe and Africa (by attacking Turkey) by Spring 1940
3. Once the winter recedes in 1940 I land one paratrooper division in Cardiff which is undefended and then start shipping in troops escorted by my carriers
4. USA declares war upon me so via Africa I invade Venezuela and then work my way up to USA which is a bit of a pushover at that point
5. While USA is being taken some of my troops take over the rest of the allied colonies (you need to imagine I operate 2-3 fleets, having 5 carriers by 1940)
6. I begin the invasion of USSR with about 450 divisions in June 1942. The invasion takes place all the way from Finland to Manchuria. I have no resource shortages at that point as I have over 100k oil and rare materials.
7. Final victory (bitter peace) fires in October 1943
Some of the questions I would have:
1. How do you not run out of oil given the heavy mechanization required to beat the USSR normally?
2. Is there a point in attacking Norway other than the nuclear technology you get out of it? The land you get is more a liability than anything else given the number of coastlines you have to take. In the meantime Sweden makes a way better puppet.
3. How do you deal with the low organisation recovery within the USSR? In my case I would be rotating my army from and to Koenigsberg where the recovery is +13 a day with 200% infrastructure. Which is the most efficient way I found up till now, given that building new infrastructure is very slow (I was testing this, thus modding the game where I give some random province in the USSR 200% infrastructure and the only province where I can reach a similar recovery is Sevastopol).
I played this mod a lot recently (hardest USSR invasion difficulty) and I wanted to exchange some experiences.
I see that playing this mod historically makes it practically unwinnable in my experience. The main problem is that:
1. I simply run out of oil by the time I reach Stalingrad (Jan 1942 with Moscow taken at that point)
2. low manpower (I did take the MP minister for Germany), forcing me to disband outdated divisions
3. I constantly have to trade with allies for rare materials against supplies.
Potential criticism on my strategy:
1. I normally try to establish at-least some naval supremacy (this means that I don't have to worry about naval invasions ever and can leave the Mediterranean sea area unprotected, since I control Gibraltar and Suez) with carriers, which draws resources from the Airforce and the land army [Counterargument: Even if I had much more planes and mech I would still run into fuel shortages, even sooner at that].
2. Because of the slow org regain in the USSR I constantly need to drive my tanks back to Germany where the org. regain is 13 or so, which costs me a lot of fuel. I have no better way to do that.
3. Because of the focus on the navy my Airforce is weaker than the one of the USSR or the Allies, which is a problem as the Soviet airforce especially is constantly bombing me (which becomes especially painful as one approaches the Volga) [Counterargument: Even if I had more Airforces and more fuel getting airports of a good level still takes time].
4. An alternative I never tested is not to ally Spain and not losing all those resources, yet owning Giblatar and getting their whole army is simply too good of a deal to pass by.
Yet playing this mod unhistorically, everything becomes very easy. These are the steps I take:
1. I switch the German navy to base strike and build carriers so in 1940 I have 4 IV carriers
2. I start the war historically and I occupy most of Europe and Africa (by attacking Turkey) by Spring 1940
3. Once the winter recedes in 1940 I land one paratrooper division in Cardiff which is undefended and then start shipping in troops escorted by my carriers
4. USA declares war upon me so via Africa I invade Venezuela and then work my way up to USA which is a bit of a pushover at that point
5. While USA is being taken some of my troops take over the rest of the allied colonies (you need to imagine I operate 2-3 fleets, having 5 carriers by 1940)
6. I begin the invasion of USSR with about 450 divisions in June 1942. The invasion takes place all the way from Finland to Manchuria. I have no resource shortages at that point as I have over 100k oil and rare materials.
7. Final victory (bitter peace) fires in October 1943
Some of the questions I would have:
1. How do you not run out of oil given the heavy mechanization required to beat the USSR normally?
2. Is there a point in attacking Norway other than the nuclear technology you get out of it? The land you get is more a liability than anything else given the number of coastlines you have to take. In the meantime Sweden makes a way better puppet.
3. How do you deal with the low organisation recovery within the USSR? In my case I would be rotating my army from and to Koenigsberg where the recovery is +13 a day with 200% infrastructure. Which is the most efficient way I found up till now, given that building new infrastructure is very slow (I was testing this, thus modding the game where I give some random province in the USSR 200% infrastructure and the only province where I can reach a similar recovery is Sevastopol).
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Hello all,
i hope i´m not the 125th guy to ask for help with this issue.
I just can´t get the TRE mod running properly. The events are not shown properly.
The text only says, for example: EVTNAME95874
Nothing is crashing or anything, but the text for all of the TRE events aren´t showing up.
I hope someone is knowing a solution or can link me the right thread.
Thank you
i hope i´m not the 125th guy to ask for help with this issue.
I just can´t get the TRE mod running properly. The events are not shown properly.
The text only says, for example: EVTNAME95874
Nothing is crashing or anything, but the text for all of the TRE events aren´t showing up.
I hope someone is knowing a solution or can link me the right thread.
Thank you