Playing this week on a new custom terrain in the AvA Arena.
Normandy!
First, if you find any problems with this new terrain, please post in this thread or send a PM to Easyscor. - Thanks!
Following the D-Day invasion, the Allies were desperate to expand their foothold in Normandy. Every day, they fought to expand that foothold and by August they reached the Seine and Paris.
This week's setup starts one day after the D-Day landings. The majority of the Allied airforces are busy preventing the movement and regrouping of Axis reinforcements into Normandy. Or to put it another way, for balance and gameplay, the planesets and vehicles are limited.
Should the Axis throw the Allies out of Normandy, the Allies are able to storm ashore again from bases along the southern shore of England. Instructions are in the towers at the vBases.
Bases in eastern England and Northern France, etc., are out of play in this setup and the planeset is subject to minor changes for balance.
ALLIES:
A-20g
B-25c, B-25h
B-26
C-47
Hurricane IId
Mosquito
P-47d11, P47d25
P-51b
Typhoon
Jeep
M-3, M-16, M-8
LVT2 and LVT4
Task Group 2
AXIS:
Bf-109g6
Bf-110g2
Ju-52 (C-47)
Fw-190a5, Fw-190a8, Fw-190f8
Ju-88
Jeep
SdKfz-251
Ostwind
Wirblewind
LVT2 and LVT4
TERRAIN:
avachanl
SETUP:
Visibility: 10.0 miles
Radar: Standard AvA radar. Radar Alt: 200'
Icons: Standard AvA Icon setting (No enemy Icons, Friendly Icons at 3K)
Ack: Field and puffy are both 0.25
Killshooter is on
Fuel burn rate is 1.0
Field capture: 10 troops (maproom default hardness 0.0015)
Strat is disabled.
Change Country Time: 0 (enabled)
NOTES:
Deliberately missing: P-51d, Spits
At this time, spawn points are also deliberately missing. Hence no Shermans or Panzers. This terrain will undergo several revisions over the summer in preparation for a series of Saturday morning setups starting September 7th, 2013. Potential Command staffs are encouraged to contact a member of the AvA Staff.
Severe compromise to best practices was required to bring this terrain to the server and I hope that enough people have the hardware to play on it to justify the effort. Those with limited hardware should avoid Paris, London, La Havre, Caen, Cherbourg and Lisieux in that order. Otherwise, I think you'll be okay over the rest of the terrain.
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Graphic Settings for best results:
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Detailed Terrain - ON (isn't required, but best display)
Bump Map Terrain - OFF (isn't required, but best display)
Everything else is optional.
The bluffs of Normandy will look best if you disable the terrain bump mapping.
