JuliusBorisovBeamdog

JuliusBorisovBeamdog · Feb 11, 2019, 6:59 PM

Hello, all! I’m the CM of Beamdog, and I’m so excited to make your acquaintance.

JuliusBorisovBeamdog · Feb 22, 2019, 1:10 PM

Thanks for all the suggestions, and keep them coming. There are really insightful posts in this thread.

JuliusBorisovBeamdog · Mar 17, 2019, 12:22 PM

This is very insightful, Black_Elk. I’ve passed your concerns to the development team.

JuliusBorisovBeamdog · Mar 19, 2019, 8:30 PM

Hello, friends!

Next Wednesday (3/27) at 09am PT we will have an AMA session at https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/ about Axis & Allies Online with our community manager Julius Borisov!

Hope to see you there!

JuliusBorisovBeamdog · Aug 23, 2019, 9:22 PM

Today we’re launching our second full patch for Axis & Allies 1942 Online. Thank you to all the avid strategists down in the trenches sending us feedback on our Early Access game!

Check out the full list of fixes and new features, including AI speed control, streamlined combat, and a brand new starting condition based on Larry Harris’ Gencon 3.0 Variant for Axis & Allies 1942 Second Edition.

We’ve scheduled a brief outage at 2:30pm PDT to perform the update.

PATCH NOTES

AI ACTION SPEED CONTROLS
Control the speed of Computer Players’ turns in your games. Slow them down to learn some basics from the Computer AI, or speed up the turns to get back to the action faster.

Available in Options -> Settings -> Gameplay

STARTING CONDITIONS: LARRY HARRIS VARIANT
Larry Harris’ Gencon 3.0 Variant is now available to play! Simply create a new game to select between the out-of-the-box setup, or Larry Harris’ revised starting condition, which modifies the initial board layout for Germany and the UK. This starting condition is available across all game types and modes.

STREAMLINED COMBAT BOARD EXPERIENCE
This patch reduces the overall number of clicks needed to assign hits and casualties. We’ve also added ways to assign casualties to groups of units, as well as an option to disable the dice rolling animation from the combat board itself. Players can now access a more detailed Roll Log that will show the results from the entire combat instead of just the current round.

Assigning Casualties
Casualties can now be assigned to individual units in a stack without having to manually select them from the slide out panel. Simply left-clicking on a stack of
units will now automatically assign hits to the units within that stack, one at a time. The slide out panel is
still available for aircraft and Battleships, and will appear when those units/stacks are clicked on. Right-
clicking on units with casualties assigned will now remove a single casualty from the stack
Assigning casualties to a stack
Shift + left-clicking a unit will assign as many hits as possible to the selected stack. If this stack contains Battleships or air units, it will assign them intelligently (a single hit to each Battleship first
before assigning a second; assigning hits to lower fuel air units first). Shift + right-clicking a unit will remove all of the hits from the selected stack.
Disabling Dice animations
Players can now disable the Dice Animations using the toggle found under the Attacking Player lane.
Roll Log Improvements
The Roll Log will now show the results for all rounds in a single combat, and can now has some better sorting options for summarization. The new Roll Log will not work with combats retroactive to the update, but will work with any combats and games post-update.

OBSERVER MODE IMPROVEMENTS
When following another player in Observer Mode, any combats the player participates inwill now automatically open up. Players can now control the zoom level when following another
players actions.

GAME LOBBY AND CREATE GAME IMPROVEMENTS
When creating a new game, there is now an option next to the Start Game button that will allows players to have the game auto-start when the lobby is full. This is set to “On” by default.

SKIP THE BEAMDOG INTRO VIDEO
The Intro Video can now be skipped by left-clicking.

MAC TOUCHPAD CONTROLS
More intuitive touchpad controls have been implemented.

Pinch to Zoom to zoom in/out
2-finger scrolling to pan the map

BUG FIXES AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS

AI will not process other game states after hitting an error in one game state
Fixed crash related to “Purchased naval units should not exceed available sea deployment locations”
Fixed crash related to “cannot retreat to sea_zone_5 as there are no retreatable units remaining”
Fixed crash related to “Aircraft Carrier in sea_zone_56 with direct call to move Unit: You must use move Aircraft Carrier to avoid leaving behind
fighters that cannot move”
Fixed crash related to “cannot read property ‘addChild’ of undefined”
Fixed crash related to cannot read property ‘commands’ of undefined"
Fixed crash related to “AI can deadlock when committing combat move phase”
Fixed crash related to “Cannot read property ‘dropTarget’ of null”
Fixed crash related to "Error in transport drop: transport has no path to region “philippine_islands”
Fixed crash related to “Cannot do a combat roll for a roll target that has already rolled”
Fixed crash related to “AI Error committing phase: Aircraft could be saved.”
Fixed crash related to “Error in GameController.cancelMoveUnit: Cannot cancel a move that has not yet been made”
Fixed crash related to “AI Error in GameControllerAdapter.updateMapNote: GameController rejected with message: Error: Soft reload currently disabled: Original error: Game not found for id=5d56cda5a0060672af11946e.”
Fixed crash related to “Error: No meeting destinations for a fighter promised to land on an aircraft carrier”
Fixed crash related to “Error in GameController.moveUnit: Could not move to sea_zone_5, it is not a valid move”
Fixed crash related to “[object Object]” when double clicking to add computer to a slot
Combat Board: Fixed gamebreak where player cannot assign hits, cannot finish battle, cannot continue game.
Combat Board: Artillery/Infantry link should be in correct order when infantry is amphibious but artillery isn’t
Fixed: URE may fire for “Cannot read property ‘index’ of undefined” during combat
Fixed bug that causes game to stall requesting player to assign damage when no troops remain.
Fixed bug that let’s player get stuck with return to combat button, but no combat present.
Fixed bug causing a large portion of the map to go gray after a combat.
Fixed URE fires for “Cannot read property ‘usedStackCount’ of undefined” when applying hits multiple to infantry during an attack.
Combat Board: Animated banner should be dismissed by keyboard input
Hit selection panel does not close when using enter to accept
Stability: Clicking multiple times to amphibious assault, no longer causes more units than you brought to appear in the Combat Board UI
Combat Board: Ships will appear as expected in the Roll 2 lane
Combat Board: Fixed bug causing black screen when clicking on a bomber on the raid board
Aircraft Carriers + Fighters: Fixed bug causing player to be unable to mobilize an ACC underneath a fighter in a sea zone
Main Menu: Fixed bug causing game list to appear empty

Big thanks from the development team to the Axis & Allies. org community for your feedback!

JuliusBorisovBeamdog · Jan 23, 2020, 9:14 AM

With the patch #7, players must now deploy all purchased units during the Mobilization phase. IPC will no longer be refunded for undeployed units. We looked into this: the refunding rules of 1942 2nd Edition basically boil down to resolving human error when you’ve purchased more than you can place. Since we don’t allow that, players were ‘exploiting’ the refund by rolling back their purchase when things didn’t go their way.

JuliusBorisovBeamdog · Dec 16, 2024, 11:36 AM

Hi! We noticed this error last week. It seems to be related to iOS 18.2 and affects iPhones 15+. We’re still investigating the issue, and considering the upcoming holiday period, there won’t be an immediate fix, unfortunately.

Apple released the new iOS, our game stopped working on it.

JuliusBorisovBeamdog · Feb 12, 2019, 5:25 PM

Asynchronous play means that the game allows players to take their full turn distinctly/asynchronously without other players needing to be in the game.

So yes, eg., player A does a move now, then logs out. Player B logs in two hours later and does his move … and so on.

The status of the game is saved on a server.

The offline game is saved to the user’s local drive.

The online games are all saved on our backend server.

JuliusBorisovBeamdog · Mar 21, 2019, 3:32 PM

@DoManMacgee We’re fully honest. From the interview: “1942 2nd Edition provided us with a fantastic jumping off point in terms of creating a game that provided a lot of depth and complexity, but still approachable for new and experienced players alike. One of the main goals with Axis & Allies Online was to make a game that was approachable by any type of player, from the new and inexperienced, all the way to the veteran player who has logged hundreds of hours into the board games.”

And we’re listening.

JuliusBorisovBeamdog · Mar 29, 2019, 1:49 PM

@Black_Elk I and David have tried something based on your suggestion on the first page of this thread. We skipped combat for all the powers during the first turn. And this (in my opinion) turned out great!

No combat during the first turn let the Allies protect most of their troops, it provided much more variety to the gameplay - each of the players could opt for several opening strategies with much less “known” moves in subsequent turns.

I’d vote all the veterans should try it.

JuliusBorisovBeamdog

Can you please send a PM here because I don’t remember your details (I don’t save that kind of info)?

JuliusBorisovBeamdog

That’s weird. The screenshot doesn’t show your correct Commander Name. Can you start the process on Android anew? When you click login with a Google account, is there any other option to log in?

JuliusBorisovBeamdog

All handled. You can now edit the comment and remove your personal info (emails).

JuliusBorisovBeamdog

We want to fix the app, but it will take time.

JuliusBorisovBeamdog

I will log in this issue as a bug.

JuliusBorisovBeamdog

Well, that’s how matchmaking works. If there are no players appropriate for your skill level, it continues to search. Maybe try searching for games in different hours?

Also, Wood seems to be the less populated category:

Wood Axis players: 323
Bronze Axis players: 966
Silver Axis players: 1560
Gold Axis players: 813
Platinum Axis players: 273

Wood Allies players: 494
Bronze Allies players: 1225
Silver Allies players: 1533
Gold Allies players: 732
Platinum Allies players: 243

(that’s from the previous season).

JuliusBorisovBeamdog

@kiwi Send me a DM with your iOS Commander Name and ID. I’ll issue a Steam key, you’ll create a new Commander Name and ID, let me know about them, and I’ll manually merge the 2 accounts, so you’ll be able to continue playing on Steam with your original account.

JuliusBorisovBeamdog

@jsauce Send me a DM.

JuliusBorisovBeamdog

No update yet but we can give away Steam keys and then merge the accounts.

JuliusBorisovBeamdog · Feb 18, 2025, 10:19 AM

Please join the AAO community Discord to request Steam keys for the game while you’re waiting for the fix:

https://discord.gg/7KmXWnJhYn

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