New Napoleonic game out "SOW Waterloo"

[[N]Lancier]

Just got the game will do some SP, anyone tried yet ?

[[N]Lancier]

http://www.twitch.tv/slitherinegroup

Two days after its release the latest title in the Scourge of War series is back on the battlefield on Twitch!

Stand in the ranks with us as we stream the game today at 20:00 CEST / 18:00 UTC / 2:00 PM EDT on our official Twitch Channel!

Will the Seventh Coalition once again be victorious or will Fate be on the Emperor’s side this time? Stay tuned to find out!


Get more information about the game from its official product page

It’s not over!

In order to celebrate the bicentenary of Waterloo we will stream a historical reconstruction of the entire Battle on our official Twitch Channel on June 18th!

Be ready for further information!

[[N]Avon Ulysses]

I’ve only played a couple of games vs the AI while I learn the controls.

Initial impressions are not good. But I hope that will improve with practice.

It has simular, but not as bad, issues with graphics to Histwar.
The long battalions in line overlap in odd looking ways. I even had a unit in line have ½ its length through the building it was near, this building was occupied be enemy troops at the time.
You see some funny things when units are moving in line. I like the ‘maypole dance’ as the sprites circle in opposite directions to get to the new location.

It has many great features, the dispatch of couriers to deliver orders for example. There are no-doubt other good things, but they are hard to discover from the rather pathetic tutorial & brief (they had to use big font to fill up 30 or so pages) manual.

One thing that should have been made obvious was the ‘other’ context sensitive pop-up for giving orders.
The one that appears after you order a unit to a new location is advertised, but not the one that allows you to give orders like Charge, & deploy skirmishers. I discovered this by accident.
To activate it: click on your units flag then, with the pointer still on the flag, right click & release. The options appear.

If anyone else has some handy tips please post them up.
There must be a way to order troops to their destination in march column, then change to line/attack column at their destination for example.

I am mainly disappointed by the controls. This game is the successor to SMG & A:NGV , as explained in the manual. Those games had far better controls. It was relatively easy to order your brigades about, information on their moral was much more sensibly displayed. Visual clues as to where your units were going & doing were better also.

You would think they would keep such good features rather than develop confusing & space wasting substitutes, like the silly grid of icons showing the units status. These are obscure looking & its difficult to tell which are relevant. Some appear to be buttons, but others are indicators.

Sid Meyers Gettysburg & Austerlitz: Napoleons Greatest Victory were much better in most ways, I think.

[[N]Lancier]

I didnt know that and wondered how while watching SOW Twitch yesterday thanks. God could it be more difficult please !? :>

To activate it: click on your units flag then, with the pointer still on the flag, right click & release. The options appear.

I think they trust the modders Avon tho i dont know to which degree it can be modded as i didnt play nap ver of SOWGB. Seems Kriegsspiel group waiting for SDK then will start modding.

[[N]Lancier]

Scourge of War: Waterloo Diaries Part 4
In this we are presenting the sandbox campaign, campaign map, armies and subsequent battles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D82xyOHz7JA

[[N]Lancier]

I can now load the KS oobs and sprites without any errors. I still have flag issues to correct, but I don't think that will be too large of a problem. Later next week, we can probably try out the first version of KS Napoleon Mod II. :)

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The music is in the mod. I actually enjoy the bagpipes the most. I won't be able to get rid of the bugle calls until I can mod the toolbar.

Late breaking news: The flags are in.

[[N]Lancier]

By the way i think both Avon and Bill have the game. A lordz ver. of SOWW would be good course we need Fullin to buy the game for uniforms and maps ;>

[[N]Lancier]

Anyone up for a game for thursday 18 june 20:30 BST? (12:30 PDT, 15:30 EDT, 19:30 UTC, 21:30 CEST , 22:30 EEST) :>>

[[N]Lancier]

In order to properly commemorate the bicentenary anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, Matrix Games is teaming up with developer NorbSoftDev to reproduce, live, the most dramatic moments of the final great encounter between Napoleon and his opponents.

This spectacle will be delivered thanks to a live Twitch Stream of Scourge of War: Waterloo, with historical scenarios being played at exactly the same time as events happened in June 18, 1815!

The official schedule of the event can now be revealed (time zone is CEST):

· 11:30 – Initial Attack on Hougoumont (30min)

· 12:00 – Attack on Pappelotte (30min)

· 12:30 – 2nd Attack on Hougoumont (60min)

· 13:30 – Count d’Erlon’s Attack on the Allied left (60min)

· 15:00 – Attack on La Haye Sainte (30min)

· 16:00 – Battle of Mt. St. Jean (30min)

· 17:00 – Defense Against Arriving Prussians (60min)

· 18:00 – Prussian Attack on Placenoit (60min)

· 19:45 – Defence against Napoleon’s Imperial Guard (45min)


So on June 18th, 11.30 (CEST)on the official Twitch channel of the Slitherine Group we will start to bring back to life Napoleon, Wellington, Blucher and the thousands of soldiers who shaped the destiny of Europe!

Additionally Iain Dickie – well-known expert on the Napoleonic era and specialist of the miniature wargames world – will accompany us all day long and share a host of historical details with the public to help us better understand the strategic and tactical aspects of the Battle of Waterloo.

Don't miss this incredible event! Stay tuned!

http://www.twitch.tv/slitherinegroup

[[N]Lancier]

1st soww MP
http://sownapoleonic.freeforums.org/vie ... p?f=5&t=15

Game will be very good after mods i think we used no chat but couriers only :>>