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by [FS] Feltan
Thu Mar 09, 2006 7:09 pm
Forum: Birth of America
Topic: AAR on Battlefront forums
Replies: 20
Views: 10999

Following the links there, it seems quite tactical. And, it seems to cover both US and Hungarian histories.

I wouldn't worry if I were you.

Regards,
Feltan
by [FS] Feltan
Thu Mar 09, 2006 5:41 pm
Forum: PBEM and multiplayer matchups (all games)
Topic: ---> PBEM games, register here <---
Replies: 201
Views: 245353

OK, I'll sign up. Suggested format: Your name (or nickname): Feltan....if you hadn't figured that out, I am not sure I want to PBEM with you. :niark: with email (optional, you can discuss in the forum): I can PM that once a victim, I mean opponent, comes forward. I'd rather not publish it to the wor...
by [FS] Feltan
Thu Mar 09, 2006 5:23 am
Forum: Birth of America
Topic: BoA rules 1-4. Part 4: Battle mechanic (1 of 2)
Replies: 29
Views: 14678

- Supply units are often not fully appreciated for their true value. - Misunderstood and under appreciated, Supply units trudge around the map looking for friends. - If Mr. Supply unit misses his medications, he will do odd things -- like charge a full stack of enemy units, or try to lay seige to a ...
by [FS] Feltan
Wed Mar 08, 2006 7:48 pm
Forum: Birth of America
Topic: BoA rules 1-4. Part 4: Battle mechanic (1 of 2)
Replies: 29
Views: 14678

Well in that case... :) all references to "cant" should be "can't". It's a contraction for "can not". No more nitpicking, I promise! Common Elmo...give him a break! Half the native english speakers make worse errors than that! I think all us english speakers could use some French lessons! I took a ...
by [FS] Feltan
Tue Mar 07, 2006 11:13 pm
Forum: Birth of America
Topic: Are arties and supplies to easy to capture? (POLL)
Replies: 7
Views: 5131

I don't think the issue is really "capture." I would say the issue is: "Why does the AI persist sending lone artillery and supply into harms way." In my opinion, a supply wagon or artillery unit SHOULD be captured if runs into a 'real' enemy unit. This is how most captures have occured in my games. ...
by [FS] Feltan
Sun Mar 05, 2006 7:08 pm
Forum: Birth of America
Topic: ---> Patch 1.02 <---
Replies: 19
Views: 9775

Bad Link: evt_txt_Hortelez

Regards,
Feltan
by [FS] Feltan
Sun Mar 05, 2006 5:19 pm
Forum: General discussions
Topic: Off Topic: When female map makers get old and grey.....
Replies: 4
Views: 4809

Off Topic: When female map makers get old and grey.....

I suspect this is what they turn into. https://home.comcast.net/~jfmelnick/fruitcakelady.wmv All that geography and art work must impart a certain wisdom that isn't learned in any school. :) :) :) Regards, Feltan P.S. Some adult content, but nothing vulgar. P.P.S. Note her excellent applied geograph...
by [FS] Feltan
Sat Mar 04, 2006 3:50 pm
Forum: Birth of America
Topic: How are Sales?
Replies: 10
Views: 6684

[quote="Pocus"] ...Thanks all for your kind words, and, speaking of myself, I appreciate particularly the kudos of veteran software programmer Feltan ] Pocus, You are more than welcome. Unfortunately, in my current role, I spend virtually all my time on budgets, schedules and high level ar...
by [FS] Feltan
Sat Mar 04, 2006 3:40 pm
Forum: Birth of America
Topic: ---> Patch 1.02 <---
Replies: 19
Views: 9775

Did you all tinker with the combat results? First few turns last night of a new campaign, and I noted that combat was less decisive....less bloody. Could be I was just seeing an odd run of probabilites (nothing new to me, in the days of board gaming I must hold the world record for rolling the most ...
by [FS] Feltan
Fri Mar 03, 2006 11:55 pm
Forum: Birth of America
Topic: How are Sales?
Replies: 10
Views: 6684

PhilThib, You should be confident. You & your team (?) have produced an excellent product. That is not a gratuitous statement. I have been developing software for a very long time. You product has high quality, and has a coherent and well though out design. You are getting kudos from a lot of people...
by [FS] Feltan
Thu Mar 02, 2006 5:02 pm
Forum: Birth of America
Topic: ---> (mini)Patch 1.01 <---
Replies: 21
Views: 11828

Pocus wrote:...Feltan, have the French arrived in your game?


Yes they did. Too late to help the Rebels, but they did make it.

Regards,
Feltan
by [FS] Feltan
Thu Mar 02, 2006 6:21 am
Forum: Birth of America
Topic: Tweak to AI needed?
Replies: 21
Views: 9934

Yes, this is all the more important...and in addition very realistic...Apart from Washington 1776's december campaign (Trenton & Princeton), there was almost no winter operations in those 18th Century wars... Speaking of suggestions..... You are correct about winter campaigns in the 18th Century. S...
by [FS] Feltan
Thu Mar 02, 2006 6:17 am
Forum: Birth of America
Topic: Tweak to AI needed?
Replies: 21
Views: 9934

[quote="Hell Patrol"]Amen brother! Amen...I can't really add any else except: ditto ]

Amen! I couldn't agree more, unless it is my suggestion of course. :siffle:

Regards,
Feltan
by [FS] Feltan
Thu Mar 02, 2006 12:36 am
Forum: Birth of America
Topic: ---> (mini)Patch 1.01 <---
Replies: 21
Views: 11828

Feltan']Playing British on 1775 Campaign, normal difficulty, V1.01 (with patch). - It is currently January of 1778. I have not run into Washington anywhere. - No French intervention yet. - As compared to playing as the Americans, there are few British supply wagons (the Continentals seemed to have ...
by [FS] Feltan
Wed Mar 01, 2006 9:01 pm
Forum: Birth of America
Topic: Replacements
Replies: 10
Views: 5973

forgot: to be eligible, your unit must be in a region with a level 2 or higher town, unbesieged, in supply. Now you tell us :niark: Actually, this has been spotty. If I absolutely WANT a unit to get replacements, I have found that it is best to move them to a depot an put them in a "passive" postur...
by [FS] Feltan
Wed Mar 01, 2006 8:57 pm
Forum: Birth of America
Topic: Hotkey for "Next turn" ?
Replies: 5
Views: 3752

LOL...it's only the beginning pal, trust me :bonk: ...mine is now 11 :dada: hahahaa.... I have an older one too. When Daddy was giving her a computer safety class....i.e., you better never be in a chat room.....I scared the crap out of her when I showed her the power of editing the registry. Right ...
by [FS] Feltan
Wed Mar 01, 2006 5:24 pm
Forum: Birth of America
Topic: Hotkey for "Next turn" ?
Replies: 5
Views: 3752

Pocus wrote:it has been requested and its coded for the next patch yes. :)


And it is that key that my three year old daughter will magically select when she presses a button on the keyboard to "see what I did Daddy!"

This means I can never leave my keyboard unattended! :p leure:

Regards,
Feltan
by [FS] Feltan
Wed Mar 01, 2006 5:19 pm
Forum: Birth of America
Topic: Tweak to AI needed?
Replies: 21
Views: 9934

I think the AI is rather good. My only suggestion, as I made in another thread here, is to tweak it so AI forces seek winter quarters sooner. I have this mental picture of AI soldiers with ice on their beards and covered with snow....and the AI general finally says, "You know, we should probably enc...
by [FS] Feltan
Tue Feb 28, 2006 5:18 pm
Forum: General discussions
Topic: Future games
Replies: 83
Views: 34314

Cats were never friends to board gamers. My long time (and long suffering) gaming buddy had the same problem. He and I were playing a game of Terrible Swift Sword back in the mid to late 70's that was set up on plywood over his billiard table. We got through two days of game time, and he was preppin...
by [FS] Feltan
Tue Feb 28, 2006 5:09 pm
Forum: Birth of America
Topic: ---> (mini)Patch 1.01 <---
Replies: 21
Views: 11828

Playing British on 1775 Campaign, normal difficulty, V1.01 (with patch). - It is currently January of 1778. I have not run into Washington anywhere. - No French intervention yet. - As compared to playing as the Americans, there are few British supply wagons (the Continentals seemed to have a lot mor...
by [FS] Feltan
Mon Feb 27, 2006 10:45 pm
Forum: General discussions
Topic: Future games
Replies: 83
Views: 34314

...I always felt that its one shortcoming was reliance on hexes, which subtracted from the fluid "feel" I think the subject demands, and caused some fiddling around with geographic realities. BoA's system of "region" movement and "areas" should be just what Doctor Ho ordered... A hexless game would...
by [FS] Feltan
Mon Feb 27, 2006 8:19 pm
Forum: General discussions
Topic: Future games
Replies: 83
Views: 34314

....I've always hoped that someone would undertake to create a computer wargame based on that system, but designers seem to be having the devil's own time "porting" the old paper-and-cardboard games (I have yet to see a good one, and those I am aware of that are in development seem to be encounteri...
by [FS] Feltan
Mon Feb 27, 2006 6:31 pm
Forum: Birth of America
Topic: Just finished first campaign
Replies: 2
Views: 4073

Just finished first campaign

...as the Americans, 1775....all the way through. A few comments: 1. Game ran well, the only (minor) glitches were a few messages that showed the link instead of the text. 2. I won rather easily by points (over 1700 more points than the Brits). In the end, the Brits held Quebec, Ft. Detroit and Norf...
by [FS] Feltan
Mon Feb 27, 2006 4:15 pm
Forum: General discussions
Topic: Future games
Replies: 83
Views: 34314

....Let us not forget. Even in the heyday of board wargaming, about three of every four games played was solitaire. If you want to sell a lot of computer wargames, you've got to tap into that, like it or not....I, for one, am tickled to see, so far, how well the AI plays in BoA. More, fellas, more,...
by [FS] Feltan
Mon Feb 27, 2006 3:30 am
Forum: News from AGEod
Topic: BoA @ Out of Eight 8/8 "Any self-respecting fan of strategy games should pick BoA"
Replies: 6
Views: 4670

Congrats to the development team!

I hope you can turn this into a sales success as well!

Regards,
Feltan
by [FS] Feltan
Sat Feb 25, 2006 4:13 pm
Forum: Birth of America
Topic: Very Negative Experience...
Replies: 17
Views: 10029

Look, people. Let's not start the "I hate this company - well, you're a crybaby" crap. I've had a belly full of that elsewhere (which shall remain nameless, but the initials are "Matrix Games Forums"). Suffice it to say that this company, be it a startup out-of-the-basement operation or a multi-bil...
by [FS] Feltan
Sat Feb 25, 2006 3:51 pm
Forum: Birth of America
Topic: Unit Strength
Replies: 8
Views: 5859

I have a couple of reference books at home on the topic of unit strength of regiments in the US Revolution. It seems, as was pointed out, that there is a major difference between paper and actual strength. According to my references, Colonial regiments had a paper strength of around 600, and British...
by [FS] Feltan
Sat Feb 25, 2006 4:17 am
Forum: Birth of America
Topic: Very Negative Experience...
Replies: 17
Views: 10029

This is something I have NEVER experienced...purchasing this title was so frustrating that if I was not as stubborn as I am, I would have walked away and never looked back. I wanted to purchase... ...The more I think about it, the angrier I become...What is with you people? :tournepas I am sorry th...
by [FS] Feltan
Sat Feb 25, 2006 3:53 am
Forum: Birth of America
Topic: Great so far!
Replies: 15
Views: 8622

Not a bug, as in the software isn't broken, but a sorely missing feature. The game apparently does not disable the screen saver. It needs to. If your screen saver comes up -- like mine did when I eventually had to eat and perform diaper duty to keep the wife at bay -- the game had the same fatal err...
by [FS] Feltan
Sat Feb 25, 2006 1:25 am
Forum: Birth of America
Topic: Demo?
Replies: 4
Views: 4130

I don't want to speak for these guys, but (since they are probably asleep at this point) I think some of the developers stated that the demo will be put out there, but at a later date.

Regards,
Feltan

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