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ORIGINAL: fritzfarlig

How many minutes is a turn ?
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It's variable, depending on the scenario.

Campaign Series Vietnam: Scenarios. For transparency, here is a overview of the current vs planned scenario production count. If time permits, the scenario count for Vietnam - US Involvement will increase.

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Current vs Planned Scenario Count:

Cambodia: 0 vs 6
Indochina: 7 vs 17
Laos: 12 vs 16
Vietnam - Civil War: 12 vs 25
Vietnam - US involvement: 2 vs 60
Vietnam - after US involvement: 0 vs 10
Vietnam vs China: 0 vs 3

TOTAL: 33 vs 137
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Looking forward to this game. Great work guys...

Campaign Series Vietnam: ALPHA graphics. Here is the latest screenshot showing the progress of the Kontum master map. Still a way to go, but getting the key areas mapped. For the Dak To fans, this will be the primary map for all scenarios.

Wow Jason![:D]

The top down graphics are awesome! Love the textures my friend!

John[:)]

That is a pretty sweet looking map.

Thanks for your feedback. There's been a lot of effort put to 2D maps again, to make them another step forward from the ones in Middle East 2.0. Adding shadows to them to make them a tad more three dimensional, for one [:)]

I see that Crossroads, that's real nice. The shadowing does make it look a lot more 3 dimensional!

Can't wait to see what that will look like down the road in EFIII.

Man that's Good Stuff![:)]

Campaign Series Vietnam: ALPHA graphics. Here is the latest update on the III Corps area map. Still a long ways to go, but getting core areas done. Here is downtown Saigon ready for Tet!

And the airport to the north, of course!

Not sure if it was asked before, but what sources do you use to get that detailed maps?

I'm using a variety of sources, depending on the location. The primary sources is the 1:50,000 map sheets available at the Vietnam archive database.

For Saigon, there are a number of additional reference maps that I am using to fill in the details

They are found here: Additional Maps

Impressive work!

Thank you, Andrea!

Campaign Series Vietnam: ALPHA graphics. Here is the latest update on the III Corps area map. This shows the Long Binh area plus the 1:50,000 source material that I am using as the primary reference.

Campaign Series Vietnam: ALPHA graphics. I've renamed the Kontum master map to NW II Corps as I have expanded the size to the south to encompass the Ia Drang campaign area. In the screenshot, you'll see the pre-vegetation mountainous terrain that one will have to deal with south of Dak To.

Campaign Series Vietnam: ALPHA graphics. Here is the southwest corner of the NW II Corps master map. The infamous LZ X-Ray at the northeast base of the Chu Pong massif. The map covers quite a large area (as it goes north to Dak To) and will be used for a number of scenarios of various battles that took place in the area in 1965.

Just thought of something , will there be a mechanic/abstraction for clearing an area with explosives for an LZ?

ORIGINAL: budd

Just thought of something , will there be a mechanic/abstraction for clearing an area with explosives for an LZ?

With the scenarios so equipped, you will be able to use "Daisycutters" or certain engineers will have jungle clearing capabilities.

Thanks for the reply, that looks like some nasty terrain in that above shot. Can we see a 3d view of above terrain, looks pretty claustrophobic, wonder if the 3d conveys that feeling.