Global 40 Expansion Boxes

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I guess maybe naming for room.

Idk If it flows over it … probably empty mostly or well early anyway. Just gotta roll I think :)

I’ll stop :)

for a few hours lol :)

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early stages

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@VictoryFirst it’s ok to have units bleed over name. Early game they’ll be empty anyway, and unless your Bad Ass @The-Captain Mode, that third Army Group is hard to come by :)

Sorry all nighter :)

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60 % shot I usually play at

50 for Oceans . Bump it to 70 for land battles so you can dig on the dudes better lol

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No Edit Required LOL Well maybe a little :)

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heh heh :grin:

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Great work Barnee! I think we and Black Elk have revolutionized the G40 Expansion on TripleA!

Hey, just a heads up, the first token for the armies is done. Luckily, when you’ve made one, the others are done too. You just need to change the name.

I tried to stick to the markers by the Captain as much as possible. Had some trouble finding an Iron Cross that looks exactly the same lol.

It actually costs way less time than I expected. I was very busy the last couple of days so I hadn’t started yet.

This is just a prototype by the way - if you notice something off, or something you don’t like and want to have different, let me know!

I went with 256x256 dimensions, hope that will work. Not sure though.

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@barnee

You also said in a previous post something about I should bust out some names. What do you mean by that exactly?

Lol, so cool you can just drag those units in any territory! That will save so much trouble with the edit! :)

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@victoryfirst right on. Yea we gotta nix the ss. Triplea doesn’t allow it.

I’d go 48x48 or 52x52 We can adjust as needed

Yea the names for the boxes. They’ll be like TTy names. The way the boxes working, I’d keep all in one line and we can stick in the middle.

If there’s some overlap no biggie. Boxes will be empty some of the time anyway.

Name has to match though. I went with “1st Waffen” instead of “1st Waffen Army” for space purposes. I’ll post the names as I do the boxes.

Actually I’ll bust a list out and post it a bit later. Once i get my brain working lol

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@VictoryFirst here’s a name example

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:)

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Elk gonna dial us in with the relief once i get the boxes done. So it’ll look all kick ass the way the rest of the map does :grin:

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@barnee

That looks pretty awesome to me! If I understand it correctly, we will put the names of the armies into these boxes? Is there a file I need to edit in order to do the names?

Can’t wait for the relief tiles - they make the game really come to life in my opinion!

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@victoryfirst yea names are in the misc folder. The coordinates are in the decorations file. I usually pull the coordinates out of the centers file and use that as a starting point. Then tweak as needed

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Finally got another box done. Idky it’s so hard. Works fine and then doesn’t. Have to redo it like 10 fckn times lol

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uggh another one done. This is taking hours. I don’t understand why it isn’t working correctly. I had to redo literally 10 times.

W/e another one done

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We would have 1st Panzer spelled out in the box instead of the icon.

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Got a couple more done

i don’t think we really need overflow . Maybe E Europe and china possibly. can be added as needed.

GIB works fine as is

maybe 113, 92

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I’m gonna give Bessarabia an overflow box. Start with 4. That gives em 10 before they hit UKR. Can boost it if needed. Probably give one to W UKR too.

Think UKR ok cuz it’ll flow over the border. We’ll just have to play it out and adjust as needed.

These boxes will still require some edit. They’ll work good on the attack and if you’re in a static situation. After they attack though, they can’t move again and if the opponent wants to attack, it’d be better to have them in the TTy so they don’t have to edit them because they can’t move em anyway.

Sometimes they’ll have too. Just to check battle calc if nothing else. If you’re trading back and forth, probably just want to leave em on the board.

NCM is probably the best time to move em to the boxes. Idk. Again, will just have to play it out and see what works best. I’m used to edit now. It’s just the more one edits, the more likely a mistake. That’s similar to the ftf board too though :)

Either way, it’s gonna Rock

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I finished crunching the box layout. After latest update, I think it’ll be easier to just add them from scratch. I was considering that anyway, as I haven’t figured out the erase part completely yet.

Admittedly, I haven’t spent anymore time trying either though :) Something I definitely need to learn.

At any rate, this is how it breaks down.
Starting at SZ 122 Vertical Border and moving right.

G
1st Desert = 200
4th Waffen = 200
Army Group South = 600
3rd Waffen = 200
3rd Panzer = 100
Army Group Centre = 600
1st Waffen = 200
1st Panzer = 100
Army Group North = 600
2nd Waffen = 200
2nd Panzer = 100
3100 Total

R
1st Corps = 200
1st Tank = 100
2nd Corps = 200
2nd Tank = 100
3rd Corps = 200
LM 1 = 100
LM 2 = 100
LM 3 = 100
LM 4 = 100
LM 5 = 100
LM 6 = 100
LM 7 = 100
Army Group 1 = 600
Army Group 2 = 600
2700 Total

Timetable
Early 1940 = 300
Late 1940 = 200
Early 1941 = 200
Late 1941 = 400
Early 1942 = 300
Late 1942 =300
Early 1943 = 300
Late 1943 = 300
Early 1944 =300
Late 1944 = 100
Total = 2700

Left of SZ 122 Border
LM 8 = 100
LM 9 = 100
LM 10 = 100
Overflow SZ 113 = 200
Overflow Bessarabia = 300
Overflow W UKR = 300
Total = 1100

UK
UK Desert = 200
UK Tank = 100
Total = 300

USA
USA Desert = 200
1st Tank = 100
2nd Tank = 100
Army Group 1 = 600
Total = 1000

Total Box count = 10,900
Map = 11,110

210 Leftover. I’m thinking will just put those to the left of starting point. Either more LMs or overflow or add to existing. Can just adjust that one area then.

Could also do some sort of decoration. Idk Not a lot of room really.

Oh yea, so I’m gonna go with D-day in Alberta. Hopefully I can figure that out now :)

Anyway, I’m gonna start building them. Thanks again Elk for getting us started :)