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ORIGINAL: Flying Tiger

On a slightly different topic.....

are you planning on revising some of the max values of bases? Many of the islands in the Solomons chain in particular were potentially useable airfields, but were never developed. In WitP they are almost all listed as 0:0 bases. This is a little harsh - especially considering some tiny atolls are given higher ratings. Many of these bases should have an airfield rating of 1 or more, and some also have good natural harbours which could have been developed if needed. I noticed that many of the bases in the Aleutians were changed in CHS, but the south Pacific area generally remained the same. Just because they were not developed historically does not mean they could not have been.

ORIGINAL: Flying Tiger

Sounds reasonable Andrew. And i'm very glad to hear you have at least looked at the values. Not sure how much influence the presence of roads/railways should have though? Certainly there were no major roads (and CERTAINLY no railroads) on Guadalcanal before the war, but a lot of infrastructure was built during the war because Henderson Field was developed into a reasonably major base. The same is true for most of the Sth Pac islands - lack of development prior to WWII should not indicate lack of potential to be developed. Terrain and island size are certainly key factors though. Will be interesting to see what figures you have eventually decided upon.

Keep up the great work
FT

ORIGINAL: Flying Tiger

By the way Andrew, i loved the neat little line (on your map) showing where the Malaria zone was and was not. Will we see something similar on the AE map?

ORIGINAL: Shark7

Andrew sorry if you've already answered this, but the search function being what it is, I have been unable to find it.

Will Corrigador be a separate base from Bataan on the AE map?

I took a different approach to the airfield SPS values in AE. Instead of subjectively evaluating bases, or modifying the stock values, I decided to start from scratch with an objective approach. The airfield SPS values are based on terrain, presence of roads/railways and, for islands, the island size.

Keep in mind that it is unlikely that every hex will have a potential base site. We will have far more than we have now, and they should be more accurate as to their potential size - but please don't be upset if there aren't potential bases in just the locations where you want them. [;)]

ORIGINAL: Mike Solli

I'm looking at the new screen shots and am currently looking at the weather map. I see malaria and cold zones marked. The malaria zone is obvious but what effects does the cold zone have?

Thanks.

ORIGINAL: Mike Solli

Ok, thanks. Next dumb question. I never knew there was a cold zone let alone effects for it. What are they? [:D]

ORIGINAL: Andrew Brown

ORIGINAL: mikemike

I recently bought a reprint of the 1918 edition of "Weyers Flottentaschenbuch" (Pocket guide to the World's war fleets - still well worth having in the contemporary editions, lists all ships of all navies with photos and line drawings). Now I'm certain that the data about the navies participating in WWI is somewhat suspect, due to propaganda/fog of war, but this was an official reference for navy officers.

There is a section in the back listing the shipyard infrastructure of those countries that had a shipbuilding industry, and in the section about Japan - Navy yards there appear the following entries:

Port Arthur: two drydocks - repair shipyard

Pescadores: one drydock, one floating dock - ship repair facility

This is information from 1918 or earlier, and those docks were not marked as suitable for major warships, but in WitP stock, neither Port Arthur nor Pescadores have repair yards. I should guess that, if those entries are correct, Pescadores would rate 5-10 repair yards, and Port Arthur 10-20 repair yards. Does AE have those facilities?

I will have to check, but I have yet to spend much time reviewing the location of naval shipyards. It is on the list though, so any useful information is welcome.

Andrew