Dictator Tot - Out Now!

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

Thanks Agricola. I wondered why discovering Barbarossa didn't cause me to be at war with the USSR

[Kugelregen]

No, I was playing with the latest events. Also, I was able to attack the Soviets. A British engineer is created in Nazi controlled Europe once you discover Barbarossa, and you kill it to trigger the invasion of Russia.

[curtsibling]

Hi chaps!

Just back from Hamburg and the Wacken Open Air festival,
but I now have noticed that one evil bug got through! Ack!

Well spotted, fellows - I will fix this issue soon.
All the major powers should be able to field engineers...

The rules advanced line should be:

01111110, 00000000,-1, 0000000000000000,0000000000000000,0000000000000000 , 10000000 ;Engineers

I will post a fixed rules up at evo tomorrow, as I need a sleep now!



I might even do a patch with some new Brit cities I am making!

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

Originally posted by Kugelregen
No, I was playing with the latest events. Also, I was able to attack the Soviets. A British engineer is created in Nazi controlled Europe once you discover Barbarossa, and you kill it to trigger the invasion of Russia.

Thanks - I see the little blighter now.

[AGRICOLA]

Welcome back from the Wacken Open Ear festival.

While you are doctoring Rules, could you also give a little consideration to increasing the D of B-17's from 2 to 3. The B-17 has proved to be anything but a Flying Fortress, completely unable to attack or defend against Bf-109's and FW-190's. The Lancaster with its D=4 (IMO, not deserved unless it can operate at night with all kinds of navigational aids) is a much more formidable opponent.

Also, it might simplify things a bit if you could merge the Improve 1 & 2 zip files with the latest Improvement file to eliminate the many .bmp files which clutter up the folder.

I'll be damned if I can figure out where Kugelregen gets his P-51 long range escort popup. It definitely is not in the latest Events. However, I recall seeing it in an earlier version of DICTATOR TOT.

[Thoth]

Curt: Great Scenario! (you managed to get me to re-install TOT for this one )


I've noticed a couple of minor bugs:

The AI quite cheerfully uses it's transports as attack vessels. A quick look at Rules.txt shows that you've set the role for transport to "0" (attack) rather than "4" (naval transport).


I also get the P-51 popup when discovering Advanced Railroads (I'm playing as the Americans).

[Tigey]

Originally posted by AGRICOLA

I'll be damned if I can figure out where Kugelregen gets his P-51 long range escort popup. It definitely is not in the latest Events. However, I recall seeing it in an earlier version of DICTATOR TOT.

Isn't it in Game.txt? I'd imagine it's a re-written version of the pop-up that appears when the tech prerequisite allocated to the Engineers unit is discovered. I think Curt thought it was attached to the Explosives slot, so wrote something to fit the Mustang...

[AGRICOLA]

Thanks, it is indeed in Game.

The popup was fine when the P-51 was the second unit in the units table and Engineers were the first. When the unit positions are reversed, it still appears when the tech for the second unit is discovered. From that, I would expect that the popup is linked to the tech for the second unit, rather than to a specific tech.

[biru biru]

I really wish i had TOT. I downloaded it anyway. Mostly, I just look at it sitting on my desktop though.

(Also, if anyone knows where a back-up of TOT files might be stored on the net...)

Anyway, very much looking forward to playing

[curtsibling]

Chaps!

Thanks for the bug spotting!

My two tasks this weekend are to fix the game.txt, try to
merge the improve files, and load up the new scenario zip!

Then it is onto Skaro for my new project!

[curtsibling]

The hassle with merging the improve zips seems to stem from
the fact that the Evo site can only support files of a certain size...

So the current set up must stick.

PS
I will edit the B-17 to make it more punchy!

[curtsibling]

The files on Evo are now updated, with the requested changes...Enjoy!

[Sarsstock]

Though I'm sure you've been asked and have answered this question before Curt, what was the source you used for the fantastic icons in the improvment graphics? Did you ink and or composit them yourself or did you download them from another source?

[curtsibling]

The improve icons are available from Catfish's Cave:

http://users.tpg.com.au/jpwbeest/

Plenty of other awesome ToT stuff too!

[Patine]

Oh, Curt, perhaps you can clear something up for me. I had just started a game of 'Dictator' as the Japanese, and I can't move any of my Type-97 Chi-Ha's on the first turn. Can you tell me why this is?