I agree with Craig. I think that is the best approach to take.
Thats fine, I’ll just do two versions then and on the version I post for you guys to take a copy off, I’ll leave the coloring exactly the same values as it is now on the current version! :)
Post one version thats either Jpeg in full size or PDF. I cannot download this file it allways opens in a format thats a bunch of scrambled text. I have the program and the file and no go.
We just finished a game on this map. It ended an axis victory with the fall of russia. ( my opponent gave up after). There are a few map mechanics that I question though.
Japanese anchor in Marianas doesn’t reach japan, it should.
Japan needs an anchor on the west coast side as well
Needs an anchor in eastern france as well or sea zones 28 and 32 need to connect like in Europe edition.
Other then that the map plays really smooth.
Italy Rocks, its my new favorite country, Jut kidding, but it sure is nice to have an axis 1-2 punch like britain, america.
Wasn’t quite sure on how i wanted to use the new country, but they had 1 responsibility, securing the Med. With a little help from the german baltic fleet via channel dash. the italians took afrika wiht little help from germany, And eventually heldd all of afrika and middle east and took turkey and then began amphibous landins in the black sea. Then italy attacked into russia before germany and via this new axis teriitory came germany’s on slaught of soviet russia By this time japan had taken india and had lost french indo china region with factory on siagon and phillipines japan had made it into russia all the way to northern Kaszastan using siberian railway all the way from the coastwith some 20 something inf, 12 tanks, 2 fighters and 3 bombers.
The allies had made some big strides in the pacific retook alot of captured territory including a factory Australian and american navy was huge, un fortunatly the japs were split into 2 fleets, to small alone but together they were also nasty.
The British navy in the atlantic was massive in all aspects and the americans had a major amphibous train going on.
I would have to say after playing on this map Italy definatly evens things out a bit for the axis
Thank you for the map it is awesome
Looks like you put a lot of time into the map and thank you for posting it online for us. I have breifly looked it over and my initial response is, wow, that is freakin huge. Africa, China, and Russia seem a lot bigger. A game on this could take 12+ hours easily.
Our game went 4 days between work and off time
Hey Derek,
Are you still going to do this? I would like to see the file as a PDF or Jpeg, and depending on the cost may be interested in a print.
Has this worthwhile project died??? Please say it isn’t so!!!
no just pm those who are working on the thing. Something will eventually come out of it.
Well played another game, and I still have to say this map is GREAT! It ended this time as an allied victory, mostly in part to my opponents timing of a major Push into Russia and the fact he delayed on pushing on Moscow. ( he took Stalingrad instead).
We have yet used NA’s but we do use a tech tree 12 techs large. Any one still working on this. besides me.
My group and I are still waiting and hoping that corrections to the map will be made prior to printing and plaquing or laminating it.
Hello all,
I’ve been lurking around these forums for while. I’ve decided to register an account now however so that I can post in this thread. I’ve been waiting for a completed version of this fantasic map to be posted. It is exactly the world map I am looking for. I’m fearful that perhaps this project may be forgotten before it’s finished.
Currently our group is using a modified version of the Axis & Allies Revised Historical Edition found on the Axis & Allies.org website. We’ve used it for months now using A&A Pacific & A&A Europe rules that are altered to fit the map. It’s professionally ‘large format’ printed on vinyl. This vinyl a glossy all weather material that is used for billboards & looks great. Even with the notes in the corners & minor alteration in marker. Maybe I’ll post a picture. But I’m getting off topic now aren’t I?
I would most certainly love to have the finished version of this map. I think it’d work better for the way in which we play rather than making rules to fit the map we have. I’m sure I’m not the only one eagerly awaiting news on how the project is progressing.
Yeah I’m waiting and wondering too :? Already have some cash stuffed under the matress hidden from the wife :evil:.
Maybe I’ll post a picture.
Please post a picture. Id like to see what youve done.
Yes, post a picture, I would like to see the result.
Gentlemen,
I was wondering if this project is still underway or has it lost its momentum. To often these things come to a halt due to lack of time and/or continued interest.
Positronica your map is wonderful piece of work, Great Job. I would also like to thank you for posting your source files to allow others to continue to work on it and improve it. It is not often that someone is willing to share their work with others. Thanks. The map is great, but it still needs some work. I have begun making the corrections outlined on this thread and some other changes as well.
If this project has lost steam and if Positronica does not have the time to continue the work I would like to offer my time. I am not by any means a graphic artiest but I know my way around Photoshop to get the job done.
Positronica’s Original Map with requested Updates
http://www.mediafire.com/?cw1zmd3jxwx
Deepblue’s Current Map Updates:
05/25/2007 http://www.mediafire.com/?bxazc1zzvjz
05/18/2007 http://www.mediafire.com/?1cglnzondyt
05/04/2007 http://www.mediafire.com/?fjjrvm2nyzn
04/27/2007 http://www.mediafire.com/?80jbfymybo0
04/13/2007 http://www.mediafire.com/?7mydyyje2jm
04/06/2007 http://www.mediafire.com/?enuvyjmek2o
03/30/2007 http://www.mediafire.com/?8jnm23jjm5j
03/24/2007 http://www.mediafire.com/?33tytmjmgkk
03/15/2007 http://www.mediafire.com/?84zwmod2qrz
03/08/2007 http://www.mediafire.com/?0djq4ynzwln
Yes, please go for it. Both Craig and I have come up with some good changes, and there may be some others we haven’t thought of. But if those changes are implemented that would greatly improve on this already fantastic effort
Cheers,
pdel21
If you would like for me to continue to work on this map and post my results all I ask is that this group help me make this map the best it can be. As some of you have pointed out, printing this map is not a cheap endeavor. So, I would like to get it right the first time.
I think if we work together going over several drafts focusing on different aspects of the map we can come out with something truly worthy of the price tag.
I have begun replacing the typos with new text but I did not like the original font. It appears to be just Arial. I looked into fonts from the WWII era and downloaded a font that looked like it was typed from an old typewriter. This was a cool effect, but did not read well on the map so after some searching I decided on Stencil Std. Below is a comparison between the original and the new font I am using.
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Excellent, excellent! Progress again. Thank you, deepblue, for taking the bull by the horns. I was completely happy with the corrections to the map that were mentioned earlier in this thread. With those issues fixed alone I’d consider the map worth printing. But I certainly would like to hear what suggestions Craig & pdel21 have.
Gentlemen,
I had been working on this map for about two weeks, on and off before posting to this thread. I would like to take this opportunity to catch you up on what changes I have made and solicit feedback from the group.
I will be following this post with a series of post each outlining a topic of change for the map.
My goal is to make this map as historically accurate as possible without sacrificing proper game mechanics and providing a platform for exceptional game play and fun.
So first I had to decide on what date the map would reflect. Positronica suggested 1941 but when? A lot happened in 41 countries fell, nations entered the war on either side, etc.
So after some debate, primarily with myself, I decided on the 5th of December 1941, this seems to be a good place to start. America is about to enter the war, the eastern front in Europe is stable (as stable as it could be), the Middle East had finally “picked†a side and the nations that are natural primarily stayed neutral from this point forward.
I did my best to research each change, primarily using Google and Wikipedia, but if you find an error please let me know. I am looking for constructive feedback to make this map worthy of the price tag.
So on to the changes….
