1.05...sea....and beach landing....(repost from aircraft and v forum)

[Swoop]

ok, so 1.05 we're gonna have plenty of sea.

Does this mean the map will be split up into islands? or just 1 big island surrounded by ocean? or a big land mass with islands dotted around?

If we're gonna have islands (and I hope we do) we're gonna need a way to get vehicles to those islands......so how about transport ships and landing craft? That would be seriously cool to drive my tank onto a lander along with 5 others and sail to a distant island to invade......the mission editor would get used more often for one thing.

Swoop

[Maverick]

Swoop,

I agree it sounds nice but think of the time penalty. We have spawn points for ground vehicles already closer to other bases to cut down on the time to get into action. If you have to SAIL there at 10 knots as opposed to spawning or flying there it will be much longer. I predict it would die a fast death due to inactivity as players decided not to spend the time doing it.

Mav

[Hans]

Troop landing?

Already done.

Quote Pryo's news page from a month ago...

   

.......supply ship convoys, PT boats, LVTs....

This is an LVT.  It carries infantry like an M-3 halftrack.

 

Supply ship convoys?  Well, just guessing here, but I bet you can spawn an LVT "Amtrack" out at sea at the cargo ship convoy and paddle ashore to deliver infantry to capture the airbase on the island.

You might want to consider shelling the island's defenses with the cruiser's guns or drop bombs from TBF Avengers, F6F Hellcats, or F4U Corsairs to clear the way for the Amtracks.

I bet the troop ships/PT boat tender fleets are seperate from the Carrier fleets.  Fleets can be directed around with waypoints.  It shouldn't be too difficult to steer a troopship fleet close to the shore.

Hans.



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[snafu]

Hey all,
 I assume the next release will effectively make the current terrain & the Beta terrain obsolete. (1 big island surrounded by water would be kinda silly). Assuming then that we will have several island's I hope each country gets an island to itself at start of play. I don't like the undefined country boundaries at the moment. Beta was fine because of the mountains, but the current terrain means it is nigh on impossible to work out if you are reclaiming territory or taking new fields. Give us some country borders to work with (Please).

Also to be able to capture barracks, Refinaries etc would be Kewl (Capture Barrack's only 5 troops per transport, Ammo Factories etc extend rebuild times as per total destruction rules at the moment, perhaps even shorten the rebuild times of the country who has effected the capture until it is re captured). Just a thought

TTFN
snafu

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[eskimo]

As an option;
Spawn points could place you in a landing craft, with your tank, or whatever, 15 minutes from the enemy shore, or a combination of LVT ocean time and tank driving time from the desired base.

eskimo

[Hans]

Well, the LVT is too small to carry a tank.  Way too small.  Its just an infantry carrier.

There will be a new map, yes.  The map probably will be just alot of islands.

The only landing craft probably will just be the LVT.  A troop delivery vehicle.  Use the airpower to get the enemy base knocked out.

Hans.