Dictator 3 - War Is Erupting!

[curtsibling]

My little joke! Cheers!
Indent typo fixed!

Updated the wonders, ULTRA taken from UK and changed to Détente of Nations. (3000 shields to build)

This is available to all empires with Mass Propoganda.

Should solve that Brit peace treaty addiction.

And I will fix the UK/US Alliance activation with a Brit unit destroying a nazi frieghter on turn one, then saving the scn-file anew.

Thus they made the first move, and the Germans can retaliate without bringing the arsenal of democracy onto their heads...For now!

[curtsibling]

Originally posted by rmsharpe
Say, why is the atomic bomber attack strength set at 75? Is that just to prevent global warming from happening during the test phases?

Well spotted, RM!

I was trying out that spurious 'neutron bomb' attack thing and didn't change it back...Fixed too!

[curtsibling]

I have a conundrum!

I want to keep the US and UK allied, with no alliance-breaking speech between them.

I also want to be able to allow the Germans to assault the UK, without activating the US/UK alliance.

One method would to use the cheat tools to enable a Brit first stike, but I also want to keep the caualty list clear...

Anyone got a solution?

[Eivind IV]

I love the lay-out!

* I invaded Britian with ease on turn 2. By turn 6 all of Britain was mine. It was too easy IMHO. The reason why this was so easy was because of all the fortresses outside English cities, which allowed me to send in tons of artillery. And oh yes, it was a bit annoying with the US entering the war so early.
* Africa was also no match after capturing Malta.
* Athens was annoyingly difficult to capture.

Japan shouldn't have French Indo-China. It wasn't annexed before 24 July 1941.

But all in all i'll give it 5 out of 6 this far.

[curtsibling]

Cheers, Kobra!

It's early days yet!

Exactly what kind of forces are you sending to attack London, and are you reloading a lot?

I found that the major cities are tough nuts to crack.

I know for a fact that the artillery has a hard time taking out fully fortified AA batteries, not to mention Brit troops.

It took me several turns (without reloading) to conquer London...

[Palaiologos]

Hey Curt, i was only stating my report, nothing wrong with the Pacific front!

I'd remove the UN wonder alltogether though. Trust me it can seriously upset game balance(i capture a city, force a cease fire to avoid counteratttack, then break the cease fire on the next turn).

I too would like a clear casuality list. Try making their relations worse(attitude) and disallowing communications if the Brits and Yanks are AI controlled(to avoid the alliance being broken).

It was hard for me to take over London too. I had to gather reserves in Plymooth and the surounding forts for months. Africa became a piece of cake after i took Crete and started shiping reinforcements from Germany. Aerodromes did come in handy.

As for the eastern allies i think it certainly shouldn't be Vlasov.(He is the above mentioned defector,right?)

Although i noticed that you have selected the nations' military commanders as civ leaders i think that Tito or Chian Kai Senk(sp?) would be better, despite being politicians-generals.

As for the Nazi research wonders being made obsolete with Stalinism, i think that the development of Stalinism in Russia cancelling the effects of Braun's research programme would be a bit unrealistic.

BTW i love those Jap infantry and Wafen SS wavs!

[POTUS]

Why does the casualty list need to be clear? The Brits and Germans lost troops before 1940.

[curtsibling]

It seems the only way to avoid the USSR buidling the Braun lab is NOT to swap the tech!

I think the level of defence in London is OK.
The Germans did come very close, historically.

I wanted to represent that.

[Eivind IV]

Originally posted by curtsibling
Cheers, Kobra!

It's early days yet!

Exactly what kind of forces are you sending to attack London, and are you reloading a lot?

Of course I didn't reload. Check out for your self. I asume it is more difficult in mulitplayer, the AI is as we all know, annoyingly stupid. It was so easy that when I saw the Americans coming for France I let them pass through to get some exitement. But they landed in Spain

Originally posted by curtsibling I found that the major cities are tough nuts to crack.

I know for a fact that the artillery has a hard time taking out fully fortified AA batteries, not to mention Brit troops.

It took me several turns (without reloading) to conquer London...

Hmm, my experience is somewhat different. This is the stat of the artilley, right? 9a,3d, 1h,4f,

[Palaiologos]

Originally posted by curtsibling
I think the level of defence in London is OK.
The Germans did come very close, historically.

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[curtsibling]

Well, the RAF only had a week or two of reserve planes left.

How close do you need?

[Palaiologos]

two weeks is a long time......

BTW the advice text for "design office" is wrong.
You have forgotten an "@" above "labour service" me thinks.

[curtsibling]

Without making it a historical discussion (we'll have none of those here!)
Only Hitler's mania about invading Russia really saved the UK from sea/airborne invasion.

He changed his plans after Sept 15 1940...

PS
I'll fix that advice file...

[Palaiologos]

Pffff...
Adolf did the right thing and invaded Russia when he did.

The Wehrmacht was at its peak while the Red army had just been mauled in the Finnish war and suffered a purge of its officers corps.

Let alone that England would never surrender as long as there was a potential continental ally to fight the war for her.
They even incited the Germans to invade Greece to expand the war, thus straining Germany's limited resources.

A war with Russia was unavoidable, and the advantage would go to the one that stroke first.

[curtsibling]

Still, I have to solve this alliance activation problem.

actual civ relations and lack of communication make no difference...

Turning off diplomacy seems the only answer...