DC3 : Barbarossa under beta

[Drakken]

Some of those are fixes, actually, to make it work how it was intended.

Drakken, I am now on my holiday in Hungary so I might become slower to respond (but will send you a turn soon). The patch is supposed to be save compatible, but to make it safe I suggest switching at the start of a full turn, so I will make this move with 1.01 and then we update. Ok?

Sure. I will update to 1.02 beta patch after you send your turn.

There seems to be some issue with the German attack power reported on the Matrix forum, though.

[Tamas]

Yes we should hold off on the beta patch for now

[Drakken]

I'm not worried, tovarish. I'm fairly confident they will find and address that issue before going on holidays.

However, there's no Christmas truce on the Ostfront. 

[sbr]

After reading the Options in the manual here is what I propose, if it suits you Tamas :

Normal PBEM (password protected)

Geneva Convention Off
Fog of War On
Historical Settings On (but open to turn it Off, if you wish)
Mild Winter Off
Past History On (I'm not entirely sure what it does, other than Off making all characters neither friendly or hostile to you at the beginning of the game)
The rest (Plots, Decisions) left at On.

A friend and I are getting ready to start a game.

What options did you guys end up using?  Did you leave it like this or turn off Historical Settings?

[Drakken]

A friend and I are getting ready to start a game.

What options did you guys end up using?  Did you leave it like this or turn off Historical Settings?

We turned off Historical Settings. Don't worry, it still allows for a somewhat reasonably historical game.

If you use the beta 1.02 patch let us know how it goes.

[sbr]

A friend and I are getting ready to start a game.

What options did you guys end up using?  Did you leave it like this or turn off Historical Settings?

We turned off Historical Settings. Don't worry, it still allows for a somewhat reasonably historical game.

If you use the beta 1.02 patch let us know how it goes.

We were going to use it but then saw Tamas' message to hold off so I think that is what we are going to do.

And thanks for the settings info.

[Drakken]

We decided to hold off because our game had already started and we weren't sure how it would affect the Germans after June 22nd. If you start with 1.02 you should be fine.

[Ancient Demon]

I'm starting to really want this game now, but it's a shame it has to end at the first winter. I can understand why they didn't include the whole war, but at least they should have provided 1942 to play with when much was still left to be decided. If limited to 1941 most of the Eastern parts of the map (Stalingrad, etc.) won't even come into play.

[sbr]

Is there a way to run this in windowed mode?

What are you using to make screen shots for your AARs?  I normally use Screenshot Capture but it isn't working right now and I'm not in the mood to screw around with it tonight.

[Drakken]

Is there a way to run this in windowed mode?

What are you using to make screen shots for your AARs?  I normally use Screenshot Capture but it isn't working right now and I'm not in the mood to screw around with it tonight.

Not that I know. But no need to as you can easily minimize the game screen above-right from the screen. I simply use Print Screen and paste it in Paint, then I upload it on Imgur.

Finally if you are up for a game with me I'm all for it. Either side I don't mind.

[sbr]

Is there a way to run this in windowed mode?

What are you using to make screen shots for your AARs?  I normally use Screenshot Capture but it isn't working right now and I'm not in the mood to screw around with it tonight.

Not that I know. But no need to as you can easily minimize the game screen above-right from the screen. I simply use Print Screen and paste it in Paint, then I upload it on Imgur.

I like Screenshot Capture because it minimizes the minimizing and pasting into another program, but thanks I will go with that.

Finally if you are up for a game with me I'm all for it. Either side I don't mind.

Maybe sometime, but I am learning while I play this game and writing an AAR for another forum while I also have other Blood Bowl and Dominions commitments that will make another MP game very difficult.  I may take you up on the offer at some point though.

[Drakken]

TURKEY TROTS TO WATER GG FROM HERR DRAKKEN X WHERE IS RPT WHERE IS COMRADE TAMAS RR THE WORLD WONDERS

[katmai]

On holiday in Cambodia....er Hungary.

[Drakken]

Heard Ukraine was a hot spot for Hungarians these days.

I've set up a second installation of the game to test out the beta 1.02 patch. Anyone here is free to challenge me while Comrade Tamas is hiding in his dacha, getting drunk on vodka and ordering marshalls executed left and right.

[katmai]

I am still getting feet wet in mechanics, so not yet ready to challenge you