this is a sequel to the Gizmotron user-mod for Axis and Allies. featuring new types of weather & terrain. new, larger territory maps in skirmish mode. new experience ranks and bonuses (regiments improve up to 2000 exp points). 100+ special ops, new water-based units like cruisers and submarines (with torpedo attacks). nations included are Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Brazil, Canada, Communist China, Croatia, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, India (Allied), Indian National Army (Axis), Iran, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Mongolia, Nationalist China, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovak Republic (Axis), South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, the United States, Yugsolavia, and the Yugoslav Partisans more nations and territories available for WW2 mode, see images for details.
I created a "new" lingering smoke building. I've always enjoyed adding smoke to battle-torn cityscapes. now that I've started working on a Bandung Sea of Fire for a Dutch vs Indonesian Revolutionary Army scenario... I wanted to create that atmosphere of flames and chaos.
I tried using triggers and existing visual effects, but this consumed so much memory that it would lead to the game crashing. then I realized that all I really needed to do was change the models for two of the default destroyed buildings and I could get the same result with far less memory usage and triggers.
I was working on some new maps for the Burma campaign and wanted to try and recreate a dangerous, but effective bomber attack that was used by Japanese aviators in WW2. I just used some of the stock V1 explosion animation and combined it with the new lingering smoke buildings.
the only downside to this is that I can't change terrain textures once the game is loaded.
so, on the far left-hand side you can see some new scorched earth crops with the new visual effect.
I plan to use this technique for two missions:
Scorched Earth and the Encirclement of Kiev
[which takes place east of Kiev, and does not include that city. it's a pre-requisite for moving on to the Kiev mission]
the Bandung Sea of Fire.
[I realized that I could recycle the Japanese armored attack mission from 1942 for the new 1946 scenario]