The game Xenonauts has opened source to competent modders. They mod/code the game and it gets released OFFICIALLY as a community edition patch.
THIS is how you tackle these problems in the modern age. Paradox cant be happy that people are disgruntled about a partly broken game.
Common sense would dictate IF the game would be "fixed", it would lead to more sales (minor factor) but it would lead to a HUGE image gain.
Then again, they do more likely love to sell DLCs for 5 Euro a piece.
Also, as a sidenote, i really dislike the EU4 way of "selling" a game and im pretty sure HoI 4 will be the next milestone in Generation DLC.
So, i believe we are better off sticking to HoI 3 instead of buying chunks of Hoi 4, one piece at a time.
Well, first off id like to apologize if i offend anyone with my first post, that was not my intention- I was just angry and frustrated last night, as I had a breach in my frontline at Saratov, where I had one MOT Div., which I had not noticed was completely de-orged due to lack of supply, something I had not noticed while I was micro-managing air-supply to a third wave of encirclements north and south of that area, and the Ai had noticed this situation somehow, mysteriously, and had gathered all of what was left of their armored units in FOW, blasted through, and created quite a mess. Imagine that one 5-bat Div. not being able to supply in a city province, on either side of which I had air-drops going non-stop? Okay, moving on...
I want to thank all who have responded to this post, i expected that I would be largely ignored due to my hotheaded, somewhat offensive post. Really, sincerely, thank you all! I think I may have a workable solution to this problem, which I will illustrate further on, but first I would like to clarify my position, and the issues Im addressing. The first is an issue of principle, of professionalism, and the other is a matter of community effort. Here, I am not concerned with AI, or some of the other complaints members have made onwards from the release of HOI3. I am only concerned now with the supply-system. We all know AI will never be what we might hope, or perfect, that is not possible. This a game limitation that we accept, and we know the AI needs to have certain advantages. We play within that limitation, as in chess, we have the limitation of the chessboard, for example, or we have the limitation of the individual pieces and what they can and cannot do, and these limitations do not hinder us, we use them as part of our strategy. But the supply-system in HOI3 DOES hinder us, and we have no options but to use lame, unsportsmanlike workarounds to solve the problem. Ive seen it suggested that, well, you edit your save-game and add level-10 infra supply-routes, and while I know the member who posted this was well-intentioned, really, i mean, really, is this what we have to do, editing save-games, so that we dont go batshit crazy playing this game.? There is advice from some veterans, good advice on how to manage ways around the brokenness of this game, but what that boils down to is, here is a guy who figured out a way to "game the game," and if you play it like this, then you may succeed, however, if you dont play it that way you will fail. Now, I for one, want to play the game MY way, and I dont want to play in arcade-mode, so I can have an easy time of it. I want micro-management, I want difficulty, I want surprises---and I most definitely do not want to be forced into playing the game as someone else dictates. When I mentioned the Black Ice mod in the 1st post, I was not complaining about their work. In fact, those gentlemen have tried to address this problem to some beneficial degree where and how they were able, without access to source-code. And yes, they have tweaked partisan interference to a degree, but we have a choice at gamestart whether we want to go total crazy-partisan interference, or moderate partisan interference---WE HAVE A CHOICE!
Now, we have paid money for this game, a game which we largely enjoy despite the shortcomings, and so, PI is accountable, and should be held accountable by its customers. This is not some AlphaWars type operation, which only releases beta-versions, so it does not have to be accountable to the suckers who get drawn in and proceed to happily, unknowingly, to deplete their bank account until they realise theyve been duped. Money! We earn it, we pay it, and those that get it should be earning it as well!
Kovak, your point is taken, and you are not the first to say it---but I for one, dont accept it. Now, I certainly dont want to get myself into a situation where I am in jeopardy of getting banned from this forum---but, am I to accept that my money was, IMO, illspent, that I have received a faulty product, and I should just chin-up and move along? Cetainly not, if I believe there is way to remedy this problem, which I do. I understand there may be copyright/legal problems associated with allowing independents access to source-code, but we dont need all of it, just the chunk that concerns the supply-system, and I know there are members on this forum who can be trusted with this code, and who will try to improve it for the benefit of the HOI3 community. The Black Ice team, I think, would be excellent candidates for this venture, if they chose to commit to sort out the problem. All I'm pleading for is that PI manup and address this problem in a way that offers us some choices, in other words, an easy, moderate, or difficult supply-sytem that functions well.
I know two things for certain---if we ask for nothing, we get nothing; and, one voice in the complaint department MAY be heard but surely will not be listened to. But many voices in the complaint-department WILL be heard, and may listened to. With that in mind, my idea is as follows:
1. A high-level member ( a Dev perhaps) opens a stickied-thread, titled something like----"Dear PI, the HOI3 Community members request your atttention"
In this opening post we clarify, in a diplomatic, friendly fashion, exactly what we want, i.e, a functioning supply-system. Also, that if they are not willing to do this, that they allow some other person or group what is needed so they can do it.
2. Every member who is concerned with this issue adds a post to this thread, saying kindly---please sirs, would you help us.
3. We fund it ourselves if PI coders are involed, and if independents are involved, we donate to the cause.
4. Funding is accomplished by a donate button solely for this purpose, and only in this thread.
5. Anyone registered as having donated, gets the fix.
I have no problem with the idea of paying for a solution to this supply-system fix, I would joyously contribute. And, Im fairly certain there are other members who would do the same. Now i have just received a message that I have an ALERT, so im gonna go and see if Im in trouble.
