💥 1941 Global Command Decision - Official Thread

[TheDog]

@ezgaming (this post is a duplicate of the one in Development as ezgaming might not read it)

Myrd/asvitkine has been working this past week to fix TripleA 2.6 Bid & Bid Placement, you can now;

• buy units upto the maxBuiltPerPlayer limit
• place infinite or stacking/placementLimit units per territory or sea zone
• place land units in any territory you own (no 'factory' required)
• place ship units in any friendly sea zone with ship(s) of the same owner already in it
• Construction/immobile units placed obeys upgrade rules and canOnlyBePlacedInTerritoryValuedAtX
• Units can only be placed if territoryEffect unitsNotAllowed allows them

Note this is probably different to the way that 2.5 Bid & Bid Placement works and the 2.6 manual should reflect the above.

[ezgaming]

@thedog THANK YOU !

[ezgaming]

@thedog I wish I had your skills with Mac OS. Because I am still not sure where to get what - and do we need to be running TripleA 2.5 AND 2.6?

Im surprised but I am so lost so if you could please spell out how and what I need to get I would be most gRATEFULL

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[TheDog]

@ezgaming
Just in case you have not seen this
https://forums.triplea-game.org/topic/3724/how-to-have-triplea-2-5-2-6-installed-at-the-same-time

Ask your questions there, hopefully I or a Mac user can help you.

[beelee]

@ezgaming you can't DL GCD with the latest triplea ? Found here https://github.com/triplea-game/triplea/releases/tag/2.6.14683

Macs have had issues with triplea for as long as I can remember. 15 years plus. They are ongoing.

Can you download and play Global Command Decision with the above triple prerelease ?

Edit

Idk if this is relevant or not
https://github.com/triplea-game/triplea/pull/12420

[ezgaming]

@thedog OK I installed Triplea 2.6 (which contains the GCD map/game) and installed a version of Triplea 2.5 in a non-standard location on my Mac.

I have no idea what 2.5 is for but all the pieces seem to be in place - but when I start the game, I get an invasion of Russia despite me having done nothing but opening the game.

https://www.wilderness.com/TRIPLEA/Screenshot_2024-03-10at16.25.png

[wc_sumpton]

@ezgaming

The German invasion!!!

Did you give a bid a player, This is a know problem with GCD version prior to 165. You can download that version here.

Hope this helps you!!

Cheers...

[TheDog]

@ezgaming
or do this
Latest 1941GCD
Remove the old version and reinstall the new version by;
TripleA Downloads> Installed tab> Highlight 1941 Global Command Decision> Remove
Once removed on New Maps tab and install 1941 Global Command Decision

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Also,
You should put the relief layer on with the menu
View> Tick Show map details

This will also show the territory effects on the map, oh and it will make it look good.

[ezgaming]

@thedog I started over - then followed your instructions (I think) and removed the GCD map - but a new map will not load. See attached

Some questions that might help:

Q1. Is the current intent to use the Triplea v 2.6 engine to make the GCD game (the map) available? In other words, go to https://github.com/triplea-game/triplea/releases and get 2024-March-09 - 2.6.14683 and that would have GCD in it?

Q2. The statement that we must have version 2.5 running is not something I can relate to. What is the purpose of people mentioning dual running 2.5 and v2.6?

When I first joined this group and reached out to you guys last year I found myself EXTREMELY positive on this game's potential.

And my intent has always been to help you guys as much as I can to get this VERY SUPERIOR and VERY FUN TO PLAY version of TripleA out there in the world. IMHO 1941 GCD is one of the best games ever in this genre.

But I cannot even get the game to run at this point and with all the "very confusing and complex for me" instructions over the past couple weeks I am even more lost than ever.

I think one thing that would help is if someone was to lay out the steps required to take to get the game to just run.

I recall back in summer of 2023 I only ran into this German Invasion of Russia when I tried to add a bid or other resource modifier.

But like I said, at this point I cannot even get the game to run again but I am not an expert at this sort of thing.

So I would like to offer to be the GCD-guinea pig if someone could write a 1941-GCD FOR SUPER DUMMIES THAT ARE USING A MAC

Maybe if we had some simple (for you guys) step by step instructions I could help nail down what works and what does not.

Cheers and THANK YOU

[wc_sumpton]

@ezgaming

I also noticed that when I removed GCD, it did not appear in the "New Map". I had to close the download maps screen and reopen it for GCD to appear. Be aware that both the "Remove" process and the "Install" to quite a few minutes to complete. So be patient.

Cheers...

[Black_Elk]

@ezgaming

So I'm not on mac, but the main reason why someone would want to run 2.5 is just cause it's listed as the last stable, so like for multiplayer in play by forum games or the lobby and such if they want to game with people who are still using 2.5

2.6 the latest is pre-release, so more like for make makers or players who want to test the latest features. Thing is it's been a while since the last update to stable, but the pre-release has a number of the new features that the map was designed to make use of, or some new stuff added into the more recent 2.6 builds.

So anyway I think answer to Q1 would be yeah better in 2.6

q2. when you download the pre-release for 2.6 for your OS, this won't automatically replace/update the maps in your downloads folder which exist (at least on my OS) in a local downloaded maps folder. So basically when you install 2.6 just go to your downloaded maps folder and remove whatever was there before. The GCD folder. This will allow you to click the "download maps" button when you launch TripleA and grab the map.

There are no maps that are actually bundled with tripleA, other than the tutorial map. So basically you might need to remove a map, and grab it again if switching from 2.5 to 2.6, just cause the structure is a little different in how maps are set up to work with 2.6.

I had a similar issue a little while back trying to figure it out, also with the slight lag. Probably just cause it's a very large map, like bigger file size and such maybe? It's always a little trickier than one would hope hehe. TheDog or someone might be able to walk ya through it, and then the same stuff should work for any other new maps that might come out if you need to re-grab whatever for your local collection.

[beelee]

@ezgaming said in 1941 Global Command Decision - Official Thread:

I get an invasion of Russia

and they're attacking backwards

[TheDog]

@ezgaming
Go here for your GCD install help
https://forums.triplea-game.org/topic/3760/on-a-mac-how-to-get-1941-global-command-decision-working

[ezgaming]

@black_elk great explanation. Thank you !!!

[TheDog]

@ezgaming
Hopefully you got it working and managed a few games?

[ezgaming]

@thedog sure did. Thanks. It’s a great game for sure. Ofc, like most ww2 games, it’s balanced over how long it takes for Germany to lose… but that is standard and we all know that the axis cannot out produce the allies

I like the “railroad” thing. Where you set it up for troops to move 3 from a factory terrain. Very nice that.

There’s much more to explore so I’m happy to have it working now.

Cheers

[TheDog]

@ezgaming and others
Im planning on doing a 6 month update, so any suggestions?

Currently Italy

• On the eastern front has more units at the expense of Germany.
• Italian homeland gets land and air defence.

Minor changes to faction panels at startup.

[TheDog]

Latest version 170 ready for download

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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MAJOR CHANGES
Italy

• Now owns Chernihiv and the units in it, was Germany.
• Added a Industry-Med to Kherson.
• Homeland has land and air defences
• At sea added 2x Convoys

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Link to 1st post that has the Google Drive download link and to get the latest TripleA version
https://forums.triplea-game.org/topic/3326/1941-global-command-decision-official-thread

EDIT: Thanks Beelee!

[beelee]

@thedog said in 1941 Global Command Decision - Official Thread:

v170 is NOT currently available in game as a download

it is now

actually it will update without the yaml being updated. It just doesn't notify you that theres a new version

[TheDog]

@beelee
Thanks for merging on GitHub.

actually it will update without the yaml being updated. It just doesn't notify you that theres a new version

Also, thanks for confirming in 2.6 there is no version control for map downloads.

So now the easiest way is to update a map is to remove and add it in TripleA (as post above)

Also I have put the map version in the xml <property name="notes"> as below, so I know what version players are having trouble with and for my own benefit.

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