Grand Strategy 2.0 is here!

Post by **IainMcNeil** » Tue May 31, 2011 3:37 pm

The free community-based expansion is deploying to the front!

For full details or to download the expansion go to http://www.slitherine.com/ceaw_gs2

Please remember to uninstall any other mods before installing Grand Strategy 2.0.

This expansion has taken years to produce and thousands of man hours from a dedicated collection of people from artists to programmers, manual writers and layout experts. The end result takes this great game to a whole new level. Some of the biggest changes are listed here:

• Airborne divisions and para-drops
• Cross platform multiplayer support for PC vs Mac
• German SS and Soviet Guards Elite Units
• Amphibious landings against defended coastal hexes
• Geo-political elements, which include:
o French armistice (which the axis may accept or reject)
o Early Italian entry if insufficient allied naval presence in the Med
o Tension in the Balkans
o Spanish activation as axis or allied minor ally
o Turkey activation as axis or allied minor ally
o Finnish armistice
o Romanian and Bulgaria surrender and activation as allied minor ally
o Consequences for allied aggression (e.g., UK invasion of Ireland).
• Canadian, Australian, Polish and Indian Commonwealth units and leaders
• Headquarter units
• More and greater variability of leadership ranging from Army Groups (Fronts), Armies and Corps
• Ferry crossings
• Ability to swap positions of two units of the same service type (i.e., ground, air or naval).
• Reinforcement of sub groups at sea
• Leased air bases (Azores, Iceland, Greenland)
• Malta naval and air bases factor into the interdiction and counter-interdiction of axis supply of North Africa
• Allied Interdiction of Swedish Iron Ore to German
• Scripted construction of Atlantic Wall Fortresses
• Many more improvements - too many to list to here!

Get more information on the MILITARY HISTORY™ Commander – Europe at War Grand Strategy 2.0 expansion and download it from http://www.slitherine.com/ceaw_gs2 and be sure to check out first and second feature brochures!

Altair · Post by **Altair** » Tue May 31, 2011 4:22 pm

I've downloaded this twice and still getting error message:

"Archive integrity check failed. The setupfile is not complete. Possibly due to an incomplete download or corrupted file."

File can be started and it shows out starting screen + error message popup. Setupfile is corrupted...

EDITED: Looks like its server upload problem...

magichi · Post by **magichi** » Tue May 31, 2011 4:43 pm

Altair wrote:I've downloaded this twice and still getting error message:

"Archive integrity check failed. The setupfile is not complete. Possibly due to an incomplete download or corrupted file."

File can be started and it shows out starting screen + error message popup. Setupfile is corrupted... Both downloads were
completed to 100% etc.

Me too!

Samhain · Post by **Samhain** » Tue May 31, 2011 4:52 pm

Happened again.

Aryaman · Post by **Aryaman** » Tue May 31, 2011 5:06 pm

The same here

michaelincol · Post by **michaelincol** » Tue May 31, 2011 5:10 pm

4 times trying to download the mac version here. It keeps cutting off - with mac it then tries to mount the incomplete file and fails - at 132 mb, at 236 kb, at 72 mb...

Doubt if it is problem on my end - especially seeing other similar (I think PC version download) posts.

michael

Altair · Post by **Altair** » Tue May 31, 2011 5:22 pm

michaelincol wrote:4 times trying to download the mac version here. It keeps cutting off - with mac it then tries to mount the incomplete file and fails - at 132 mb, at 236 kb, at 72 mb...

Doubt if it is problem on my end - especially seeing other similar (I think PC version download) posts.

michael

Yeah. The setupfile itself might be ok, but server just doesnt upload it correctly. Looks like server has some timeout problem or something.
It just cuts upload out. Yea I am talking about PC version.

Post by **IainMcNeil** » Tue May 31, 2011 5:23 pm

The files were all tested before release so we know they work - it might be the volume of traffic

You might need to try later when its less busy. We'll post mirror links as soon as we have them which will spread the load.

ferokapo · Post by **ferokapo** » Tue May 31, 2011 5:42 pm

i started the download about an hour ago. it completed and installed without probs

michaelincol · Post by **michaelincol** » Tue May 31, 2011 6:36 pm

thanks for checking in and posting on it, Iain - I'll try later tonight.

_Augustus_ · Post by **_Augustus_** » Tue May 31, 2011 6:47 pm

Hi,

First download failed at 33MBs but a second one sized 233 MB (244 733 669 bytes) / 233 MB (244 736 000 bytes) installed just fine.

Or fine and fine. For for me the game runs the intro screens of green Slitherine logo and beige the soldiers, but disappears into thin air after that. Oh well

Wolfe1759 · Post by **Wolfe1759** » Tue May 31, 2011 6:54 pm

Getting pretty much the same as Augustus

Game goes through the splash screens to choose fullscreen/sound and language (I've been selecting English) then goes to the Slithereen logo screen then crashes to desktop.

Installed over a 1.12 patched GS 1.06 from a base Matrix CEAW (initial release)

kvadra · Post by **kvadra** » Tue May 31, 2011 6:57 pm

Wasn't the whole purpose of using a lot of time, to avoid these kinds of problems? lol

Roberto · Post by **Roberto** » Tue May 31, 2011 7:36 pm

I Have same problem

eveready321 · Post by **eveready321** » Tue May 31, 2011 7:52 pm

I've downloaded the entire game twice - won't run at all.

ferokapo · Post by **ferokapo** » Tue May 31, 2011 8:33 pm

okay, for the record since I seem to be the only one without any problems:

windows 7
mh ceaw 1.12 gold clean install
gs 2 clean install
default folders
high graphics setting

marklv · Post by **marklv** » Tue May 31, 2011 8:39 pm

It took me 40 minutes to download and 30 minutes to install. At the end of that this piece of junk doesn't install!!

Was this installer tested properly? It doesn't seem like it was.

marklv · Post by **marklv** » Tue May 31, 2011 8:40 pm

Wolfe1759 wrote:Getting pretty much the same as Augustus

Game goes through the splash screens to choose fullscreen/sound and language (I've been selecting English) then goes to the Slithereen logo screen then crashes to desktop.

Installed over a 1.12 patched GS 1.06 from a base Matrix CEAW (initial release)

Me too. What a pile of crap! I would rather have paid money to have a working software instead of this disaster.

Peter Stauffenberg · Post by **Peter Stauffenberg** » Tue May 31, 2011 8:53 pm

Game works for many people and the only thing I can think if is that some of you might have a problem with GS v1.06.

So a possible solution could be to uninstall GS v2.00, then uninstall GS v1.06 and then install GS v2.00 directly on-top of CeaW v1.12.

Post by **IainMcNeil** » Tue May 31, 2011 8:54 pm

Sorry to anyone having problems. We know it works on the base game and have tested numerous other configurations. However its not possible for us to test every possible set up people may have modified their game to. It does work on a clean install. I'd suggest you revert to a clean install and try again.

When the team has had a chance to check it out I'm sure they'll work it out.

An additional note : Please watch your language. This is a free upgrade by a group of fans. They do not deserve these kind of comments. Any future bad language will get you banned.