[Abandoned] - Trench Warfare!

[yeti_c]

But Inc is a big poopoo head?

C.

[Incandenza]

And yeti smells!

[MrBenn]

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[mibi]

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what else is there to do around here.

[Incandenza]

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Weeeeellllll..... do you have any graphic comments?

Or any comments about the general smelliness of yeti?

[saaimen]

I sure don't
Maybe Benn doesn't like the tetris-shapes? Don't think Nintendo will threaten lack for that

[asl80]

just a quick one ... maybe already mentioned, but it seems by way of the graphics that the machine guns can only be entered from behind, is this correct? i think it would be good if this was so in any case.

[mibi]

just a quick one ... maybe already mentioned, but it seems by way of the graphics that the machine guns can only be entered from behind, is this correct? i think it would be good if this was so in any case.

it is not the case, they can be 'entered' from behind or on top or even from the side.

[asl80]

just a quick one ... maybe already mentioned, but it seems by way of the graphics that the machine guns can only be entered from behind, is this correct? i think it would be good if this was so in any case.

it is not the case, they can be 'entered' from behind or on top or even from the side.

ok, no worries, seems good i suppose.

XML and related issues
Conditional XML would need to be implemented
Killer neutrals respawning to a different army count would need to be implemented
Territory names in the XML (and drop-downs, obviously) will follow a "Coordinate" "Evocative Description" format, i.e. "A-3 German Front", "B-7 German Bunker", "L-3 Allied Machine Gun", and so forth. Orders territories, having no coordinates, will simply be "Allied/German Mortar/Reinforcements/Artillery", as appropriate.

Any progress on the xml upgrades inc.?
what's "conditional xml"?
the last point on the territory names doesn't seem like a real problem, on account of other maps like waterloo, and upcoming ww2europe?

[Incandenza]

Conditional xml is basically what would be required to make the trench bonuses work properly.

And as far as xml upgrades, as always we await the kind intervention of the turtle.

[yeti_c]

Yeah - which is why we're in this weird kinda limbo - like Maze Craze!!

C.

[Meditron]

Alright first off I want to say I love the idea of a World War 1 style trench war map, as a history major the world wars are are probably my favorite parts of history to study, though there are others up there but that's really irrelevant at present.

I don't know if this has been said yet or not (I really didn't want to read all 12 pages in full) but I feel you could expand this map more and allow the German side the addition of the in-depth elastic defenses, create more of a system of trenches to work with. I don't really have any XML experience or programming knowledge to draw anything at all, but I the majority of machine guns on the German side especially were usually layered in the rear in front of the artillery so that the front trenches could be abandoned quickly to lure the enemy into heavy machine gun fire.

Additionally you could potentially have your machine guns with a certain bombard range, and then add artillery in with a longer one, since artillery played a huge roll in trench offenses up until the Germans developed new tactics (based on Russian design) at wars end.

I mean of course this is all just suggestion and feel free to ignore it, or maybe sometime someone could make a larger World War 1 trench war style map based on this that could include more aspects of the trench system but anyway that's my suggestion for the map.

[Incandenza]

I don't know if this has been said yet or not (I really didn't want to read all 12 pages in full) but I feel you could expand this map more and allow the German side the addition of the in-depth elastic defenses, create more of a system of trenches to work with. I don't really have any XML experience or programming knowledge to draw anything at all, but I the majority of machine guns on the German side especially were usually layered in the rear in front of the artillery so that the front trenches could be abandoned quickly to lure the enemy into heavy machine gun fire.

We've kept the trench system pretty clean and simple, especially since this is supposed to be somewhat of an abstraction of WWI trench warfare, and not a specific scenario like Verdun or the Somme. Plus the way it is now keeps the gameplay balanced, we wouldn't want a situation where the player that drops in strength on, say, the German side has a distinct advantage. Besides, there's not a lot more room to fit additional gameplay elements.

Additionally you could potentially have your machine guns with a certain bombard range, and then add artillery in with a longer one, since artillery played a huge roll in trench offenses up until the Germans developed new tactics (based on Russian design) at wars end.

Actually, that's the way it works now. Machine guns reach to the end of No Man's Land, then the mortars bombard the opposing front, so combined operations will be key to victory on this map.

Much obliged for the comments!

[Meditron]

Awesome, I'm not horribly familiar with the bombard feature as I typically don't play maps that feature it, but that's great that it works that way.

I wasn't trying to imply that the German side should be substantially stronger by any means, just the differences between the two sides style of trenches and tactics would be more accurately expressed in combat. I totally respect the concept of making it an abstraction though, hopefully someone can make a Somme, Ypres, or Verdun style map in the future to satisfy my insatiable history nerd hunger lol.

I'm pretty excited for this map though, so keep up the good work.

[oaktown]

Here's a thought that might improve legend/play clarity... what if the legend info about the "orders" (mortars and the like) were moved up to the top of the column, directly under the territories? It seems like that would just make more sense, and perhaps draw needed attention to them as territories.