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This topic is locked again I'll use this space to set up a list of ideas discussed in the new topic Wishes 2023-2024 that - at first sight - I ponder could be implemented without serious hazard. Ideas to check before end of 2023: Is it possible to increase the unit limits in OG ? More than 15 leader...

As it looks that not only None is wanting to dream, I've decided to open a new topic to gather wishes to be evaluated around Christmas 2023 and eventually work along 2024 :) I am moving latest post from the old Wish List summary here to allow wide discussion, opinions, etc, and then I'll be adding a...

:howdy Yes, it's weird.. but it is For both maps - 50023 and 50024 the same thing is observed --> after changing terrain only on these two hexes (airport) - file size increases I recorded how I do it That's not the problem, the problem is that this mapx file cannot be uploaded regardless how I try;...

Corrected/Changed mapx files for download https://drive.google.com/file/d/15BLVmgfO0Iu1PnYqlu-VyqeM28zCKhAX/view?usp=sharing @Luis - can I request a file swap? I replaced these files into MapFinder, but the file 50023_moscow_big.mapx (178.448 bytes) is truncated to 163.840 bytes when uploading :huh...

I've unlocked this topic to allow adding new wishes for new features / options during 3 months.

After that time we will agree if it is worth to unlock the code to add new features or it is better to keep the code frozen.

Please keep the format of previous posts.

Yes, I know development is frozen, Luis is at the beach (at least I hope he is) and all that, but I'll still put this here: Could we have a system (something like the unitpedia) which allows to display hints (help) for each scenario? Yes, development is frozen as that was asked by designers and som...

Sure, it can be repaired quite easily, but you have to detect it first! The issue here is that it looks like an airport, it talks like an airport, but unless at some point you start wondering why your planes drop out of the sky lacking fuel, you'll never detect is isn't actually an airport, but jus...

Hi Luis, no need to delete before. Thank you! Hope you are well my friend. Impressive update :cool specially the UnitPedia section. :banana :banana I've finished uploading all changes/additions, so tomorrow it will be available at www.open-general.com (installer and LXF efile package) Congratulatio...

Golothin wrote: ↑
2023-07-26 13:57, Wednesday
Version 0.9 available [17.07.2023]

Download

Thank you

Should I delete any file before uploading to open-general.com or there are only new and/or updated files ?

Version 795 uploaded July 11, 2023. web.utk.edu/~jcrouch/ New Europe1939 scenario. Based on SPI's 'WWII: European Theatre of Operations'. (OOB anyway.) Started a new player help screen. (Just barely started.) Moved the old PG/AG scenarios to their own folder. That was Jrff's announcement on the mos...

In randowes admirable atomic e-file worldcampaign there are healer units for ground troops. I asked him for a healer unit for aircrafts and his answer was that only Luis might know if this possible!? :grumpy Sorry for delay Hoza ... Effectively there is no possible to configure healer units for air...

Normally no matter how many ppts the AI has it won't buy any units until I get within spotting distance of a V/S hex. However, I'm playing a 50 scenario campaign in which in a couple of the early scenarios, the AI used all of its 65000 ppts to buy units on its first turn. Is there a setting in the ...

Greetings everyone! Question: Could helos use carriers? Considering that "helo" class is essentially "flak" in MW e-file I thought it is better if I ask if they could deploy on carriers or not. Well it depends how you configure helos and containers ... The best way would be if you test your helos w...

I've got an email supousely reporting a bug like this: Game version : 0.93.5.0 * 16 Jul 2022 Efile: EFILE_OPENAK\ ... Ver: OpenAdlerkorps 0.331 [2017-01-21] Description: .. Regards vv v v (attached) some files There is no description of the bug and neither a sender email to ask him/her for a bit mor...

I'm going to mark this as closed. It appears that the behaviour I described was accurate, but it wasn't an issue with Open General. It was a problem with wine. I have found some packages which are wine preloaders (wine32-preloader, wine64-preloader). What they do is reserve the memory address range...

I'm trying to keep the whole scenario in snow-covered ground. Not only because it feels silly to have a white snowy map with "dry" ground, but also because it's winter in northern Russia, and even if it isn't snowing, thaw shouldn't come for months. A pity there is no way to influence weather -- bo...

Could somebody please refresh my memory, once it has snowed and the ground is "frozen", how long will it last, and what does thaw depend on? An amount of "clear" days? How many actually? Is there anything else affecting it? Can I prevent it somehow? The "weather.txt" comments only mention probabili...

I had an idee. If I remember right, it is that each player could have 400 units. If you take the player 4 , you could use it for the immobile garrisons, bunkers etc. The succession is Player 1, Player 2, Player 3(not used) and then Player 4. So you could have 400 + 400 units for the A.I. I don't kn...

But, that would break the agreement to keep OG stable: no new features/options, only changes to eventually fix critical bugs. Would it? It's not a change per se : You can't possibly call this a "new feature or option"... :evil ;) Yes, this would be a new feature - making as a new option is absolute...

:doh Now I understand what Luis meant, and why this seemed to work so nicely: Actually OG deletes any and all units over 400 when you play the scenario! Meaning they show just fine in the scenario, but when you play it, they're gone (right from the start)!... :cry :cry :cry I guess I'll have to avo...

Not a bug, but a little annoying nevertheless... Could we please get rid of the purchase block in OpenSuite when that player already has 400 units? (Right now when you try to buy your 401th unit, the purchase button is greyed (actually yellowed) out, and doesn't work anymore.) Yes, I know, I know, ...

Thanx for the help. But i tried every update for OG. Yes, the error is surely related with your hardware, I checked the code and tried to replicate, but everything worked as expected, I can cancel AI with ESC, exit any panel and quit the game otherwise While navigating the hotkeys, i found "Ctrl B"...

OpenSuite updated to 5.0.73.6 * Added option to report all scenarios using the selected item in menu: Equipment | Unit's usage tool | Report scenarios using selected item So, must go to Equipment View, select the item you want to check, and use the new option, A log file will be created with all sce...

Hi Duke,

I have almost ready a new option in Suite, to report all scenarios using the unit selected in the Equipment View
Maybe I can publish a bit later today as to be available tomorrow from my web

EDIT: Try this one (only the Opengui folder is in the zip9: https://www.mediafire.com/file/jqs1ke8abrkd1i4/OPENGUI.zip/file This would included into next full upload just not have time yet to re-compile everything. Hope it is better as a GUI now :) Indisputably better :yes But I'd make the gray fra...

I quote myself from the other thread :) Is there a consensus on how to proceed? Not sure if there is a consensus, but here it is what I'll do until any consensus is eventually agreed: I'll convert any png file 24 or 32 bpp to 256 colors to upload to Mapfinder. I'll run the script launching the set ...

Maybe not the right place but corresponds to OG anyway... How can I make a new, blank dat file? I use the icontools to remove old items from an existing openicons.dat then refill it with the new icons but that method is time-consuming at best... Is there any other way? Put all png icons on a folder...

Congrats

Making transparent the background of dialogs showing unit's stats is a bug or is intended ?

I'd say that unit's stats are rather difficult to read, at least for me

Anyway congrats for the efile and campaigns

Hello guys. I am having this problem: Sometimes, when a unit gets a leader, the game freezes, so i have to restart again. It had been happening for some time, on two different (performant) gaming laptops, on windows 8, 10 and 11. Any clue? Thank you in advance. No clue, sorry. Can you tell us which...

Buenas tardes, He instalado el juego de nuevo después de mucho tiempo, y ahora no me funcionan la botonera inferior. Pincho por ejemplo en cargar partida guardada y no hace nada. ¿Alguien sabe que puede estar pasando? Gracias por el gran trabajo que realizáis! Saludos Pues la verdad es que no tengo...

[ :howdy Sorry, but i am still confused. So for me as a map maker i send you only one file. Do you want the 256 color png file OR a 24 bit png file with 16 million colors? So you can process it. Yes, the png 256 colors is the best option, then I'll create the JPGs using it. But, some mapmakers don'...

We can compare the size of png and jpg files for individual procedures and choose the best I prefer the process of getting a jpg image from a png file → although I only send jpg files to Luis Randowe is right → the png file should be kept as a pattern If you are working on creating classic maps - w...

How do you want to proceed? Should i send you the png file only and you process it with your program? Then you can upload the jpg you created to mapfinder and dismiss the png. I don't know which is the best option, but surely we can save space when we dismiss the png files. Yes I think this is the ...

Aaaaand another one :lol Number: 1563 Name: Crimea North (3K) Location: Ukraine Period: WWII Map size: 3150;3000 Comment: mod of map 1525 Uploaded ... but could not load the .png file to MapFinder, as the speed was so slow that all the time connection was broken due to timeout. That is happening wi...

Hi! I realised something about the font. The font of game is thicker as the normal font. How can I turn the normal one? Thanks for help :) "normal" ? what is that ? :dunno Launch "Settings" dialog (hotkey backslash) and press Font button (F in the left middle of dialog) From the Font dialog, can se...

:howdy How can I download mapX for this map? Good point !!!, honestly I do not remember which solution we did for last king-size map :huh Of course I can send by email to you, so you can upload it to .pl repo, but if anyone remember what we did for previous one, it would be nice to follow the rule ...

:howdy New map is finished Number: 50029 Name: Siauliai (3K) Location: Lithuania Period: WWII Map size: 3300;3300 Comment: the map represents the area from East Prussia to Liepaja (Libava). Due to historic period all names in East Prussia area are given as their original German ones - Tilsit instea...

I always was under the impression that one side can only have 400 units max? Certainly! Max units per player = (800 / number of players), so for 2 players scenario, no player can buy if it has already 400 units, and for 4 players 200. Obviously you set more than 400 units for that player when creat...

randowe wrote: ↑
2023-02-28 20:11, Tuesday

Number: 1584
Name: Liepaja (3K)
Location: Latvia
Period: WWII
Map size: 3150;3000

Comment: mod of map 1468

Uploaded to MapFinder and OG's repo

Thank you for the test files, I got to fix already.

Tomorrow will be available at my website

When you open a savegame, go to the Map View and check "UnitRange" to display range circles, AI unit ranges are all displayed one hex larger than they should. Exception, if the AI unit has a leader, it displays the right range circle . Seems range is processed differently when the unit has a leader...

PGX v787 available for download. Bug fixing. Thanks Additionally, he is tinkering with the introduction of another old idea in the "big maps" variant: Factories. And the possible addition of more resource objective types similar to the old oil objectives. :cool Interesting idea for big maps, :yes

:welcome al foro LordVicius Lo segundo, preguntar por alguna campaña de WW2 que incluya stalingrado con mapas chulos. Me explico: he probado la que hay que se llama "Stalingrado" pero el mapa del segundo escenario no me atrae nada. Me refiero a los graficos. Quería saber si conoceis alguna alternati...

Hello :howdy A new map is finished. I'll submit the jpg file only because the png has more than 6mb. If somebody needs the png for map making, please let me know. Number: 1583 Name: Harpers Ferry (3K) Location: USA Period: WWII Map size: 3150;3000 Comment: mod of maps 1420; 1487 Done! Available at ...

Can the icons be made smaller? The binoculars for spotted hexes is an example, they cover too much of the hex when playing :huh Hi Brian The binoculars (and other similar) are taken from hex_marks.png file located in efile's OPENGUI folder or from main\OPENGUI folder. Anyone wanting a smaller icon ...

Thank you so much Grzegorz, splendid explication & hints

Tomorrow will be available OpenSuite 5.0.73.4 fixing the issue with global changes to terrain, not updating tiled maps

:huh I don't think we're talking about the same thing: I'm talking about the title of this thread, which spells " Suite-OG. Questions & Bugs - Latest exe: 5.0.72.18 (21-Nov-2020) ". My OpenGeneral is "0.93.5.0 (July 22)", my OpenSuite is "5.0.73.3 (July 22)"... :eek sorry your are right :bonk Edite...

Hi none, glad to see you back to amused life There are still two annoying (and IIRC old) refresh bugs with tiled maps in the "Map Editor View" : Create a new scenario, chose "tiled maps", keep the suggested size (60x71). Go to the "Map Settings" view and, as expected, you'll see a nice map all cover...

PGX v785 available for download. This uses v1 World map - which I call Medium World Map. It is in a rough editing state, so, the "playing value" is somewhat low. I started a match at once because I'm a big World version fan. It is composed of 112 200X200 "sectors" for total dimensions of 3200X1400....

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