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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: What About Those Dusk and Dawn Turns? |
| John Ferry |
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Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2015 6:47 pm
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Replies: 13
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| Dusk and dawn turns are hard-wired into the pdt by the designer (anybody can modify a pdt) and there is not much one can do with the one-hour transition. You can, however, modify the hour or so leading up to dusk or after the dawn. Good examples of that are in the weather section of pdts covering th... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: what version update is Chickamuga |
| John Ferry |
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Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 7:09 am
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Replies: 9
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If you bought the original Chickamauga from HPS, there is not yet an update available to bring it up to 2.0. If you bought it from JTS, it comes as 2.0. Nowhere on either site is this explained. HPS Chickamauga will be updated "soon."
John Ferry
LTC 2/20th Corps |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: what version update is Chickamuga |
| John Ferry |
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Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 5:51 am
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Replies: 9
Views: 10028
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: what version update is Chickamuga |
| John Ferry |
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Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2014 6:23 pm
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Replies: 9
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| You are addressing the only scenario designer who joined the club specifically to answer questions and be involved. Name another. |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: what version update is Chickamuga |
| John Ferry |
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Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2014 11:42 am
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Replies: 9
Views: 10028
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Duke
I think the reason for the overwhelming response to your question is due to a person being able to check out the JTS or HPS sites and find out for himself.
John Ferry
LTC 2/20th Corps |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Corinth Leader list |
| John Ferry |
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Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2014 5:46 pm
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Replies: 1
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I am also very interested in named and numbered rosters that match the pics for all the different campaigns! Any help there???
I have Overland, of course.
John Ferry
LTC 2/20th Corps |
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Forum: Wargame Design Studio (WDS) and John Tiller Software (JTS) Campaign Games Topic: Updating patches from HPS Simulations |
| John Ferry |
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Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2014 9:59 am
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Replies: 2
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Read the directions very carefully--This coming from a nearly illiterate computer guy. It would seem you are not specifying the correct file path for the files to actually go in and replace the old ones.
John
LTC 2/20th Corps |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Historical Gameplay |
| John Ferry |
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Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2014 9:53 am
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Replies: 32
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| Interesting reading in a few different books about the Twelfth Corps marching on to the field at Antietam. It had just gotten an influx of raw regiments, and Mansfield in his first (and last) corps commander role did not want to leave anything to chance. He kept them in column long after he should h... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Testers needed for "Brother against Brother" |
| John Ferry |
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Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2014 7:56 pm
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Replies: 29
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Testers for Overland understood that the game engine "is what it is" and the need was for testing balance and also accuracy and spelling in oobs, maps and pdts. If testers understand what the needs are, it can be a very rewarding experience.
John Ferry
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: New addition to the Box of Soldiers range. |
| John Ferry |
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Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2014 7:41 pm
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Replies: 2
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I for one think that the Banshee contribution is priceless, but it is not without price. I therefore join the lone individual in pledging my modest support for Frank's worthy endeavor!
John Ferry
LTC 2/20th Corps |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: HPS/JTS ACW series LOS Rules Need to be Improved |
| John Ferry |
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Posted: Sat May 31, 2014 9:12 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 15236
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| All of the Overland pdts extensively use the historical weather, both from Mine Run timeframe, and Overland itself. It would have been cool if we could have done it for the Atlanta game, and others. As far as I know, with weather you can shorten the LOS from 70 hexes, but you can't make it farther. ... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Multiplayer Scenarios |
| John Ferry |
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Posted: Sat May 31, 2014 1:06 pm
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Replies: 5
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| One historic battle that gets short shrift when it comes to MP games is Shiloh. That is because, on the reb side, of their faulty battle plan where their corps went into action in waves (Beauregard's grandiose, Napoleonic thinking) and they quickly got all mixed up. The federals pretty much kept som... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: HPS/JTS ACW series LOS Rules Need to be Improved |
| John Ferry |
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Posted: Thu May 29, 2014 4:53 pm
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Replies: 11
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| The max is 70 hexes (5 miles) and I don't think you can make it farther than that in a pdt. (I tried) I don't have any data to back it up but I would bet that most all field officers, and staff officers, had a telescope or a set of binoculars. Of course they weren't as good as what we have today, bu... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: HPS/JTS ACW series LOS Rules Need to be Improved |
| John Ferry |
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Posted: Thu May 29, 2014 12:08 pm
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Replies: 11
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| You are asking for something beyond the range of what modifications one can do in the pdt, so the suggestion is moot. It is an engine change, so the issue should be addressed to HPSSIMS. Hate to be a killjoy, but only about 5% of the things I asked for as a designer received favorable action. John F... |
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Forum: Wargame Design Studio (WDS) and John Tiller Software (JTS) Campaign Games Topic: Yank for Wilderness fight. - Closed |
| John Ferry |
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Posted: Sat May 24, 2014 12:27 pm
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Replies: 1
Views: 4250
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