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Title: Carrier Battles 4 Guadalcanal
Post by: Asid on November 01, 2018, 03:37:14 PM

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Carrier Battles 4 Desktop

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By Avalon Digital

(https://www.kickstarter.com/download/kickstarter-logo-light.png)    HERE (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/787937257/carrier-battles-4-desktop)


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CARRIER BATTLES 4 DESKTOP is the PC / Mac OSX / iOS / Android portage of the successful CARRIER BATTLES 4 GUADALCANAL, a classic hex-and-counter digital wargame covering the naval-air battles of the Pacific War, from the South Pacific in 1942-43 to the Central Pacific in 1944.

Find the forces of your opponent and strike at them before they sink your precious carriers, while preventing them from invading key points in the theatre of operations or supporting your own amphibious operations.
New PC, Mac, iOS and Android Version of Carrier Battles

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•   Solitaire play against powerful US (new in desktop version) or Japanese AI
•   6 historical scenarios: Coral Sea May 42, Midway June 42, Eastern Solomon Aug 42, Santa Cruz Oct 42, Guadalcanal Dec 42, Bismarck Sea March 43
•   Varied Hex maps with a scale of 30 miles per hex • 80 types of warplanes, historical ships
•   Naval-air search, radar, progressive intelligence gathering on enemy naval forces
•   Air strikes against naval and land targets, surface battles
•    Advanced damage system
•   Invasion, naval bombardment
•   Turn-based system
•   A nice on-boarding sequence will guide the player to the depth of the game
•   Available in English and in French
•   No internet connection required to play against the AI

The duration of a game is about 1-3 hours


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We currently also offer 4 extra scenarios as DLC:
•   A 7th scenario covering the landing at Bougainville and airstrikes against Rabaul in November 1943
•   A 8th scenario covering the evacuation of Guadalcanal by Japanese troops in Jan/Feb 1943
•   A 9th scenario covering the US invasion of Guadalcanal in August 1942
•   A 10th scenario covering the US carrier raids against Japanese positions in Feb/Mar 1942

The 4 scenarios are in addition to the 6 base content (Coral Sea May 42, Midway June 42, Eastern Solomon Aug 42, Santa Cruz Oct 42, Guadalcanal Dec 42, Bismarck Sea March 43) and will ALSO come as DLC in the Desktop version, except for the Early Bird Contributors who will get them free of charge (see below).

We also have What-ifs for the scenarios in order to test the effects of some likely events. Ex: what would happen if the Japanese had committed their whole carrier forces to invade Port Moresby, what-if the Saratoga was repaired on time for the battle of Midway, etc...


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Now for PC and Mac desktops!

With a new interface, a redesigned map, a revamped AI, more sounds, extra scenarios and many more features!

The main change is of course the ability to play the game on your desktop, in solo or multiplayer, but it also comes with a large number of improvements that were designed to meet the players’ expectations.

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Menus and buttons treated in an unique style, navy-like. You feel now like you are onboard the great warships you are commanding.

Maps and UI effects for sea, weather, combat, terrains are added to improve the playing experience and feedback.

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Map seen from the main UI with a few stack selection clicks (Alpha version)

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Work in Progress: the carrier desk with missions underway and planes readying (Alpha version).


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Compared to the original version, the desktop version now allows you to play the Japanese, against a US AI. This come along with various other improvement for the AI

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Admiral Yamamoto, commander in chief of the Combined Fleet


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The desktop version will have all the sounds that were absent from the iOS versions: ships, combat, aircraft, bombs, AA fire and more.

Background music, historical music will also be there (with option to handle their play as you want it)


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Planes were sometimes armed on carrier deck / airstrip waiting for daylight or the right opportunity to take off

•   Prepare CAP/Search before dawn. Units will take off on first daylight
•   Hold a CAP/Search mission on deck
•   Prepare an airstrike without target. It will stay armed on deck until a targets assigned.

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A Corsair fighter readying on deck


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In addition to those already present as DLC on the iPad/iPhone versions, we shall also include in our portfolio new scenarios, as follows for instance:

•   Wake 41
•   Indian Ocean 42
•   Marshall 42
•   What-if New Hebrides 42
•   Marshall 43
•   Philippines Sea 44
•   Leyte Gulf 44

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Title: Re: Carrier Battles 4 Guadalcanal
Post by: Frankie on November 03, 2018, 09:13:32 AM

I decided to take the plunge and purchase the iOS game "Carrier Battles For Guadalcanal". Which is the original hex game that came out in 2016. But only after carefully reading the reviews of the game, including this excellent resource with over 30 user reviews: https://appsftw.com/app/carrier-battles-for-guadalcanal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_P1bLv8PS0

It's been over 35 years that I played my first hex wargame from a WW2 book that my dad bought for me. So after reading the reviews, I decided that this might be a good fit for a newbie like me. Gotta read the introduction and rules first though.

Wish me "bon voyage!" on this game. Then later, if I enjoy AND survive the game, I can try out the 2019 Desktop version with Japanese AI.

Regards
Frankie Kam

Title: Re: Carrier Battles 4 Guadalcanal
Post by: Asid on November 03, 2018, 02:28:15 PM

Quote from: Frankie on November 03, 2018, 09:13:32 AM

I decided to take the plunge and purchase the iOS game "Carrier Battles For Guadalcanal". Which is the original hex game that came out in 2016.

I also have this.

Let me know what you think Frankie  :thumbsup

Title: Re: Carrier Battles 4 Guadalcanal
Post by: Asid on June 04, 2020, 12:51:42 AM

Release Approaching...
Wed, 3 June 2020

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Estimated June 5th, 2020, 9:00 PST
The game has entered last changes and fixes, release is as scheduled, full steam ahead...

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Title: Re: Carrier Battles 4 Guadalcanal
Post by: Asid on June 19, 2020, 03:47:08 PM

Carrier Battles Roadmap
Fri, 19 June 2020

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A preliminary list of goals and tasks on the game


Dear players,

we must say that these last 12 days were quite stressful, in particular for our lone developer: Carrier Battles go-live, family life, school, some expected turmoil in the company employing the dev (CB is not the dev's primary job... so please help him to switch to game development) , etc….

Hopefully, major bugs have been fixed and the current version appears stable, with updates made almost daily.

Now It is time for doing the fun part of creation, so let’s take into account some of your suggestion :-)

What could be foreseen in a 1.1 version update


•   Keys to advance turn and to navigate to next TF
•   Toggle on/off the hex grid
•   Emphasise of the autopilot destination
•   A range indicator (if possible)
•   Enhanced CAP combat (if necessary)
•   Other miscellaneous good stuff and minor fixes


If all goes as planned, you may expect a release in about 3 weeks, but the scope may vary depending on the difficulty and the timing.

What will be studied for a 1.2

•   Play by email
•   Chinese language. We have already 95% of the text. But we need to adapt the font to the Chinese characters, and that graphical part takes longer than one may think (due to the number of 'words')


Of course, we did not forget or dropped the various other suggestions, but we just tried to make a balance with what can be realistically achieved in a rather small time span.

... and Avalon is also pushing the dev to take some vacation... an exhausted man makes mistakes, which in turn means more work and bugs to fix.

Anyway, in the meantime, have a nice week-end, have fun and take care !!!

Avalon & Carrier Battles

Title: Re: Carrier Battles 4 Guadalcanal
Post by: Asid on July 17, 2020, 01:47:50 AM

Version 1.1 Update
Thu, 16 July 2020

Monthly game update

List of additions, modifications and changes - V 1.1

Interface

•   Improved behaviour of screened edge scrolling
•   Possibility to hide the hex grid
•   Hexes are thinner
•   Hex numbers are displayed by a right-click
•   Wind direction and rain/storm sounds on right-click
•   Possibly to display the distance from the last selected TF on the map
•   Use the TAB key to iterate through your TF and airstrikes
•   Use the SPACE key to advance by one phase
•   Short reminder of the sequence of a day on the briefing and as a tooltip over the clock
•   Show the hangar capacity above the hangar in the AirOperation screen


Air combat

•   New result for the air-to-air combat table : bomber confused. Pressed by enemy fighter, it will attack a random ship with a penalty. This increase a bit CAP effectiveness while keeping the same loss level among bombers
•   SBD add only +1 to air combat against unescorted bomber


Miscellaneous

•   Better management of seaplanes when merging or detaching TF
•   No more VP for inoperative runways
•   display bug fixes

Title: Re: Carrier Battles 4 Guadalcanal
Post by: Asid on July 30, 2020, 01:06:28 PM

Version 1.2 - Beta
Wed, 29 July 2020

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Hi all,

Summer vacation are approaching for us and we wanted to leave a little gift for you :steamhappy:
The Play by email feature is going to open for beta-testing

Moreover, the following features comes with the 1.2

- Possibility to launch a new game with a random side
- Possibility to select options at random without knowing which options are active or not
- The scenario info screen list the selected options for the current game

If you are interested by beta-testing this version, please write to the support (email link in the feedback section of the game)

Cheers !

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Title: Re: Carrier Battles 4 Guadalcanal
Post by: Asid on August 28, 2020, 02:50:36 AM

Update 1.1.8
27 Aug 2020


- Fix navigation issue caused by mandatory retreat when North of the Louisiades (both CV and surfaces TF)
- Erratum for the search formula in the rules
- If you attempt to engage a TF which turns out not to be in the attacked hex, this ghost TF will be disappear from map
- Avoid a case IA ships were using anti-shipping missiles in 42 (they were attacking at distance)

Now left with a fuel issue with seaplanes

Title: Re: Carrier Battles 4 Guadalcanal
Post by: Asid on August 28, 2020, 02:51:14 AM

Update 1.1.9
27 Aug 2020


Cruisers are now correctly sending out their seaplanes as scouts and seaplanes do not run out fo fuel under normal conditions

Title: Re: Carrier Battles 4 Guadalcanal
Post by: Asid on September 04, 2020, 02:38:29 AM

Update 1.1.10
03 Sept 2020


- Added more controls to avoid freeze at the end of tutorial
- All the reasons preventing a mission to be planned may be displayed in the destination boxes (night, damaged…)
- Music volume was reset to the sound volume after quitting a game back to the main menu

Title: Re: Carrier Battles 4 Guadalcanal
Post by: Asid on September 04, 2020, 02:39:42 AM

Alpha test 1.2.0.11 - Map control & joystick
2 Sep 2020

There is an alpha branch with version 1.2.0.11

It is experimental but is supposed to only take into account mouse and keyboard for scrolling the map. It shoals avoid to unplug other devices

Looking for some testers with joystick, rudder peals, etc as it cannot be tested locally
To do do, go to Steam Client / Library
Right click on Carrier Battles / Properties / BETAS and select Alpha

The game will update

This is a limited version with a disclaimer and controls got frozen after 2 minutes. This should be enough to see of you may control the map
To revert, just unselect the alpha branch to NONE

Thanks

Title: Re: Carrier Battles 4 Guadalcanal
Post by: Asid on September 18, 2020, 12:54:29 AM

PBEM - JAPANESE - CHINESE
Thu, 17 September 2020

Important update with the PBEM feature and 2 new languages

Dear players of Carrier Battles 4 Guadalcanal,

A new major version is now available.
You may now play the game against a human opponent by using the PBEM system.

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Content
•   Play-by-Email mode
•   Possibility to launch a new game with a random side
•   Possibility to select options at random without knowing which options are active or not
•   The scenario info screen list the selected options for the current game
•   Wake, Revenge Raid scenarios : new option


Fixes
•   The map should only controllable by keyboard and joystick. This will be prevent any joystick-like hardware to mess up with map scrolling
•   Miscellaneous fixes
•   Technical upgrade of Unity components


Note
•   Because of the necessary changes in the game data model, on former games, you may notice the absence of old events
•   The PDF has been updated


What’s next
There is a huge roadmap ahead of us. The 1.3 should see the addition of one major feature among submarines, seaplanes, advanced fog fo war, wind, radio silence, search & destroy

Come to check them on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/CB4G
Patrons will be able to vote for their preferred improvement

Title: Re: Carrier Battles 4 Guadalcanal
Post by: Asid on September 23, 2020, 12:55:34 PM

Update 1.2.1
20 Sept 2020


- If a player’s email is not part of a PBEM game, he/she won’t be able to open the saved game
- fix a potential crash related to seaplane rebase

Title: Re: Carrier Battles 4 Guadalcanal
Post by: Asid on September 23, 2020, 12:56:03 PM

Update 1.2.2 & 1.2.3
22 Sept 2020


- Prevent merging with the enemy !
- When clicking on the timer, you should see only air units in preparation for the selected CV, not for the whole TF

Title: Re: Carrier Battles 4 Guadalcanal
Post by: Asid on December 08, 2020, 02:43:42 AM

Seaplanes in Carrier Battles
Mon, 7 December 2020

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A new DLC for the game

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Seaplanes
New option to manage your seaplanes
- See and access seaplane bases
- Click on any ship carrying seaplanes to enter Air Op with a zoom on current TF
- Launch Search and CAP missions
- Create seaplane base with tenders TF located in a seaplane spot hex
- You are also allowed to observe and attack enemy seaplane bases by air and by sea

Version 1.3
Search
• Counters colors have been aligned with their search pattern
• No choice of speed in the search pattern anymore. Seaplanes will always be slow and others fast
• When seaplanes are manageable by the computer, surface TF will send reco seaplanes more often
• Intercepted scouts have less chance to transmit TF position
• Overcast and rain have more effects on detection

Scenarios update
• Extra seaplane tenders
• Less fuel on airfields for 2P games
• Wake starts with less fuel to prevent abused rebasing to the island from US CV
• Coral Sea New set-up and victory condition
• Eastern Solomon : new option for F4F

AirStrikes
• Slight improvement of Air-to-air combat table
• Observing an enemy airstrike won’t reveal the exact payload of the bombers until they reach their target. Will these G4M go for your TRS or for Henderson Field ?
• When a TF and a friendly base share the same hex, sum their heavy AA

Naval bombardment
• Bombardment effects have been increased to match reality, check the rules
• Aircraft destroyed by naval bombardment are concealed to the enemy

General
The game takes less memory. A prerequisite for the adaptation for mobile devices
Support of touch screen for the zoom

Title: Re: Carrier Battles 4 Guadalcanal
Post by: Asid on January 03, 2021, 02:51:31 AM

Update 1.3.7
02 Jan 2021


A little one for the New Year, Happy Gaming for all !

- Miscellaneous bug fixes related to the absence of target
- Opponent TF name should not be visible on the TF detailed view
- Game end came too early for scenarios which started at 00:00
- Passage south of Bougainville for carriers

Title: Re: Carrier Battles 4 Guadalcanal
Post by: Asid on January 18, 2021, 02:35:59 AM

Version 1.4 coming soon…
6 January 2021


Changelog for the upcoming patch 1.4, planned for later this month. Below a few screenshots to illustrate some new content.

Update 1.4

TF
– At least one surface escort ship is required per carrier
– A CV TF without escort is forced to withdraw
– Enhanced ships silhouettes
– Allowed naval move hexes get highlighted before drawing the TF

Damage
– Torpedo damage are more likely to cripple a ship, check the rules (Damage & Repair)
– TRS loaded with cargo are more likely to burn

Left menu, map button
– On the last phase of the turn, the number of unmoved TF on autopilot are shown in a yellow badge
– On the last phase of the turn, the number of unmoved TF no on autopilot are shown in a red badge
– Otherwise, a blue badge indicates the number of TF you may move this phases

Scenarios
– New what-if for Guadalcanal
– Tutorial improvement
– US Set-up option for the Lexington for scenario Revenge Raids

Miscellaneous
– Air Search -20% in clear weather before July 1942. This simulate the poor search capabilities demonstrated by both sides at this stage of the war
– The hexgrid was refit to improve the graphic performance

Step by step tutorial
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Remaining Naval moves
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SetUp Revenge Raids
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Title: Re: Carrier Battles 4 Guadalcanal
Post by: Asid on January 18, 2021, 02:36:08 AM

Improved performance
14 January 2021

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Hello everyone,

Two major hurdles have been passed in the way to the mobile version.

•   The performance of the next phase process is now much better.
•   PC & Mac will also run the game faster.

Last time, it was not possible to select any map pieces.

Basically, to identify which hex you are selecting, a “light ray” is sent to the map and the program detect which hex is touched by the beam. This works well on desktop but not on mobile. The development language Unity seems not that perfect unfortunately, however a workaround has been finally found.

Next step will focus on some user interface artefacts: be sure nothing gets overlapped by another elements, not too small for the eyes or the finger, add a bit of zooming when necessary, etc..

Thanks for your patience !

Title: Re: Carrier Battles 4 Guadalcanal
Post by: Asid on January 18, 2021, 02:36:15 AM

A big survey to improve the game
16 January 2021

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•   Post author:Carrier Battles
•   Post published:16 January 2021
•   Post category:News

The backlog of Carrier Battles for Guadalcanal is full of good ideas, thanks to all of you. Time has come to make some choices in order to build a decent roadmap. To do so, we need your expectations.


Check out this survey! (https://cb4g.evalandgo.com/s/index.php?a=JTk3ayU5MW8lOTglQUM=&id=JTk4bCU5OWslOUYlQUE=)

Non-owners of the game may answer the questionnaire. Feel free to share the link.
The survey will remain open until end February.

Title: Re: Carrier Battles 4 Guadalcanal
Post by: Asid on January 23, 2021, 02:18:25 AM

Rules manual updated
22 jan 2021

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Japanese battleship Nagato


The rules manual for Carrier Battles for Guadalcanal has been updated, you can download it  on the page Rules. (https://carrier-battles.com/rules/)

Title: Re: Carrier Battles 4 Guadalcanal
Post by: Asid on January 28, 2021, 02:41:13 AM

Update 1.4.2
Thu, 28 January 2021

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- Improve the selection of the screen resolution
- Miscellaneous fixes

Working on language selection loss now...

Title: Re: Carrier Battles 4 Guadalcanal
Post by: Asid on January 30, 2021, 01:10:06 AM

1.4 and Survey
Fri, 29 January 2021

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A big survey to improve the game

The backlog of Carrier Battles 4 Guadalcanal is full of good ideas, thanks to all of you.
Time has come to make some choices in order to build a decent roadmap.
To do so, we need your expectations.

Check out this survey!
https://cb4g.evalandgo.com/s/index.php?a=JTk3ayU5MW8lOTglQUM=&id=JTk4bCU5OWslOUYlQUE=

Non-owners of the game may answer the questionnaire.
Feel free to share the link.

The survey will remain open until end February approximatively.

1.4

TF
- At least one surface escort ship is required per carrier
- A CV TF without escort is forced to withdraw
- Enhanced ships silhouettes
- Allowed naval move hexes get highlighted before drawing the TF

Damage
- Torpedo damage is more likely to cripple a ship; check the rules for specifics (Damage & Repair)
- TRS loaded with cargo are more likely to burn

Left menu, map button
- On the last phase of the turn, the number of unmoved TF on autopilot is shown in a yellow badge
- On the last phase of the turn, the number of unmoved TF not on autopilot is shown in a red badge
- Otherwise, a blue badge indicates the number of TF you may move this phase

Scenarios
- New what-if for Guadalcanal
- Tutorial improvement
- US Set-up option for the Lexington for the Revenge Raids scenario

Miscellaneous
- Air Search -20% in clear weather before July 1942. This simulates the poor search capabilities demonstrated by both sides at this stage of the war
- The hex grid was refitted to improve the graphic performance

Title: Re: Carrier Battles 4 Guadalcanal
Post by: Asid on January 31, 2021, 04:32:51 AM

Update 1.4.3
28 Jan 2021


- Improve the selection of the screen resolution
- Display of tutorial steps for non-english languages
- Miscellaneous fixes

Title: Re: Carrier Battles 4 Guadalcanal
Post by: Asid on February 02, 2021, 04:15:45 AM

Update 1.4.4
01 Feb 2021


- Removed the red badge once the link to the survey has been clicked
- It is now possible to pan the map before placing the autopilot flag

Title: Re: Carrier Battles 4 Guadalcanal
Post by: Asid on February 10, 2021, 01:03:20 AM

Update 1.4.7
09 Feb 2021


- Opening of a Seaplane base in a hex usually used by the enemy : the base was not visible on map or on air op screen
- Image for the scenario Revenge Raids

Title: Re: Carrier Battles 4 Guadalcanal
Post by: Asid on April 21, 2021, 12:57:44 AM

Carrier Battles 1.5
Tue, 20 April 2021

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1.5

New Scenario : Essex, September 1943
- features the carrier raid on the Gilbert islands and a plausible Japanese interception
- it is included with the Seaplanes extra feature

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TF
- Autopilot: the estimated time of arrival also mentions the arrival day

Units
- B24 has a greater air-to-air rating
- Old Japanese BB, CV Hiyo, Junyo are faster

UI:
- Progress bar from scenario loading and faster IA phase processing
- Conflicts between scrolling, zooming, double-click, long-click, right-click have been fixed

Survey
- you have been about one thousand to asnwer the questionnaire
- thank you very much for this valuable feedback
- results and roadmap will be gradually unveiled, stay tuned !"

Title: Re: Carrier Battles 4 Guadalcanal
Post by: Asid on August 21, 2021, 11:55:26 PM

CB on Android
Sat, 21 August 2021

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Carrier Battles 4 Guadalcanal is now available on Android platform.
It is quite similar to the desktop version, set aside screen size, some graphical tips and shortcuts.

There is also a LITE version with a single scenario (Coral Sea) which allows you to see how it renders on your device.

Enhancement which will come later
- DLC Seaplanes and Advanced fog of war
- Cross-platform multi-player

Once this is in place, the iOS version can be upgraded with the modern look and feel

Title: Re: Carrier Battles 4 Guadalcanal
Post by: Asid on September 29, 2021, 11:37:28 PM

Carrier Battles 1.7
Wed, 29 September 2021

Operation FS

1.7

Scenarios
- New what-if scenario: Operation FS July 1942. included with Advanced Fog of War
- Watchtower: US carriers embed more fighters
- Essex: reduced Japanese set-up area

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Air Operations
- Preparation time estimates are more stable
- CTRL-Z to undo the last action
- Easier TF selection as airstrike target when within a stack
- Possibility to rebase damaged air units when unable to land on their carrier
- Search leg indication with a small arrow on the scout counter

Miscellaneous
- Ability to rename and/or duplicate a saved game
- Do not reveal the loss of ship seaplane capability to the enemy
- Advanced fog of war: do not display airstrike on map if your side believes that all enemy planes have been destroyed
- When changing the return base of an airstrike, if some units may not land on the new base, they will split and keep their original destination

Title: Re: Carrier Battles 4 Guadalcanal
Post by: Asid on March 05, 2022, 02:30:53 AM

1.9 Submarines
Fri, 4 March 2022


New content (in-app / DLC):
- Submarines
- New scenario Torpedo Alley, September 1942

Submarines
- Assign patrol area, mission and target for your subs during the set-up of most of the scenarios
- The computer will handle movement and encounter with enemy ships
- TF will never be safe anywhere on map, so a decent DD escort is handful
- Flip ships to see historical sunk date, torpedoes and depth charges
- Manage your ASW forces

Air Operation UX
- Larger Hangar
- New ASW bow when playing with submarines

What’s next ?
- The next version focus on technical enhancement before extending the game
- It is the occasion to add small improvement on autopilot, counters, screen UX, etc….

Please revert with your best & realistic wishes

Title: Re: Carrier Battles 4 Guadalcanal
Post by: Asid on July 24, 2022, 01:42:34 PM

Carrier Battles 1.10
Sat, 23 July 2022

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MP
* The play-by-email has been removed as the online asynchronous mode is replacing it
* Delete online account
* The saved game size has been cut by half for faster downloading
* During the opponent’s turn, you may write a message, surrender or send a gentle reminder

Air Search
* The distance used to compute the chance to find is increased by 1 every 3 hexes
* A major fire increases the chance of being discovered
* Partial info transmitted by scout: the error may be up to 1/4 of the distance (was 1/5)

Airstrike
* Radio -20% instead of -15% per hex for the Japanese. Halved for a pure-fighter airstrike
* The chance to find its target has been reduced for fighters and lone air units
* Added a 1-hex margin for a safer return of long-range CAP

Air Op
* Variable fuel cost: the fuel amount has been doubled and fighters consume much less than bombers, see Air op rules
* Ability to push aircraft overboard with via right-click / long-press
* Automatic creation of seaplane bases
* Display of a small plane symbol on carriers when there are at least 2 air units on deck: observed on own CV or during a battle

Scenarios
* Midway: additional penalties for Japanese scouts while the strategic surprise is running
* Essex: updated victory conditions for the US

TF
* Added heavy AA values on the TF reorganization screen
* Black triangles will indicate if there are CAP and/or ASW protection on the TF counter

Sub
* The chance for air unit to detect a submarine in a clear hex is only divided by 2 instead of 4
* The encounter chance is halved against a TF not matching the target type
* Submarines do not attack ships in an airbase hex during daylight

Logs
* Larger and always visible scroll bar
* Zoom on mobile

Map
* Touch/click on the map button to iterate though map pieces
* A simple arrow is emphasizing the autopilot destination hex

Technical improvement
* The game sides and sequence have been generalized which is opening room for other games

Title: Re: Carrier Battles 4 Guadalcanal
Post by: Asid on June 27, 2023, 12:06:24 AM

1.11 - Indian Ocean Raid & Royal Navy
Mon, 26 June 2023

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Now available ! New Scenario: Indian Ocean Raid (DLC)

- The Imperial Japanese Navy makes a foray into the Indian Ocean in an attempt to deter or destroy the British Eastern Fleet.
- Enjoy British units

Night duration depends on the map and the season.


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https://store.steampowered.com/app/2384450/Carrier_Battles__Indian_Ocean_Raid__Royal_Navy/

Title: Re: Carrier Battles 4 Guadalcanal
Post by: Asid on November 25, 2023, 12:06:44 AM

CARRIER BATTLES STILL ON BATTLE STATIONS
Thu, 23 November 2023

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Almost 4 years since its first launch, the game continues to be passionately followed and improved, with already 4 content-rich DLCs added to one of the most detailed simulation of the carrier battles in the Pacific.