Fatal Years Release Candidate for 1.03

[Athens]

Starting a new thread

Fatal Years is available here:


http://moddercorner.com/2011/07/19/new-version-of-fatal-years-available/

Rules summary in pdf may be downloaded at the same address


Works with the official 1.03 patch for RUS ( don't forget to apply the official hotfix).

Playable against AI and in PBEM: first results show Red and White AI able to resist rather well until the end of the game. FY has been designed not only for single game against AI, but for PBEMs between 2 or 3 players.

Best AI setting are :



The only AI help is an increase for detection. But It can be discarded without hampering much AI.

[Athens]

AAR here:http://moddercorner.com/2011/07/17/southern-whites-aar-late-november-18/

[NY Rangers]

Well, I updated, restarted and ran into trouble:



Save folder and main log attached. Cheers!

[Kev_uk]

I am getting this a lot with 1.03. It usually happens when I load a new game, so the fix I found it to restore a previous turn then it seems to right itself. It always seems to happen when I start RUS and continue game, so just restoring an earlier save seems to work. You can do that in the Load Game menu.

Kev

[NY Rangers]

I am getting this a lot with 1.03. It usually happens when I load a new game, so the fix I found it to restore a previous turn then it seems to right itself. It always seems to happen when I start RUS and continue game, so just restoring an earlier save seems to work. You can do that in the Load Game menu.

Kev

For some odd reason restoring previous turn doesn't work for me anymore. It used to. Really odd.

[Athens]

I've no explanation for now. Doesn't occur for me. Strange. Investigating...

[Athens]

I am getting this a lot with 1.03. It usually happens when I load a new game, so the fix I found it to restore a previous turn then it seems to right itself. It always seems to happen when I start RUS and continue game, so just restoring an earlier save seems to work. You can do that in the Load Game menu.

Kev

With the official 1.03? Not with my mod?

[Kev_uk]

With the official 1.03? Not with my mod?

Nope, clean install. Attached are my error logs. This only happens when I load RUS and continue game, have to revert to previous turn for it to work properly.

[Athens]

Nope, clean install. Attached are my error logs. This only happens when I load RUS and continue game, have to revert to previous turn for it to work properly.

So, if it affects unmodded games,it's definitly not a bug related to my mod. To be signaled in the official 1.03 thread...I can't do nothing about.

[Franciscus]

Maybe a bit of the PON.exe went to RUS ?

[NY Rangers]

So, if it affects unmodded games,it's definitly not a bug related to my mod. To be signaled in the official 1.03 thread...I can't do nothing about.

Good news is that when I reinstalled the mod, there have been no problems. For some reason the first try was unsuccessful. I suspect that some files went into a wrong folder that time.

[Athens]

Maybe a bit of the PON.exe went to RUS ?

Certainly. The log AI files has new entry corresponding to alien AI stuff in RUS in relation with PON. For the rest, that's the old story of the bridge too far, unfortunatly for them. Sad but true

Sadder because the stock AI in 1.03 is slighty better in organizing and dispatching its units. Under the amounts of bugs, there are real gems in PON? just difficult to extract...

[RICCO7859]

I have no picture for my red officier samoylo (Patch 1.03 + fatal) Could you help me ?

[Athens]

Good news is that when I reinstalled the mod, there have been no problems. For some reason the first try was unsuccessful. I suspect that some files went into a wrong folder that time.

I've myself no troubles until now ( new AAR sketchs coming soon so I guess indeed safe way is to do some clean install of 1.03 official version, then of the latest version of FY.

[Athens]

I have no picture for my red officier samoylo (Patch 1.03 + fatal) Could you help me ?

Bug I will have to fix indeed. For now, purge him

[Kev_uk]

Bug I will have to fix indeed. For now, purge him

If only you could in RUS. Purge bad leaders. Make it much more dictatorial! Send him with a supply unit down into the Donbas...on assault at all costs!

[RICCO7859]

Thanks for the poor samoylo

I'm allied with anarchist since 2 turns but I don't see any units ? Could you see what's happened ?

[Athens]

Thanks for the poor samoylo

I'm allied with anarchist since 2 turns but I don't see any units ? Could you see what's happened ?

Fixed, I've done a glitch when I altered the file a few days ago, as 200 were replaced by 20.

Open the RUS F5 Diplomatic Options RED-DOWs file in the Events folder

Paste this:


SelectFaction = $RED
StartEvent = evt_nam_RED_SignAlliance_ANA_fixprov|1|0|NULL|NULL|NULL|NULL

Conditions
MinDate = 1919/01/01

Actions

SetFacRelationships = ANA;200


EndEvent



The right level will be applied at the end of your next turn.

For others, I will upload soon a quickfix file for that. Ricco , don't forget to apply the quickfix file after to get back to a file without the temprary fix and the corrected number.

BTW, these Whites are solid. Nice move on Kiev by your forces. I just don't understand why you want to declare war on Poland....Testing purpose?

[Athens]

Here's the quickfix for alliance with anarchist faction

unzip in the RUS folder and launch the exe named Ana quickfix. don't forget to check the path.

Compatible with ongoing games. Howewer, if you have yet chosen the Allinace with Anarchist option , apply first the provisional event in the precedent post before applying the patch.

[Athens]

Just for pleasure 2 screens of the March 19 turn against White AIs

Volga front: Siberian holding Perm, Samara, Ufa. Not so far from the historical situation. Some green units are present too.




Ukraine in turmoil: Yellow regions are under Ukrainian AI control. Red offensive on Kiev is clearly appearing, as the Southern Whites AI progression in Donbass and South Ukraine, the Grigoriev 's anarchist forces being its first victim...



All 3 main factions NM are above 100.

[Kev_uk]

Back to your mod tomorrow Athens. Missed the stacked Siberians in stock... ;-)

[Athens]

Back to your mod tomorrow Athens. Missed the stacked Siberians in stock... ;-)

I'm currently for myself searching for some countermeasures for the Red bees flying in the Southern Theater...

[Kev_uk]

But you did make it *very* challenging for a Red player though, no? Although what I played of the stock campaign was quite hard too - but yours was brutal!

[Kev_uk]

But saying that, its taught me a lot about the game engine, using poor leaders, strategy based around requisitioning, building good fronts (stacks), garrisoning well, keeping a good reserve to counteract the green *menace*, etc. As I said, a strategy guide would be useful, thinking of doing something myself, or at least a Red player guide.

This game has kinda lost its spark ...

[Kev_uk]

..But at least I got Budyonny with stock...so had a nice neat Cavalry stack with Timoshenko, never saw both in your mod.

[blackknight]

I am being told Zinoviev is next in line and promoting over him will cost Vps. But, I cannot find him on the map!

[Athens]

I am being told Zinoviev is next in line and promoting over him will cost Vps. But, I cannot find him on the map!

Please post your save game I take a look at.

[Athens]

..But at least I got Budyonny with stock...so had a nice neat Cavalry stack with Timoshenko, never saw both in your mod.

Budyonny entryis randomized in FY as it was in the first releases of the offical version of RUS. Just a lack of chance, as I've yet see him in late 18 and in 1919

[Athens]

But you did make it *very* challenging for a Red player though, no? Although what I played of the stock campaign was quite hard too - but yours was brutal!

The AI i've built for the official version has yet some value, even if the constant changes in the official version haven't been followed by modifications of the AI files, which IMHO is weakening AI.

Then the new rules limiting requisitions and conscriptions to areas with 51% loyalty in your favor has certainly addresed in part balance problems, to the cost of historicity and certainly by weakening from 1919 White AIs.

[Athens]

For some convenient reasons, the main FY thread will now be continued both on my blog and on the Matrixgames forum. Expect it to appear at this last place later today.