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giovedì 31 ottobre 2013

Aggiornamento sul PBEM a War in the East: fine del Blizzard

Dopo parecchi turni ho deciso di terminare con un paio di settimane di anticipo l'offensiva del blizzard 1942-1943: non sono riuscito a sfondare il suo fronte, o meglio, è riuscito a tappare tutti i buchi. L'ho costretto ad impegnare tutte le riserve ed ha avuto parecchie perdite, ma anch'io per una mia distrazione ho perso parecchie truppe corazzate\meccanizzate. Adesso sto ricostruendo le forze in modo più organico approfittando di ben due mesi di fango di fronte a me.



mercoledì 30 ottobre 2013

PBEM a Flashpoint Campaigns

Cominciato un PBEM a Flashpoint Campaigns Red Storm; il mio avversaio ha settato un livello di realismo basso, ma si tratta d una prova e quindi non mi importa molto. Prime impressioni: importantissimo specialmente contro gli elicotteri, il LOS: non capivo perchè la mi contraerea non sparasse contro i nemici, li vicino, poi ho capito che erano fuori loss per i rilievi del terreno. Gli elicotteri fanno male, molto male, mentre il tempo meteorologico influenza grandemente l'uso degli aerei.


martedì 29 ottobre 2013

Recensione: Il Teutone: La setta dei Mantelli Neri

Ho letto l'ultimissimo romanzo della saga del Teutone di Guido Cervo:  La setta dei Mantelli Neri. Si tratta del terzo titolo, e mentre se il primo aveva come sfondo l'invasione mongola e il secondo lo scontro contro Novgorod, quest'ultimo tratta della rivolta dei popoli pruteni soggetti all'ordine teutonico. Come i precedenti è un ottimo romanzo storico: non solo i personaggi, in buona già presenti nei romanzi precedenti, sono ben delineati ma il background storico è preciso e dettagliato così come i dati geografici. Grosso modo il romanzo si compone di tre "sotto-saghe", collegate ma che tratteggiano situazioni e personaggi differenti, che potrei chiamare (senza scoprire troppo della trama): la fuga, l'assedio, l'isola.

Un'ottima lettura che non lascerà delusi soprattutto gli appassionati dei Cavalieri Teutonici, soprattutto per il piacere che l'autore mette nel tratteggiare anche i piccoli dettagli.








domenica 27 ottobre 2013

Altra breve partita a Flashpoint Campaigns

Ieri ho fatto un'altro breve scenario con Red Storm. A chi fosse piaciuto il primo, lo consiglio perchè lo ricalca fedelmente ma migliorandolo. Adesso ho pensato di buttarmi subito nel multi, vista la presenza del PBEM++, per verificarne le potenzialità.


venerdì 25 ottobre 2013

Alea Jacta Est nuova patch e rilasciato Parthian Wars

Oggi è stata rilasciata la nuova patch per Alea Jacta Est assieme alla nuova dlc Parthian Wars che propone 5 nuovi scenari con ambientazione le guerre romano-partiche.

Ecco il change log:

We are releasing the v.1.03a Update for Alea Jacta Est and Birth of Rome. The v.1.03a Update fixes some Database and Scenario bugs, features a new Exe. and improvements in the gameplay and above all allows compatibility with Parthian Wars.

For a full list of changes, check out below:

AJE
1.03a
************

Parthian wars expansion

- Fix to effects of allocating Judea to Cleopatra mutichoice option
- Fix to cost and texts of the alliance with Lysanias Parthian option

___________


1.03
************

NEW EXE
- Reduce tendency of "wild" cavalry raids
- AI cavalry forces less prone to stay in a siege
- Fix to a bug in development level in regions
- Added functionality, SHIFT now shows the region links of the region below the cursor (if no Stack is selected).
- Additional stacks in same region now get the name of their leader in the region tooltip (the 'Also there' lines)
- Movement path is now color coded

and a lot more small fixes

UI

- New faction icons in Unit recruitment mode (thanks, Picaron !)
- Small tweak to assets icons in main screen (EP now are represented by the bolt)

SCENARIOS AND DB FIXES

All scenarios
- Removed cavalry element from "post-Marius" legions
- Changed VP values of Roman cohorts (from 10 to 3) and legatus (from 10 to 20)
- Light Infantry, Skirmisher and Raider models hide value lowered to 2
- Changed Cav detect value to 4 for most models (5 for the expert scout nations)


Marius vs Sulla scenario:
- Fixes to Lucullus Odyssey events: Cyprus and Aegyptus exercitus are no longer unlocked if respective fleets ally with Optimates; correction to percentage of chance of missions in Cyrene (50) and Egypt (10)

The Roman Civil War (Caesar vs Pompey) scenario:
- Lagid armies will be unlocked if Caesar invades Egypt (will prevent later historical chain of options related to Pompey fleeing to Egypt)
- Pompey dilemna message broadcasted
- Fix to consequences of Pompey strategic choice if not chosen by the player
- Small fix to consequences of the "Pompey goes West" choice: loyatly will now be increased by 25 in Hispania and by 10 in Africa
- Fix to double Galatian leader (Kastor)

Septimius Severus scenario
- Small fix to Severus choice consequences if not chosen by the player



Parthian Wars expansion:
- Data (events, options, etc) for all scenarios


NB:
Due to database changes patch 1.03 will not be, in principle, guaranteed compatible with saved games
Also, some changes will not be applied yet to the "old" DLC scenarios (Spartacus and Cantabrian Wars), like the removal of cavalry from legions


BOR
1.03a
************

Parthian wars expansion

- Fix to effects of allocating Judea to Cleopatra mutichoice option
- Fix to cost and texts of the alliance with Lysanias Parthian option


1.03

************


NEW EXE
- Reduce tendency of "wild" cavalry raids
- AI cavalry forces less prone to stay in a siege
- Fix to a bug in development level in regions
- Added functionality, SHIFT now shows the region links of the region below the cursor (if no Stack is selected).
- Additional stacks in same region now get the name of their leader in the region tooltip (the 'Also there' lines)
- Movement path is now color coded

and a lot more small fixes

UI

- New faction icons in Unit recruitment mode (thanks, Picaron !)
- Small tweak to assets icons in main screen (EP now are represented by the bolt)

SCENARIOS AND DB FIXES


All scenarios
- Removed cavalry element from "post-Marius" legions (does not affect BOR scenarios)
- Changed VP values of Roman cohorts (from 10 to 3) and legatus (from 10 to 20)
- Light Infantry, Skirmisher and Raider models hide value lowered to 2
- Changed Cav detect value to 4 for most models (5 for the expert scout nations)

First Punic War 264 BC scenario:
- An additionnal alae legion is possible to recrute for Rome and the Boii are stronger with a noble unit at start.


Parthian Wars expansion:
- Data (events, options, etc) for all scenarios
(NOTE: to play Parthian Wars expansion you have to own Alea Jacta Est)


NB:
Due to database changes patch 1.03 will not be, in principle, guaranteed compatible with saved games
Also, some changes will not be applied yet to the "old" DLC scenarios (Spartacus and Cantabrian Wars), like the removal of cavalry from legions

giovedì 24 ottobre 2013

Total War: Rome II - Nomadic Tribes Culture Pack

Non hanno ancora finito di sistemare il gioco che già rilasciano una DLC, anche se free fino al 31 ottobre. Si tratta della Nomadic Tribes Culture Pack che contiene tre nuove fazioni:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/258270/?snr=1_4_4__103_3


IL-2 Sturmovik 1946 Patch 4.12.2

Rilasciata nuova patch per IL-2 Sturmovik 1946.

Fixes include:
CmdUser console command shows only info allowed by server
Too long loadout bug in mission transfer is fixed
Killed gunner is now reported in the EventLog

http://www.simhq.com/daily-news/il-2-sturmovik-1946-patch-4-12-2.html

mercoledì 23 ottobre 2013

Civil War II aggiornato alla patch 1.01

Ageod Civil War II è stato aggiornato con una nuova patch che introduce anche uno scenario bonus (The West Campaign).

http://www.ageod.co.uk/products/500/details/Civil.War.II

After Action Report Alea Jacta Est Parthian Wars

Su The Wargamer trovate un AAR fatto da uno dei testers di Parthian Wars, la prossima incarnazione di Alea Jacta Est.

http://www.wargamer.com/article/3462/after-action-report-caesars-revenge!

Sicuramente uno degli scenari più interessanti per AJE fino ad adesso.


Annunciato Crusader Kings II: Sons of Abraham

Nuova DLC in vista per Crusader Kings 2; Sons of Abraham implementerà più complesse meccaniche riguardo la religione e il suo impatto sulla politica (sia per i cristiani che per gli islamici). La data di rilascio è per metà novembre.

http://www.crusaderkings.com/

Qui trovate qualche screenshot:

http://www.wargamer.fr/crusader-kings-ii-sons-of-abraham-screenshots/


martedì 22 ottobre 2013

Command Modern Air Naval Operations 1.01 Review

Su The Wargamer trovate una review di  Command Modern Air Naval Operations aggiornato alla versione 1.01.

http://www.wargamer.com/article/3460/pc-game-review-command-modern-air-naval-operations-1.01-review

La summa del gioco è che è sulla buona strana con ancora delle pecche da correggere.

C'è anche linkato un video esplicativo sull'uso dell'editor:

lunedì 21 ottobre 2013

Espana 1936 Review

Mentre su The Wargamer trovate la recensione del second gioco Ageod uscito di recente, Espana 1936. Si tratta dell'opera di un modder\collaboratore di Ageod.

http://www.wargamer.com/article/3459/pc-game-review-espana-1936-review

Il giudizio è che essenzialmente è un buon gioco ma si tratta di uno scenario che lo condanna ad essere di nicchia.




Review di Civil War II

Su La Gazette du Wargamer trovate una review di Ageod Civil War II.

http://www.wargamer.fr/test-de-civil-war-ii/

Il giudizio complessivo è molto positivo.



sabato 19 ottobre 2013

World in Flames: intervista agli sviluppatori

Su The Wargamer trovate un'intervista agli sviluppatori di World in Flames, versione PC del famoso wargame da tavolo, in uscita quest'anno. Ricordo che il gioco usicrà in prima istanza senza AI per poi aggiungerla in seguito.


http://www.wargamer.com/article/3457/interview-world-in-flames-exclusive-wargamer.com-interview

mercoledì 16 ottobre 2013

FORTRESS OF WAR film di guerra

Su Youtube ho trovato questo film russo di guerra sottotitolato sulla Fortezza di Brest-Litovsk, che nel 1941 rimase assediata per una settimana all'inizio dell'operazione Barbarossa opponendo una resistenza inaspettata ai tedeschi.


Rilasciato Fantasy Kommander: Eukarion Wars

Oggi è stato rilasciato  Fantasy Kommander: Eukarion Wars, wargame fantasy targato Matrix Games.

http://www.slitherine.com/games/fantaskommew

Ecco il manuale del gioco online: http://www.slitherine.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=238&t=45372

martedì 15 ottobre 2013

Galactic Civilizations III Trailer

Trailer di nuovo strategico spaziale:


Rilasciato Combat Mission: Market Garden

E' stato rilasciato il nuovo modulo per Combat Mission Battle for Normandy, Market Garden. Ricordo che potete comprarlo anche in bundle con l'upgrade 2.0 per Normandy.

http://www.battlefront.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&category_id=36&Itemid=26&vmcchk=1&Itemid=26

Il prezzo come al solito non è un incitamento a comprare i non stra-appassionati. ANcora una volta ricordo a chi volesse comprare la versione in scatola, che la nostra bella dogana, vi costringerà a pagare sia l'iva che le spese doganali in barba ad ogni normativa europea, per cui rinunciate e non date soldi per pagare i partiti.


lunedì 14 ottobre 2013

Una prima occhiata a Flashpoint Campaigns Red Storm

Ebbene si ieri ho preso Flashpoint Campaigns Red Storm anche se ho fatto solo un 40 minuti di single player per fare un video. La prima impressione superficiale è che abbiano aggiunto senza stravolgere l'impianto del predecessore, il che è buono. C'è sia l'editor che l'appoggio PBEM++. La nuova interfaccia all'inizio sembra parecchio diversa, ma dopo un po' si ritrovano gli stessi concetti a cui ci si era abituati, con una mappa esagonale che anche se sembra meno figa, è molto più pratica.

Ci sono diversi scenari e due campagne.



Aggiornamento match PBEM War in the East

La neve e poi il blizzard sono arrivati, ma come temeva sfondare le sue difese è molto difficile, solo al terzo turno di blizzard ho fatto dei bei buchi nella prima linea, in diversi punti. Nel frattempo sfrutto il suo fronte eccessivamente lungo per costringerlo ha disperdere le riserve, ma non sono al massimo dell'ottimismo. Se riuscissi a spostarlo dalle fortificazioni sarebbe diverso, ma i forti proteggono dagli effetti della tempesta.


sabato 12 ottobre 2013

Primo Campaign Episode per Arma 3

Bohemian ha annunciato il primo campaign episode per Arma 3, dal titolo "Survive". Nella sostanza sarà un free DLC rilasciato il 31 ottobre.

“Our first campaign episode, ‘Survive’, introduces players to Ben Kerry, a regular soldier who’s part of a NATO peacekeeping mission in the Mediterranean. Following a couple of years of uneasy cease-fire, this US-led deployment is now in the process of a staged drawdown. The vacuum left by withdrawing forces is being rapidly filled by the opposing CSAT faction, creating the conditions for, one might say, a flashpoint”, explains Jay Crowe, Creative Director on Arma 3.

“Of course, it's not just about our own story, but another opportunity to provide yet more building blocks for the platform - new weapons, animations, 3D objects, scripted modules - each designed to grant content creators even greater freedom to create and share their own content. Looking forward to the forthcoming episodes, we’ll continue to expand Arma 3’s sandbox with additions such as new vehicles.”

Arma 3 features the large open terrains of ‘Altis’ (270 km²) and ‘Stratis’ (20 km²), 12 singleplayer showcases, 3 factions showcases, 9 multiplayer scenarios, 10 firing drill challenges, more than 20 vehicles and 40 weapons, 5 factions, the scenario editor and modding support. The singleplayer campaign is deployed across 3 free DLC episodes after release.


Qui trovate l'annuncio e qualche screenshot:

After Action Report: Civil War 2 su The Wargamer

Su The Wargamer trovate la prima parte di un video AAR con Civil War 2 dell'Ageod.

http://www.wargamer.com/article/3452/after-action-report-civil-war-2-live-action-review-part-1



venerdì 11 ottobre 2013

Wargame – Red Dragon intervista e primi screenshots

Iniziano ad uscire i primi screenshots su Red Dragon, il terzo gioco della serie Wargame della Eugene, inoltre c'è una videointervista al  campo della Eugene





giovedì 10 ottobre 2013

Se avete perso l'installante di uno dei giochi Matrix

Innanzitutto cercate di backuppare su dvd o su altri HD i vostri installanti, sempre! Ma nel malaugurato caso l'aveste perso, non contattate il rivenditore Bluesnap or Plimus perchè non sono in grado di aiutarvi, scrivete direttamente a support@matrixgames.com per avere il backup. Ovviamente dovete fornire le prove che avete l'originale.


Rise of Venice - Feature Clip: The Art of War

Video trailer sul combattimento in Rise of Venice, gioco strategico di prossima uscita. Direi proprio che è meglio risparmiare i soldi.


martedì 8 ottobre 2013

Command: Modern AirNaval Operations gets Updated

La patch 1.00 per CMANO è stato rilasciata nella sua versione ufficiale. Fate il check update dall'interfaccia di lancio per scaricarla.


Ecco il change log:

V1.00 – October 8, 2013

Bug Fixes:


0005443: [420] Crash on Zoom
0005533: Game just stops, get error message when trying to save scenario
0005546: [430] No Nav Zones not working properly
0005528: [427] Edit Exclusion zoneDialog bug
0005543: [430] Freeze in basic air ops
0005496: Sensor dialog Crash
0005503: [426] Maria & Victoria
0005605: Crash: Stanavforlant crashes with a NullReferenceException
0005646: [432] Can still clog a carrier or airbase by readying aircraft on elevators
0005592: Aircraft should accept ready/rearm command _only_ when parked
0005260: Zooming on mouse scroll wheel
0004409: Sonobouys clutter the display. Possibly to fade the or have an on/off view.
0005650: Deselect all RPs hotkey
0005667: OOM Exception, Red-X-of-doom
0005652: Loading a scenario while another scenario runs causes sim to freeze up
0005617: SOSUS not working
0005013: Add Unit dialog should remember the country from the previous inserted platform
0005676: [434] Can't manually deploy active sonobouy from TU-142 bear
0005488: KDX update
0004857: Chinese OTH-B and OTH-SW radars
0005562: Swiss radars
0003319: DB3K: Swiss BL-64
0005570: Swiss radar ER-220
0005569: Swiss radar LGR-1
0005610: Load out mispelling
0005576: Swiss radar TPS-1E
0005571: Swiss radar ZW9/ZW10
0003320: DB3K: Swiss "FLORIDA" EW radar
0005577: Photos and text placed incorrectly in DB viewer
0005596: Zumwalt Needs Helo Magazine
0005598: DB3k Minor Text Edits
0005714: [438] Slow down after assigning Backfire groups to ASuw Mission
0005511: Possible for a Player to set a 0 speed.
0005718: Get rid of NUM LOCK requirement
0005675: Repetative BDA Reports
0005734: Assorted tutorials issues
0005556: [427] SEAD patrol kirks
0005121: It should not be possible to arm/take off aircraft with maintenance/unavailable loadouts
0005698: Kilter misses by stupid amount
0005730: [438] Weird Shrike Behavior
0005069: Shrike ARM misses by several kilometers
0005699: Maria and Victoria Again
0005672: Mixed Shrike and CBU Issue
0005750: A-7 CBU-59 and Shrike Loadout a bad match
005735: Excessive dive rates for subs & aircraft
0004279: IRIAF F-14 update
0005560: DB3k Update: Combat Aircraft Mag Article on Iranian F-14's
0005771: ARM's not firing at Search Radar
0005770: F-4G Wild Weasel w/ AGM-78 Standard ARM not working at all (Build 440)
0005693: [434] BCGN Shooting SA-N-6 at Tico with no hits.





New Features and Improvements


Significant performance improvements both on UI map operations (zoom/pan) and sim execution.
Enhanced stability.
Added button "Abort Launch" on Air Ops menu. When clicked, any of the selected aircraft which is preparing to launch will abort the sequence and attempt to return to an available parking facility.
Only aircraft that are in a parking facility can be armed (solves problem of airbase traffic jams due to aircraft being readied while on transit points).
Added game option: Zoom map to mouse cursor location (instead of camera center).
Added new game option: Sonobuoy Visibility. Available settings are: Normal, Ghosted and Do Not Show (not reccomended).
Added new reference-point menu command: De-select all reference points.
Command's hitherto mandatory high-fidelity mode (0.1-sec pulse length) at 1:1 time setting, is now optional: New game option, "High Fidelity Mode", enabled by default. To switch to 1-sec pulse length at 1:1 (aka coarse mode, similar to how Harpoon 3 runs at 1:1), disable this option. This has the effect of dramatically speeding up gameplay at 1:1 setting.
DB viewer addition: Dedicated weapon page. Search, filtering etc. work just like any other unit type (except that country-level filtering is not available for weapons). File naming conventions for images & text
descriptions are Weapon_XXX.jpg and Weapon_XXX.txt respectively.
While having a weapon selected on the map, clicking on the weapon-class button on the unit status window will bring up the weapon's relevant page in the DB viewer.
Hold-fire can now be issued on multi-selected units, in addition to single units and groups.
DB viewer improvements: Valid Targets on weapon page, per-engine maximum speed displayed on powerplant section for all platforms (particularly useful for diesel-electric submarines).
The "Add Unit" window now remembers all selection filters used on the last unit addition and re-applies them whenever called up.
Aircraft now drop their ordnance much more reliably without manual control (we'd love to boast "100% reliably" but that's just an invitation for an edge case to pop up and throw egg on our face).
Helmet-mounted sights (HMS) are now taken into account when deciding how much off-boresight an aircraft can shoot an AAM.
Aircraft & submarines have more realistic dive rates.
Ships can now effectively use semi-active SAMs in anti-surface mode, as they are taking terminal illumination concerns into account during pre-fire checks.





Data Changes


Includes updated versions of DB3000 and CWDB. Some of the changes include:
CH-47F Chinook -- Australia (Army), 2015, 7x
LHD 01 Canberra [Juan Carlos Class] -- Australia (Navy), 2017, 4x LCM-1E
LCM-1E -- Australia (Navy), 2015, 12x
LCM-8 -- Australia (Navy), 1967, 11x
L 100 Choules [Bay Class] -- Australia (Navy), 2013, Ex-Largs Bay, 1x LCM-8, 2x LCVP, No LCM-1E
Combined ARM/CBU loadouts have new mission profiles, using Hi-Lo-Hi instead of Hi-Med-Hi.
SUU-23 gun pods in A/G loadouts on F-4C/D
SUU-23 loadouts on RAF Phantoms



Aircraft:


Bo-105CBS -- Canada (Coast Guard), 1984, 16x
AC-130J Ghostrider -- United States (Air Force), 2015, Upgr MC-130J Commando II
MC-130J Commando II -- United States (Air Force), 2013, 4x + Xx, Ex-Combat Shadow II
Camcopter S-100 -- China (Navy), 2012, 18x
Camcopter S-100 -- Libya (Army), 2010, 4x, Khamis Brigade



Ship:


CCGS Cape Roger -- Canada (Coast Guard), 1978
CCGS Cape Roger -- Canada (Coast Guard), 1997, Refit
Civilian RHIB [11m] -- Civilian (Civilian)
Civilian RHIB [7m, Armed] -- Civilian (Civilian), Pirate
Civilian RHIB [7m] -- Civilian (Civilian)
DDG 991 Sejong the Great [KDX-3] -- South Korea (Navy), 2014, K-ASROC, Hyunmoo-3C
DDH 971 Gwanggaeto the Great [KDX-1] -- South Korea (Navy), 2003
DDH 978 Wang Geon [KDX-2 Mod] -- South Korea (Navy), 2014, K-ASROC, Hyunmoo-3C
F 230 Norfolk [Type 23 Duke] -- United Kingdom (Royal Navy), 2013, Type 997
F 230 Norfolk [Type 23 Duke] -- United Kingdom (Royal Navy), 2017, CAMM(M)
F 236 Montrose [Type 23 Duke] -- United Kingdom (Royal Navy), 2014, Type 997
F 236 Montrose [Type 23 Duke] -- United Kingdom (Royal Navy), 2017, CAMM(M)
P 71 Serviola -- Spain (Navy), 1993



Ground Stuff:


Radar (9ZW/10ZW HF) -- Switzerland (Air Force), 1966-1998, 2x, Assoc w AN/FPS-20A
Radar (AN/FPS-20A) -- Switzerland (Air Force), 1966-1998, 1x, Assoc w 9ZW/10ZW HF
Radar (AN/TPS-1E) -- Switzerland (Air Force), 1958-1989, 24x, AAA Support
Radar (Big Bird C [64N6]) -- Algeria (Air Force), 2009, SA-20
Radar (China OTH-B Receiver) -- China (Air Force)
Radar (China OTH-B Transmitter) -- China (Air Force)
Radar (China OTH-SW Receiver) -- China (Air Force), 2003
Radar (China OTH-SW Transmitter) -- China (Air Force), 2003
Radar (H(R)-500) -- Switzerland (Air Force), 1970-2003, 3x, Florida System
Radar (Jindalee JORN Receiver) -- Australia (Air Force), 1983
Radar (PS-47/F) -- Sweden (Air Force), 1965-1993, 9x
Radar (PS-68/F) -- Sweden (Air Force), 1964-1980, 1x
SAM Bn (SA-20b Gargoyle [S-300PMU-2]) -- Algeria (Air Force), 2009, 4x TEL, 2x Bn + 96L6E, 8x Bn
SAM Bn (SA-21a/b Growler [S-400 Triumph]) -- Russia [1992-] (Air Force), 2013, 12x TEL
SAM Sqn (Bloodhound 2 [BL-64]) -- Switzerland (Royal Air Force), 1965-1999, 1x Training Site, 1x Sec, 4x lnchr
SAM Sqn (Bloodhound 2 [BL-64]) -- Switzerland (Royal Air Force), 1965-1999, 2x Sites, 1x Sec, 8x lnchr
SAM Sqn (Bloodhound 2 [BL-64]) -- Switzerland (Royal Air Force), 1965-1999, 3x Sites, 2x Sec, 16x lnchr



Weapons:


AIM-54A Phoenix [Fakour-90] -- 2012, SARH
Sea Ceptor [CAMM(M)] -- 2017
Hyunmoo-3C -- South Korea, 2013, Xuanwu 3




lunedì 7 ottobre 2013

Command Modern Air/Naval Operations AAR

Su Real and Simulated Wars trovate un AAR fatto con Command Modern Air/Naval Operations sulla guerra delle Malvinas\Falklands.

http://kriegsimulation.blogspot.it/2013/10/command-modern-airnaval-operations.html

Ne sto leggendo anche uno su con lo stesso scenario su NetWargaming:

http://www.netwargamingitalia.net/forum/threads/c-mano-aar-malvinas-1982.23931/


Il gioco sembrerebbe interessante anche con le pecche evidenziate finora, anche se sembra essere stato patchato parecchio, quindi forse si sono risolte.


Fantasy Kommander: Eukarion Wars intervista

Su The Wargamer trovate un'intervista agli sviluppatori di Fantasy Kommander: Eukarion Wars. Si tratta di un wargame fantasy di un team italiano. Il gioco sembrerebbe un fantasy ma anche con caratteristiche spiccatamente da Wargame e non da RPG.


http://www.wargamer.com/article/3447/interview-fantasy-kommander-eukarion-wars-wargamer.com-interview


domenica 6 ottobre 2013

Rome Total War 2 video review

Su The Wargamer trovate una video review di Rome Total War 2.


Warlock 2: The Exiled Announcement Trailer


 Paradox annuncia il seguito di Warlock; il ridicolo è che hanno copiato il concetto di Shard di Eador 2, si vede che la fantasia alla Paradox sta venendo meno.

Aggiornamento PBEM War in the East

Come nefastamente prevedevo il mio avversario è riuscito a sfruttare la settimana di bel tempo che non avevo contato per accerchiare le mie truppe nel saliente, ma grazie al cielo avevo abbastanza truppe mobili per creare un varco e lui troppo poche per chiudere bene. Così il turno successivo con il rischio di rimanere bloccato con le truppe in posizione precaria durante il fango si è abilmente ritirato. Adesso devo organizzare bene le truppe per l'offensiva invernale. Sicuramente lui già si aspetta attacchi nei punti critici, quindi devo cercare di martellare le sue riserve quanto possibile con l'aviazione, sfruttando il fatto che i rifornimenti per lui sono più difficili.


venerdì 4 ottobre 2013

Rising Storm Island Assault Trailer

Video per Island Assault, content per Rising Storm, il Red Orchestra versione Pacifico, da oggi gratuito con il pack di Rising Storm su steam.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/234510/




Rilasciata terza patch per Rome 2

Rilasciata in modo ufficiale la terza patch per Total War Rome 2, mentre la quarta patch è in beta.

Ecco il change log:

Technical and Performance Issues

Significant improvements to multiplayer campaign speed, which is now limited by the slowest players machine.
Frame Rate improvements on Campaign map on low spec Core2 Duo cpu’s in windowed mode.
Fix for lock-ups reported on loading into battle in DirectX9.
Frame Rate improvements on Campaign map across all configurations when setting Effects Quality to Low or High.
Fix for minor stutters & terrain rendering glitches on some gpu’s when rendering the terrain.
Fixed a bug in the Graphics Benchmark frame rate display that reported the wrong per-frame time.
LAN multiplayer modes are now accessible when Steam is in Offline mode.
Fix for graphics crash caused by changing the games screen resolution shortly after loading a new Campaign.
Fix for a crash when performing an agent action on a wounded/assassinated unit in Campaign modes.
Further campaign map optimisations.
Optimised fire and smoke effects on the campaign map (improving the frames per second on all graphics setting, especially during the late gameplay where all faction territories are revealed)
Fix in Multiplayer Campaign, after Player 1 offers diplomacy to Player 2, Player 2 made a counter offer, then cancelled the offer, which caused the game to lock up for Player 1.
Fix to prevent the games user interface from flickering when SLI is enabled.
Improved culling on the campaign map to prevent props (e.g. the pyramids) from disappearing when the camera was set to certain angles.
Improved the desktop icon for Total War: ROME II to support multiple resolutions.


Gameplay Improvements
When the player is attacked whilst in a minor settlement (not provincial capital), a new "Sally Forth" button is available on the pre-battle panel to fight the attackers in an open field battle.
All armies that are forced to retreat, and then are attacked, no longer have a *Baggage Train battle. It is a normal open field battle with any campaign generated penalties applied as before.
When an army in forced march is attacked on the Campaign Map, an ambush battle is now triggered, rather than a baggage train Victory Point battle .
Combined battles where there is no navy in the defending alliance do not have *Victory Points/Baggage Trains.
Combined battles where the defender has a navy will retain their Victory Point.
Victory Points have had their capture time increased by 3x their previous length.
Attacking AI is now more likely to prioritise taking Victory Points in Siege Battles / City Assault Battles.
AI controlled Agents are now more likely to act upon the player's settlements instead of standing around outside of them.
Fixed issue in battle AI which prevented siege assault groups from responding to nearby threats.
Fixed timing issue in battle AI which could cause the attacking AI in port sieges to stop updating.
Substantially reduced free hits from enemies in battles, when moving a unit through enemy units (without attacking them), so units can disengage with less penalty.
Smaller and depleted AI controlled forces are now less likely to survive auto-resolved battles in Campaign modes.
Cavalry can no longer capture Victory Points in battles while mounted. They can still neutralise the Victory Points if they were previously in enemy control, and capture Victory Points when dismounted.
The size / radius of capture points has been increased in Coastal battles.
Fix for some instances of passive AI during River Crossing battles, when the AI is defending.
Fixed issue which prevented reinforcement artillery ships deploying.
Fixed issue in Siege Battles where the AI attempted to use breaches and gates which they could not reach.
In Battles, the number of ranks now factor into bracing mass bonus for collision system, i.e. thin lines will make you lose your bracing bonus against cavalry charges from the front
Fixed chasing down of routers at the end of battles, so they engage in combat more often and can be killed more easily.
Satrapies can no longer sign peace treaties with the enemies of their overlord (but still able to automatically make peace if their overlord signs a peace treaty with the enemy) in Campaign modes.
Snow ground type now replaces grass in snow attrition areas of the battle map.
Units in Testudo formation will now respond to an order to attack city gates in a City Assault battles.
Men throwing torches to ignite gates in battles, now have less chance of failing to throw their torches and hit the gate, if ordered more than once to ignite the same gate.
AI houses can no longer secure promotions without first meeting the required age and rank in Campaign modes.
Removed old concealed by distance logic, that was incompatible with the newer visibility system. For example, units that are visible at range could look like they were hidden on their user interface, when they could be seen.
Pikemen can move out of melee when pike phalanx is active in battles. For example, If only one of the pikeman is attacked, the entire unit will no longer start to be unresponsive to orders.
Improved responsiveness of Siege Equipment when dropped and picked back up multiple times.
In Campaign modes, the number of siege equipment entries is now capped to be the length of the siege - 1
Further improvements to AI collision detection with Deployables in battle.
Units that charge while in formation (e.g. block formation) stop sooner on contact with the enemy, to reduce "blobbing" where units converge into a disorganised brawl.
Fixed bug with missile units on ships not firing on enemies reliably during battles.
Fixed bug with ship artillery not firing on buildings reliably in battles.
Fix for ships surviving on the campaign map after sinking on the battle map.
Fix missile ships getting stuck when targeting land units just outside of their range.
Reduced the chance of AI (enemy) reinforcements and the players reinforcements joining a battle from the same location and therefore engaging in combat instantly in battles from Campaign modes.


Balancing Changes
Hit points for all units have been increased in combat.
Melee defence has been reduced for most melee cavalry units and for some elite infantry units.
Reduced melee weapon damage in battles, and increased melee defence from shields.
Various trait effects are now working as intended.
Improved pike weapon damage balancing in battles.
Fatigue for running and being in combat has been increased in battles.
Further tweaks and rebalancing has been made to unit morale in battles.
Elite infantry morale has been reduced slightly during battles.
Experience level thresholds have been increased for units.
Special ability cool down times have been re-balanced in battles.
Building costs have been updated to reflect the changes in building effects in Campaign modes.
Morale bonuses from training and religious building chains have been reduced in Campaign modes. Instead, these buildings now give more varied bonuses to the units.
Cost of experience bonuses for Custom and Multiplayer battles have been reduced.
Squalor and food consumption have been rebalanced (reduction for higher-level buildings) in Campaign modes.
The Headhunt ability has been re-balanced in battles.
The charge bonus for Celtic, Briton and Germanic units have been reduced.
The masses of horses and men on the battlefield have been made more reasonable.
Reduced the mass of camel units in battle.


Usability Improvements
The Balance Of Power bar on the Diplomacy screen now shows the correct ratio, rather than just 50/50.
Improved the desynchronisation detection in Multiplayer Campaign mode, and players are now given a popup message when a desynchronisation has occurred, with the options to resynchronise the game to continue, or quit the game.
When the host leaves the team lobby in Quick Battle multiplayer mode, a new host is found.
Improved multiplayer compatibility between players who own the Greek States DLC and those who don't.
In Multiplayer Ambush Battles, if Player 1 clicks the "Start Battle" button, and the Player 2 waits for the timer to run out for the battle to start, Player 2 will no longer be locked into Cinematic Mode with limited user interface controls.
All battles now end 5 seconds after the victory is decided (This used to be 10 seconds).
In Multiplayer Land Battles, when deployment is over, enemy armies will no longer be visible, when they are supposed to be hidden, for a couple of seconds before fading out.
In Multiplayer battles, a player who has conceded defeat will now turn into a spectator. They can then exit the battle if they want to.
Fix for battle music getting paused while in slow battle speed.
When on the campaign map, if an agent is placed close to the edge of an enemy settlement as it expands (builds a building in a construction slot) the agent is now teleported out of the way of the expansion, so they do not become stuck within the settlement. If the agent was already stuck in an expanded settlement before this update, they will remain stuck, and have to be disbanded. This update will prevent this situation from happening in the future.
Slightly improve combat responsiveness and animations for formation attacks in battles.
Fixed bug with ship artillery not firing at all after using first-person mode in battles.
The Attacking Testudo can no longer be activated in melee during battles.
Battering rams moves out the way correctly after battering a gate down in battles.
The Tortoise battering ram animation has been tweaked slightly so it collides with walls better, at the point of impact when a wall is destroyed.
Multiple waypoints displayed for units in siege equipment, as previously only 1 was displayed.
Selecting Dismount on mounted units continuously during deployment in battles will move the units towards their last ordered position less after dismounting.
During battles, if a cavalry unit is ordered to move to a location, and then ordered to dismount, the men will now dismount but not continue to move to the previously ordered location.
The number of arrows is now correctly depleted when units fire whilst moving during battles.
Correct bonuses are now being applied to units from Workshop buildings.
Fixed bug with pike phalanx not getting back into pike stance after running.
Charge bonuses are now correctly applied to units recruited in certain provinces.
Projectile impact effects hitting units and buildings are now positioned more accurately.
Improved fire effects for buildings, siege vehicles and deployables during battles.
Improved some visual effects for during battles. Better burnt version of buildings with burning embers, and running water down roofs and vertical surfaces in rain.
Damaged visual effects have been improved on the campaign.
Fixed Briton Chariot unit attributes.
Fix for Scythian horse unit variation.
The achievements "Noble Master", "Spymaster" and "Champion of the Gods" now unlock sooner after their requirements have been met.
Fix for the Campaign map terrain disappearing when repeatedly toggling between the Campaign Map and Campaign Tactical Map.
Province level bonuses (such as edicts with food bonuses) are now taken into account in the food level displayed in a province overview in Campaign modes.
Settlement labels on the campaign map are now positioned more accurately and no longer get offset from the settlements.
In the Province panel in Campaign modes, provinces can now be sorted by their level of food production.
Several Eastern buildings now correctly consume food (instead of either not consuming anything or giving contradicting public order effects) in Campaign modes.
The Qanat building (in the Eastern agricultural chain) now produces a small amount of food in campaign mode.
The warning message that informs the player that they are not researching any technology when they press the "End Turn" button in Single Player Campaigns is now also displayed in Multiplayer Campaigns.
The players armies in Ambush stance will no longer move by themselves in Campaign modes, which happened on rare occasions.
Fix for user interface bug showing the wrong tax level on the Province Details panel when the "Tax province" button was ticked in Campaign modes.
Culture conversion coming from some characters now correctly shows up as "character" in the culture tooltip, no longer as "building".
In Campaign modes, the culture that Consecrated Grounds belong to is now displayed in their title, to make it clearer why they need to be converted.
The "Reduces slave population decline" icon in the information panel when placing the mouse over the "Slave Trader" in the Commons buildings section in Campaign modes is now displayed as green instead of red (as it's a positive affect).
The first building in the equipment chain (E.g. Workshop for Hellenic, Quartermaster for Eastern etc.) can no longer be bypassed by converting from another faction's equipment chain without researching.
Technologies are now required to create the Level 4 Jewelsmith building, to prevent an exploit.
Improved ship melee/ramming target selection in battles.
Fixed boarding mode button state issues when attempting to board a ship in battle.
In battles, men who have already boarded an enemy ship no longer jump into the sea once their ship has started to sink or back onto their sinking ship. (Men who remain on the sinking ship still jump into the water.)
Improved Advisor lip sync in various pieces of advice in Campaign modes.
Clicking the "Square" special ability as a unit is attempting to man a siege tower will no longer stick the siege tower to that unit in battles.
When an agent is selected in Campaign mode, and the player right clicks on a settlement to sabotage the enemy, the menu will no longer act erratically.
When the player had a subject to deal with in the politics screen and the subject had an infamy effect, this effect once seen persisted in being shown for all other characters even if the subject is dismissed. This has been fixed.
Fix for some misaligned text on a tooltip displayed when a settlement with a port is blockaded by an enemy, and the player selects the enemy and places the mouse over the settlement.
Improved small glitches with Campaign selection markers and Forced March visual effects sometimes being displayed in the wrong positions when units move.
Fixed some inconsistent ability names for General Skill Types.
In Campaign mode, Roman "Basilica of X" temples have now been renamed to "Precinct of X".
Tooltip regarding the "Armoured Siege Units" technology bonus effects on pre-siege vehicles (all variants of Galleries, Siege Towers, Ladders and Battering Rams) is now clearer.
Fixed the tooltip when placing the mouse over the Columns I, II and III for War Exercises, Warrior Code, Tribal Economy and Druidic Council technology trees in the Technology Panel in Campaign modes.
Two pieces of advice from the Battlefield Advisor relating to flanking were mixed up in Italian and Spanish. These have now been corrected.
Fixed a couple of instances where what the Battlefield Advisors was saying did not match the text displayed in Spanish.
Some steep terrain in a Greek Minor Port battle map has been levelled out, to stop ships from going under the beach when they disembark.
Improvements to the wall connectivity in a Greek Port battle map.
Boiling oil poured from gate houses in battles will look better where it intersects with the ground.
Improved impact animations when pig carcasses hit the ground when fired as poison rounds form artillery in battles.
While crossing rivers in battles, units footsteps now default to mud sounds instead of water sounds.
Fix for a small hole in the terrain in a Greek Minor Port battle map.
When the player is defending in a siege battle from Campaign mode, and the enemy partially capture a Victory Point on the battle map, then the player re-gains control of the Victory Point, the Battlefield Advisor will no longer say "Our enemy have lost a victory point".
Fix for the Battlefield Advisor sometimes referring to the players own reinforcements as "Enemy Reinforcements" during battles.
Added some localisation text and audio fixes for French, Italian, German, Spanish, Czech, Russian, Polish and Turkish.
Added Stonehenge back to the custom battle map at these coordinates 0.137, 0238 (Iska).
Fixed typo on 'Conscription' edict in English.
Improved culling of certain rocks on the battlefield.
Added French, Italian, German and Spanish localisation to the word "Settlement" in the Agent Action Panel in Campaign modes.
Various text and grammar fixes for the Campaign user interface.

Pride of Nations AAR

Su The Wargamer trovate un mega AAR con Pride of Nations, giocato con il Piemonte\Italia.

http://www.wargamer.com/article/3445/after-action-report-forza-italia!-a-late-game-pride-of-nations-aar

giovedì 3 ottobre 2013

Morto Tom Clancy

E' notizia di ieri che è morto lo scrittore Tom Clancy ad appena 66 anni. Come ho già detto in altro post, i suoi primi libri (Caccia ad Ottobre Rosso e Uragano Rosso) mi sono piaciuti molti, ma i successivi molto meno, man mano è scaduto nell'autoincensamento dello stereotipo eroico americano e nella ricerca di improponibili nemici che avevano lo scuse più strambe per attaccare gli americani (come il Giappone). Comunque se ne va un grande.



After Action Report: Flashpoint Campaigns: Red Storm

Su The Wargamer trovate un AAR su Flashpoint Campaigns: Red Storm di prossima uscita. Per chi non lo conosce si tratta di un tattico con classica mappa esagonale a turni WEGO sugli ipotetici scontri della Terza Guerra Mondiale. L'originale teneva conto della guerra elettronica, nucleare e chimica, speriamo il seguito sia all'altezza.

http://www.wargamer.com/article/3444/after-action-report-ate-up-a-flashpoint-campaigns-red-storm-aar

mercoledì 2 ottobre 2013

Nuova review di Command: Modern Air / Naval Operations

Su SimHQ trovate una review davvero accurata di Command: Modern Air / Naval Operations, la conclusione però è bruciante: aspettate 6 mesi prima di comprarlo perchè ha bisogno ancora di grosse rifiniture.

http://www.simhq.com/air-combat/command-modern-air-naval-operations-review.html

Air Conflicts: Vietnam rilasciato su Steam

Oggi è stato rilasciato Air Conflicts: Vietnam su Steam, il seguito di Air Conflicts: Secret Wars e Pacific Wars. Ricordo che non si tratta di un simulatore di volo ma di un arcade evoluto.

Qui trovate un video di gameplay di oggi: