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Subject: PRCvideo...My website's Personal Clipbucket. - by: Michael Slaunwhite

Sat, 19 May 2012 18:40:15 +0000

Hello everyone, hope you are all fine, and having a good day!

I have been working on my video part of my website, and I thought since I have added quite a few videos to the mix I thought I would share the weblink.

prcvideo.wgs.x10.mx/

Subject: Some Flags... - by: Michael Slaunwhite

Sat, 19 May 2012 17:10:38 +0000

These flags I took from a PDF, and thought I would share.

[Samples]

Subject: Some minor requests - by: Garnier

Sat, 19 May 2012 01:43:26 +0000

I have some suggestions for things to make mod-able that would greatly expand what can be done with MP gameplay, without messing up stock gameplay at all. If any of these are easy to do, they'd help us a lot.

Moving the following values from hardcoded to battledef.ini:

1. The radius for autocharge
2. The penalty for "firing over"
3. The morale bonus for "support" (meaning, support from a nearby unit)
4. The radius at which units automatically change out of their "Walk Formation" as defined in unitglobal.csv. It is currently hardcoded at 350yd.
5. All the hardcoded amounts of points gained from different things, like when you rout a cannon, or cause a unit to fall back. Whichever of these are easy to move to battledef would be great.

munitions.csv -- once this is mod-able for MP, counter-battery and canister can be balanced.

Or if munitions.csv will not be mod-able, here's another way to at least let us balance counter-battery:
Add a modifier in battledef.ini that can multiply the hit rate of artillery vs artillery, or decrease the hit rate of artillery vs non-artillery. (either one can be used to achieve the same effect)

Then some additions that would be really useful for adding new aspects to the gameplay:

1. Add a percentage modifier, that works just like the terrain defense bonus modifier, that applies only to all units that are not in motion. Default it to 100 so it doesn't affect the stock game, and put it in battledef.ini. Or better, add this as a table in statetable, like the fatigue table. That way penalties could be assigned for each unit state, which would be awesome.

2. Add a multiplier in battledef.ini for how much ammo is taken from a wagon when artillery is restocked. Currently, ammo in a wagon can be used 1:1 as either musketball or cannonball, so there's no way to limit artillery resupply without basically removing infantry resupply completely.

So again, if any of these are not too complicated to do, they would be very beneficial for MP gameplay.

Thanks!

Subject: The Strange...and I don't mean Doctor Strangelove. - by: Michael Slaunwhite

Sat, 19 May 2012 01:15:12 +0000

Subject: Trine 2. Looks to be a very nice game for the younger folk out there. - by: Michael Slaunwhite

Sat, 19 May 2012 00:50:27 +0000

I just thought I would pass this out for those who have children, and who enjoy puzzles. Here is the You Tube review, and the Demo for your young ones, and YOU to try out. Hey you don't have to be a kid to enjoy yourself.

Demo Download: trine2.com/site/

Enjoy!

Subject: Before I start reading... - by: Michael Slaunwhite

Fri, 18 May 2012 19:35:31 +0000

Hi everyone, I hope everyone is doing good today.

I am going to try to read up on the American Civilwar, and I have come across some PDF's about the american civilwar. The full reason I am posting this is to find out how accurate these are before spending my time, and looking like a fool if I ever do discuss the topic (wiki has cursed me I'm afraid).

Secondly I feel a wee bit ashamed that I know very little of the American Civilwar which I am finding is holding me back from getting more involved with folks here. Most of the time it sounds like complete jibberish to me.

Forgive me for these being in Jpeg format. It's in PDF format, so I opted to take the easy way out, and simply copy, and convert over. Let me know if you can read these...

Subject: [Firefox Plugin] getting rid of those damn ADF (adfly) ads. - by: Michael Slaunwhite

Fri, 18 May 2012 17:47:44 +0000

Load up Firefox, go to addons, and just type in adf, and install the plugin OR just visit the link below.

userscripts.org/scripts/show/104380

Man how I really dislike those ads, it's not enough you have to put up with them on the T.V.

Just tested it, and it does exactly what it advertises. I no longer have to put up with any adfly ads.

What this plugin does it actually redirects you right back to the website which you want to view in the first place. It's shuts down adfly ads all together.

Man you have to really appreciate the work these programmers do.

Subject: OOB editor - by: william1993

Fri, 18 May 2012 12:36:38 +0000

How do you use it?

Subject: Backing Up - by: Ingles of the 57th

Fri, 18 May 2012 09:57:13 +0000

Having just recovered from a massive SOWG crash several months ago and having had to restart from scratch, I am now very focussed on data backups and how to manage them..

I would just like to confirm the rules for backing up files vis-á-vis activation.

(1) The activation code remains effective only if the game folder is maintained with exactly the same Path on the same computer.
(2) If I backup the game folder elsewhere then that folder remains de-activated.
(3) If the files in the original game folder become corrupted, I can delete them and replace them with the similarly-named backed up files, without losing the activation in so doing.

Have I got that right ?

Geoff Laver Late of Her Britannic Majesty’s 57th Regiment of Foot

Subject: So these sounds are Real then... I stand corrected! - by: Michael Slaunwhite

Fri, 18 May 2012 07:01:28 +0000

Subject: Need - Supply Wagon - Courier Command - by: Davinci

Fri, 18 May 2012 05:03:50 +0000

I don't think that this is possible as of now, but how much trouble would it be to add in a supply wagon - courier command?

Basically - the ability the move the supply wagons by courier .

Thanks,

davinci

Subject: Download Woes - by: Ingles of the 57th

Fri, 18 May 2012 03:22:17 +0000

Hi Folks,

Good to be back again in the ranks after a bit of a break.

Had a big crash after loading patch 3 last year but was really too busy at the time to sort it all out.

Have just restarted SOWGB completely from scratch again and this time patch 3 is behaving OK> (Fingers crossed). On trying to requalify back again through the first scenarios, I discovered how rusty I have become. Back to Boot Camp.

HOWEVER I am finding it impossible to download patch 4 from Norbsoftdev. I tried it six times yesterday and each time it downloaded to 58MB exactly and then stopped dead in its tracks.

I am trying other means today, including asking a friend in UK to try for me and maybe send a CD to Zimbabwe by courier. I will also look back through the forum posts to see if the problem has some history.

Any immediate advice would be welcome though.

Geoff Laver (late of Her Britanic Majesty’s 57th Regiment of Foot)

Subject: Update on the Next Patch - by: norb

Thu, 17 May 2012 22:08:29 +0000

Update on the Next Patch

Subject: Update - by: norb

Thu, 17 May 2012 22:08:12 +0000

Here's what's going on. We have been working on the next patch which features a major new item, replay! We have a few more kinks to work out, but this will be an official patch.

NSD has been selected by MST Technologies, Inc. to help create a training class for the US Army and provide SOWGB games for the graduates. We still have work to do on this one, but that makes 3 different places in the US Army where they are using SOWGB!

The team is also working hard on a new mappack. This will be the first NSD release with maps by our new mapmaker John Bonin. He's doing a fantastic job.

If you make it to the Gettysburg Battlefield this year, you should be able to find SOWGB on the store shelves in the museum store and also in one of the downtown stores. If you see the game, please take a picture and post it. It's just cool to be there

Subject: Hesse Darmstadt - by: Leatherneck24

Thu, 17 May 2012 21:41:39 +0000

Hello brothers in arms

I come to lobby for the Hesse Darmstadt soldiers that fought in Massenna corp in St.Cyr division in the 3rd Brigade. These soldiers were considered the best Confederation of the Rhine troops and even one unit served in the German division in Spain so could be used for a peninsular mod. These men started the war with 4,845 men and ended the war a year later with 344 dead,983 wounded, and 137 missing for a grand total of 1,464. That is a staggering number for such a small brigade. The Hesse-Darmstadt were an interesting group of men because their regiments were called brigades but in reality were only 3 battalions or the regular size of most regiments. Two battalions were line infantry and the other were fusiliers without flags. In all there were 2 brigades amounting to 6 battalions also there was one brigade in the peninsula. Unlike most Confederation of the Rhine troops Hesse Darmstadt infantry were not forced to change from their old tactics of the austrian drill book of 4 companies but fought in 3 ranks and were considered on the same level with french troops. Their infantry proved this and fought hard at Aspern paying dearly at Wagram losing over 738 men. There cavalry served with the famous Marulaz and fought very well at Aspern and Wagram and even at the final surrender at Znaim. Their arty actually was more modern wearing shakos and a uniform that looks very close the french artillery in game. Since this game seems to have uniforms from NTW Lordz modd which I am pretty sure had 1806 Prussians all we would need is a lapel and collar change for line infantry and green coats for fusiliers and it would be done. The cavalry looks just like Bavarian Chevauxlegers but with grey riding breeches.

Here is there OOB

French Brigade Commander Schiner
Hesse Darmstadt Commander Nagel

1st Hesse Darmstadt Brigade
Leib Garde Infantry 2 battalions Uniform Dark Blue with Red Distinctive Color
Leib Garde Fusiliers 1 battalion Uniform Dark Green with Red Distinctive Color

2nd Hesse Darmstadt Brigade
Leib Infantry 2 battalions Uniform Dark Blue Light Blue Distinctive Color
Leib Fusiliers 1 battalion Uniform Dark Green Light Blue Distinctive Color

Marulaz Division
4 French cavalry regiment
Baden Light Dragoons
Hessian Garde Chevauxlegers Regiment Uniform Dark Green Coat black facings trimmed red. Bavarian Helmet.

Arty Uniform Dark blue coat black facings trimmer red dark blue breeches shako
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Some pictures in the same order

Final words from the the Iron Marshal himself Davout telling the Emperor that France "could not be better served than by these troops" John H Gill With Eagles to Glory: Napoleon and his German Allies in the 1809 Campaign.

Subject: @Garnier: Scaled down local version of your Campaign generator? - by: Michael Slaunwhite

Thu, 17 May 2012 15:57:56 +0000

I am wondering if sometime in the future will you eventually be releasing a scaled down version of your campaign generator to be used offline, which will do almost what your online campaign generator can do?

I know there are those who would think that this can't be done simply because it is run via his website, and can't be run locally.

I beg to differ since you can pretty much run anything localhost by the way of using XAMPP. The only thing that would be required to change are the default frontend's website login link, or by editing one's HOSTS file to redirect the website back to your localhost.

Any way just a quick question, and thought.

Subject: Just a reminder on an excellent OOB Editor for those newcomers to the forum. - by: Michael Slaunwhite

Thu, 17 May 2012 15:37:03 +0000

I think we owe Garnier a well deserved thank you for creating tools which has made creating OOB's much more easier, and quicker if that is your cup of tea.

I used the OOB editor for creating my own beginner's OOB, and to tell you the truth it took me less than 5 minutes to bring about the final edit. It's a really nice tool to have if you are interested in creating your own OOB's.

I use this very often to help me get a better understanding of an OOB's structure, along with just having fun creating my own from scratch...

Here is a link to Garnier's OOB editor which also has the ability to convert over your OOB's from TC2M as well.

www.norbsoftdev.net/forum/garniers-toolbox/14903-order-of-battle-editor

Thank You Garnier for a great tool.