Is this computer able to support War In The Pacific: Admirals Edition?

Is your mod available on the WiTPAE Forums?

 

No, it's not. Only copies are mine and the two I put on thumb drives for my opponents. I didn't write any AI scripts because I wanted human players that would abide by political, national level strategic decisions made by real life players. So it's not suitable for solo play, you to have a real life opponent and one that's more interested in testing historical possibilities than simply winning.

 

Fair enough, was just curious if it was on the WiTPAE forum.

 

Is this game a newer version of the well known Panzergeneral/Pacific Admiral - Series? These games were a lot of fun, but they only run with Windows 98.
Anybody played/knows both games and can compare them?

 

No, the great-grandfather of this game is "Gary Grigsby's Pacific War"(1992), which Matrix Games updated in 2003. The grandfather is "Uncommon Valor" by Matrix Games & Gary Grigsby & his crew at 2by3 Games(2002). The father is "War in the Pacific" again by Matrix and 2by3.

To the best of my knowledge, that is the family tree for "War in the Pacific - Admiral's Edition."

Bite your tongue knave.

go download the latest version of "DosBox" and get back to playing all of your favorite Dos games.

IIRC, the only problem I encountered with the old games on DosBox, is with a few of the newer video cards and large(21-inch or larges) flatscreen monitors - they stretch and skew the game resolution to entirely fill the screen - It is awkward, to say the least, best to play in windowed mode then go full screen.

WitP-AE is far far more complicated than any of the 5-Star General series - Panzer General, Allied General, Pacific General, Star General, or the various PG seques - PG2, People's General. PG Assault 3d, etc.

 

Sounds promising.

 

If you're interested in WiTPAE, I highly recommend you get the boxed edition, although it's a bit more pricey than the pure download, you get a free download before the box arrives and a 320+ page instruction manual which helps to give you an idea how the game works, and while I'm not sure if you have to sign up to Matrix games in order to buy games from them, I also suggest that as well, it's free and if you have questions about the game that is not explained in the manual you can go to Matrix Games help desk or the WiTPAE forums and ask the people there as they are very knowledgeable about the game and are more than happy to help.

 

I second what USS Washington says. The game manual is very helpfull, but the game is constantly evolving to make it better. The last update, a massive one, was on 16 March 2015, the original release date was way back in 2009. How many computer games have had developers continually making it better 6 years after release? It is expensive, but it is so inticate that you'll still find functions you didn't know were there years after starting. I think it was worth every penny, and then some for what I paid for it. Can't think of many games that I can say that about.
The forums are a must. They're free. The developers visit frequently, and the long time members there quickly and politely answer your questions. Plus it's the best way to learn the intricacies of the game.

 

That is true, didn't know (older) PC Games are worth more than a few Euros. 90 € is a lot of money. Actually, it is more expensive than the Computer you need to run it

What about "Carriers at war" from Matrix?

 

For Carriers at War: $39.99(36.93 Euros) for the download edition and $49.99(46.16 Euros) for the boxed edition, if that's what you were asking for, sorry for the late response.

http://www.matrixgames.com/products/337/details/Carriers.at.War

 

You ought to join us in our thread using the game. As we're playing I'm correcting flaws I come across in the mod, they won't/can't be incorporated into the ongoing game, but once we're a little further along the revised version should be pretty darned good. If you're still interested, and have a human opponent, (not sure how the AI scripts will react to the changes) I'd be glad to send you a copy of it. I've basically put three years, six months into researching every area I modded and verifying most areas I didn't touch. I've added Limiting Resources such as critical metals (nickel, manganese, tungsten, chromium, magnesium, molybdenum, etc.) and such to make it more realistic than the generic resources in the game. Added the capability to recruit and train additional pilots, army and navy versions of many aircraft so that we can replicate a streamlined production system, earlier incorporation of enhanced, modular and other ship production techniques. It would take pages to list all the tweaks but, everything the original group suggested we should do if my research proved it possible. There's no need to go back to the first of the thread, the simulation started here:

http://www.ww2f.com/topic/44193-anyone-interested-in-some-intellectual-exercise/page-114

starting with post #2846

We have a lot of new members that have joined since we started this, many that have since disappeared, most of whom I hope will get the chance to come back such as Belasar, SymphonicPoet, mikebatzel, and Gebirgsjaeger. So the same goes for anyone else, if interested come by see where we're at and join in.

 

I don't know nothing about the game. Is it possible not only to command units but also to build ships and aircraft differently from the true history? For example to built Shinano as a Battleship and not as an Aircraft Carrier?

 

Yes, it is. Most you can do within the standard game as it comes. Some things need to be done in the editor (comes with the game).

 

(1)Thank you for the offer Price, but I don't know if I'm really interested in participating, I have been visiting the thread regularly to see how the excercise is going, nonetheless, and it is a cool one for sure.
(2)No that's okay, I was just curious if it was one of the altenate history scenarios available on the WiTPAE forums, and I admit I don't have a human opponent, I just play against the AI, but again thank you anyways.

 

No problem, thought I'd offer.

 

Are there historical limits what kind of ships i'm able to build?
Only types which were built in reality or can I say: Yamato is a lame, useless turtle - i will build three Scharnhorsts-Class instead to escort my carriers.

 

I can´t see a reason why there should be a problem. Few years ago, I was able to run WitP:AE even on ASUS EEE 701 netbook with 7" screen in which I upgraded RAM to 1GB (originaly, it had just 500MB). It was a pain but at that time I did not have any other device to travel and I was not willing to stay without this magnificent game Biggest problem was a resolution because 800x400 was maximum with that netbook. There are ways how to bypass this but I had to scroll even within a basic screen of the game

 

And one more point to those who are considering jumping into this game. It is the best. I love WitP:AE. Only problem with it is that it will consume your personal life I´m now playing a grand campaign and I calculated, that I should reach the end of war sometimes around 2050 :v4victory:

 

I've had WiTP:AE since last October, and at first there was some issues with lag/frame rate that slowed the game to the point where it almost killed the fun for me, but when I downloaded Beta Patch 7 and started playing it on there, I don't really have too many problems with the game after that.