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LuisGuzman wrote: ↑2025-11-06 13:16, Thursday if you want the .txt also fixed, please tell me how many lines should be added/removed from the beginning.

No, thanks, it's not needed if there is a working .mapx.

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Bug: Open General (25.10.27.1) doesn't like some Leaders! :shock I have an infantry unit which has a 01/21 (Tenacious Defense/Infiltration Tactics) leader and a truck transport. While upgrading, when I try to change the unit's transport to another truck, Open General wants to also change the leader!...

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On Gilestiel's, map 457 (Kharkov) lists a mismatched .mapx and .map ("pntllria" = map #456 "Pantelleria"!), and the fitting "map457.txt" has all location names shifted upwards by several hexes.

Something very bad has happened there...

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It's ok, this is not a showstopper, just slightly annoying.

Given you had fixed it just recently, I was just wondering if by chance you just had commented something out...

Thanks for the 25.10.31.0, that one was important!

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Will be fixed in next update ... along the coming years :P :eek Beware, it breaks all and every scenario where any of the players gets units to deploy... The error message is harmless, but when it happens Open General drops randomly one or more units. The fix is quick, just write some random number...

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What's more important (for AI), replenishing units to their base values, or buying new ones? It depends on the scenario and the local situation, and I don't think this can be captured in simple rules like "if this - do that". Even trying would be wasted time, as the exceptions would be as...

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All you can do is put transports in your purchase list, and pray the AI will use them. In my experience it sometimes does, but mostly not... What I usually do in such cases is either to set predetermined reinforcements , i.e. the infantry + transport is set by me , and will arrive in a specific turn...

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Now of course this isn't 1200 different bots, it means 1200 connections in the 5-minutes period phpBB takes in account for the "who is online" statistic. About 4 each second... Chatbots and their handlers are evil.

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Open Suite - Scenario - Custom purchase List : In the first tab there is on the right a number of settings which allow you to determine what the AI will buy, as well for quality (best it can afford or not) and which class of unit ("first buy an infantry unit, then a tank, then something else&q...

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Another bug... My Open General (25.09.06.0) has gone crazy. I have some free days and I'm making a small campaign. On starting the 3 rd scenario one of the core units I hand out to the player didn't appear in the HQ menu , and when I quit Open General to check in Open Suite what the problem might be...

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I'd say we can still live without that for a time Yes, I'd vote "not very important" indeed. Once you know it, it's easy to extrapolate while placing units. I for one am used to it... :lol There are more annoying quirks in Open Suite, IMHO at least, like the fact every time you buy a unit...

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A blast from the past... Remember this? :bullhorn OpenGen Version 25.02.26.0 ( 26-Feb-2025 ) released, fixing: [...] When upgrading, neither main equip nor transport data was shown matching the selected unit to update. [...] Seems the Update Display Bug has partly come back (it's in September's Open...

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- Is it possible to check all spotted hexes by all AI units? Yes: With the "spotting" checkbox checked, deselect any unit (click on empty terrain), and you will get spotting range for both sides, red for AI, black for player. Suite also doesn't consider attachments when display unit range...

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If this would apply to the player's units, i agree with Dimitris. It would be a big mistake and should be undone. I second (third) that. What do you mean by "recon attachment"? :huh If it is the "additional spotting" attachment (the binoculars or dog head icon), I agree it shoul...

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Thanks, got it. Suggestion: Wouldn't it be an idea to include it with the Core update files, since now you always update OpenGen and Suite together? As about the virus alert, it's clearly a false positive. I sent Open Suite through VirusTotal and the result is telling: While Microsoft flags it indee...

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Where can I find that updated Open Suite? :huh It is not included in the Core files, and on Luis' "tools" page I only see the download for the previous (September) Open Suite. I won't download the whole full installer just to get Open Suite... PS: Luis, there is a minor issue with your sit...

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Indeed, Linux Mint is perfect for people coming from Windows and not yet used to Linux. Imagine a streamlined, modern Windows XP: Unlike Windows 10/11, things are where you'd expect them to be, and work as you'd expect them to work. :shock And no spying on you, no insisting on trying to sell you cra...

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radar I wanted that too, but now the code is frozen and it won't happen. :dunno (Besides I guess it's a huge task modifying the visibility rules to simulate radar in a realistic way ) In my updated E-File I simulate radar by giving radar-using units a bigger spotting range and the "All Weather...

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* Fearless is not the same that Kamikaze Sure, but people use it to help kamikaze units attack against overwhelming odds. The "Kamikaze" E-File special only dictates that a unit will die after spending all its ammunition/fuel, doesn't it? * Daring seems to be, more or less, the same that ...

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we could analyze if fearless/kamikaze are worth to modify. If you decide to modify it, the best way would be to add another "malus reduction" level, like this: " Standard " (standard behavior, as it is now) = AI is prudent " Daring " (new!) = AI is less prudent than in...

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For the Forum as long as we have e.g. Amazon [bots] as registered users you will be able to fetch a lot of coffee :( Oh no, those are innocent. The culprit are the chatbot training bots , which don't identify, and thus show as "guests". Check the forum index page, especially during the Eu...

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the no reply message in the Suite ??? What do you mean? OpenSuite is quite fast for me, except when working on an big E-File and changing display indexing (like, from numbers to names). In this case there is (for me) a 2-3 seconds pause while it rearranges the 6000+ unit list. Sounds rather like th...

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I do have (Win11, but also previously under WinXP) sometimes periods OG seems to not do anything, always during the AI turn: AI does stuff, and then comes (sometimes) a pause where you see nothing happening (but there could be movement in the unexplored parts of the map?), then you see some AI movem...

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What terrain should be used in the Netherlands to indicate terrain - canals, dykes? --> I used STREAM Late to the party, but I'd say that which terrain type will affect the different movement types in a semi-realistic way will depend on the terrainex.txt you use, and might need to be changed for us...

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I know this has little chance of happening, but there is a problem with the current OpenIcons.dat: We lack some icons for standard engineers (for all nations and epochs). What we have now (the one with the flamethrower) is perfect for assault troops . But we also need a specific icon for the standar...

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there are 910 users online :: 3 registered, 0 hidden and 907 guests The AI bots are on the prowl again, today, yesterday and the day before, and the forum is slow as molasses. Took me 2 minutes just for this thread to eventually display, I'm reminded of the old days of 9.6 kbit modems... I second s...

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However, only with the aggressive setting - both MiGs hid under their own air defenses. As randowe said above, "aggressive" does not mean "aggressive", and has nothing to do with attacking or not. :shock :lol The name is misleading, I was confused too in the beginning, till one ...

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I can think of many instances where you would want to use suppression as a stand in for various effects. Indeed, and I've tried this (using a huge suppression with tiny damage). Long story short, it doesn't really work. The problem with suppression as it currently works is that it mostly reduces fu...

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don't attack a ground unit even configured as Aggressive and Fearless. That is a bug I've seen sometimes too (AI 3.0 too). "Fearless" is supposed to mean "attack no matter what", AFAIK it's made for kamikaze units. Yet I've seen "fearless" units sometimes (not always) ...

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Have you enabled green replacements? If the XP amount only goes up, it's inevitable that your units will reach elite rather quickly, depending on how much enemies there are. But if it's not a simple ratchet, and they can/must lose XP to repair, it will take a little longer, and even elite units will...

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XP regression is not strong enough. While that's true in default settings, E-File makers can make it much stronger if they want (in " equip.cfg "): exp_bar_factor =20 (decreases the experience gained according to your current bars: set "10" to get 90%,80%,70%,60%,50% for 1,2,3,4...

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I have no time right now to enter the most hazard, twisted and difficult part of the OG code: "Deployment" That's okay. I understand you have more important (or interesting) things to do than chasing complicated yet rarely used features. :lol No hard feelings. So try to set your units alr...

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:) because - luckily - there are no air-containers ... :huh I'm suspecting there is a misunderstanding about what I meant: I mean deploying non-airplane units into hangars , not composite units like the composite submarines! :lol The "put in fitting hangar" code already exists, since it w...

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I see no way to let OG knowing when you want to deploy a unit in a container or you want to un-deploy the container when you click on it. :notsure Why, how does it work for planes? It does put them into containers just fine. :huh Well, I'm no developer, but to me it looks like just a simple check: ...

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Me again. :( First a funny one: For some reason when I deploy composite submarines (submarine in a naval transport), the game asks if they should be put into (yet another) naval transport! :lol Doesn't matter besides the "WTF" moment, because you can still deploy them--if you don't decide ...

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Borneo (not a country) shows the flag of Brunei. Well, it had to show something , and it couldn't possibly show the flag of Borneo... :lol I of course chose Indonesia, because Borneo is not a country and Tarakan is part of Indonesia nowadays. Yes, we already had a discussion about this, contemporar...

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a unit that is tasked with fighting tanks and additionally fighting aircraft --> will not be as good at fighting aircraft (even though it uses the same cannon) Hmm. Lets agree to disagree on that... :lol Some weapons were dual purpose by design. For me, shooting your cannon at an enemy = shooting y...

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Another map bug, noted at Gilestiels: There is " 178 - Tarakan - Borneo ", and there is " 1570 - Tarakan 3k - Indonesia "... :huh This is a difficult one, Borneo actually being an island divided into 3 countries (Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia), but whatever you choose the two Tarak...

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In your e-file you can do whatever you want ... If I could do whatever I want, this thread wouldn't exist, would it. If something is universal, it will not be better than something that is specialized ... because otherwise it would have to cost a fortune :2cents :huh Where does that fit? I was talk...

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Well, open those image files and you'll understand: You just need to append another flag to those lines of flags, the dimensions should be the same as for the other flags in the file. :dunno BTW, please ask questions in the " Designers’ Corner " forum, this one is just for the list of E-Fi...

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it has limited parameters compared to AA, in exchange for the ability to fight other targets That is where we disagree: I don't see why there should be any "in exchange", it's not realistic. It happens I like realism and am a perfectionist... :grumpy If you want to have a universal gun, y...

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my English are bad Pesto sta Ellinika. Ta katalaveno perifima, aplos den boro na ta grapso... ;) So there is no reason for change something No, as I said in my first post, that was not a request for change! :shock I just want to know how others feel about this issue, since I guess I'm not the only ...

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adding different parameters in the CFG file Yes, that's how it is right now. Except that this is not very flexible, because as I said above, a light MG and a 17 tons "128 mm FlaK 40" are forced to have the same Air Defense range. (And yes, the 128 mm was used against ground targets in Ber...

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All flak should have not big hard attack (e.g. 7.1) but have good soft attack and the AD should have big hard attack and not good soft attack. That's not logical, or at least not realistic. AA guns were rather small caliber. You're probably thinking of the 88, but the most common Flak was the 20 mm...

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Preamble: This not a change request, it's a theoretical discussion, a "request for comments" In my E-File I have identical units in both AD and Flak categories so people can choose, but I can't make them have the same characteristics, which is kind of silly... Example, the German "88...

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It's just mitigated by the need for the target to be adjacent. Which means the "forward observer" unit will most likely get a beating, so the only case it is useful is in defensive positions, and then only when attacked by range-1 (infantry) units. It would really be useful if that bonus a...

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you just need to be perceived has having some kind of existence to be the recipient of hate... Still... :( I'm thinking it must be AI training bots, because they apparently don't try to brute force valid logins to be able to post spam, as in the olden days, they actually enter and read each and eve...

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Sorry, couldn't test earlier since I was about to leave: Upgrades work again. :cool As for the "custom weather" error, I don't see the error message when I start a scenario with custom weather, deploy, save and quit OG. But , when I reload that new savegame I made and then quit OG again, t...

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Right now the forum is slow as molasses, times out most of the time, and the index page claims 146 guests...
We're under DoS attack, once again...

I really would like to understand what those idiots have against the forum of a free game.

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