Potzblitz V25.0 OCT 18th 2024

[Robotron]

So, now that we've hopefully dealt with the issue of Serbia being too strong early on, let me bring on another issue that's been bugging me recently.

Both "Austrian Siege Howitzers" and "Organise Defense of Galicia" reduce AHs rail transport capability to 0, yet both are playable (excluding the Schlieffen scenario where Organise Defense of Galiciae is not allowed).

This stands in stark contrast to the efficiency of the narrow-gauge railway system used in most parts of AH which was seriously underdeveloped.
https://www.hsozkult.de/conferencereport/id/fdkn-126688
Quote from the text:

In comparison, Austria-Hungary had many gaps in its railway system, and there was no railway line following the border. Such infrastructural issues like a weak connection between Galicia and Hungary and a lack of any connection between Transylvania, Galicia and Bukovina had a negative influence on warfare.

How about making Howitzers and Galicia Defense mutually exclusive, meaning : play one and you can't play the other. This would provide more interesting choices.

I'm fully aware that this proposal might sound unpopular at first but of course some kind of workaround or compensation is possible.

I'm open to suggestions.

[Wolf001]

Playing the Moltke-Schlieffen Plan as the Entente vs. AI. The AI is able to move the army corps with Dankl attached on the first turn to the Serbian front and he is not removed from the unit for disobeying orders.

edit it has also moved von Kovesshaza to the Serb front as well.

[Robotron]

I can't punish the AI for doing the same dumb thing as the player, because the AI can't be properly controlled and has not been taught history.

[Wolf001]

Not a problem Robotron. I've just never have had the AI send those two commanders to the Serb front in any game I've played before.

I have found a glitch in Moltke-Schlieffen Entente vs. CP. If the British Warning to Germany is triggered either by trying to get Belgium to yield or played from the event pool Britain is not declaring war when Germany invades Belgium.

[Robotron]

Okay, can reproduce it, must make some tests why this is happening.

[Vonhutier]

Maybe the British don’t want to fight?

This is Wolf001 I had to switch to my CTGW login. Tried to use my Wolf001 login by resetting the password but I’m still waiting on the password reset email. I might keep this one just so I don’t have two accounts to keep track of.

[Robotron]

What has happened? Why can't you login onto your old account?

Anyway, to answer your question: the whole "declaration of war" procedure is a complicated mess dating back to the original version of the game so there was a loophole in singleplayer mode vs. CP AI that caused the problem you encountered. I've rewritten that part now so it will work correctly.

I hope you can wait until I've gotten some sleep because it's very late here. ^^

[Wolf001]

Got the account fixed. I think it was something server side with Slitherine or I need to get some sleep and I was entering something incorrect.

[Umeu]

Okay then, let's keep the experience untouched and Bojovic in from the start.

Diplo point modifier was removed, because it will potentially ruin CP diplo for turn 2 which is critically important (Goeben, Violation of Neutrality, Redeploy) and CP has no measure to prevent this from happening.

So we have:

- "Serbia shall not bow" resource bonus reduced to 3D6, +2 diplo on turn 2 remain

- Austrian units around Temeschburg get maximum entrenchment (which is 3 for the Steppe and 4 for the Grassland terrain hexes)

- invading Austria does not change any diplomatic points values for either side

- invading Austria unlocks Hötzendorf

I think that's fair enough. Though I don't like Serbia not getting diplo points for invading. Entente can only send 2 events before t3 now. But let's see how it goes.

[Umeu]

So, now that we've hopefully dealt with the issue of Serbia being too strong early on, let me bring on another issue that's been bugging me recently.

Both "Austrian Siege Howitzers" and "Organise Defense of Galicia" reduce AHs rail transport capability to 0, yet both are playable (excluding the Schlieffen scenario where Organise Defense of Galiciae is not allowed).

This stands in stark contrast to the efficiency of the narrow-gauge railway system used in most parts of AH which was seriously underdeveloped.
https://www.hsozkult.de/conferencereport/id/fdkn-126688
Quote from the text:

In comparison, Austria-Hungary had many gaps in its railway system, and there was no railway line following the border. Such infrastructural issues like a weak connection between Galicia and Hungary and a lack of any connection between Transylvania, Galicia and Bukovina had a negative influence on warfare.

How about making Howitzers and Galicia Defense mutually exclusive, meaning : play one and you can't play the other. This would provide more interesting choices.

I'm fully aware that this proposal might sound unpopular at first but of course some kind of workaround or compensation is possible.

I'm open to suggestions.

I'm fine with that in principle. But need to see what that means for Austria if they get Hotzbammed.

[Wolf001]

So, now that we've hopefully dealt with the issue of Serbia being too strong early on, let me bring on another issue that's been bugging me recently.

Both "Austrian Siege Howitzers" and "Organise Defense of Galicia" reduce AHs rail transport capability to 0, yet both are playable (excluding the Schlieffen scenario where Organise Defense of Galiciae is not allowed).

This stands in stark contrast to the efficiency of the narrow-gauge railway system used in most parts of AH which was seriously underdeveloped.
https://www.hsozkult.de/conferencereport/id/fdkn-126688
Quote from the text:

In comparison, Austria-Hungary had many gaps in its railway system, and there was no railway line following the border. Such infrastructural issues like a weak connection between Galicia and Hungary and a lack of any connection between Transylvania, Galicia and Bukovina had a negative influence on warfare.

How about making Howitzers and Galicia Defense mutually exclusive, meaning : play one and you can't play the other. This would provide more interesting choices.

I'm fully aware that this proposal might sound unpopular at first but of course some kind of workaround or compensation is possible.

I'm open to suggestions.

I'm fine with that in principle. But need to see what that means for Austria if they get Hotzbammed.

Not sure if I’d be happy with that or not. Austria would have to get some major buffs to make up for only being able to play one of those events. Or if it must be added only add it to MP. It would probably upset the game versus the AI.

[Robotron]

How about only restricting the ability to play both events on the same turn? This would display the deficiency of the rail system coping with both tasks at the same time. It would also give CP a tougher choice about what event to choose on turn 2.

[Umeu]

How about only restricting the ability to play both events on the same turn? This would display the deficiency of the rail system coping with both tasks at the same time. It would also give CP a tougher choice about what event to choose on turn 2.

I think this is better!

[kassissi]

Hello and thank you so much for this update! Unfortunately it is not working for me. I tried uninstalling and adding to a clean install as well. The problem is that if I try to start any campaign on any settings, the game starts to load, then freezes and crashes to desktop. I've never had this problem before. Here is the contents of my CGTW.log (it will not let me attach the file.)

Salute for all the great work you are doing and thank you for any help you can provide.

Simom

Log date: 2023-02-22 09:53:22
[09:53:23][21212]Running Steam build
[09:53:23][21212]Renderer: AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT version: 4.6.0 Compatibility Profile Context 22.11.2.221130
[09:53:23][21212]Commander: The Great War(v 1.6.6)
[09:53:23][21212]Audio device used: OpenAL Soft
[09:53:23][21212]Loading main script
[09:53:23][21212]Loading app script
[09:53:23][21212]POTZBLITZ MOD V20.1 IS INSTALLED.
[09:53:23][21212]GAME LUA CHECK 1
[09:53:23][21212]GAME LUA CHECK 2
[09:53:23][21212]GAME LUA CHECK 3
[09:53:23][21212]App version:1.6.6
[09:53:23][21212]Today is: 22.2.2023
[09:53:24][21212]ALUCK 67
[09:53:24][21212]BLUCK 29
[09:53:24][21212]CLUCK 76
[09:53:41][21264]POTZBLITZ MOD V20.1 IS INSTALLED.
[09:53:41][21264]GAME LUA CHECK 1
[09:53:41][21264]GAME LUA CHECK 2
[09:53:41][21264]GAME LUA CHECK 3
[09:53:42][21264]START PRE-GAME LUA DEFINITIONS
[09:53:42][21264]END PRE-GAME LUA DEFINITIONS
[09:53:43][21212]Using HD unit icons
[09:53:43][21212]Using HD unit icons

[kassissi]

Hi, reposting here as I think I posted in the wrong spot before:

Hello and thank you so much for this update! Unfortunately it is not working for me. I tried uninstalling and adding to a clean install as well. The problem is that if I try to start any campaign on any settings, the game starts to load, then freezes and crashes to desktop. I've never had this problem before. Here is the contents of my CGTW.log (it will not let me attach the file.)

Salute for all the great work you are doing and thank you for any help you can provide.

Simon

Log date: 2023-02-22 09:53:22
[09:53:23][21212]Running Steam build
[09:53:23][21212]Renderer: AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT version: 4.6.0 Compatibility Profile Context 22.11.2.221130
[09:53:23][21212]Commander: The Great War(v 1.6.6)
[09:53:23][21212]Audio device used: OpenAL Soft
[09:53:23][21212]Loading main script
[09:53:23][21212]Loading app script
[09:53:23][21212]POTZBLITZ MOD V20.1 IS INSTALLED.
[09:53:23][21212]GAME LUA CHECK 1
[09:53:23][21212]GAME LUA CHECK 2
[09:53:23][21212]GAME LUA CHECK 3
[09:53:23][21212]App version:1.6.6
[09:53:23][21212]Today is: 22.2.2023
[09:53:24][21212]ALUCK 67
[09:53:24][21212]BLUCK 29
[09:53:24][21212]CLUCK 76
[09:53:41][21264]POTZBLITZ MOD V20.1 IS INSTALLED.
[09:53:41][21264]GAME LUA CHECK 1
[09:53:41][21264]GAME LUA CHECK 2
[09:53:41][21264]GAME LUA CHECK 3
[09:53:42][21264]START PRE-GAME LUA DEFINITIONS
[09:53:42][21264]END PRE-GAME LUA DEFINITIONS
[09:53:43][21212]Using HD unit icons
[09:53:43][21212]Using HD unit icons

[Umeu]

in mp, BEF spawn strength doesn't match the strength of the convoy in the harbor. It comes down at 10 always. Not sure why.

For the Fatherland doesn't seem to show up in the pool again.

The German cavalry that gets redeployed in German Army redeploys loses its upgrade (it doesn't have industrial warfare)

[Robotron]

For the Fatherland doesn't seem to show up in the pool again.

Were either Paris or Calais already captured by CP?

@kassissi: I've no clue what could be the cause of that problem, but these lines in the log I've never seen before:

[09:53:43][21212]Using HD unit icons
[09:53:43][21212]Using HD unit icons

Are you using a the Steam version of the game? Can anyone else who's using the Steam version please check if he's also got these lines in his log upon launching the game?

[Umeu]

no, neither were captured. 2 reserves were spawned on either front.

[Robotron]

Which scenario?

[Wolf001]

@kassissi: I've no clue what could be the cause of that problem, but these lines in the log I've never seen before:

[09:53:43][21212]Using HD unit icons
[09:53:43][21212]Using HD unit icons

Are you using a the Steam version of the game? Can anyone else who's using the Steam version please check if he's also got these lines in his log upon launching the game?

That line of code is not present when launching a game on my PC using Steam.


I am currently playing the Moltke-Schlieffen Plan in multiplayer as the Entente against Umeu. I selected the Battle of Yser event and the hex that either deploys an army corps or damages a German unit if occupied was occupied by a German army corps. However the unit did not take any damage when the event was selected.