---> AACW Official Patch 1.09e

[Pocus]

Quite right, the game auto-save the 24 last turns! Just tell me when and where it happened, in case I don't find

[Rafiki]

Backups are kept for the previous 20 turns (IIRC), so it's quite likeley you still have it available, bk6583

[Franciscus]

Now that we are in April , any news about the condition of our poor friend Athena, Pocus ?

[arsan]

Hi!

A spanish member (Manstein) has reported a pretty strange problem playing a PBEM capaign as the CSA with 1.09e patch.
It seems he can't reach any of the blocade boxes with his blocade runners no matter from where he tries to move there.
I post a screen of the problem he has sent me.
The game is in spanish but if you look at the screen, on the top center you will see a message that translates to
"You cannot reach the destination from here"
From what he explains, this is what happens whenever he tries to move any blocade runner unit to any box.
Has somebody experienced this problem? any clue?
My only campaign with 1.09e was with the USA so had no blocade runners... but i have no problems with otheres ships types

I have his save game in case sombody (Pocus?) wants to check it...
Regards!

[Pocus]

Yes send it to me my good Arturo!

Franciscus, you should have received a mail by now from me. Thanks to the save you sent me, Athena is much more able in repartiting the Army HQs now.

More progress are planned for April though.

[Franciscus]

(...)
Franciscus, you should have received a mail by now from me. Thanks to the save you sent me, Athena is much more able in repartiting the Army HQs now.

More progress are planned for April though.

Yes, I received, it, thanks for your attention and support !!

[SIZE="1"](any chance for a little beta patch in the next few days with "army HQ ready" AI ?)[/size]

[arsan]

Yes send it to me my good Arturo!

At once, milord Pocus!!

[Pdubya64]

Thanks to the save you sent me, Athena is much more able in repartiting the Army HQs now.

More progress are planned for April though.

As Hugh Laurie liked to say playing the part of Prince Regent in Blackadder:

[SIZE="5"]Hoorah!![/size]

[Pocus]

Yes, I received, it, thanks for your attention and support !!

(any chance for a little beta patch in the next few days with "army HQ ready" AI ?)

I'll answer to you by mail

[Franciscus]

Hi!

A spanish member (Manstein) has reported a pretty strange problem playing a PBEM capaign as the CSA with 1.09e patch.
It seems he can't reach any of the blocade boxes with his blocade runners no matter from where he tries to move there.
I post a screen of the problem he has sent me.
The game is in spanish but if you look at the screen, on the top center you will see a message that translates to
"You cannot reach the destination from here"
From what he explains, this is what happens whenever he tries to move any blocade runner unit to any box.
Has somebody experienced this problem? any clue?
My only campaign with 1.09e was with the USA so had no blocade runners... but i have no problems with otheres ships types

I have his save game in case sombody (Pocus?) wants to check it...
Regards!

I can say that with a vanilla 1.09e I have no such problem in a 1861 April campaign moving either CSA or USA boats...

[arsan]

I can say that with a vanilla 1.09e I have no such problem in a 1861 April campaign moving either CSA or USA boats...

Hi
I think we can forget about this porblem. The player reported that a reinstall on AACW fixed everything.
It seem it was just somo corruption on his install or some messed file
False alarm, sorry!
Regards!

[bk6583]

"Quite right, the game auto-save the 24 last turns! Just tell me when and where it happened, in case I don't find"

Pocus,

I'd gone into Nov 63 and couldn't remember the turn for Lee at Fredrisksburg. However, I've attached one (one more coming) files to draw your attention to Chattanooga. I forget the CSA commander's name but you can see again it's got a strength of around 1100, yet instead of digging in in the mountains outside of Chatanooga, it, like Lee, seems content to hunker down inside Chatanooga, leaving the door open for me to move the two Union corps there and besiege it (once I give them a little rest). But even at full strength, that CSA corps, if dug in outside Chatanooga, would no doubt have been plenty to stop those two union corps. Your thoughts?

Regards,

Bob

[bk6583]

Second file.

[Pocus]

Thanks, I will see what is going on there.

[emu]

I'm using v1.09d at the moment and downloaded 1.09e before reading of the problems athena is having managing hq's. Is it worth applying this patch or should I wait?

Looking forward to some ai enhancements. I've noticed(like most others) athena invades KY, builds no depots, leaves key depots undefended, builds no forts(I don't either).

In my last game athena fell in love with ironclads and devoted a large percentage of the csa production to them. That oddity aside, athena does pretty well. She has some difficulty identifying weakly held cities and rolling them up the way a human player would so one can currently overextend when playing against her. This is a generality and not always true, especially when an isolated raider takes a city.

[Franciscus]

I'm using v1.09d at the moment and downloaded 1.09e before reading of the problems athena is having managing hq's. Is it worth applying this patch or should I wait?

Looking forward to some ai enhancements. I've noticed(like most others) athena invades KY, builds no depots, leaves key depots undefended, builds no forts(I don't either).

In my last game athena fell in love with ironclads and devoted a large percentage of the csa production to them. That oddity aside, athena does pretty well. She has some difficulty identifying weakly held cities and rolling them up the way a human player would so one can currently overextend when playing against her. This is a generality and not always true, especially when an isolated raider takes a city.

AI problems with HQ's (namely, she does build new army HQ but she does not form new armies/corps) are not specific to 1.09e. Probably it is a problem that's been there for a long time. I can say that a new patch with a much improved AI is in the works, and should, maybe, be ready during April.
1.09e is a good patch, but does not solve (or worsens) this problem.

Regards

[Pocus]

yes, the patches are incrementically better

bk6583: Thanks to your save, the AI is much more intelligent on this aspect of siege/retreat into town things.

[Turbo823]

Hi,

Is patch 109e worth playing considering all the problems with it? I mainly play against the AI but I don't want to waste my time if the AI is crippled by these bugs as some posts suggest.

[Pocus]

which bugs? There is no crashing bugs in 1.09e. If you speak of the AI, then you can wait indefinitively, because in 1.10, it will be weaker than in 1.11, and in 1.11 it will be weaker than in 1.12, etc. !

[arsan]

Hi,

Is patch 109e worth playing considering all the problems with it? I mainly play against the AI but I don't want to waste my time if the AI is crippled by these bugs as some posts suggest.

As Pocus says, there is no AI bug on 1.09e.
The AI had some problems with HQ since always and fortunately Pocus has managed to improve the AI HQ management a lot on the current beta patches for what i had experienced. So on the next official patch i hope the results will be much better.
But the AI on 1.09e is not worst that the one on 1.09 or 1.08, or 1.05.
In fact is the contrary: from patch to patch AGEOD works on improving the Ai
Most of us have been playing ( and enjoing the game) with this "problem" since a year ago. Its up to you to "waste" your time with this game or not, but i think that, as a new player, you can find the AI quite a challenge at least for some time.
Besides, patches are compatible, so you will be able to contnue playing the campaign with the new patch when it comes around.
Regards!

[W.Barksdale]

Is patch 109e worth playing considering all the problems with it? I mainly play against the AI but I don't want to waste my time if the AI is crippled by these bugs as some posts suggest.

AI on 1.09e is much improved. I've noticed many improvemnts over earlier versions.

[Turbo823]

Thanks for your replies to my question regarding the AI and your patience. I'm a newuser on AGEOD and I'm trying to learn the game and absorb all this information.

Regarding the Army HQ, couldn't the AI (Athena) just use the same system as in BOA while keeping the player within the current Army organization? The AI on BOA is really good and if I don't take cheap shots at the AI light garrisons, it is hard to beat!

[Gray_Lensman]

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[oldspec4]

For those interested:

AACW RR Accuracy MOD 20080419 (fast install).zip has been posted.

20080419 completes the rework of the Indiana RR lines and adds Fort Wayne, Indiana to the region (493 Allen, IN). Also the Toledo, Ohio structure was reassigned to the proper region it belongs to (398 Lucas, Ohio), it was previously misassigned to 451 Wayne, Michigan)

Regards and Enjoy

see: http://www.ageod-forum.com/showthread.php?p=52961#post52961 for details on downloading

As a Toledo, Ohio native (Lucas County), I Thank You

[gekkoguy82]

As a Toledo, Ohio native (Lucas County), I Thank You

boo ohio, go blue! (j/k)

[oldspec4]

boo ohio, go blue! (j/k)

It must be frustrating to watch the OSU/Michigan game ( American football for those not aware of this rivalry) the past few years if you're a "Blue" fan. Just kiddin'...actually I grew up in sight of the Michigan state line; and spent many good '60's party hours in Ann Arbor. BTW, how many people on this board do you think can pronounce "Ypsilanti" ?

[lodilefty]

'Eep-slanti'

[oldspec4]

'Eep-slanti'

Almost a winner "Ip-salanti" for the Michigan locals. Have heard Ypres (WW1) pronounced as "Eep" at times.

[lodilefty]

Almost a winner "Ip-salanti" for the Michigan locals. Have heard Ypres (WW1) pronounced as "Eep" at times.

I've heard documentaries claim the Tommies called it "Wipers"

[gekkoguy82]

Almost a winner "Ip-salanti" for the Michigan locals. Have heard Ypres (WW1) pronounced as "Eep" at times.

touche old spec, we'll get you soon though some locals also say ypsi "ipsi"... I live in nashville now anyway, no jobs in the mitten....so now I'm a yankee in the south my accent won't fool anyone.....