<r> <B><s>[b]</s>General Comments<e>[/b]</e></B><br/>
It seems that when railways are captured they are instantly and fully useable (track, engines, rolling stock and all). It looks like this is a major factor in the unrealistcally rapid land campaigns such as possible rapid Japanese conquests of ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Beezle<br/>
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What is the real problem with the current road/rail net? I realize it is not accurate as to what roads were where, but what is the game-play problem: <br/>
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That the Allies can get supplies to Darwin too easily<br/>
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ORIGINAL: jrcar

And most of those bases were built later in the war.

Cheers

Rob

That is why I believe that if such bases were added to the game they should start with very low airfield ratings

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Top Cat<br/>
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Found the following map showing various military establishments along the Darwin - Alice Springs route. Show the railway ending somewhere near "Birdum".
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Yes, that is an interesting map which I also found some ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>If you're not sure of what you're doing, you shouldn't be doing it...or you should be prepared to restore from your original installation file. <br/>
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Let me give you a good example of ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Mr.Frag<br/>
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One of the things that always ticked me off ... naval sighting is completely subject to the curvature of the earth. Radar is subject to the curvature of the earth. Even to this day, one takes a SPY-1 system ... it has a maximum range of about ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Mr.Frag<br/>
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The data is stored in pwhex.dat. There is only a single version for all scenarios. The data is not aimed at user editing because it is rather dangerous and everyone must have exactly the same data or the game goes up in smoke.
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<t> I have a question for the game designers. It is a real favour that I ask for and I know that it is probably asking for the impossible, but I thought that there would be no harm in asking, so here goes:<br/>
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Is it possible to recode the way that the map data is stored? What I mean by map ...

<t> From what I have read in this forum, coastal defences do make it tough for bombardment missions. The CD info you have, Stubby, looks ideal for tweaking the OOB if it is needed (haven't checked myself). But the OOB doesn't concern me too much because it can be modded. Same goes for fortification ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: jrcar<br/>
Dave I don't think those forts would count as 9's ... 6-7 maybe. The gear was out of date and initially ammo stock low, plus not that many guns.<br/>
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The Defence did improve as the war went on especially inner Sydney harbour which had waterfront ...

<r> Here is a fourth, and maybe final, version of my suggested map of Australia.<br/>
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There are only a few minor changes to this map from the previous version, which I have added after examining some maps from the period at a library. The changes are:<br/>
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- Changed the road from ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: mjk428<br/>
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I'm all for historical accuracy. It's actually vitally important to me if I'm playing an historical wargame. In the case of the inaccurate maps though, I have to think that the designers had reasons for doing things as they did. The maps are <I ...

<r> Thanks for the input jrcar. I still have some refinement to do and extra info like this is very valuable.<br/>

<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: jrcar<br/>
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I don't have much problem with your revised figures, they are certainly an improvement!<br/>
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It is my understanding that ...

<t> Hi Mogami,<br/>
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I started to redo the Australian map mainly because I am interested in historical accuracy. The present Australian map is wildly innaacurate, and I have great difficulty reconciling that fact with a game that in most other ways is (or tries to be) very accurate and ...

<t> Blackhorse,<br/>
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With my Aussie map pretty much done, save a few tweaks to come, I thought that I would help out with Alaska. I have started to make a low res map on the same scale as my Australian one. If you are willing to help, I can send you a copy of my work in progress for ...

Count me in for the Tigercat, Bearcat and P80. At least give us the room in the database to add them (and others if wanted) in ourselves.

<t> Hi,<br/>
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Thanks for the comments, they are very useful.<br/>
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I remember commenting on the strange nature of the Aussie WitP map months ago, and I offered to help research a better one then, but I don't remember rceeiving a reply to that request, or an explanation of why it would ...

I hope that some consideration is given to my recommendations for changing the Australian map, especially the railway (details given in my separate thread).

<r> Here is a third version of my suggested map of Australia.<br/>
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The main thing I have done is to add in the town of Charleville, West of Brisbane, with its railway line. This town formed part of the 'Brereton Route' which was the route taken for ferrying aircraft to Darwin from Brisbane ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Blackhorse<br/>
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The Alaskan / Canadian rail net portrayed in WitP is more wrong than right.<br/>

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I am doing some work on making a suggested alternative Australian map to correct errors with it, mainly major errors in the ...