Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: bradfordkay

Brady, when you consider that Andrew's mapmod repaired the ALCAN highway mistakes of the original map, I think we can reasonably exptect that it was taken care of in the AE as well.

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ORIGINAL: Mike Solli

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ORIGINAL: Andrew Brown

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ORIGINAL: Mike Solli
Is oil still necessary for heavy industry?

No.

Wow. Can you list what is needed for HI, LI, refinery, etc....

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ORIGINAL: Splinterhead

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ORIGINAL: bradfordkay

Brady, when you consider that Andrew's mapmod repaired the ALCAN highway mistakes of the original map, I think we can reasonably exptect that it was taken care of in the AE as well.

The layout of the highway has been corrected but, if I'm not mistaken, they can't build roads so players will have to use house rules to not use ALCAN until it's operational date.

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ORIGINAL: Andrew Brown


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Unfortunately, building of infrastructure did not get implemented. It was discussed, and might be able to be added at some point. But it is not currently included. For this reason I decide not to add the Alcan highway at all.

Andrew

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ORIGINAL: Grotius

I thought Panama was on the new map. In fact, I thought I read that two bases are modeled there now. Maybe I read wrong?

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ORIGINAL: Sonny II

Panama is definitely in the game.

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ORIGINAL: medck

On the map, could you verify that it expands to include Aden? And it look slike Panama/Panama Canal are *not* in it. Bummer on that as I liked that touch.

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Second, since you've shrunk the hex-size to 40m hex from 60m-hex, does this mean that the geographic area covered on-screen at any one time has now shrunk from about 1,440,000 sq miles [1500 miles E-W and 960 miles N-S] to 640,000 sq miles [1000 miles E-W and 640 miles N-S]. Is that right?

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ORIGINAL: Andrew Brown

As mentioned by Sonny II, Panama is included. Aden is as well.

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Second, since you've shrunk the hex-size to 40m hex from 60m-hex, does this mean that the geographic area covered on-screen at any one time has now shrunk from about 1,440,000 sq miles [1500 miles E-W and 960 miles N-S] to 640,000 sq miles [1000 miles E-W and 640 miles N-S]. Is that right?

That's right - the area visible on the map is smaller than before (in terms of square miles - the screen layout itself is unchanged).

Andrew

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ORIGINAL: medck
That's excellent news about Panama; I just couldn't see it in the very small strat map in the new screenshots. Could you comment on how the 2 bases in Panama and border/off-screen movement is supposed to work?

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I'm very pleased with the 40 miles hexes as that makes for (probably) better land campaigns and more interesting naval activities as well. At the same time, and I realise this is out of your control and an engine issue so not to be changed, shrinking the area visible on the map is going to be a bit of a pain, especially for LR bombing missions and medium-range naval missions.

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I would really like to see the editor include an ability to modify the pwhex file as can be done with WITP EditorX.

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ORIGINAL: Andrew Brown

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ORIGINAL: medck
That's excellent news about Panama; I just couldn't see it in the very small strat map in the new screenshots. Could you comment on how the 2 bases in Panama and border/off-screen movement is supposed to work?

I will be able to provide a better description of the off-map movement once it is fully functional! But (very) briefly - the Allies will be able to move ships to/from the map edges to several off-map bases, including Panama. This uses a special type of movement called, strangely enough, "off-map movement". A TF so moved will spend several turns "travelling" to its chosen destination. Of course it is also possible to move the other way - from the off-map boxes to the map itself. In addition it is also possible to move directly between the off-map boxes. So in this way a TF can move, for example, between the US West coast and the Indian Ocean via off-map movement (i.e. via the Atlantic).

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I'm very pleased with the 40 miles hexes as that makes for (probably) better land campaigns and more interesting naval activities as well. At the same time, and I realise this is out of your control and an engine issue so not to be changed, shrinking the area visible on the map is going to be a bit of a pain, especially for LR bombing missions and medium-range naval missions.

Yes that might be the case. I guess we will find out as playtesting continues.

Andrew

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ORIGINAL: mikemike

I recently bought a reprint of the 1918 edition of "Weyers Flottentaschenbuch" (Pocket guide to the World's war fleets - still well worth having in the contemporary editions, lists all ships of all navies with photos and line drawings). Now I'm certain that the data about the navies participating in WWI is somewhat suspect, due to propaganda/fog of war, but this was an official reference for navy officers.

There is a section in the back listing the shipyard infrastructure of those countries that had a shipbuilding industry, and in the section about Japan - Navy yards there appear the following entries:

Port Arthur: two drydocks - repair shipyard

Pescadores: one drydock, one floating dock - ship repair facility

This is information from 1918 or earlier, and those docks were not marked as suitable for major warships, but in WitP stock, neither Port Arthur nor Pescadores have repair yards. I should guess that, if those entries are correct, Pescadores would rate 5-10 repair yards, and Port Arthur 10-20 repair yards. Does AE have those facilities?

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ORIGINAL: pad152

When can we a pic of the full map?

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ORIGINAL: mikemike

I recently bought a reprint of the 1918 edition of "Weyers Flottentaschenbuch" (Pocket guide to the World's war fleets - still well worth having in the contemporary editions, lists all ships of all navies with photos and line drawings). Now I'm certain that the data about the navies participating in WWI is somewhat suspect, due to propaganda/fog of war, but this was an official reference for navy officers.

There is a section in the back listing the shipyard infrastructure of those countries that had a shipbuilding industry, and in the section about Japan - Navy yards there appear the following entries:

Port Arthur: two drydocks - repair shipyard

Pescadores: one drydock, one floating dock - ship repair facility

This is information from 1918 or earlier, and those docks were not marked as suitable for major warships, but in WitP stock, neither Port Arthur nor Pescadores have repair yards. I should guess that, if those entries are correct, Pescadores would rate 5-10 repair yards, and Port Arthur 10-20 repair yards. Does AE have those facilities?

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ORIGINAL: DaveConn

Would it be possible to show on the base information screen (and maybe on the ground unit screens as well) the terrain type of the hex?

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ORIGINAL: Tanaka

Andrew,

The AI in the WITP I Extended map did not know how to use all the new bases. Will the AI know how to use the new bases in WITP AE?

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ORIGINAL: el cid again
If Panama is in "off map boxes" - and if only the Allies may move to Panama - then it seems that the Japanese may not threaten Panama - nor attack and damage the Canal or units stationed there. Is this correct?

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ORIGINAL: el cid again
IJN had several (three I think) "Mobile Repairs Sections" - and one of these started the war in the Pescadores - they called it Baku. Eventually Mobile Repairs Sections operated at Soerabaja and Cavete - while at Hong Kong the shipyards there worked for the Japanese. Some ships were repaired and/or completed in these places - and later landing ships began building in Hong Kong late in the war.

Certainly you will find various shipyards in all these places - and many more (a tiny one at Cebu, the Indian one at Vizakapatam, etc) in RHS. If they are not in AE scenarios as released, they certainly can be in mods.