@Nothingtoseehere i havent even looked at the pacific yet

@Trout right on. will try adding your gmail to the save and see if it works now or I guess @panzerstahl-helm-0 Panzer up next so he can try if he wants. yea still not feeling good. At least the Mold guy didn't thing it was the end of the world like the ai bitch Still a little concerned. we'll see what they say tomorrow . Enjoy the Vacay @alexander @panzerstahl-helm-0 @trout lolI frgot new dice roller you can only have 2 emails. You have to pick a Captain and then just use their email

I think it's necessary to block the Milan–Trento route to make it both more historical and to make the front lines even narrower than the Western Front. The mountains favored the Austrian defenders, but Italy was able to threaten both the Trieste and Trento routes simultaneously from one central position, which was their advantage. Austria won't have a factory in Trieste (but the Germans will have one in Munich). The front line will still encourage the Austrians to take Udine for a better defensive position, which was historical. Should the Turin–Lyon route be impassable as well? Maybe @cernel could help us with this? [image: 1784754980788-wwieurope_names_values-copy.jpg]

@RogerCooper Thanks!

@VictoryFirst I don't think Properties are desired from a Engine coding standpoint. That is my understanding anyway. Dan addressed it above I believe. Edit So would want to limit their use

@beelee unfortunately you cannot, bot comment is set at bot start once. Need a reboot of the bot to change it abd server access to do that

Game History Round: 4 Purchase Units - Italians Italians buy 1 Escort, 2 armour, 1 fighter, 2 infantry and 3 mine_unarmeds; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - Italians Trigger RailMovementAutoPlaceItalians: Italians has 1 Europe_Rail placed in Southern Italy 1 bomber moved from Southern France to Western Ukraine 1 armour and 1 infantry moved from Bessarabia to Western Ukraine 1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Western Ukraine Combat - Italians Battle in Western Ukraine Italians attack with 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 bomber and 3 infantry Russians defend with 1 armour and 1 elite Italians roll dice for 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 bomber and 3 infantry in Western Ukraine, round 2 : 3/6 hits, 2.17 expected hits Russians roll dice for 1 armour and 1 elite in Western Ukraine, round 2 : 1/3 hits, 1.17 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Italians lost in Western Ukraine 1 armour owned by the Russians and 1 elite owned by the Russians lost in Western Ukraine Italians win, taking Western Ukraine from Russians with 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 bomber and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 5 Casualties for Italians: 1 infantry Casualties for Russians: 1 armour and 1 elite Trigger Remove All RussiansParaBoost: has removed 1 russian_paraBoost owned by Russians in Finland Trigger Remove All Wolfpack: has removed 1 Wolfpack owned by Germans in 112 Sea Zone Trigger Remove All Wolfpack: has removed 1 Wolfpack owned by Germans in 119 Sea Zone Non Combat Move - Italians Trigger RussiansParaBoost atFinland: Russians has 1 russian_paraBoost placed in Finland Trigger Wolfpack at112 SeaZones: Germans has 1 Wolfpack placed in 112 Sea Zone Trigger Wolfpack at119 SeaZones: Germans has 1 Wolfpack placed in 119 Sea Zone Turning on Edit Mode EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode Turning on Edit Mode EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode Trigger RailMovementAutoPlaceRemoveItalians: has removed 1 Europe_Rail owned by Italians in Bulgaria Trigger Remove All ItaliansParaBoost: has removed 1 italian_paraBoost owned by Italians in Tobruk 1 bomber moved from Western Ukraine to Eastern Poland 1 infantry moved from Greece to Bulgaria 1 infantry moved from Yugoslavia to Romania 2 armour moved from Northern Italy to Romania 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 transport moved from 98 Sea Zone to 97 Sea Zone 1 armour, 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Alexandria to Tobruk 1 Europe_Rail and 1 infantry moved from Southern Italy to Bulgaria 1 air_transport moved from Gibraltar to Southern Italy EDIT: 1 Italian_LCV, 1 aaGun and 1 infantry moved from Southern France to Gibraltar 1 aaGun moved from Northern Italy to Southern France 1 armour moved from Southern France to Yugoslavia 1 infantry moved from Northern Italy to Southern France Place Units - Italians 1 fighter, 2 infantry and 3 mine_unarmeds placed in Southern Italy 2 armour placed in Northern Italy 1 Escort placed in 97 Sea Zone Turn Complete - Italians Trigger Italians RemoveItalyConvoySZ97Invert: has removed 1 Escort owned by Italians in 97 Sea Zone Trigger Italians RemoveItalyConvoySZ97Invert: Italians has 1 Escort_Convoy placed in 97 Sea Zone Italians collect 18 PUs; end with 18 PUs Trigger Italians AdvancedProduction: Italians met a national objective for an additional 3 Optional[PUs]; end with 21 Optional[PUs] Objective Italians 1 Control The Mediterranean: Italians met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 26 PUs Objective Italians 3 North Africa: Italians met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 31 PUs Objective Italians 2 Roman Empire: Italians met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 36 PUs Combat Hit Differential Summary : Italians regular : 0.83 Russians regular : -0.17 EXP bvsb 7-1-26 I3.tsvg

@Panzerstahl-Helm-0 Hallo yea I've heard it gets hot there. I guess you were already used to it this summer though yea last couple days been nice. 70s. One more and then it heats back up. Yea the flood triggered a mold invasion so the basement needs to be remediated. Not as expensive as I thought or as dangerous, just have to stay masked up and try not to move stuff around too much while down there. Still fucks with you but just have to power through. I hired the top contractor 2 days ago. She's gonna get one of her crews started next week on it. I still gotta try and salvage some shit but most of it is just gonna get launched and most of it needed to anyway. so I'll be busy and then some downtime while they do their thing. Can still time for the game I imagine. Hope you and the girls enjoying the Vacation Ciao Edit Looking at the game now. I see SSR bought 2 Arty. SPA same price. You can change if you want. Really no reason not too Edit 2 Actually the Oberst3 needed to die instead of a ss Inf as 1st SS had been deactivated due to combat losses. [image: 1784807778190-screenshot-from-2026-07-23-06-48-27.png] The Oberst rolled last and got 2 hits, so I'll put a Panzer back in for you. You could go Elite too but it doesn't really matter Game History Round: 16 Purchase Units - Japanese Japanese buy 1 Escort, 1 Japan_destroyer, 4 TotalWarFighters, 1 elite, 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 6 SuicideAttackTokens; Combat Move - Japanese Trigger Kamikaze: Japanese has 1 Kamikaze placed in Japan Trigger Banzai: Japanese has 1 Banzai placed in Japan Trigger RailMovementAutoPlaceJapanese: Japanese has 2 J_Rails placed in Kiangsu 1 armour moved from Amur to Sakha Japanese take Sakha from Russians 1 armour moved from Sakha to Buryatia 1 armour moved from Amur to Buryatia 1 JPNbomber moved from Anhwe to Buryatia 3 armour, 1 elite and 1 fighter moved from Amur to Siberia 1 fighter moved from Japan to Siberia 3 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Korea to Siberia 1 elite moved from Japan to 6 Sea Zone 1 Japan_destroyer and 1 elite moved from 6 Sea Zone to 8 Sea Zone 1 elite moved from 8 Sea Zone to Aleutian Islands Combat - Japanese Battle in Aleutian Islands Battle in Siberia Japanese attack with 6 armour, 1 elite, 2 fighters and 1 mech_infantry Americans defend with 1 ArmoredInfantry and 3 usa_fighters Japanese roll dice for 6 armour, 1 elite, 2 fighters and 1 mech_infantry in Siberia, round 2 : 2/11 hits, 4.50 expected hits Russians roll dice for 1 ArmoredInfantry and 3 usa_fighters in Siberia, round 2 : 3/4 hits, 2.50 expected hits 1 mech_infantry owned by the Japanese, 1 elite owned by the Japanese and 1 armour owned by the Japanese lost in Siberia 1 usa_fighter owned by the Americans and 1 ArmoredInfantry owned by the Americans lost in Siberia Japanese roll dice for 5 armour and 2 fighters in Siberia, round 3 : 6/7 hits, 3.50 expected hits Russians roll dice for 2 usa_fighters in Siberia, round 3 : 0/2 hits, 1.33 expected hits 2 usa_fighters owned by the Americans lost in Siberia Japanese win, taking Aleutian Islands from Americans, taking Siberia from Russians with 5 armour and 2 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is 19 Casualties for Japanese: 1 armour, 1 elite and 1 mech_infantry Casualties for Americans: 1 ArmoredInfantry and 3 usa_fighters Battle in Buryatia Japanese attack with 1 JPNbomber and 2 armour Americans defend with 1 infantry Japanese roll dice for 1 JPNbomber and 2 armour in Buryatia, round 2 : 2/3 hits, 1.67 expected hits Russians roll dice for 1 infantry in Buryatia, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Americans lost in Buryatia Japanese win, taking Buryatia from Russians with 1 JPNbomber and 2 armour remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for Americans: 1 infantry Trigger Remove All RussiansParaBoost: has removed 1 russian_paraBoost owned by Russians in Slovakia Hungary Non Combat Move - Japanese Trigger RemoveKamikaze: has removed 1 Kamikaze owned by Japanese in Japan Trigger RemoveBanzai: has removed 1 Banzai owned by Japanese in Japan Trigger RussiansParaBoost atSlovakia Hungary: Russians has 1 russian_paraBoost placed in Slovakia Hungary Trigger RailMovementAutoPlaceRemoveJapanese: has removed 1 J_Rail owned by Japanese in Kweichow Trigger RailMovementAutoPlaceRemoveJapanese: has removed 1 J_Rail owned by Japanese in Hunan 1 JPNbomber moved from Buryatia to Amur 1 infantry moved from Korea to Amur 1 aaGun moved from Hopei to Anhwe 2 fighters moved from Hopei to Amur 3 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Jehol to Anhwe 1 J_Rail moved from Kiangsu to Korea 1 J_Rail and 1 infantry moved from Korea to Hunan 1 J_Rail moved from Kiangsu to Korea 1 J_Rail and 1 infantry moved from Korea to Kweichow 1 mech_infantry moved from Anhwe to Hopei 1 armour moved from Korea to Amur 2 armour moved from Korea to Jehol 2 fighters moved from Siberia to 6 Sea Zone Place Units - Japanese 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry placed in Korea 1 Escort, 1 Japan_destroyer and 4 TotalWarFighters placed in 6 Sea Zone 1 elite placed in Japan Japanese undo move 2. 4 TotalWarFighters placed in Japan 1 Escort and 1 Japan_destroyer placed in 6 Sea Zone Trigger JapaneseTotalWarFighterPlaceJapan4: has removed 4 TotalWarFighters owned by Japanese in Japan Trigger JapaneseTotalWarFighterPlaceJapan4: Japanese has 4 fighters placed in Japan Turn Complete - Japanese Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 2 Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 35 Sea Zone. Rolls: 3,2,2,2 Japanese collect 38 PUs (2 lost to blockades); end with 38 PUs Trigger Japan Loses CarolineIslands: Japanese met a national objective for an additional -3 Optional[PUs]; end with 35 Optional[PUs] Trigger Japanese Controls Philippines Pacific Expanded: Japanese met a national objective for an additional 3 Optional[PUs]; end with 38 Optional[PUs] Trigger Japanese Controls AleutianIslands Pacific Expanded: Japanese met a national objective for an additional 1 Optional[PUs]; end with 39 Optional[PUs] Trigger Japanese Controls Guam Pacific Expanded: Japanese met a national objective for an additional 1 Optional[PUs]; end with 40 Optional[PUs] Trigger Japanese AdvancedProduction: Japanese met a national objective for an additional 8 Optional[PUs]; end with 48 Optional[PUs] Trigger Japanese Controls WakeIsland Pacific Expanded: Japanese met a national objective for an additional 2 Optional[PUs]; end with 50 Optional[PUs] Combat Hit Differential Summary : Japanese regular : 0.33 Russians regular : -1.17 EXP Game 10 Straw J 16.tsvg I swapped the Arty and added a Pnzr. If you attack Japan you will need to edit the Home Defense Token and the 2 Inf before combat.

@wc_sumpton thanks a lot! So far it seems to work perfectly!

@trout Ciao- Nothing exciting on ANZACs turn. They are building up their fleet a bit and preparing for some....holidays in the Pacific. BR c1546cac-e896-4615-b39c-64ce8cf91d0e-exp-game-4-trout-vs.panzer-ANZ6.tsvg

@hayertjez Hi Yea none of the bottom stuff works. you just do the 2 emails, test server once, then start. Do your turn. Top right hit "Turn Summary" copy that and save game. Paste the Turn summary and upload the save to here, your game thread. I ususally do the at thingy @hayertjez to my opponent so it notifies them. They'll get notified if they're watching anyway but that's just the habit I have of doing it. Most people will do a test turn in Local mode so when they go for real, PBEM mode, most of their decisions are already made. Makes for a cleaner and quicker turn, while also allowing you to test different ideas. If you need to save pre combat, e.g. there is a scramble option, I will take a screenshot of the area in question and post the save as well. Heads up that saving mid turn won't post the dice averages as it otherwise would. Here's a game I have with Panzer if you want to see how we do it. https://forums.triplea-game.org/topic/4286/exp-game-10-beelee-axis-vs-panzer-allies-operation-straweberry-fields-forever Edit I guess you could just send everything to your emails too. Just have to do it manually still.

@Cernel wasn’t even aware of all of these existing commands i do use the control click for getting an entire unit type. didnt realize at all that right clicking current deselects units selectively. i dont think it’s a great idea to flip the click tho not sure the current thing is broken just a bit convoluted and not well understood probably

@LaFayette And I guess also the possibility of them breaking down. About that, if currently there are 5 servers of 3 bots each (for a total of 15), it seems like that only 10 out of 15 bots are currently working. This appears to be the situation: California: 1 out of 3 working. Jersey: 2 out of 3 working. Toronto: 2 out of 3 working. London: all working. Frankfurt: 2 out of 3 working. [image: 1784571502750-20260720.png] (Also, I understand that, thanks to @eyeswideshut, there are now 2 additional private-but-open bots dedicated to its Revised ladder.)

@Trout Good Morning EXP Game 12 Trout J 9.tsvg There was error that wouldn't load JPN Trprts in NCM so I had to edit. I vaguely remember seeing that after the update and it was fixed. Forgot how weak JPN is. Well they have one job. Give the Germans enough time to get to Moscow lol We'll see how it goes

@alkexr Ahhh. Sorry, you are correct, this is something that I did not consider! I forgot that stacking bonus were additive. In Cerin Amroth, a poor unit would indeed only receive a +1 to their base stats if they are in a forest+hill+settlement territory if you simplify the matrix by shifting the base values. I really should have caught that, particularly after you mentioned it in a post! You are correct, my simplification does not work towards your goals. That being said, your voice lines in the video from last year were quite good and doubling down on your ideas the only sensible simplification that is left using my original approach of getting rid of reducing the matrix would be this: Buffing stacked territory types (slightly simplified version): ** Unit tag “poor tactics”: +1 bonus to defense in caves and settlements +1 attack in plains ** Unit tag: “average tactics”: +1 bonus to defense for each territory type except plains in which they get +2 bonus to attack instead ** Unit tag: “excellent tactics”: +2 bonus to defense for each territory type except plains in which they get +2 bonus to attack instead [image: 1784586775084-fdb7d8c9-069c-4b82-9a7a-0bb35e1d058a-image.jpeg] (Green cells are values that are correctly reproduced by the simple explanation. Yellow one are not and would need terrain preferences to work.) Anyhow, sorry again for missing the broken stacking bonuses.

@djggml So here is a working map.yml (remove the .txt to use it. map.yml.txt map_name: the_pact_of_steel games: - {game_name: Pact of Steel, file_name: pact_of_steel.xml} - {game_name: Pact of Steel 2, file_name: pact_of_steel_2.xml} - {game_name: Pact of Steel 233, file_name: pact_of_steel_233.xml} Note it has the version line removed.

Thanks Dog. I understand. and thanks for your reply. Regarding the forts, would it be possible for game start forts not to require upkeep but only new build forts require upkeep instead-So like a different kind of starting fort? What I like most about this game are the local battles that occur due to the giant map. Did the game ever have forested areas in Belarus region with partisans popping up? I play iron war and oil and snow maps too. The iron resource make the game and fight for it give the game that extra strategic edge, and the oil too. because it powers most units.. Also the partisans popping up occasionally are a bit of a hindrance when sometimes your units are stuck fighting them whilst they could be moving somewhere else where they are more needed. Thanks

The only obvious difference between the xml files is the "placeNoAirCheck". But changing that to "place" did not solve the problem. The AI log offered no clues.

Never-mind. I remapped the <menu> key to execute <shift+tab><space><tab><space> sequence, which does a MAX and OK.