HOF Version 3 - "Test Run"

[Knutis]

Got this error message.

The B7A folder contains the Val-files(Val.ini, valDeath.flc and valRun.flc)
Not sure if it's because I installed the scenario wrong or what


I renamed the Val.ini file and got the game going

 

[aksully]

Lanz, Yes they are. Invisible except to the Border Guards if not mistaken. Now obviously not so invisible when your troops run into them!!!! ENJOY! I just wished I had a bunch of those buggers in China!! THough I do think that Eric should include some in the Chinese OOB.

Meanwhile...we are enjoying a Lovely Snow here in East Anglia!!!
Sully

 

[eric_A]

Got this error message.

The B7A folder contains the Val-files(Val.ini, valDeath.flc and valRun.flc)
Not sure if it's because I installed the scenario wrong or what


I renamed the Val.ini file and got the game going

Kuntis:
The Val and B7A use the same graphics for now, I was going to use a new
unit from Topgun, but it was not released in time. So I created a B7A folder to
make it easier to upgrade later. However I forgot to rename the .ini file.
Just rename Val.ini to B7A.ini and it should work fine.

 

[eric_A]

Lanz, Yes they are. Invisible except to the Border Guards if not mistaken. Now obviously not so invisible when your troops run into them!!!! ENJOY! I just wished I had a bunch of those buggers in China!! THough I do think that Eric should include some in the Chinese OOB.

Meanwhile...we are enjoying a Lovely Snow here in East Anglia!!!
Sully

From the Hinge_of_Fate_V3.txt documentation file:

Guerrilla Forces

These are Russian partisans, resistance fighters and Red Army. None of these units
can be built directly, they are auto-produced by wonders. All Guerrilla-type units
are invisible and have hidden nationality. Resistance fighters are controlled by the British
Empire while Partisans and Red Army are controlled by Russia.

A: Resistance fighters are auto-produced by the Resistance wonder. These units are weak
but highly mobile (ADM 1/1/2) and can be paradropped. They ignore the terrain costs of hills,
forests and swamps.

B: Russian Partisans are auto-produced by the Great Patriotic War wonder. These units are
weak but highly mobile (ADM 1/1/2) and ignore the terrain costs of hills, forests
and swamps.

C: Red Army (ADM 2/2/2) are auto-produced by the Long March wonder in Paotow. These
units ignore the terrain costs of hills, forests and swamps.

 

[Knutis]

Pacific W of Mexico:
IJN TBs sinks US CA (Chicago I think it was)

Guam:
IJN SNLF kills US Militia

Brisbane:
Ships bombarded
Val shot down

Vladivostok:
Marine Army kills 18th Corp
Marine Army kills Fortress Division
Marine Army kills 25th Army
Marine Div kills Cav Div
FArty left on top

West of Ichang:
IJA Inf Div kills MA CID
IJA 11th Army kills 2 MA CID
Biplane destroyed in Ichang

Bay of Bengal:
TBs damages CA Exeter
IJN BC Kongo sinks CW BB Revenge
IJN CA Mogami sinks CW BB Malaya
IJN CA Maya sinks CA Exeter
Bombarded ships in Madras

 

[eric_A]

Now everyone else in the game needs to apply the same fix for
the problem Kuntis found. Go to this folder:
Civilization III Complete\Conquests\Scenarios\HOF_V3\Art\Units\B7A
and rename Val.ini to B7A.ini

 

[Lanzelot]

Two Submarines sink CV Yorktown and CA Witchita.
Inf shoots one resistance fighter, but the other one is nowhere to be found?!
The newly established Panther Army Guderian retakes Bordeaux, killing 2 American Inf and a Marine Div.

Artillery bombardment of Maikop. 7/7 Panther Corp kills 3/4 Rifle Corp.
Heavy artillery bombardment around Moscow hits nothing... What have these gunners been smoking! But the bombers do slithly better, loosing 2 bombers, but redlining 3 units and bringing Southern Front to 6/11. German Inf Army crosses the river, attacks Moscow from behind and kills Southern Front, but takes heavy losses themselves (2/20). Six more various units are defeated at no German losses.

By the way: what are the prerequisites for building those worker troops? I tried to build some new, but all my cities allow only "ordinary" workers. (Even though the civilopedia entry leads to the advanced worker at 100 shields?! Must be a bug in the 'pedia.)

Cheers, Lanzelot

 

[That-Guy]

I was hoping against hope that you wouldn't find those ships.

 

[Knutis]

I was hoping against hope that you wouldn't find those ships.

At least they did their job well - sinking my convoy.

 

[eric_A]

July/42

The Long Bloody Battle of Moscow Continues:

1 Tile NE of Moscow:
The Kalinin Front (10/11) finishes off the the remains of
the German 18th Army

1 Tile NW of Moscow:
The Bryansk Front (5/10) and 2 FA destroy an SS Panzer div and
a Fortress div.

2 Tiles NW of Moscow:
German 58 inf div damaged 4/5 by DB

2 Tiles SW of Moscow:
The German 6th Army is bombed by 2 DB 3 MB 3 HA, reduced to 5/18

Tula bombed by DB and 3 FA, walls destroyed 2 FD damaged

Baltic Fleet Bombards Helsinki, inf corp damaged 5/6

Black Sea Fleet slightly damages German 30 Korp

NW of Maikop - 1st Panzer Army damaged 17/18 by DB

 

[eric_A]

Lanz:
There is an entry for that unit in the civilopdia but it
is not showing up because of a bug in the .biq file.
It should look like this:

 

[Lanzelot]

So the ones that the Resistance just destroyed, can't be replaced?! That's tough...

 

[aksully]

Minor Allies July 1942 Turn Summary

-3 MBs Bomb IJA SoD 1T NW of Ichang

GPS to CW

Sully

 

[That-Guy]

CW July 1942 GPS

Home Front:
-Antwerp
Naval bombardment destroys 2 Me109.

-AF N of Antwerp
Naval bombardment redlines land units.
CW Fighter shoots down fighter from AF on bombing run.

MB lost on run.
Bombing runs destroy improvements.


N Africa:
Royal Cavalry rides to find out why contact has been lost with Asyut, discovers it was overrun by malaria. "That
bums me out" says Churchill.



-Casablanca
Captured undefended by Inf Corp.

Units 2NE of city bombarded.
Tank Div kills a Foreign Legion 3/3.
CW ID kills MA ID 2/4.
CW ID kills Foreign Legion 1/3.
Worker captured.

-Oran
Naval bombardment damages planes.

-w of Benghazi
Lanc redlines CA Trento
MB redlines DD Dardo.
DB sinks Ca Trento.
MB makes FT 2/3.
HB redlines FT.
DB sinks DD Dardo
DB sinks FT

SE Asia:
MB destroys R 2 S of Mandalay
HB destroys R 1 N of Rangoon.
MB makes Bangkok Garrison 1/3 1NW of Mandalay.

CW Sub sinks IJN Fleet Carrier in Bay of Bengal.

Panic in Ceylon as word that the Japanese have landed spreads!


S Pacific:
-E of Brisbane
BB Warspite sinks DD Mutsuki

 

[semental]

Rule Challenge!

As CW has not captured Benghazi despite several turns being undefended and several more under defended, control of the city has been given to the Italians of the Minor Axis. As it seems CW was inhibiting play by not capturing city despite having sufficient troops in the vicinity. While we will give full consideration to objections to our rule infraction, this seems a better solution than declaring war on an ally and we had no other recourse to save the Benghazi people.

For the official executive report on our position please see:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWBUl7oT9sA

Tobruk
Stuka lost to AA, MBs damaged planes.

Maikop
MBs damaged units and killed citizens
Romanian 4th Army 10/10 v 51st Soviet Rifle Army
Romanian 4th Army 8/11 v 302/417 Rifle Div
Romanian 4th Army 8/11 v FArty

Captured.

 

[semental]

Well? No comment? If this is not acceptable, I can re-play without it. I think it is within the spirit of the game but it not...

 

[aksully]

I must be thick in the head...why would it be desirable for CW not to capture Benghazi? My only consideration is that if allowed to occur once then why not for another to do the same to gain some tactical/strategic advantage?

Eric has had this rule in play since the HOF was created. I believe it is up to him to weigh the merit of your decision.

Sully

 

[semental]

I re-played without it. Only difference being a few more hits at Maikop where the army finished 6/11.

CW gains nothing by taking Benghazi especially if they know I plan to re-take it. By leaving it as is with the German army evacuated, it cannot be used as a base for action. If MAx wants to attack Tobruk or other Mid East cities, its troops and ships sit exposed without a good place to retreat.

As I cannot attack Benghazi what other choices are there? There are some but none as good. Sorry to hold up the game I thought it was worth discussing. Apparently I was wrong.

 

[muzbang]

US REPPORT

Pacific

Us sub sinks sub

Japanese INJ bombarded by
US Ca Northhampton
US DD Mugford
and sunk by US BB maryland

Wake island captured
Japanese para bombarded by
US heavy bomber
US Medium bomber
Paratroop killed by US marine

Bordeaux :
Sub sunk by US CL Brooklin
German Army bombarded by
US BB idaho
US BB mississipi

 

[eric_A]

Rule Challenge!

As CW has not captured Benghazi despite several turns being undefended and several more under defended, control of the city has been given to the Italians of the Minor Axis. As it seems CW was inhibiting play by not capturing city despite having sufficient troops in the vicinity. While we will give full consideration to objections to our rule infraction, this seems a better solution than declaring war on an ally and we had no other recourse to save the Benghazi people.

For the official executive report on our position please see:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWBUl7oT9sA

The reason the rule is there is because in some of the early games
city trading was much abused. For example, Japan would give a city
in occupied China to Germany and then the entire German airforce
would rebase to China and bomb everything in sight.
This is not the case here and I really don't have a problem with
Benghazi going to the Minor Axis. We could add Benghazi to the "exception list"
with Paris and Plymouth. But we should play this game with the rules agreed to
at start, unless everyone agrees to the change.