WW2 Path to Victory - Feedback Thread

@Cernel Hey Cernel. Great historical insight. I do feel like PTV captures the essence of what you’re saying better than Global, if imperfectly. In Global, Japan not only had to declare war on Russia for the Mongolians to turn, but also had to invade specific territories. Here, its an automatic transfer to the Soviet Union.

Like Captain Napalm observed changing Mongolia to pro-allied neutral would, perhaps, most closely replicate the relationship you describe in your post, but it would have far-reaching and not-necessarily-good gameplay consequences.

Hey, all. WW2 Path Victory version 2.0 is now available for download/update on the TripleA download maps page. Here is a list of the substantive changes:

-Corrected objectives panel with correct territory and sea zone names.
-Changed PU marker on Central America to reflect actual value.
-Added German mech to Austria.
-Added two TrueNeutral infantry to Switzerland.
-Removed British infantry from United Kingdom.
-Moved Japanese marine from Japan to Caroline Islands.
-Added victory city to Central United States.
-Fixed Americans starting income to match starting production.
-Supplemented discussion of rules in Game Notes.
-Fix connections between territories.
-Fixed Siberia factory bug to ensure destruction upon capture.
-Fixed guerrilla spawning in Honan.

Please note that downloading the updated map will not affect playability of your existing saves.

@trulpen Hey trulpen. It should give you the option to “update” the map in the Download Maps folder. Please let me know if it does not.

If this option is not presented, there is a work-around. Go to your user/documents/tripleA/downloadedmaps directory. Delete the file called ww2_path_to_victory-master.zip. Then when you load TripleA it will give you the option to download the most recent version of the map.

Hey guys. Adam and I are contemplating a possible change to the PTV map, in response to recent play-testing, and we’d like to get your feedback.

The change would be to redraw SZ 6 so that it envelops Korea completely, meaning that SZ 20 would no longer be adjacent. Here is a rough rendering of what the SZ would look like. Thoughts?

@trulpen, yup, that’s basically it!

Hey fellow Nerd Herders. We’re happy to announce the release of WW2 Path to Victory v 3.0, available for download now on TripleA. The substantive changes were made based on the results of further playtesting and community feedback:

• Sea Zone 6 is redrawn to fully encompass Korea (see image below);

• Japan’s “Honolulu, Sydney, Calcutta” National Objective now requires direct Japanese ownership to get the +5 PUs, rather than just Axis ownership;

• Tsugaru Strait now permits passage of submarines, regardless of ownership (like Gibraltar).

That is all.

Also, if you ever want to chat with Adam and me directly about Path to Victory, or enjoy live chat during games, please come and join our PTV discord server at: https://discord.gg/kSbeKFa. Adam and I are there most days and eager to hear from you.

Enjoy!

@trulpen Thanks Trulpen. . . Adam and I had some trouble last night when we were playing an older saved game against two other guys in the lobby. . . I assumed it was because of the new version, but maybe not!

I’ll edit the post to remove the warning.

@simon33 the decision to attach Sicily to Italy was so that it might serve as a viable staging ground for an invasion of Southern Europe, which it was historically, but is rarely in Global 1940.

For what its worth, in dozens of games, this option has only been used once or twice, that I have seen. So it doesn’t seem OP.

Regarding islands, the rule is simple: if it’s an island you can’t build a factory there. Japan and UK are the obvious exceptions.