August 2000
Flat pacific ocean and " Alps-like relief " utilities

These utilities have a double purpose

 *  to eliminate any relief in the pacific theater (as Stanley99 said : " no more gigantic tsunamis in the Pacific ")
FLATTERRAIN.ZIP
Drop the EAW16.hm file (0 ko)  in your EAW directory

*  to create a Alp-like relief in single missions
ALPSTERRAIN.ZIP
Drop the EAW16.hm file (200 ko)  in your EAW directory

To uninstall, just delete the files. Please, don't not use these files in the already-existing campaigns.


LIMITATIONS CONCERNING THE ALPS-LIKE RELIEF FILE : take care, not all the airfields are useable. Odd things may occur since the airfields themselves may be located in mountains, sometimes with 45 degrees angles. As well, the planes would fly at a sufficient altitude not to crash on mountains (AI is really bad and such altitudes are not usual in EAW). Endly, the existing terrains don't fit very well to such a theater.

My advices to experience this mountain theater in single missions are the following :
1) Load one of the nice CFS terrains (the winter one is fine) but the others are usable (congratulations to the authors : all are really great).
2) Load frontline #18 using Mane_Raptor frontlinemover v2.5 or further version
3) Run EAW
4) set the ground objet detail to low in the graphics setting section
5) set the cruise altitude parameters to high in the single mission menu
6) set the date of mission to 1945
7) if you want to play the axis in sweeps, choose Nurenberg as base and Fulda as target
8) if you want to play the axis in interceptions, choose Nurenberg as base and Zwickau as target
9) if you want to play the allied in sweeps, choose Giebelstadt as base and Koenigsburg as target
10) if you want to play the allied in interceptions, choose Giebelstadt as base and Cassel as target
These bases are suitable because they are not located in the mountains but at their vicinity. Of course, many other possibilities exist. 
Just try and have fun.
Again, take care, I can't guarantee that wierd things will not occur during missions through mountains. Thus, any of your comments is welcome.

Any comments and references to 
Dominique.Legrand@univ-lille1.fr
