Campaign defaults

[ueauvan]

Is there a way to change the campaign default settings, for example to USA vs 3 Russia, 200 battles and start and end date?

[ueauvan]

noone knows if possible?

[Alpha]

of course.

[DRG]

ueauvan said:
Is there a way to change the campaign default settings, for example to USA vs 3 Russia, 200 battles and start and end date?



Yes, of course. Just click on the flag buttons under Player 1 and Player 2 and change them to what you want

Don

[ueauvan]

sorry didnt explain myself
when generating a campaign it resorts to a default set, battles 10, date etc. i seem to remember being able to change an ini file for battle generator but i was asking about the campign one. if you play constant cold war campaigns like me within a certain time period with a number of fights over 50 say its a bit tedious to click battles up, change countries, date etc

[DRG]

No, sorry. those numbers and dates are set internally. The four nations will change for the patch though. If you usually play as the Russians you're in luck

Don

[ueauvan]

Don

thanks for the info, would it be possible to have clickers for 1, 10s in the number of battles?

[DRG]

No plans to. We changed it to increment by one's rather than fives because most people play less than 20 battles in a campaign. If you played the maximum number of battles in a campaign that would require a 10 click button to make it easier ....how often, realistically, would you actually use it?. 200 battles... even if you played two per day is 100 days in between set ups and it's only 35 seconds to click from 10 to 200. Have you actually ever finished a 200 game campaign? You're HQ would be supermen by then methinks.

Don

[JaM]

I did finished 60 battle campaign, and my soldiers were supermans,batmans, x-mans and bunch of fantastic fours... exp and morale over 130...

[DRG]

JaM said:
I did finished 60 battle campaign, and my soldiers were supermans,batmans, x-mans and bunch of fantastic fours... exp and morale over 130...




That's what I figured even allowing for a lot of core units to be fully replenished over time there would end up being a number of uber infantry running about. I know we allow 200 battles in a campaign but really, 20 to 30 is usually the most people play. Even 60 is very rare in my experience

Don

[Mobhack]

I find 10 or so battles is about enough for modern period campaigns.

A SPWW2 long campaign is an entirely different matter though - as the war progresses you get different toys to play with and the balance between you and the opponent can shift WRT unit effectiveness etc, plus you get to play around in different theatres, geographic areas etc. There 40 to 50 battles will allow you to get used to each change, but limiting the war to say 10 battles would make these "whizz" by.. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Andy

[ueauvan]

agree, i was assuming the mbt version was the base program and 200 battles for a spww2 war campaign is what i always play