Some thoughts on the Map Size

[Numdydar]

ORIGINAL: ncc1701e

Loving geography, if a new map has to be done, I would love to see a better treatment of coastlines. See something like Schwerpunkt Games WW2 Europe, the coasts are beautiful.

Now that game has the right map scale

Edit: Each hex is 7.5 miles for reference.

[ncc1701e]

ORIGINAL: Numdydar

Now that game has the right map scale

Edit: Each hex is 7.5 miles for reference.

Yeah, nice map fitting very well.

[Simulacra53]

ORIGINAL: Alvaro Sousa
Very likely they use actual images. It is something I am considering for the 2nd version of the game.

If you mean a full art map, please spare yourself the pain..l

Look at WitE or Flashpoint Campaigns, full map art is much less flexible than tiles.
You may have to give up a little, you gain more in flexibility - easy of changes and modding.

[ncc1701e]

Agree but modding is still feasible. Look at Jison's WITE mapmod. The best graphics I have seen since a long time.
http://thestrategygamer.com/2017/01/31/ ... -map-mods/

[Simulacra53]

It is the ease of modding, there are few who would attempt a full scale map mod like Jison or Chemboy,
Jison’s WitE was actually the base for making my statement, and the sudsequent choice of tiles for WitW.

[Titan]

I dont mind the size here, it has a better feel than SC WAW which just feels squeezed..However alittle more play area would be better and i can see that could be easily achieved here without making the map bigger..The far east area is rather large and i doudbt game play ever gets that far.. regardless perhaps less space there and more westwards?

[apec]

Personally, I like the aspect of the current map. I find it clean and easy to read, fully functional for the gameplay. I would only like it to be a bit larger (ca. 1.5x) to have more play area and a less crowded frontlines.

[MVokt]

Map requires a lot of reworking. It's not only about the scale but also about the many inaccuracies.

[MVokt]

Checked out that the USSR map contains many inaccuracies. A big one is the location of the city of Mogilev, in Belarus. The city appears to be too close to Minsk. Apart from that, Dniepr river seems not to pass through the city when the city is well located right on the west bank of the Dniepr. Map shows that is the Berezina river instead the one that crosses the city.

On the other hand, Moscow location is wrong. It should be at least 2 hexes NE. Map shows inaccurately that Moscow is at the same latitude than Smolensk when it is further north.