Hi all, just tested the Combat Sim in Vassal ACTA in a 1v1.
Laranos of the Warrior Caste won the battle with his Minbari.
My Vree greyskins got a severe beating, thanks to my inept leadership! :lol:
The Combat Sim performed well. The copy/paste of the results in Vassal worked good.
However, it appeared at times that the combat sim was slower than rolling dice within Vassal.
Laranos is an experienced Vasal Acta player and can be swift with the dice and results.
Its time consuming in the Sim changing Fleet/Ship after each attack and defence.
Scrolling for the fleet and the ship for both pages. Attack/Defend.
(I know your working on something to quicken this up)
Then you have to choose Arc and Distance. I don't think there is a need for the Arc or Distance options, they take time to input and the player's know the arc and distance already.
When a ship is chosen, all the weapons systems in all arcs are displayed, could we instead choose a weapon by clicking on it?
Then choose 1 under firing for each weapon.(could this be made a default so you would not have to input it each time?).
I noticed that under Firing when you choose 2 or higher it has no effect. This feature would be great for fighter attacks, since they swarm, preferably with upto 6 fighter attacks an option in the Sim.
Currently you have to attack using ships/fighters one by one.
EDIT: just discovered you can manually change the amount of attacking dice, so if your attacking with 1 fighter with 2 AD but want to attack using 4 fighters, u can change it to 8AD yourself. Very nice!
I must say i enjoyed using the Sim. Much more relaxing than rolling and taxing the brain with results.
The game i played tonight began at 11pm and finished at 2am, usa and ireland players, i would have been to tired to play without the Sim doing the work for me.
I'll be definitely using the Sim again and i really look forward to future updates!
Thanks again,
Jay. 8)