A Stony Road v1.03 *update*

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What is the correct method of install please?

It's a "bug " in the installer that adds "A Stony Road to war" to the installation-path if you choose sth. different than the standard it wants to use.
Just delete that last part when you have to choose location and install.
I would recommend waiting two hours for beta4.
All is ready now except compilation and the digging int the new installation tool (the other is too fuzzy somehow)

I played the new beta as Poland for a change. Nice cheap tech but a low manpower headache

The use of cheaper tech allover makes it very easy to tweak each country from now on. ;-) In Poland's case it comes into the allies too late to gain techsharing, so it Has to do some researching. And i rather do that than throw tech at them

Excellent China/Japan balance. In 1950 (my last save), Japan owns about 1/4 of China.

Nice ;-) Last times i did some handsoff with a mix of risingsun and stonyroad (so i can betatest both at the same time )
China crushed Japan in 1940. Now i just have to change to an invasion AI and Japan is under pressure

problem of lousy troop placement.

Hopefully france now places better

The USA is very weak overseas and still doesn't do amphibious landings worth mentioning.

USA now does not focus on air power so much.

Norway looked rather weak - only a few troops.

Noticed that too, but somehow holland must have a chance to take scandinavia out

Russian airforce was big but very weak. Very few fighters and I don't remember it actually bombing me at all.

I do not mind if they do not bomb. But they have to have adequate fighters to protect their troops properly.


cu soon

 

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What about adding MARSEILLE to the needed provinces for VICHY to trigger?
This would require the assistance or support of Italy in the southern front.

You would then have to care for them.
And it would make the surrender more plausible because of a impossible two-fronts-war for france

 

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STONY ROAD V2BETA4 & RISING SUN BETA2 AVAILABLE:

NOTES:
After the Installation you will still be able to play the standard scenarios without any change except lowered unit speeds, but that is only good for realism.


Stony Road v2beta4: German 1936 scenario

* Introducing scripted invasions !
* Changed ai-location to standard folder because loading of ai-files got screwed after a while of changing ...
* Vichy now triggers with: Paris, Vichy, Marseille (Marseille and Vichy can be in italian possesion, but Paris MUST be german for Vichy to trigger)
* Changed MolRib - outcome a little
* modified leadernames for japan and germany with traits leading in name
* Beefed up china some more
* No timelimit patch included for play until 2003
* Many new events by redflag and me
* USA should enter war much earlier
* Violation of Benelux promises raises WE dearly
* New propaganda posteres for germany and japan
* New unitnames-mod v27.02
* increased starting manpower from 600 to 900
* added difficulty-settings in starting event: If you take "Beginner" the major part of worker improvements does not kick in!!

* Manymany other things i can't remember right now




Rising Sun beta2: Japan 1936 scenario

* Many new events by redflag, some to come in time
* China BEEEEFED up a lot. You will know how to interpret "Chinese wall" better soon ...
* Hopefully USA is not quite as dumb as earlier
* Please report if germany is too weak


MANY MANY THANKS GO TO:

* HENDRIKS
* HOLLAND
* MUADIB
* REDFLAG
* RODENTDUNG


FEEDBACK IS WHAT I WOULD VERY MUCH APPRECIATE. SO IF THERE IS ANY PROBLEM REPORT IT HERE. ALSO IF YOU HAD A NICE GAME REPORT IT HERE. THIS HELPS A LOT.

 

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your mod rocks, im about to copy over 1.03 with 1.03b4, do i have to delete the old one, or can i just copy over the new files...

 

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Nooty, the mod still spells my name rodentdug. It should be dung not dug. Oops, I meant Nighty not Nooty.

Also, when I invaded America as Germany, it took like a month or more just to go to the next territory. I had to use paratroopers for the first time ever to hop around or it would have taken many years just to take the US mainland and Canada. It was pretty much empty except for the usual stacks of fighter planes the USA likes to build. I don't agree with all the people complaining about the units moving too fast. Too slow in my opinion.

 

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yes you are right rotten dung
But only in "risingsun", in stonyroad it was correct!

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I don't agree with all the people complaining about the units moving too fast. Too slow in my opinion.

Units are half-speed in the mod.
If you land in america they will most probably strat bomb you to zero infrastrtucture, check on that !



@Texan, just copy over!

 

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AGAIN!
I included the wrong german-country file so germany will start stroner than planned
Have updated that. Please reownload if you already have the wrong version or renane the country-tag accordingly. (germanyw to germany)


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could you all have an eye on whether the russian redeploys too often too many troops !?

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could you check the USA in a late game, they should have the A-Bomb by 1943-1944...

 

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Carriers?

Hey N!ghtY!

Think you're doing an aweswome job here, man. Where do you find the time?
I'd like to try your Germany scenario but I've just finished a game as GER and decided to give Jerry a rest for a while. My GER games so far have all ended the same way: USSR collapse when I cross the Dniepr in strenght. Are the Russians tough in your mod?

So I think I'll try your Japan scenario. I haven't played the Pacific at all so it be almost a new game.
I have a question for you about carriers. I'm using the mod with the beefed-up carrier stats that Graycloak posted a while back. I like this change and I'd like to keep it in, but maybe it would unbalance your scenario. What do you say?

Have a good one!

KM

 

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Think you're doing an aweswome job here, man. Where do you find the time?

Thanks. The point is notepad is all you need, and 10minutes of time now and then for fixes + some hours for major work every few days.
And the main point is i nearly do no handsoff games, only just before release. Handsoff games cost lot of time.
Therefore i need feedback by you all. As it seems till now this method has worked out somehow.

So I think I'll try your Japan scenario.

Redownload the new version featuring graycloaks carrier mod, which should prove important for Japan in Rising Sun.
I hope you are an experienced player, as i have the feeling NatCHina is TOO STRONG for japan now...

 

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NEW UPDATE:

* All mods now playable with only one HOI
* All mods containing carrier mod by graycloak now.
* All mods featuring planesprites by mutton
* Propaganda posters for GER/JAP by C.G.E.M.



A WORLD TUMBLING *alpha* now included.

This is a 1936-2003 scenario designed for comintern or allied powers, so do not play with any of the axis (Germany, Japan, Italy).
It features all the events and modifications known from A Stony Road.
Try to hold back the rampaging axis!

 

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Hi Folks,

Ok i have finished my report on stony road v 1.03b beta 3.

BY FAR THE BEST GAME I PLAYED I had some incredible fun hehehe

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BE AWARE because of flag usage (Swastika) and the impossibility to blur all flags out in all my screenshot I have put this report away from this forum. I you feel offended by use of that flag PLEASE do not click the two links above. Thank you.

Nighty if you have additional questions please ask them.

Cheers.

 

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hi holland.

i am happy you had so much fun. beta4 should be just the same with invasions in the west even worse. additionally i twaeked the russian ai changes as (i did not get that) the russian ai changed when smolensk and kiev are fallen to a ai i do not like. Now, if fhtes cities fall, there will ba a much tougher AI left for russia.

I'll double the start redeploy numbers. For Russia it is way too high. This also should fix nonsense a bit like ai redeploying into a pocket

Already have upped manpower to 900, maybe need some higher, i will do after you recommendation.

New version with that fixes in 10 minutes

 

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Brrr, did the fixes.

I just saw i had already considered strat_redeploy too low and had set it to 12days in beta3. This means if it would take longer than 12days only then it redeploys.
Fatally enough as i said the ai changed to the standard ones via some triggers when having taken certain provinces. The strat_redeploy_value for russia is "3" !!! This means all movements that would take longer than 3days are strategically redeployed!! This would explain this wild shuffeling of the russian ai sometimes ...

I now set it to 15 days.

Please give feedback on that.

 

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Norway looked rather weak - only a few troops.
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Noticed that too, but somehow holland must have a chance to take scandinavia out

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Looked is not the same as invading Oslo with 5 inf div there fishing and oh yeah almost defeating 45 top notch divs

If you try invading Sweden you are dead believe me hehe

 

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just dropping by...

are those events I sent you of any use?

 

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hi ivan.
not yet, but when working more on rising sun i'll use them.

thx anyway now already!

 

[Crazy_Ivan80]

Originally posted by N!ghtY
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hi ivan.
not yet, but when working more on rising sun i'll use them.

thx anyway now already!

heh, 't was my pleasure to make them.

 

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"German Agression in the Baltics"

In your senario this event keeps firing causing the USSR to declare war on me in 39 even though I signed the damn Motlov treaty, where is the event in the game folders so I can remove it?

 

[Jack]

@ N!ghtY

The download of your great mod takes for ever... . If you need a mirror I will be happy to help you out with it.

Keep up the good work!

 

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"German Agression in the Baltics"

This has nothing to do with MolRib. It is triggered by the fact that you have taken any of these: lithuania (most probably), latvia or estonia. In the newer version of Stony Road Poland has no claims on Lithuania and therefore you should not be able to get your hands on the baltics without DOWing them....
It is no good idea to attack sth. the USSR has desires for..
The trigger is the following:

trigger = {
random = 45
NOT = {
war = { country = GER country = SOV }
}
OR = {
control = { province = 709 data = GER } # lat
control = { province = 715 data = GER } # lit
control = { province = 707 data = GER } # est
}
}

If you want to take it out search for the text " in the baltics", you'll find that. If you want to take all the baltics wipe that event out.

The download of your great mod takes for ever... . If you need a mirror I will be happy to help you out with it.

I know i know all this stuff running, you can check the traffic analysis via my signature. It is just getting better now. But thanks for your offer and maybe i'm coming back on that!!