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Title: Normandy! - June 7th to the 14th - New Terrain avachanl, 9.2MB
Post by: Easyscor on June 07, 2013, 02:19:42 AM
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.
Title: Re: Normandy! - June 7th to the 14th - New Terrain avachanl, 9.2MB
Post by: Easyscor on June 07, 2013, 03:02:55 AM
opps
Title: Re: Normandy! - June 7th to the 14th - New Terrain avachanl, 9.2MB
Post by: waystin2 on June 07, 2013, 01:09:34 PM
Looking forward to giving this one a go!  :banana:
Title: Re: Normandy! - June 7th to the 14th - New Terrain avachanl, 9.2MB
Post by: Karnak on June 07, 2013, 01:16:23 PM
Looks interesting.  If I get time and there are others in the AvA when I have time I'll try it out.  Are both Mosquitoes enabled or just the Mk VI?  It doesn't really matter to me as the only one I'd use is the Mk VI, I am just curious.
Title: Re: Normandy! - June 7th to the 14th - New Terrain avachanl, 9.2MB
Post by: Easyscor on June 07, 2013, 01:20:06 PM
Both Mosquitoes. Thanks for the catch.

There were 3 of us in there this morning. 2am to 4am my time and I'm trashed. Going back to bed for a couple more hours lol
Title: Re: Normandy! - June 7th to the 14th - New Terrain avachanl, 9.2MB
Post by: Oldman731 on June 14, 2013, 08:06:17 AM
Last night's fun demonstrated the wisdom of leaving out the Spits.  Very balanced event, great fights.  Thanks for this one!

- oldman
Title: Re: Normandy! - June 7th to the 14th - New Terrain avachanl, 9.2MB
Post by: LCADolby on June 14, 2013, 08:19:26 AM
(http://i724.photobucket.com/albums/ww247/Glendinho/109G6Wingof3Eazyscor_zps10e3b41b.jpg) (http://s724.photobucket.com/user/Glendinho/media/109G6Wingof3Eazyscor_zps10e3b41b.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Normandy! - June 7th to the 14th - New Terrain avachanl, 9.2MB
Post by: 1sum41 on June 14, 2013, 11:06:04 AM
Last night was a blast!!  :rock :salute
Title: Re: Normandy! - June 7th to the 14th - New Terrain avachanl, 9.2MB
Post by: LCADolby on June 14, 2013, 07:58:25 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=153tpKAG-Bs
A 20Dolby10 Production
Title: Re: Normandy! - June 7th to the 14th - New Terrain avachanl, 9.2MB
Post by: Easyscor on June 14, 2013, 09:32:42 PM
Excellent, as always Dolby!
Title: Re: Normandy! - June 7th to the 14th - New Terrain avachanl, 9.2MB
Post by: Nathan60 on June 14, 2013, 11:19:25 PM
Way to go Dolby! That was great thanks for giving the AVA some lovin'.