G40 League House Rule project

  • 25 24 23 22 15 11 10 Official Q&A Mod

    Thanks, I need to look through all these (scanned a few just now) and consider them when testing/playing the house ruled game (still months ahead)

    I like the idea of no Japan/Russian war until Russia is at war in Europe, but am hesitant to add too many new rules
    Do NOT like the idea of USA having a nearly untouchable +30, etc.
    Will cherry pick these ideas (from YG, I believe.  Anyway.)

  • 25 24 23 22 15 11 10 Official Q&A Mod

    This project WILL be completed, even if it does take a while.  The more I play G40, the more I think it is begging for fixes.
    I may even go all in.  That is, stop playing 2nd edition and exclusively play the house ruled game.  Stay tuned.

  • 20 16 15 14

    I’ve already got a rating category set for it too, for anyone who is interested…. :)

  • 25 24 23 22 15 11 10 Official Q&A Mod

    Sweet.

    First, I am concentrating on the playoffs, and it is my busy season with work.  So stay tuned, everyone.

  • 17 16 15

    @Yoshi:

    Not sure at all of what I’m saying, but in the xml file that you can find in the “games” directory of the map, you have :

            <playerlist></playerlist> 
    

    I guess changing the order there might help ?

    That’s where you change the turn order. It won’t effect anything other then who goes when. Pretty easy adjustment.

  • 25 24 23 22 15 11 10 Official Q&A Mod

    So is there someone here who knows how to change turn order in Triple A?  I’m a little confused.

    Man, would that be awesome.

  • 17 16 15

    what is the turn order?

  • 17 16 15

    Panther is correct. You need to change more then just the turn order. I remember doing it in alpha 3 so it shouldn’t be too hard. I’ll see what I can do.

  • 25 24 23 22 15 11 10 Official Q&A Mod

    Awesome.  Let me know

  • 17 16 15

    Unfortunately my earlier confidence was misplaced. This is proving more difficult than the earlier versions.

    What turn order are you after?

  • 17 16 15

    ok got it figured out

    go to player list    Line 1222

    change turn order

    change alliances  ( make sure to change alliances in sequence with turn order.  Example if germany and russia change place in turn order swap their places in alliances.)

    go to bidding phase  Line 1323  adjust accordingly

    game sequence is right after bid phase  adjust accordingly

    At the beginning is the name World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, add something simple to the end to change the name. You will have to rename the xml as well before you put it back in the     
            Global games folder. Make sure to use the underscores and caps. This will show up in your map folder under the new name.

    The objective panel will not show up unless you add the new name to the objectives properties.

    If you want I’ll do the changes. I couldn’t find what turn order you were talking about though. If you have trouble let me know

    :)P

  • 25 24 23 22 15 11 10 Official Q&A Mod

    Cell A20 on this sheet
    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ujxn3r0e5sekcVPS8CbkH3KByB1iVrNJimiwA3e_BiI/edit#gid=7

    There are multiple sheets/tabs to this spreadsheet.

  • 17 16 15

    Here are some changes:

    1  changed turn order
              Germany
              USSR
              Japan
              UK
              UK Pacific
              USA
              China
              Italy
              ANZAC
              France

    2  burma rd is now worth 5

    3 SBR’s only get one die roll

    4 unit cost change

    AA=4
                Ftr=11
                Bmb=13
                Crz=11
                BB=18
                Bases=12

    All try and knock out some more of the easy ones. Do you have any preference on what changes you want next?

    ww2global40_2nd_edition_Gamer1.xml

  • 17 16 15

    Not sure why it won’t let me modify the earlier post.

    Readjusted turn order:

    Germany
    USSR
    Japan
    UK
    UK Pacific
    ANZAC
    Italy
    USA
    China

    ww2global40_2nd_edition_Gamer1.xml

  • 17 16 15

    Sorry to spam the thread. I can’t figure out why it won’t let me edit previous post.

    More changes:

    1 Add victory cities
          Malaya
          Java
          Manchuria

    2 Increased pacific victory city count to 8

    3  Ipc change
          Northern territory=0
          Western Austraila=0
          Southern Austraila=0
          New Zeland=1
          West India=1

    4  Removed German NO Egypt presence

    5  Changed Japan Outer Defense Perimeter NO
        Need control of
          Guam
          Wake
          Midway
          Caroline Island

    ww2global40_2nd_edition_Gamer1.xml

  • 25 24 23 22 15 11 10 Official Q&A Mod

    @barney:

    All try and knock out some more of the easy ones. Do you have any preference on what changes you want next?

    Oh, this is great - but I’m not sure where exactly I need to save the .xml file to.  Once I can open the file as you have wonderfully updated it, I will be able to fine-tune changes better.  I have learned more about the game since last spring, too.

    You spam the thread all you want.  We need you.

  • 17 16 15

    cool :)

    open triplea folder

    open maps folder ( if you don’t see one there open your triplea 1804 folder. There will be one in there. Use the first maps folder if you can.)

    open world war II global zip

    open the games folder (you will find the xmls here)

    put the new xml in the games folder ( I have named it Gamer1 and it will show up in your Choose maps area when you start up triplea. It will be with all the other globals)

    Let me know if you have any trouble. Almost got the NO’s done.

    :)P

  • 17 16 15

    More changes:

    1 Germany receives 5 ipcs for contol of UK

    2 Russia receives 5 ipcs if at war with Germany and no axis ships in sz 125 and control of Archangel

    3 Russia receives 5 ipcs if at war with Germany and no allied units in original Russian territories

    4 Russia receives 3 ipcs for control of any axis or pro axis territories in mainland europe. They no longer receive ipcs for any other original axis or pro axis territories.

    5 UK receives 5 ipcs if there are no axis subs in the atlantic.
      This includes: sz’s 126,125,124,123,122,121,120,119,118,117,116,112,111,110,109,108,107,106,105,104,103,102,101,91,90,89,88,87,86,85,84,83 and 82

    6 UK no longer receives ipcs for original territories

    7 UK receives 5 ipcs if they control 4 of the following:
        Norway
        Denmark
        Holland Belgium
        Normandy Bordeaux
        France
        Southern France
        Northern Italy
        West Germany

    8 UK Pacific if at war with Japan receives 3 ipcs for control of Malaya and 3 ipcs for control of Kwangtung

    9 UK Pacific if at war with Japan receives 5 ipcs if they control the following:
      New Zealand
      New Guinea
      New Britain
      Solomon Islands
      Queensland
      Northern Territory
      Victoria
      Western Australia
      South Australia
      New South Wales

    Added a to the end of the xml for clarity

    ww2global40_2nd_edition_Gamer1a.xml

  • 25 24 23 22 15 11 10 Official Q&A Mod

    Took my first glance.  Holy cow, this is exciting.

    Shin Ji!  You there?  Next time you play the houseruled game you won’t have to do all the things you did last time, like skipping turns and whatever else.

    1 question - again, I have only taken a quick glance for now - I don’t see an NO tab - I was going to check out your changes.  Thanks - more to come later

  • 17 16 15

    Yea unfortunately the NO tab doesn’t show up unless you put the new name in the objectives properties. I have had mixed results doing this. However at the end of your turn it will tell you what objectives you have obtained. I’ll go ahead and add them to the game notes so you can look them up there.

    I didn’t test this very extensively just the obvious scenarios so you’ll want to keep an eye out for unintended results. I took a quick look at convoys. Might be able to get a bastardized version. I can eliminate the convoy SZ’s you don’t want, but changing the max damage without effecting the territory ipc value will be tougher. I assume you just turn off the dice in game options. So you’d have to figure the convoy damage manually and edit if it takes too much.

    I suppose the Flying Tigers is the only thing you really can’t edit with triplea? Although some would be messy. I’ll take a look at that and getting the mid factory going. Should be able to figure something out using kamakazies as a guide.

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