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That dispersion has already happened in this map. Take Crowborough as an example, depicted as a high density town, when in fact it was a small village centered on the crossroads and well dispersed single houses in the background. Compare it to your 1938 map on your kneeboard. You must Have WW2 assets. All I've got are Russian ChME3 Diesel trains. Edit: Change mission date to 1944, to get steam trains. ..

I'm running OK with the settings as shown and running on 8 gb. (24 ai planes). I'm not saying I couldn't do with a bit more, but at the moment, I'm OK. ..

I tried it again in stable and it didn't work. In Beta it does work OK. (In the air, easy comm only). I'm going to try the Harrier to see if that's changed, as it use to be OK. (OK). ..

As the man said. Assign a stick button to the \ key. ..

Yes, you're right. It's the NATO version with the extended runway. ..

Crowborough Village. 1939. https://maps.nls.uk/view/101434167 ..

@ dis80786. You can scratch Tilbury Power, as it was post war and replace it with another important target in the London area, such as Ford Motor Works. ..

It has been hinted. Biggin Hill will be on the map. It will neatly fill the area to the North West of the map. ..

Only people like myself who know the area well, will be affected by certain aspects of the terrain, that cause irritation. With regards to the power station, the reactor house isn't modelled, so you probably wouldn't notice if you flew over it. There's a lot of good stuff here, especially the ports and airfields. It's a good map and there are plans to improve it, so relax and enjoy flying over England and France, I know I am. ..

All 4 blades simply dissappear, when they touch the ground. Where do they go? ..

Yes, there are a few missed off overall and there is a link provided for comments on observations, for you to use, if you feel so inclined. ..

The Jewel in the map. Dover Castle and port. The Castle is beautifully made and the port layout is authentic 1940's. The town itself, doesn't have the large block layouts you see in the west. It looks really good and feels right as it winds up the valley. More jewels. The airfields are great. All are different and authentic layout. 3 all grass, one armoured dirt and one concrete in England. 4 concrete in France. Performance wise, the map seems to have bedded in. I increased Page file to 32 from 16, to accomodate about 22 I'm running at. GPU is always at max RAM, 8 gb. RAM at 7.5 gb. Stutter has gone except at start. The East and North, of the English map, I consider is the best interpretation of the WW2 period. ..

I mean, 20 real life bases, in answer to your earlier question (first post).. ..

QUOTE=DD_Fenrir;4375509]For Eastbourne the earliest I can find are a 1947 series: https://maps.nls.uk/view/207357426 https://maps.nls.uk/view/196759823 https://maps.nls.uk/view/196759787 This set of 1" O/S maps 1945/6 are perfect to illustrate SE England in the 40's https://maps.nls.uk/view/74466982. https://maps.nls.uk/view/74466983 https://maps.nls.uk/view/74466972 https://maps.nls.uk/view/74466971 https://maps.nls.uk/view/74466970 ..

I use a steel tube office chair I found in an old mobile site hut. I mounted it on 3" square blocks, found in the shed and secured them with pipe fittings. This gave me the height I require. It is unbearably comfortable. :megalol: ..

That is my intention, so yes, go ahead. ..

WW2 Airfields. https://www.rotary-ribi.org/clubs/page.php?PgID=632446&ClubID=460 ..

There's about 20 on the English side. ..

At the moment we have a Jack of all trades map, which will be usable by jets and WW2 planes alike. But it's not a WW2 map and it needs stuff to make it feel that way. I dont want to see any concessions to the, I want it all brigade, with fast jet runways added. (There's always Manston). We're in EA so there is time to give it some WW flavour. Newhaven for example, was built and owned by the railway and the whole town was devoted to it . It supplied WW1 and WW2 front lines and it needs updating to reflect this. At the moment it has retail parks, (Tesco, B & Q etc) and Denton, built after the War. With regards to France, I am very familiar with all of the ports and the best one is Dunkirk, which looks good. I was glad to see it doesn't include the post war extension to Mardyck, a stretch of water I've travelled many times. I have yet to travel inland, so a French impression would be welcome. Jump back in the Spit and let's have a look at it. ..

The question of the housing is a difficult one. This whole SE England area had little heavy industry in the 40's. It was predominantly horse and cart agriculture, with seaside towns catering for London holidaymakers in boarding houses. The huge housing expansion you see in the map, on the South coast, started from the 50's, so for WW2 accuracy, they simply didn't exist and neither did industrial estates. Removing housing would be for accuracy, rather than performance and a WW2 asset, in most cases would be grass. On the other hand, very few people who buy this map, will actually know that, or maybe even care and a lot of effort has gone into producing it. Difficult one and I doubt that it would be popular, or actually be done. The North of the area has a good feel to it. The airfields are excellent and I am enjoying the overall experience. ..

Notes. Updated Suggestions for wishlist. SE England only. Remove all modern housing estates and Industrial/Retail parks, built in the 1980's, mainly in the west. E.g. Crowborough, which was a small village in the 40's. Remove Sovereign Marina, built in the 90's (essential). Add beach defences Include all 20 airfields. (Era changer is on the cards, so these will probably be selective). Add Martello Towers. Add Piers: Eastbourne, Deal. Newhaven: Breakwater. Add Fort. Remove Ind Estates/retail parks. Add Cliffs westwards. Add jetties in harbour. Seaford Head. Add cliffs and cottages. (German nav point). Add Cathedral Canterbury, Rochester. Add Leeds Castle. Bodiham Castle. Add Woolwich Arsenal. Ford Motor Works, Purfleet Refinery, (London Targets). Add windmills. Add Apple orchards and Hop fields, which dominated the countryside in North Kent. ( before the EU removed them). Dungeness: Remove Nuclear power station and Lydd on Sea. Add RH&D Railway. Hope & Anchor pub. Remove large reservoirs (1970's). Add Belle Tout. Add. Whitstable Harbour. Remove eyesore triangle ind est, 2.8 nm west of Headcorn, among many others. Add Rochester civil airfield. Improve Cliffe explosive factory. Add missing CH and CHL radars. Improve KG V dock. (London City Airport). Add Merchant shipping, Navy shipping, any shipping (rare in DCS)? Replace Russian Diesel loco and rolling stock, with Steam era trains. TBC. ..

People have been clamouring for grass airfields on Caucasus for years. Now that we have grass airfields on Channel, people want concrete. Interesting.... ..

No problem. Accepted. The Scottish library maps are a goldmine. 1947 is OK. More houses were removed than built, in the 40's. The second one contains all the info about my biggest upset, The Yacht monstrocity, North of Langney Point, opened in 1993 and dug out of the ground where the hospital is. It's GOT TO GO. You will also notice, Martello Towers, feature heavily along this coastline. ..

I have just taken a flight, with the Spit, up to Rochester and Chatham dockyard, a place I spent a lot of time at and know well and which is now surrounded by houses. To my delight, the Dockyard is depicted as it was and I could look down and see myself walking round it and out the gate to the pub, back in the day. Moving to Rochester, the quayside with its 2 cranes are inplace, as are the nearby gasholders. Another area that has my stamp on it. This is much more like it. Let's try a landing at Detling with the Spit. It looks good from the air, but why the crosses on the runway. Never mind, we're going in. Oh dear oh dear. That didn't go well and I havn't mapped the brakes yet. The Squadron Leaders car stopped me. Maybe he hasn't noticed. The airfield is very impressive and full of correct RAF period buildings and vehicles. This is how I would expect a WW2 map to lool like. TBC. ..