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I took the liberty to prepare for both - Kevin took the time to fix some of the things I forgot - so we can play both: a vanilla or a KS Mod game with couriers at 50

I am free to have a test or casual game on Tuesday 1st Sept at 20:00 UK time or a bit later. Since I'm not working this week I can stay up as late as needed

If anyone wants a game, please post here.

Veni, vidi .... but we are still missing "vici" ...

I went to Piedmont, I saw the vineyards... and I forgot to charge the mobile phone before I went to Marengo.... oh well... I guess I should rephrase and simply state that the phone, commanded by an Austrian, refused to take pictures of this location - in the most steadfast and determined fashion possible...


anyway: the main question for this thread would be: any plans for tomorrow? do we already have a scenario for Sunday 06/09 ?


I'll try to catch up with what I have missed mod-wise by tomorrow and will also attend to my duties campaign wise... if there are any...

Welcome back.

Kevin and I are meeting today, Saturday for a test. You'd be very welcome. I don't know who else is attending. Usual time.

During the week we've had four solid and very good games. Only 1 crashed with a host CTD 15 minutes from the end. We have been adding bits of the 112 version mod back in as we go until we got a bad frame yesterday after about 90 minutes. We think we've tracked down what caused it and Kevin is tweaking the toolbar again I believe.

We've made good progress. The problem seems to be a combination of inapplicable formation instructions via the toolbar (e.g telling an infantry brigade commander to form "double line" but hitting the cavalry double line button) combined with some additional load when a player courier is sent. This combo of events makes it a very rare and wild event, hard to predict and pin down. For example in last nights crash we had the same wrong formation button press about ten seconds earlier which the game ignored bu the next one, because it seemed to happen at just the same time as another player was sending a courier, made the game fail.

So the culprit does seem to be MyGUI after all. There's a surprise.

that sounds very promising indeed! - I am glad you were successful!

tonight, I think, I'll be a bit too tired - I just came back after a 9 hour drive... but I'll report back for duty by tomorrow, gentlemen (and other animals)!

Welcome back Roland!

I have ready a scenario with the Austria 1809 OOB, if Kevin doesn't have something ready for tomorrow I will post the details.

Oops, I posted a scenario before I saw this. We can play yours instead, Pepe.

I take it 112Z.7z,453.A/6 is the correct version for tonight's game?

Yes indeed.

No problem Kevin I will leave mine for a couple of weeks from now.

I am free today Saturday 12th. I can be in TS at 20:00 UK time if anyone would like a casual game. I have a collection of Kevin's recent scenarios plus Pepe's Brussels battle of yesterday. We can choose one to play from the AI side.

I can play again today (Monday) if anyone's up for that.

Happy to play anything.

Martin (J)

yes - today is vanilla day - be sure to bring beer, whiskey, vodka - whatever is your poison...

Bravo. If I have time, would you like me to throw together a Reisswitz 1860s scenario?

Martin (J)

We were going to test stock WL with a computer running Win8. If the game crashes then we have fairly good evidence that the game plus couriers is not stable on OS's above Win7.

Yes fine. Let's do that.

Martin (J)

Make up a Reisswitz scenario Martin. If we are lucky we might get WL to give us a bad frame error early, then we can play your scenario.

great idea- if that happened however I'd have to ask for a link to the latest Reisswitz version - I never played GB since the PC got setup once more....

Will try and do something but time is short now so cannot promise  .  

Just in case the force is with me, I suggest everyone downloads the latest version of the Reisswitz Mod, as I have made a few improvements recently https://www.dropbox.com/s/9kps9s2p313krb6/KS%20Reisswitz%20v1_7.zip?dl=0

You will also need to put the latest version of KS SOW Supplemental Maps 1.09 in your GB Mods folder.  You can get that from the Napoleonic set-up page here https://kriegsspiel.forumotion.net/t1451-set-up-for-sowwl-napoleon-games-for-kriegspiel-style

Martin (J)

Here is the scenario everyone has waited for.  No mods should be used.  Also, everyone should add this line to their sowwl.ini file.  In the [debug] section, add mplog=1



3e Corps d'Armée: lieutenant-général Dominique Joseph René Vandamme comte d'Unsebourg (16585 Inf.  1322 Cav.  42 Guns))

 20ème Division: lieutenant-général Baron Jean-Baptiste Jeanin (5397 Inf.  16 Guns)
   Brigade Lagarde: Maréchal de Camp Baron Henri Jacques Martin Lagarde (2000 Inf. 4 battalions  Avg. Exp. 5.4)
   Brigade Aulard: Maréchal de Camp baron Pierre Aulard (2200 Inf. 4 battalions  Avg. Exp. 5.5)
   1er Régiment de Chasseurs à Cheval de la Garde: lieutenant-général baron Francois Antoine Lallemand (1197 Inf. 5 battalions  Avg. Exp. 7.6)
   6e Co d'Artillerie a Pied de Vielle Garde: Capt Charles Jacques (8 Guns   Avg. Exp. 7.0)
   9e Co / 6e Régiment d'Artillerie a Pied: Capitaine Augustin Denis Bourgeois (8 Guns   Avg. Exp. 6.0)

 2ème Division: Lieutenant-général comte François Xavier Donzelot (5331 Inf.  6 Guns)
   Brigade Schmitz: Maréchal de Camp baron Nicolas Schmitz (2852 Inf. 5 battalions  Avg. Exp. 5.4)
   Brigade Gauthier: Maréchal de Camp Baron Jean Joseph Gauthier (2479 Inf. 5 battalions  Avg. Exp. 4.
   3e Co / 3e Régiment d’Artillerie à Cheval: Capitaine Jean Pierre Paul Tortel (6 Guns   Avg. Exp. 6.0)

 8ème Division: lieutenant-général baron Étienne Nicolas Lefol (5857 Inf.  14 Guns)
   Brigade Dupeyroux: Maréchal de Camp Baron René Joseph Dupeyroux (2676 Inf. 6 battalions  Avg. Exp. 5.2)
   Brigade Jamin: Maréchal de Camp Baron Jean-Baptiste Jamin (2697 Inf. 6 battalions  Avg. Exp. 5.1)
   Brigade Merlin: Maréchal de Camp Chevalier Eugène Antoine François Merlin (484 Inf. 3 battalions  Avg. Exp. 6.0)
   1e Co / 8e Regiment d'Artillerie a Pied: Capitaine Hugues François Pariset (8 Guns   Avg. Exp. 6.0)
   2e Co / 1er Régiment d’Artillerie à cheval: Capitaine Apollinaire Bourgeois (6 Guns   Avg. Exp. 6.0)

 4ème Division de Cavalerie: Lieutenant-Général Baron Pierre Benoit Soult (  1322 Cav.  6 Guns)
   Brigade Dommanget: Maréchal de Camp Baron Jean-Baptiste Dommanget (699 Cav. 6 squadrons  Avg.Exp. 5.0)
   Brigade Saint-Laurent:  Maréchal de Camp Baron Benjamin Léonard Auguste Houssin de Saint-Laurent (623 Cav. 6 squadrons  Avg.Exp. 6.6)
   1e Co / 1er Régiment d'Artillerie à Cheval: Capitaine Pierre Joseph Cotheraux (6 Guns   Avg. Exp. 6.0)

do the Chasseurs à cheval de la Garde have the stock sprites?

if so - post me on the other side of the map if you please...

Just be happy they are on horseback.

spot on...

I'm awfully sorry guys - but the Austrian Army has just been mobilized - we are going to invade Antarctica - to stock up on snow.....

thus I can't make the game tonight... enjoy nonetheless....

do the Chasseurs à cheval de la Garde have the stock sprites?

Tim's new ones look very good, possibly some of the best he's done.

Did you mean the Grenadiers a Cheval?