New TO MOW AS GOTY - Have Questions :)

[johnyoga]

Hello Everyone,

I downloaded the MOW AS GOTY Edition last night. What a fun game! I have been playing COH since 2005, and, well, I need a break from seeing a soldier have a shell bounce off their head. LOL

Do you mind helping me with answering the following questions, as I am new to the series:

1. It looks like the GOTY Edition has 25 Skirmishes and 50 MP maps available to us. Great!

This is really a TWO-PART question: I would like to play ALL of these maps either a) on my own against the AI, or b) have a friend(+others) play along with me. Can you tell me how this is made possible? In other words, can I force the MP maps to be played as humans against AIs? Can we have it, like COH, where you can either close off a slot(s), or change that slot(s) to AI/humans? Say you have a 5v5 MP map, can I make any MP map a co-op map, and also toggle my five slot side to have a mixture of AI and humans, and even do the same on the enemy side? Or, scaling down my "ask", is it even possible to use the MP 2v2 maps have a friend and I against the Enemy AI?

2. Can you please direct me to the modding community? I want to play modded maps/missions/unit types, AND, want to learn how to modify my own maps/missions for single player and MP usage. Perhaps #1 (using MP maps for Co-op) is really a mod that someone has made? If the modding is the same in ease as the old IL-Sturmovik, then this will be a blast to mod!

3. I don't like being forced to play through the US mission(s) before being able to play the other five countries. Is there an unlock which allows me to play all 25 missions now?

4. The overview map has little dots for where the player's pieces are. Is there a better way to get a view of the overview of soldiers/units, or, is it just "dots" that we have?

Thank you very much for reading this and helping me out with what you can of my questions, above.

Regards,
Marc
(aka JohnYoga)