The Gettysburgh: Scourge of War Game

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rusty1762
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The Gettysburgh: Scourge of War Game

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This game looks very good. I was wondering if you let the computer play itself? Occasionally it might be interesting to just watch the battle without making decisions. Is that possible?

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You can 'host' a multi-player game while not online and play in single player.

Then choose, for example, the full 11-hour Antietam scenario and choose to be, for example, a battery commander. Some sort of battle should develop (I don't know what AI instructions/stances the commanders have at the start) and you can fly round and watch.

This may be one way of doing what you describe.
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Or you could do the same in a Sandbox game and choose a battery commander. You won't have the historic troop positions/movements as you do in a scenario, but you can choose any map, any setup etc. Cool idea actually rusty. :)

That's one of the neat things about the "choose your own commander" Pickett's Charge scenario. You can choose a battery commander or another unit that didn't take part, and watch the battle unfold. I might need to repost that scenario since it was part of an early SDK release (I think) and not widely available.
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