24-07-2004 23:06									#61
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That answers that question!

In that case, I shall stick with cities - But I am going to redistribute some of them.

I want less cities in Africa and South America in order to keep
the battles in the areas where the action happened in WW2.

Any suggestions, RM?

I was toying with the idea of getting rid of the cities in South America and cutting back the cities in Africa quite a bit...

	25-07-2004 00:54									#62
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I am currently remaking the USA/Canada area of the map, in addition to other edits!

I'll keep y'all informed!

	25-07-2004 06:41									#63
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Just to begin, I believe that Greenland and Iceland were turned over to the United States, not Britain, in 1940.

San Julian and Santiago can go, but I'd leave the rest of the cities in South America.

In Africa, Lome, Inhambane, Kigoma, Pointe Noire, Bangui, Malakal, and maybe even Port Sudan can be axed.

On South Africa, I'd take out two or three of the cities, keeping of course Jo'burg and Cape Town, but that's always so predictable, so maybe leave one of the other three there too?

Medina can go.

These should be enough cities for you, Curt!

	25-07-2004 15:30									#64
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Good show - I done a large edit of the map yesterday - But I may remove even more cities as you advise.

I just saw no point in 20+ Allied units congregating in Southern Africa!

I will do some more map 'pruning' and then get back here with the results!

Cheers, RM!

	26-07-2004 01:30									#65
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Nice too see that you're making progress Curt. And I must agree with rmshape that naming cities with regions is always a turn-off if it's not used overall in the scenario (like a mini-world map or something).

	26-07-2004 02:43									#66
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Agreed - The next scenario I am planning may be on a smaller map and utilise such a system!

But for now - I present you all the raging total world war that is the latest Dictator zip!

Get it here!

I have made various changes to the map and graphics.
Also I have made engineers available to all...I am not sure if I want to keep engineers in the game.

The AI seems too fixated with engineers...

But the battles are very savage!
In my last game as the yellow neutrals, Paris, Moscow and a host of smaller cities bit the dust as the US, Germany and Russia slugged it out!

When I left the game in July 1945, the Americans and Germans were fighting a lethal war of attrition in the ruins of France.

The Yanks pummeled hard with their B-17s and superb infantry.
While the Reich struck back with Amerikas and deadly screaming V2 missiles!

London fell in 1944 - And The Japanese have been able to spread wide, even while taking hideous losses from the USA.

What a world!
And now you can take part too!

Enjoy the new version!

	26-07-2004 03:23									#67
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Curt, good job on the Great Lakes! They are very close to being realistic. Playing now...

	26-07-2004 04:09									#68
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The Great Lakes on the old map always bugged me - I'm glad they now look OK!

	26-07-2004 04:36									#69
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I'd say keep engineers. There's a lot of tactics you could use to exploit the lack of them, like destroying all enemy roads to slow down the enemy and then just parachuting into the cities.

	26-07-2004 04:48									#70
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Jo'burg is still controlled by the UK, but has allied units in it. You can just use civcity and change it to the allies and there won't be any problems.

What was the status of Mogadishu in June 1940? I thought they still had belonged to the Italians? I could be way off here, for all I know...

Just curious on Suez, does "Canal" really need to be part of the name?

I love the new shape of the world, Curt! Kudos!

	26-07-2004 08:20									#71
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Ok, this is odd: Playing as the Nazis and this popped up in May of 1942: Unalligned Nations develop Jet Engine.

	26-07-2004 16:38									#72
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@rmsharpe:
I might give Mogadishu to the Axis.
But with a perilous situation, like no airbase or defenses.
It will be hard for them to keep this foothold in Africa!

PS
I am happy you like the new world edit, I think the US/Canada
region is more AI friendly - A landmass worthy of the USA!

@Harry:
The Unalligned are democracies with plenty of trade output -
They always seem to have the edge in research, but they cannot
trade any techs - They also cannot put the Jet or Atom techs to any use.

This just represents some clever neutral people making science breakthroughs...

I reckon it seems weird, but it has no impact on gameplay...
When the Japanese begin hacking away their cities,
the Unalligned Nations will have plenty to worry about!

	27-07-2004 10:06									#73
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Oooooooooh, you tricky bastard! D-Day is a bloody nightmare! My Me-262s and Panthers are barely holding their ground. Paris and Lyons have been destroyed and those damn Brits keep parachuting in and taking Cologne!

Oh man, just wait till my Eastern Steppe cities start pumping out the hi-tech stuff. Those bastards are gonna pay!

...You know, for Brigadier level, this is a real pain in the ass ...

	28-07-2004 01:51									#74
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Excellent!
I was hoping the D-Day event might prove to be fun!

Give those Allies hell!

	28-07-2004 01:55									#75
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@To all play-testers:

There hasn't been any trouble from the 'Too Many Units' message has there?

I am hoping the elimination of wasteful cities and massive unit attrition will keep the amount of units low...

	28-07-2004 02:13									#76
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Even after playing the U.S. and getting the European event units for some 20 months, I've had no unit problems.

	28-07-2004 08:29									#77
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Yep, no "Too many cities" messages for me.

	28-07-2004 16:14									#78
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Superb - I was determined to banish this issue for good!

I did get it once (in the old version) when I was making a German military build-up for the invasion of the US!

In the new version, I had to...erm, 'postpone' that particular conquest!

	29-07-2004 22:52									#79
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I just played Dictator for several hours and I enjoyed it very much! Great work Curt! I've enjoyed this version more than any previous ones.

As mentioned before, shouldn't Johannesburg belong to the Commonwealth? And are you sure that only the US should be allowed to research nukes? AFAIK this is a single-player version, if you ever make a MP-version everybody should be able to research nukes.

Anyways, great job with this one. I'm off to finish of the Communists, occupy Africa, and then Invade the U.S..

Edit, several hours later: The German flag is now hanging from the White House. Soon I will rule the world (just have to crush my only ally first though )...

Last edited by Arthedain on 30-07-2004 at 02:42

	30-07-2004 02:57									#80
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I am really happy that the combat balance is OK this time!

It can be a tricky thing to get it just right -

But the fact that people are enjoying gameplay and the battles is a great buzz for me!

Rest assured, I will fix these little details like the cities in Africa, etc.
Then I think it will be time to release the final version!



I may also request rmsharpe's magic atomic fallout/global warming removal service soon too!

	30-07-2004 05:11									#81
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Jawhol, mein scenariokreatuer.

	30-07-2004 12:40									#82
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I knew I could rely on the Meister of Minneapolis!

Once I fix a few mini-details, I will post up a scn zip soon, buddy!

	30-07-2004 22:25									#83
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No problemo.

	31-07-2004 04:21									#84
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This is good **** curt! I loved your other "dictators", but sadly, I've never cared about giving you any comments about them. But late is better than never, so.. Great work! I'm looking forward to the final version. Oh, and those graphics are great, outstanding really. Keep up your productivity!

	31-07-2004 16:12									#85
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Hey Anvilfall, welcome to the Scenario League!

	01-08-2004 15:10									#86
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@Anvilfall:
Thanks for those kind words, sir!
Your Panzer work from the other thread is most promising!

I hope the final will ready for release on Monday.

And let me welcome to to SC poly also!
I hope you stick around and join the regular crew!

	02-08-2004 02:33									#87
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I was just thinking, and I'm surpised noone else has pointed it out. Shouldn't Dublin be neutral?
Something in the back of my mind says me that the British secured Ireland from an German invasion, but I might just be totally out there..

	02-08-2004 03:07									#88
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I guess it would make sense to make Dublin a non-combatant city...

*adds to edit list*

Cheers!

	13-08-2004 17:49									#89
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Due to new playtest duties that I have taken on,
I plan to get this thing complete and out this weekend.

Leaving me fully able to concentrate on OMG testing and fixing the bugs in Kingdoms.

PS
Can anyone here do coversions of MGE scens into ToT?

	13-08-2004 23:10									#90
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There's an Angelo Scotto converter for ToT, although I admit I can't get it to work properly. Mercator knows how to use it..