Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => Axis vs Allies => Topic started by: Mister Fork on October 11, 2006, 12:27:57 PM
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Sooooooooo.
Anyone have ideas on how this setup should work? Expect gray skies, and lots of wind. :D
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Oops. Started another thread on it, this one wasn't here yet when I started typing. :)
I'll cut-n-paste it here.
(http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/brochures/aleut/almap1-t.jpg)
June 2-3, 1942: Nearly six months to the day after Pearl Harbor, the Japanese struck again on American soil. The bombing of Dutch Harbor signalled the beginning of the Aleutian Campaign and led, in part, to the evacuation and internment of American civilians for the duration of the war.
On 6-7 June, 1942, the Japanese followed the Dutch Harbor raid with an invasion of American soil. After months of reconnaissance, they landed on Kiska and Attu Islands in the Western Aleutians, over 1,000 miles from Dutch Harbor.
So it's Summer of 1942, what we have available are: A20G, B26B, P40B and P40E vs A6M2, B5N2 and D3A1. With C47 and M-series for both. I don't think that the Allies will need both bombers, maybe just have one of them enabled.
Ideas and comments welcome.
Some links on the Aleutian campaign:
http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/brochures/aleut/aleut.htm
http://www.nps.gov/aleu/historyculture/stories.htm
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I gotta start flying in here more again like old times...found some good fights llast weekend with OM and Brauno (ltarget)...
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Originally posted by Platano
I gotta start flying in here more again like old times...found some good fights llast weekend with OM and Brauno (ltarget)...
You just enjoy pwning me . . .
:aok
Sadly, by the time I am able to come on, most people have already left . . . Hope this helps bring them in for a longer period.
So, is this supposed to be after the Japanese have already landed, or is it set up to be the invasion (like a mini-scenario)?
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Should be able to set it up as either, E. :)
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Originally posted by Dux
Should be able to set it up as either, E. :)
Dux, would you happen to have a postable picture of this map, to assist discussion?
Also: Thanks to Dux and the map developers from everyone. I understand that this Aleutians map is 68Falcon's work, yes?
- oldman
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Yup, Falcon's first completed terrain... with many more to come, I hope. :)
(http://home.sprynet.com/~cwbeals/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/aleutian_preview.jpg)
Sorry, I don't have a strat map yet, showing the bases.
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I love the white terrain! And the water is cool!
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Quote from the Head Duck of the Terrain Team, mr. Dux: "There is also an abundance of fleets..."
So maybe it could be a 1943 setup with the Japanese being driven out from the Aleutians. It would give us more carrier-based planes to play with.
I'll be making the setup tomorrow, anyway. I think I'll start with the 1942 one (the planes mentioned in my earlier post), depending on the terrain (I haven't seen the base layout yet), and then we can adjust it as required, and add more planes as we proceed. :)
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One bug we know about (and has already been fixed for the next release) is that V11 has an airfield icon on it... A11. It really is a v-field, so do not plan to fly from field 11.
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Not sure if this was intended but german planes are enabled at a8...
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map needs to be reset flight is not enabled for the japanese side.
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Originally posted by storch
map needs to be reset flight is not enabled for the japanese side.
It's working again, needed to reload the tables for some reason.
Map is a beaut.
- oldman
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it sure is
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why not up troops required to capture a bit. I just logged on to fly around a bit and some guy is busy capturing bases all by himself. you'll get the map crashed again otherwise.
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Thanks again for the fights tonight, Oldman.
I really needed confirmation I can't use P-40s . . . ;)
Map is great! Could use a little more variety in the plane set. Actually, that holds true for the entire early war period . . . but that's beyond your control.
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Holy Crap..this map is friggen sweet. Quite possibly the prettiest map I have seen in years.
Well Done to the mappers.
J
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Had a blast on the map last night. This is gunna be a fun one!
Thanks!
S!
Rocket
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what time are people showing up? Noone there most of time
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Originally posted by Kongkyuk
what time are people showing up? Noone there most of time
was gonna say the same
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sheesh there were 12 people on sunday evening with some fair fights. the Ki61 vs P40/P38 is a great fight.
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Dux, there's a few bugs with the CVs you land or take off on some cvs and crash to the ocean dead. I flew around quite a bit in there this afternoon. this map is really well done, very nice work indeed.
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You what? Please elaborate, Storch... and thanks. :)
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I don't recall which CVs I think maybe C24 and C50 but there was another one as well. when landing you fall through to the ocean and it registers as a death, when spawning the same thing occurs. today I just took off from A27 in Ki61s I rearmed on C31 with no problems. I forgot to check on the suspect CVs.
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cc, I'll see if there's anything funky with CV24 and 50... let me know if those are in fact the problem ones, and any others that may pop up.
Can't imagine what kind of terrain problem would cause this, but I'll look into it.
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Originally posted by Dux
cc, I'll see if there's anything funky with CV24 and 50... let me know if those are in fact the problem ones, and any others that may pop up.
Can't imagine what kind of terrain problem would cause this, but I'll look into it.
Dux, when I was moving carriers around I noticed some weird graphics when you first located to the carrier. Worked fine once you went to hanger and picked your plane, but there probably is some sort of issue.
- oldman
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Have you checked if these things happen offline? Won't be able to check it myself for a few more hours...
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Flew online 30 minutes or more, checked out CV24, CV50. About 10 launches and traps on each in a Val and couldn't reproduce the problem.
Has it happened again for you guys?
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Well, the map isn't there any longer, but I had something funny happen to me when I moved to C25. I didn't see the carrier deck, just some water spraying. Visited hangar and tried to take off in a D3A1, spawned nicely to the deck.
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Thanks, Panzzer... I'll check C25 offline.