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Titre: NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: Gunner24 le 11 février 2010, 15:20:57 pm
EDIT : as things changed here the name also changed to GaW

In an attempt to generate some MP games NBC have launched this, full information can be found on the NBC forum, it has it's own forum there.

(http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/1497/sb1gc.png) (http://img7.imageshack.us/i/sb1gc.png/)

SBs are a series of six MP battles  for any number of Commanders on each side with each battle being larger than the previous one, there is no connection between the battles, this is not a “Campaign”.  

The first SBs will use CONCSRIPT mode, this will be reviewed in future SBs as we all gain experience using LG.  It may well be that Regular or Grognard mode will be used in  later SBs.

Battles will be approximate CEH 50,100,150,200,250 and 300 strength in size with random OOBs fixed before the start. Anyone who is a game host MUST download these OOBs before they host a game.

Randon CEH 50 OOB example :
(http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/6492/oobexample.png) (http://img706.imageshack.us/i/oobexample.png/)

The six maps will be used in this order :
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1. Hanau
2. Haslach
3. Borodino
4. Montebello
5. La Rothière
6. Ratisbone

In future we may have different maps, with a standard length of battle, perhaps about 8 hours fighting time, to allow plenty of time to get a winning result.

Plans are to start on Monday 5th April 2010 to allow time for the full game release to the general public and lots of MP practice - before battle commences.
Titre: Re : NBC Six Battles [SBs] mp game.
Posté par: Gunner24 le 11 février 2010, 16:26:44 pm
I should mention, I'm more than happy to do the admin for this without being involved in the battles.
Titre: Re : NBC Six Battles [SBs] mp game.
Posté par: Gunner24 le 12 février 2010, 17:55:41 pm
I have been advised by NBC members that doing this in MP format might be a bit too ambitious......I'm now thinking about converting it to a PBEM system......I will post here within the next few days if that happens.

From the early mp experience with LG it does look like PBEM is very popular, and true MP not so popular.
Titre: Re : Re : NBC Six Battles [SBs] mp game.
Posté par: Ras le 13 février 2010, 12:25:37 pm
From the early mp experience with LG it does look like PBEM is very popular, and true MP not so popular.
Give it time to pick up speed. At the moment people are holding back because of the bugs and the connection issues.
I for one would be interested in such a battle series and similar formats.
Titre: Re : NBC Six Battles [SBs] mp game.
Posté par: Gunner24 le 13 février 2010, 13:25:09 pm
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Give it time to pick up speed. At the moment people are holding back because of the bugs and the connection issues.
I for one would be interested in such a battle series and similar formats.
Fair point this.  I have now made a poll to get some opinions on MP or PBEM being preferred.
Titre: Re : NBC Six Battles [SBs] mp game.
Posté par: Gunner24 le 16 février 2010, 23:57:47 pm
If this is of interest (I'm now thinking it can be for MP and PBEM) please see the full information on a possible change here :
http://napbc.freeforums.org/possible-conversion-to-pbem-format-and-mp-t1594.html
Titre: Re : NBC Six Battles [SBs] mp game.
Posté par: AnkLrd le 17 février 2010, 06:51:05 am
Very good news Gunner! ...pbem ll be very good...
i joined to fight for Napoleon.
Titre: Re : NBC Six Battles [SBs] mp game.
Posté par: Gunner24 le 17 février 2010, 14:53:42 pm
Untill we get a solution to the "tech" problems with MP connections PBEM and 1v1 MP will be a good compremise for this.  If people get 2v2 and bigger games working then they can be used, but if not there is no reason to not push on with PBEM and 1v1s MP.

I think we now have two for and two against France, which could work even if no one else joins in, it will be far more interesting if we can get the numbers up to five or so on each side, but not critical - the numbers do not have to be even in this format.

All the information wil be updated very soon on the NBC SBs forum.
Titre: Re : NBC Six Battles [SBs] mp game.
Posté par: Gunner24 le 17 février 2010, 17:18:53 pm
All the topics on the SBs NBC forum http://napbc.freeforums.org/lg-sixbattles-forum-f97.html have now been amended to explain the new revised format of mostly 1v1 MP and PBEM, bigger than 1v1 MP will be allowed if people are able to arraange them. 

Titre: Re : NBC Six Battles [SBs] mp game.
Posté par: Gunner24 le 27 février 2010, 14:51:12 pm
With a month to go before we start there have been a few important changes recently, please check the topics which have a date showing the last update for each.....the main change is eveyone will build their own OOBs for battles - they will NOT be random unless that's what the player wants to do to save time.

SB Forum : http://napbc.freeforums.org/lg-sixbattles-forum-f97.html

Titre: Re : NBC Six Battles [SBs] MP and PBEM game.
Posté par: Gunner24 le 03 mars 2010, 22:46:37 pm
With less than a month to go we have three Commanders for, and three against France, a month to practice MP and PBEM, making OOBs and doctrines and of course fighting the AI.

A few more Commanders on each side will make for a very good first "live" test of the SB idea.

Please see the NBC site to sign up if interested.
Titre: Re : NBC Six Battles [SBs] MP and PBEM game.
Posté par: AJ le 04 mars 2010, 01:36:31 am
I am interested if you can use me.  I don't build OOB's and I'm not particularly interested in PBEM, but I really want to get into MP.  I have only fought solo, so I'll need a lot of help etc... Let me know if I will be of any use.
Titre: Re : NBC Six Battles [SBs] MP and PBEM game.
Posté par: Gunner24 le 04 mars 2010, 15:07:41 pm
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I am interested if you can use me.

Yes, we sure can.  You will need to register on the NBC site.  That can be as a normal "guest" or a full NBC member, you can take part whichever you prefer.

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I don't build OOB's
Have you tried the random one, it's very easy and only takes a few seconds......if you have a 100CEH battle make a random 100CEH......but don't worry if you don't want to do that.  During the next few weeks I will post some OOBs for different size battles and you can pick them as you need them.

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and I'm not particularly interested in PBEM,

I thought the same to start with - but they are excellent, I would recommend you try one - with me if you like, but again if your not interested in PBEM you can do MP battles.

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but I really want to get into MP.

That's the best way to play LG, we wait for the patch which Hook has said will improve things, MP wise.

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I have only fought solo, so I'll need a lot of help etc...

All the NBC guys are very good at helping others - no problem there.

If you want to join in, you will need to post over at NBC and declare to fight for, or against France.....hope to see you there soon.

Titre: Re : NBC Six Battles [SBs] MP and PBEM game.
Posté par: AJ le 04 mars 2010, 18:43:29 pm
Gunner, I will register over there later today. After that I believe I have to have the same Map and OOB's as the other players, could you and I do a practice run some time? I'm in WA State, so in MP, how do we handle the time differences between participants? Yes I will also try the PBEM but I'm really interested in the "Real Time" nature of MP. I could never get used to PBEM Chess.
Titre: Re : NBC Six Battles [SBs] MP and PBEM game.
Posté par: Gunner24 le 04 mars 2010, 20:16:46 pm
ajlewisbrookes :PM sent.

I have added a new topic about the "random" OOBs that can be used for those who don't wish to build their own OOBs for SB.

Added to the important info forum over at NBC/SB.
Titre: Re : NBC Six Battles [SBs] MP and PBEM game.
Posté par: Gunner24 le 05 mars 2010, 12:23:42 pm
A small, but important new feature added today :

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To enable Commanders on the SAME side, ie two (or more) from France or two from the Coalition to fight MP and PBEM against each other - within the SB format, I have added the :

Civil War Battles

This means two (or more) from France may have a game against each other.

Full VPs will be earnt for the Commanders in the same way as normal, but NO VPs will be earnt for France or the Coalition.
Titre: Re : Re : NBC Six Battles [SBs] MP and PBEM game.
Posté par: Uhlanen le 05 mars 2010, 17:02:00 pm
Gunner, I will register over there later today. After that I believe I have to have the same Map and OOB's as the other players, could you and I do a practice run some time? I'm in WA State, so in MP, how do we handle the time differences between participants? Yes I will also try the PBEM but I'm really interested in the "Real Time" nature of MP. I could never get used to PBEM Chess.
I am in WA state as well and gunner and I play from time to time.....just set up the coffee pot to start a little earlier. If ya want to set up a game let me know.

Regards
Uhlanen
Titre: Re : NBC Six Battles [SBs] MP and PBEM game.
Posté par: Gunner24 le 12 mars 2010, 00:29:26 am
There has been a major change to the format today, after playing several PBEM games recently I realise the format was a little too strict - it is now more flexible.

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Everone will be able to agree between themselves what size battles, including REARGUARD mode and which maps to use.


Please see the important information section for the details.

http://napbc.freeforums.org/lg-sixbattles-forum-f97.html
Titre: Re : NBC Six Battles [SBs] MP and PBEM game.
Posté par: AnkLrd le 12 mars 2010, 09:19:39 am
great improvement Gunner, thnks.
we are getting closer to the start date, i am looking forward to fight with some coalition officers. 8)
Btw i really liked your example chart ... http://napbc.freeforums.org/sb-one-current-position-06-03-10-t1588.html
Titre: Re : NBC Six Battles [SBs] MP and PBEM game.
Posté par: AJ le 12 mars 2010, 15:17:17 pm
Looks good Gunner, I've got some more questions but I'll ask you over there.  Rustem, I posted on your graphics problem
Titre: Re : NBC Six Battles [SBs] MP and PBEM game.
Posté par: Gunner24 le 15 mars 2010, 15:23:39 pm
Now re-named :

General at War (GaW)

after several changes recently made the old SB name obsolete.

All pages on the NBC forum have now been updated.
Titre: Re : NBC Six Battles [SBs] MP and PBEM game.
Posté par: Gunner24 le 18 mars 2010, 14:27:45 pm
Mentioned on another topic, should there be an attacker and defender side in GaW games ?.

I will give it some thought, are there any strong views on if this is a good or bad idea ?.
Titre: Re : NBC Six Battles [SBs] MP and PBEM game.
Posté par: Gunner24 le 22 mars 2010, 18:07:22 pm
We may have to delay the start date here, it will NOT start untill after the next patch is released, but that does not stop us all getting prepared by arranging games, swaping OOBs, doctrins and picking the maps to use.
Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: Gunner24 le 25 mars 2010, 21:54:35 pm
It may be best to wait for the next patch before we start these games, BUT, if people do want to make a start, with the known orders/movement problems, then there is no reason why they could not start on time, but if a game is started it must be finished, or conceded, not abandoned because of "problems".

The start date is due on Monday 5th April but I see no reason why games could not start anytime, IF wanted.
Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: AnkLrd le 26 mars 2010, 16:57:34 pm
Both is okay for me indeed.
Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: Gunner24 le 29 mars 2010, 13:37:38 pm
Please take a look at this topic about ADDING Victory Points (VPs) to named map locations.

http://napbc.freeforums.org/post10591.html#p10591
Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: Gunner24 le 30 mars 2010, 14:27:42 pm
This is for a PBEM game in progress.
Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: Gunner24 le 03 avril 2010, 18:03:57 pm
The first result has been posted with the current situation being France make a good start with a big PBEM win with AJ Commanding....http://napbc.freeforums.org/gaw-current-position-04-04-10-t1588.html
Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: AnkLrd le 05 avril 2010, 16:36:23 pm
I registered our first 50 ceh GaW battle to the NBC forum with Grog. It ll be a nwgLeague battle as well.
I think this is one of the civil war battles within GaW. GL Grog  ;)
Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: Gunner24 le 07 avril 2010, 21:26:05 pm
A big new addition today, we now have a European map divided into over 50 zones which will be captured or lost as the battles are won and lost.

Please see here for the full information :
http://napbc.freeforums.org/lg-generals-at-war-gaw-forum-f97.html
Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: AJ le 07 avril 2010, 22:03:40 pm
And Gunner has assigned me to the Arctic C :roll: :roll: :roll:ircle
Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: AnkLrd le 09 avril 2010, 09:45:46 am
(http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/qq62/AnkLrd/th_GaW2-1.jpg) (http://s434.photobucket.com/albums/qq62/AnkLrd/?action=view&current=GaW2-1.jpg)

GaW Entry room : http://napbc.freeforums.org/gaw-entry-room-f99.html

(http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/qq62/AnkLrd/th_GaWCampaign.jpg) (http://s434.photobucket.com/albums/qq62/AnkLrd/?action=view&current=GaWCampaign.jpg)
(http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/qq62/AnkLrd/th_Territories.jpg) (http://s434.photobucket.com/albums/qq62/AnkLrd/?action=view&current=Territories.jpg)
Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: Gunner24 le 09 avril 2010, 18:05:36 pm
France have already taken two area's - we need more Generals fighting for Russia and Austria - and of course the Brits at some stage in the future.
Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: Gunner24 le 12 avril 2010, 18:44:06 pm
The Allies have re-taken one zone back, territory 32 is changing hands as the battles intensify.

See here :
http://napbc.freeforums.org/gaw-meeting-room-and-current-game-details-f100.html
for current battles in progess - 9 of them !.
Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: Gunner24 le 15 avril 2010, 16:44:16 pm
Fighting is deadloacked around zone 32, which has changed hands several times, neither side has has managed to win many consectitive battles yet which is needed to make headway towards the enemy Capital - France lead, but not by much.

The latest stats :
Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: Gunner24 le 28 avril 2010, 18:15:45 pm
The latest situation, while we take things easy (I'm buiding some OOBs) waiting for the PBEM fix. 

We have room on both sides for anyone who would like to join, joining can be done at any time as all "scores" are averaged out so allowing new people to enter without being at a dis-advantge.
Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: AJ le 30 avril 2010, 15:56:12 pm
I know some of you are waiting for the patch before playing MP/Pbem and although we can't play MP right now, I would encourage those who are waiting, to join up and play Pbem even though it is bug ridden.  It's still great fun to play and very good practice. Those who have been playing it are going to be as sharp as razors when it's fixed and the inter Clan battles begin in earnest.
Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: Gunner24 le 04 mai 2010, 22:17:26 pm
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It's still great fun to play and very good practice.
It is, and the bugs are the same for everyone, so no one gains any advantage.

I will be making a nbcGaW map pack soon with 6-10 maps in it which will NOT have place names, but which will have Victory Points (VPs, 2000,4000 or 6000) for locations instead, which makes things easier when involved in games to see the important places to hold or defend.  I will post them here when ready, maybe this weekend.

Example :
Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: Gunner24 le 06 mai 2010, 16:18:10 pm
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with 6-10 maps in it which will NOT have place names, but which will have Victory Points (VPs, 2000,4000 or 6000) for locations instead
Small change to the plan, now they will have "randon" real place names AND victory points displayed.
Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: Gunner24 le 14 mai 2010, 18:05:05 pm
The upto date situation tells a good story, LG appears to be very well balanced as far as player skill is concerned, it's still early days with only 12 games played but the CEH lost both sides is identical, and the VPs are within 1% of each other - a good sign for good games with it being hard for the same people to win every time, well, so far anyway. 

If your looking for something that has a long term interest, rather than one off games, please join in and fight for France or against France, by PBEM or MP - when the fix is done.
Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: Gunner24 le 22 juin 2010, 16:56:24 pm
Now after 19 battles things are still very close and competeitive, sometimes it does look like France is the stronger nation, but then in other battles it seems not, so it is hard to be sure, even after many games.......

GaW have now added a feature where the loser of a battle may request a "reversed" battle and the two players will re-play the same battle, on the same map, with the same OOB with each taking the other side of the battlefield - full info on the NBC/GaW forums.

We are still able to take some more new players ready for when HWLG v2 arrives, the Russians need some help to fight of AJs French.
Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: AJ le 22 juin 2010, 18:06:49 pm
Nothing is easy, you think you have a battle won and it turns. What a superb game this is :D :D
Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: Gunner24 le 28 juin 2010, 20:55:29 pm
It sure is......

GaW news 28/6/10, rules have been re-formatted, now easier to understand, and easier to post battle results, the same basic system, but much easier to understand and do the "admin" meaning more playing time for me and less time number crunching !.
Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: Gunner24 le 05 juillet 2010, 18:28:50 pm
Here is a an example of the "new" style battle result :
Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: Gunner24 le 11 juillet 2010, 15:53:03 pm
GaW will continue unchanged after v2 is released, for PBEM games only.

There will be a seperate GaW format for MP games - details on the NBC site later today.
Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: AnkLrd le 12 juillet 2010, 09:48:06 am
thnks Gunner, its time for some MP gaming i guess ;)
Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: Gunner24 le 23 juillet 2010, 17:29:33 pm
As things are now working better with v2 I'm ready for PBEM and/or MP games, as are some other NBC members, please PM me here or call along to the NBC site.

In addition to PBEM and MP we may well be adding a "solo" GaW format, full info over at NBC in a few days time - if we go ahead with this.
Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: Gunner24 le 27 juillet 2010, 18:24:42 pm
NBC/GaW will be ready to start a French v Coalition MP Campaign very soon. 

The first one will be a "live" test and be restricted to NBC members, if it all works well future ones will be open to guests as well. 

All the information will be posted on the NBC site later today or tomorrow.

PLEASE NOTE : This will not make any attempt at a Historical Campaign and will not use fancy maps and graphics, it will be a "system" to produce UNeven size battles that have some bearing on each other as things progress, it will use an "abstract" type of map linking HWLG battle maps together where different size (CEH) formations can move between them.

A new Forum http://napbc.freeforums.org/the-nbc-gaw-hwlg-mp-campaign-f122.html has been made ready for this and full info will be on there soon.
Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: Gunner24 le 28 juillet 2010, 18:27:48 pm
All information is now posted on the NBC/GaW forum, due to start on the 1st August 2010.
Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: Gunner24 le 10 septembre 2010, 17:45:53 pm
Please note the change of VPs to the "clan wars" style points result, MP and PBEM games now only required the standard result screen posting and the points will be as follows :

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Tactical : Draw=50 point, Marginal Victory=60 point, Significant Victory=70 points, Decisive Victory=80 points, Overwhelming Victory=100 points
Strategic : Draw=50 point, Marginal Victory=60 point, Significant Victory=70 points, Decisive Victory=80 points, Overwhelming Victory=100 points

Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: Gunner24 le 15 septembre 2010, 00:25:14 am
The latest Campaign battle :
http://napbc.freeforums.org/post13914.html#p13914

Russia attacked with 208 CEH, France defended with 146 CEH, the result ?????????????.
Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: Gunner24 le 27 septembre 2010, 14:40:50 pm
The "testing" period is over and the whole GaW format is re-vamped ready for a fresh start, everything in the GaW now feeds though to the Campaign, in one form or another.

The pratice is over, now the real fighting starts............
http://napbc.freeforums.org/lg-generals-at-war-gaw-campaign-forum-f97.html
Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: bibouba le 27 septembre 2010, 18:54:58 pm
I m available every day of the week. If some of you ve msn please contact me at slimfaste@hotmail.com to join a party.

For the moment Liberalis has^problem with MP. he can't join a party as hoster or as host.
Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: AJ le 27 septembre 2010, 20:10:44 pm
Bib, I will be back in action on Thursday, we'll arrange something
Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: bibouba le 27 septembre 2010, 21:38:14 pm
so we test with Hamachi with Liberalis and it s ok.


So who dare to beat us ?
Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: AnkLrd le 28 septembre 2010, 13:43:11 pm
meet me at weekdays on Xfire in the daytime you Grognards !   :twisted:
Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: Gunner24 le 29 septembre 2010, 15:34:40 pm
Operations have now started.

A small reminder of what the GaW Campaign is about :

It makes no attempt whatsoever to play out any historical type of Campaign, other people can organise that better than I can. 

As with most NBC things, it is intended to be an "abstract" type of game that is for generating many different MP battles where each one means more than a simple "one off" battle, movement on the main Campaign map will have a big bearing on each and every battle. 

Deployemnt is underway and should be complete in a few days.

Now, where do we deploy ?.

Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: bibouba le 29 septembre 2010, 17:40:42 pm
can I join you on that game too  ?
Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: Gunner24 le 29 septembre 2010, 18:10:08 pm
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can I join you on that game too  ?
Of course you can, would you please post in the GaW "meeting" room that you want to join in - or I can do it for you....I expect you will fight for France, AJ will be pleased to have another French player join in.

Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: Lancier le 29 septembre 2010, 21:54:20 pm
very good thank you.

but when i complete a multiplayer battle i post it for the campaign on NBC GAW forum and for the league on NWG forum and maybe here as well, on 2 different forums other than here, why don't you two run these activities here on LG forum so you may have more interested members involved in  ;) ? course if JMM allows  :D
Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: Gunner24 le 29 septembre 2010, 22:32:05 pm
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why don't you two run these activities here on LG forum so you may have more interested members involved in
I do the GaW on the NBC site because it's mostly NBC members that are interested, I have tried to get forum members here interested, everyone is welcome, but not many join in...maybe that will change as LG improves and we get the final 2d version.

The GaW format takes a lot of organisation, and forum space, which could only be done here if it were a HW "official" project.

Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: bibouba le 30 septembre 2010, 17:15:11 pm
Will be an honour to be with AJ.


Can you give the url for GAW ?
Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: AJ le 30 septembre 2010, 17:21:51 pm
Here ya go Bib  http://napbc.freeforums.org/lg-generals-at-war-gaw-forum-f97.html
Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: bibouba le 30 septembre 2010, 17:35:14 pm
Done  8)
Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: AJ le 10 octobre 2010, 23:22:18 pm
This is the position of the GAW Campaign at the begining of turn 2. We have introduced a 400 CEH move limit for a turn, which is designed to cut down on "300" and "Even" CEH battles and an "Admit Defeat" option.

Citer
Gunner24 wrote
As of now we can use a "ADMIT DEFEAT" option in game, this will work as follows :

Either the attacker or defender can end the battle after SEVEN hours battle time, the host will them exit the game and take the screen shots as normal.

Whichever side "admits defeat" will give away an Overwhelming Tac and Strat victory to the other side.

The reason for this is, in some uneven CEH battles one side can be badly defeated long before the 10 hours battle time is up and the game program does not appear to "end" the battle soon enough. The side being beaten will have the chance to save some of the Army (CEH) but still take a loss of battle.


The next battle is Monday at 1200 hrs. pst. Map Arcis 15k (Eric), France 299 against Allies 199. 10 hr Battle
NBC always welcomes new members to join and fight in our MP and PBEM battles. :p
Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: Gunner24 le 11 octobre 2010, 00:59:36 am
Citer
NBC always welcomes new members to join and fight in our MP and PBEM battles.
Yup, we can always use a new GaW member now and again to help us get the fighting done, and the map moves - as AJ says, everyone is welcome, only one thing required, an interest in Napoleonic MP gaming. 

Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: Gunner24 le 12 octobre 2010, 23:45:15 pm
The next planned battle is this Friday, please see the GaW Campaign status forum for full information.
Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: Gunner24 le 18 octobre 2010, 15:56:23 pm
Battle result and various reports can be found here :
http://napbc.freeforums.org/frenchvalley-allies-attack-g25-dougie-v-aj-and-oho-t2289.html

Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: Alfiere le 18 octobre 2010, 16:14:15 pm
Very nice synthetic design of the battle.
Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: Gunner24 le 05 novembre 2010, 18:09:21 pm
France invade GB !!!....150ceh v 50ceh.......the smartly dressed Frenchmen are about to take the British supply centre and force the Allies to take shelter in Denmark....but only for a short while, untill the full force of the Russians decend upon the French eastern armies.
Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: AJ le 05 novembre 2010, 23:42:08 pm
Yes Gunner, so lock up your women and children because we will give no quarter :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: Gunner24 le 06 novembre 2010, 23:18:14 pm
Well AJ, you won, well played Sir.....but it was a great pleasure for me to hear the outright panic in your voice when it looked like you might lose !!!!....I shall remember that for a long time.....what a great preformance my teammate (Cavalier) put up defending the river in the north, and what about the Grenadiers in the village on the southern flank.

Yet again another different type of battle, we will never get bored with LG, with so many different kinds of battle being generated by the GaW/Campaign games.

Hopefully the French will get to feel how hard to can be to defend against three times the number.

Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: AJ le 07 novembre 2010, 00:13:32 am
A hell of a battle lads, fought over 3 Continents and 3 Timezones. Who said it can't be done!!!!!!!! :smile:

Cavalier/Australia
Gunner24/UK
Aj/USA

Battle report here:  http://napbc.freeforums.org/viewtopic.php?f=121&t=2360

Next weekend, Interclan over the same 3 timezones or may be 4 :p

Current campaign positions below, Allies to move next :evil:
Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: Gunner24 le 15 novembre 2010, 00:10:30 am
Lots of action here recently, Campaign number 1 is due to last untill about the end of the year, early 2011 will see number 2 start with some small rule changes, which is expected to make it even better.....if anyone wants to join now they will get to use the current game as good practice for the new improved game starting early 2011, all welcome, please see here for all you need to know -

http://napbc.freeforums.org/index.php
Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: Gunner24 le 22 novembre 2010, 14:18:41 pm
Work continues on getting Campaign number 2 ready for after Xmas, one change is that "individual" scores have now been dropped, many people think that when MP players get "scores" they become obsesed with "win at all costs", which is wrong with NBC members, but we have dropped that feature anyway.

The only individual stats that are now kept are ACTIVITY stats, so we can see who are the most active players in this format.

Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: Gunner24 le 06 décembre 2010, 22:19:24 pm
A bug burst of activity recently with several MP battles being fought and a lot of PBEM games going on.

Please join in if your looking for regular MP and/or PBEM games.

Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: Gunner24 le 16 décembre 2010, 15:35:31 pm
Here are the GaW/C/MP battle results so far, has any other "organisation" played this many MP games ?.
http://napbc.freeforums.org/gaw-campaign-mp-battle-results-f121.html

Ops, I almost forgot the GaW/PBEM games :
http://napbc.freeforums.org/gaw-campaign-pbem-battle-results-f102.html

Getting ready for the New Year launch of GaW/C number 2....new members are always welcome.

Titre: Re : Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: Lancier le 18 décembre 2010, 07:55:06 am
Here are the GaW/C/MP battle results so far, has any other "organisation" played this many MP games ?.
http://napbc.freeforums.org/gaw-campaign-mp-battle-results-f121.html
that is 50 battles in 5 months!  :shock: wooo, congratulations.
Bessières ready for no 2.
Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: Gunner24 le 18 décembre 2010, 14:16:28 pm
Citer
Bessières ready for no 2.

Very good, hopefully some of your team mates from the [N] might join in.

Citer
that is 50 battles in 5 months!
They are the GaW/C ones, we have had lots of training/testing and NON GaW games as well that were not posted on the forum.
Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: Gunner24 le 03 janvier 2011, 14:37:00 pm
Campaign number 2 starts today, with some small changes, including a clearer map and rules.

Full rules can be found here :
http://napbc.freeforums.org/important-information-on-how-the-gaw-campaign-will-work-f98.html
Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: Gunner24 le 26 janvier 2011, 19:26:42 pm
Advance notice for GaW 3, and perhaps sooner :
GaW3 will be for those that are interested in GaW and take part in either PBEM or MP games.

GaW MP battles will only be open to those that are taking part in the GaW Campaign format. We will no longer allow people to enter GaW MP battles unless they are taking an active interest in the GaW Campaign.

Some NBC members are spending a lot of time and effert in the Campaign map moves, building OOBs and battle planning.  Having people drop in for one MP game now and then is not fair on the others who are active on the Campaign map, the OOB building, the battles and the forum.

What counts as active ?.
1. making Campaign map moves
2. Playing MP games
3. Playing PBEM games
4. Posting in the GaW forums

I don't mind how many hours I spend doing the admin for these things, but in the future I'll only be doing this for active NBC members.

I tried my best to open up GaW for the general HW Community, but that has not worked, so in future it will be for NBC members only.

If we don't have enough interest to continue the GaW format, there is a saying here -
"Use it or lose it".

Anyone who is really interested in this is very welcome to join us.
Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: Gunner24 le 03 avril 2011, 11:34:17 am
All the information about the new GaW3 format is here -
http://www.webjam.com/nbc_gaw

This is an "information" only site, it is not a site anyone has to join, it is to display information and nothing else.
Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: Gunner24 le 03 avril 2011, 23:36:11 pm
This should be starting this week.
Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: AnkLrd le 13 mai 2011, 09:10:22 am
GaW4 "Pennisular War" will start soon. Mastermap will also involve "Fog of War" so  I will be the umpire to update mastermap and will not participate the campaign.

Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: AJ le 13 mai 2011, 16:38:45 pm
The new FOW and Scouting feature for GAW4 will bring more realism and some interesting battles. These new features are an example of how an idea can evolve.  This is our 4th Campaign and with each one we have learned what works and what doesn't.  In fact before deciding on the FOW feature we ran a "Test" Campaign to find out it's strengths and shortcomings.

For those interested the FOW works like this:

Where a force is in an adjcent Hex (in any direction) to an enemy force the CEH of both forces will be shown like this
1-50 = 50-
51-100 = 100-
101-150 = 150-
151-200 = 200-
201-250 = 250-


Where a force is seperated by 1 Hex (in any direction) from an enemy force it will be shown like this
"?"

All other forces are unspotted and are not visible.  Moves are sent to the Umpire who posts an updated FOW Map after each side moves


La nouvelle fonctionnalité FOW et le scoutisme pour GAW4 apportera plus de réalisme et de quelques batailles intéressants. Ces nouvelles fonctionnalités sont un exemple de comment une idée peut évoluer. Il s'agit de notre campagne 4e et avec chacun d'eux, nous avons appris ce qui fonctionne et ce qui ne fonctionne pas. En fait, avant de décider sur la fonctionnalité FOW, nous mènent une campagne « Test » pour découvrir ses points forts et les insuffisances.


Pour ceux qui s'intéressent le FOW fonctionne comme ceci :


Où une force est dans une adjcent Hex (dans toutes les directions) à une force ennemie le CEH des deux forces sera affiché comme ceci
1-50 = 50-
51-100 = 100-
101-150 = 150-
151-200 = 200-
201-250 = 250-



Où une force est séparés par 1 Hex (dans toutes les directions) d'une force ennemie, qu'il sera affiché comme ceci
"?"

Toutes les autres forces sont tachées et ne sont pas visibles. Déménagements sont envoyés au juge-arbitre qui affiche une carte actualisée de FOW après que chaque côté se déplace



Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: AnkLrd le 18 mai 2011, 07:25:18 am
Peninsular War Map:
(http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/qq62/AnkLrd/th_NBCGaWPeninsular_Master3.jpg) (http://s434.photobucket.com/albums/qq62/AnkLrd/?action=view&current=NBCGaWPeninsular_Master3.jpg)

Test Campaign Danube Map We are running now:
(http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/qq62/AnkLrd/th_CampaignDanubeTurnA3A.jpg) (http://s434.photobucket.com/albums/qq62/AnkLrd/?action=view&current=CampaignDanubeTurnA3A.jpg)

Campaign info site:
http://www.webjam.com/nbc_gaw

Campaign Forum:
http://napbc.freeforums.org/lg-generals-at-war-gaw4-campaign-forum-f97.html

FOW CODE:
? = Forces presant in Zone unknown stregth, 2 Squares in any direction
50 = CEH less than 50
100 = CEH 51-100
150 = CEH 101-150
200 = CEH 151-200
250 = CEH 201-250

How FOW shown on the mastermap:
(http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/qq62/AnkLrd/th_FOW1.jpg) (http://s434.photobucket.com/albums/qq62/AnkLrd/?action=view&current=FOW1.jpg)
(http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/qq62/AnkLrd/th_FOW2.jpg) (http://s434.photobucket.com/albums/qq62/AnkLrd/?action=view&current=FOW2.jpg)


Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: AnkLrd le 20 mai 2011, 08:56:17 am
Peninsular Campaign (Generals at War 4) starting soon.

This is the link if you want to choose a campaign general :
 http://napbc.freeforums.org/gaw4-peninsular-war-generals-t3315.html
Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: Gunner24 le 27 mai 2011, 18:58:00 pm
The deployment is being done this weekend.
Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: Gunner24 le 02 juin 2011, 15:28:28 pm
After a few delays GaW4 has started.

Planning and testing for GaW5 will be done while we fight GaW4 - without any MP battles.

4 has FOW and 5 will also have a supply system and larger map.

The first FOW map can be seen here
http://napbc.freeforums.org/gaw4-balance-of-power-and-current-fow-map-1-6-11-t3334.html

The pic file is too big to post here ????????.
Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: AJ le 02 juin 2011, 16:23:52 pm
Map reduced to 800 X 600.  This is what each side sees at the end of the first turn.  The 10 CEH Scout units can move 2 Hexes at a time, so the early moves are trying to get more info on the enemy :p
Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: Gunner24 le 10 juin 2011, 17:40:04 pm
First GaW4 battle this Sunday afternoon.
Titre: Re : NBC Generals at War (GaW) - MP and PBEM games for all.
Posté par: AJ le 10 juin 2011, 18:19:44 pm
What's more the Attacker has triggered a "Rear Guard Mode" battle.
The FOW Campaign map is working well, the Scout units have been locating enemy forces but only obtain a ceh strtength
50+ or -

The only info we know about the enemy for this battle is that the Defender has between 101 and 150 ceh and the Attacker has between 150 and 200 ceh.  The Umpire knows the exact strengths and informed both sides it is an "RGM" Battle, the Defender picks the Map