Larger maps

[Verdun1916]

Originally Posted by Pursuivant

While it's not that important to the game, it would be interesting to have a map of Sweden and surrounding areas, as well as relevant Swedish aircraft from the 1939-46 period (B17, B18, SAAB 21).

A map of the Southern Baltic Sea with Denmark in the western southern Sweden in the middle, the Baltic coast in the east and the German/Polish coast in the south would fit well then.
It would be great for Allied bombing and anti-shipping mission in the area, the German defence of course and both sides ended up over southern sweden on several occasions. Just outside Hässleholm here in southern Sweden were I live a British Lancaster was shot down by a German Ju 88 night fighter stationed in Denmark in 1944 during a bombing mission against Königsberg for example. So a map like that would be ver interesting and usable to have. I doubt there will ever be any Swedish built fighters introduced to the stock game but we already have the J8A Gladiator, the Falco CR.42 and the Re.2000 that was used by the Swedish Airforce at the time.

[Pursuivant]

Originally Posted by Verdun1916

A map of the Southern Baltic Sea with Denmark in the western southern Sweden in the middle, the Baltic coast in the east and the German/Polish coast in the south would fit well then.

I believe that there is a map of the German/Polish coast around Danzig/Gdansk in the works, but I don't know if it's a mod or will be an official release.

There is a modded map of Denmark which is little more than just the geographic map - few towns, no roads or railroads.

The problem with maps of Western and Northern Europe are that that they're densely settled places, with lots of buildings, roads, railroads, and canals. That limits the effective map size unless you want to wait 20 minutes for the map to load, or slow the game to a crawl if you get into a big dogfight over a major city.

My guess is that at best, maps of such areas could be 150 km square, possibly less - about the size of the Berlin map.

From the point of view of Allied bombing ops, especially RAF missions, a map of Schleswig-Holstein, starting at the Danish border, and covering the cities of Flensburg, Kiel, Hamburg, Bremerhaven, Cuxhaven, and Wilhelmshaven would make the most sense for a "Northern Germany" map.

Notable targets would be U-boat pens and production facilities at Kiel and Bremerhaven, as well as the Kiel ship canal, and various industrial areas of Hamburg. The harbor between Bremerhaven and Wilhelmshaven, and the coastal areas, lend themselves to mine-laying missions.

Another potentially interesting map, albeit for areas that didn't see as much action, would be from Rostock to Swinemunde/Świnoujście, taking in the islands of Wolin & Usedom/Uznam, then up to Copenhagen and Malmo.

The notable target in this area is, of course, Peenemeunde, as well as industrial areas of Rostock and Copenhagen. This map could potentially be bigger because there's a lot of water.

[Verdun1916]

Originally Posted by Pursuivant

I believe that there is a map of the German/Polish coast around Danzig/Gdansk in the works, but I don't know if it's a mod or will be an official release.

There is a modded map of Denmark which is little more than just the geographic map - few towns, no roads or railroads.

The problem with maps of Western and Northern Europe are that that they're densely settled places, with lots of buildings, roads, railroads, and canals. That limits the effective map size unless you want to wait 20 minutes for the map to load, or slow the game to a crawl if you get into a big dogfight over a major city.

My guess is that at best, maps of such areas could be 150 km square, possibly less - about the size of the Berlin map.

From the point of view of Allied bombing ops, especially RAF missions, a map of Schleswig-Holstein, starting at the Danish border, and covering the cities of Flensburg, Kiel, Hamburg, Bremerhaven, Cuxhaven, and Wilhelmshaven would make the most sense for a "Northern Germany" map.

Notable targets would be U-boat pens and production facilities at Kiel and Bremerhaven, as well as the Kiel ship canal, and various industrial areas of Hamburg. The harbor between Bremerhaven and Wilhelmshaven, and the coastal areas, lend themselves to mine-laying missions.

Another potentially interesting map, albeit for areas that didn't see as much action, would be from Rostock to Swinemunde/Świnoujście, taking in the islands of Wolin & Usedom/Uznam, then up to Copenhagen and Malmo.

The notable target in this area is, of course, Peenemeunde, as well as industrial areas of Rostock and Copenhagen. This map could potentially be bigger because there's a lot of water.

What I had in mind would be a map with mostly water in this case with only a thinner coastal area present for Denmark, Germany and the baltic side to the west, south and east. The only bigger landmass would be Skåne portruding from the north.

[gaunt1]

These map ideas would be quite interesting. But there is a problem. Important planes are missing: Flyable Ju-88C6, and flyable early Beaufighter variants, like the Mk.VI. Both are direly needed elsewhere too...

[Verdun1916]

Originally Posted by gaunt1

These map ideas would be quite interesting. But there is a problem. Important planes are missing: Flyable Ju-88C6, and flyable early Beaufighter variants, like the Mk.VI. Both are direly needed elsewhere too...

Agreed!