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New mission/scenario building
Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2021 1:33 pm
by Chicharito19
Hello,
I have been playing around with the editor. I would like to try to build a mission for myself. I have never developed a scenario or mission in any of these games before.
What are some good resources to research order of battle and background information?
Thanx for your help.
Michael
RE: New mission/scenario building
Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2021 2:14 pm
by Curtis Lemay
This is the thread on the Editor:
https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=4387350
In it, I sort of present a tutorial on scenario design.
RE: New mission/scenario building
Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2021 2:27 pm
by Chicharito19
Thanx. I also have an interest I mapping, but haven't tried my hand at it yet.
Michael
RE: New mission/scenario building
Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2021 3:56 pm
by Chicharito19
I downloaded the LatLong program. It doesn't seem to work in Windows 10. But Thanx for the links. Great stuff.
Michael
RE: New mission/scenario building
Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2021 4:49 pm
by Curtis Lemay
ORIGINAL: Chicharito19
I downloaded the LatLong program. It doesn't seem to work in Windows 10. But Thanx for the links. Great stuff.
Michael
Ben (Golden Delicious) says he got it to work in DosBox.
RE: New mission/scenario building
Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2021 6:14 pm
by sPzAbt653
What are some good resources to research order of battle and background information?
Wiki is always a good place to make a general start. That and the internet will usually provide you a path to follow.
RE: New mission/scenario building
Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2021 7:49 pm
by rhinobones
ORIGINAL: sPzAbt653
What are some good resources to research order of battle and background information?
Wiki is always a good place to make a general start. That and the internet will usually provide you a path to follow.
The Wiki link I use is:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_battles_1901%E2%80%932000
There are tabs for ears pre-300 thru present.
Below is a sample. Regards

RE: New mission/scenario building
Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2021 3:16 am
by Chicharito19
This is all great stuff. I really appreciate it.
Michael
RE: New mission/scenario building
Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2021 2:18 am
by Chicharito19
So I was able to make my first map. I used Hexthingy and Googlemaps. I know that its not perfect. But not too bad for my tastes with a first try. I actually thought it was quite fun and would like to learn more.
For some reason TOAW wouldn't let me input naval ports on the western side of the island? Anyway here it is...sorry for the quality of the pic.

RE: New mission/scenario building
Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2021 4:45 am
by cathar1244
For some reason TOAW wouldn't let me input naval ports on the western side of the island?
Probably because those hexes have only shallow water hexes alongside. Make them deep water and you can probably put the ports on the map.
Cheers
RE: New mission/scenario building
Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2021 12:20 pm
by Chicharito19
That makes sense. Thanx so much.
I have also noticed that erasing hexes doesn't always work, in particular if you put text.
Michael
RE: New mission/scenario building
Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2021 12:33 pm
by Lobster
One of the best WW2 OOB sources:
http://niehorster.org/
RE: New mission/scenario building
Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2021 1:02 pm
by Lobster
RE: New mission/scenario building
Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2021 1:03 pm
by Lobster
RE: New mission/scenario building
Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2021 1:04 pm
by Lobster
RE: New mission/scenario building
Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2021 1:05 pm
by Lobster
RE: New mission/scenario building
Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2021 1:06 pm
by Lobster
RE: New mission/scenario building
Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2021 3:43 am
by Chicharito19
Thank you. I really appreciate it.
Michael
RE: New mission/scenario building
Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2021 4:13 am
by Chicharito19
When I try to copy my map .mal from my laptop to my desktop, the editor won't load it. I can see it. But when I try to load it I just get an empty hex map.
Both TOAW are the same version. the Matrix versions and are updated.
Michael
RE: New mission/scenario building
Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2021 12:43 pm
by Curtis Lemay
ORIGINAL: Chicharito19
When I try to copy my map .mal from my laptop to my desktop, the editor won't load it. I can see it. But when I try to load it I just get an empty hex map.
Both TOAW are the same version. the Matrix versions and are updated.
Michael
Just copy the scenario.