Global Superpowers Game Developers Blog

We are back up on PacTactics.com

2011-03-22T15:24:00.000-07:00

My web page is back up at PacTactics.com.

In GS Autoupdate, hit the "Options" button and change:

http://Home.PacBell.net/PackT/GlobalSuperpowers/Message.txt

to:

http://packtactics.com/GlobalSuperpowers/Message.txt

... and everything should be working again.

AT & T has decided to take home.pacbell.net down

2011-02-24T19:39:00.000-08:00

AT & T has decided to take home.pacbell.net down, telling its users to find a new host. Unfortunately, that is where I keep the updates for Global Superpowers. Therefore the game will be down until I find a new place to put my files.

Server Down: Hardware Failure

2011-02-20T10:45:00.000-08:00

Last week I lost the fan on the video card. The server will be down until I can either find another fan or scrounge up another video card.

Client Update: Score and Movement Update

2011-02-20T10:40:00.000-08:00

Version 1.76:

Score screen fixed to account for ties.
Fixed a problem with the move distance calculation for units inside organizations.

Server Update: Combat Messages

2011-01-21T13:10:00.000-08:00

When an officer is killed in battle, all players will now get the same name in their messages.

Help File Updated: Region Page

2011-01-17T17:33:00.000-08:00

Updated the Regions page in the help file to read:

Control of a sea region means that you have the largest naval presence in the region.

To take over a coastal sea region, you must have the greatest number of naval attack points in the region.

If no nations have any vessels with naval attack points, the program checks submarine attack points.

If no player has any combat ships or submarines in the region, the program checks the ownership of adjacent land regions.

If one player controls all adjacent land regions, they will also control the adjacent coastal sea regions.

Control of coastal sea regions are checked at the end of each turn.

Help File Updated: Resolving Combat

2011-01-17T17:28:00.000-08:00

Updated the "Resolving Combat" page of the manual to include the following text:

Units are sorted by morale so that the units with the lowest morale are targeted last. Your local commanders may decide that some units are so shot up, they may need to send incomplete units to the front. Units that are under construction take a larger morale hit for being in combat, so they should get rotated out once the others have a chance to recover some.

Help File Updated: Trade Page

2011-01-05T16:22:00.000-08:00

Added the following text to the Trade and Technology Pages:

When you trade technology, technology marked NOFORN and technology that the destination player already has will not be listed.

No problems found at this time.

2011-01-04T16:52:00.000-08:00

Checked for combat in the Yellow Sea and Sea of Japan around 11 Dec 1940. No problems found.

Client Update: Company Finance Page

2011-01-03T20:30:00.000-08:00

Removed erroneous profit line from nationalized companies. Resources from nationalized companies in the game go to the owner's resource centers instead of being sold to the market.

Server Update: Tech Effect

2010-12-31T14:18:00.000-08:00

You will no longer get negative construction complete percentages when your construction tech goes up. Units in the build queue will now get their build times updated when the build tech goes up.

Client Update: Disembark Window

2010-12-22T21:14:00.000-08:00

Version 1.72: Fixed the unit disembark window to highlight the target region when it populates the window with existing orders.

Server Update: Storage Unit Behavior

2010-12-20T19:40:00.000-08:00

When you capture a region, storage units under construction will now be captured and will no longer continue to fight with zero strength.

Client Update: Load Orders Behavior Change

2010-12-16T19:45:00.000-08:00

When you load an organization unit onto a ship, the orders of all subordinate units are now canceled. This prevents subordinate units with move orders from moving out of the unit when it loads and leaving the empty organizations on the transport ship.

Client Update: Travel Time Bug Fixed.

2010-12-11T18:24:00.000-08:00

Version 1.70: Fixed a logic error that was causing travel times to be miscalculated.

The game has begun advancing turns once more.

Server Update: Movement Bug Fix

2010-11-28T16:35:00.000-08:00

Fixed a problem with the combat movement code that would sometimes cause units to turn around and move back the direction they came from, occasionally drowning themselves if they had been unloaded from ships.

Game halted.

2010-11-25T21:16:00.001-08:00

The game server is currently not incrementing turns while I track down a movement bug.

Client Update: New Score Screen

2010-11-25T21:15:00.000-08:00

I completed the latest version of the score screen. The screen is accessed from the main menu under "View". The game now awards points for being number one in various categories.

Client Update: Company Orders

2010-10-17T17:14:00.000-07:00

Fixed an error that was keeping the 'None' button from canceling company nationalization orders. Thanks to Bryce for pointing this one out.

Server Update: Message Text Correction

2010-10-14T21:13:00.000-07:00

Fixed an error in the text of the message that is generated whenever a company goes 30 days without being sold.

Manual Update: Main Menu

2010-10-13T19:35:00.000-07:00

Updated the manual page for the Main Menu. Updated the View section to include the tip of the day.

Client Update.

2010-10-12T22:18:00.000-07:00

The main tree view now groups independent units under their own category instead of dumping them under the region category. This allows access to the independent region-player-unit page.

The help file has been updated to cover company construction.

Game 14 Has Started

2010-10-11T16:01:00.000-07:00

Game 14 Has Started.

The Players:

Japan - Carl Cullum
Argentina - James Eniti
USSR - Dave Swan
Great Britain - Bryce Zimpfer
United States - Don Adams

The Warlord AI and I will run everything else.

The first turn is scheduled for next Sunday at Midnight.

Client Update: Tip of the Day

2010-10-07T16:15:00.000-07:00

Added a Tip of the Day feature to the game start.

Thanks to Hans Dietrich at The Code Project for his excellent Tip of the Day class.

Client Update: Bomb Supply Lines

2010-10-03T11:20:00.000-07:00

Added a relations column to the bomb supply lines target selector.

Added the following text to the "Unit Orders" section of the manual: "Bombers will only target the supply lines of enemy units within the region, allied and neutral supply lines are ignored."

Added a tool tip to the bomb supply lines target selector.

Scenario File Updated.

2010-09-30T21:33:00.000-07:00

Submarine attack strengths are now about twice what they were.

Starting resource storage starts filled instead of empty.

Client Update.

2010-09-26T15:15:00.000-07:00

Added a size column to the unit info view.
Fixed an error in the unit construction time display.

Added an explanation for the Region-Nation-Units View to the help file.

Client Update: Unit Reports

2010-09-24T16:41:00.000-07:00

Fixed a typo in the region units report that was causing the columns to be misaligned from their headers.

Added a Region-Nation-Units View to the main view pane. When you select a nation under a region on the unit selector tree, you now get a list of all of the units in that region belonging to that player in the main info pane with total strengths listed.

Client Update: Cargo Bars

2010-09-19T19:22:00.000-07:00

Set the background color of the cargo load bars to be a known color instead of relying on the players' default.

Client Update: Moving into Neurtal Regions

2010-09-19T13:30:00.000-07:00

Giving orders to move into a neutral region will no longer cause you to declare war on the owner of the region. You will still be attacked, but it no longer changes your relations setting.

Client Update: Creating New Companies

2010-09-15T21:53:00.000-07:00

Relaxed the cash reserve requirements for issuing orders to create new companies. You no longer have to have enough cash on hand to complete a company's construction before starting the construction project.

Server Update: Build Priority

2010-09-13T21:09:00.000-07:00

The new unit build priority order (including halt construction) now works correctly.

Game updates

2010-09-09T21:54:00.000-07:00

Fixed a problem with the AI that was causing pirate fleets to move off the map.

Added "Construction Halted" to the unit notes column of the new unit page for units that it applies to.

Client Update: Tech Tab Change

2010-09-02T21:30:00.000-07:00

Made the tech tab's sort persistent.

Server Update: Bug Fix

2010-08-29T19:00:00.000-07:00

Fixed the 0-Value subsidy bug that was causing an assertion on the server.

The server is back up running a test game.

Saturday Playtest Complete.

2010-08-29T10:37:00.000-07:00

Thanks everyone for the Saturday playtest session. We found a lot of things to fix before the next game as well a few long term changes to make.

The server is currently down.

Thanks: Bryce, Carl and James for your efforts.

Client Update: Build New Unit Bug

2010-08-22T16:45:00.000-07:00

Fixed an initialization problem that would show when you changed unit types in the new unit wizard.

Game update

2010-08-14T14:35:00.000-07:00

Updated the help file to show terrain info.

Fixed a bug in the server that was preventing players from capturing coastal sea regions.

Client Update: Disband Unit Orders

2010-08-12T14:24:00.000-07:00

Disbanding organizations now disband the entire organization.

Client Update: Trade Dialog

2010-08-12T12:35:00.000-07:00

New transactions with the market now default to "Approved".

Client Update: User Interface Changes

2010-08-02T23:35:00.001-07:00

Fixed the map buttons so they remember their positions between sessions.

Added the map selection to the main menu.

You can now move units out onto the ice.

2010-08-01T16:41:00.000-07:00

Units may now move out onto ice covered seas. Added code for drowning units when the ice melts.

Server Update: The Ice Caps Now Change.

2010-07-20T23:55:00.000-07:00

The ice caps now grow and shrink according to the seasons.

Map Changes: Reworked the Arctic Ocean

2010-07-17T17:57:00.000-07:00

I split the Arctic Ocean region in half to create the West and East Arctic Oceans and added the Laptev and Kara seas to the map.

Server update: Added region population increase.

2010-07-11T18:26:00.000-07:00

The population of the regions will now vary over time.

Rewrote the economic growth code.

2010-07-09T17:12:00.000-07:00

I just finished rewriting the economic growth code and incidentally fixed a bug where you were getting 100X the growth you should have been getting for building companies.

Manual Update: Score

2010-07-01T21:13:00.000-07:00

The Score Window

Selecting "Score" on the Main Menu brings up the score window.

Items counted on the score window are only what is visible to your units. For example, if one of your enemies has 100 transport ships somewhere in the pacific that you have not spotted, they will not be counted on the score window under naval cargo space.

Cleaned up new icons.

2010-06-24T15:09:00.000-07:00

I cleaned up the new icons so they look better on the new technology page.

Manual Update: Technology

2010-06-17T22:31:00.000-07:00

Updated the technology page in the manual today.

Technology

The types of equipment you can build for your units as well as the kinds of installations you can construct is determined by what technology you possess.

Some technology obsoletes previously researched equipment or gives new abilities to or upgrades existing equipment.

Researching new technology is done by using the Tech Tab on the Nation Info View.

See also Equipment, Nation Info View and Units.

Army Technology

Infantry Tech

Infantry technology is labeled "Small Arms-1" though "Small Arms-7". Each level grants access to new equipment that has an increase in ground combat strength (both attack and defence) over it's predecessor as well as an increase in bomber defense.

Armor Tech

Armor technology is labeled "Armor-1" though "Armor-7". Each level grants access to new equipment that has an increase in ground combat strength (both attack and defence) over it's predecessor as well as an increase in bomber defense.

Artillery Tech

Artillery technology is labeled "Artillery-18" through "Artillery-60". Each level grants access to new equipment that has an increase in ground or sea combat strength (both attack and defence) over it's predecessor

Antiaircraft Tech

Antiaircraft technology is labeled "Antiaircraft-1" through "Antiaircraft-5". Each level grants access to new equipment that has an increase in antiaircraft combat strength. The new equipment also has an increase in ground combat strength as well as bomber defense strength.

Air Force Technology

Bomber Tech

Bomber technology is labeled "Bomber-1" through "Bomber-6". Each level
grants access to new aircraft that has an increase in air-to-ground combat strength. The new aircraft will usually also have an increase in range, air-to-air combat strength and an increase to it's vision
attribute.

Fighter Tech

Fighter technology is labeled "Fighter-1" through "Fighter-5" and "Jet Fighter-1" through "Jet Fighter-3". Each level grants access to new aircraft that has an increase in air-to-air combat strength. The new aircraft will usually also have an increase in range, air-to-ground combat strength and an increase to it's vision attribute.

Recon Tech

Recon technology is labeled "Recon-1" through "Recon-5". Each level grants a +30% increase to air reconnaissance spotting of new and existing units.

Navy Technology

Battleship Tech

Battleship technology is labeled "Battleship-06" through "Battleship-50".
Each level grants access to new ship hulls that have an increase in sea defense. Increases in offensive ability is provided by the artillery tech. The new ships will also have a higher bomber and submarine defense.

Cruiser Tech

Cruiser technology is labeled "Cruiser-14" through "Cruiser-50".
Each level grants access to new ship hulls that have an increase in
sea defense. Increases in offensive ability is provided by the artillery tech. The new ships will also have a higher bomber and submarine defense.

Destroyer Tech

Destroyer technology is labeled "Destroyer-17" through "Destroyer-50".
Each level grants access to new ship hulls that have an increase in sea defense. Increases in offensive ability is provided by the artillery tech. The new ships will also have a higher bomber and submarine defense.

Aircraft Carrier Tech

Destroyer technology is labeled "Aircraft Carrier-14" through "Aircraft Carrier-60". Each level grants access to new ship hulls that have an increase in the number of aircraft that they can carry. The new ships will also have a higher sea, bomber and submarine defense.

Submarine Tech

Submarine technology is labeled "Submarine-20" through "Submarine-42",
"Electroboats" and "Fast Attack Subs". Each level grants access to new submarines that have an increase in their submarine attack and defense values. There is also a "Torpedo Upgrade" which increases the attack value of new and existing submarines and "The Schnorkel" which increases their defense value.

Antisubmarine Tech

Antisubmarine technology is labeled "ASW-30" through "ASW-50".
Each level grants an additional +50% Attack strength agianst submarines for any unit that can attack submarines.

Targeting Tech

"Advanced Optical Targeting" grants a +50% Ship's gun attack
strength for new and existing ships.

"Decimetric Naval Artillery Radar" and "Centimetric Naval Artillery Radar" each grant an additional +50% Ship's gun attack strength and double the effectiveness of antiaircraft fire for new and existing ships.

Industrial Technology

Improved Machine Tools

Grants a 5% increase in the speed manufacturing all units.

Advanced Machine Tools

Grants an additional 5% increase in the speed manufacturing all units.

Small Arms Assembly Line

Grants an additional 10% increase in the speed of construction of infantry units.

Vehicle Assembly Line

Grants an additional 10% increase in the speed of construction of armor and artillery units.

Aircraft Assembly Line

Grants an additional 10% increase in the speed of construction of all air units.

Ship Assembly Line

Grants an additional 10% increase in the speed of construction of all naval units.

Military Doctrine

All of the doctrine techs obsolete each other, so you may only have one in force at a time.

Army Supremacy Doctrine

"You don't own territory until you have stationed an 18 year old with a rifle on it." The Army gets the best and the brightest, granting a 5% bonus to land unit and antiaircraft combat strength.

Naval Supremacy Doctrine

"75% of the Earth is covered by water, if you control the oceans, you control the Earth." The Navy gets the best and the brightest, granting a 5% bonus to all naval combat strengths.

Air Supremacy Doctrine

"Control the air and you control the land below it." The Air Force gets the best and the brightest, granting a 5% bonus to all types of air combat strength.

Artillery Tech Rework Complete

2010-05-23T15:44:00.000-07:00

Today I completed testing the new artillery tech tree. For the first time in about six months the server is once again in working order.

Destroyer Tech Rework Complete

2010-04-19T20:41:00.000-07:00

The destroyers have a new tech tree and have all been updated to the new stats.

Client Update

2010-01-21T14:57:00.000-08:00

I cleaned up the equipment info view. Fixed things like making sure all the columns were justified the same way and added commas to some of the large number fields to improve readability.

Fixed a math error on the unit status tab that was giving the wrong sea combat strength for unit components. The view listed did not include the player's tech effect.

Cruiser Tech Rework Complete

2010-01-19T10:09:00.000-08:00

I finished the cruiser tech rework this morning.

Battleship Tech Rework Complete

2009-12-23T22:29:00.000-08:00

The new battleship tech is done and tested.

New Battleship Tech Nearly Done

2009-12-03T18:36:00.000-08:00

The new battleship tech is nearly done. There is a new tech tree, a new equipment list and new unit types. I still need to get the obsolete equipment to drop off the list correctly, but everything else is working.

Depending on your tech level, you can build everything from a HMS Dreadnought class ship to the (Never built) USS Montana.

There is also naval targeting tech, allowing the offensive capabilty of older ships to go up after they are in service.

Latest News.

2009-11-04T15:15:00.000-08:00

This last week I have been mostly working on tool programming and working on the new tech editor within in the game editor. There is nothing visible from a user standpoint, but its effects will be.

Client Update: Saving Unit Lists

2009-10-04T16:03:00.001-07:00

Added the ability to save the unit lists as a .csv file so they can be loaded into Excel or other programs that read .csv files.

Client Update

2009-09-26T16:18:00.000-07:00

The antisubmarine warfare values for organizations are now displayed correctly.

Bug Fix

2009-09-24T21:13:00.000-07:00

Fixed a problem where you could not always cancel an organization's add unit order.

Updated Manual

2009-09-24T20:06:00.000-07:00

Updated the trade page of the manual to read:

Trade

Trade is important to a superpower, it allows you to gain things you need without having to go to war to get them.

You can trade resources, companies, technology, units and regions for cash. Resources and companies can be sold to the market or other players. Technology, units and regions can only be traded to other players.

A transaction will not be executed until both sides approve it.

When buying resources, you must have enough storage to hold the resources purchased. If you do not have enough room to store what you have purchased, your government will only buy enough to top off your storage.

The market price for resources is set entirely by supply and demand. For example, if the grain price is rising, it means that more is being purchased from the market than is being produced. Keep in mind that this is also affected by the sales and purchaces of the other players.

Trading an organization also trades any units contained within it.

When you trade an incomplete unit to another player, they may not be able to finish construction on that unit unless they have the technology for it.

Help File Updated and Server Down.

2009-09-20T15:43:00.000-07:00

Updated the help file to include the new score window and task list.

Took down the server.

End of Campaign Thirteen: Final Scores

2009-09-18T17:26:00.000-07:00

Geography:

Most Regions: Italy 48 / 150
Whole Continents: USA 3 / 7
Largest Population: Japan 815,485,915 / 2,912,699,770

Military:

Land Combat Attack Strength: USA 1,064,270 / 1,941,134
Air to Air Combat Strength: Japan 14,903 / 31,828
Bomber Strength: Japan 521,942 / 798,559
Regions in Bomber Range: Italy 141 / 169
Sea Combat Strength: Japan 311.6 / 702.4
Naval Cargo Space: Italy 6,766,920 / 18,878,337

Economics:

Share of Grain Produced: USA 118.8 / 248.2
Share of Oil Produced: Britain 638.8 / 1,422.8
Share of Minerals Produced: USA 135.4 / 317.5

For the first time, in this game at the end oil was plentiful, but grain was in short supply, selling at over 200,000 per unit.

A note on the most regions score, in the future we will be counting land and sea regions separately.

The server is down and will be until the start of the next game.

Score Window Updated

2009-09-12T11:16:00.000-07:00

Added economic data and a diplomatic section to the score window.

Working on the server version that will produce the definitive score.

Work Continues on the Score Screen.

2009-09-05T18:56:00.000-07:00

The score window is a little more complete, still not done, but getting there.

Be advised that the score screen only shows what you can see. If someone else has more of something, and it is not visible to you, it is not considered in the score.

Client Update

2009-08-27T19:09:00.000-07:00

Added a region home page. Reworked the region storage page and added separate icon column so you can now sort by icon.

Added a score window to the view item on the main menu.

Client Update

2009-08-15T13:52:00.000-07:00

Added construction time to the unit type info view.

Transaction and Budget Page Changes

2009-08-14T22:57:00.000-07:00

I changed the way the market approval check boxes work. They now indicate weather or not the market will approve the transaction next turn rather than weather or not the transaction was approved last turn.

The budget page now shows the results of the transaction only if both sides have approved the transaction rather than always showing it if you have approved it.

Hardware Failure

2009-08-13T23:54:00.000-07:00

I Got a CPU overheat alarm on the server last night and shut down the system and went back to bed.

It turned out that the CPU heat sink was clogged with dust and wasn't letting any air through.

I blew out the heat sink and cleaned the fan and we were up and running again this afternoon.

Client Update: Transaction Rules

2009-08-09T17:31:00.000-07:00

You can no longer create orders to sell the same company, region or unit to two or more other players.

Client Update

2009-08-09T11:10:00.000-07:00

Removed the unused quantity edit box from the "Create Storage" dialog.

Client Update

2009-08-08T17:05:00.000-07:00

Increased the precision on the company expansion orders page. If the expansion capacity is less than one, the edit text box now defaults to that number instead of 1.00.

Added Missing Equipment

2009-08-07T21:26:00.001-07:00

Added the rest of the missing tech-7 bombers and tanks to the equipment database.

New British Submarines

2009-07-19T16:38:00.000-07:00

Added the British Porpoise and Oberon class submarines to the equipment list.

Server Update: Load and Unload Messages

2009-07-18T16:36:00.000-07:00

Adjusted the text of the load and unload transports message to make it clearer as to who's ships are being loaded.

Server Update

2009-07-17T15:59:00.000-07:00

Cleaned up some of the text on the transaction message, added commas to the quantity fields.

Manual Updated: The Storage Tab

2009-07-17T15:52:00.000-07:00

Updated the text of the Storage tab section of the Region Info View section of the manual to read:

The Storage Tab

The far right tab is the storage tab. This is where you can see the region's resource storage capacity and add additional storage.

Clicking on the button labeled "Build" will pull up a dialog that allows you to create additional storage for this region.

To build storage units with a greater capacity than one, adjust the quantity on the second (Select Unit Equipment) page.

Lots of Changes

2009-07-16T20:58:00.000-07:00

While I was on vacation and was free from interruptions I made a whole bunch of changes to the game:

Added a message in mail to show that an air mission has failed due to enemy interference.
Fixed the missing "The server is busy incrementing the turn" dialog.
Fixed an error in the code for the open company order that kept it from being executed.
Consolidated the context menu (Right Click) code on all of the company lists. Added "Show My Companies" and "Show Others' Companies" to the context menu. Removed the redundant "Show Only Nationalized Companies" check box from the national government company tab.
Added the ability to build large capacity storage units.

Manual Updated: Nation Info View, Build Queue

2009-07-02T22:35:00.000-07:00

The Build Queue section of the manual has been updated to:

The Build Queue Tab

The build queue tab has six columns available:

The unit's icon

The unit's build order

The unit's name

The region the unit is in

The unit's build priority

When the unit is scheduled to be complete

A unit's build order is the order in which the order to construct this unit was issued. The oldest order is number one.

The unit's build priority is the priority the unit gets resources. Priority one units get access to resources before any other units. The default priority is "3".

To change a unit's build priority, right click on the unit and select "Change Priority". You can also select "Halt" which will put the unit's construction on hold.

The column labeled "complete" is when the unit is scheduled to be complete. Resource shortages will cause this date to be pushed out to a later date.

The columns can be rearranged according to your preferences by dragging them to a new position. To restore them to defaults, right click on the list and select "Reset to Defaults".

Client Update

2009-07-02T08:40:00.001-07:00

Added a unit completion date column to the build queue page.

Client Update

2009-06-28T15:01:00.000-07:00

Lightened the stockpile bars on the government info page to enhance readability.

Client Update

2009-06-26T21:56:00.000-07:00

The 'Hold' order is now uploaded correctly.
Join organization no longer lists other players' organizations.

Transaction Report Updated

2009-06-25T20:19:00.000-07:00

I cleaned up the text in the transaction report. It now shows the current prices of the commodities. I also fixed an error in the text for failed transactions.

Client Update

2009-06-24T14:55:00.000-07:00

Added the unit name(s) to the final approval page of the build unit wizard.

Client Update

2009-06-22T17:19:00.000-07:00

You can now only upload orders after downloading the current turn from the server. You can no longer load a locally saved game, edit orders and upload them to the server.

Company Expansion Window Fixed

2009-06-22T16:21:00.000-07:00

The new production edit box on the company expansion window now rounds correctly.

Rule Change: Region Capture

2009-06-21T13:12:00.000-07:00

Units under construction no longer vanish like soap bubbles when a region changes hands. They are now marked complete with their current equipment and training status. They will loose half of their morale due to being dumped out of training and being sent into battle without all of their equipment.

Naval units still will be either captured or scuttled, depending on the luck of the capturing player.

Server Update: Change to the Combat Messages

2009-06-20T14:56:00.001-07:00

I added supply and morale information to the combat messages. There was no change to how combat was calculated, the mail just shows more information now.

Manual Updated: Combat Strength

2009-06-20T14:29:00.000-07:00

The combat strength section of the combat page of the manual now reads:

Combat Strength

The first step in resolving combat is calculating the combat strength of a side in battle. The strength of each unit on a side is added together to calculate that side's total combat strength. The strength of each unit modified by the following factors:

Previous losses - A unit may be already damaged.

Morale - Morale is the state of mind of the troops; Their attitude toward their prospects of success and confidence in their side's abilities. Large relative differences in morale have a devastating effect on combat performance.

The effect of morale is = 0.2 + 0.8 * Morale / 100.0

Supply - The unit may be cut off from supply and may be short of food, fuel and ammunition. A units fighting ability is not substantially reduced by small shortages of supplies. A unit will fight at full strength as long as they can get 65% of their needed supplies. After that, strength drops off linearly until they are fighting at 35% of their normal strength.

Air Power Limits - There is a limit to how much air support is useful. The maximum air combat strength that is applied to a battle is three times the ground combat strength.

Change to Trade Tab

2009-06-19T19:29:00.000-07:00

The trade page for other players is no longer disabled. Disabling the list control was preventing the scroll bar from working. Instead of disabling it, I am now blocking the 'Insert' and 'delete' keyboard shortcuts and mouse clicks in the client area so players still can not edit other players' trade transactions.

Server Update

2009-06-18T19:54:00.000-07:00

Initialized the Independent player to be friendly to all unowned (warlord) regions. This should prevent strangeness like when Yakutsk was bombing its own supply lines in September of 1941.

Manual Updated

2009-06-18T16:18:00.000-07:00

Made the Air Superiority text clearer on the Unit Orders page, it now reads:

Air Superiority

Assign aircraft to an air superiority role. They will attack any intruding aircraft and protect ground units from air attack.

Air superiority refers to the dominance of one force over another in an air battle. Air superiority allows the dominating power to conduct land, sea, and air operations at a given time and place without prohibitive interference by the opposing force.

The side with air superiority in a region also gets a bonus towards ground combat in that region.

If an enemy nation has air superiority over your one of your regions, you cannot fly "Drop Bombs" or "Bomb Supply Line" missions out of that region.

Time Warp

2009-06-14T15:00:00.000-07:00

We lost two turns this afternoon to an unknown cause.

Orders uploaded between 10:00 and 14:20 today will need to be reloaded.

Also be advised that we hit 10,740 units today. With that many records everything takes longer, especially game turnovers and downloading. When two players try to download at the same time, my bandwidth chokes and it looks like a lockup at the player end. Just wait it out and it will speed up once you are both not trying to download at the same time.

Fixed an Error in the Company Transaction Code.

2009-06-14T14:57:00.000-07:00

You should be able to cancel nationalization and privatization company orders now.

Manual Updated

2009-06-11T18:01:00.000-07:00

Added the "Various" order to the manual and updated the bomb target order to read:

Bomb Target

Assign aircraft to hit ground targets.

When you select the "Bomb Target" order, the target tree control will appear allowing you to select one or more targets for the bomber. When you select multiple targets, the bomber will hit one of the selected targets at random. You can only bomb targets in one region at a time.

If you select all of the units in a region as targets, the program generates an "Attack all Enemies in the Region" order. If any additional units are detected, they will also be targeted.

When there are no targets available that meet the selection criteria, such as when the target is destroyed or moves out of the region, the server cancels the unit's bomb order.

Server update

2009-06-08T17:30:00.000-07:00

Changed the order validation code in the server to delete the oldest order instead of the newest order when it finds a unit with two incompatible orders.

Client Update

2009-06-08T15:30:00.000-07:00

Changed the code when assigning movement to clear all of a units old orders before assigning a new move order. Sometimes when a new move order was given, it would just append the new move order to a unit's order list.

Client Update

2009-06-07T21:23:00.000-07:00

Added a range column to the Player Equipment Tab. You can now sort equipment by it's range.

Added the "Various" order

2009-05-29T19:53:00.000-07:00

Added the "Various" order for organizations for when their component units have different orders from each other.

The order is for display purposes only, you cannot give a unit the "Various" order.

Bomber Target Selector Fixed

2009-05-16T13:59:00.000-07:00

Fixed a bug in the bomber target code to generate the correct unit orders when a player deselects a target check box.

Client Update

2009-05-10T11:57:00.000-07:00

Added a range column to the unit component screen.