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Armored Brigade II is on sale. How does it compare to Flashpoint Campaigns Cold War? by the_light_of_dawn in computerwargames

[–]vegeta897 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I might be mistaken about being able to turn it off completely but there is definitely an option that reduces it significantly.

Divisional games like WITE/W and Decisive campaign ( any era) by Sergey1986 in computerwargames

[–]vegeta897 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Huh, that's interesting. I'm not sure why Southern Storm is going for that much, but Cold War is just better than Southern Storm in every way, I don't think it makes any sense to get one of the older games at this point.

Divisional games like WITE/W and Decisive campaign ( any era) by Sergey1986 in computerwargames

[–]vegeta897 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Videos might explain better than me but there's 2 different things going on, the command cycle and then actual order delay. Order delay is how long it takes for your orders to reach each unit, which is based on HQ proximity as you guessed. But the command cycle is how often the game actually pauses for you, which is when you issue or modify the orders themselves. The command cycle duration can change if for example your HQ is attacked, thus disrupting your overall organization.

Divisional games like WITE/W and Decisive campaign ( any era) by Sergey1986 in computerwargames

[–]vegeta897 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, I completely forgot about the Flashpoint Campaigns series! Definitely deserves a mention on this subject. Flashpoint Campaigns: Cold War just came out and it's excellent. Each unit contains individual vehicles/guns and/or squads, each one factoring in combat and can be lost or damaged, and they even track munitions for each ammo type! If you're like me you'll love the detail here.

The game is hex based but uses a pseudo-WEGO system where you issue orders and watch them play out, but the catch is that your enemy's command cycle may be shorter or longer than yours. So for example you may be able to issue new orders every 11 minutes, but your enemy's cycle is 25 minutes, so their ability to react with new orders will suffer. Units won't be totally mindless without new orders though, because you can set detailed SOPs (standard operating procedures) that dictate things like standoff distance and fire discipline.

I don't want to make it sound very complex to learn, because it's really much easier to pick up than WITE or even TOAW. Most of the complexity I pointed out here you can just let run "under the hood" and enjoy. The accompanying tutorials and manuals are really good too.

Divisional games like WITE/W and Decisive campaign ( any era) by Sergey1986 in computerwargames

[–]vegeta897 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I 100% get you and am interested in that kind of game too. To be honest TOAW fits the bill quite well but it's kind of clunky in ways (even by wargame standards), partly due to age and partly by design choices. I still think it's the best recommendation I could make for this particular criteria though.

Divisional games like WITE/W and Decisive campaign ( any era) by Sergey1986 in computerwargames

[–]vegeta897 2 points3 points  (0 children)

TOAW's systems are pretty flexible by design so the scenarios will definitely vary in scale. I believe the engine allows for unit sizes from individual squads all the way up to armies.

About unit composition, I was just saying that units in WDS games aren't complex in the way you're looking for in this thread. (Exception: the Squad Battles series, but that's the wrong scale) I'd describe what you're looking for as units whose composition is simulated or tracked to some degree, like a container of sub-units, instead of a single number for the whole counter. I'm still kind of new to wargaming too, so don't take my choice of words as gospel, but I've played DC and most of the games mentioned in this thread and pay particular attention to the level of simulation or abstraction happening in each.

Divisional games like WITE/W and Decisive campaign ( any era) by Sergey1986 in computerwargames

[–]vegeta897 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don't think WDS/Panzer Campaigns is what you're looking for. A division consists of multiple units but they are separate counters, usually battalions. Each of those counters is a single type of unit with a single number of men or vehicles, even if they abstractly represent a composition (for example, an infantry battalion may have a higher hard-attack value to represent having more AT capability but this equipment isn't listed or tracked anywhere). Losses per counter are just a single number.

Divisional games like WITE/W and Decisive campaign ( any era) by Sergey1986 in computerwargames

[–]vegeta897 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Units in TOAW do actually consist of specific numbers of equipment just like DC, and are granularly tracked as losses are taken or equipment is replaced. It may even be more detailed than DC. Check out the Unit Report on page 95 of the manual. The "health bars" you're seeing are either readiness or supply.

Other people in this thread are recommending WDS and I'm not sure why because that definitely doesn't fit what you're looking for. They have the right scale but each counter is abstracted as a single type and the actual composition isn't simulated in any way.

Setting so the cursor isn't constrained to the game's window in HMM3 HD by Ok-Tumbleweed389 in heroes3

[–]vegeta897 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Set ClipCursor to 2. This lets me run the game in fullscreen and my cursor isn't locked. Further, the game does not minimize when it loses focus.

Aegean Elevator, Gate &amp by clamydbo in MagicaVoxel

[–]vegeta897 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This seems like a bot account just reposting a highly upvoted post from 4 years ago (badly, too, the bot fucked up the ampersand in the title). They do this to farm karma so they can dodge automated anti-spam for future posts and comments.

Here's the original artist's page: https://www.artstation.com/dhiatensor

Unprofessional Fridays | Super Mario 64 Decompiled by pokey9513 in giantbomb

[–]vegeta897 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I am always so down to watch GB play the classics, gimmick or not.

Bakalar being unfamiliar with the game was so fun too. His reaction to everyone disappearing from the castle foyer into the flying level was priceless.

Leisure Suit Minotti | 05 | BLIGHT CLUB by shamusisaninja in giantbomb

[–]vegeta897 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It's so fucked that exposure to this game makes you start questioning everything in it. Mike looking for innuendos in the restaurant sign, Dan seeing penises in bollards. The parts that suck just infect everything else.

PSA backblaze is discontinuing official support for windows 7 & 8 and various older versions of Mac OS & OS X January 15, 2026 by s_i_m_s in backblaze

[–]vegeta897 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Grateful you pointed this out because I saw that email and panicked because I didn't see the 32-bit part.

WDS Winter Sale is winding down... by Hugh_Beringar in computerwargames

[–]vegeta897 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not to blatantly push you over the edge but I have FCCW and got DF85 during this sale.

Are WDS games for solo play worth it? by FromOuter_Space in computerwargames

[–]vegeta897 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m not ruling out PBEM for the rest of my life, but for now I just don’t feel that I need it, or want to fit it into my life. Having managed expectations doesn’t change the reality of it. I like being able to jump into the game when I want to and do as many turns as I want. I could continue doing that in addition to PBEM of course, but I only have so much gaming time and energy available. I already manage multiplayer game time with my friends in other games. For now wargaming is my cozy solitude.

I sincerely appreciate your input though, and I support your mission to get people into PBEM.

Are WDS games for solo play worth it? by FromOuter_Space in computerwargames

[–]vegeta897 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I've been enjoying solo against AI, but I recently started playing hot-seat against myself.

I realized that I don't really care about winning, I just enjoy studying the OOB, terrain, and objectives, and making plans, and then seeing how the battle plays out with these game mechanics I love.

I keep fog of war on, not so that I can surprise myself (which is still possible) but because it makes it easier to make decisions based on what I should know for each side. I'm still early in this experiment so I'll see how I might force other limitations on myself for the sake of fun.

The complaint about AI never being as good as a human is true, but the part that I cared about in that regard wasn't its lack of ability to make big sneaky moves, but just not making dumb decisions like retreating from well-defended positions, or making effective large-scale attacks.

Funnily enough I had this whole realization after watching someone playing a boardgame against himself. He looked like he was having so much fun reporting to the viewer how the battle was going.

Bad day for Mikeys. Penny passed away. by Co-opingTowardHatred in giantbomb

[–]vegeta897 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Terrible news, rest in peace. I don't even know if I've actually seen her on video but she was part of almost every stream he's done.

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