Eagle Day to Bombing the Reich

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Gary Grigsby's Eagle Day to Bombing the Reich v1.06.52 Now Available!
Mon Jan 17, 2022



Hi Everyone!
 
We have a new patch version for Gary Grigsby's Eagle Day to Bombing the Reich, you can grab it here!
 
 v1.06.52– December 18, 2021
 Changes & Fixes:
 
 •Shuttle missions work much better than before. Added some UI info to show home bases for detachments. detachments will disband if they run out of planes or they end a subsequent turn back at their home base. You can move detached groups back to their original attached HQ bases but there is a delay now with moving groups depending on how far they move. For example, moving a detachment from Africa back to England will delay planes and pilots for about 10 days. If a detachment flies a mission and returns within 200 miles of their home base, they will automatically return to their home base and recombine. Detachments will not get new planes and pilots until they recombine.
 
 •Did an extensive sweep of the code and fixed several more variable-type classes that were still causing minor issues with some routines, and several other minor bugs that were causing issues with the correct allocation of damage, fatigue, experience, hits, etc. to pilots and planes.
 
 •Added "add bomber" and "add escort" menu shortcuts to the raid menus to reduce mouse clicking and movement.
 
 •Damaged straggler bomber groups will separate to single planes on the return trip when the sun starts to go down.
 
 •“List Targets” menu will automatically highlight map target types. Added UI shortcut to return to the main target types list.
 
 •Reworked fighter attack/fighter bomber aircraft allocation. Ensured dual-role fighters can perform both FB and escort missions. Ensured AI proper use of FB’s and fighters carrying bombs and/or drop tanks.
 
 •Added weather forecasting to non-campaign scenarios.
 
 •More tweaks to help Allied AI form effective raids.
 
 •Adjusted play balance for Big Week scenario.
 
 Happy Gaming!
 

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Gary Grigsby's Eagle Day to Bombing the Reich v1.06.57 Now Available!
Wed Aug 17, 2022



Hello everyone,

Today we are glad to announce a new update for the game, here is the changelog:

Changes & Fixes:
• Fixed a few more situations where shuttle missions were still not working as intended. Escorts will now follow shuttle bombers if they have enough fuel, otherwise they go back to home base. Stragglers will return to home base or the shuttle base, whichever is closer. Detached groups will not receive new pilots or planes, and their parent groups will only receive replacement planes and pilots very slowly.
• Fixed an issue where the ability for a night raid to stay on course was not considering experience and fatigue, which was causing more night raids to “plow up the fields” instead of hitting their targets.
• Softened that infernal “click” sound when selecting radio buttons.
• Aircraft will now always attempt to climb above balloons to minimize accidental strikes against balloon cables.
• More fixes to “Auto Plan Raids” functionality. There is a method to setting up autoraids; mainly, any fighters you order to sweep will not be available for escort duty so try planning your bombing raids first because the AI only builds bombing raids that can be effectively escorted.
• More minor tweaks to Attacker AI in BoB and BtR.
• Fixed a bug where the AI was selecting non-existent targets for a secondary target.
• Defender groups now display “time to ready” when selected at airbase.
• “Delay” time is now displayed dynamically when adding escorts to raids while setting delay location by the map.
• Reconfigured some unnecessary routines to speed up play a little.
• Defender units Group Display now shows takeoff delay for group.
• Weapons Display will show more information about nightfighter radar and jamming systems.
• Nightfighters won’t lose their systems upgrades when swapping cannons. And replacements enter the game with current technology.

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Gary Grigsby’s Eagle Day to Bombing of the Reich - Update v1.06.83
October 09, 2024



Hello everyone,

Today we are glad to announce a new update for the game. This is likely to be the final update for the game. Please see main announcement for details. You can download it from the 'File Downloads" section of your registered game in your My Page tab on the Matrix website or by clicking this link: HERE

v1.06.83 – September 16, 2024
Note:version 1.06.83 will allow you to continue with any saved games you started with 1.06.66 or higher. It is recommended that you complete the reaction phase of your current game before loading it with 1.06.83. Note that changes to aircraft data will only take effect when starting a new scenario.

Changes & Fixes:

• “Battle of Britain” scoring:
The Air Superiority “to win before turn 40” for BoB40 is increased from 8 to 12.
The Victory totals for the BoB41 one month and full campaigns are increased to 18 and 22 respectively.
• Fixed a major bug in EDBTR and BoB where following bombers in a raid would split away from the lead group after bombing and head straight for the original form up airfield. Now raids and followers will traverse the entire flight path together.
• Fixed a bug where the Axis AI in BoB 1941 would launch a flight of Hurricanes as a fighter-bomber mission.
• Fixed some issues with the "toggle stragglers" and "toggle following" functions on the UI panel.
• Made a few more UI enhancements.
• Made some tweaks which may help solve the issues with the attacking AI taking an extended leave from it's offensive duties.
• Reduced the possibility of mandatory U-Boat Pen targeting from 75% chance to 67% chance.
• U-Boat factories can now be targeted regardless of Mandatory U-Boat Pen restrictions.
• Reset Allied Hawker Tempest to fighter role. This fix will only show up in new games.
• Typhoon groups may now switch between rockets or bombs. Rockets are more effective against AFV ground targets than bombs but not so much with other target types. This fix will only show up in new games.
• Fixed a data error where some of the Allied Italian (Balkan HQ) fighter escort groups entered with a bad aircraft type and were unusable. They now enter with P39’s and upgrade normally.
• Fixed a legacy bug when human or AI sending multiple intruders for a night raid would
launch the entire group regardless of the number of planes assigned.
• Fixed an exploit where a player could send groups on both a morning and afternoon raid less than 6 hours apart by modifying the raid launch times. Now the later raid will not launch until at least 6 hours after the earlier raid regardless.