A 4th 1.2 Update

[nessin]

1st off this game is an AMAZING achievement. Wow! I doubt a more complex warfare simulation has ever existed. I have one major issue that is not a bug but is MORE frustrating than even the supply drag bug (Thanks for fixing it so I can take africa with italy now)

Manual Override for division orders that are under AI control objectives.

Please allow this as it gets sooooo tedious to detatch my armoured divisions to get them to syncronized attack every 30 secs then reattach them to get the HQ bonuses.

Right now when I set my army group to AI control with the objective of "Attack Capitol" I am 90% happy with it but some times I need to counter a counter attack with a Corps or Divsion sized override of AI control. To so this I am forced to remove the unit(s) from AI control, give it an order, then re-attach it. This is a VERY TEDIOUS manual step and I would rather be able to give any unit under AI control one (1) order (possibly with a limited time period) that it will then follow and afterwards return to full AI control.

This seems like a much better way to manage tactics. I can so, "Yo Army go take poland." And for 90% of the divisions I am happy with the tactics chosen but sometimes I need to override PART of the AI control for certain units. I would LOVE to have a better way to do this.

2. Game slider for Historical Accuracy vs. Full AI choice: This would accept diplomacy and alignment so we can choose to have alternate scenarios where the US may join axis in some games vs guidelines that nudge the AI via behind the scenes influence into historical actions. That we we get best of both worlds depending on what the play wants

3. Bring back the setting for AI aggressivness: I've played several games on normal diff where France is at war with me with 5 divisions to my 1 on my borders yet it never attacks.

4. Syncronized attacks don't always syncronize. I had this happen when attacking from two diff side of madrid.

1. While I can agree that an override would be nice, it really is only necessary if you do Theatre AI Control. Just create another army group to hold the forces you want to command. Then you can trade your forces between the two command chains to retain your command bonus whether you hvae them under AI controlor your control.

2. A bit beyond the scope of this patch.

3. There could be dozens of reasons why the AI would or would not attack. Single province versus single provinces comparisons don't mean anything.

4. I'd report it as a bug, but some variable timing would be nice. You could never coordinate things perfectly in the field.

 

[DiLune]

If Testing goes well and they are able to release it tommorrow, The latest we should see it in the US is about 9am EST, that would be 5pm swedish time if my math is correct. So 12pm PST and an hour to download/install it. We should be playing by 1pm tommorrow here in US.

Even if the testing goes bad we should see it on monday morning as they dont work weekends, but I dont think monday is a holiday in Sweden. Cant wait to see what has changed and now the MODders can really get to work on CORE, TRP, etc.

You lost me in the math. 9 am EST would be 6 am PST. So in the US, with an hour to DL the patch we would be playing at 7 am or 10 am, depending on what coast you live on.

 

[unmerged(144353)]

And you base your claim on what, exactly?

Previous patch, as well as previous PI releases, thats all.

 

[swellington]

You lost me in the math. 9 am EST would be 6 am PST. So in the US, with an hour to DL the patch we would be playing at 7 am or 10 am, depending on what coast you live on.

Correct I was doing some of that new fangled reverse math, sorry.

Even better for the west coast players

 

[Jmland]

Ave Johannus Maximus
et toto populare "PI"

 

[unmerged(102897)]

1.2 is now in approval testing, and if it goes well, it should be out tomorrow.

Here's some random extracts from the readme..

- The interface now has buttons for zooming in/out without using the scroll wheel, with keyboard shortcuts (pageup/pagedown).
- Snappier intercepts of invasion fleets
- Drift due to threat is now scaled with country IC so a big country (like US) is more concerned with world politics, whereas smaller countries are more concerned with keeping their heads down and wont be as affected.
- Org damage is no longer scaled by strength of brigade compared to other brigades.
- There is now a minimum supply demand for small units so that long distances wont take all the supply tax.
- Names should now appear instantly if possible. (minor lockups possible at crap cards.)
- Removed several reasons for the game to go out of sync while playing multiplayer.
- Tracked down and removed several memoryleaks, which made the game sluggish the longer you played it.
- Added Naval, land and air doctrines for all scenarios


and much more.. about 400 lines of changes..

Sounds interesting but what's behind your IC scaling? I would think that a country that is industrially superiro would feel LESS threatened by events. Historically, Americans were largely indifferent to events in Europe because they knew that they were safe with a giant population and massive industrial base.

 

[unmerged(153606)]

I know everyone's asking if x will be fixed or if y will be fixed, so sorry for clogging it with more posts, but will the crash on loading problem be fixed? The one where you never even make it to the menu? I've seen a lot of people saying the game is 'unplayable' because it's so slow, but it is literally unplayable for myself and the other users posting about the same problem. And I'm jonesing for some HoI3 sometime before deployment.

Just curious.

http://www.europa-universalis.com/forum/showthread.php?t=418136

 

[LordTony1414]

wow great news I am off tomorrow and since monday is a holiday yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy I can play 4 days straight. Good luck to all and lets have some fun.:rofl:

 

[Dogfish]

Sounds interesting but what's behind your IC scaling? I would think that a country that is industrially superiro would feel LESS threatened by events. Historically, Americans were largely indifferent to events in Europe because they knew that they were safe with a giant population and massive industrial base.

Maybe neutrality should factor into it as well? High neutrality = less susceptible to drift?

I like the change of it scaling by IC. Maybe threatened would be the wrong word, but the larger the country the more they would feel a need to get involved to make sure their interests are represented. Unless they are very concerned with staying neutral.... (see my first paragraph), which could properly represent the US in this case (or any isolationist-leaning nation)...

 

[unmerged(83949)]

1.2 is now in approval testing, and if it goes well, it should be out tomorrow.

- Removed several reasons for the game to go out of sync while playing multiplayer.

Yay! Maybe I will get in some multiplayer this weekend.

 

[Socratatus]

Don`t forget the `If`, everyone.

I`ll take it when it`s ready.

 

[Vulture]

Will be giant saves bug killed in this version ? I hope it will, growing from 17 mb up to 170 make game umplayable.

If you read the thread, you'd have noticed Johan's remarks about memory leaks yes

 

[brisduv]

Thanks for the update, should be interesting to see the results.

 

[Vulture]

If he is the boss, wouldn't he put someone else to do it?

00:00... Midnight Swedish time. Come on: be reasonable. People are supposed to be at home at that time. Even game developers.

 

[unmerged(14563)]

Maybe neutrality should factor into it as well? High neutrality = less susceptible to drift?

I like the change of it scaling by IC. Maybe threatened would be the wrong word, but the larger the country the more they would feel a need to get involved to make sure their interests are represented. Unless they are very concerned with staying neutral.... (see my first paragraph), which could properly represent the US in this case (or any isolationist-leaning nation)...

I agree. Neutrality should play a much larger role. I'm sick of seeing Belgium in the Commintern, and the US in the allies by 1939 without significant leadership investment.

Anyway, I'm thrilled about the patch coming out tomorrow. I've been playing Armageddon while waiting for 1.2, and Arma has definitely lost its luster. Friday can't come soon enough.

Thanks PI!

 

[john_bell]

Can't wait for the patch!

It's a shame I can't platyuntill Friday though

 

[unmerged(148761)]

- Drift due to threat is now scaled with country IC so a big country (like US) is more concerned with world politics, whereas smaller countries are more concerned with keeping their heads down and wont be as affected.

Hey that's a really good idea! I hadn't heard anyone mention that before.

Anyway, looking forward to the patch.

 

[unmerged(118822)]

Hope they have a fix for the production AI ONLY building transport planes/boats and tac bombers in my Italy game.... 700 IC spent on that and NOTHING else! And they don't even use the transport planes

 

[jpinard]

eheheheheheheheh~! Giddy with anticipation!!!

 

[DiLune]

00:00... Midnight Swedish time. Come on: be reasonable. People are supposed to be at home at that time. Even game developers.

Piffle. In America we have cots in the workplace to accomodate the weak who cannot last through an all-nighter.