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The site is now up: http://www.operationglacier.com/

Still looking around, looks interesting.

Very cool...maybe we can get them to show us how to setup such a site in the future? WOuld be nice for all of your AARs as well. [:D]

Indeed. Is there anyway to see battle reports and or where battles have taken place in this interface? Would be nice to have the list of ships sunk as well.

This looks promising guys. Thanks.

ORIGINAL: robinsa
Is there anyway to see battle reports and or where battles have taken place in this interface? Would be nice to have the list of ships sunk as well.

I think so, but I think it's still a bit bugged. Don't know how, but I did once use a map mode where you could click on all kinds of events. Battles, sigint, things of that nature. Right now I can't for the life of me find it again.

Banzi!!! (c)thehistoricalgamer [:D]

Great to see more publicity for our favourite game!

ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

ORIGINAL: Alfred

ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

I don't know who these people are, but if "Historicalgamer" and "Baloogan" are pseudonyms for "Alfred" and "Nemo121," I'll sit up and take notice.

I'm neither of them. I don't hide behind avatar names.

According to that provided link, "Historicalgamer" doesn't have experience playing as Japan. I rather suspect that our dedicated JFB players will squirm at some of the game decisions from "historicalgamer". But then, a mistake is not a mistake if the opponent does not exploit the error.

Alfred

I was paying you a compiment in replying lightheartedly (not seriously) to the original post.

I have it on good authority that it's not his real name. Maybe Alfred is his middle name. I'm told it's Detective Sergeant Joe Friday, you know, "Just the facts, Ma'am".

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After reviewing the site, I concur that having a battles and/or ships sunk list would be very helpful.

Didn't somebody a few years ago make a site that could do exactly what they've done here? Basically dumping Tracker and the map to a website?

Didn't it look pretty much like this? Is this the same thing?

If only I had that much time on my hands...

How do you change your side restriction? I made a mistake and picked Japan....GP

Has anyone tried to post comments yet? I registered on the promise of being able to post "on the map" - whatever that means- but have not been able to find a way to post anything. Maybe it is not set up yet? There should be a way to contact the site administration.

Thanks to CptEggman for making this thread [:D] and for your kind words (And thanks Sard and Feltan!).


The site is live today, as it is the Date of Infamy December 7th, 1941.
http://operationglacier.com/

ORIGINAL: Anachro

Very cool...maybe we can get them to show us how to setup such a site in the future? WOuld be nice for all of your AARs as well. [:D]

Site is open source https://github.com/Baloogan/OperationGlacier

ORIGINAL: CptEggman

ORIGINAL: robinsa
Is there anyway to see battle reports and or where battles have taken place in this interface? Would be nice to have the list of ships sunk as well.

I think so, but I think it's still a bit bugged. Don't know how, but I did once use a map mode where you could click on all kinds of events. Battles, sigint, things of that nature. Right now I can't for the life of me find it again.

Events/Sigint/Combat results start on Dec 8th, should show up tomorrow.

ORIGINAL: Anachro

After reviewing the site, I concur that having a battles and/or ships sunk list would be very helpful.

Good idea! I'll add that.

ORIGINAL: Lokasenna

Didn't somebody a few years ago make a site that could do exactly what they've done here? Basically dumping Tracker and the map to a website?

Didn't it look pretty much like this? Is this the same thing?

If only I had that much time on my hands...

Might be thinking of this? tm.asp?m=3893082 Was 5-6 months ago.

ORIGINAL: General Patton

How do you change your side restriction? I made a mistake and picked Japan....GP

Right now there isn't an easy way; we really don't want to be spoiled on any secret plans the other player might have. I'll happily change your side restriction if you could tell me the side you would want (Japan/Allies/Both).

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

Has anyone tried to post comments yet? I registered on the promise of being able to post "on the map" - whatever that means- but have not been able to find a way to post anything. Maybe it is not set up yet? There should be a way to contact the site administration.

Comments are attached to units and bases, to post a comment on Pearl Harbor (assuming you are not japan side restricted like I am) one would go to this page here http://www.operationglacier.com/Unit?ti ... onGlacierI

Copy pasting my post from the original thread:

This uses the excellent WITP Tracker to help generate the data for the website.


Allies-Only Map



Japan-Only Map



Combined Map




Pearl Harbor makes a good example for a quick tutorial on the Operation Glacier interface. I followed War in the Pacific UI as best I could, so if you are a WITP veteran the UI should Just Make Sense.




Clicking on the red circle brings up the comments made on that hex.




Clicking on the red 'X' up top brings up all the events that occurred on that hex.




The anchor icon brings up all the ships disbanded in the port.




If we click on the BB Maryland link we get a neat graph of damage over time along with information about the Maryland and its [s]class[/s].




If we click on the float plane detachment we get a whole pile of graphs for this unit. I swear these graphs will get more interesting after the first turn...




Back to the map! Clicking on the little square with an X through it in the lower left corner brings up the 'land combat units' in this hex.




And selecting one... Huh, I wonder what happened on the 7th!



And finally, the little Task Force icon in the bottom right!



Finally, one can change the underlying map as well as apply filters to the visible units. (More filters to come! Suggestions very welcome!)



Open source: https://github.com/Baloogan/OperationGlacier (If you would like to contribue or try to get this running please let me know, I still have quite a few commits to push to this repo)

You just nuked us with info and stuff. How are we to respond?

Very cool, Baloogan. Although I don't know yet which side to choose, I will follow with interest.

EDIT

One thing, I'm not seeing any "red x" to click on at the moment to, say, get information on the PH attack.

I can click on the ships stationed in PH to see damages though.

Gee, who knew! You made the web interface. That is exactly what I was remembering. I found it interesting, but only really useful if you were going to do something like what you're doing.

ORIGINAL: Anachro

Very cool, Baloogan. Although I don't know yet which side to choose, I will follow with interest.

EDIT

One thing, I'm not seeing any "red x" to click on at the moment to, say, get information on the PH attack.

I can click on the ships stationed in PH to see damages though.

Figuring out how to place events is a bit tricky, all the events from Dec 7th will show up on Dec 8th. All the events from Dec 8th will show up on Dec 9th and etc.

I must give a huge shout out to my opponent TheHistoricalGamer. A real great guy. I would highly recommend subscribing to his youtube channel. Really bright guy, but much too humble to say so.

ORIGINAL: Baloogan

Thanks to CptEggman for making this thread [:D] and for your kind words (And thanks Sard and Feltan!).


The site is live today, as it is the Date of Infamy December 7th, 1941.
http://operationglacier.com/

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

Has anyone tried to post comments yet? I registered on the promise of being able to post "on the map" - whatever that means- but have not been able to find a way to post anything. Maybe it is not set up yet? There should be a way to contact the site administration.

Comments are attached to units and bases, to post a comment on Pearl Harbor (assuming you are not japan side restricted like I am) one would go to this page here http://www.operationglacier.com/Unit?ti ... onGlacierI

OK, I found the comments section on the individual units, but I am wondering how I will make general comments on a particular battle or proposed strategy. Maybe that is not the intention for our participation in your site- it is the model for participation on this one - so let me know and I will tailor my responses to what feedback you want to get.

https://youtu.be/qmUdYMp61HQ

[8D]