I love the new map, the sun reflection in the mediterranean is awesome also the terrain detail, it would be cool to make the political borded look like the SU one in all countries. ¿No?
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It is the same thing than in EU4 and CK2 were depending the startdate you choose, the game recommends you some countries ?
Yeah, we'll probably all sorts of have map mods come out once the game is released.
Main advantage I can see with having a 3D map ATM is that I can see at a glance where the mountains are.
Main advantage I can see with having a 3D map ATM is that I can see at a glance where the mountains are.
System reqs were uploaded the the wiki page. Seems like I will have no trouble playing this game even with the improved graphics 
. Thanks Paradox
. Thanks Paradox 
It was even said in the video that the transparency of the fow will be increased. No need to criticize something Paradox is already well aware of.
Looking good. The fog of war needs to be toned down a lot but the devs are already aware of that. I liked that the base icons seems stay on the map even when fully zoomed in (on some of the previous screen shots the bases where a bit hard to make out).
+1 Nothing annoys more than finally having the hardware to play at super-high res, but then finding that the UIs need a microscope to read. EUIV suffers from this.
EDIT: The video makes it clear why day/night transition is such a useful graphical feature - instant feedback about where it's night time, shows you where a midnight-sun is etc.
PS - does the two-tone ocean indicate different water-depths or is it just a graphical feature?
PPS - I'm going to live in a world of foolish optimism and assume that the fact that Germany is called "The German Reich" indicates that dynamic names has been implemented, as well as dynamic flags. Please don't trash my foolish dreams . . .
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So I for one found the video quite informative. And I must say I'm generally quite impressed with the map, kudos. I feel like this time I'm gonna pay much more attention to the current weather effects and the time of the day, which will eventually make the game more immersive for me.
A couple of things I didn't like:
- the sun/moon reflection is really unnecessary and I think it is simply just there to show off what can be done with graphics (and even then it's not impressive at all). Does it add any relevant info to the game? No. Does it look ridiculous? Yes. But I'm glad that it can be modded, so all is good
- Stars as capital symbols. I just don't think they fit in and I'd much rather prefer a simple big dot as in HoI III. I trust this will be moddable.
- The daytime map is a bit too bright for my tastes
- That fog. Hoping for an option to turn it off entirely, but lowering opacity (which is on the to-do list) is a start in the right direction. And last but not least...
- Sprites
A couple of things I didn't like:
- the sun/moon reflection is really unnecessary and I think it is simply just there to show off what can be done with graphics (and even then it's not impressive at all). Does it add any relevant info to the game? No. Does it look ridiculous? Yes. But I'm glad that it can be modded, so all is good
- Stars as capital symbols. I just don't think they fit in and I'd much rather prefer a simple big dot as in HoI III. I trust this will be moddable.
- The daytime map is a bit too bright for my tastes
- That fog. Hoping for an option to turn it off entirely, but lowering opacity (which is on the to-do list) is a start in the right direction. And last but not least...
- Sprites
http://www.twitch.tv/paradoxinteractive/b/590837590
starts at 12:30 something. Someone should update the first post.
The video suffered from the map rotating like crazy, I hope that it will be fixed in the release. It almost gave me an headache.
I noticed Dan Lind saying that Aircraft will be able to operate daylight only or night-time only and the tech tree will allow you to build bombers suited to day operations or night operations -excellent, I like that.
Now we can choose to follow either the American heavy bomber route with a small bomb load that could be placed "accurately" by day from a bomber with a very heavy defensive armament that made daylight operations survivable.
Or we could follow the British route of a heavy bomber with a large bomb load but poor defensive armament that was more suitable for "area bombing" at night.
When designing aircraft the engines and wings will give a capability of lifting a certain weight. The designers then had to decide how much of that weight would be bombs and how much would be guns and gunners. The main thing I want in game is for defensive armament to reduce the "strategic attack" value to reflect this choice.
Now we can choose to follow either the American heavy bomber route with a small bomb load that could be placed "accurately" by day from a bomber with a very heavy defensive armament that made daylight operations survivable.
Or we could follow the British route of a heavy bomber with a large bomb load but poor defensive armament that was more suitable for "area bombing" at night.
When designing aircraft the engines and wings will give a capability of lifting a certain weight. The designers then had to decide how much of that weight would be bombs and how much would be guns and gunners. The main thing I want in game is for defensive armament to reduce the "strategic attack" value to reflect this choice.
The map looks amazing. I might even use the 3D model and counter system that has been displayed over pure counters. Those models look pretty good.
I'm hoping we will get more attention on East Asia in the future. I understand the majority of people only care about the ETO (and Germany in particular), but there is a significant minority that want to know things about the PTO. I see that the Chinese warlord states have disappeared, so I'm curious as to how internal Chinese politics will be handled.
I'm hoping we will get more attention on East Asia in the future. I understand the majority of people only care about the ETO (and Germany in particular), but there is a significant minority that want to know things about the PTO. I see that the Chinese warlord states have disappeared, so I'm curious as to how internal Chinese politics will be handled.
not even a tinfoil hat. Im disappointed
and regarding the pure map (terrain view) we definitely need that as an option! I start drooling just looking at it, can we make it into a poster?
and regarding the pure map (terrain view) we definitely need that as an option! I start drooling just looking at it, can we make it into a poster?
Yeah, that's a hopeful sign that things will be handled differently vis-a-vis China. Manchuria is shown as Japan, which I guess could be said to be more historical than having Manchuria a separate country whose military is independent from Japan's, though I will miss the flavour.
PS - glad to see you bounced-back alright after being crashed into by an A-Wing and then having your super-star-destroyer crash into the Death Star (which then blew up) - that was a doozy!
not even a tinfoil hat. Im disappointed
OK, I'll see what I can do . . .
"Paradox are dumming down and stream-lining this game to appeal to the X-Box crowd. Us real gamers not only played with counters on maps we drew ourselves, but get our friends to occasionally shoot at us just to put us in the mood, and will have nothing to do with this. You just lost yourself a customer Paradox!"
