Level II Update Link 2.38
https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ap7XOIkiBuUwg74A7TujZK_wdrKG1A
This is a comprehensive update. It includes every type of file.
In spite of that, it is almost purely an update of map art and map
support files (pehexe.dat, pwzlink.dat, pwzone.dat).
This update two or three eratta and a revised document
(describing the links between off map ports). The significant
update affects only Scenario 129 and involves one of two Endracht
cruisers pointing at the wrong class definition. Another change,
affecting all scenarios, is purely cosmetic - shortening a ship name
to better work with display software. I think there is/are one or
more location file revisions and, depending on your last update,
possibly device, group, class, aircraft and leader file improvements.
Most of those also have been backfitted into RHS Level I. In
spite of my plan not to support it - continued interest compels correcting
identified issues and folding in improvements.
These somewhat revised West and SW Map Edge panels
are no longer out of sync with pwhexe.dat or other map support
files. The next update is compiled, but because there is a good
deal of art, it will be a while before the cloud permits linking to
all of them.
Also, those not using Level II may not want to actually install these
panels. This is FYI to show the progress made.
It is revolutionary - now I can write on the maps - and my ability
to figure out how to line things up is increasing. For the first time
we have maps which show clearly the new map system and/or
explain special RHS features (e.g. seasonal connections) or
House Rules (e.g. let the Germans on the map without ambush -
now at two points: Amsterdam Island and also in the Southern
Ocean).
For the first time we show two new Entry-Exit Zones - one in the
North (replacing Tiksi, Siberia as an entry exit point) - and one
in the SW (the Crozet Islands Entry Exit Zone. This latter is
made from the "Southern" portion of the Capetown Entry Exit
Zone - which was excessively large. But not for that reason - rather
it is broken off so BETWEEN the two zones there can be an
AXIS Zone! Yes - for the first time - there is an Axis 'off map'
track - shown on these panels and also labeled as such. They
are really defined as on map columns and/or rows of hexes -
separated from the map by 'off map' hexes and Entry-Exit Zones.
This gets rid of problems with the concept used by RHS in WITP
days. In this case the new track is called the Axis Southern Ocean
Entry Track.
The way it works is that ALL Axis submarines and raiders (two)
enter at Amsterdam Island - a nearly useless volcanic rock with
no port or airfield build potential on which construction is forbidden.
It serves ONLY as an entry point for Axis vessels. From that point
- at the map edge - one may sail Eastward into the central Indian
Ocean - or WESTWARD into the Axis Southern Ocean Entry Track.
That track leads down to the bottom of the map near where an
Antarctic ice shelf is visible. Just as Amsterdam Island has a zone
(three hexes in all directions) forbidden to Allied ships or searches -
so the Southern Ocean Entry Point (a green cross) has a similar
rule - permitting Axis vessels to enter a number of different hexes.
This path represents a more Southerly journey passing near the
Crozet Islands entering the Southern Ocean (in this area aka the
Southern Indian Ocean). In this map area the "Western" and
"Southern" map edges are really curves in the Indian Ocean -
which you can tell by the location of Kerguelin Island - on the map edge.
I have added art for Amsterdam Island as well as Kerguelin Island.
And there is a new jump map - so players may jump easily to Recife
Brazil - to the Crozet Islands Entry/Exit Zone - and to the Axis Entry
Point/Axis Southern Ocean Entry Track.
There are significant improvements to two panels (in two forms each)
along the Eastern Map Edge. The Great Lakes Movement Track
and the Mississippi & Ohio Rivers Movement Track are now labeled as
well as having a note indicating they only work in Monsoon and Fall
seasons. Ontario Canada, Midwest USA and Gulf USA gained labels.
So did the North Atlantic Movement Track. [Indeed so did the South
Atlantic Movement Track - but not on these panels! Those are found
on the Southern and Western map edge panels!]
There is a bit more map art required along the Northern Map Edge.
The Eastern Map panels pre-released yesterday have not been changed.
