HITS improvements released with Antietam

[con20or]

I took the list we made of new features we would like to the dev team, and although I joined pretty late in the process I'm pleased to say theres gonna be quite a few additions to the courier system in the new patch that will come with Antietam, and some fixes too, Norb and the guys did a great job.

Ive been testing them over the last month or so and they really improve courier play and relaism, I think you're really gonna like them! :woohoo:

[Marching Thru Georgia]

That's great news. Being glued to the saddle and fighting the battle at the same level as the AI is one of the most satisfying and frustrating aspects of the game. Anything that amplifies those qualities will be very welcome.

In my last game, I ended with a score of -57 and felt I had achieved a major victory. My fellow division commander and I held off and whipped Longstreet's much larger corps. At the end, I had lost approximately 20% of my division but never had to commit my reserve brigade. My fellow division commander responded promptly to my call for help, sized up the situation, deployed and attacked the rebel flank. The newspapers reported it as a defeat and called for my head. I am now of Sherman's opinion that the reporters should be escorted to the edge of the camp and shot.

[con20or]

Thats the main addition!

[con20or]

PS - your request to form up at destination rather than where the order was received was included..

[Marching Thru Georgia]

con20or wrote:

PS - your request to form up at destination rather than where the order was received was included..

Three cheers for you and Norb!

[con20or]

Nah, three cheers for Norb, I just reported it

Edit : And you for spotting it!

[Davinci]

Hey, con20or - did the fix that would have the courier leave the position of the sender make it into the patch?

Basically, the courier now leaves the position of the Highest Ranking Officer....

davinci

[con20or]

remind me again what that was?

[Martin James]

Will messages now show the sender's location when he wrote it please?

Martin

[con20or]

Afraid not - I joined too late in the process to get any major changes that required major coding, like feedback from subordinates etc - Antietam was already well into the testing stage and we just got lucky that there was an extra patch being included because a month ago I didn't think we would have any courier additions at all!

But trust me - the changes that did make it are really cool

And all of the requests have been officially submitted, so we hopefully more will be included in the next game, whatever it is!