Shannon V. OKeets -> RE: AI (general): location v. destruction of enemy (9/30/2009 1:43:15 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Shannon V. OKeets I. Where: Geographical Breakdown of the World Map Here is what I propose for the geographical breakdown of the World Map, which consists of 70,200 hexes, 83 sea areas, 252 countries, and ~5100 coastal hexes. Theaters of Operations (TO) Asia: Urals to Pacific Ocean, Mongolia, China. Europe: Northern Europe to the Urals, North Atlantic, eastern North America. Mediterranean: Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, all countries that border same (except the USSR). South Atlantic: South Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, all countries that border same (e.g., western Africa, and eastern South and Central America). Indian: Indian Ocean, Red Sea, Southern Ocean, all countries that border same (e.g., eastern Africa, western Australia). Northeast Pacific: Hawaii to Alaska and the North American west coast. South Pacific: eastern Australia to western South America. Western Pacific: Kamchatka to Singapore to the Marshals. Areas of Operations (AO) Within each TO are Areas of Operations (AO), which come in 3 types: 1. All sea (wet) 2. All land (dry) 3. Coastal hexes (damp) Here is my first pass on AOs for each TO. Asia: central USSR, Siberia/Mongolia, China inland, USSR Pacific coast. Europe: eastern North America (inland and coast), North Atlantic Ocean, Murmansk pipeline, European invasions (Bay of Biscay, North Sea, Baltic Sea, and coastal hexes for same), western Europe, Scandinavia, eastern Europe (up to the Urals). Mediterranean: Western Med, Italian Coast, Eastern Med, Black Sea, coastal hexes for each of those 4 sea areas. South Atlantic: eastern Central/South America, South Atlantic, western Africa. Indian: Red Sea, Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean, eastern Africa, Middle East (excluding countries with a Mediterranean coastline), India, western side of Southeast Asia, western side of Australia. Northeast Pacific: north eastern Pacific Ocean, western North America, Alaska, Hawaii, South Pacific: southern Pacific Ocean, eastern Australia, New Zealand, islands in the South Pacific, western Central and South America. Western Pacific: Western Pacific (including various seas from Singapore to Rabaul), Chinese coast, eastern side of Southeast Asia, French Indochina, Japan, Borneo, New Guinea, Marshals, and other island groups in that area of the Pacific Ocean. Sea Area Groups and Land Regions AOs are broken down farther, with Wet AOs composed of Sea Area Groups (SAG), Damp AOs composed of coastal hexes (Regions), and Dry AOs composed of all land hexes (Regions). A dry AO is defined by one or more countries, or regions within a country. A damp AO is defined by the sea area it abuts and the country owning the coastal hexes. For example, the West Med AO consists of these Regions: Western Med, Spanish-West Med coastline, Gibraltar, Algeria-West Med coastline, Libya-West Med coastline, Tunisia-West Med coastline, Malta, Sardinia/Corsica-West Med coastline, French-West Med coastline, Italy-West Med coastline. The intent here is to have an exhaustive and mutually exclusive definition of TOs, AOs, SAGs and Regions. These will encompass all 70,200 hexes without any overlap. I see you have selected the Oceans/Large Sea Areas for TOs, and I think that makes sense. But I am somewhat confused, and I believe the Western Med AO example to be the reason. First you say that an AO will be of type wet (and have SAGs), type damp (and have coastal regions) or type dry (and have inland regions). But in the example you included the Western Med Sea area and coast lines in the same AO. Please clarify. Did you intend Spain (dry part) to be part of the western Europe AO in Europe/Western Europe TO or some AO in the Med TO? And more importantly can you clarify the status of France? Patrice already commented on Cape St.Vincent, and you said it was not in the Med TO. But where is it then? And I don't see any reference to invasions from Cape St. Vincent. Those are that frequent that I think a seperate Cape.St.Vincent invasions damp AO may be relevant. I say this since you didn't mention Cape.St.Vincent in the European invasions AO, but to include it there is a good alternative. My thought for a separate Cape St.Vincent invasions AO is that invasions from Cape St.Vincent may be performed by both sides for a multitude of reasons, but all reasons are very different from what is the case further north. And because of that what means you are willing to give that commander to accomplish that invasion may be very different from what you give a commander further north. Example: A CW strategic commander want to keep an invasion threat in the north while at the same time to allow a invasion of Morocco to take place. Because of that you may want to split the available invasions fleets between two Admirals. Perfection remains an elusive goal. Yeah, the Wet, Damp, Dry breakdown doesn't apply to AOs. It does for SAGs (nothing but sea areas) and Land Regions: either Damp/coastal, or Dry/inland. I've decided to put Cape St. Vincent in the European Invasion AO. This is all still evolving - nothing is definite yet. For France, Peter and I did quite a bit of work already when deciding how to set up the French units. There are 3 coastal Regions (one for each adjacent sea area), 5 border regions (one for each neighboring country), and one interior region (what remains unassigned). The coastal and border regions each share a single hex with an adjoining region on the perimeter of the country. The southern coastl region and two sothern border regions are in the Med TO, all the others are in the European TO.
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