I'd like to know what you think of this mod idea...

[maguro]

Thought I'd post a couple more pics of some of the maps I'm planning to use

[maguro]

Poland and Germany

[maguro]

Scandinavia

[maguro]

You'll probably notice that Germany is in every map (minus the Spain map). This obviously isn't necessary but given this is a set of Germany based ETO campaigns, somehow it feels right to design the maps that way. I think by the time the player gets to 1941-42, and the maps become larger, it might be nice to see how far their army has advanced through the theater.

[BiteNibbleChomp]

There's no way I could finish this if I didn't enjoy the process, but even so, you're right, sometimes motivation dips at times. I really think the map was the most tedious phase and even that was pretty fun.

Having said that, I can't imagine modding a timeline spanning hundreds of years like you are doing. How much time are you planning to make each turn? Having played Rome Total War back in the day, I can't help but imagine something similar to that.

It's 6 months to the turn, like in RTW. (661 turns total, but with fewer units than B:E)

You'll probably notice that Germany is in every map (minus the Spain map). This obviously isn't necessary but given this is a set of Germany based ETO campaigns, somehow it feels right to design the maps that way. I think by the time the player gets to 1941-42, and the maps become larger, it might be nice to see how far their army has advanced through the theater.

Just hope this doesn't slow the game down too much.

- BNC

[maguro]

Just hope this doesn't slow the game down too much.

- BNC

So far my tests with the Normandy/Bagration scenario (just about the largest map) have shown that the game is maybe a tiny bit slower, but not nearly as bad as when I tested the original full ETO map. Right now I'm finding that waiting for the relatively high amount of AI units to move/fire generally takes a while but the lag has not been too bad. Still I may try to size down the maps on the edges a bit more.

maguro

[BiteNibbleChomp]

Well good luck with it all

- BNC