Erik's Multiplayer scenarios

[bruce1944]

Wonder if they will work even then?

[bruce1944]

Lets try! Ill start a new one with that sweet password

[Erik2]

OK, Iet us hope we at least get a fair number of turns done before any mishaps.

[Brenmusik]

Lets try! Ill start a new one with that sweet password

Good Idea, think I was the British.

[Brenmusik]

Re. the latest New Britain '43. Is there a reason why the Allied airforce stays at reduced efficiency?

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My life is hard enough, what with minefields and MG nests on ports .. and now all my destroyers (down south) have gone. I knew it was mentioned, but how about a few at a time? The supply ships disappearing as well, has sent me right up "Sh*t Creek"

[Erik2]

Re. the latest New Britain '43. Is there a reason why the Allied airforce stays at reduced efficiency?

Efficiency.jpg

My life is hard enough, what with minefields and MG nests on ports .. and now all my destroyers (down south) have gone. I knew it was mentioned, but how about a few at a time? The supply ships disappearing as well, has sent me right up "Sh*t Creek"

I may have forgot to check the 'air units have off-map supply'...
The supply ships should stay put unless your cunning opponent sunk them...
You need to make do with the PT boats (may increase the total) and the Aussie ships.

I'll check the scenario adn update a new version if I find anything iffy.

Edit: updated new version.
Joe, you do know that you get a brand new Casablanca escort carrier with a fighter and a bomber unit attached at no cost?
They should spawn at Gloucester when you've captured both objectives here and at Arawe.

[Erik2]

Fixed Allied air supply.

[Brenmusik]

Pleased to hear the airforce will fight better - they were having a hard time trying to shoot down the seaplane,
no chance taking on the Zeros, my ships were hammered, lost close on 30 land CPs before they got ashore.
The carrier and aeroplanes arrived, right after the second airfield was secured. It may not be secure for long!
I hope the extra 10 turns will help me recover.

[Erik2]

Japanese invasion force and Guadalcanal defenders are no non-core.
Fixed carrier Junyo's air units.
Primary objectives 'destroy x carriers' changed to secondary objectives.

[Erik2]

Fixed too many Japanese CPs and RPs

[Erik2]

Added Japanese bunkers, gunboats and AA units.
Doubled Japanese RP income and increased northern supply dump.
Replaced Tarakan airfield with air strip and added construction unit to the Aussies.
US navy withdraws after invasion beaches are secure.

[Erik2]

Added Japanese bunkers
Added AA to 'off-map' airfields.
Fixed objectives.
Japanese kamikaze units appear in the Japanese turn.
Replaced Japanese Volunteer Fighters with Lunge Miners, should be a threat to US armor.

[SSLConf_Yolo911]

Erik you are a great guy but your scenarios are always lopsided. I keep asking you to design one that is fun to play, not historically accurate. The hell with history. This isn't a college course, lets have some fun with a perfectly balanced scenario.

I know how I would answer this if I were you. I'd say, "Make your own scenarios." I tried but the editor was designed by a lunatic and it is totally incomprehensible to non-geek humans, unless I want to spend my remaining time on earth trying to figure it out.

[bruce1944]

I have played Erik in a number of these scenarios. As we play them he works hard to bring a little balance to them. Check the updated scenarios he has thus far worked on!

[Erik2]

The only perfectly balanced scenario is a Blitz-type scenario (old board-game) with symmetrical map and the exact same units for both sides deployed in symmetrical locations.

[bru888]

Heh, now I see what you guys were talking about in that other thread (Wake Island). I assume there are no patents pending on these scenarios? Because, I may decide to download one or two of them and see if I can turn them into single-player versions once I have my head wrapped around the scenario editor.

[Erik2]

Heh, now I see what you guys were talking about in that other thread (Wake Island). I assume there are no patents pending on these scenarios? Because, I may decide to download one or two of them and see if I can turn them into single-player versions once I have my head wrapped around the scenario editor.

Be my guest. There are too few single player scenarios currently.
I did have plans to convert my multiplayers, but I always seem to create a new scenario instead...

[TangSooDo]

Having a problem with Midway 6.6. It seems to get locked in the scenario loading -- various tips appear and cycle through, but the scenario never loads. I have tried latest versions of two other of your multiplayer scenarios and had no problem. Any ideas?

[Erik2]

Having a problem with Midway 6.6. It seems to get locked in the scenario loading -- various tips appear and cycle through, but the scenario never loads. I have tried latest versions of two other of your multiplayer scenarios and had no problem. Any ideas?

I have noticed that a few custom scenarios refuse to load in v2.2.5, Midway is one of them.
I have another of my custom scenarios loading on a Win10-PC, but not on a Win7-PC.
Also there appears to be a general problem with 2v2 multiplayer games, even the official ones.

[Erik2]

Removed ships' float planes to increase FOW.
Flying boats are now core units.
Changed the objectives, should make it a bit easier for the Japanese. They still need to capture Midway though.