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ORIGINAL: Ramses

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This must have been an massive undertaking; I promise you I will enjoy the mod!


Many thanks for your efforts redmarkus [&o]

Regards,

Ramses

ORIGINAL: carnifex

You should remove the RUSSLAND and WEISSRUSSLAND labels, they do nothing for gameplay.

The Valdai Hills label should also be removed - there's no need to identify that one particular area and it's the only terrain feature so labelled.

The naval-related texts regarding the Baltic mine zone and the Black Sea should probably go as well. The naval game is so abstracted that players don't need to reminded of fleet strengths.

As I mentioned before, those shipping lanes serve no purpose that a port icon wouldn't show - it's not like the player is limited to moving along them and they clutter up the map.



Please understand that I offer the above as feedback to my particular tastes and I applaud your effort in general (I'm using the map in my games). But if I learned anything in my career in software QA is to beware of scope creep. You started out doing the town names and now you're listing the number of destroyers in the Black Sea. Keep it simple and keep it relevant. People want to know town names, port locations are useful, and it's nice to know where the factories are. The rest of the stuff just clutters up the map. I know you're having fun and you're thinking what else can I do with this and what other information can I show or what flavor I can add, but at some point it's time to finalize the deliverables and close out the project

ORIGINAL: Tarhunnas

Speaking about names, Rostov should more properly be Rostov-na-Donu, Rostov on the Don, as there is another Rostov, Rostov Veliki, northeast of Moscow. Russian maps always say Rostov-na-Donu, and as far as I have heard, that's what Russians say as well. To say just Rostov is a little bit like saying just York instead of New York. I guess this has nothing to do with your mod though, more about names in the game in general. I must say again, it looks awesome, I am downloading it now!

ORIGINAL: Tarhunnas

It works fine. This is soooo cooool! Thanks!

However, seeing the town names immediately exposes a lot of spelling errors I had not noted before (not yours, but in the game).

Toropez should be Toropets
Sytschewka should be Sychevka (German instead of english transcription)
Sagorsk should be Zagorsk
Werbilki shuld be Verbilki (again German spelling)

These are just a few around Moscow, I could go on. Of course this is not your responsibility, I don't know maybe I should do an exhaustive list and post this in the Tech support forum?

ORIGINAL: redmarkus4

ORIGINAL: AKCLIMBER

Thanks for all your hard work! Much appreciated! If you ever find yourself in Southeast Alaska, I owe you a beer or two and a day out on the water, hanging out with humpbacks and orcas or fishing for salmon/halibut!

Cheers!

What was the street address again? I'm going online now to book my flights

ORIGINAL: redmarkus4

OK - Spring it is! Can I bring the wife and kids? (There are 4 kids). And what about my cousin and his family? They are staying with us while his legal case is resolved in the High Court over here. And I have a friend named Doug who likes fishing. He's a great guy once you get past the porn addiction thing...

ORIGINAL: Encircled

Seriously silly question, but I am correct in assuming that if I change my map mid-game it will make no difference to the game whatsoever?