The Competition & Teaser Thread

[Strela]

A little question, i see a depot in the first screen (tutorial scenario) and this made me ask how they work in PzB... they are like the depots you have in PzC to prevent isolated status starting a supply chain or like the explicit depots that you can take and use in your benefit??? or you can destroy them when you take the hex??? if you cant use for you enemy cant use it, in PzC you need leave an unit over the hex to cut off supply. Oooo and the icon in the top is a victory point??? i refer the german cross in the depot hex, or is part of depot graphic???.

And a little observation, mines are very hard to see in swamp terrain... and well, i think i dont ask this but there are diferent levels of minefield density??? like in PzC.

Oooo a little moder question, there is a symbols file like in PzC??? i plan paint the trench/IP and Bunker/Pillbox borders similar to PzC hehehe (IP could be dark yellow, trenches dark green, bunker dark grey or black and pillbox blue).

There is a Symbols file just like PzC. All can be changed and adjusted as the user wants. You want to repaint your trenches go for it. You can even copy in the counter look from PzC if you want but I personally prefered the integrated look.

I mentioned this earlier but the reason there is a coloured hexagon around the fortification is to allow it to be seen when there are a stack of units in the hex.

The supply sources work just like in PzC in that they determine isolation and supply of ammunition for artillery. Being a supply source it can be blocked by the enemy, but the enemy can't capture supply so to speak.

Below are some examples of a few of the items in the Symbols file.

The top line was shown on the first page of the thread, but these are the various fortifications.

The second line is the obstacle type items. Minefields do go from levels 1 to 3. They are subtly painted deliberately - we didn't want garish spots all over the map where they were used. Though the game has friendly minefields, there are no friendly minefields if you walk into them! Players need to stay aware of the known friendly & enemy minefields are just like their real world compatriots did.

The third line shows a German and then a Russian supply source. The national insignia is part of the graphic. The wreck counters are deliberately small. Much bigger and they can dominate the map after a decent battle! This is more an indicator that there are wrecks in the hex. The number is shown on the terrain box in game.

Suspected positions is interesting. The scenarios use this quite a bit to indicate where the frontline is believed to be. Once a battle gets started units usually pull back from contact at the end of the day. These markers are used where applicable to show where suspected enemy positions/strongpoints are. With persistent concealment you start many of the scenarios with no visible enemy and you need to use your recon assets etc. to find them. The suspected positions are there to give players a 'memory' of where the battle lines were and to stop them blundering into the enemy. It also allows you to know roughly where to call in area fire from your artillery or bombing from your level bombers.

The last line is the Air Mission Request indicator. Unfortunately we only have one graphic and the iconic Stuka was used. You've been warned! Don't complain to me that its not an IL-2 or Pe-2 etc.!!! If you saw the original you'd be happy with this one...!





David