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Sat, 05 Apr 2014 02:10:00 +0000
Napoleon's Russian Campaign DD Available
HPS just released the direct download version of Napoleon's Russian Campaign.
The game can be purchased here:
http://www.hpssims.com/shopping/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=40&subcat=40&cat=Napoleonic+BattlesSun, 30 Mar 2014 21:52:00 +0000
HPS just released update v1.08 for NRC
The update includes:
Changes for Napoleon's Russian Campaign 1.08
- Updates to weapons and scenario files.
NOTE: Starting with this version, no CD-check is performed by the
main program and all documentation is supported only in PDF format,
available from the Help menu in each application.
You can find the update here: http://www.hpssims.com/Pages/updates/up_NapBats/up_NapBat.asp#NAPOLEONSRUSSIANCAMPAIGNSun, 23 Mar 2014 01:51:00 +0000
I promised a bit more about the Kurz and Alison lithograph, 'Missionary Ridge' - this image has been a relatively big seller for me over at Cafe Press. I know that last November was the 150th anniversary of the battle- but it is not just the amount of things moved -but rather what has been going.
I think that the vast majority of material is from Cafe Press just using my design -which is cool by me, but the designs they use are not always optimised for the product that they are being used on. Case in point -they were using my design as optimized for 11 x 17 inch posters.
Stay with me on this ... because someone bought a woven blanket using this sized image -and I have no idea at all how that would come out. It must have been ok, as the customer kept the item (and in the process I learned that I needed to bone up on Cafe Press' new commission scheme -which I did eventually). Lately though someone bought the design on a picture frame (which means that there is no central part of the image itself - then the other day a sticker and I think a magnet went...
So, yes, it does suggest that I ought to spend more time and effort creating designs for Cafe Press, as I have heaps of material to work off of. I do wish that I had a clone in order to actually get the time needed to produce all that I am capable of... but well, it will happen -I am sure of that.Fri, 28 Feb 2014 12:47:00 +0000
http://moneymorning.com/2014/02/24/todays-stock-market-news-dow-jones-industrial-average-ended/U.S. stocks welcomed a solid lift in Monday's trading session, with all three major indexes closing up. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained about 0.64%, or 104 points, to close at 16,207 points; the S&P 500 closed up 0.64%, or 12 points, at 1,848; and the Nasdaq closed up 0.69%, or 30 points, at 4,293 points.
As I stated in the last post - #7 was the winning number in the draw -as it was the closing figure for the Dow Jones Index on Monday.
This makes Richie61 the winner of the draw.
Thanks to everyone who participated.
(Apologies for the confusing screenshot -that was my fault.)Wed, 26 Feb 2014 13:56:00 +0000
Ok- the title's name is out there, which means it is getting close ... really close to a release.
Hypothetically, if it comes out on Friday (US time), then the Dow Jones close on Monday in the US was ...107, meaning that the winning number is #7.
If this is the week, with 22 entries, then 7 is the winner.
At this point, I am not going to take any further entries in the interest of fairness.
I will post more possibly on Friday US time.Fri, 14 Feb 2014 22:27:00 +0000
There are 22 entered in to the draw.
This sort of makes things a little more complex in terms of how I was going to have the winner chosen.
What this means is I had a look at the Dow Jones close yesterday and it was 63. Ok- what I do with that number?
Ok- I don't know -so I will change something with the draw -and that is - I will go by the closing number for the Dow Jones (NYSE) for the week prior to release. If that fails to produce a winning number (the last 2 digits) -that it will be daily until a winning number comes up.
It is a fairly interesting title- especially judging from the images that have been posted by David Freer, recently, over at the Blitz.
I believe that if you click on the above image it takes you to a full sized image that David had posted. And I suppose the news of the week is that - it is a Russian Front title.
Me? Well I am well and truly focused on a different century -so I won't be able to post much material of my own - which is not to sat that I won't post anything - but rather more - I have to rely on others to submit it.Mon, 03 Feb 2014 22:37:00 +0000
Touch ap links getting out of hand :D
I have to rejig the site and find a better location for the links to the touch aps.
Right now I am thinking that the best place for these would be to replace the menu on the right hand side of the site.Sun, 26 Jan 2014 12:49:00 +0000
It has been awhile, and I have not been able to do these as regularly as I had thought that I might be able to.
To date there are 19 names in the draw - so if you are thinking of pulling the trigger on this, there is still time, and the odds are probably pretty good..
pzb_contest@hist-sdc.com
Note, that this is intended as a '2nd Chance' drawing, so that in the event an entrant has won David Freer's contest at the Blitz , were to win the draw here, it will be re-run on the next business day.
The idea being to maximise exposure and to give more guys a chance at winning a title.
Fri, 03 Jan 2014 12:58:00 +0000
Clarification - a future AAR competition
I saw this on a thread over on the Blitz, and thought that I should explain more what I was meaning.
Last year when the site ran a contest for AI script writing, I had mentioned over on Gamesquad, that in the future the site would be holding an AAR contest. This happened because, not everyone was interested in writing AI scripts.
This idea is basically about generating some content for the Scenario Design Center site, and nothing more. There only limitation on this contest will be that it would have to be on something published by either John Tiller Software or HPS Simulations. It can be any game, this would include the demo games, as well as the Touch Ap's that have recently been released.
The aim, as I said, would be about getting a hand generating some content for the site, and at the same time offering guys a chance in a draw.
However, this will be some time later on in 2014. I don't have an exact time frame, just a rough idea.
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Also I should explain that I worded the other contest poorly. I will accept entries up until publication date- whenever that is. As it stands, I have no idea when that might be -so there may end up being a fair amount of entries in the drawing.
In the interests of transparency, I will post updates on the number of entrants fortnightly (every two weeks), and do this on Sundays (my time).Sun, 29 Dec 2013 04:25:00 +0000
Announcing SDC's 'Panzer Battles' Competition
Giving you another crack at it...
http://www.theblitz.org/message_boards/showthread.php?tid=65518
David Freer's post over on the Blitz is not the only chance to score a copy of the first Panzer Battles title.
SDC's contest will be a little different than David's being run at The Blitz, in that Scenario Design Center's is a drawing.
The way it works is as follows - all you need to do is drop me a line at:
pzb_contest@hist-sdc.com
Tell me what you would like the Panzer Battles series to be - these may be published on the site (however if that is something that you would rather not have done -please just mention it to me - and that works as well.).
What you will get in return is a number (issued in order of an entry being received.). You should hang on to this number -as what happens next is the first business day after the PzB title is released (more than likely a Monday -but with some Federal holidays in the US -it might also be a Tuesday.).
The competition will be awarded based on the Dow Jones numbers for this date.
So get your entries in -and best of luck.
The fine print ( title graciously provided by David Freer ). One entry per person.
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Also stayed tuned for another competition coming soon. This one will be an open AAR contest.Sat, 21 Dec 2013 07:45:00 +0000
2014 SDC Donation Drive Update
2014 Scenario Design Center/Centre Pledge Drive
I want to recognise that prior to getting the opportunity to launch the pedge drive for 2014, that we are nearly funded for this coming year.
I didn't even get to touch the finer points of value for money hosting, and all of the things I do to keep costs down. It is pretty tough to upsell me on something that is not absolutely critical to the site's performance.
"Nearly" means that prior to this year I was using a US based Paypal account and during this past year I switched an Australian Paypal account. The hosting is all charged in US dollars - and this year has not been that kind to the Australian dollar to US dollar exchange rate - so in short, I will be updating the language on the site to reflect that the goal is in US dollars.
Setting that aside, as it is not all that important in the big scheme of things, I wanted to take a moment to thank the donors who have already sent in pledges this month, I very much appreciate your patronage of the site - so a big thank goes out to SDC's 2014 donors.
Though it isn't required - further donations are always appreciated and will be put towards updating the software used to produce and maintain the site - however the main thing is that hosting has been covered for 2014.Sat, 07 Dec 2013 17:39:00 +0000
HPS just released the direct download version of The French and Indian War and The War of 1812.
The DD versions of FIW and 1812 can be found here:
http://www.hpssims.com/shopping/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=40&subcat=50&cat=Early+American+BattlesSat, 07 Dec 2013 04:59:00 +0000
Some of my own photos from Pearl Harbor ( Oahu ) Hawaii.
Some day down the track I will add some additional historical material on 7th December 1941.
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In other news, I will have an announcement about the funding drive which, technically I hadn't actually had a chance to organise yet.
That, though, didn't stop some generous donations that came in during this past week. Basically it means that the drive is nearly completed before I even had a chance to address it.
I say, 'nearly' due to a technicality of something that changed between last year and this year that I didn't address.
In years past I had been using a US Paypal account, and the goal as posted on the site was in US dollars; during the course of this year I have switched to an Australian account (naturally -because I am in Australia....) - so while the goal I set was in US dollars - the donations arrive in Australian dollars.
In short- it is very close. I will write up something on that shortly and post it to the site; either on the blog, or on the site's FB page (or a combination of all three - which is more likely the way that I will go.).
That being said, I will send out acknowledgements of the donations received so far - but I want to, publicly, say a big thank you. I look to work on this site for quite a long time to come. :)
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I have more material from Paul Bruffell to format and post. Paul has, I think I have this correct, exhausted his supply of play articles -but he has now transitioned to after action reports (AARs); I will be posting these on a regular to semi-regular basis.Sat, 30 Nov 2013 01:18:00 +0000
Greek City Wars - by Paul Bruffell
Fri, 22 Nov 2013 11:42:00 +0000
What's up with the thumbs on the home page? Paul's Articles & some news.
One of my 'struggles' has been trying to work out a format for how to show JTS's new touch aps -I am getting closer... it is seemingly like this will end up being its own page, although when it will actually hit the web is up in the air. I don't actually have time to pull it all together just yet.
However I am compiling the material as I go and it might end up being a process of stages.
At this point, I don't own any hardware to play these on, so I am not in a position to comment on the play, or other aspects of the products. I am hoping that I will be in the not too distant future -but it isn't going to be for awhile.
The images on the home page though - those are links to the Amazon Kindle store - and if you do purchase these through the links on the site (naturally this does not count the free aps- which I listed for continuity's sake).. SDC will earn a bit of a commission - ok -it amounts to probably 12 -21 cents per sale ... but what the hey, it all counts ... however, I do have to create a bit more interesting material for these products -which is my own standards and goal -no one else's :).
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Paul has continued sending SDC articles, and I am getting them formatted and uploaded per our agreement; about every 2 days or so. At this point I still have 2 more articles, and an AAR. Paul has told me that he is working on several other AARs, so look for those to appear in the not too distant future.
Lucius on Tactics: Part II
Naturally there is a Part I posted to the site as well; check the navigation bar to the left.
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In other news, in December the site will be opening its annual donation drive to raise hosting funding for 2014.
$125.00 again will fully fund SDC's hosting costs in 2014. I do my best to provide a cost-efficient hosting for what is a fairly big site; especially when you consider that it is largely just me doing the site work, although I have had some assistance every so often - for example, George Bisset ran the AI coding contest this past year. Also, SDC provides a home for Jison's Mapmod site. Anyway, please consider making a donation when the funding drive opens up; everything helps out. :)
Fri, 15 Nov 2013 19:44:00 +0000
HPS just released update 104b for Waterloo.
The update can be located here:
http://www.hpssims.com/Pages/updates/up_NapBats/up_NapBat.aspFri, 15 Nov 2013 19:43:00 +0000
HPS just released update 104 for the French and Indian War.
This update includes the no CD-check feature.
The update can be located here:
http://www.hpssims.com/Pages/updates/up_EA/up_EAW.aspThu, 14 Nov 2013 12:12:00 +0000
Combat in Ancient Warfare - another article by Paul Bruffell
Tue, 12 Nov 2013 13:26:00 +0000
The Use of Light Infantry - an Ancient Warfare article by Paul Bruffell
The Use of Light InfantryPaul has submitted another in his series of play tips for his Ancient Warfare series- plus there are more articles on the way.
Fri, 08 Nov 2013 21:21:00 +0000
HPS War of 1812 Update 108 Released
HPS just released update 108 for War of 1812.
This update includes the no CD-check feature.
The update can be located here:
http://www.hpssims.com/Pages/updates/up_EA/up_EAW.aspThu, 07 Nov 2013 10:59:00 +0000
The Testudo, another article by Paul Bruffell
The Testudo
Also, you might note that there is also another article about morale in Ancient Warfare on the navigation bar.
Sat, 02 Nov 2013 22:32:00 +0000
Part II of Paul Bruffell's 'Defeating the AI' article is now available.
Defeating the AI (part II)
Just added, part 2 of Paul's article on defeating the AI. I have several other articles as well.
Eventually I want to tie all of these to Paul's interview page, and have a little more adjusting to do with the pages -things like adjust the menu base colour to something specific for its section. I had been doing that before, so eventually I want to get back to that.
At any rate, the point being -there is still more work to do on the page -but it may take awhile to get to this sort of thing.Wed, 30 Oct 2013 22:37:00 +0000
A new article by Paul Bruffell - Defeating the AI (Part I)
Defeating the (Ancient Warfare series) AI -part I
This is a 2 part article/After Action Report. The Ancient Warfare series plays differently than other titles that had been published by HPS Simulations.
The AI is, also, structured a little differently as well.Mon, 28 Oct 2013 21:58:00 +0000
Roman Battle Tactics - another article by Paul Bruffell
Sun, 27 Oct 2013 01:16:00 +0000
Part 2 of Paul Bruffell's Ancient Warfare article series: The Roman Double Aces
The Roman Double Aces
Paul revisits Ancient Rome in this article, with showing with one way to deal with the Gauls.Loading
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