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by LMUBill
Thu Dec 25, 2008 1:22 am
Forum: Help to improve WIA
Topic: Map errata
Replies: 28
Views: 18771

Hi! I'll be delighted to look at this. :thumbsup: Which Scenario(s)? ..and what specific region or regions [by name, with UID # if possible] would you suggest for their 'relocation'? Sorry for the delay..... It's there in pretty much every scenario I've seen so far, even ones not involving it. The ...
by LMUBill
Sun Dec 07, 2008 8:32 pm
Forum: Help to improve WIA
Topic: Map errata
Replies: 28
Views: 18771

This is probably not really a map item but the game has the Creek Indians in Kentucky. They were actually in Alabama and Georgia. The area of Kentucky in the map was basically Cherokee or Shawnee territory... depending on which nation you were speaking to. Both nations hunted there but there weren't...
by LMUBill
Thu May 15, 2008 4:34 pm
Forum: Officers room
Topic: William S. Rosecrans
Replies: 12
Views: 9619

Excuse me? Mac is rated a '1' strat, i am proposing '2' for Rosie. That is mathmatically twice as active. I am annoyed by people who call Tullohoma a great campaign. That's nice, next time do this in April. He had a manpower advantage the whole year and sat for 6 months. Then he proceded not to fig...
by LMUBill
Mon May 12, 2008 3:28 pm
Forum: Great Invasions
Topic: Sassanid Persia AAR over at the Paradox forum
Replies: 34
Views: 14755

I think it would be fairly simple, so I'll try do that as soon as I can. Here's a link, if the mods don't mind - [url=Kings of Kings]http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?t=353543[/url] The link says something like Kings of Kings and doesn't go anywhere. I wonder if there is a problem ...
by LMUBill
Fri May 09, 2008 2:52 pm
Forum: AGEod's American Civil War
Topic: Army names
Replies: 20
Views: 8751

No, it would have to built into the game engine... Currently the game engine picks names from a predefined list to match the regional location of the HQ as Pocus said above. So that's why I have names like the Army of Rusty Wallace Chevrolet/Jeep/Geo and the Army of Bob's Pizza Place? Cool!! :niark...
by LMUBill
Fri May 09, 2008 2:49 pm
Forum: Help to improve AACW!
Topic: Location of Fort Gadsden
Replies: 7
Views: 3579

Maybe I can reserve the region number and use it somewhere else like a newly defined "Cumberland Gap" region using that same region number (1116)... Hmmm... Possibilities... Good luck with that! :fleb: The gap itself is on the Kentucky/Virginia border, the town (right below the gap in a valley) is ...
by LMUBill
Thu May 08, 2008 4:25 pm
Forum: ACW History Club / Histoire de la Guerre de Sécession
Topic: Super cool ACW videos!!!
Replies: 6
Views: 4434

I never knew that soldiers in the Civil War were always so happy. They all have smiles on their faces. :innocent:
by LMUBill
Wed May 07, 2008 5:03 pm
Forum: Help to improve AACW!
Topic: Map Issue
Replies: 19
Views: 7153

As far as the Tennessee River is concerned there were two major "chokepoints." Muscle (or Mussel) Shoals and the gorge just west of Chattanooga. The gorge could be runnable at times of high water if you avoided the two worst spots along that stretch (the "Boiling Pot" and the "Suck") which were basi...
by LMUBill
Wed May 07, 2008 5:02 pm
Forum: Help to improve AACW!
Topic: Map Issue
Replies: 19
Views: 7153

As far as the Tennessee River is concerned there were two major "chokepoints." Muscle (or Mussel) Shoals and the gorge just west of Chattanooga. The gorge could be runnable at times of high water if you avoided the two worst spots along that stretch (the "Boiling Pot" and the "Suck") which were basi...
by LMUBill
Wed May 07, 2008 4:59 am
Forum: Help to improve AACW!
Topic: Map Issue
Replies: 19
Views: 7153

No... It seems it doesn't effectively block Naval transit between water regions. This could be a bypass effect however of the naval units moving from adjacent land regions to the next adjacent land region... I didn't block all the possible land entries in my test, since several regions (6) have har...
by LMUBill
Thu Apr 24, 2008 4:38 pm
Forum: American Civil War, The Grand Campaign
Topic: The Second Grand Campaign: General discussion
Replies: 363
Views: 120034

Worried for the Union side....

After reading through all the posts I have become more than a little worried that the strain may be too much for President Lincoln (a.k.a. Jabberwock). You can tell someone is either losing their sanity or getting a God complex when they quote themselves in their signatures. :niark: Maybe the South ...
by LMUBill
Thu Apr 17, 2008 6:16 pm
Forum: ACW History Club / Histoire de la Guerre de Sécession
Topic: Best Civil War Movies
Replies: 100
Views: 36409

pepe4158 wrote:Gods n Generals has a much better suited cast IMO Lang makes a suburb Jackson, n Duval isnt a great Lee, but at least plausable.


At least Duvall had the pedigree to play Lee. They are related. Plus he owned some of the property used in the filming of the movie. :siffle:
by LMUBill
Wed Apr 09, 2008 4:13 pm
Forum: Help to improve AACW!
Topic: Shouldn't activation rather work just the other way round?
Replies: 13
Views: 5555

In defence of the current system: how historical is it for generals to go: 'Hmmmmm my direct orders are to hold fast and wait for reinforcements, I think I'll move my entire army deeper into enemy territory two provinces.' The only guy who I know of that did that was either Erwin Rommel or Hans Gud...
by LMUBill
Wed Mar 26, 2008 4:03 pm
Forum: AGEod's American Civil War
Topic: Pro-Union Regions
Replies: 26
Views: 9619

Really good info. Using your and LMUBILL's posts, I have gone ahead and completed the Eastern Tennessee list. The AACW regions that I left out were Sullivan (which would have included Polk County), Rhea (which would have included Sequatchie County) and Meigs. I left in Monroe. Initially Monroe Coun...
by LMUBill
Tue Mar 25, 2008 8:53 pm
Forum: AGEod's American Civil War
Topic: Pro-Union Regions
Replies: 26
Views: 9619

Scott County Tennessee is missing. From the TN Encyclopedia "During the Civil War, Scott Countians were strongly Unionist in sentiment. U.S. Senator Andrew Johnson denounced secession at a courthouse speech in Huntsville on June 4, 1861, and the county voted against secession by the greatest percent...
by LMUBill
Tue Mar 25, 2008 8:45 pm
Forum: Help to improve AACW!
Topic: Misspellings
Replies: 4
Views: 2052

Gray_Lensman wrote:Confirmed and fixed, but it may be a bit before you see it in a patch. It will be in the itineration of the RR Accuracy MOD.


Well, since you're at it.... it is Prestonsburg, not Prestonburg.
by LMUBill
Wed Mar 19, 2008 5:19 am
Forum: AGEod's American Civil War
Topic: How can river crossings and the blocking of them best be portrayed in AACW?
Replies: 228
Views: 60898

Notes: 2. We haven't figured out a good way to represent Muscle Shoals (west of Decatur) on the map yet. Boats could sometimes get past there, but usually not (depending on the water level). There were several attempts at channelling the river before the war and a canal was built in the 1830's but ...
by LMUBill
Mon Mar 10, 2008 2:31 am
Forum: AGEod's American Civil War
Topic: CSA win almost impossible?
Replies: 43
Views: 13777

In regards to Nashville and Vicksburg, if the entire "army" in the region was wiped out, wouldn't you expect substantial, immediate, territorial gains soon after the victory? Because if the entire army is wiped out, there should be little in the way to stop the invaders. Something like what happene...
by LMUBill
Sat Mar 08, 2008 12:56 am
Forum: AGEod's American Civil War
Topic: CSA win almost impossible?
Replies: 43
Views: 13777

I don't think you're right. As someone else pointed out there are a couple of cases where armies were completely wiped out. The first being the surrender of Pemberton at Vicksburg in July 1863 and the second being Lee at Appomattox in April 1865. In the first case Pemberton surrendered after being ...
by LMUBill
Mon Mar 03, 2008 6:38 pm
Forum: AGEod's American Civil War
Topic: Just had to rebuild my OS.
Replies: 11
Views: 4580

Le Ricain wrote:That is fair enough. It has always seemed that half the population of Ohio came from Kentucky originally.


True. Many of them moved up there for jobs in the 1940s and 1950s. What's really funny is how quickly they turn Yankee and look down on the "poor hillbillies" in Kentucky. :sourcil:
by LMUBill
Mon Mar 03, 2008 5:53 am
Forum: AACW Mods
Topic: "Realistic Attrition"
Replies: 208
Views: 52677

Just to throw in my 2 cents worth about mud.... Having ridden and driven on many dirt roads in national forests/parks/wildlife management areas around here that have little or no maintenance (like would have been during the war) including one that was used by Braggs troops after Perryville, I agree ...
by LMUBill
Mon Mar 03, 2008 5:41 am
Forum: AGEod's American Civil War
Topic: Just had to rebuild my OS.
Replies: 11
Views: 4580

Have you been to Atlanta, Miami, Nashville, Memphis, Houston, Dallas etc. The South has risen again with courage and insight and with NO SLAVES. T Too true... too bad the Yankees are invading again though. :p leure: This time they are moving here. I think half the population of Ohio has moved here ...
by LMUBill
Wed Feb 27, 2008 11:59 pm
Forum: AGEod's American Civil War
Topic: Naval Combat: Ironclads vs. Wooden Ships and other questions
Replies: 5
Views: 2987

Rafiki wrote:Indeed Image

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Maybe we need a Rafiki Wiki to answer those queations.... :innocent:
by LMUBill
Mon Feb 25, 2008 4:46 pm
Forum: AACW Mods
Topic: "Realistic Attrition"
Replies: 208
Views: 52677

I have read that the marches in the Gettysburg campaign were around 20 miles per day, but I hesitate to take that figure as 'normal' for the entire war. I have also read that the army of the Potomac averaged only 6 miles a day in 1862. Anybody have a handy study on marching speeds, marching distanc...
by LMUBill
Sun Feb 24, 2008 1:04 am
Forum: AGEod's American Civil War
Topic: I love games like this and the history behind them.
Replies: 13
Views: 6046

I have found that even in defeat, the Confederate generals seem to always give due credit and admit personal flaw. Which is not to say that the Federal generals never do, just that they more often attribute a setback to nearly anything but themselves. With the exception of Jubal Early and his "Lost...
by LMUBill
Thu Feb 21, 2008 6:40 am
Forum: ACW History Club / Histoire de la Guerre de Sécession
Topic: Sherman's Medal
Replies: 8
Views: 5800

Would You have a picture where it is easier to identify, I mean, not just the ribbon, but the medal itself? :siffle: Knowing when the picture was taken might be useful. too. If it is post-ACW, my WAG would be some GAR-leadership-medal or simply the GAR Veterans Cross (which was actually a five-poin...
by LMUBill
Tue Feb 19, 2008 8:16 pm
Forum: ACW History Club / Histoire de la Guerre de Sécession
Topic: Best ACW Movie Yet To Be Made
Replies: 48
Views: 16427

Banks6060 wrote:Gods and Generals was VERY meladramatic...despite it all though I found my way through it and was impressed overall. Whoever wrote those scripts though needs to be shot :) .


What, you didn't like Stonewall Jackson declaring holy war on the evil invading United States? :niark:
by LMUBill
Wed Feb 13, 2008 6:07 am
Forum: AGEod's American Civil War
Topic: Who Agree's? Grant Sucks!
Replies: 54
Views: 17605

I have to maintain that Civil War commanders didn't REALLY embrace the early version of "trench warfare" until summer 1863 at the earliest....(i.e. Vicksburg, but even then it's shaky.) Chattanooga was the first real set of works in the west according to my knowledge with the spring and summer camp...
by LMUBill
Sun Feb 10, 2008 7:36 am
Forum: AGEod's American Civil War
Topic: Who Agree's? Grant Sucks!
Replies: 54
Views: 17605

In my games Grant's come out on top until he ran into a heavily entrenched, almost equal strength forces. Each battle is unique, though, so it's hard to tell what's happening, & why he's causing you so many casualties. Actually that is what happened historically as well. As the war went on both sid...
by LMUBill
Fri Feb 08, 2008 10:54 pm
Forum: AGEod's American Civil War
Topic: Who Agree's? Grant Sucks!
Replies: 54
Views: 17605

although a great general he did seem to have a habit of loseing an awful lot of troops.From May 5th till June12th 1864 Grant's losses.Killed 11902 wounded 53180.Numbers taken from The Statistical Record by Frederick Phisterer. At that time he was fighting a war of attrition against Lee. Grant had l...

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