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Germany has 998 units now. Had to delete the next country to create more unoccupied spots. This time it was the Don Cossacks.
The Narvik map is finished, i just have to double-check the mapx before it can be uploaded. Then there is only the Narva map left before i can upload a new version of the efile with all the new units, icons and the first 24 scenarios of the ATOMIC Weltkrieg campaign.

The next batch of 22 new icons is ready and added to the same post as before. If someone is interested: viewtopic.php?p=11036#p11036

Just finished my second ATOMIC campaign (after Russian "Forward Comrade") - this time Italian "Legione di Combattimento Navale". Obviously it is rather easy campaign, but provides a lot of fun. I've got regular Victory in the first battle (missed BV by one turn), but the rest want smoothly with all BVs. Interesting idea with purchase cap instead of prestige cap worked good. That is much better than limited deployment used in some old campaigns to keep plater's army size on reasonable level. Prestige provided after scenarios allows to buy and upgrade, so it was always something to think about and to do at HQ. I'm glad I chose this campaign as my new OG adventure. That continue my positive impression with playing with ATOMIC efile and I will try the next for sure (actually I'm now before 10th battle of Atomic Blitz). And I will say here: "U & Q Mortars rule" - I don't need any other artillery
Atomic has many interesting features which you will not find in other places (however I noted many relationships with Basekorps efile) which makes play interesting. I will not discuss here about historical accuracy, particular unit settings, and so on... I don't care about that so much, if we have good playability and entertainment. Variety, that's the reason I like that we have so many efiles. If we will care about strict accuracy, than we will finish with efiles, which are all the same.

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Campaign summary just before end of last turn.

OpenGen 0.93.4.0 * 25 Dec 2020 * AI version: 2.00 (2014)
Efile folder: F:\Gry\OpenGeneral\efile_atomic\ * Efile version: ATOMIC EFILE Version: 20th June 2021
Campaign: 1927-43 LEGIONE DI COMBATTIMENTO NAVALE, * Player prestige modifier 100% * AI prestige modifier 100%

Played Scenarios:
1 Second Italo-Senussi War , #0 , Victory
2 Battle of Mallorca , #1 , Brilliant Victory
3 Catalonia Offensive , #2 , Brilliant Victory
4 Invasion of Albania , #3 , Brilliant Victory
5 Sidi Barrani , #4 , Brilliant Victory
6 Operation Felix , #5 , Brilliant Victory
7 North Dalmatia , #6 , Brilliant Victory
8 Corinth Isthmus , #7 , Brilliant Victory
9 Guns of Navarone , #8 , Brilliant Victory
10 Operation Merkur , #9 , Brilliant Victory
11 Alexandria , #10 , Brilliant Victory
12 Suez Canal , #11 , Brilliant Victory
13 Siwa Oasis , #12 , Brilliant Victory
14 Operazione C3 , #13 , Brilliant Victory

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Current scenario: Operation Husky, VH prestige is 0 , All map prestige is: 0
Army cost: 18621 , Current prestige is 635
Prestige available on map yet is 0 pp ( 0 pp in VH to capture) * Turn: 14
AI stance is Aggressive Using map: 1407
BV: Win , turn prestige: 700
V : Win , turn prestige: 700
TV: Win , turn prestige: 700
Ls: Loss , turn prestige: 700

Infantry
Guastatori 42 , SPA Dovunque 35 , , 4 bars , 419 exp , Italy , 6/10 , Combat Support , 13 kill , 495 pp - U:001
Granatieri 42 , SPA Dovunque 35 , , 3 bars , 348 exp , Italy , 10/10 , 13 kill , 312 pp - U:002
Guastatori 42 , SPA Dovunque 35 , ST , 3 bars , 376 exp , Italy , 7/10 , Shock Tactics , 9 kill , 495 pp - U:013
Alpini 42 , IT , 3 bars , 392 exp , Italy , 10/10 , Infiltration Tactics , 8 kill , 375 pp - U:014
Alpini 42 , , 2 bars , 280 exp , Italy , 10/10 , 0 kill , 375 pp - U:024
Alpini 42 , , 2 bars , 280 exp , Italy , 10/10 , 0 kill , 375 pp - U:025
Granatieri 42 , SPA Dovunque 35 , , 2 bars , 299 exp , Italy , 8/10 , 0 kill , 312 pp - U:028
Granatieri 42 , SPA Dovunque 35 , , 2 bars , 280 exp , Italy , 10/10 , 0 kill , 312 pp - U:029

Tank
M15/42 , , 3 bars , 355 exp , Italy , 5/10 , 5 kill , 384 pp - U:010
M15/42 , Re , 3 bars , 326 exp , Italy , 10/10 , Resilience , 5 kill , 384 pp - U:017

Recon
AB-41 , AA , 4 bars , 407 exp , Italy , 4/10 , Aggressive Attack , 9 kill , 330 pp - U:005

Anti-Tank
Semovente 75/18 M42 , , 3 bars , 316 exp , Italy , 10/10 , 2 kill , 372 pp - U:011
Semovente 75/18 M42 , , 2 bars , 284 exp , Italy , 10/10 , 0 kill , 372 pp - U:021
Semovente 75/18 M40 , ST , 3 bars , 323 exp , Italy , 6/10 , Shock Tactics , 9 kill , 348 pp - U:022
Semovente 75/18 M42 , , 2 bars , 299 exp , Italy , 9/10 , 1 kill , 372 pp - U:026
75mm 75/46 , SPA TL37 , , 2 bars , 283 exp , Italy , 10/10 , 1 kill , 264 pp - U:027
75mm 75/46 , SPA TL37 , , 2 bars , 297 exp , Italy , 10/10 , 1 kill , 264 pp - U:192

Flak
MG 42 , Fiat 626 , CE , 3 bars , 390 exp , Italy , 6/10 , Camouflage Expert , 11 kill , 396 pp - U:004
Semovente 20/70 quadruplo , , 3 bars , 312 exp , Italy , 5/10 , 0 kill , 558 pp - U:191

Artillery
100mm Mortar , Fiat 621 , In , 4 bars , 494 exp , Italy , 10/10 , Influence , 16 kill , 540 pp - U:003
100mm Mortar , Fiat 621 , OA , 5 bars , 634 exp , Italy , 10/10 , Overwhelming Attack , 14 kill , 540 pp - U:009
100mm Mortar , Fiat 626 , , 3 bars , 378 exp , Italy , 10/10 , 3 kill , 558 pp - U:015
100mm Mortar , Fiat 626 , DF , 3 bars , 328 exp , Italy , 7/10 , Devastating Fire , 2 kill , 558 pp - U:020

Fighter
G.55/2 , DD , 5 bars , 544 exp , Italy , 7/10 , Determined Defense , 28 kill , 1245 pp - U:008
G.55/2 , , 4 bars , 420 exp , Italy , 9/10 , 10 kill , 1245 pp - U:018
G.55/2 , , 3 bars , 384 exp , Italy , 7/10 , 14 kill , 1245 pp - U:023

Dive Bomber
Ju 88A-4 , , 4 bars , 430 exp , Italy , 7/10 , 11 kill , 1050 pp - U:006

Destroyer
Navigatori , AA , 5 bars , 525 exp , Italy , 10/10 , Aggressive Attack , 27 kill , 345 pp - U:007

Capitol Ship
Littorio (Planes:0/1), OA , 4 bars , 480 exp , Italy , 10/10 , Overwhelming Attack , 26 kill , 1668 pp - U:012
Littorio (Planes:0/1), , 3 bars , 396 exp , Italy , 10/10 , 21 kill , 1668 pp - U:016
Zara (Planes:0/1), , 3 bars , 347 exp , Italy , 10/10 , 13 kill , 864 pp - U:019

Player 1 : Italy, Germany
Killed: INF:164 TNK:22 RCN:29 AT:12 FLAK:26 FORT:43 ATY:62 AD:20 FTR:28 TB:23 SUB:3 DD:30 BS:24 CV:1 Total: 487
Lost : INF:16 RCN:4 FLAK:3 FORT:2 ATY:3 AD:1 FTR:2 TB:2 SUB:3 DD:6 Total: 42

panzerdarek wrote: ↑2021-10-09 19:28, Saturday Just finished my second ATOMIC campaign (after Russian "Forward Comrade") - this time Italian "Legione di Combattimento Navale".

I am glad you liked the campaign There are not so many Italien campaigns, so i thought i design a Italian campaign which features some rather unknown battles as well as some fictional ones. I also wanted to test the Italian inventory

panzerdarek wrote: ↑2021-10-09 19:28, Saturday(actually I'm now before 10th battle of Atomic Blitz)

Feel free to post a AAR from time to time, so i can take a look at your units It is always interesting to see which units people buy/like.

panzerdarek wrote: ↑2021-10-09 19:28, Saturday(however I noted many relationships with Basekorps efile)

Yes, this efile is build upon BK. It was the efile i liked the most and enjoyed the most because of the unit settings and special abilities.

panzerdarek wrote: ↑2021-10-09 19:28, SaturdayI will not discuss here about historical accuracy, particular unit settings, and so on...

You think this efile is more unrealistic than other efiles? Take the U&Q mortars. In many (all) other efiles you will just use the biggest artillery available while infantry mortars are never used. But in reality how many of thousands of mortars were used... So in this efile, let's say, your men jump out of the truck and deploy a mortar in a minute. Unrealistic? Dunno But as you say, playability und fun are more important. Actually fun is the very most important!
I'd say, if you can play the Blitzkrieg campaign without a range-6 artillery, the campaign is too easy

Have fun

The mortars with mechanical movement (Q) in your Efile are what I like. I feel lack this possibility in Gustlik's Efile.

I think the deployment and shooting of a light mortar in few minutes is realistic, see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6lxR11IoYc

Yep It's not only that a mortar can be set up in minutes. It's also to balance the game and to make a widespread use of the unit specials. But every efile maker has an own philosophy

If there is no balance all players would just use the biggest artillery. So in ATOMIC mortars are mechanized and/or deploy after movement. Artillery gives support fire only until range 6. There are very few 105 and 107mm guns that give fire support at range 7, but of course they make less damage than 150/152/155mm guns. Then there are the unit specials like Q and U and the others. The old efiles do not use them, i guess these features were not availavle back then, but nowadays, i want to use them all to make the efile more interesting. Of course there is also a hugh influencefrom the BK efile
A hugh variety is also the reason why there so many infantry units and units in general... Germany has 999 units now

Basically this means the player has the choice between:

- Light ATY and Mountain guns - range 3 or 4
- Mortars and light SPARTY - range 2-4, fire after movement
- Medium Artillery - give support fire at Range 5 or 6 (7)
- medium SPARTY - same as before but can not shoot after movement
- Heavy ATY - long range and/or high damage, NO support fire

Of course there are exceptions, but the basics are as stated above.

Then i think it is also in the responsability of the player to field the army he/she wants. If a player wants to exploit certain bugs or features, like spamming the battlefield with cheap units, then go for it. I don't care If A player wants to field a more realistic army, go for it! Not everything can be predefined in the game/efile.

If I can ask a question. How do you establish the stats and prices of units in your efile? Do you have a specific algorithm for this?

[EDIT: Sorry for the long text, but there is no short answer. EDIT2: I am talking about a WW2 efile]

Maybe you know that Atomic is build upon Basekorp Efile which is build upon Base and more of the history i don't know. Some of the old efiles share the same E:numbers for the same units so there must be a connection too. But that happend many years before i joined the community.
And i never played PG2, so i don't know what was taken over from that game, be it units, numbers or whatever.

So i took over the stats and unit specials and everything from Basekorp efile. When i added new units i had to make sure it would fit in between the existing units. But i never knew how the numbers of Basekorp and all the other efiles where established. I also found a lot of oddities and tried to correct them and i also have thousands of units that were not present in any of the old efiles. But still i had to make everything fit into the existing system.

I did a lot of research on military equipment for years now and still do almost every day. But many things you can not take 1 on 1 into the efile. For example new built soviet planes with one 12,7mm MG and one 20mm canon. How on earth could they fight against german planes with 2 or 3 times the armament? And that is what a simple formula would do. Everything would be reduced to the numbers but there must be more!

When i read a plane was very good to handle, had a great maneuverability, good rate of climb and was liked by the pilots - but had bad armament on paper...what should i do with it? Same with sloped armor versus 90° armor and things like that.
So first everything has to fit into the existing system and then i have to take things into account that no formula can fix.

I also established a whole new system of infantry units and i am sure it is the most advanced ever You can see it when you look at the infantry class of a big nation in suite. But still it had to fit into the exisiting range of numbers!

Or take the artillery. Maps have a very different scale. On one map the width of a hex is 100 meter and on the next map it is 10km. Most maps have something between 1 or 2 km though but you never know without checking it. So how can i set the range when it would not match the maps anyway?
It is only possible to set the correct maximum range of a gun when you know the scale of the map and if it would be a fix scale for all maps for the game.
For example i decided that guns do not give support fire if their range is more than 6, few guns 7. But this is just because of playability.
One can set support fire for standart guns of range 15 or whatever, but you don't want to play against a AI with such guns

Meanwhile several people played the Atomic Blitzkrieg campaign. It is the most advanced campaign in the efile's portfolio. All other campaigns i built before were just training And Blitzkrieg was just trainign for my next campaign
As far as the players gave me feedback, everyone had fun while playing the campaign. And that is most important for me.
If you want a historical correct game, the game would become unplayable because the engine (OG/PG2) is not build like that.

So fun is the most important thing! If people have fun playing my stuff, i am happy.
If someone wants to argue about the numbers i always say this efile is an fantasy efile. end of discussion lol

I want to add to my previous post that i am alone working on this efile. Nobody else is using it to build campaigns, unfortunately. Well there is hardly anybody left who is working on campaigns anyway.

So i can do what i want Recently i had to delete the nations of German Empire, State of Vietnam, Israel, Lithuania and deleted single units from other minor nations as well. Just so i can add more units to the bigger nations. And that's just what i had to delete recently.
I also plan to delete Cuba and the Rebels, so i can create 60 more spots i can use for other units.
In an ideal world there would be no limit and i could create an efile that contains ALL units of ALL nations in the efile's time frame.
In an idela world we would also have thousands of icons more than we have now. At the moment so many icons are missing, hell, half of the units must have wrong icons I am also constantly swapping unused units around to change their E:numbers. Since nobody else uses the efile, i can easily do it.
Its also about time. An efile is never finished. The work goes on and on and on...

Well said

randowe wrote: ↑2021-10-20 15:14, Wednesday I want to add to my previous post that i am alone working on this efile. Nobody else is using it to build campaigns, unfortunately. Well there is hardly anybody left who is working on campaigns anyway.

So i can do what i want Recently i had to delete the nations of German Empire, State of Vietnam, Israel, Lithuania and deleted single units from other minor nations as well. Just so i can add more units to the bigger nations. And that's just what i had to delete recently.
I also plan to delete Cuba and the Rebels, so i can create 60 more spots i can use for other units.
In an ideal world there would be no limit and i could create an efile that contains ALL units of ALL nations in the efile's time frame.
In an idela world we would also have thousands of icons more than we have now. At the moment so many icons are missing, hell, half of the units must have wrong icons I am also constantly swapping unused units around to change their E:numbers. Since nobody else uses the efile, i can easily do it.
Its also about time. An efile is never finished. The work goes on and on and on...

keep on running

I m playing to my old PC the campaign "FORWARD COMRADE" and a lot of units not showing

Dimitris GR wrote: ↑2021-10-28 15:20, Thursday I m playing to my old PC the campaign "FORWARD COMRADE" and a lot of units not showing

Maybe you need to update your Open General on your old computer. There were some icon updates in the past and if your OG version is too old, some icons won't show up. The ATOMIC Efile should always be taken from the Dropbox, link in the first post.



Please Everyone DO NOT USE!!! the individual Efile version or OG installer Efile version from Open General homepage with date 2021-06-26. Efile is still broken there. I can do nothing about it

Thanks. It works now.

PS I just delete all my progress.

But now you know the scenarios and it will be easier to play them again

I'm playing Atomic Blitz now, however my pace is slow due to some time deficit. My impressions are positive so far. Here is my army composition after completion of 12 battles.

OpenGen 0.93.4.0 * 25 Dec 2020 * AI version: 2.00 (2014)
Efile folder: F:\Gry\OpenGeneral\efile_atomic\ * Efile version: ATOMIC EFILE Version: 20th June 2021
Campaign: 1938-46 ATOMIC BLITZKRIEG, * Player prestige modifier 100% * AI prestige modifier 100%

Played Scenarios:
1 Madrid Offensive , #0 , Brilliant Victory +++ Proto: Sd.Kfz. 9 mit 88mm Flak 18
2 Ciechanow , #1 , Brilliant Victory
3 Warsaw , #2 , Brilliant Victory
4 Narvik , #3 , Brilliant Victory +++ Proto: Bf 109F-4
5 Sedan , #4 , Victory
6 Race to Dunkirk , #5 , Brilliant Victory +++ Proto: Fw 190A-1
7 Tobruk , #6 , Brilliant Victory +++ Proto: 105mm LG40
8 Thermopylae , #7 , Brilliant Victory +++ Proto: 170mm K18
9 Crete , #8 , Brilliant Victory +++ Proto: 280mm Wurfgerät 41
10 Malta , #9 , Victory
11 Kishinev , #10 , Brilliant Victory
12 Demyansk , #11 , Brilliant Victory +++ Proto: Marder III

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Current scenario: Viazma, VH prestige is 240 , All map prestige is: 580
Army cost: 11904 , Current prestige is 1363
AI stance is Defensive Using map: 741
if BV: +1000, Rostov , cap disabled, 12 turns prestige: 320
if V : +1000, Rostov , cap disabled, 15 turns prestige: 350
if TV: +1000, Rostov , cap disabled, 19 turns prestige: 390
Ls: Loss , turn prestige: 390

Infantry
Kampfverband Ebbinghaus , Fahrrad , BR , 5 bars , 732 exp , Germany , 10/10 , Bridging , 22 kill , 630 pp - U:001
Kradschützen 40 , , 5 bars , 509 exp , Germany , 10/10 , 10 kill , 255 pp - U:002
Kampfverband Ebbinghaus , Fahrrad , SF , 5 bars , 674 exp , Germany , 10/10 , Street Fighter , 16 kill , 630 pp - U:003
Grossdeutschland 40 , Opel Blitz 3t , , 2 bars , 246 exp , Germany , 10/10 , 7 kill , 300 pp - U:015
Grossdeutschland 40 , Opel Blitz 3t , , 1 bars , 183 exp , Germany , 10/10 , 1 kill , 300 pp - U:017
Grossdeutschland 40 , Opel Blitz 3t , In , 1 bars , 174 exp , Germany , 10/10 , Influence , 0 kill , 300 pp - U:022
Grossdeutschland 40 , Opel Blitz 3t , MT , 1 bars , 163 exp , Germany , 10/10 , Mountain Training , 2 kill , 300 pp - U:023

Tank
PzKpfw IVD , SF , 5 bars , 688 exp , Germany , 10/10 , Street Fighter , 44 kill , 525 pp - U:005
PzKpfw 754(r) , OW , 5 bars , 725 exp , Germany , 10/10 , Overwatch , 30 kill , 1125 pp - U:006
PzKpfw 740(f) , Li , 5 bars , 1269 exp , Germany , 13/10 , Liberator , 61 kill , 972 pp - U:008
PzKpfw IVE , , 2 bars , 239 exp , Germany , 10/10 , 5 kill , 585 pp - U:018
PzKpfw IVE , , 2 bars , 210 exp , Germany , 10/10 , 4 kill , 585 pp - U:021

Recon
Sd.Kfz. 231 (8-rad) , , 4 bars , 478 exp , Germany , 10/10 , 6 kill , 330 pp - U:011

Anti-Tank
+ Marder III , , 0 bars , 99 exp , Germany , 10/10 , 0 kill , 0 pp - U:024

Artillery
100mm Nebelwerfer 35 , Krupp-Protze , Re , 5 bars , 1014 exp , Germany , 13/10 , Resilience , 19 kill , 669 pp - U:004
100mm Nebelwerfer 35 , Krupp-Protze , , 5 bars , 1037 exp , Germany , 15/10 , 9 kill , 744 pp - U:009
105mm sK 18/42 , Sd.Kfz. 11 , IT , 4 bars , 478 exp , Germany , 11/10 , Infiltration Tactics , 3 kill , 1536 pp - U:012
+ 105mm LG40 , Sd.Kfz. 2 , , 3 bars , 369 exp , Germany , 10/10 , 5 kill , 0 pp - U:014
+ 170mm K18 , Sd.Kfz. 9 , , 1 bars , 171 exp , Germany , 10/10 , 2 kill , 0 pp - U:016
+ 100mm Nebelwerfer 35 , Mercedes-Benz L1500 A , , 3 bars , 347 exp , Germany , 12/10 , 2 kill , 0 pp - U:019

Fighter
+ Bf 109F-4 , RM , 5 bars , 674 exp , Germany , 10/10 , Reconnaissance Movement , 13 kill , 0 pp - U:010
+ Fw 190A-1 , , 5 bars , 670 exp , Germany , 10/10 , 10 kill , 0 pp - U:013
Bf 109E-3 , , 3 bars , 330 exp , Germany , 10/10 , 13 kill , 795 pp - U:020

Dive Bomber
Bf 109F-4 , In , 5 bars , 927 exp , Germany , 15/10 , Influence , 23 kill , 1323 pp - U:007

Player 1 : Germany, Romania
Killed: INF:175 TNK:22 RCN:25 AT:17 FLAK:11 FORT:14 ATY:74 AD:19 FTR:25 TB:16 SUB:2 DD:10 BS:12 CV:1 Total: 423
Lost : INF:14 TNK:2 RCN:3 ATY:1 FTR:2 TB:2 LB:1 SUB:1 DD:10 Total: 36

BV 10
V 2
TV 0
L 0

It's nice to hear that you like the campaign so far

I think it is risky to put so much prestige into strength points early. Your army is rather small and every lost strength point will be costly. We'll see how it'll work out. I also would suggest to build a strong fighter department and buy some flak/AD units. Have fun

randowe wrote: ↑2021-10-28 22:22, Thursday I think it is risky to put so much prestige into strength points early. Your army is rather small and every lost strength point will be costly. We'll see how it'll work out. I also would suggest to build a strong fighter department and buy some flak/AD units. Have fun

Hm, that's not good, I don't like to play with monster armies... Anyway, I have a lot of prestige packed in some add-ons to my units, so I may remove them buying some extra troops instead. I use OS only for my best tank to have one overrun machine, as well as for cheap mortars to give them more punch power or my fighter/bomber which have Influence leader. I hope it will not be crucial and I will be able to go through all the campaign anyway.

panzerdarek wrote: ↑2021-10-29 18:21, Friday Hm, that's not good, I don't like to play with monster armies... Anyway, I have a lot of prestige packed in some add-ons to my units, so I may remove them buying some extra troops instead. I use OS only for my best tank to have one overrun machine, as well as for cheap mortars to give them more punch power or my fighter/bomber which have Influence leader. I hope it will not be crucial and I will be able to go through all the campaign anyway.

I guess it is just a matter of taste and style of play. I generally think it is risky to put prestige in strength points early. Not only in this campaign. If we would count all the lost strength points in a long campaign the lost prestige would add up to a shocking amount, i am sure.
And there is no prestige cap limbo in my campaigns
Personally i would put SP mainly into units that are unlikely to be attacked by the enemy, like artillery, AD.

Less units also means that the number of attacks a player can execute in one turn is smaller. It is unlikely that one attack will kill an enemy unit, no matter the strength of the attacker. But with two units attacking maybe... There is also the effect of cumulative consecutive attacks that wear down the enemy. Last but not least you sometimes need the numbers to build a front/defensive line.

But yeah, i don't want to persuade you of something. It is highly interesting to see all the different core army concepts and i am sure they will all work out at the end

For example, i like to play with paratroopers, but sometimes i wish i would just buy 2 tanks more and add some fast speed attachments and then full speed ahead

Have a nice weekend everyone

Finaly my internet was fast enough to be able to upload the efile zip file to Dropbox
Please do not use the efile which comes with the OG installer or the efile single download from OG homepage. They are still broken.
Please use Efile from Dropbox only:

Efile Version: 5th November 2021

What's new?

AROUND 180 NEW ICONS
ATOMIC WELTKRIEG CAMPAIGN - 25 SCENARIOS PLAYBLE
MANY NEW UNITS (few minor nations had to be deleted in turn)
SOME MINOR EFILE & CAMPAINGS UPDATES

It is recommended to use the newest version of Open General!

I am playing Forward Comarde (and 2-3 more campaigns).
Can i download now the update or i have to wait to finish what am i playing?

what i did was download into a new folder delete the date so just atomic efie was the name
put that into my open general game folder all saved games ok and new toys/campaigns to play
hope this helps

BTW
Randowe you are awesome

Thanks for your kind words guys

Dimitris GR wrote: ↑2021-11-07 00:22, Sunday I am playing Forward Comarde (and 2-3 more campaigns).
Can i download now the update or i have to wait to finish what am i playing?

You can finish playing the campaigns first and update later.
There might be a very little issue. I try to explain:
The efile has 11000 units. 2900 different units are deployed in all scenarios/campaigns.
So i can easily work on the 8100 unused units. For example i swap two of them in the efile to change position = E:number.
BUT, as a player you might buy one of the unused units and have them in your core army and in your savegame.
So when you update the efile and keep your old savegames, one unit might have changed to another one
But you can also have the old efile and the new one in the game at the same time. Just rename one of the efile folders.

I have started playing Atomic Blitz. Its fun, but the last two scenarios were a little bit frustrating. Here is my army after 5 scenarios. The leaders are very nice.

OpenGen 0.93.4.0 * 25 Dec 2020 * AI version: 2.00 (2014)
Efile folder: C:\Users\Nutzer\Desktop\Open General\efile_atomic\ * Efile version: ATOMIC EFILE Version: 28th October 2021
Campaign: 1938-46 ATOMIC BLITZKRIEG, * Player prestige modifier 200% * AI prestige modifier 100%

Played Scenarios:
1 Madrid Offensive , #0 , Brilliant Victory , score:44 +++ Proto: Ju 87R-2
2 Ciechanow , #1 , Brilliant Victory , score:50
3 Warsaw , #2 , Brilliant Victory , score:49
4 Narvik , #3 , Victory , score:27
5 Sedan , #4 , Brilliant Victory , score:49 +++ Proto: Tauchpanzer IIIG
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Campaign score: 219 * Average: 43

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Current scenario: Race to Dunkirk, VH prestige is 480 , All map prestige is: 1520
Army cost: 12734 , Current prestige is 149
AI stance is Defensive Using map: 1229
if BV: +800, Tobruk , cap disabled, 10 turns prestige: 680
if V : +800, Tobruk , cap disabled, 13 turns prestige: 840
if TV: +800, Tobruk , cap disabled, 16 turns prestige: 960
Ls: Loss , turn prestige: 960

Infantry
Infanterie (mot) 38 , Sd.Kfz. 251 , , 3 bars , 314 exp , Germany , 13/10 , Resilience , 3 kill , 546 pp - U:001 [+84 exp]
Infanterie (mot) 38 , Sd.Kfz. 251 , , 2 bars , 241 exp , Germany , 10/10 , 5 kill , 420 pp - U:002 [+61 exp]
Sturmpioniere 38 , Opel Blitz 3t , , 2 bars , 257 exp , Germany , 10/10 , 4 kill , 384 pp - U:003 [+84 exp]
Kavallerie 38 , , 1 bars , 181 exp , Germany , 10/10 , 4 kill , 156 pp - U:012 [+58 exp]
Brückenpioniere 38 , Sd.Kfz. 11 , , 1 bars , 130 exp , Germany , 10/10 , 2 kill , 324 pp - U:013 [+71 exp]
PzGren 40 auf Sd.Kfz. 251 , , 1 bars , 187 exp , Germany , 10/10 , 5 kill , 504 pp - U:019 [+69 exp]

Tank
PzKpfw IVC , , 3 bars , 330 exp , Germany , 13/10 , Shock Tactics , 23 kill , 499 pp - U:006 [+124 exp]
PzKpfw IIIE , , 3 bars , 301 exp , Germany , 10/10 , 15 kill , 312 pp - U:009 [+38 exp]
PzKpfw IVD , , 1 bars , 119 exp , Germany , 10/10 , 5 kill , 420 pp - U:018 [+58 exp]
PzKpfw II (Fl) , , 0 bars , 83 exp , Germany , 10/10 , 0 kill , 336 pp - U:023 [+33 exp]
+ Tauchpanzer IIIG , , 0 bars , 50 exp , Germany , 10/10 , 0 kill , 0 pp - U:024

Recon
Sd.Kfz. 231 (8-rad) , , 1 bars , 191 exp , Germany , 10/10 , 0 kill , 264 pp - U:005 [+44 exp]
ADGZ , , 1 bars , 133 exp , Germany , 10/10 , 2 kill , 360 pp - U:015 [+29 exp]
Sd.Kfz. 231 (8-rad) , , 0 bars , 50 exp , Germany , 10/10 , 0 kill , 264 pp - U:118

Anti-Tank
StuG IIIB , , 1 bars , 123 exp , Germany , 10/10 , 3 kill , 312 pp - U:017 [+53 exp]

Flak
FlakPz I , , 0 bars , 50 exp , Germany , 10/10 , 0 kill , 252 pp - U:021
MG 38 , Sd.Kfz. 10 , , 0 bars , 50 exp , Germany , 10/10 , 0 kill , 312 pp - U:119

Artillery
105mm leFH18 , Opel Blitz 3t , , 1 bars , 120 exp , Germany , 10/10 , 1 kill , 336 pp - U:004 [+30 exp]
150mm K18 , Sd.Kfz. 7 , , 1 bars , 170 exp , Germany , 11/10 , Reconnaissance Movement , 0 kill , 1504 pp - U:010 [+60 exp]
88mm AT/ATY , Sd.Kfz. 7 , , 1 bars , 103 exp , Germany , 10/10 , 0 kill , 612 pp - U:022 [+53 exp]

Air-Defence
Sd.Kfz. 6/2 , , 0 bars , 50 exp , Germany , 10/10 , 0 kill , 444 pp - U:116

Fighter
Bf 109E-3 , , 1 bars , 134 exp , Germany , 10/10 , 6 kill , 636 pp - U:011 [+27 exp]
Fw 187A-0 , , 1 bars , 106 exp , Germany , 10/10 , 2 kill , 708 pp - U:016 [+68 exp]
Bf 109E-4/Trop , , 0 bars , 50 exp , Germany , 10/10 , 0 kill , 660 pp - U:117

Dive Bomber
Ju 88A-1 , , 3 bars , 381 exp , Germany , 13/10 , Reconnaissance Movement , 5 kill , 1029 pp - U:007 [+76 exp]
+ Ju 87R-2 , , 3 bars , 337 exp , Germany , 13/10 , All Weather Combat , 2 kill , 0 pp - U:008 [+123 exp]
BV 138-A1 , , 1 bars , 104 exp , Germany , 10/10 , 1 kill , 444 pp - U:014 [+35 exp]
Bf 110C-4/B , , 0 bars , 68 exp , Germany , 10/10 , 0 kill , 696 pp - U:020 [+18 exp]

Player 1 : Germany
Killed: INF:69 TNK:9 RCN:3 AT:2 FLAK:5 FORT:8 ATY:21 AD:2 FTR:3 TB:3 SUB:1 BS:2 Total: 128
Lost : INF:5 RCN:1 DD:1 Total: 7

BV 4
V 1
TV 0
L 0

Averages:
Infantry * 6 Units * 1 Leaders Total : 1310 exp, 23 kill, 2334 pp Average: 218 exp, 4 kill, 389 pp
Tank * 5 Units * 1 Leaders Total : 883 exp, 43 kill, 1567 pp Average: 177 exp, 9 kill, 313 pp
Recon * 3 Units * 0 Leaders Total : 374 exp, 2 kill, 888 pp Average: 125 exp, 1 kill, 296 pp
Anti-Tank * 1 Units * 0 Leaders Total : 123 exp, 3 kill, 312 pp Average: 123 exp, 3 kill, 312 pp
Flak * 2 Units * 0 Leaders Total : 100 exp, 0 kill, 564 pp Average: 50 exp, 0 kill, 282 pp
Artillery * 3 Units * 1 Leaders Total : 393 exp, 1 kill, 2452 pp Average: 131 exp, 0 kill, 817 pp
Air-Defence * 1 Units * 0 Leaders Total : 50 exp, 0 kill, 444 pp Average: 50 exp, 0 kill, 444 pp
Fighter * 3 Units * 0 Leaders Total : 290 exp, 8 kill, 2004 pp Average: 97 exp, 3 kill, 668 pp
Dive Bomber * 4 Units * 2 Leaders Total : 890 exp, 8 kill, 2169 pp Average: 223 exp, 2 kill, 542 pp
* Summary: * 28 Units * 5 Leaders Total : 4413 exp, 88 kill, 12734 pp Average: 158 exp, 3 kill, 455 pp

Also I have started creating something for the efile. At the moment just to keep in workflow. I think I have forgotton so many things about making campaigns in OG.
I will see how the campaign will be until christmas and if I like it. The first scenario I have played today.

Major Heinz wrote: ↑2021-11-07 14:52, Sunday Its fun, but the last two scenarios were a little bit frustrating.

Why were they frustrating?

In Narvik I felt really blind. At the beginning most of the time was bad weather and I could not see all of the coastal guns and ships. At the end I had to end the scenario with a crippled core army (artillery 1/10 and 3/10, Sturmpioniere 3/10, Infanterie 1/10). Also I should really have bulit an airport, because british airplanes decimated my core units more.
In Sedan I needed several reloads, because I could not get an Infanterie over the bridge in the south fast enough. So it must retreat from the upcoming french units and the way was blocked through a control zone. At the end I needed the luck that the unit got resilence leader and the french tank could not overrun it anymore.
Also I would buy next time a flak or AD for this scenario, because I had no chance against one french fighter.

Yes, building an airfield at Narvik would have been useful. There will be other scenarios were you need/want to build an airfield. I think it is good to have one airborne engineers unit, which can build airfields. You can deploy them at sea, drop somewhere, build an airfield and then embark them at the airfield and fly somewhere else when needed. Fast builder attachment will help, but can be sold in scenarios where it is not needed.

At Sedan there is a counterattack comming up from the south, that's right. There were always so many french units in the south(east) and i always wondered why they are there because there was no VH So now they will attack more aggressive towards Sedan.

But of course it's like with every other campaign. First time we learn about the scenarios, next time we play we'll crush the enemy

OK, another six battles completed, so here is new report of my progress. That was not Blitzkrieg any more - some battles were very hard and seems that BVs will be rare now . Following advice of Randowe I have stopped investments in units overstrength, as well as gradually removed most of attachments to relocate my resources into extension of my army. It is growing slowly from battle to battle, but surely it is still far of being called 'monster army'.
PS: Level bomber purchased for last 'snowy' battle only - I counted on its [W] ability.

OpenGen 0.93.4.0 * 25 Dec 2020 * AI version: 2.00 (2014)
Efile folder: F:\Gry\OpenGeneral\efile_atomic\ * Efile version: ATOMIC EFILE Version: 20th June 2021
Campaign: 1938-46 ATOMIC BLITZKRIEG, * Player prestige modifier 100% * AI prestige modifier 100%

Played Scenarios:
1 Madrid Offensive , #0 , Brilliant Victory , score:56 +++ Proto: Sd.Kfz. 9 mit 88mm Flak 18
2 Ciechanow , #1 , Brilliant Victory , score:53
3 Warsaw , #2 , Brilliant Victory , score:54
4 Narvik , #3 , Brilliant Victory , score:50 +++ Proto: Bf 109F-4
5 Sedan , #4 , Victory , score:35
6 Race to Dunkirk , #5 , Brilliant Victory , score:50 +++ Proto: Fw 190A-1
7 Tobruk , #6 , Brilliant Victory , score:55 +++ Proto: 105mm LG40
8 Thermopylae , #7 , Brilliant Victory , score:55 +++ Proto: 170mm K18
9 Crete , #8 , Brilliant Victory , score:55 +++ Proto: 280mm Wurfgerät 41
10 Malta , #9 , Victory , score:30
11 Kishinev , #10 , Brilliant Victory , score:53
12 Demyansk , #11 , Brilliant Victory , score:55 +++ Proto: Marder III
13 Viazma , #12 , Tactical Victory , score:15
14 Rostov , #13 , Brilliant Victory , score:51 +++ Proto: Me 323WT
15 Southern Front , #14 , Victory , score:35
16 Stalingrad , #15 , Victory , score:31
17 Viipuri , #16 , Victory , score:34
18 Winter Storm , #17 , Victory , score:35
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Campaign score: 802 * Average: 44
..
Current scenario: Tunisia Counterattack, VH prestige is 220 , All map prestige is: 500
Army cost: 18474 , Current prestige is 1939
AI stance is Aggressive Using map: 1057
if BV: +1500, Tobruk '43 , cap disabled, 14 turns prestige: 840
if V : +1500, Tobruk '43 , cap disabled, 18 turns prestige: 1000
if TV: +1500, Tobruk '43 , cap disabled, 22 turns prestige: 1160
Ls: Loss , turn prestige: 1160

Infantry
Kampfverband Ebbinghaus , Fahrrad , BR , 5 bars , 934 exp , Germany , 10/10 , Bridging , Fast Speed, 31 kill , 525 pp
Grossdeutschland 40 , Opel Blitz 3t , , 5 bars , 751 exp , Germany , 10/10 , 20 kill , 300 pp
Kampfverband Ebbinghaus , Fahrrad , SF , 5 bars , 1007 exp , Germany , 10/10 , Street Fighter , Fast Speed, 21 kill , 525 pp
Grossdeutschland 40 , Opel Blitz 3t , FD , 4 bars , 446 exp , Germany , 10/10 , Fire Discipline , 11 kill , 300 pp
Grossdeutschland 40 , Opel Blitz 3t , FD , 4 bars , 493 exp , Germany , 10/10 , Fire Discipline , 6 kill , 300 pp
Grossdeutschland 40 , Opel Blitz 3t , In , 4 bars , 475 exp , Germany , 10/10 , Influence , 6 kill , 300 pp
Grossdeutschland 40 , Opel Blitz 3t , MT , 4 bars , 466 exp , Germany , 10/10 , Mountain Training , 4 kill , 300 pp
Grossdeutschland 40 , Opel Blitz 3t , , 2 bars , 285 exp , Germany , 10/10 , 3 kill , 300 pp

Tank
PzKpfw VI Tiger Ib , SF , 5 bars , 1106 exp , Germany , 10/10 , Street Fighter , 79 kill , 1500 pp
PzKpfw 754(r) , OW , 5 bars , 1425 exp , Germany , 10/10 , Overwatch , Fast Speed, 67 kill , 1125 pp
PzKpfw VI Tiger Ib , Li , 5 bars , 1771 exp , Germany , 10/10 , Liberator , 96 kill , 1500 pp
PzKpfw IVG , , 5 bars , 751 exp , Germany , 10/10 , 33 kill , 612 pp
PzKpfw IVG , , 5 bars , 550 exp , Germany , 10/10 , 12 kill , 612 pp
PzKpfw IVG , , 3 bars , 393 exp , Germany , 10/10 , 11 kill , 612 pp

Recon
Sd.Kfz. 231 (8-rad) , SF , 5 bars , 965 exp , Germany , 10/10 , Street Fighter , 15 kill , 264 pp

Artillery
100mm Nebelwerfer 35 , Krupp-Protze , Re , 5 bars , 1788 exp , Germany , 10/10 , Resilience , 22 kill , 372 pp
100mm Nebelwerfer 35 , Krupp-Protze , , 5 bars , 1667 exp , Germany , 10/10 , 14 kill , 372 pp
105mm sK 18/42 , Sd.Kfz. 11 , IT , 5 bars , 1033 exp , Germany , 11/10 , Infiltration Tactics , 9 kill , 1056 pp
+ 105mm LG42 , Sd.Kfz. 2 , , 5 bars , 722 exp , Germany , 10/10 , 10 kill , 0 pp
+ 170mm K18 , Sd.Kfz. 9 , , 4 bars , 436 exp , Germany , 10/10 , 9 kill , 0 pp
+ 100mm Nebelwerfer 35 , Mercedes-Benz L1500 A , , 5 bars , 899 exp , Germany , 10/10 , 9 kill , 0 pp
105mm sK18 , Sd.Kfz. 7 , , 5 bars , 544 exp , Germany , 10/10 , 0 kill , 720 pp
105mm leFH18 auf GW 39H(f) , , 1 bars , 159 exp , Germany , 10/10 , Fast Speed, 0 kill , 735 pp

Air-Defence
105mm Flak 38 , Sd.Kfz. 8 , , 2 bars , 254 exp , Germany , 10/10 , 0 kill , 912 pp
105mm Flak 38 , Sd.Kfz. 8 , , 3 bars , 324 exp , Germany , 10/10 , 0 kill , 912 pp

Fighter
+ Bf 109F-4 , RM , 5 bars , 1025 exp , Germany , 10/10 , Reconnaissance Movement , Air Defense, 29 kill , 0 pp
+ Fw 190A-1 , , 5 bars , 1190 exp , Germany , 10/10 , Air Defense, 19 kill , 0 pp
Bf 109E-3 , , 5 bars , 845 exp , Germany , 10/10 , Air Defense, 26 kill , 795 pp
Bf 110E-2 , AA , 5 bars , 673 exp , Germany , 10/10 , Aggressive Attack , Air Defense, 18 kill , 915 pp
+ Me 323WT , , 4 bars , 441 exp , Germany , 10/10 , Air Defense, 7 kill , 0 pp
Me 210A-1 , , 3 bars , 364 exp , Germany , 10/10 , 6 kill , 804 pp

Dive Bomber
Bf 109F-4 , In , 5 bars , 1733 exp , Germany , 10/10 , Influence , 33 kill , 756 pp

Level Bomber
Fw 200C-4 , , 2 bars , 211 exp , Germany , 10/10 , Special Munition, 0 kill , 1050 pp - U:033 [+86 exp]

Player 1 : Germany, Italy
Killed: INF:354 TNK:83 RCN:48 AT:40 FLAK:20 FORT:19 ATY:128 AD:37 FTR:51 TB:37 SUB:2 DD:10 BS:12 CV:1 Total: 842
Lost : INF:28 TNK:6 RCN:3 AT:4 ATY:3 FTR:3 TB:3 LB:1 SUB:1 DD:10 Total: 62

BV 11
V 6
TV 1
L 0

panzerdarek wrote: ↑2021-11-09 20:39, Tuesday OK, another six battles completed, so here is new report of my progress. That was not Blitzkrieg any more - some battles were very hard and seems that BVs will be rare now . Following advice of Randowe I have stopped investments in units overstrength, as well as gradually removed most of attachments to relocate my resources into extension of my army. It is growing slowly from battle to battle, but surely it is still far of being called 'monster army'.

I guess this campaign got to close to the reactor and became the big phat brother of Blitzkrieg

When i comepare our core armies at this point, i had 51 units after Tunisia with a value of about around 30000pp.
Did you ever use prestige for emergency refits during scenarios?

[EDIT: There are unarmed recon planes like Ju 88D-6 with a spotting range of 3 (+1 attachment) which i like to use for scouting on the big maps.]

so i also started your Atom-blitz camp recently after downloading your new efile... currently at Narvik with something which look like small army, but you weren't generous with money to take so far (have 2 pzii, 2 recon cars, 5 inf of which one is proto transformed into Fallschirmpios, 4 aty of which are 2 88 aty/at/ad pieces for fun, 1 fighter and one TB at total value of 4788 pp) just informatively i'll not post aar's and just dtarted to look at file and your design but do not intend to play fast nor enough detailed to report... you know my situation, not only being from afar (and third world, but superpower btw)) but also that i do not play much lately, do not feel hunger for game and wearing sandals with sword and all... as anecdote, spent too much time in HQ looking at units you have there already after first scenario - so many units, too many to be practical in game as most players will never buy any of them ; But it doesn't matter you said you based it on BK and you like details and many units - i'm just old conservative who had enough fun with old BP high cost file by Lassie. However, most seriously, new options, new capabilities and some freaky units are welcome (but there is just too many for me) ...when it comes to scenarios, nothing new so far, but Warsaw was realtively unplayed by me, all 3 easy but that's only start....

anyway, as i said that is just to say and i can't simply will do it long so no more comments nor aars as said. (but glad guys are playing your stuff) To the point - i have question, so far in HQ one unit (aufklarungskavallerie 36) on purchase screen is showing traffic sign, triangle with !, so i wonder what that means... i know that it is missing icon, but in concrete that means that i have to update my game, right? (already forgot where is what though i use game periodically) I have to download "core pack" or something else to have correct icons? ...thanks for answer if around and if i don't figure it, have fun with your works, thumbs up i already gave you medal and praise Philip K. Deck....

Ale wrote: ↑2021-11-16 21:41, Tuesday i have question, so far in HQ one unit (aufklarungskavallerie 36) on purchase screen is showing traffic sign, triangle with !, so i wonder what that means... i know that it is missing icon, but in concrete that means that i have to update my game, right? (already forgot where is what though i use game periodically) I have to download "core pack" or something else to have correct icons?

Ale, you have to download either the latest full installer of OG or the latest icons pack. Depends on how old your installation is.
Delete ATOMIC efile folder and then download the latest efile version from link in this thread (first post). Keep your savegames*.
Always use the latest (newest) version of the efile from this thread. There will be new icons comming with the efile (equipicons).

* Please not that old savegames might show wrong units as i have explained in this post: viewtopic.php?p=11672#p11672

yes, icon pack "including latest openicons.dat" as written clearly, not "core pack" my mistake... thanks all the rest is alright and this will be alright now i guess, no trouble all works perfectly...

This is my standing in Atomic Blitz. After some troubles in getting a BV (its hard especially if the AI everytimes cripples your core artillery in the landing scenarios) I finally got another BV. And I was happy that one of my tanks had Extended Front. All range two units at Kishinev attacked one of my recons and were crippled by support fire of the tank.

OpenGen 0.93.4.0 * 25 Dec 2020 * AI version: 2.00 (2014)
Efile folder: C:\Users\Nutzer\Desktop\Open General\efile_atomic\ * Efile version: ATOMIC EFILE Version: 28th October 2021
Campaign: 1938-46 ATOMIC BLITZKRIEG, * Player prestige modifier 200% * AI prestige modifier 100%

Played Scenarios:
1 Madrid Offensive , #0 , Brilliant Victory , score:44 +++ Proto: Ju 87R-2
2 Ciechanow , #1 , Brilliant Victory , score:50
3 Warsaw , #2 , Brilliant Victory , score:49
4 Narvik , #3 , Victory , score:27
5 Sedan , #4 , Brilliant Victory , score:49 +++ Proto: Tauchpanzer IIIG
6 Race to Dunkirk , #5 , Victory , score:23
7 Tobruk , #6 , Brilliant Victory , score:51
8 Thermopylae , #7 , Victory , score:27
9 Crete , #8 , Victory , score:27
10 Malta , #9 , Victory , score:22
11 Kishinev , #10 , Brilliant Victory , score:47
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Campaign score: 416 * Average: 37

..
Current scenario: Kishinev, VH prestige is 280 , All map prestige is: 1000
Army cost: 20843 , Current prestige is 1622
Prestige available on map yet is 0 pp ( 0 pp in VH to capture) * Turn: 9
AI stance is Defensive Using map: 20
if BV: +1200, Demyansk , cap disabled, 9 turns prestige: 620
if V : +1200, Demyansk , cap disabled, 12 turns prestige: 800
if TV: +1200, Demyansk , cap disabled, 15 turns prestige: 920
Ls: Loss , turn prestige: 920

Infantry
Infanterie (mot) 40 , Sd.Kfz. 251 , , 5 bars , 644 exp , Germany , 13/10 , Resilience , 15 kill , 546 pp - U:001 [+27 exp]
Infanterie (mot) 40 , Sd.Kfz. 251 , , 5 bars , 528 exp , Germany , 7/10 , 7 kill , 420 pp - U:002 [+6 exp]
Sturmpioniere 40 , Sd.Kfz. 251 , , 4 bars , 465 exp , Germany , 9/10 , 10 kill , 552 pp - U:003 [+36 exp]
Kavallerie 40 , , 4 bars , 410 exp , Germany , 6/10 , 10 kill , 156 pp - U:012 [+16 exp]
Brückenpioniere 38 , Sd.Kfz. 11 , , 2 bars , 267 exp , Germany , 10/10 , 8 kill , 324 pp - U:013
PzGren 40 auf Sd.Kfz. 251 , , 3 bars , 365 exp , Germany , 9/10 , 10 kill , 504 pp - U:019 [+6 exp]
Stormtroops M 13/40 , , 2 bars , 271 exp , Italy , 10/10 , Fast Speed, 2 kill , 795 pp - U:028 [+29 exp]
Fallschirmpioniere 40 , Sd.Kfz. 2 , , 3 bars , 372 exp , Germany , 6/10 , Fast Builder, 5 kill , 810 pp - U:033 [+36 exp]
Armored Infantry 41 , , 1 bars , 156 exp , Romania , 9/10 , 1 kill , 504 pp - U:120 [+57 exp]

Tank
PzKpfw IVE , , 5 bars , 1031 exp , Germany , 14/10 , Shock Tactics , Special Munition, 65 kill , 772 pp - U:006 [+145 exp]
PzKpfw IVE , , 5 bars , 787 exp , Germany , 9/10 , Reconnaissance Movement , 41 kill , 468 pp - U:009 [+69 exp]
Tauchpanzer IVD , , 5 bars , 598 exp , Germany , 14/10 , Extended Front , 33 kill , 588 pp - U:018 [+119 exp]
PzKpfw II (Fl) , , 3 bars , 311 exp , Germany , 6/10 , 3 kill , 336 pp - U:022 [+23 exp]
+ Tauchpanzer IIIG , , 3 bars , 356 exp , Germany , 11/10 , Battlefield Intelligence , 12 kill , 0 pp - U:023 [+28 exp]

Recon
Sd.Kfz. 231 (8-rad) , , 5 bars , 514 exp , Germany , 10/10 , First Strike , Recon, 1 kill , 330 pp - U:005 [+17 exp]
ADGZ , , 2 bars , 221 exp , Germany , 12/10 , Shock Tactics , 4 kill , 432 pp - U:015
Sd.Kfz. 231 (8-rad) , , 3 bars , 307 exp , Germany , 7/10 , 2 kill , 264 pp - U:026 [+39 exp]

Anti-Tank
StuG IIIB , , 2 bars , 262 exp , Germany , 9/10 , 6 kill , 312 pp - U:017 [+6 exp]
Sturmpanzer I , , 1 bars , 151 exp , Germany , 9/10 , 2 kill , 540 pp - U:034 [+36 exp]

Flak
MG 40 , Sd.Kfz. 10 , , 3 bars , 308 exp , Germany , 10/10 , 4 kill , 324 pp - U:027 [+77 exp]
Sd.Kfz. 7/1 , , 1 bars , 140 exp , Germany , 10/10 , 2 kill , 396 pp - U:031 [+7 exp]

Artillery
105mm sK18 , Sd.Kfz. 7 , , 2 bars , 285 exp , Germany , 10/10 , 1 kill , 720 pp - U:004 [+58 exp]
150mm K18 , Sd.Kfz. 7 , , 3 bars , 320 exp , Germany , 12/10 , Reconnaissance Movement , 1 kill , 1641 pp - U:010 [+24 exp]
88mm AT/ATY , Sd.Kfz. 7 , , 2 bars , 270 exp , Germany , 10/10 , 3 kill , 612 pp - U:021 [+29 exp]
150mm K18 , Sd.Kfz. 7 , , 1 bars , 189 exp , Germany , 10/10 , 1 kill , 1368 pp - U:030 [+39 exp]
100mm Nebelwerfer 35 , Sd.Kfz. 10 , , 1 bars , 109 exp , Germany , 10/10 , 1 kill , 444 pp - U:032 [+12 exp]

Air-Defence
Sd.Kfz. 6/2 , , 1 bars , 140 exp , Germany , 11/10 , Determined Defense , 0 kill , 488 pp - U:024
Sd.Kfz. 6/2 im Erdkampf , , 1 bars , 126 exp , Germany , 10/10 , 0 kill , 444 pp - U:029 [+18 exp]

Fighter
Bf 109E-3 , , 5 bars , 552 exp , Germany , 13/10 , Skilled Ground Attack , 15 kill , 826 pp - U:011 [+149 exp]
Bf 110E-2 , , 4 bars , 431 exp , Germany , 7/10 , 12 kill , 732 pp - U:016 [+43 exp]
Bf 109E-4/Trop , , 4 bars , 417 exp , Germany , 10/10 , 10 kill , 660 pp - U:025 [+75 exp]
Bf 109G-2/R2 , , 1 bars , 117 exp , Germany , 10/10 , 1 kill , 792 pp - U:118 [+18 exp]

Dive Bomber
Ju 88A-1 , , 5 bars , 1061 exp , Germany , 11/10 , Reconnaissance Movement , 10 kill , 871 pp - U:007 [+138 exp]
+ Do 217E-1 , , 5 bars , 1045 exp , Germany , 15/10 , All Weather Combat , 9 kill , 0 pp - U:008 [+82 exp]
BV 138-A1 , , 4 bars , 415 exp , Germany , 10/10 , 6 kill , 444 pp - U:014 [+62 exp]
Bf 110C-4/B , , 4 bars , 465 exp , Germany , 9/10 , 2 kill , 696 pp - U:020 [+85 exp]

Level Bomber
He 111H , , 1 bars , 164 exp , Germany , 10/10 , 0 kill , 732 pp - U:119 [+65 exp]

Player 1 : Germany, Romania
Killed: INF:180 TNK:23 RCN:22 AT:16 FLAK:14 FORT:23 ATY:73 AD:17 FTR:21 TB:12 SUB:2 DD:8 BS:12 CV:1 Total: 424
Lost : INF:10 RCN:1 FLAK:1 ATY:1 FTR:1 TB:1 DD:9 BS:1 Total: 25

BV 6
V 5
TV 0
L 0

Averages:
Infantry * 9 Units * 1 Leaders Total : 3478 exp, 68 kill, 4611 pp Average: 386 exp, 8 kill, 512 pp
Tank * 5 Units * 4 Leaders Total : 3083 exp, 154 kill, 2164 pp Average: 617 exp, 31 kill, 433 pp
Recon * 3 Units * 2 Leaders Total : 1042 exp, 7 kill, 1026 pp Average: 347 exp, 2 kill, 342 pp
Anti-Tank * 2 Units * 0 Leaders Total : 413 exp, 8 kill, 852 pp Average: 207 exp, 4 kill, 426 pp
Flak * 2 Units * 0 Leaders Total : 448 exp, 6 kill, 720 pp Average: 224 exp, 3 kill, 360 pp
Artillery * 5 Units * 1 Leaders Total : 1173 exp, 7 kill, 4785 pp Average: 235 exp, 1 kill, 957 pp
Air-Defence * 2 Units * 1 Leaders Total : 266 exp, 0 kill, 932 pp Average: 133 exp, 0 kill, 466 pp
Fighter * 4 Units * 1 Leaders Total : 1517 exp, 38 kill, 3010 pp Average: 379 exp, 10 kill, 753 pp
Dive Bomber * 4 Units * 2 Leaders Total : 2986 exp, 27 kill, 2011 pp Average: 747 exp, 7 kill, 503 pp
Level Bomber * 1 Units * 0 Leaders Total : 164 exp, 0 kill, 732 pp Average: 164 exp, 0 kill, 732 pp
* Summary: * 37 Units * 12 Leaders Total : 14570 exp, 315 kill, 20843 pp Average: 394 exp, 9 kill, 563 pp

Time to upgrade to some [C] units. Especially the recon movement tank leader and the 5 exp bar recon.

Haha, I`m a lucky one. The last leaders got to a artillery , a bomber (is okay) and a fighter with recon leader. The perfect coming fighter ace.
But with upgrading the tank I will wait until a better comand tank will be avaiable. I don`t want to lose the good tank with the high attack stats at the moment.

I decided to kick Denver out of the Weltkrieg campaign and will add Harpers Ferry instead. Thus i can use two of my American Civil War maps and create a big map easily. I have to add just a little bit to the west and east of the existing maps. That can be done much much faster than a new Denver map that i would have to make from scratch.
(scale of the map will be different to the standart with just ~450m / width of a hex. But nobody will notice when playing anyway )

A beautiful shift - only less than 2,500 kilometers

sympatyk wrote: ↑2021-11-19 22:06, Friday
A beautiful shift - only less than 2,500 kilometers

Haha yes I wanted to have a big tank battle in front of the Rocky Mountains but since i have to make all these maps i need to save time. I wanted to kick out Denver without substitution but now i will replace it with Harpers Ferry. Harpers Ferry is interesting with the rivers and mountains ranges. And since i can use the two exisiting maps, Sharpsburg is the other, i can finish the big map very fast.

sympatyk wrote: ↑2021-11-19 22:06, Friday
A beautiful shift - only less than 2,500 kilometers

sympatyk, if you are interested to take a look on the map. Today, one day later the map is already ~80% finished. I merged the two existing maps and added the clean green background, which i posted in the other thread. Then use soft transparent eraser to remove edges and cuts. Add part of river to the southeast and hills to the northeast.
You can still see one of the edges at the brown field near the northwestern city. I will work on that tomorrow, together with missing roads and railroads and cities.
I have already build the scenario in my head with US tank forces comming from the west. Player will start in the east and has to cross the mountains and river and then meet the enemy tanks just west of the river in a finale grande

Well, you are the best map designer and the fastest.
According to google, the roads are a bit different today - but gameplay matters.
Do you assemble Mapx from these two maps or do you do it from scratch?

sympatyk wrote: ↑2021-11-20 18:48, Saturday According to google, the roads are a bit different today - but gameplay matters.
Do you assemble Mapx from these two maps or do you do it from scratch?

I always try to have the correct railways but correct roads are no so important for me. There are so many roads today, at the scale in the game every hex would be a road And since we have only one typ of road in the game it doesn't matter if there is a motorway, highway or farmroad in reality

Sometimes i merge the mapx, but it can be very fiddly... I am also under the impression that it was possible to keep the names when merge mapx in the past. But since 1 or 2 years names are not there anymore and i have to rename everything (copy/past from old mapx to new mapx).

So i'd rather create the mapx from scratch, that feels to be the easier option

randowe wrote: ↑2021-11-20 19:40, Saturday
Sometimes i merge the mapx, but it can be very fiddly... I am also under the impression that it was possible to keep the names when merge mapx in the past. But since 1 or 2 years names are not there anymore and i have to rename everything (copy/past from old mapx to new mapx).

So i'd rather create the mapx from scratch, that feels to be the easier option

Clemens
Merge works with names -> you have to do it one step at a time
You transform both maps into tiled ones - you close the suite
You open the suite - create a new tiled (target) map, save and close
You open the suite -Paste the first map and save - you close the suite
You paste the second map and save - you close the suite
You open the suite and now load an image

I know it's an inconvenience, but I didn't want to write to Luis and keep him busy

It is also possible
You transform both maps into tiled ones - you close the suite
You open the suite - create a new tiled (target) map, save and close
You open the suite - You paste the first map and export the names to a txt file
You do the same with the second map
TXT files - first and second maps - merge ..
You import the txt (merged) file as for the old PG2 ..

You will do it faster than I wrote ...

I know how it works, transfor to tiled map etc.
But in the past, let's say 4-2 years ago, names were copied when i paste mapx. But then it stopped with some new suite and names are not copied anymore. And i am using always the same options.
And names txt does not help because the all hex numbers are wrong in the new map.
It is also very annoying and fiddly to paste a mapx because you have to count all the hex correctly to assign the spot where the upper left corner of the map should be applied.
What is also very important that the columns have to be correct when paste a second mapx. When one map is in even numbers and second map is uneven it does not work. You know what i mean.
But i also did not report the missing names because i was under the impression that nobody else was using these options anyway. Only you and me.
And today we are the only mapmakers left so it is not necessary to change something in suite.
Nowadays i prefer to create a new mapx from scratch which works much better and is also very fast.

Also, when i create a new map nowadays, i work simultaneously on the mapx. So when the map picture is finished the mapx is also finished.
So i run photoshop with the scanned paper map, openstreetmap.com in browser and SUITE at the same time. Then, for example, when i have added a river and 5 cities to the map picture i save the picture, put to MAP folders and instantly add the names in SUITE. That works better for me because i don't have to create the mapx all at once when the picture is finished.

Recently, I was pasting a 778 map into a large map - all names were correct
And the txt file - after import it had the correct assignment
It's probably this English that prevents us from communicating ..

sympatyk wrote: ↑2021-11-20 21:14, Saturday It's probably this English that prevents us from communicating ..

Most likely

I have question"
I have in my core a unit that has the same pp with another. EG Fallschrimpioneers and they have transport Sd.kfz 2. In a scenario i want to uprate them to Gebirgspioneers that have mule for transport that is lower pp than the Sd.kfz 2. I upgrate them. If i want to change again, this time from Gebirgspioneers to Fallschrimpioneers i have to buy again Sd.kfz 2. Why I can't sell the transport?

Dimitris GR wrote: ↑2021-11-28 09:21, Sunday I have question"
I have in my core a unit that has the same pp with another. EG Fallschrimpioneers and they have transport Sd.kfz 2. In a scenario i want to uprate them to Gebirgspioneers that have mule for transport that is lower pp than the Sd.kfz 2. I upgrate them. If i want to change again, this time from Gebirgspioneers to Fallschrimpioneers i have to buy again Sd.kfz 2. Why I can't sell the transport?

Unfortunately nothing can be done about it. It was never possible to sell the transports in PG2/OG
(I never played PG2 but i guess it was like this too )

I played a little on your Allied Invasion of Italy campaign...

I do hope that in the future you will work on your ships. Having all light cruisers, heavy cruisers and battleships dropped into a capitol ship category is limiting. Especially since it allows players to upgrade light cruisers to battleships...

Also, some mistakes I noticed on the e-file. B26G bomber. G variant was never used by US. It was designed as such, because it was the export to UK variant. RAF used it under the Marauder III designation. It was basically B26F with some small custom cockpits without any changes to armour or weapons.

Secondly, flamethrower units. These should have low ammo. True, they don't have overrun ability, but they should only be used on offensive attacks against fortified positions. Otherwise, you might see them used as a very cheap defense unit.

Third, support fire from big pieces of arty. Any gun that fires more than range 5 should not have support fire. It makes them devastatingly efficient you will face player complaints about monster arties. Especially if they have a leader. A support fire gun that fires at distance 7 is going to be too overpowered.
I would also caution about SP arties with mechanized above range 3. Those too can be easily abused.

And fourth. Horse transportation. US army did not use horses in Europe. You certainly don't need those for every kind of gun or infantry units. Infantry should have some varied transportation, as I doubt US Marines ever used horse wagons...

US has 37 transports and i have only 14 + one mule + one empty transport weights available... so i have to stuff different transports into the same weights....
Sorry, but i don't discuss the values of my units or the units itself and won't change anything
That's one of the reasons why i have my own efile. Its a fantasy efile where everyone can have horses

I read that only 150 of the B-26G went to UK through lend-lease.
I also read that for example the 320th Bombardment Group (Medium) and the 394th Bombardment Group (Medium) of the USAF use B-26G.

randowe wrote: ↑2021-11-29 14:08, Monday US has 37 transports and i have only 14 + one mule + one empty transport weights available... so i have to stuff different transports into the same weights....

I for one placed transports based on the likelihood of being in use by the same units. Just as an example, I have a weight for trucks, another one for half-tracks, another one for tractors and another one for wagons. I even have weights available for helo transport, even though is not really used. It is just a matter of mixing.

As for ships, like I said, I am more of a fan of what both me and Golothin used, to use categories of ships, not just simply dump them into capitol ships. I do understand that your e-file is not very "navy" centred and as such ships might not be a priority. Furthermore, I do not enjoy the ships icons, they are quite different in design from the land and air units. Gustlik (God rest his soul!) made a lot of good ship icons, that I now use.

Btw, I also tried the German from El Alamein to Alexandria campaign and you have a broken icon for an italian unit. As soon as you fire up the campaign, a very big "!" shows up on it. Also, the use of mines as units instead of layers is soo... old fashion, for lack of a better word...