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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: A/I Commander Control |
| simovitch |
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Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2012 1:02 pm
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| Col. Martin, At the start of the scenario, you will need to select the highlighted Corps Commander and all of the highlighted subordinates. My experience has been that issueing CC orders to Division and Corps commanders only moves the commander himself. So you need to select the brigade commanders a... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: A/I Commander Control |
| simovitch |
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Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2012 10:02 am
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| "CC" is a great way to play against the AI on equal footing, but it takes practice to get used to doing it right an it works best for smaller scenarios where the enemy is already nearby. This is because the AI still has a problem moving whole formations in column (it tends to move only the... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Cedar Mountain Game Map |
| simovitch |
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Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 9:41 pm
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And finally where the photos would be on the game map, assuming roads and streams are accurate:
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Line of Muskets online game |
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Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 10:05 am
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| They do give you 3 'tokens' when you sign up so you can play 3 of the bigger historical battles for free. Watching the simultaneous 'we-go' replay is fun at least and the AI games seem to me to offer a fair challenge. My undying hope is that the sooner HPS realizes that their CW series is not the pa... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Line of Muskets online game |
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Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 7:21 am
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| I registered and took it for a spin last night. There are a few introductory games you can play for free so I tried those out. The system is wego which is OK by me, both sides give orders and then resolution is simultaneous. Scale is brigades. Graphics are very basic but functional. It appears to be... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Fields, crops and visibility |
| simovitch |
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Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 11:58 am
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Dale, I got there at about 9AM and walked the trails on my own (except I did drive down to Burnside's Bridge).
I did overhear a few of the discussions going on at Mumma Farm and Bloody Lane and the Parks folks sounded like they really knew their stuff. Awesome day it was. |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Cedar Mountain Game Map |
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Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 11:46 am
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| During my tour of Virginia-Maryland battlefields last week I tried to imagine the game maps as I stood at certain vantage points. Many times (especially at Fredericksburg) the foliage would block what was otherwise a clear view in the 1860's. But at Cedar Mountain there was a lot of open ground and ... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Fields, crops and visibility |
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Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 11:14 am
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| Yep, I'm 6'-4" and I took this photo standing next to the cornfield at Antietam on Sept 17th (last week). I imagine the soldiers got a false sense of security moving through this field, as they would be quite concealed, yet still vulnerable to fire. http://imageshack.us/a/img834/985/dscn3744e.j... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Those Klutzy, Ignorant Phase-based Players! |
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Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 8:09 am
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| Once you are in-game, there is a toggle under the "Settings" toolbar that does "ask before advancing" to the melee phase and the end of turn. Does that help? |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Error in graphics mod for Chickamauga |
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Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2012 6:21 pm
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dalelast wrote: I am not totally sure but I think you have to reapply the HPS updates after installing the Banshee mods.
It would be the other way around. You have to re-install the banshee bmp's and oob files after you update. |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Recon before a Battle? |
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Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 11:27 pm
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| My approach is definately different. I only assume that my opponents will do all that is within their power to gain any kind of edge in a game against me, whithout, of course, actually cheating. ie. replaying turns for best results, changing game files, etc... Under this assumption I do everything ... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Captain Whalen |
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Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 10:12 am
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| I contacted his immediate superior to help track him down. I am interested to see what turns up - a distracted officer or a slippery rebel spy. |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Captain Whalen |
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Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 6:41 pm
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| I too have a game going with Gary and have not heard from him for 2 weeks. |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Wish I could make this one! |
| simovitch |
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Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 7:03 pm
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| Anyone headed to Antietam in September? i'm in California but my in-laws are Germantown MD so I will be staying with them and making a whirlwind tour of the 'Maryland Campaign 150th" and probably throw in Harper's Ferry, Bull Run, and maybe even Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Problem Veiwing HPS Users Manual With Windows 7 |
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Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2012 12:25 pm
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I actually found this solution a while back when I upgraded my machine - in the HPS "Windows Vista/7 Help" section. You can find it here along with the link to the help file fix for Vista:
http://www.hpssims.com/vistahelp.htm |
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