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Gixian said:
Nice, that is surprisingly big amount of nation-specific graphics. :eek: ;)
But for the last part of that sentence> I hope the beta will end very, very, very very soon, because when talking about releasing new CORE, yesterday was already too late. :D
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Well I had over a year to get those in... :D Mind you, by and large it's over 300 model images per country - and I try my utmost to get as many country-specific images in as I can find. So CORE will have a much more nation-specific coverage than HoI2 itself probably ever will. :rolleyes:

As to the Beta, well going is rather slow. One of the main reasons is that one tweak of the AI (in particular) implies going over ALL the AI files. We've made considerable progress, but aren't there yet. So to be honest I'm not expecting the official release any time soon. On the plus side, it gives me more time to get yet more nation-specific models in. ;)
 
Screenshots

Sorry about the wait - but I had to zap a virus on my computer! Here are a few screenshots to whet your appetites! :D
Europe April 1941
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More Screenshots

Some more shots:
China April 1941
China2.jpg


North Africa April 1941
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If you have any specific screenshot requests let me know and I'll try to accommodate. I'll post some more up from time to time as well.
Enjoy!
El Alamein
 
Yes Snowmelk this is a handsoff game as Uruguay. I'm currently checking the AI for the beta-test so it's a good way to get into the nitty-gritty part of the war without having to play for days :D
We're currently having some issues with the GER not declaring war on SOV and also with the UK keeping a decent garrison at home, but the team are on it!
I will post some more pics to show off the AI soon :)
 
Nice stuff. :)
I'm a bit worried about that stack in Budapest and other minor stuff, but I guess that's why the new version is not out yet :p

Other suggestions on top of the Eastern front: The US advance in the Pacific and Germany's push into BeNeLux and France.

The Great Duck said:
Croatia should have Rijeka,Mostar,Bjelovar and Osijek (and maybe Dubrovnik as well?).
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AFAIK Croatia was created after Italy took it's share of Dalmatia.
 
Really nice screens!
If i can make my request then it would be about a two front germany ai, and therefore about allies ai landing...

Keep up the good work!

EDIT: looking at the first screen, Germany seems keeping a good army in France, while the border with urss has kind of few division... I don't know maybe it's only I cannot see the stacks too well, or maybe it's only that it's 2 mounths from barbarossa.
I really like China holding against japan. The uber-sino-japanise army (after China get puppeted) is one of my biggest game breaker.

Ricroma
 
The Great Duck said:
It didn't take whole Dalmatia...
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But they most certainly took Rijeka, which was in eyes of many considered not only as a gained territory but real italian land. (and no, I don't want to start a political debate)

Anyway, in all versions of Core, including the future one as far as I can see from the images, the attack on Yugoslavia occurs too early. Historical date is april '41, while in the game usually happens immediately after the fall of France.
 
The Great Duck said:
Croatia should have Rijeka,Mostar,Bjelovar and Osijek (and maybe Dubrovnik as well?).
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I do recall that we've made some concessions on those, as the AI is very poor in moving troops to allied terrain IIRC. Germany got stuck with tons of divisions in southern Yugoslavia sitting idle...
 
Loerst said:
But they most certainly took Rijeka, which was in eyes of many considered not only as a gained territory but real italian land. (and no, I don't want to start a political debate)

Anyway, in all versions of Core, including the future one as far as I can see from the images, the attack on Yugoslavia occurs too early. Historical date is april '41, while in the game usually happens immediately after the fall of France.
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Firstly,Rijeka is not a part of Dalmatia.Secondly,the city was Italian before the war,but most of the province wasn't.
 
Hagar said:
I do recall that we've made some concessions on those, as the AI is very poor in moving troops to allied terrain IIRC. Germany got stuck with tons of divisions in southern Yugoslavia sitting idle...
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Yeah. I remember the early versions of HoI2 where releasing Croatia would create an isolated German pocket in Yugoslavia.
AI Germany would mass about a third of it's land forces there for some reason. :wacko:
 
Due to problems with German troops getting stuck in Serbia & Greece, we have left a "corridor" across the top of the NDH for Germany. I had spotted the problem with the Italians taking the coastal provinces earlier. Historically, they were under Italian control (nominally) until the surrender, although they were officially part of the NDH, apart from a few small enclaves. Montenegro was a nominally independent kingdom under Italian patronage, of course.

Tim
 
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@Romantic - There are some AI issues with Germany not declaring war on Russia getting worked on. When I have some pics available I'll post them up. ;)
 
lol Yeah if only! Its one of the few major problems facing the beta testing process at the moment, and its not something that can be ignored eh? The CORE team are working hard on it but every minor change requires major overhauls of the AI files. As soon as I have them I'll post some images up of the GER v SOV war and D-DAY AI :D
 
Hi,

I'd like to share a suggestion from my experience.
In my last game I've tried a trick to avoid the big chinese and japanise army after China get pupped that, as I stated before, it's one of my biggest game breaker (since I usually like to play UK).
Well, in my last game (vanilla) Japan won the war against China pretty soon as often happen. So, I loaded with japan and released China, then I forced China out of the alliance with the japanies. I don't know if this causes problems with the supplies line for Japan (I think I've read something about it), but so far the game is much more enjoyable. Japan and Siam are still outnumbering my small Indian Army, but I'm able to keep the line and fight a good defensive war. Maybe Core team can create a different China surrenders event, where China lose more territories but doesn't get pupped.
Only my two cents from my experience. Thanks
Ricroma

PS. Cannot wait for the DDAY screens! :D
 
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