TripleA Turn Summary: Italy round 5

TripleA Turn Summary for game: Total World War: December 1941 3.0

Game History

Round: 5 Research Technology - Italy Trigger italianaTITB: Italy gains access to ImprovedTacticalBombers Trigger italianaTIFR: Italy gains access to IncreasedFighterRange Italy roll 12,12,1,8,4,7 and gets 2 hits Italy removing all Technology Tokens after successful research. Italy discover IncreasedFighterRange Combat Move - Italy Trigger italianTank1: Setting isLandTransportable to false for unitAttachment attached to italianTank Trigger italianHvyTank1: Setting isLandTransportable to false for unitAttachment attached to italianHeavyTank Trigger italianAirtraninfra1: Setting isInfrastructure to false for unitAttachment attached to italianAirTransport Trigger italianAirtraninfra1: Setting attack to 1 for unitAttachment attached to italianAirTransport Trigger italianAirtraninfra1: Setting destroyedWhenCapturedBy cleared for unitAttachment attached to italianAirTransport Trigger italianMecht3: Setting isLandTransportable to false for unitAttachment attached to italianMech.Infantry Trigger italianMecht4: Setting isLandTransportable to true for unitAttachment attached to italianMech.Infantry Trigger italianTank2: Setting isLandTransportable to true for unitAttachment attached to italianTank Trigger italianHvyTank2: Setting isLandTransportable to true for unitAttachment attached to italianHeavyTank 1 italianStrategicBomber moved from Romania to Western Egypt 1 italianFighter moved from Cyrenaica to Western Egypt 1 italianFighter moved from Sicily to Western Egypt 1 italianTransport moved from 48 Sea Zone to 50 Sea Zone 1 italianInfantry moved from Peloponnese to 50 Sea Zone 1 italianInfantry moved from Sicily to 50 Sea Zone 2 italianInfantrys and 1 italianTransport moved from 50 Sea Zone to 51 Sea Zone 2 italianInfantrys moved from 51 Sea Zone to Tobruk 1 italianBattleship, 3 italianDestroyers and 2 italianSubmarines moved from 50 Sea Zone to 51 Sea Zone 1 italianBattleship, 1 italianCruiser and 3 italianSubmarines moved from 48 Sea Zone to 51 Sea Zone 1 italianMarine moved from Malta to 48 Sea Zone 1 italianMarine and 1 italianTransport moved from 48 Sea Zone to 50 Sea Zone 1 italianInfantry moved from Greece to 50 Sea Zone 1 italianInfantry, 1 italianMarine and 1 italianTransport moved from 50 Sea Zone to 51 Sea Zone 1 italianInfantry and 1 italianMarine moved from 51 Sea Zone to Crete Combat - Italy Air Battle in Western Egypt Italy attacks with 3 units heading to Western Egypt Air Battle is over, the remaining bombers go on to their targets Strategic bombing raid in Western Egypt Britain roll AntiAircraftGun dice in Western Egypt : 1/3 hits, 0,50 expected hits 1 italianStrategicBomber owned by the Italy killed by AntiAircraftGun in Western Egypt Bombing raid in Western Egypt causes 0 damage total. Battle in Tobruk Italy attack with 2 italianInfantrys Britain defend with 1 Flagpole and 1 britishInfantry Italy roll dice for 1 italianBattleship and 1 italianCruiser in Tobruk, round 2 : 0/3 hits, 1,08 expected hits Italy roll dice for 2 italianInfantrys in Tobruk, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0,33 expected hits Britain roll dice for 1 britishInfantry in Tobruk, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0,25 expected hits Italy roll dice for 2 italianInfantrys in Tobruk, round 3 : 1/2 hits, 0,33 expected hits Britain roll dice for 1 britishInfantry in Tobruk, round 3 : 0/1 hits, 0,25 expected hits 1 britishInfantry owned by the Britain lost in Tobruk Italy win, taking Tobruk from Britain with 2 italianInfantrys remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for Britain: 1 britishInfantry Battle in Crete Italy attack with 1 italianInfantry and 1 italianMarine Britain defend with 1 Flagpole and 1 britishInfantry Italy roll dice for 1 italianBattleship in Crete, round 2 : 1/2 hits, 0,83 expected hits Britain roll dice for 1 britishInfantry in Crete, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0,33 expected hits 1 italianInfantry owned by the Italy lost in Crete 1 britishInfantry owned by the Britain lost in Crete Italy win, taking Crete from Britain with 1 italianMarine remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0 Casualties for Italy: 1 italianInfantry Casualties for Britain: 1 britishInfantry Cleaning up after air battles Non Combat Move - Italy Trigger italianMecht1: Setting isLandTransport to true for unitAttachment attached to italianMech.Infantry Trigger IncomeRegulationEA2: Setting switch to false for conditionAttachmentYesEA attached to ExiledAllies Trigger italianAirtraninfra2: Setting isInfrastructure to true for unitAttachment attached to italianAirTransport Trigger italianAirtraninfra2: Setting attack to 0 for unitAttachment attached to italianAirTransport Trigger italianAirtraninfra2: Setting destroyedWhenCapturedBy to FROM:Italy for unitAttachment attached to italianAirTransport Trigger italianMecht2: Setting isLandTransport to false for unitAttachment attached to italianMech.Infantry 1 italianFighter moved from Western Egypt to Cyrenaica 1 italianFighter moved from Western Egypt to Al Kufrah 2 Trucks and 2 italianAntiAirGuns moved from Northern Spain to Southern Spain 1 italianDestroyer moved from 50 Sea Zone to 52 Sea Zone 1 italianAlpineInfantry moved from Sicily to 48 Sea Zone 1 italianAlpineInfantry moved from Malta to 48 Sea Zone 2 italianAlpineInfantrys and 1 italianTransport moved from 48 Sea Zone to 51 Sea Zone 2 italianAlpineInfantrys moved from 51 Sea Zone to Cyrenaica 1 italianNavalFighter moved from Sicily to Morrocco 1 italianTacticalBomber moved from Southern Italy to Southern Spain 2 Trucks moved from Southern Spain to Northern Spain 1 italianInfantry moved from Orel Kursk to Kharkov 1 italianMech.Infantry moved from Kharkov to Orel Kursk 1 italianAntiAirGun and 1 italianMech.Infantry moved from Orel Kursk to Kharkov 1 Train moved from Northern Italy to Rome 1 Truck moved from Northern Italy to Romania 2 italianMarines moved from Cyrenaica to Al Kufrah 1 italianAirTransport moved from Cyrenaica to Rome 1 italianAirTransport moved from Rome to Sicily Purchase Units - Italy Italy buy 4 italianInfantrys, 1 italianNavalFighter and 1 italianParatrooper; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 0 techTokens; Place Units - Italy 2 italianInfantrys placed in Rome 2 italianInfantrys and 1 italianParatrooper placed in Sicily 1 italianNavalFighter placed in Northern Italy Activate Technology - Italy Italy activating IncreasedFighterRange Trigger italianIFR1: Setting givesMovement to 3:italianFighter for unitAttachment attached to italianAirfield Trigger italianIFR1: Setting givesMovement to 3:italianNavalFighter for unitAttachment attached to italianAirfield Trigger italianIFR2: Setting givesMovement to 3:italianNavalFighter for unitAttachment attached to italianCarrier Italy giving technology to Germany: IncreasedFighterRange Turn Complete - Italy Italy collect 27 PUs; end with 27 PUs Units generate 6 techTokens; Italy end with 6 techTokens

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Italy regular : -0,58 Britain AntiAircraftGun : 0,50 Britain regular : 0,17

Savegame

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Game History

Round: 5 Purchase Units - Japanese Note to players Japanese: It is Early 1942 and our Proud Navy has added Transport Capacity to our Destroyers ! Destroyers may now transport 1 Infantry or Elite Infantry. Japanese buy 1 Escort, 4 Fortifications, 1 Japan_destroyer, 1 Repair_BB, 2 armour, 1 elite, 1 harbour and 5 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 6 SuicideAttackTokens; Place Units - Japanese 1 Repair_BB placed in 35 Sea Zone Politics - Japanese Trigger DD Transport: Setting transportCapacity cleared for unitAttachment attached to Japan_destroyer Trigger DD Transport: Setting transportCapacity to 2 for unitAttachment attached to Japan_destroyer Trigger DD TransportPacific: Setting transportCapacity cleared for unitAttachment attached to JPN_Pacific_DD Trigger DD TransportPacific: Setting transportCapacity to 2 for unitAttachment attached to JPN_Pacific_DD Combat Move - Japanese Trigger RailMovementAutoPlaceJapanese: Japanese has 2 J_Rails placed in Kiangsu 1 unit repaired. Trigger Japanese RemoveRepair BB: has removed 1 Repair_BB owned by Japanese in 35 Sea Zone 4 fighters moved from Yunnan to India 2 bombers moved from Kwangsi to India 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Kwangsi to Burma 2 infantry moved from Yunnan to Burma 1 tactical_bomber moved from Yunnan to Kansu 1 fighter and 2 tactical_bombers moved from Yunnan to Tsinghai 1 infantry moved from Sikang to Tsinghai 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Shensi to Kansu 1 armour moved from Kweichow to Kansu 3 armour, 2 artilleries, 10 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from Shensi to Tsinghai 1 submarine moved from 41 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 35 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone 1 transport moved from 37 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from French Indo China to 36 Sea Zone 2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 36 Sea Zone to 43 Sea Zone 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 36 Sea Zone to Borneo 2 infantry moved from 43 Sea Zone to Borneo 1 cruiser moved from 37 Sea Zone to 43 Sea Zone 1 elite moved from Malaya to 37 Sea Zone 1 Japan_destroyer and 1 elite moved from 37 Sea Zone to 43 Sea Zone 1 elite moved from 43 Sea Zone to Borneo 1 battleship moved from 37 Sea Zone to 44 Sea Zone 1 armour and 1 artillery moved from Philippines to 35 Sea Zone 1 elite moved from Philippines to 35 Sea Zone 1 Japan_destroyer, 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 elite and 1 transport moved from 35 Sea Zone to 44 Sea Zone 1 armour and 1 artillery moved from 44 Sea Zone to Celebes 1 elite moved from 44 Sea Zone to Celebes 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 35 Sea Zone to Celebes 1 elite moved from Caroline Islands to 33 Sea Zone 1 Japan_destroyer and 1 elite moved from 33 Sea Zone to 45 Sea Zone 1 transport moved from 35 Sea Zone to 34 Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from Paulau Island to 34 Sea Zone 2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 34 Sea Zone to 45 Sea Zone 1 battleship and 1 cruiser moved from 35 Sea Zone to 45 Sea Zone 1 elite and 2 infantry moved from 45 Sea Zone to Dutch New Guinea 1 Escort moved from 6 Sea Zone to 16 Sea Zone Combat - Japanese Air Battle in India Japanese attacks with 6 units heading to India Air Battle is over, the remaining bombers go on to their targets Strategic bombing raid in India Bombing raid in India rolls: 6,3 and causes: 9 damage to unit: factory_major Bombing raid in India causes 9 damage total. Battle in 42 Sea Zone Japanese attack with 1 fighter, 1 submarine and 1 tactical_bomber ANZAC defend with 1 transport Japanese win, taking 42 Sea Zone from Neutral with 1 fighter, 1 submarine and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6 Casualties for ANZAC: 1 transport Battle in Burma Japanese attack with 1 fighter, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber British defend with 1 infantry Japanese win, taking Burma from British with 1 fighter, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for British: 1 infantry Battle in Celebes Changer loiter and taunt; Japanese attack with 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 elite, 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber Changer defend; British defend with 1 Fortification and 1 infantry Japanese win, taking Celebes from British with 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 elite, 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 4 Casualties for British: 1 Fortification and 1 infantry Battle in Dutch New Guinea Changer loiter and taunt; Japanese attack with 1 elite and 2 infantry Changer defend; ANZAC defend with 1 infantry Japanese win, taking Dutch New Guinea from ANZAC with 1 elite and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for ANZAC: 1 infantry Battle in Tsinghai Japanese attack with 3 armour, 2 artilleries, 1 fighter, 11 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 2 tactical_bombers Chinese defend with 1 fighter and 16 infantry Japanese win, taking Tsinghai from Chinese with 3 armour, 1 fighter and 2 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 12 Casualties for Japanese: 2 artilleries, 11 infantry and 1 mech_infantry Casualties for Chinese: 1 fighter and 16 infantry Battle in Kansu Japanese attack with 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber Chinese defend with 2 infantry Japanese win, taking Kansu from Chinese with 1 armour, 1 artillery and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry Casualties for Chinese: 2 infantry Battle in Borneo Japanese attack with 1 elite, 1 fighter, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber British defend with 1 Fortification and 1 infantry Japanese win, taking Borneo from British with 1 elite, 1 fighter, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 4 Casualties for British: 1 Fortification and 1 infantry Cleaning up after air battles Trigger Remove All ParaBoost: has removed 1 german_paraBoost owned by Germans in Greece Trigger Remove All ItaliansParaBoost: has removed 1 italian_paraBoost owned by Italians in Syria Trigger Remove All Wolfpack: has removed 1 Wolfpack owned by Germans in 97 Sea Zone Trigger Remove All Wolfpack: has removed 1 Wolfpack owned by Germans in 112 Sea Zone Non Combat Move - Japanese Trigger ItaliansParaBoost atSyria: Italians has 1 italian_paraBoost placed in Syria Trigger Wolfpack at112 SeaZones: Germans has 1 Wolfpack placed in 112 Sea Zone Trigger ParaBoost atGreece: Germans has 1 german_paraBoost placed in Greece Trigger Wolfpack at97 SeaZones: Germans has 1 Wolfpack placed in 97 Sea Zone Trigger RailMovementAutoPlaceRemoveJapanese: has removed 1 J_Rail owned by Japanese in Sikang Trigger RailMovementAutoPlaceRemoveJapanese: has removed 1 J_Rail owned by Japanese in Manchuria 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 42 Sea Zone to 45 Sea Zone 1 carrier moved from 35 Sea Zone to 45 Sea Zone 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Celebes to 35 Sea Zone 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Borneo to 35 Sea Zone 1 carrier moved from 36 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone 1 elite moved from Japan to 6 Sea Zone 1 Japan_destroyer and 1 elite moved from 6 Sea Zone to 33 Sea Zone 1 elite moved from 33 Sea Zone to Caroline Islands 1 armour moved from Malaya to Yunnan 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Burma to Kweichow 2 bombers and 4 fighters moved from India to Yunnan 3 armour moved from Kwangtung to French Indo China 1 infantry moved from French Indo China to Shan State 2 infantry moved from Yunnan to Shan State 2 bombers moved from Yunnan to French Indo China 1 fighter and 2 tactical_bombers moved from Tsinghai to Shensi 1 tactical_bomber moved from Kansu to Shensi 1 aaGun moved from Shensi to Tsinghai 1 aaGun moved from Manchuria to Jehol 2 armour moved from Shantung to Anhwe 1 infantry moved from Shantung to Jehol 1 J_Rail and 1 infantry moved from Kiangsu to Manchuria 1 J_Rail and 1 infantry moved from Kiangsu to Sikang Place Units - Japanese 1 harbour placed in Philippines 2 armour and 1 infantry placed in Shantung 3 infantry placed in Kiangsu 1 Escort and 1 Japan_destroyer placed in 6 Sea Zone 1 elite and 1 infantry placed in Japan 4 Fortifications placed in Caroline Islands Turn Complete - Japanese Note to players Japanese: <body><b>It is Early 1942 and Our Shipyards are Hard at Work.<br><br>We will soon Launch 1 new Cruiser and 1 new Submarine. They may only Operate in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.<b></body> Japanese collect 57 PUs; end with 57 PUs Trigger Japanese Controls DNG Pacific Expanded: Japanese met a national objective for an additional 2 PUs; end with 59 PUs Trigger Japanese Controls Celebes Pacific Expanded: Japanese met a national objective for an additional 1 PUs; end with 60 PUs Trigger Japanese Controls Philippines Pacific Expanded: Japanese met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 63 PUs Trigger Japanese AdvancedProduction: Japanese met a national objective for an additional 8 PUs; end with 71 PUs Objective Japanese 5 Control China: Japanese met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 76 PUs

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TripleA Turn Summary: Japanese round 6

TripleA Turn Summary for game: Big World : 1942

Game History

Round: 6 Purchase Units - Japanese Japanese buy 6 armour and 7 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Savegame

@panzerstahl-helm-0
a few days

@rogercooper I can't post using tsvg file, I need a zip file of the entire folder.

@crockett36 We are currently $105.00 shy of the Aug 1st bill.

@alkexr

Some thoughts on your "Tactics" table. It is a good approach but I have some simplifications for your math that do not change anything about the balance but make it a lot more digestible/transparent.

First the most important aspect: the table should not have 1 as the standard entry. It absolutely needs to be 0. The value of the unit itself (seen when you purchase it) should be roughly correct and the table should be at 0 instead of 1 for most entries. So all units get +1 for their corresponding baseline stat instead. Then river modifiers change to -1 and the others change to +1 for individual rows.

Almost as important: "Excellent" units get +2 almost everywhere. So their baseline stat(s) should just be increased by +1 and their "Tactics" bonuses reduced by -1 (in comparison to their current state) to +1 and 0 for rivers instead. Which would bring an additional advantage: "Excellent" units would be exactly in line with "Poor" units, eliminating them from the table!

Almost as important as well (because it has the same advantages): "Primitive" is identical with "Good" just shifted down by one. I would reduce the values for "Primitive" units by 1 for their corresponding baseline stat(s) (same reasoning as with excellent). This brings them in line with "good" units, gives them more appropriate baseline stats and eliminates the (most complex) category as well!

These simplifications leave you with three very simple categories: The only modifiers left are:

Specialized units (formerly "Poor" and "Excellent) get -1 for Rivers Average units get +1 for Caves Versatile units (formerly "Primitive" and "Good") get +1 for Caves, Plains and Settlements
This is MUCH easier to digest and creates much better/more appropriate baseline stats for the units. Calling it "specialized" (or "focused" or something like that) and "versatile" eliminates the intuition that "better" units should be the one getting the bonuses.

If I understand correctly, the "tactics" table and the the "terrain preference" table are the same thing just differentiated between common modifiers and uncommon (individual) modifiers. That is fine, of course, but maybe "Tactics (shared modifiers)" would be a clearer headline (this is highly subjective...). The text could reference that there a individual modifiers as well.

Is open fields the better terrain for good and excellent units on purpose? As good as a settlement?

IF you are not going with the simplifications layed out above (you should at least try and to tests with it...)

The original thought is/was "cheaper units should not be scaling as good as expensive units" and that led to the creation of shared modifiers/tactics. I would argue that the name of the table should reflect this logic. A troll does not employ clever "tactics" but it might bring "Versatility" because of its raw strength/power. So "Versatility" or "Versatility (shared modifiers)" would be clearer. Maybe even straight up something like "Units Power Levels". The wording is quite good (easy for all the non-native speakers). I do think "primitive" is a bit of an outlier. It does not work with "versatility" at all and it does wrong for "tactics". Primitive tactics are not necesarily wrong, they could potentially be the very best tactic possible. Overpowering an enemy by attacking all-out is often the best course of action (as is running away). Poor tactics are bad and poorly chosen. I would like this scale more: Poor - Simple - Average - Good - Excellent. It takes out the unclear meaning of primitive. The order in the tactics table is a bit broken. -> Rivers should be first (or last but then everything else would need to switch order as well). -> Caves should be last. -> Forests and Marshes should be part of the Mountains-and-Hills column. -> Open Fields and Settlements should be the same box/column.

@panzerstahl-helm-0 Aaahh! Working in a hurry to get this out before work day starts and forgot to delete one infantry and three LM's from Burma. You are welcome to do it yourself or I will do it on I11

For Windows, here are the folders where TripleA is stored.

C:\Program Files\TripleA = Default TripleA install path. In my case it is the latest 2.7 pre-release
C:\Program Files\TripleA-2.5.22294 = Custom install path for version 2.5.22294. In my case its a constant and does not change.

C:\Users\USERNAME\triplea\downloadedMaps = shared download path for both/all versions of TripleA

Could a Mac user please post similar for a Mac?
Thanks

@panzerstahl-helm-0

Tommies shot a Bmbr down 🙂 Guess it coulda been worse.

Totally missed that U-boat attack off Guiana. Nice kill 🙂

Edit
Oh this when at war with JPN already. OK I gotta think a bit 🙂

@rogercooper Not yet. I'm thinking to bump the version number to '2.8' when all of these updates are ready. The '2.8' release announcement will be when it is ready. These backend changes are most of what we are waiting for.

@crockett36 Open a new thread as this discussion doesn't really belong on the "Curated" thread.

Latest version v215 ready for download.

WARNING: This version is NOT compatible with your old saved games, so finish them before upgrading.

In TripleA
Click Download Maps Button
Click Installed tab
Click 1941 Global Command Decision
Click Remove Button
Click Yes button to remove
Click Ok button (Successfully removed)
Click Close (To force the map list to refresh)
Click Download Maps Button
Find & Click 1941 Global Command Decision
Click Install button
Enjoy!

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v215
WARNING: This version is NOT compatible with your old saved games, so finish them before upgrading.

Kamikaze-Plane can now Scramble 1 Lots of place names have been shortened (thanks to RogerCooper) as need more space on the status bar in preparation for, Winter is coming, as a Terrain Effect Winter terrain effect can be turned on, for veteran German players it will slow your advance
Use Events: Winter Weather – to turned it on, before pressing Play button, in Game Options> Use Events: Winter Weather (tick), bottom right

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As an aside, here is a Google Gemini image, used in game
Type Google Gemini in your browser
Type Draw ww2 armoured column stuck in the snow
de7be38c-b129-45c1-bd74-a8dd63e716a9-W_Winter.png

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Current v215 documentation (last page has winter turn on instructions)
1941_Global_Command_Decision_Manual.pdf

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Link to 1st post that has;
Google Drive download link
Latest TripleA version
Latest 1941 GCD manual

https://forums.triplea-game.org/topic/3326/1941-global-command-decision-official-thread

@beelee I will give it a shot seeing if I can finally figure out how to post screenshots. If so, I can complete the game report

@rambo919

heh heh yea i hate windows 🙂

@beelee

great help, thanks again

@beelee
thanks for this hint too.

I'll try both of them, but one at the time.
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