CrazyG's Big World War One

Cernel

@CrazyG Wait, Home by Christmas? That sounds like the name of a 1914 map. I recall you said the starting date was 1915?

Personally, I believe no maps should be allowed to have simple names like "Great War". That is an event, that several maps may be about; so why there must be a map that takes it for itself, like it is "the" map about it?

Instead, I would be in favour of a format like:

"Great War: Something", with multiple totally unrelated maps starting as "Great War", but noone having it only.

The problem, in this case, is that if you go that way people will kinda think this is a mod or a variants of the map called "Great War".

So, if the presence of a map called "Great War" rules out using it simply of with specifications, maybe, depending on seriousness level:

Joking:
"Second Greatest War"
"Crazy Great War"

Serious:
"Great European War: Time of Greatness"
"World War: Time of Greatness"

Simple:
"Alliance & Entente"
"Aggression 1915" (or whatever the year)

Hepps

@CrazyG Or rather... 1914; Edge of Insanity
(Afterall... the creator is crazy... no one said he was actually insane)

RogerCooper

The Ottoman empire was weak, but protected by mountains, deserts and the distance from the logistical centers of the Entente. The easiest way of handling this is with garrison units and limiting British builds in Egypt & India rather than giving the Ottomans an unrealistically high income.

Britain's colonies can be handled by National Objectives requiring the specific sea areas be clear of German units or Convoy boxes.

For that matter taking Constantinople should give a big income bonus to the Russians, which should tempt the British into trying to knockout the Ottomans.

Schulz

What do you mean by garrison unit? I was thinking +1 defense bonus to every Ottoman units for preventhing them early collapsing.

Frostion

I also have a few ideas for the map name. What about:
Frontline 1914
Warfront 1914
Downfall 1914
War and Glory 1914 (Abbreviation: WaG)
Age of Generals 1914 (Abbreviation: AoG)
Mind of War 1914 (Abbreviation: MoW)

? Just so you know, I have not investigated if these names have already been used somewhere before Hope you find a good name.

Cernel

@Frostion I like "Frontline", if simplicity is preferred.

Hepps

"Blood in the Mud"

CrazyG

I added a teaser image to the first post.

I'm adding Cernel's trains (I need a yellow one too).
Trying to get a working download.

redrum

If you have a focus on trenches, that might be a good name as well:

War of the Trenches: 1914
Trench War: 1914

Cernel

@CrazyG Actually, I'm missing a Japanese train and intended to try to make one; so I'll start searching for a suitable photo or something about that. I suggest the Russians to be yellow and the Austrians to be violet, to be more in line with historical colours (of course, it is more important for them to be distinguishable; so they cannot be all exactly the uniform's hues). If you don't have the Americans, that good for the Italians, so they can be properly green. All the trains I posted are supposed to the ww2 ones of that power by traditional TripleA colours.

EDIT: Oh, I didn't see the first post image before replying here. All colours look good to me, but I would switch the ones of France and Austria (France cannot really have the right colour, since it started with deep blue and ended with turquoise, and you want to use those for the sea).

Hepps

@CrazyG said in CrazyG's Big World War One:

I added a teaser image to the first post.

I'm adding Cernel's trains (I need a yellow one too).
Trying to get a working download.

Redrum should have a nice yellow train.

CrazyG

Okay, as soon as the YAML file updates, it should download correctly (fingers crossed, github is not my cup of tea).

Currently it downloads, but you will need to rename the master zip to "crazygs_ww1"

On names, I am going to change it, and I appreciate the suggestions. I rather like having the date (1914) included. I am considering making a 1915 version as well, it would be easy to rename.

Schulz

The map has also very good potential to be wwii scenario with date of 1939 something like;

Axis

Germany
Italy
Romania
Hungary
Bulgaria

Allies

Britain
France
Russia
Denmark-Norway
Benelux
Yugoslavia
Greece

Neutral (they can even attack both sides)

Finland
Baltics
Poland

Is it really possible to put ww1 and ww2 scenario in the same zip file and putting it the map repository?

Frostion

@Schulz I think that the @CrazyG map zip will have unit pictures that are clearly ww1 era, like uniforms, artillery, fighters and tanks of ww1. So I think if you want a ww2 xml/map, then it would be best to make a new zip.

Schulz

Yes I understood his intention, I've asked this question separately, just wondering.

CrazyG

Yes I am aware that I could make a ww2 map. I can only do one thing at a time.

Can people try to download? It should be working.

Schulz

I couldn't find it on Github. Can you give link?

Edit: I've found, downloading.

CrazyG

@Schulz
It should appear in the download maps list under the experimental section.

Schulz

I've downloaded it works perfectly. You need blue train image right?

CrazyG

@Schulz
The French train is purple instead of blue
The Russian train is white instead of yellow

However, the current images are good enough to play the game, I think.