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@ampdrive

AndrewAAGamer’s principles implies that only infantry should be built at first.

@farmboy

Thank you, I’ll keep that in mind.

@krieghund

Yeah, it’s odd the game refers to it properly but the fans don’t.

@baron-Münchhausen

Thanks for telling me. I’ll try it sometime.

@krieghund

Thank you so much?

Set all powers to 1000 IPC bid. Then make all powers except one of your choice hard AI. Use edit mode to make all the powers at war with the power you’re playing as and make everyone else allied with each other. Put all neutrals including true under custodianship of all powers. Get rid of unit placement restrictions. Give only the power you’re playing a 999 IPC bonus and 999% income in resource modifiers.

You win by conquering the entire world.

It’s crazy, but if you like bonkers, this is for you.

Firstly, is there a way to make the technology option match the Global 1940 games? It’s really throwing me off. It does stuff that I don’t expect like only triggering one turn after you got it and giving aircraft a +2 bonus.

A couple questions on other map options:

What does “paratroopers deep strike” mean?
What does “power projection” mean?

I look forward to your anwsere. Thank you!

@all-encompassing-goose

The no IPC scenario should not be combined with free for all (rather, I haven’t tried it yet). What happened was Japan beat China with only a few ground units left, and the allied and Japanese fleets annihilated each other. The US was able to land in China though and worked with the Soviets to retake most of northeastern China by the end of the game. On the Eastern Front Germany and Italy waited for the Soviets to exhaust themselves. It was tough going at first but once the Soviets were broken they had almost nothing left to give.

Overall in this game whoever has the last unit wins, ground units were crucial and any mistake or bad luck is heavily decisive.

Two nights ago I set up a TripleA Global 1940 second edition no bids game. I set the AI to fast on both sides, and let them battle it out.

The Axis won in Europe. Japan had a good time, with the naval war being quite chill. Mainland Asia was intense though, with India constantly being quite a thorn in Japan’s side, Japan was counterattacking against British gains in China though.

Now that it’s done, here’s what I noticed (conversation starters, parts I want to discuss, and the most important parts are bolded):

There is a lot more cooperation between sides. For example:

US and UK fleets shielded each other in the Atlantic (the US and UK usually kept to their own navies when I played).

Germany and Japan heavily shared territory with each other (there wasn’t as much cooperation when I played)

Japan had a much more active role against the Soviets.

Keep in mind this cooperation may be because my games are different. The AI Allies went for full KGF, while my Allies (particularly US) seesaw between theatres. This leads to fewer navies and transports needing to cover each other (less exist in the Atlantic) and Japan needing to help Germany out more.

Britain, France, and ANZAC poured units (like 20 infantry, 5 aircraft, and 10 heavy equipment, keep in mind this is just an estimate) into the Soviet Union.

Is this a good strategy? The Western Allies moving units into the Soviet Union would result in the loss of 5 IPCs of bonus income to the Soviets.

AI Germany had a much higher infantry to artillery/ tanks ratio than I usually do.

The AI Allies clustered around East Africa.

Why are they doing this and is this a good strategy? Not sure whether to copy it.

AI Germany did a G2 and AI Japan a J2. This is very different from what I do, waiting for the Allies to declare war. Not sure what to make of this, since this choice is so momentous.

ANZAC moved their units all over the map. It’s probably for dan openers, though it’s still odd. Funny enough, ANZAC had a medium sized fleet of a battleship and an aircraft carrier.

The Allies declared war on true neutrals. Why?

What benefits does this gain for the Allies? It almost proved to be the downfall of the Allies (I won’t say it was, the scale and units involved were too much for 20 infantry to make a difference, though Turkey gave Germany a free pass in the Middle East.

Aircraft were often used by themselves to destroy ground units. I do the same thing, but I’m not sure if the AI is as stupid as me or so smart it actually thinks it’s a good idea.

If you’d like pictures, notify me.

@superbattleshipyamato said in Where to find research?:

@panther

Thank you! It’s listed as “map options” on my computer.

Yes, in old TripleA versions it was labelled “Map Options”.

@panther

Never mind, I figured it out. Here’s how it looks on my computer:
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Thought it was at the gray bar, not higher. My mistake.

@panther

Thank you!

@krieghund

Thank you for responding! Yes, America found this rule and lost a strategic bomber for it.

In the above game, I noticed China is not immune to convoy attacks, while the rules clearly say it is. Can someone fix that please. Thank you!

There are three D-Day games. Which one is the one most accurate to the original game? Thank you!

@superbattleshipyamato

In case you don’t find anything related in the Autosave folder, those files have been likely overwritten by current autosave files. So the question is not TripleA-related, but rather related to how the file system is handled by your OS. There might exist file recovery software for your OS, but that would only help, if the files have not been overwritten in the meantime. But maybe your OS keeps pre-versions of files?
I am not a Mac-OS expert, though, better ask in relevant Mac-forums or related software-forums.

Which Sherman tank version is better, Jumbo or Firefly? Firefly has a better gun and the Jumbo better armour.

@AndrewAAGamer Massa still plays at IAAPA, if you are interested at taking another crack at him. He is still one of the best I have ever played. Leemorrison is there too.

@contango

Thank you!