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by Henri
Fri Nov 01, 2013 11:00 pm
Forum: Alea Jacta Est
Topic: How come no Partian wars videos?
Replies: 4
Views: 3504

How come no Partian wars videos?

I enjoy wartching game videos on Youtube, and have watched all the Cummings AJE tutorial videos on Youtube (he mumbles a bit and does not always finish his sentences, but his videos are good). But I have found no Partian wars videos in English or French. There are a few by some guy who has no speech...
by Henri
Fri Nov 01, 2013 10:53 pm
Forum: Alea Jacta Est
Topic: weather Caesar vs Pompeii
Replies: 10
Views: 5675

Well yes, as Napoleon found out in Russia, moving around in the Winter is not ideal; especially when the men are wearing tunics, there is a danger of freezing certain parts. After more playing, I found that it is sometimes possible to move and attack in the Winter, say in Southern Greece and Souther...
by Henri
Thu Oct 31, 2013 2:43 pm
Forum: Alea Jacta Est
Topic: weather Caesar vs Pompeii
Replies: 10
Views: 5675

weather Caesar vs Pompeii

I have read the manual but it is sparse about weather effects. In the Caesar-Pompeii campaign of AJE, I have noted that in Winter months, if I move a stack, in addition to some loss of strength expected, there is a complete loss of cohesion. As a result I have to move back and then waste another mov...
by Henri
Thu Oct 24, 2013 11:40 pm
Forum: AJE: Alea Jacta Est AARs
Topic: (BOR) Strangling Rome in its cradle: 1st Punic War [264 BC]
Replies: 4
Views: 8960

bob. wrote:I have posted this "announcement" a bit early - not to worry, the game is still alive and well but I didn't have much time to write the AAR yet and I will be on holiday for two weeks now.

Once I return I will hopefully start this, though!


The road to hell is paved with good intentions...

Henri
by Henri
Thu Oct 24, 2013 11:34 pm
Forum: AJE: Alea Jacta Est AARs
Topic: Parthian expansion AAR- Severus returns to Parthia
Replies: 37
Views: 29209

Nice AAR. But it is difficult to follow for one not too familiar with the area because there is a lot of information on the maps, and some of the lettering is very small. It helps a bit to zoom the maps by pressing the cntr + key, but it would help even more if the maps were annotated with arrows, l...
by Henri
Sat Mar 02, 2013 2:29 pm
Forum: Alea Jacta Est
Topic: Some comments on AJE and BOR mechanics
Replies: 14
Views: 9192

Your example of two armies facing each other across the Bosporus seems to make the supply rules work. From what I've read most armies were only forced to move from positions if they were placed in bad positions to begin with ( no water source etc. ) or were starved out by the ohter army stopping th...
by Henri
Tue Feb 26, 2013 12:46 am
Forum: Alea Jacta Est
Topic: What is missing
Replies: 4
Views: 4266

I forgot to mention supply depots, because I did not use any! The supply situation can probably be alleviated especially in Spain by building depots, which may reduce the amount of shuttling of supply wagons that is necessary to keep Anthony in supply. However it is unclear to me what happens if the...
by Henri
Sun Feb 24, 2013 4:15 am
Forum: Alea Jacta Est
Topic: What is missing
Replies: 4
Views: 4266

What is missing

What I find missing from this great game are a few things. One of them is that there are apparently no scenarios that go more than 20 moves or so into the game, so there is little information on what to do after the initial phases described in the AARs. This may be due to saed games being incompatib...
by Henri
Sun Feb 24, 2013 3:10 am
Forum: AJE Technical support / Aide technique
Topic: Crsh in late Caesar-Pomepius
Replies: 2
Views: 2053

Actually I reloaded the game from a save a couple of turns before, and I did not crash again when I passed the same point. I HAD been playing for hours without pause, so it is quite possible that I ran out of memory if the game does not recover memory after every move. I have had no previous crashes...
by Henri
Sun Feb 24, 2013 1:13 am
Forum: AJE Technical support / Aide technique
Topic: Crsh in late Caesar-Pomepius
Replies: 2
Views: 2053

Crsh in late Caesar-Pomepius

The game crashed and requested that I send you the log which I e[ATTACH]21744[/ATTACH]nclose. This was very late in the game when Caesar had passed Byzanthium, Anthonius was mopping up Spain and another strpng army was helping in Spain and around Southern France. All ships were in a fleet nering Byz...
by Henri
Sat Feb 23, 2013 9:15 pm
Forum: Alea Jacta Est
Topic: Leader sometimes stuck when moving
Replies: 7
Views: 3340

It hppened to me today, and it turned out that it was caused by new supply wagons that had not yet been filled. Try removing the supply wagons and see if it can move. Henri Another thing that happened last night was that Caesar was in a city that was being besieged by a much weaker army, and I was ...
by Henri
Fri Feb 22, 2013 11:47 pm
Forum: Alea Jacta Est
Topic: Leader sometimes stuck when moving
Replies: 7
Views: 3340

The message seems to be generated by the strGroupBlockByFront command. I can't find any information about this. Can anyone shed any light? It hppened to me today, and it turned out that it was caused by new supply wagons that had not yet been filled. Try removing the supply wagons and see if it can...
by Henri
Fri Feb 22, 2013 2:28 am
Forum: Alea Jacta Est
Topic: Youtube Tutorials
Replies: 92
Views: 45603

I have watched all your videos and they are great! You are clear, logical and easy to follow. But starting on video 25, it is downhill all the way. A lot of mumbling, unfinished sentences, jumping from one subject to another, showing screens that have nothing to do with what you are saying, or not d...
by Henri
Sat Oct 06, 2012 8:19 pm
Forum: Alea Jacta Est
Topic: Question on attaching commanders to individual units
Replies: 16
Views: 7867

How do you attach a commander to a legion? I have read the manual twice and cannot find how to do that.
by Henri
Fri Oct 05, 2012 12:16 pm
Forum: Alea Jacta Est
Topic: Why do my armies refuse to execute (assault) orders?
Replies: 59
Views: 22856

I want to say you are correct. This was an game engine change a while back. It was asked for the units to assault only in the end province, not what they move through. IIRC this was done with AACW a few years ago. This way you could assault something far away, and not get stuck at the 1st enemy str...
by Henri
Fri Oct 05, 2012 2:12 am
Forum: Alea Jacta Est
Topic: How to evaluate battles?
Replies: 2
Views: 2222

How to evaluate battles?

This has been discussed in other threads, but has discussed elements that are not those that I want. What I want to know is how does one evaluate the a-priori probability of victory given the information available? Obviously terrain, weather, morale, experience, fatigue, frontage and the types of un...
by Henri
Thu Oct 04, 2012 11:48 pm
Forum: Alea Jacta Est
Topic: Youtube Tutorials
Replies: 92
Views: 45603

Great and useful tutorials. It would be nice to have a strategy guide for the demo scenario (4 Emperors - Vespasian etc).
by Henri
Thu Oct 04, 2012 11:44 pm
Forum: Alea Jacta Est
Topic: ---> AJE on Steam greenlight! <---
Replies: 59
Views: 28093

I voted for it, but AJE is also being sold on Matrixgames, and I don't know of any games that are available on both sites. I have dozens of games from Steam and Matrixgames, as well as a few from other sites like Gamersgate and Gamestop, so I am not against any site. I have a slight preference for S...

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