CE Map Errors

[Blue 5]

I don't understand the lack of Manston (is that what Margate is supposed to be?) and since when was Calais's local airfield called Boulogne (not to be confused with Boulogne’s local airfield of the same name)?

It's pretty poor work, all things considered, especially because 10 minutes with Google could have corrected most of the errors. Does not inspire confidence in the QA process and suggests – possibly wrongly – a give-a-sh1t- attitude.

p.s. another thing....wasn't wilmington on sea a fictional town made up for the 'dad's army' TV series?

Not sure about 'On Sea', but Willmington is home of the Long Man (Not, alas, featured in CoD).

[studiox19]

Dad's Army was Warmington-On-Sea . . . . . . .

[bongodriver]

Originally Posted by studiox19

Dad's Army was Warmington-On-Sea . . . . . . .

Aaahhh! yes so it was.

the phrase 'stupid boy' comes to mind right now.

[bongodriver]

Actually....while on this topic, are all these inconcistencies purely related to the CE map or are these errors manifested in the game map too? i don't have the CE.

[bongodriver]

OK on first inspection of the map in FMB, Manston is more or less ok, but ramsgate airfield is a massive paved runway?.......big 'NO', ramsgate municipal airport was always a small grass field, the airfield marked as Maidstone would in all probability be West Malling, and there is no sign of Detling, and that willingdon airfield 'is' also on the mission map, so there is some 'fixin' needed.

[PeterPanPan]

OK, I stand corrected, sort of. I didn't know Ramsgate airfield existed, so assumed the one marked as Ramsgate on the CE map was Manston. Either way, the map should show 2 airfields, Manston and Ramsgate.

You are right about West Malling and Detling ... see below.

[Blue 5]

Ramsgate, sorry, not Margate (was going from memory, d'oh!).

It really is enough to make you weep and is symptomatic of a general malaise about the CoD release; poor co-ordination, planning and cross-checking (probably due to lack of time). These are not difficult errors to correct and simply should not have occurred if anyone in the team had read a book about the BoB.

Might have given them pause for thought about the 'Rogue Pilot' plot, as well...

[kaix12]

Hi do you know if the maps are 100% correct so every building is where it should be at the time, cause i would like to know if my house is there.

[whoarmongar]

Oh Bother . Iv just spent 30mins trying to turn the names on in the in game map, lol. I didnt realise you were talking about the Collectors edition.

[bongodriver]

Originally Posted by Blue 5

I don't understand the lack of Manston (is that what Margate is supposed to be?) and since when was Calais's local airfield called Boulogne (not to be confused with Boulogne’s local airfield of the same name)?

It's pretty poor work, all things considered, especially because 10 minutes with Google could have corrected most of the errors. Does not inspire confidence in the QA process and suggests – possibly wrongly – a give-a-sh1t- attitude.



Not sure about 'On Sea', but Willmington is home of the Long Man (Not, alas, featured in CoD).

I didn't even realise Manston wasn't included.......shocking, I assumed the airfield I saw there was Manston, and it would more likely have been confused with Ramsgate rather tham Margate, there actually was a ramsgate airfield as well as Manston.