Dev Diary #16 - Götterdämmerung 1944 AAR - Discussion

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Hey devs, in the Germany doctrine screen, AirLand Battle isn't linked to C3I Theory...someone overlook that?
 

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Well unless IC works way differntly then in HOI2 then these number are not based on reality.

It could well be an effect of the "Full IC takeover" option activated, which could screw the actual IC values (particularly for Axis powers):

AoD 1.0 (PWBO) RC4; TechTeam Up 1.1b; Single player; Götterdämmerung 1944 Scenario; Difficulty/AI Aggressiveness: Normal/Normal; Use Counters: On; Democracy Can Start War: On; End Date: 1964; Full IC Takeover: On; Tech-Team Takeover: On.
 

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Good catch Titan79. Although enabled, I have not done any IC or TT takeover. If the AI is capable of doing so, I am unawares. Good question for the Devs.
 

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Good catch Titan79. Although enabled, I have not done any IC or TT takeover. If the AI is capable of doing so, I am unawares. Good question for the Devs.

Thank you. Besides, do you mean that the Full IC takeover isn't automatic for human player if enabled? I'd bet it was.
 

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Posted 440701 and 440722.

I have received the latest build (I'm sooo lucky!) and will be trying out the RC4 saves on it. You've seen the new launcher already and I will try out some of the Sprites. I will also add in the TT 1.2 Update.


Merry Christmas everyone. Hoping that you and yours have an excellent one!
 

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Interesting on the Sattelite techs...I'm assuming recon sat and sattelite network give you + army/navy intel as well as VPs?
 

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Seeing the ledger pages land and naval battles (directly beneath) in comparison, it seems to be an improvement, if these two columns are added to the land battles page: our losses + their losses. So you can identify very quickly the most determinant/bloodiest battles of your campaign.

The page showing the sunk ships is already sorted by date. But once you start sorting with another priority you can't go back. Therefore it'd be nice, if you add a column showing the date when the loss occured.

I suspect, it's not so easy to use the same code for aircraft, too? Then you can differentiate your most successful ship killer among your air wings - and that wing might not be a NAV...
 

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Interesting on the Sattelite techs...I'm assuming recon sat and sattelite network give you + army/navy intel as well as VPs?

+1

Satellites should give you once a day/week the full force disposition of a random neigbouring province. And once you get the keyhole satellites, you'd simply click on a certain province to get full information. :D
 

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So is there any pop up saying Hitler is dead or is it just a generic thing that may happen to any leader? Do you actually know it was an assasination or you just guessing? Is there any other possibility?

I imagine most Allied or Comm countries would have seen the value of killing one man (Hitler) then a million Germans to end the war and would hope its at least a pop message or some sort of peace offering available sorta deal.
 

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So is there any pop up saying Hitler is dead or is it just a generic thing that may happen to any leader? Do you actually know it was an assasination or you just guessing? Is there any other possibility

IIRC it's an event that has a small chance to fire if certain conditions are met (Soviets have reconquered some territories, Allies have landed in Europe etc. - much like the situation that led to the failed assassination attempt of July 20th, 1944).
 

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So is there any pop up saying Hitler is dead or is it just a generic thing that may happen to any leader? Do you actually know it was an assasination or you just guessing? Is there any other possibility?

I imagine most Allied or Comm countries would have seen the value of killing one man (Hitler) then a million Germans to end the war and would hope its at least a pop message or some sort of peace offering available sorta deal.

It is an event that fires under certain conditions as Titan stated. When you are playing the Germans, you have the option to or not to. In either case, a whole lot of German leaders die. In this particular case, the German AI opted to... and it was reported in the Message log.


I am still looking for a better picture host to finish the AAR.
 

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Trying Imageshack for todays screenshots.

Todays AAR is ready, I'll post it in about 4-5 hours from now.

Thank you for your patience.
 

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Great AAR so far, MR2! I have a request, though: could you please post one/some screenshots with political map mode on? That would make easier to understand Allied gains in France. Thank you!

Second and last question: don't you think figures in the losses charts (and everywhere else) should be separated by commas every three digits? They'd be a lot easier to read that way... could you please tell the devs to take this into account? Thanks! e.g.: 2203441.0 vs. 2,203,441.0
 

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Informative AAR. Are those losses only due to the scenario or are they estimates of the course of the war? US losses seem fairly high.

BTW the Baltics are somewhat north of Italy (several thousand km actually). Suppose you meant the Balkans ;).