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Don King of the Apolyton HLA Movement
Dec 2002
time: 23:29
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Okay, tell me I'm a freak for going to these lengths  , but I've got to share this and see if anybody sees a flaw in my plan or has any other feedback. Playing huge map, Regent, 8 Civs and there are only four Wines on the map, all on the other continent and the only free one already traded away.
Now that I'm approaching the Modern Age, I'm gearing up for an invasion of Scandinavia and made this operations map. When you see a Division notation (1st Marines, etc.), know that it's denoting eight units of the same type. Each assault force also includes a fourth transport filled with 6 Infantry, 4 to occupy the city and two to escort the Artillery, and two Workers. The Vikings have RP and Rubber and have only upgraded/built 4 Inf (I do have a spy), but the invasion is still about 15 turns off (waiting for ships to be built/moved... all my great shipyards would be on the other side of the continent). Their rubber source is on the far end of the country, so taking it out early isn't an option. Their navy is all sail-powered and, with this plan, I'm thinking a two turn campaign will net me my wines, once I get the colony up, then rush a few cultural improvements in Bodo.
Geopolitically, they aren't tied into any MPP's and I have one with Lizzie, who has one with Izzy, but both of them are separated from the Vikings by Arabia. My major geopolitical concern is keeping Arabia out of the war, or making sure they come in on my side, since they're not only the Vikings' only neighbor, but my sole source for Dyes. And yes, I am playing a Southern civ I created  .
EDIT: Okay, the dang host server doesn't want to cooperate. I'll try again
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Solomwi
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Don King of the Apolyton HLA Movement
Dec 2002
time: 23:29
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Dang, didn't even think of IrfanView, and I already have it installed. It just doesn't get used anymore with XP's little preview deal. Here it is, though kind of hard to read anything on. Oh, well, it looks great at 1024x1280 .
dex, like I said, the whole advice part was an in-post change of direction, and mea culpa on not going back and rethinking which forum it should go on.
In any event, the war is well underway, all landings were successful except Molde (2nd from left along bottom), where the 2nd Marines were practically wiped out, but took down enough of the defense and kept enough units alive (2) to take it the next turn. It wound up not mattering as the 3rd Armor was able to take Trondheim and get a little help from units not needed at Birka.
 Attachment: operation yellowtail small.jpg
This has been downloaded 158 time(s).
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Vince278
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Originally posted by johncmcleod
I can tell that you are American and that you are modern warfare. First off, Americans give their units boring names (no offense or anything, I'm just stating a fact ). It's the 3rd Marines and the 5th Armor. The British (and Canadians, Australians, etc.) give their units cool names. One of the infantry units that landed at Juno beach was the 'Royal Winnipeg Rifles'. Another one was the 'Nova Scotia Highlanders Regiment'. The British units were like 'East Yorkshire Regiment' and stuff like that. And American units (the practice stopped after the civil war when units weren't made of guys from one city) were named after where they were made, such as the 116th Massachusetts Regiment or the Rhode Island Volunteers. It's way more interesting than just plain Jane 1st Infantry. Just a suggestion for someone into naming things. |
No offense taken. When you have so many units and and for a short duration (like in WWII) numbering them is convenient and logical. Our elite units (82nd AirBorne, 11th Mountain Div., etc.) may still be numbered but develop character with time.
In contrast, one of my favorite English units, the Coldstream Guards, has a long history and tradition.
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Solomwi
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Don King of the Apolyton HLA Movement
Dec 2002
time: 23:29
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And American units (the practice stopped after the civil war when units weren't made of guys from one city) were named after where they were made, such as the 116th Massachusetts Regiment or the Rhode Island Volunteers. It's way more interesting than just plain Jane 1st Infantry. Just a suggestion for someone into naming things. |
You don't have to tell me, my great-great grandfather was part of the 37th Alabama Infantry. However, for these purposes, I don't care where they're created (wind up with all my Inf units from a handful of cities). No offense taken, I just like the logical order and adaptability of my system, and add the "color" once a unit produces a leader. Before then, they don't DESERVE more creative names!
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BTW, on your screen it said the government was a confederacy |
Slight misread on your part, and too little explanation on my part. I'm playing a modded game, with a Southern civ I created (UU- Raider, Cavalry with 4 move, probably going to change it to 5 attack to balance). I've been referring to my empire as the Confederacy since Despotism, but definitely understand the distinction.
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Try to capture the screen with Irfanview and then resize it. I use that and have no distortion. |
I tried that, with the undistorted bitmap as my capture, then pasting into I-View and still got distortion. To do it from the game loses all my markings, but I'll probably do one just for reference purposes from the game and see if it works. Okay, tried it with a capture from the game and got a whacked out coloring when I pasted.  Maybe I need a tutorial on IrfanView screenshots. (Btw, when I resized that one, I still had the distortion).
Since we're in correction mode, I think you mean 10th Mountain .
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