HistWar getting a revamp

[spelk]

Halfway down this Flare Path article, mentions that Histwar is getting a coding and graphics revamp!

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/05/25/the-flare-path-up-with-the-larks

[Nefaro]

It certainly needs it.

Did they ever fix up the interface enough to resemble something intuitive?

[twitter3]

This is good news.  This will get me to pull the trigger and roll up my sleeves on a game I have been following for a long time.

[mikeck]

In the meantime guys, I recommend the napoleonic mod for Scourge of War:gettysburg. Has a few battles and a sandbox for Nappy armies. Uniforms seem good, weapon ranges and such are changed to reflect the time period and so on. It's a mod afterall but you can't go wrong with the SoW engine.

[ArizonaTank]

In the meantime guys, I recommend the napoleonic mod for Scourge of War:gettysburg. Has a few battles and a sandbox for Nappy armies. Uniforms seem good, weapon ranges and such are changed to reflect the time period and so on. It's a mod afterall but you can't go wrong with the SoW engine.

Can they form square?

[mikeck]

No, I dont believe so. Although if I remeber correctly, there is another formation u can select that has the same effect so as to allow for that. Square is not a formation available and it is hardcoded. I know the cavalry model was redone to make their charges more powerfully since those rarely occurred in the ACW

EDIT: I just checked the lastest change log and it states that SQUARE formation IS available a battalion level!

[Grim.Reaper]

Is it safe to assume this is a "patch" or will this be some kind of paid add-on for those that already own it? 

[Nefaro]

Is it safe to assume this is a "patch" or will this be some kind of paid add-on for those that already own it?

I'd hope it was free.  Last time I checked, the full HistWar game would cost me something like $80 USD.  :o