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[DaveOD06]

Hi All,

Here is the beta version of my first map, Western Carolines. In case you don't know where this area is, it is between Guam and the Palaus:




The map area:


A view of Yap Town burning:


The airstrip on Falalop in Ulithi Atoll:



Download Link:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4435031/Western%20Carolines%20v1.0.rar

UPDATE v0.2: I realized I uploaded a version of the maps with some objects I forgot to delete. NEW version is v0.2. The links have been updated.

UPDATE v0.3:The reef depths have been changed because when water=4, they looked like sand. NEW version is v0.3. Also, I combined everything into one rar file. For installation, read the readme if you are not familiar with how to install maps.


UPDATE v0.4: Added some seaplane bases in Ulithi Lagoon that completely forgot add.

UPDATE v0.5: Some minor updates to the airfield on Yap.

UPDATE v0.6: Some minor updates to the reefs on Yap.

UPDATE v1.0: New textures and file structure/setup has been changed.

[walter_solito]

Great map location mate!

I hope to install it asap!

Thanks for share!

All the best!

walter

[SAS~Malone]

nice one.! 
Dave, should i move this thread to Mapworx section for you, mate?
and should it be for 4.09, 4.10 or both?

[DaveOD06]

nice one.! 
Dave, should i move this thread to Mapworx section for you, mate?
and should it be for 4.09, 4.10 or both?

Malone, please move it to 4.10. The objects i used for the map were from 4.09 and from Boomer's object mod pack for 4.10, so I assume this map is only compatible with 4.10. I did not test it in 4.09.

Also, if anyone wants some historical photos from the area, here they are:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4435031/Western%20Carolines%20Photos.rar

[Kopfdorfer]

Dave...Dave...what are you doing Dave?
Is that Ulithi Dave??
Is Yap town burning Dave?



Nice looking map, Dave.


Hal  er Kopfdorfer

[Pursuivant]

Interesting map choice, since it was the major forward U.S. naval base during the last year of the Pacific war. Good for "what if" scenarios, as well as historical nightfighter and CAP flights to by the USN to protect the anchorage against recce and harassment bombers.

Sadly for campaign builders, the Japanese evacuated Ulithi before the Americans invaded and the only major Japanese attack against Ulithi was Operation Tan No. 2. It was a colossal failure:

  http://www.combinedfleet.com/Tan%20No.%202.htm

An interesting hypothetical mission would be if Operation Tan had succeeded. Substitute G4M Betties for the P1Y Frances, put some F6F-N nightfighters in the air and you've got a hectic night fighter/night bomber mission!

[DaveOD06]

Interesting map choice, since it was the major forward U.S. naval base during the last year of the Pacific war. Good for "what if" scenarios, as well as historical nightfighter and CAP flights to by the USN to protect the anchorage against recce and harassment bombers.

Sadly for campaign builders, the Japanese evacuated Ulithi before the Americans invaded and the only major Japanese attack against Ulithi was Operation Tan No. 2. It was a colossal failure:

  http://www.combinedfleet.com/Tan%20No.%202.htm

An interesting hypothetical mission would be if Operation Tan had succeeded. Substitute G4M Betties for the P1Y Frances, put some F6F-N nightfighters in the air and you've got a hectic night fighter/night bomber mission!

Yes, I realized that before I made the map. Since it was my first time, I wanted to keep the area and islands fairly small. USAF did bomb Yap and Woleai quite a bit, but the B-24s that did it were based very far away outside my map area. The USN carrier task forces did also hit Yap and Woleai too during the summer of 1944. This map had special meaning to me too because my grandpa's ship USS Rall DE-304 was credited with sinking a midget sub in the lagoon immediately after USS Mississinewa AO-59 was hit on Nov. 20 1944. My grandpa was the Exec at the time of the sinking.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5626136785467928695&q=mississinewa&ei=QGhoSO-iKoH2qAOwnsDrAQ#
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifLig0eQBrM&feature=related
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Rall_%28DE-304%29

[DaveOD06]

UPDATE: I realized I uploaded a version of the maps with some objects I forgot to delete. NEW version is v0.2. The links have been updated.

[duffys tavern]

Very nice map indeed and quite a pleasant suprise. Thank you very much. One interesting thing: I can save missions on the "late 44" map but not the "mid 44". Go figure. Anyone else have this problem?

[duffys tavern]

Seems to work fine in both 4.09 & 4.10.

[DaveOD06]

Very nice map indeed and quite a pleasant suprise. Thank you very much. One interesting thing: I can save missions on the "late 44" map but not the "mid 44". Go figure. Anyone else have this problem?

What version of the game are you running? I have only tested both maps on 4.10. I had the 4.10 object pack from Boomer installed when I made the map.

4.10 Object pack:
http://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,12257.0.html

[duffys tavern]

4.09, 2.3b
4.10, 2.5b