Feature requests for TripleA

Honestly… you have included so many awesome features already, it’s hard to think of anything else lol…  I just ran through ALL of tripleA, and -looked- for anything else I could think of.

It’s all there, zooming, history, editing… stats

Perhaps being able to editing/add damaged ships, and factories… and a back/forward feature during a countries turn, that’s it. or more end of turn/game reporting (Builds, losses, all stuff that’s in history anyways - but now compiled into a reprot)  I assume this hasn’t been done already though, because it would be a pain in the ass.

I owe you some $ for this dice feature V, I’ll get it to you shortly.

Okay, I have some suggestions. These are not bugs, they are merely ideas to help improve the whole experience - and I would be very grateful if they could be considered. Here goes:

1 - When viewing all of the combatants in a given embattled game space using the ‘Territory’ tab, would it be possible to line up each faction’s units side by side instead of underneath each other? My reason being is that the vertical list of units is sometimes so long that it goes off the bottom of the screen. This in effect creates a scroll bar which would be fine except that you can’t manipulate/interact with it (in other words, you can’t scroll down the list). There is plenty of room in the pane to list all of the combatants side by side, and even type by type e.g.

France        Germany

6 Infantry      3 Infantry
2 Artillery            - 
3 Tanks          6 Tanks

In my example above, Germany has no Artillery units in the battle and so only a ‘dash’ is displayed (-). My idea would capture all of the required data on the screen without having to scroll down.

2 - Would it please be possible to allow players to manage the size of the combat screen window? It is expandable, but seems to re-size itself every time it appears. This is a hassle because it often means that all the units that fire @ 4 are concealed by the ‘casualties’ section of the window. It would be great if players could re-size the window as required and then freeze it so that it reappears in the desired size every time. Again, this idea is simply to allow more information to be viewed with minimal fuss.

3 - Scenario: I have 1 sea unit to place and I click on an eligible sea zone to place it during the MNU phase. Can the ‘place unit’ interface please be amended so that 1 unit is automatically selected instead of having to click the ‘up’ arrow to select 1 unit manunally? Or even better, if the unit could just be dropped straight into the sea zone (without the interface having to appear)? This is intuitive and would save players a little bit of time and hassle. And I think it could be aaplied to all units; not just sea.

Thanks very much for reading.

Hi boys,

First of all, congrats to Veqryn and all the other developers, TripleA rules! I’ve been playing on ABattlemap since so many years, I can’t believe I’ve just started using TripleA yesterday!

My suggestions are probably already implemented in TripleA, but I’ve looked through the forums and didn’t find anything about it.

-When playing Low Luck, would it be possible to have an option to merge the Offshore Bombardment and the Subs rolls (when possible and adequate) with the other rolls? Like if you attack a cruiser with a Sub and a Bmb, I’d like to have the possibility to have a sure hit instead of the 1@2 suprise strike + the 1@4 bomber roll. I surrender my surprise strike in exchange of the sure hit. Of course when air units are present, it’s a bit more complicated. For the Offshore Bombardment, it would be perfect! I think most editions have the unit hit by the bombardment roll for defense, so why separate the attacking rolls? It would be nice to have this option.

-In Anniversary, is there a way to see the National Objectives? I’m guessing there’s an option for that and I’ve just not discovered it yet, but if there isn’t, it would be nice to have it. I have to open ABattlemap just to remember them. (OK I haven’t played an AA50 game in more than a year, it’s probably why I don’t remember them ;))

Thanks! And sorry if these options/features are already implemented!

Is there any way to keep track of individual units for the sake of game analysis (e.g. by giving each unit its own unique alphanumeric designation)?

Also, if (along with the color change) we could get rid of ‘Pro-Axis’ and ‘Pro-Allied’ territory tags after they’ve been conquered and that information is no longer relevant, that would be good (as well as adding the appropriate ‘Pro-X’ tags to true neutrals after they had been invaded by the other side).

Cheers, MIR

Hi Veqryn,

Any thoughts or comments on my suggestions?  :?

Many thanks,

Loz

@ loz
1. I don’t think i will be changing it, there isn’t really enough room.

2. I can probably find a way to increase the default size by a little bit

3. Actually i don’t really like this idea

Thanks Veqryn. In response to that I would say:

1. That’s a shame. Can you at least make the scrollbar moveable? Otherwise, I can’t see all the units involved in a prospective embattled territory.

2. Thank you. I only ask that all the relevant info pertaining to a battle be immediately available to view in the combat screen, without having to move/adjust anything.

3. Why don’t you like this idea? It is intuitive and I think it would be a great improvement. Less micro-management, less time consuming.

Thanks again.

@Veqryn:

@ ash,
1. Unfortunately that would not be mathematically fair.  Any time you merge things, the math ends up being unfair in some exploitable way.

2. I hope to add a panel for objectives.  The problem is however, there are lots and lots of objectives and conditions and stuff, and they will not make sense to the user 99% of the time if we pull it from the engine data.  However, most maps with objectives have “Game Notes” that detail everything you need to know.

Thanks for your answers

1. Ok

2. Ok. I don’t think these “Game Notes” are available from the thumbnails on top, right? I see the game notes when I choose a specific game on the starting screen, but it would be nice to have it in the “Game” tab on top, just below “View Game Options…”

3. A new question, would it be possible to have an option so that the Low Luck SBR do 2 less dmg when there is an AA defending, instead of rolling @1 to destroy the Bmb? The 2 dmg being 1/6th of a Bmb cost. So a SBR would do 3 or 4 dmg against no AA, and 1 or 2 against an AAgun. We’ve always worked this way in our LL matches.

Thanks!

Ok thanks

@Veqryn:

@ mir,
I don’t really understand what you mean by tracking individual units.  What would the point be?  How would this help anyone besides making the UI more confusing….

Tracking individual units would do (at least) two things:

1. Allow players to identify with particular units, to give them more ‘flavor’ with the game’s mechanics, e.g.: “I hope this fighter makes it through this battle; he’s been through four so far.”

2. Allow strategists to better understand the optimal use of certain units (especially starting units) by being able to see where they end up in a typical game, e.g.: “JF003 (Japan Fighter #3) ended up in the Mediterranean in this game; very strange!”

Neither of these functions is vital, but I judge both to be desirable.

@Make_It_Round:

@Veqryn:

@ mir,
I don’t really understand what you mean by tracking individual units.  What would the point be?  How would this help anyone besides making the UI more confusing….

Tracking individual units would do (at least) two things:

1. Allow players to identify with particular units, to give them more ‘flavor’ with the game’s mechanics, e.g.: “I hope this fighter makes it through this battle; he’s been through four so far.”

2. Allow strategists to better understand the optimal use of certain units (especially starting units) by being able to see where they end up in a typical game, e.g.: “JF003 (Japan Fighter #3) ended up in the Mediterranean in this game; very strange!”

Neither of these functions is vital, but I judge both to be desirable.

Haha it would be awesome :)

I noticed a minor problem in game editing.  I rushed through a turn as Germany and forgot to get two German infantry off an Italian transport.  My opponent was kind and tried to edit the Red Sea zone to remove the two infantry and place them in Egypt.  He failed, so I tried again during the Japanese turn.  We kept hitting the following error messages:
A - Deleting all three units gave an error message about deleting units of mixed nationality
B - Deleting the infantry failed since it was loaded on a transport
C - Deleting the transport failed since the infantry were loaded

Any solutions to this?

WOW!

I had no idea that feature existed before… LOL quite a game changer that one.

I was so used to removing and replacing units. Now I can just move them!

Thanks Veqryn, that worked very well.

Jamie

If being able to host without port forwarding is too far out of reach,
how about a dedicated server with remote admin?

I´m not sure if the thread is still open, but i post some feature request for TripleA here:

1 @__Feature__ Request “Delete Button” for older Saved Games.
It would be nice when i load a save game, if it is also possible that i can directly delete older saved games in/with the same windows.

2 @ Feature Request: “Center Button” after an air attack

Example:
I attack with Fighters Seazone 116. Sink the enemy fleet and the fighters survive.
Then i conduct several other combats everywhere on the map.
In the End of the “Non Combat Phase”, a windows pop up, “Air unit can´t land”.

I can press now “Keep Moving” or “End Move Phase”: seazone 116

Is it possible to pop up a marker/button with “center” like it is in the Combat phase, in the same windows so that Triple A directly goes to seazone 116 where i have to move the airplanes when i press this new center marker/button?

Especially for beginners, that would be a great help because it is not so easy to explain them how they can find seazone 116, if there was several fights one the map.

3 @ Feature Request “Additional Windows for IPC Infos”
An extra/additional windows before i start my turn, where i can see exactly how much IPC i had last round and how much i have in this round.
It should also show where and how much IPCs i lost from blockade. Maybe in the Game option i can choose to activate this optional windows, because in a email game it is certainly not necessary but in an online game it would make the game flow more smoother and faster, because it is not necessary to open the game history.

4 @ Feature Request “Timer” for Online Games
I´m a big fan from online games and therefore an option to play with a timer would be nice. The reason for a timer is that you have than only let´s say 20 minutes to react and you don´t have the time to test several movers, battle calculator etc.
So both sides makes failure because of the pressure to end their turn into the time limit.

A @  more improvement, than an Feature Request (Map global 1940 Alpha +3)

When there is a Major Factory, it should not be allowed to build an additional Minor Factory at the same time.
Maybe there is a rule , which i don´t know, but i should get a warning, that i can´t place more Minor IPCs in a territory with a major Factory. The same thing, it should not be allowed from the engine to build more than 1 Minor IPCs pro territory, because you can only mobilise 3 unit there.

B @ more improvement, than an Feature Request (Map global 1940 Alpha +3)

Handling Triple A: Close a windows
When a windows for example “End Move” is open it looks like i can close it per keyboard, with pressing  Ja (German=Yes) or Nein (German=no). But i can´t close it with j or y.
This is maybe we have installed windows or java in german?