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"

@Hepps But you could achieve the same effect with the same options that are in TWW on G1. You could set it as a game option within the game by forcing the first player to choose it or not.

@Joe-G There isn't one.

@Joe-G Change the "editable" part to "true" for any option you want selectable on the map options screen

@Joe-G Sorry, after looking at it the issue is probably in the game properties list.

<property name="Scramble Rules In Effect" value="true" editable="false">
  <boolean/>
</property>
<property name="Scrambled Units Return To Base" value="true" editable="false">
  <boolean/>
</property>
<property name="Scramble To Sea Only" value="false" editable="false">
  <boolean/>
</property>
<property name="Scramble From Island Only" value="false" editable="false">
  <boolean/>
</property>

The original scramble rules for Global limit scrambling from islands only... (if I remember properly)

@Joe-G Probably the second part that defines how many can scramble

  <option name="unitType" value="britishCarrier"/>
  <option name="unitProperty" value="isAirBase" count="true"/>
  <option name="unitProperty" value="maxScrambleCount" count="2"/>
  <option name="uses" value="1"/>

@Joe-G said in Objectives Panel WORKING but one of the objectives/triggers not appearing:

WW2_Total_Victory.Germans.triggerAttachment_Germans_7_Atlantic_Wall=

I think the peroid after Germans needs to be a semi colon

@gabegolfer Post the unit images and/or a screen shot here.

@Joe-G Here is the mechanism that removes the (Neutral) Thia units and replaces them with Japanese Thia units.

<attachment name="triggerAttachmentThailand2" attachTo="Thailand" javaClass="games.strategy.triplea.attachments.TriggerAttachment" type="player">
<option name="conditions" value="conditionAttachmentDummyCondition"/>
<option name="removeUnits" value="Thailand:thaiInfantry" count="3"/>
<option name="removeUnits" value="Thailand:thaiArtillery" count="1"/>
<option name="removeUnits" value="Thailand:thaiAntiAirGun" count="1"/>
<option name="removeUnits" value="Southern Thailand:thaiInfantry" count="2"/>
<option name="when" value="before:japanCombatMove"/>
<option name="uses" value="1"/>
</attachment>
<attachment name="triggerAttachmentThailand3" attachTo="Japan" javaClass="games.strategy.triplea.attachments.TriggerAttachment" type="player">
<option name="conditions" value="conditionAttachmentDummyCondition"/>
<option name="placement" value="Thailand:japaneseInfantry" count="2"/>
<option name="placement" value="Thailand:japaneseCombatEngineer"/>
<option name="placement" value="Thailand:japaneseAntiAirGun"/>
<option name="placement" value="Southern Thailand:japaneseInfantry" count="2"/>
<option name="when" value="before:japanCombatMove"/>
<option name="uses" value="1"/>
</attachment>

@Joe-G There is no DOW but everything you need to switch an entire country units and all is there. You may just have to add a politics specific condition.

@RogerCooper Look at Sea273 and then all the next lines... the names have spaces between the word and the number...

So depending on whether that is continued on in the rest of the XML.... the spaces... then these may be the cause of your issues.