OK, this should be it for now, enough playing. I found a couple of other problems, and took the time to run through the tutorials. He's moving his artillery up first now (after AA).
This is after turn 4. I might have been able to keep a couple mor eunit sopen by running backwards with them, but..
He also MAY be able to do some limited island hopping, and is improved in some other areas like fords. I'll kepp playing in my off time to see if I can spot any other Elmer issues I can fix.
Now it's back to clearing up some graphics bugs and figuring out how to get cease fires to work with supply before the next major feature.