Domination 1914 No Man's Land - Official Thread

redrum

@wassmuss Not sure what you mean? What new version?

KurtGodel7

@redrum said in Domination 1914 No Man's Land - Official Thread:

@wassmuss Not sure what you mean? What new version?

There have been some new versions floating around lately. In one, the cost of heavy guns is reduced. Once you get rail guns tech they defend on a 6. Just now I played a different version where Russia had been given a few extra units to start. I'm not a fan of this version pollution. You think you're playing the normal version, only to find that the version you're actually playing has altered game balance in ways which might hurt you.

Cernel

@kurtgodel7 I suggest anyone to write down (in here) the full and exact game name of the game in question, so that it may be verified if the name might be confusing in some way.

Unfortunately, TripleA has the egregious problem of allowing whatever number of different games to have the exact same name if they belong to different maps.

Reference:
https://github.com/triplea-game/triplea/issues/7005

NGMC

@wassmuss The version i played was created by caoyu. I agree that all modifications were too defensive heavy. I told him so. It is a shame he didn't name it differently.

redrum

Any mod of NML should have a different name so its clear. If the user continues to create mods of existing maps without changing the name then please let mods know so they can address the issue.

zlefin

A bug was found: apparently Italy can't build tanks even after armour has been researched. I verified the bug is present, at least in v 2.5.22294 and with the currentl v of NML.

I edited the original post to put that in the bugs section, since apparently I can do that.

To fix the bug: search the file for
value="conditionAttachmenttankA"/>
there are two instances of that, select the one that is a few lines below
<attachment name="triggerAttachmentItalyT5"

and modify it to say
value="conditionAttachmenttankI"/>

that is, with an I instead of an A at the end of the conditionattachmenttank

So whoever's in charge of the map now can update it at some point with that fix.

ice1

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Schulz

It has been years since I played NM.

Is there anything left we could still improve regarding balance, graphics, techs, etc.? Or is it in a perfect state right now?

Would anyone be interested in a toggleable alternative skin with more realistic land shapes? I have a 9800 px draft map. I got rid of the exaggerated land curves (looking at you, Spain!). Europe is also slightly enlarged to fit more units while keeping the rest of the landmasses far less distorted.

Here's a comparison of the scale of the two versions:

RogerCooper

@Schulz I was recently playing Domination 1914 and I saw two problems.

The way the Russian Revolution is handled is very ahistorical. They are there at the start in 1914 and have their main base in Siberia, which historically held against the Bolsheviks for longest. They should pop up in the middle of the war instead.

The other issue is that Americans have trouble entering the war. The AI builds ships and planes but few ground forces. Faster but more expensive transports might help.

The world map is good either way.

Schulz

@RogerCooper I think the ahistorical presence of the Bolsheviks in Siberia makes the game more interesting and provides more options to both sides.

I haven't played against the AI in a long time. All I remember is that the AI is worse at handling naval stuff, not necessarily specific to the Americans on this map.

There used to be a tech that gave transports +2 range, but it was nerfed to +1. Not sure if that would make any difference to the American AI's behavior.