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ORIGINAL: Tanaka


Ah agreed it is very bland and vanilla and uninteresting. Oh well a boy can dream! So it cannot be modded any better? That is a shame...

ORIGINAL: Platoonist


It's sort of like creating a wall mural with a pile of generic bricks painted with a limited palette of colors rather than just painting it direct.

ORIGINAL: Shellshock

ORIGINAL: Platoonist


It's sort of like creating a wall mural with a pile of generic bricks painted with a limited palette of colors rather than just painting it direct.

Yeah, it's like comparing a mosaic to a full spectrum painting. Mosaics can look okay from a distance, but less impressive close up when you just start seeing the individual and repetitive tiles. And modding the tiles only goes so far.

War in the West uses the same art system. I imagine it saves the game developers money in the long run though. Rather than having to hire an artist to craft a whole new map for a specific title, they can just 'plug in the blocks' whenever they need another map or extension. But, it makes for a rather uninspiring looking map and really limits the scope of what you can do as a modder. Which is a shame as the map is the item you usually spend 90% of your time looking at in in grand strategic games. I guess we're fortunate that WitP was made the way it was.

ORIGINAL: basilstaghare

If you are using the Reluctant Admiral Mod, is there a way to use this map mod with the RA Mod? When I try, the Abadan off map boxes do not line up. I know that there are different data sets for different scenarios, so Im guessing that the two mods are not compatible? Thanks.

ORIGINAL: Trugrit

ORIGINAL: basilstaghare

If you are using the Reluctant Admiral Mod, is there a way to use this map mod with the RA Mod? When I try, the Abadan off map boxes do not line up. I know that there are different data sets for different scenarios, so Im guessing that the two mods are not compatible? Thanks.

I would not say that this map is incompatible with Reluctant Admiral but it is probably
not advisable to use it with that mod unless you know what changes were made to both
the Data files and the map art tiles.

The RA mod uses the extended map and the team made even more changes beyond that.

In the RA documentation there is a list of these changes. (Below)

In addition to the Data files the team modified the map and provided four custom map art tiles.
This gives the player a visual indication during play.

In the documentation when you see something like “Change W Hexside from Blocked to Land (04 to 01)”
You need to understand what that means.

So if you work your way through the changes and understand them you should be alright.
Advanced stuff, it depends on your skill level.

You can even make you own mark ups to the map art tiles and be good to go if you are
Skilled enough to do that. Advanced stuff.

In PBEM both players have to use the same map data files but not necessarily the same
map art tiles although that is strongly advisable.

ORIGINAL: basilstaghare

If you are using the Reluctant Admiral Mod, is there a way to use this map mod with the RA Mod? When I try, the Abadan off map boxes do not line up. I know that there are different data sets for different scenarios, so Im guessing that the two mods are not compatible? Thanks.

Thomazz59 wrote: Sun Aug 14, 2022 4:35 pm ALLCON,
So where does one find the file(s) for this particular map and how can one install it on WITP-AE?

Rams30 wrote: Thu Jul 11, 2024 6:12 pm New to the game. Watching all the tutorials. I think this map looks great.

How do I install this great map? Is there a link and I replace under a certain file folder?

Thanks for all your help!!!!