"All Hitler wants me to do..." - TOAW III AAR

Raptor1 · 10-11-13, 07:37 AM

If you run into dug-in units which are particularly troublesome, it might be a good idea to bombard them with artillery for a few rounds before assaulting, since heavy guns can cause units to lose entrenchment.

Do you have any units capable of repairing railroads? The rail (and road) junction in Bastogne looks like it could be quite useful for keeping units heading towards the Meuse in supply. Though of course that wouldn't be very useful if you have no supplies to send in the first place...

Crécy · 10-11-13, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Raptor1

If you run into dug-in units which are particularly troublesome, it might be a good idea to bombard them with artillery for a few rounds before assaulting, since heavy guns can cause units to lose entrenchment.

Do you have any units capable of repairing railroads? The rail (and road) junction in Bastogne looks like it could be quite useful for keeping units heading towards the Meuse in supply. Though of course that wouldn't be very useful if you have no supplies to send in the first place...

Thanks for the tip. I tend to only use artillery when attacking. For some reason I've thought it to be ineffective when only bombarding. Even though preparatory barrage is quite basic tactic. Mandatory even if possible.

I do have a few engineer companies but I'm not sure of their railroad repairing capabilities.

Stealhead · 10-11-13, 02:58 PM

One thing I really like about TOAWIII is that making AARs is fairly easy as the game automatically records the data for you.All you have to do is compile it and take some larger screens at key points.

Crécy · 10-13-13, 03:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Stealhead

One thing I really like about TOAWIII is that making AARs is fairly easy as the game automatically records the data for you.All you have to do is compile it and take some larger screens at key points.

That's true. I only yesterday realized how to get access to the log files game generates. News and battle reports. Quite handy, especially the battle reports as it seems to be impossible to take a screenshot from the game, at least with Fraps.

Crécy · 10-13-13, 05:09 AM

[Apparently it is only possible to open up the latest sitrep CSV file. Using the CSV processor found in the matrixgames' forums. Output file is in html format, but the guy made a file to make it possible to have it in .txt format instead. The instructions are so vague that I didn't get it how to do that.]

December 19th, 1944

6th SS Panzer Army sector

In the morning of December 19th, a motorized regiment from 1SS Pz division and an armoured battalion from Führer Begleit regiment launched an attack against St. Vith and took it with ease, finally connecting the 6SS Pz Army with the 5Pz Army beyond Our river. The attack left a pocket South of St. Vith including a mechanized battalion from 9th Armoured division.

12SS Panzer division eliminated the small engineer company located in Malmedy and captured it in the afternoon, while KG Peiper moved westwards. Skorzeny's 150. Panzer brigade was turned into a normal combat formation and it advanced towards Vielsalm with 1SS. 9SS and 2SS Pz divisions will be forwarded to Vielsalm. After taking it, the 9SS Pz division will turn North and take Trois-Ponts.

Near Monschau, 326. Volksgrenadier division pushed back 746th Tank battalion and trapped the 38th Cavalry squadron. 3PzGrn division made a move in the far north and started advancing towards Rötgen. Rötgen approach should relieve some pressure from the weaker line East of Monschau and Höfen.

Also Von der Heydte's Fallschirmjägers finally got in touch with own troops.

5th Panzer Army sector

116. Panzer division dashed West thirty kilometers ending with taking the important town of Manhay. Advancing further West would only result in getting cut from supply so the division will be used to either help taking Vielsalm or Trois-Ponts.

Most of the American troops of 106th Infantry division in the Schnee-Eifel pocket East of St. Vith surrenderd during the day, freeing the two infantry divisions keeping the pocket closed. They will be sent to close the St. Vith pocket. In the Southern half nothing really happened. Panzer Lehr will attack the heavily bombed Clervaux in the morning and hopefully make some progress in that regard.

7th Army sector

5FJ division cleared some ground around Ettelbruck. In the East the American combat command took the railroad bridge East of Echternach. Those sneaky combat commandses...

Positions at the end of the day

Things are looking reasonably good for now. I have around two days before Patton's first major reinforcements start to arrive from the South. Capture of St. Vith and Malmedy was a huge relief. Unfortunately Panzer Lehr's failure in Clervaux has bogged down the attack in the center too much and bastogne can be forgotten. For now on Panzer Lehr and 2. Panzer division will act as a buffer between Patton and the divisions advancing West North of Houffalize.

The gap between Houffalize and Trois-Ponts is starting to open up and after Vielsalm is taken dash to the West is a go. Trois-Ponts might prove to be strongly defended and might be thus bypassed but we'll have to see how 9SS Pz Division fares. The Americans have to be pushed across Werche river to screen the gap.

Allied forces have made only few attacks, mainly in the North and South. They've mainly settled for bombarding the German forward positions.

Stealhead · 10-13-13, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Crécy

That's true. I only yesterday realized how to get access to the log files game generates. News and battle reports. Quite handy, especially the battle reports as it seems to be impossible to take a screenshot from the game, at least with Fraps.

My EVGA card came with a GPU control program it allows me to take screen shots.With a game like TOAWIII I just fully expand the window as it takes a desktop screen with this game.Most other games it just takes a shot form the game not the desk top even if it is windowed.

You could try pressing ALT+PrintScreen that should a take a screen of your active window that is default Windows no extra program needed.Maybe try that in a fully expanded window and you can zoom in on a certain point when you want to.Of course after you take the screen you will have to open Paint or a similar program paste and then save the file.But you could do that to take screens of a battle as it happens.Though arrows have this same effect without taking lots of screens.

Crécy · 10-18-13, 12:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Stealhead

You could try pressing ALT+PrintScreen that should a take a screen of your active window that is default Windows no extra program needed.Maybe try that in a fully expanded window and you can zoom in on a certain point when you want to.Of course after you take the screen you will have to open Paint or a similar program paste and then save the file.But you could do that to take screens of a battle as it happens.Though arrows have this same effect without taking lots of screens.

Yes, that works. Though the procedure perhaps would bog me down eventually: Prt Scr->Paint->Ctrl+V->save change to allied loss screen: Prt Scr->Paint->Ctrl+V->save. With the battle log file converter I can see turn's every battle and the losses for each side. Of course that's not the most optimal solution as it only tells which battle report is which by giving hex coordinates.

Crécy · 10-18-13, 04:55 AM

December 20th, 1944

6th SS Panzer Army sector

A grim day for all fronts. Decisive Allied counterattacks push pack German forces while Germans gain only minor advances.

Allied motorized regiments with the support of armoured elements broke through near Schleiden east of Höfen. In the morning a weak engineer company plucked the gap but they were easily beaten. 3PzGrn started its attack in the far north.

Von der Heydte's Fallschirmjägers were eliminated completely and 12SS withstood a few attacks near Malmedy. Peiper's heavy Tiger battalion took heavy casualties south of Stavelot and they were forced to retreat. 9SS surrounded the American mechanized battalion in the morning but they were relieved in the afternoon by overwhelming attacks from the south-west.

2SS started its advance towards Vielsalm advancing five kilometers. Führer Begleit is short of supply and will wait for replenishment. South of Elsenborn the Volksgrenadier regiments are dealing with the remnants of the Schnee-Eifel pocket which are pestering the area. Peiper's armoured regiment crossed the river near Trois-Ponts to get in contact with the surrounded 116Pz division which suffered heavy casualties in the Allied counterattack.

5th Panzer Army sector

Counterattacks against all forward positions. As said, 116Pz division was surrounded and forced to retreat. 2Pz took casualties and was pushed back towards Houffalize. 26VG division took heavy casualties as well. Engineer company holding Gouvy was destroyed and the supply lines to 2Pz were cut. Americans also captured Hosingen and apparently crossed the Our river.

Panzer Lehr finally took Clervaux and will move towards Bastogne at once. Too little too late. Failure at Clervaux and failure to get more divisions west through Gouvy put the 2Pz and 116Pz at jeopardy. It doesn't look that good. And I fear I'm unable to send anything west at least for a day or two. And Patton is coming...

7th Army sector

Führer grenadier regiment arrived to the frontline in the afternoon. They will take care of that combat command and then prepare for Patton with the infantry divisions. 7. Army sector is the only sector where major setbacks didn't happen. Mostly because the Americans don't have enough forces to do really anything there. Neither do I on the other hand.

Positions in the morning of December 21st

It all seems to depend on how quickly Vielsalm-Gouvy gap can be opened. Doesn't look good. Doesn't look good at all.

10-11-13, 07:37 AM	#1
Raptor1 Navy Seal Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Stavka Posts: 8,211 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	If you run into dug-in units which are particularly troublesome, it might be a good idea to bombard them with artillery for a few rounds before assaulting, since heavy guns can cause units to lose entrenchment. Do you have any units capable of repairing railroads? The rail (and road) junction in Bastogne looks like it could be quite useful for keeping units heading towards the Meuse in supply. Though of course that wouldn't be very useful if you have no supplies to send in the first place... __________________ Current Eastern Front status: Probable Victory

10-13-13, 05:09 AM	#5
Crécy Grey Wolf Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Dark forest Posts: 793 Downloads: 316 Uploads: 0	[Apparently it is only possible to open up the latest sitrep CSV file. Using the CSV processor found in the matrixgames' forums. Output file is in html format, but the guy made a file to make it possible to have it in .txt format instead. The instructions are so vague that I didn't get it how to do that.] December 19th, 1944 6th SS Panzer Army sector In the morning of December 19th, a motorized regiment from 1SS Pz division and an armoured battalion from Führer Begleit regiment launched an attack against St. Vith and took it with ease, finally connecting the 6SS Pz Army with the 5Pz Army beyond Our river. The attack left a pocket South of St. Vith including a mechanized battalion from 9th Armoured division. 12SS Panzer division eliminated the small engineer company located in Malmedy and captured it in the afternoon, while KG Peiper moved westwards. Skorzeny's 150. Panzer brigade was turned into a normal combat formation and it advanced towards Vielsalm with 1SS. 9SS and 2SS Pz divisions will be forwarded to Vielsalm. After taking it, the 9SS Pz division will turn North and take Trois-Ponts. Near Monschau, 326. Volksgrenadier division pushed back 746th Tank battalion and trapped the 38th Cavalry squadron. 3PzGrn division made a move in the far north and started advancing towards Rötgen. Rötgen approach should relieve some pressure from the weaker line East of Monschau and Höfen. Also Von der Heydte's Fallschirmjägers finally got in touch with own troops. 5th Panzer Army sector 116. Panzer division dashed West thirty kilometers ending with taking the important town of Manhay. Advancing further West would only result in getting cut from supply so the division will be used to either help taking Vielsalm or Trois-Ponts. Most of the American troops of 106th Infantry division in the Schnee-Eifel pocket East of St. Vith surrenderd during the day, freeing the two infantry divisions keeping the pocket closed. They will be sent to close the St. Vith pocket. In the Southern half nothing really happened. Panzer Lehr will attack the heavily bombed Clervaux in the morning and hopefully make some progress in that regard. 7th Army sector 5FJ division cleared some ground around Ettelbruck. In the East the American combat command took the railroad bridge East of Echternach. Those sneaky combat commandses... Positions at the end of the day Things are looking reasonably good for now. I have around two days before Patton's first major reinforcements start to arrive from the South. Capture of St. Vith and Malmedy was a huge relief. Unfortunately Panzer Lehr's failure in Clervaux has bogged down the attack in the center too much and bastogne can be forgotten. For now on Panzer Lehr and 2. Panzer division will act as a buffer between Patton and the divisions advancing West North of Houffalize. The gap between Houffalize and Trois-Ponts is starting to open up and after Vielsalm is taken dash to the West is a go. Trois-Ponts might prove to be strongly defended and might be thus bypassed but we'll have to see how 9SS Pz Division fares. The Americans have to be pushed across Werche river to screen the gap. Allied forces have made only few attacks, mainly in the North and South. They've mainly settled for bombarding the German forward positions. __________________ “Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.” -Henry David Thoreau

10-18-13, 04:55 AM	#8
Crécy Grey Wolf Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Dark forest Posts: 793 Downloads: 316 Uploads: 0	December 20th, 1944 6th SS Panzer Army sector A grim day for all fronts. Decisive Allied counterattacks push pack German forces while Germans gain only minor advances. Allied motorized regiments with the support of armoured elements broke through near Schleiden east of Höfen. In the morning a weak engineer company plucked the gap but they were easily beaten. 3PzGrn started its attack in the far north. Von der Heydte's Fallschirmjägers were eliminated completely and 12SS withstood a few attacks near Malmedy. Peiper's heavy Tiger battalion took heavy casualties south of Stavelot and they were forced to retreat. 9SS surrounded the American mechanized battalion in the morning but they were relieved in the afternoon by overwhelming attacks from the south-west. 2SS started its advance towards Vielsalm advancing five kilometers. Führer Begleit is short of supply and will wait for replenishment. South of Elsenborn the Volksgrenadier regiments are dealing with the remnants of the Schnee-Eifel pocket which are pestering the area. Peiper's armoured regiment crossed the river near Trois-Ponts to get in contact with the surrounded 116Pz division which suffered heavy casualties in the Allied counterattack. 5th Panzer Army sector Counterattacks against all forward positions. As said, 116Pz division was surrounded and forced to retreat. 2Pz took casualties and was pushed back towards Houffalize. 26VG division took heavy casualties as well. Engineer company holding Gouvy was destroyed and the supply lines to 2Pz were cut. Americans also captured Hosingen and apparently crossed the Our river. Panzer Lehr finally took Clervaux and will move towards Bastogne at once. Too little too late. Failure at Clervaux and failure to get more divisions west through Gouvy put the 2Pz and 116Pz at jeopardy. It doesn't look that good. And I fear I'm unable to send anything west at least for a day or two. And Patton is coming... 7th Army sector Führer grenadier regiment arrived to the frontline in the afternoon. They will take care of that combat command and then prepare for Patton with the infantry divisions. 7. Army sector is the only sector where major setbacks didn't happen. Mostly because the Americans don't have enough forces to do really anything there. Neither do I on the other hand. Positions in the morning of December 21st It all seems to depend on how quickly Vielsalm-Gouvy gap can be opened. Doesn't look good. Doesn't look good at all. __________________ “Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.” -Henry David Thoreau

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10-11-13, 02:58 PM	#3
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	One thing I really like about TOAWIII is that making AARs is fairly easy as the game automatically records the data for you.All you have to do is compile it and take some larger screens at key points.