War in the East 1941-1945

[Skybird]

For those interested, this is almost the complete map, from Mid-Germany to the Ural, from the Baltic to the Black Sea.
The map can be zoomed in 5 levels, I post the highest and the lowest zoom-factor, so between the two screenies,
there are three more levels.

Hexfields are 10 miles/16 km. Around 25,000 of them.

Original size from my monitor, 1680x1050. I intentionally did not shrink the screenies.

[Skybird]

I have stumbled over a map mod that uses almost the same visuals that I used in Modern Campaigns: Danube '85.
They both can be found on Volcano'S site:

http://www.hist-sdc.com/MapMod/index.htm

While I liked the default map already, this replacement also is nice and pays mopre attention to visual clarity. For example the
railnetwork is much easier to see. I am still undecided which map to use. I give the same map screenshots like above, with
the new graphics this time, and for comparison I again do not shrink the images, but leave them at the 1680x1050 that
I see on my monitor.

I have not replaced the counters, I think the default ones do a very good job (in Danube, I colour-coded my own sets, basing
on what I was used to from the GDW tabletop series The Third World War ).

[eddie]

There are some map mods made by this group in Germany that you might like too Skybird-

http://www.designmodproject.de/forum...rum.php?f=1831

[Skybird]

Thanks, I just checked it, the map, counters and interface. That team and me seem to look at different directions, I think. They are focussing on what I would call "adding patina", to give it all a more historic mood, but as I see it it is at the cost of easy reading of the maps, and visual clarity. I admit, not so much my taste.

While I like the map mod I just posted, it is very possible that I go back to the default set anyway. In the end, I think they did a very good job on that already. And the symbols of the interface have clarity.

[Skybird]

Just had a brief look at Danube 85 again. That map still was slightly bigger, I just realised. 65,000 hexes, compared to WitE's 25,000. Probably the reason why I played the big, major, full scenario just once. 3-hours-turns, you know. And that on 65,000 hexes from Scandinavia to the Balkan. One must be crazy to play the full major big bang thing.

BTW, I lost. Total administrative overload.

[Otto Fuhrmann]

Originally Posted by Skybird

Which country do you live in?

Edit:
Dang. German version. For a moment I thought I could get it for you and send it to you. But it is still a German version. Stupid me. Sorry.

Edit again:
British Amazon has it for 39 and 43 Pounds.

I would think that there is language options in the menu? Most games sold internationally have that especially since there are English, Russian and German versions that I know of. Or maybe it doesn't. I am on the same boat that I don't want to pay a huge price for the game, but now that you found it on German Amazon I will get it there. My German could do with some testing anyways

[Skybird]

Sorry, no way to turn this into English, at least as far as I am aware of. The options do not have a language setting, and I find no config-file where maybe changing a text entry manually would switch it to English.

You do not see this game on DVD in shops in England or America, it seems. Checking both countries' Amazon sites gives you only this German DVD as a direct import. Sometimes you see games brought to the stores in exclusive countries only. Why? I do not know.