Just another question to you guys:
The Germans have the ability to declare “Unrestricted Submarine Warfare” which means that their subs in sea zones 2, 7, 8 have the ability to raid US and UK convoys. I could mark those sea zones on the map with a semi transparent icon of a sub as a reminder that these 3 sea zones are affected.
What are your thoughts on this?
Update on the map
Besides I have spotted a few minor mistakes and small things I want to revisit on the map. Nothing big, but some text not being as white as it could be, some better centering of territory names and fix some text deformation that happened during stitching of individual scans: For examples the M in Mesopotamia had a small kind of wiggle in it.
Expect an updated map somewhere this week.
@Tjoek Hey Tjoek, I kind of like the sea zones without a submarine icon. It stays true to the other zones of the map without icons. 😊
@Tjoek Since I use my own houserules with more historical USW zones, I dont really need the icons on the map. But I am interested in how they look for sure. Maybe you´ll have one strict oob map and another one with some upgrades… Can´t wait for the next update!!
Just for your info, the sub icon as just tried is a silhouette of the actual sub miniature from the game itself. First I thought about a semi transparent icon in white, but a dark icon looks nice as well :
Not too busy or bold, just a slight reminder of the rule and the sea zones affected. The more I look at them, the more I prefer the dark icon as if there is a sub submerged :-)
Any comments are appreciated!
@Tjoek Actually that looks pretty good, the darker silhouette. 👍
@Tjoek I also like the darker silhouette.
-M_R
@Tjoek definitly the dark one
The map file is released!
One version without and one version with the harbours. I opted to not include the submarine icons on the map by default, but I’ve added the dark transparent silhouette as well as the Mobilization Zone as separate files you can simply overlay yourself.
Enjoy and please share pictures of your map if you happen to print one of this files.
If you have any questions or need support feel free to send me a PM or post it here.
@Tjoek outstanding work!! Many thanks for releasing the map file. I have waited for this to happen since 2013 :-D
It will take some time but I promise to share pictures of the printed map . Again, thank you very much Tjoek!
@Tjoek Awesome! So where do I go to view the finished map and download? Can’t wait to see.
@The-Plastic-Commando Oops, found it. Thanks for the great work Tjoek. I plan to download and get a map printed. I’ll post it and discuss on my YouTube channel soon.
@Chacmool @The-Plastic-Commando
I just noticed the download links where wrong. So please re download the files if you already did so.
Not a big issue, but both links had harbour icons and I cleaned up a very small border defect in Russia. You most likely won’t have noticed it anyways ;-)
@The-Plastic-Commando said in Tjoek's A&A 1914 OOB Map file (Updated February 7th):
Thanks for the great work Tjoek. I plan to download and get a map printed. I’ll post it and discuss on my YouTube channel soon.
Just found your channel and subscribed!
@Tjoek 😊 Thanks!
@Chacmool @The-Plastic-Commando
One more update to the files:
My file went to a local printshop and they expect the map to be ready in slightly more then a week. I will post pictures in comparison with the real board when I’ve received it.
This looks AMAZING!!! Thank you very much @Tjoek
@Tjoek Finally found a print shop that can print me a 48x48 map on scrim vinyl! It’s in final production. Will post after receives. 😊
@Tjoek 
Absolutely beautiful Tjoek! A work of art in my humble opinion. Got it today 48x48 on scrim vinyl. It rolls up nice and despite a few creases in the pic lays flat. The colors are eye popping and that Holland roundel looks awesome! 😉
I will be discussing the map further at some point on my YouTube channel. Sincerely, just an outstanding job.
@The-Plastic-Commando
Thanks for showing the results! This looks amazing.
I’ve had issues getting the colours right on my local printshop so I’m actually reworking on the color correction. Glad it worked out for you. Do you know if your printshop edited the files before printing? If so do you by any chance know what they did? This might help me.
