Tobi72 wrote: Fri Sep 25, 2026 6:01 pm
Hi imeror, please let me know which map was the least accurate for you and where the most significant errors were; I’d like to have Sol rework that map. That would really help me better train the automatic generation process. I don't need a new map screen, just your feedback—thanks.
Sure!
I haven't examined all the maps in detail yet, but regarding the two scenarios I'm working on:
- "US13" gave me the most trouble.
The AI mistook all the borders for roads. That might simply be because it wasn't familiar with the graphic style of the site I used. I initially planned to remove the roads manually, but given the number of different borders on this map, I decided it would be faster to start over from scratch.
It’s also a region with many lakes and forests; upon zooming in, I noticed the colors can be very similar, and the AI sometimes confused the two. But that was not too excessive either, the numerous roads were the real problem.
- I was much happier with "US15." Curiously, it didn't mistake border lines for roads this time. Perhaps the lines are finer at that scale?
There were a few notable issues around Kaliningrad; the AI seemed to mistake the Vistula Lagoon (southwest) for a forest. However, it didn't make the same mistake with the one to the north and correctly generated water at that location.
Again, since the colors are very similar, I can see where the confusion arose.
Since these errors were easy to fix, I kept this map.
As for the other two maps, I haven't looked at them closely yet.
I'll try to take a look at US14 and US16 tomorrow! (with accurate coordinates this time
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bondjamesbond wrote: Fri Sep 25, 2026 11:20 pm
Two days before the Russian invasion, I had a good laugh at the shelling of the republics that weren’t recognised at the time! Doesn’t it bother you at all that the Ukrainian army has been doing this regularly, every single day, since 2014 following the Maidan, and that for the past eight years there has been regular shelling by the Ukrainian army of the rebels and separatists?
Not really. I think it shows in the campaigns I post online: when it comes to geopolitics, I’m a proponent of Realpolitik and pragmatism.
States must, above all, defend their own interests and those of the nations they represent. At the time, Ukraine was embroiled in a civil war that threatened both its territorial integrity and its political independence (since Maidan challenged Russia’s "near abroad" doctrine and what it considers its natural sphere of influence); it therefore makes sense that the use of force was deemed necessary.
The situation was no different when the Syrian government (backed by Russia at the time, incidentally) began cracking down on all rebel movements (democratic or otherwise) or when Mali called for help to stabilize rebellious regions, or when Russia used extreme force to bring Chechnya to heel nearly three decades ago, etc.... The use of force served a rational political objective.
This is a universal counter-insurgency logic to which almost every country in the world subscribes, and Russia is no exception (I deliberately cited examples involving Russia, but the same applies to virtually any country with significant power and a military).
Conflicts stem from political opposition; there is no morality involved. The meaning we attribute to them serves mainly to justify support or opposition.
One could always point to cases like World War II, where it is hard to argue that the side promoting genocide and the systematic conquest of its neighbors was the "good guy," but in the long history of conflict, such instances are merely exceptions.
And there’s one little thing I haven’t mentioned yet: the separatists didn’t just sit idly by with their arms crossed, either. Government forces and rebels had been trading artillery fire for eight years; the strikes weren't one-sided, with poor, innocent rebels simply taking hit after hit. No, it was a civil war in which both sides dealt each other violent blows, hoping to break the other's resolve.
It was war, waged by both sides ; and both had wounds to show the rest of the world.
Ultimately, the civil war wouldn't have happened in the first place if the "near abroad" doctrine hadn't been so central to Russian foreign policy. Until Maidan, Ukrainian governments defended Russia's interests. Supporting the separatists was seen by Moscow as the best way to potentially retain control over the country after 2014. That said, Ukraine's prolonged resistance since 2022 suggests that the separatists who lamented the drift away from Russia did not represent the majority of the population, and that society actually aspires to independence.
And what about the civilians in all this? They were the first victims, as always. On both sides, once again.
So, to sum up: I’m not really the type to claim that Ukrainians are horrible fascists who eat children while performing Satanic rituals.
That isn't how the world works.
bondjamesbond wrote: Fri Sep 25, 2026 11:20 pm
I don't quite get it ( Why did we surrender when two S-300 systems were destroyed! The Russian garrisons guarding them were also wiped out, plus the general was eliminated, and I even reached the evacuation hexes ahead of schedule with my two Delta squads! I hope we didn’t have to steal another star from the Kremlin tower or dye Lenin’s mustache and beard pink in the mausoleum ))) ?
Fortunately, there was no need to try to reach Moscow. Had that been the case, we would have needed to add quads, and models with very large fuel tanks... and also much more reinforcements
One of the objectives was to sabotage the bridge at the far south of the map. You have to position a Delta Force unit on it to plant the explosives.
