DREADNOUGHTS IN THE PACIFIC SCENARIO

[Hellfirejet]

I have started in earnest to convert 1920 - 30 Era,into WITP Admirals Edition. I have discovered that WITP AE is hard coded for Dec 7TH 1941 so our dreadnoughts etc will be 20 years in the future,but the 1941 WITP AE will be dumbed down to WAR PLAN ORANGE equipment, everything will use the new WITP AE enviroment though.[;)]

GAMERS WILL NEED TO OWN BOTH GAMES IF THIS MOD GETS COMPLETED!

As the screen shot shows everything is at a very early stage of development,I have still to add British devices to the database,and I'm just starting to add the ship classes,starting with British Aircraft carriers,since I can add a great deal more to the game using the Admirals Edition editor,I was thinking of adding ships for Austria,Brazil etc that have never ever appeared in game,please let me know if anyone is interested in playing this scenario when finnished or not,If you are interested it should be complete by Xmas next year 2013,if not interested then it looks like I will be the only one playing the game when finnished.[8D]

Due to the size of this new project I will be very very busy behind the scenes working on it,which means I won't be around here much.

[Hellfirejet]

Brazilian Dreadnought Minas Gerais class

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Brazilian Protected cruiser Almirante Barroso

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British Escort carrier Campania.

[Connfire]

Spectacular work as usual, Kirk. I assume you have to own WITP-AE to play it. I may actually go out and buy it if that's the case!

[Hellfirejet]

Hi Rob yes unfortunately you will have to have a copy off Admirals Edition,not only that but you will need a duplicate install of the game,because my scenario will not be compatible with anything,IE all new art work for aircraft and ships + all new devices database,please bare in mind that this is a mamouth undertaking on my part, and I'm hoping will be complete by Xmas 2013,as you can see from the recent art work posts,the Brazilian navy will be in the game,and I plan to include the Austrian fleet as well,again with all new art work,plus many more aircraft types will have all new art work done.If anyone does buy Admirals Edition which is head and shoulders better than what is available with WAR PLAN ORANGE,and I can heartily recommend the game to everyone,because even without my impending scenario being completed,which with hand on heart will be completed,WITP AE is a superb game.[:)]

[Hellfirejet]

Admirals Edition scenario database is progressing very well,I now have the vast majority of the weapons database done,as you can see from this screen shot of the British Aircraft carrier Furious in game data.[;)]

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17 British Carriers are all in game now,just started to add the British Majestic class pre-dreadnoughts.[:D]

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Well thats all the British pre-dreadnoughts been added to the game now.[8D]

King Edward VII class shown in screen shot.

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In game screen shot showing the British CV HMS Eagle,note that she has got zero aircraft loaded,thats because I have not done any aircraft yet in the database.[;)]

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Here is another screen shot showing all the British Carriers that are now in the game.[:D]

[Connfire]

Well, I'm glad to see the progress that is being made, Kirk. What you're basically creating is a mod of WitP-AE, which parallels WPO's earlier roots. If possible, I'd suggest several scenario variants:

Updated "stock" scenarios, 1922 and 1926
Updated "stock" scenarios plus all the extra goodies you've been making (landing craft, etc)
The grand "Castles of Steel" variant you've put so much effort in.

If someone from Matrix actually happens to come through here sometime between now and never, I don't think you'll run into the same issues that we had last time someone in the community discussed adapting WPO to WitP-AE, since you need to buy the other game in order to run it. Of course, you're basically creating a new game for Matrix, free of charge. I know its a labor of love for you, but it would be nice if they offered you some kind of compensation or at least an acknowledgement for your efforts.

[Hellfirejet]

Rob you are spot on,I'm creating a hybrid our beloved Dreadnoughts are being given a chance to see the light off day in the magical world of Admirals Edition,as you say this work is being done for the pure thrill and hell of it,it was a wish that uncle Graham ( HELLFIREJET ) wanted to see,and I want to do it for him.This is a project straight from the heart that I need to do,if you know what I mean.I'm not looking for anything,this is something I actually like doing.As for redoing or converting the stock WAR PLAN ORANGE scenario's to Admirals Edition,I would do it but I don't want to annoy anyone who made WAR PLAN ORANGE in the first place,even althought everything I'm doing is done by me from scratch,including device research for the weapon systems that appear in the game,and off course all the Aircraft and Ship art is mine as well.So as far as I can see it's a win win situation for Matrix games,I do all the hard work and as a spin off they might get new customers buying WAR PLAN ORANGE + WITP AE.

[Hellfirejet]

Screen shot showing new devices for Brazilian and Austrian forces.[;)]

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All British dreadnoughts have now been added to the game.By the way this scenario is really going to be CASTLES OF STEEL on a massive scale transfered to Admirals Edition.[:D]

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British Dreadnought Royal Sovereign in game.[8D]

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British Battlecruiser Invincible in game,Britain now has all her battlecruisers added to the game,thats 13 Battlecruisers![:)]

[Hellfirejet]

I have to say that I'm disappointed with the lack of interest about this massive task I'm trying complete with this Admirals Edition conversion,this thread has had over 190 hits,and so far only Connfire has left any comments,at the start of the thread I asked if there was any interest in this project,but sadly that answer appears to be no,well since this is a project that was a dream for my late uncle,I will complete it and hopefully he will be pleased that I took on the challenge.[&:]

[throttle8]

As much as I was happy to hear of your new project, I was also a little disappointed.

I was happy to hear that you were going to continue your super fine work on AE and it sounds, from you, that it is easy to work with. The reason I was disappointed is that I have been staying away from AE (and also WitP) due to micromanagement issues. Historically I don't enjoy playing games where you have to manage every little thing. On top of that, the price tag of AE is too steep for me. So all I am able to do is sit on the fence and cheer you on.

I wish you luck with the new game mod and as always, look forward to seeing your newly released work.

[Hellfirejet]

Thanks for the feedback,well if WITP AE is not something you fancy with its micro management etc,I suppose I could do another scenario even bigger than CASTLES OF STEEL for the WAR PLAN ORANGE game system,I have been doing a huge amount off research and for the British Aircraft alone I have 42 New aircraft types to add to the game,would that peek your interest more?[;)]