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Hidden activation feature

Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2014 3:29 pm
by Sorel
Hi all,

I thought this new feature was implemented in the 1.03 patch, but, after having installed it, my generals remain showing their activation status. I have no BRS.

Is this feature planned instead for a future patch?

Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2014 3:55 pm
by Pocus
They always seem to be activated, but they won't all be in truth.

Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2014 3:56 pm
by Ace
The feature works like this:
1) All your generals are active during turn orders
2) During turn resolution, some of them (based on their strategic rating) will become inactive - you never know which one. Simple as that :)

Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2014 6:51 pm
by Sorel
Sorry, but the question is that some of them appear inactive (just as it had always been); that´s reason why I think this new feature is not working in my current PBEM game. Could it be because we started this game with 1.02 and applied 1.03 afterwards?

Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2014 7:04 pm
by Ol' Choctaw
That could be, as the option was not in the game at the time.

However, it could be new leaders showing up inactive by event.

Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2014 7:37 pm
by Keeler
To ask the obvious: You did change the slider in the game options, correct?

Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2014 7:01 pm
by Z74
By the fact there was no answer to Keeler's Q, i suppose the issue was guessed correctly, hence solved, eheehheehe

Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2014 9:25 pm
by Sorel
Sorry, I went out this weekend, but, really, I did not know it was needed to actívate a game option. So, yes, problema solved :bonk:

Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2014 11:10 pm
by Keeler
Sorel wrote:Sorry, I went out this weekend, but, really, I did not know it was needed to actívate a game option. So, yes, problema solved :bonk:


The hidden activation feature is, ironically, a little hidden. :thumbsup:

Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 6:04 pm
by Q-Ball
Ace wrote:The feature works like this:
1) All your generals are active during turn orders
2) During turn resolution, some of them (based on their strategic rating) will become inactive - you never know which one. Simple as that :)


Question: I read somewhere there is a hidden activation "Bonus" of some sort. Is that correct? Or did I read that wrong?

Or is the chance of activation pretty much the same as it was before, you just can't see it now?

Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 7:58 pm
by Ace
Pretty much the same chance to be active.

Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 8:05 pm
by Jagger2013
The feature works like this:
1) All your generals are active during turn orders
2) During turn resolution, some of them (based on their strategic rating) will become inactive - you never know which one. Simple as that


I really like the sound of this new feature. Very interesting. I hope we might see the option in some, no all, the older games.

Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2014 3:08 am
by ArmChairGeneral
Jagger2013 wrote:I really like the sound of this new feature. Very interesting. I hope we might see the option in some, no all, the older games.


If you mean WIA, you are really a masochist! But so am I :bonk:

Can Athena play adequately with hidden activation? The tooltip makes it sound like she can't. Ace is using a workaround in his AAR giving her high Activation Bonus (AI Settings Screen) on the premise that she will be active often enough that it will only sometimes affect her. I am eagerly awaiting his report on this setting, and hoping it workst, since I play against the AI.

Can anyone else give any feedback on your experiences so far in how she plays under any setting? I want to try it on my next game, and am curious to know just how "sub-optimal" she is.