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by t-o-m on Mon Jul 07, 2008 11:37 pm
i was so looking forward to playing this before.
but now...
i dont want to.
its too cramped for me - i think you should wait until you can have the size needed to make this map less cramped.
but you do as you wish.
by InkL0sed on Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:29 pm
Honestly, I could deal with the crampness. The gameplay isn't exactly complicated.
Once larger maps are allowed, we can have a revamp/touch-up. In the meantime, sure it'll be cramped but I think it'll be playable.
by lt_oddball on Thu Jul 10, 2008 11:55 pm
is it just me , or am i missing smthng; couldn't you turn two opposite red & black one-direction attack arrows into one line "connection between two fronts" ?
Please do away with naming provinces with "general this and marshal that front".
It makes no sense in comparison with areas that do have the proper province name, plus it saves you on the abbreviation problems of long names on small locations.
von Leeb wasn't there throughout the 41-45 war..and his area first, becomes Voroshilov area the next..so no sense in using commander names.
And Vichy France is attributed an ALLIED bonus ?? hello ?
I mentioned it long ago on the separate maps already; I don't understand the logic of some/many of the impassable long borders on one hand and limited passes of it on the other hand (going from west germany to east germany is only possible on ONE location ?? getting from paris to the ruhr you cannot go through the siegfried line ?(Aachen was pretty easy those days) etcetera, etcetera...
Please give it more thought..
natty_dread wrote:I was wrong
by gimil on Sat Jul 12, 2008 8:36 pm
Just to let you know im watching. Unfortunatly there is far to much complaining going on about the crampness of the map which is making me uncomfortable about stamping it at all. Unless you can convince some people that this will work I dont feel it has the support it needs to move forward.
Sorry but thats how it stands just now.
natty_dread wrote:I was wrong
gimil wrote:Im telling you there is certain people you have to convince![]()
What im saying is anyone who wants this map doesnt want it in its current cramped state, and for that reason I wont stamp the map.
Im telling you there is certain people you have to convince
What im saying is anyone who wants this map doesnt want it in its current cramped state, and for that reason I wont stamp the map.
tom
one of those people is me. I wouldnt play it as it is now. I think you should focus on something else and wait until you can make it original size.
natty_dread wrote:I was wrong
by Coleman on Sun Jul 13, 2008 10:21 pm
It might not be a terrible idea to do numbers across the board and then in xml have the actual names as seen by the other maps.
For instance.
France 1 on the map could be this in xml:
France 1 - Paris
Or considering you aren't reusing numbers at all it could be:
Western Front 1 - Paris
or just
WF 1 - Paris
If you catch my drift. Then we are keeping all the information while still making the map easier to read.
by AndyDufresne on Tue Jul 15, 2008 6:51 pm
I'm not too excited about the number idea, but I've a feeling that it would make the map less cluttered. It all depends on if the numbering system is consistent and even flowing...I.E. #6 isn't in the western area while #8 appears across the board.
--Andy
by whitestazn88 on Tue Jul 15, 2008 11:34 pm
i like the idea of the numbers. for most of us, we have seen the other maps, and it wouldn't be all that hard to grasp where each bonus would be based on prior play as well as the color schemes.
there have been maps where the territs were just numbers also... i'm thinking mostly oasis, and kinda feudal war...
if it gets this map closer to being quenched, i'm all for it, because these maps have been a joy to play
The Viking on Tue Jul 15, 2008 11:45 pm
I think numbers for the western front would work best, but you need to arrange them better.
For example, 1 is Paris, then 2-6 are way over in Italy, 7 in Belgium, 8 in Vichy France, etc.
I don't know if that was something you were meaning to fix later, but it needs to be fixed.
The legend is hardly readable at certain areas, especially the bombardment part. I shouldn't have to squint my eyes and lean forward to be able to read it.
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