Somebody break out the bubbly... four quality experimental maps all being upgraded and released in roughly the same week.

Can't remember the last time I logged on to 3 map makers launching new and exciting games!

To those about to roll... we salute you!

In the spirit of the season I have created a new unit for ze germans...

This unit is only good for today!

Unit name: der Weihnachtsmann

Att/Def/Mov : 0/0/400,000,000

Special Abilities :

-20 Att. & Def. to all units on map

Can SBR with "present drop" does 1-100 joy damage

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good fight!

So a long time ago I had begun work on a variation to Domination as it seemed like a game with great potential.

I had used the original map and heavily modified it to work with some new ideas and mechanics that would solve some of the things I felt made the map hokey.

One of the map concepts involved creating a political system that made the game feel more like WWI and eliminate all the "farming" as well as making the Bolshevik uprising far more sensible to game-play.

Here is an example of the political landscape...

Now the original design also incorporated sweeping changes to how units functioned as well, but that can wait.

What I am offering here is for someone to partner with to make the game. Between work and life I do not have the time to commit to making this map by myself.

So if anyone who is proficient at map making wants to partner up... drop me a personal message and we can discuss the finer details of the design.

Otherwise if you have any questions... shoot away.

The first ever production of...

The game shall feature...

4 Major Entente Powers with 6 associated Minor Powers
3 Major Central Powers with 3 associated Minor Powers
2 Major Neutral Nations with 2 associated Minor Powers
18 Minor Neutral Nations
2 separate types of Production Facilities
Full arrangement of Tech Development for all Major Nations
3 or 4 Terrain types
6 Seasonal Weather Patterns
Limited Combat Rounds
Russian Revolution
Naval Mines
Global Shipping Lanes
and much much more...

Core resources for creating or updating a map

• Guide on how to create a new map: https://github.com/triplea-game/triplea/wiki/Map-and-Map-Skin-Making
• Reference and example game XML: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/triplea-maps/the_pact_of_steel/master/map/games/pact_of_steel_2.xml
• XML options browser: http://www.starlords3k.com/XOB.html
• Example map repo: https://github.com/triplea-maps/the_pact_of_steel
• How to add a map to TripleA in-game downloads: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FfF7N0srp9QG0_if5D-c1d1Aa1QTttdhxgm1GBh3pI4

Assets/Images for Maps

• Territory Effect icons:
  
• Unit icons: https://forums.triplea-game.org/topic/918/map-maker-resources/6
• Resource icons: https://forums.triplea-game.org/topic/918/map-maker-resources/10
• Assets included in engine: https://github.com/triplea-game/assets/tree/master/game_headed_assets
• Additional assets repository: https://github.com/triplea-game/map-maker-assets (please add any new assets here to share with other map makers)

If you want to use these for your map feel free. If there is something you need and want them kept in the same look, post a request and I will try to make one for you.

Cheers.

So here is my attempt at the main login page.

Even the vaunted German Wehrmacht are getting in the spirit...

Merry Christmas to all the Triple A warmongers. May all your offensives be merry and bright.

@cernel Perhaps we could just add everything to the POS 2 map.

I have been thinking for sometime now that we should rename POS2 and create a separate map folder for it to make it a purely fictitious instructional map. If we name it something like "A Map Makers Guide to the Triple A Universe".

Thus we would not need to front load the code with these kinds of things and that everything a map maker could need would be contained in one map that cannot be mistaken as a legit competitive playable game. Then only people whom have an interest in map making will need to down load it.

Additionally the map folder would be an ideal place to show-case ALL the different things that can be done in a map... all the folders, Txt files, etc etc. Then we could also place instructional files PDF, pics, links and instructions for the repository etc etc that guide a person through the map making process.

Ok so a bit more work than I had hoped for.

France is now done with a couple other isolated areas...

France before...

Taking a break and will get back to it later.

@beelee No problem... figure if the code developers can improve the engine... there might as well be a map developer who helps the map makers improve the maps.

Especially since I can't do what they do. Otherwise I'm just a "cone de l'orange"

@Numetalfan If I had to guess I am thinking you saved the relief tiles with a solid white background... if you turn off "show reliefs" in game and can see the actual colours when they are off. That will confirm my suspicions.

@Numetalfan said in ad a new sea zone to an existing map:

YES, everything works now, no more errors.

yet, I missed some details:

as you can see the new sea zones 66,67 und 68 do exist, but they have no numbers graphically.
sea zone 16 now belongs to the western part of Black Sea, but it has no number too. even worse the "16" is located where now the SZ 68 should be

there is another problem - the whole map ist white, the territories do not have the colors of the countries, e.g. blue for Italy.

How to fix those problems?

You have to open the relief tiles... find the tiles where the numbers should go... and draw them in manually with a graphics program.

@ebbe Quite the Russian navy!!

@ebbe Always supportive of fresh/new ideas and concepts. Feel free to use what you need to get your game going.

If I can be of any help, I am always happy to help whomever needs it. Just bear in mind I have very little personal time ATM and may not be 'Johnny on the spot' with responses or fulfilling requests.

@Michael-Hoover Neat. I love to see people taking the game in directions not traditional to Triple A.

Oh this is just turning into a regular roast of Hepster.

@wirkey said in Total World War: December 1941 3.0.0.6:

@Hepps said in Total World War: December 1941 3.0.0.6:

@ubernaut Nothing really planned atm. To be honest I am sooo busy... other than looking in on the forum every morning I haven't really looked at any TA stuff in ages. Sadly.

he is probably working on GD, which should come out any day *duckandcover

Never miss an opportunity to take a pot shot at me.

@ubernaut Nothing really planned atm. To be honest I am sooo busy... other than looking in on the forum every morning I haven't really looked at any TA stuff in ages. Sadly.

@ubernaut Yes but remember that in this game subs don't really take posession of the sea zones, do not block movement and themselves can avoid a fight at any opportunity. When you combine that with the idea that they are primarily an offensive weapon. It kinda makes sense that they aren't really patrolling while on the defensive or while not their turn. Plus this was a by-product of the design to work with the engine options available that made all the behaviors operate optimally.

@ubernaut Yes. Because in this game you have the ability to decide whether or not you want to attack a sub or not.