River crossing penalty

[RGA]

When attacking Belgrade should there be a penalty (-2 die roll during battle) for crossing a major river when attacking from Zemun(854) and Banat(852) ? Playing the Serbian scenario and didn't see the penalty from Zemun. Looked in the .maps file and the following is the line for Belgrade.

BELGRADE;Belgrade;1048;1049;SER;AT_LandArea;0;TT_Plain;Belgrade;0;1;0;4;PT_NoProduction;HT_NoHarbour;SER;SER;;"{898|?|TT_MajorRiver};{1048|?|TT_MinorRiver}";;;5;"1050;854";;0;;CLT_Continental;0;0;0

The only penalty is if attacking from Vrzac(898) and Pozaverac(1048). Is this right ?

Thanks.

[calvinus]

Yes, it's right. The -2 penalty is applied only during the first (and second?) rounds of combat. You'll find also "very large rivers" that can bring random losses when crossed.

[RGA]

So why no penalty when attacking Belgrade from Zemun or Banat which entails crossing a major river ?

[calvinus]

So why no penalty when attacking Belgrade from Zemun or Banat which entails crossing a major river ?

Simply because, as you pointed out, no river boundary is set between Belgrade and Zemun:

BELGRADE;Belgrade;1048;1049;SER;AT_LandArea;0;TT_P lain;Belgrade;0;1;0;4;PT_NoProduction;HT_NoHarbour ;SER;SER;;"{898|?|TT_MajorRiver};{1048|?|TT_MinorRiver}";;;5;"1050;854";;0;;CLT_Continental;0;0;0

That means our scenario editor simply forgot to do it.