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Chicharito19 -> New mission/scenario building (12/16/2021 3:33:16 PM)

Hello,

I have been playing around with the editor. I would like to try to build a mission for myself. I have never developed a scenario or mission in any of these games before.

What are some good resources to research order of battle and background information?

Thanx for your help.

Michael



Curtis Lemay -> RE: New mission/scenario building (12/16/2021 4:14:38 PM)

This is the thread on the Editor:

https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=4387350

In it, I sort of present a tutorial on scenario design.



Chicharito19 -> RE: New mission/scenario building (12/16/2021 4:27:40 PM)

Thanx. I also have an interest I mapping, but haven't tried my hand at it yet.

Michael



Chicharito19 -> RE: New mission/scenario building (12/16/2021 5:56:42 PM)

I downloaded the LatLong program. It doesn't seem to work in Windows 10. But Thanx for the links. Great stuff.

Michael



Curtis Lemay -> RE: New mission/scenario building (12/16/2021 6:49:05 PM)


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ORIGINAL: Chicharito19

I downloaded the LatLong program. It doesn't seem to work in Windows 10. But Thanx for the links. Great stuff.

Michael

Ben (Golden Delicious) says he got it to work in DosBox.



sPzAbt653 -> RE: New mission/scenario building (12/16/2021 8:14:22 PM)

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What are some good resources to research order of battle and background information?

Wiki is always a good place to make a general start. That and the internet will usually provide you a path to follow.



rhinobones -> RE: New mission/scenario building (12/16/2021 9:49:14 PM)


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ORIGINAL: sPzAbt653

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What are some good resources to research order of battle and background information?

Wiki is always a good place to make a general start. That and the internet will usually provide you a path to follow.


The Wiki link I use is:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_battles_1901%E2%80%932000

There are tabs for ears pre-300 thru present.

Below is a sample. Regards

[image]local://upfiles/5722/EE7467493ACA422C9D7D6A81178E3F19.jpg[/image]



Chicharito19 -> RE: New mission/scenario building (12/17/2021 5:16:55 AM)

This is all great stuff. I really appreciate it.

Michael



Chicharito19 -> RE: New mission/scenario building (12/22/2021 4:18:54 AM)

So I was able to make my first map. I used Hexthingy and Googlemaps. I know that its not perfect. But not too bad for my tastes with a first try. I actually thought it was quite fun and would like to learn more.

For some reason TOAW wouldn't let me input naval ports on the western side of the island? Anyway here it is...sorry for the quality of the pic.



[image]local://upfiles/46849/6307F159A41849FD8F0E244D978F3EDB.jpg[/image]



cathar1244 -> RE: New mission/scenario building (12/22/2021 6:45:33 AM)

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For some reason TOAW wouldn't let me input naval ports on the western side of the island?


Probably because those hexes have only shallow water hexes alongside. Make them deep water and you can probably put the ports on the map.

Cheers



Chicharito19 -> RE: New mission/scenario building (12/22/2021 2:20:31 PM)

That makes sense. Thanx so much.

I have also noticed that erasing hexes doesn't always work, in particular if you put text.

Michael



Lobster -> RE: New mission/scenario building (12/23/2021 2:33:24 PM)

One of the best WW2 OOB sources: http://niehorster.org/



Lobster -> RE: New mission/scenario building (12/23/2021 3:02:25 PM)

For naval: http://old-navypedia.org/ships_index.htm



Lobster -> RE: New mission/scenario building (12/23/2021 3:03:17 PM)

Luftwaffe: http://www.ww2.dk/



Lobster -> RE: New mission/scenario building (12/23/2021 3:04:21 PM)

Romania: https://www.worldwar2.ro/organizare/?article=23



Lobster -> RE: New mission/scenario building (12/23/2021 3:05:23 PM)

Soviets: http://www.armchairgeneral.com/rkkaww2/



Lobster -> RE: New mission/scenario building (12/23/2021 3:06:33 PM)

Nice one on vehicles: https://panzerworld.com/



Chicharito19 -> RE: New mission/scenario building (12/24/2021 5:43:43 AM)

Thank you. I really appreciate it.

Michael



Chicharito19 -> RE: New mission/scenario building (12/24/2021 6:13:10 AM)

When I try to copy my map .mal from my laptop to my desktop, the editor won't load it. I can see it. But when I try to load it I just get an empty hex map.

Both TOAW are the same version. the Matrix versions and are updated.

Michael



Curtis Lemay -> RE: New mission/scenario building (12/24/2021 2:43:15 PM)


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ORIGINAL: Chicharito19

When I try to copy my map .mal from my laptop to my desktop, the editor won't load it. I can see it. But when I try to load it I just get an empty hex map.

Both TOAW are the same version. the Matrix versions and are updated.

Michael

Just copy the scenario.



Chicharito19 -> RE: New mission/scenario building (12/25/2021 6:30:53 AM)

That seemed to do the trick. Thank you.

Merry Christmas ALL.

Michael



Chicharito19 -> RE: New mission/scenario building (1/9/2022 10:56:58 PM)

I am still working on this up to last week. Real life took over before Christmas. Then Fields of Fire 2 board game took over as well. But I will get back to it. I am too busy to learn too many things at once. haha...



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