Potzblitz V24.2b JAN 1st 2024

[Robotron]

From what I puzzled together the crash was caused by an airstrike getting intercepted. The value for the intercepting air unit got corrupted, most likely due to a "nil" ("nothing") value caused by that unit's air ace not having an "air attack" stat. This is puzzling because of course all air aces do have an "air attack" stat. This might be caused by a corruption of the internal list of unit commanders if several commanders from a nation are killed/removed during the same turn. Without a savegame to verify this it's hard to tell though.

It's also my observation that the game tends to become rather unstable if savegames are reloaded multiple times within the same session so don't do that.

[Wolf001]

It's probably due to the aces then. I had Immelmann and the Russians had Kazakov near where I was attacking.

I've found out unfortunately sometimes that the game becomes unstable when reloading. I have a bad habit forgetting to do a move or spend diplomatic points before ending a turn. Early in the last game I forgot to move the Goeben and Breslau and had to reload a few other times.

I went ahead and finished the game using a previous save and won on turn sixty one. I probably could have won earlier if I would've unlocked more commanders however I didn't get a Kaiser Celebrates event till capturing Paris. I finally unlocked von Eirchorn a turn before. I focused less on artillery this playthrough and didn't reach the kill counts I normally do.

I encountered Q-Ships twice during the game the event pop up said "event_QShips_title" and description "event_QShips_descr"

For the Ottoman efficiency in the Sinai desert did that also include the two hexes between Gaza an Aqaba? The units I put on the hex next to Aqaba seemed to take more of a beating then usual.

Because I possibly/probably made the game unstable with my few reloads I'm going to start another game and if I forget to do something not bother to reload. The glitch for the aircraft for instance might have been because of me. I don't want to waste your time looking at glitches that you don't need to.

[Robotron]

You can reload as much as you like without having to worry about instability if you first quit the game and launch the game again before reloading.
Only if you reload within the same session things might become increasingly volatile, at least that's been my experience...better safe than sorry.

The raised efficiency loss applies to all dunes hexes but not the desert hexes.

Oh, and it seems I forgot to properly label the event picture and text for the Q-Ships, that's why it looked so strange.

I fixed this in a micro-update V12.5a and also raised artillery upkeep PP from 1 to 3.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xjD5EB ... _mIge/view

[Wolf001]

If I play the Defense Planning event for Austria von Francois wouldn't show up correct? I started a new came and played the first three turns (with the Defense Planning event) before stopping saved and closed out of the game. When I started back and the Russian attack began I got the von Francois disobeying orders message. The A.I selected the full Russian mobilization event if that makes any difference.

[Robotron]

If I play the Defense Planning event for Austria von Francois wouldn't show up correct? I

No, there is no connection between the two. He may be randomly unlocked once the Russian attack begins.

[Wolf001]

That's a relief, thanks Robotron!

On to the next question. On my turn after the Russian attack I got the Battle of Tannenberg attack and unlocked Hindenburg. Ended the turn and on my next turn noticed von Prittwitz was not removed from play. Is that something that can occur? I have the save from the turn I got the Battle of Tannenberg, end turn save and the next turn if you need any of them.

[Robotron]

Dang!

That should not have happened, he should have been removed. I must have overlooked a loophole.

Please upload the savegame from before the Tannenberg battle so I can check what's caused this.

[Wolf001]

Here is the save game file.

I attacked the Russian cavalry unit at hex 112,20 with the cavalry unit at 111,19, von Francois at 112,19 then moved Prittwitz to hex 113,18 and got the Tannenberg event and Hindenburg. I then attached Hindenburg to the army corps at 108,22. Moved the reserve corps at 114,18 to 113,18, deployed an army corps at 113,17 and repaired the two reserve corps at 114,17 and 115,17. Not sure if any of this information will be relevant to closing the loophole but its there if you need it.

[Robotron]

Now it should work as designed. You can copy/paste the new version over your installation and continue the campaign.

PotzBlitz V12.5b
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1c45GdE ... f3Bqp/view

[Wolf001]

Appreciate the fast fix Robotron.

[Wolf001]

What's the earliest the "Breakthrough against all odds" should happen? The event played on turn eleven. If I remember correctly Japan declared war on turn three or maybe four.

[Robotron]

Turn 11 is pretty much on average this should happen ingame and also fits the "would be"-historical date if Spee had indeed evaded his pursuers.

The East Asia outcome depends upon if Goeben was sent or not and if Tsingtao was ceded or not:


Goeben Pacific? + Tsingtao ceded? = Result
NO + NO = most probably Graf Spee sunk, else appears in Atlantic about turn 11; spawns damaged Armoured Cruiser
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YES + NO = Graf Spee guaranteed breakthrough about turn 6-8; spawns damaged Battlecruiser and Armoured Cruiser
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NO + YES = escape attempt delayed until mid-late 1915, low chance for success; delays Entente landing in Egypt until then, maybe allowing early capture of Suez by Ottomans
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YES + YES = Graf Spee stays in Pacific and may have Japan join CP in late game in "2nd Russo-Japanese War"; delays Entente landing in Egypt until capture of German African colonies (1916?)
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

[Wolf001]

Thanks for answering.

I need to start a new campaign and not the previous one I sent you correct?

[Robotron]

You can continue your campaign from the "before Tannenberg" savegame you sent me.

Because only the Prittwitz issue was fixed there is no danger in applying the V12.5b update on your campaign already in progress.

[Wolf001]

That's a relief. Hopefully I don't come across anymore loopholes for the remainder of this playthrough.

[Wolf001]

Started a new campaign the previous one was played too sloppy early in the game. Do you mind taking a look at this end save before Russia attacks? The A.I played the full Russian mobilization event. I played the Defense Planning event and did my usual deployment in Galicia and East Prussia. On the turn Russia attacks the A.I isn't attacking other then Tarnopol. Is it just because the Ottoman's are very close to entering the war and the Shelling of Sevastopol event could be in the event pool? I brought this up before and didn't have a save available for you to look at but this time I do.

[Robotron]

The AI is playing cautious in the east because you had 4 additional turns to reposition, dig in and send extra units. It would attack more recklessly if it sensed it had a chance to actually break through which is near impossible at this stage.

[uzbek2012]

THE LEGEND OF THE ITALIAN NAVY. THE COMMANDER OF THE TORPEDO BOAT THAT SANK THE BATTLESHIP


https://zen.yandex.ru/media/id/5cc08a42 ... 28730f890c

[Robotron]

I'll add that incident as a late-game Italian event in the next update. It will cause 5 points of damage to an Austrian BB or B in port.

[Wolf001]

The AI is playing cautious in the east because you had 4 additional turns to reposition, dig in and send extra units. It would attack more recklessly if it sensed it had a chance to actually break through which is near impossible at this stage.

Got it.

Finished my campaign with victory in October 1917 thanks to starving Britain out of the war. Only had one problem that I assume is due to the way the code works. The "Naval Raid" event was played by the A.I and Antwerp was captured one turn later Britain surrendered before I could take it back. I'm assuming the hex went back to Belgium which had surrendered and couldn't be taken back.