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Simonskall (OUTDATED, check other)

OUTDATED, CHECK OTHER WORKING LISTING:
https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2899813903&searchtext=simonskall


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- 2.5KM by 2.5KM size map.
- Custom Factions (Historical divisions + Some not so historical, like Fallschimjager ).
- Custom forest floor textures.
- Many custom historical buildings (by Gunslinger).
- Satellite heightmap terrain.
- 8 Different Offensive Layers with different layouts and times of day.
- 1 Invasion layer.
- 3 Skirmish Seeding layers
- 6 Weather conditions.
- Custom 3d models of small props at the main bases.
- Custom foliage assets
- Custom highly optimized grass from UE4 marketplace which adds around 20 FPS (give or take) all while looking better map-wide than the vanilla grass textures/mesh.






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Simonskall is a town located in the Eifel region of Germany. It was part of the Hurtgen Forest Campaign in November 1944. The Hurtgen forest was famous for being difficult to traverse for armored forces. That remains true in this map.

The Hurtgen Forest occupies a rugged area between the Rur River and Aachen. In the autumn and early winter of 1944, the weather was cold, wet, and cloudy, and often prevented air support. Apart from the poor weather, the dense forest and rough terrain also prevented proper use of Allied air superiority, which had great difficulties in spotting any targets. The dense conifer forest is broken by few roads, tracks, and firebreaks; vehicular movement is restricted. Conditions on the ground became a muddy morass, further impeding vehicular traffic, especially heavy vehicles such as tanks.

The German defenders had prepared the area with improvised blockhouses, minefields, barbed wire, and booby-traps, hidden by the mud and snow. There were also numerous concrete bunkers in the area, mostly belonging to the deep defenses of the Siegfried Line, which were also centers of resistance. The dense forest allowed infiltration and flanking attacks, and it was sometimes difficult to establish a front line or to be confident that an area had been cleared of the enemy. The small numbers of routes and clearings in the forest had also allowed German machine gun, mortar, and artillery teams to pre-range their weapons and fire accurately.

The American advantage in numbers (as high as 5:1), armor, mobility, and air support was thus greatly reduced by weather and terrain. In the forest, relatively small numbers of determined and prepared defenders could be highly effective. To exacerbate matters, as the American divisions took casualties, inexperienced replacements had to be fed directly into combat.


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This map took a very long time to make, The terrain is very accurate since it's a direct imported heightmap. If you look at this area on Google Earth and compare it to the minimap shown in the gallery above, you'll be pleased to see how close it is to the real actual area. The tree lines were a bit different back then though and I used historical references to judge where they probably were.


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Tip me below if you want!:
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IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT TESTING: To play this map in singleplayer you MUST go into Training, and type "AdminChangeMap Simonskall_Offensive_01" in console. All the other layers listed are weather conditions that I've created for future map variants.


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AdminChangeMap Simonskall_Offensive_01 - Cloudy, US Attack, Different objective order.
AdminChangeMap Simonskall_Offensive_02 - Sunny, US Attack Different objective order.
AdminChangeMap Simonskall_Offensive_03 - Rain, US Attack, Different objective order.
AdminChangeMap Simonskall_Offensive_04 - Night, GER Attack, Different objective order.
AdminChangeMap Simonskall_Offensive_05 - Afternoon, GER Attack, Different objective order.
AdminChangeMap Simonskall_Offensive_06 - Night, US Attack, Different objective order.
AdminChangeMap Simonskall_Offensive_07 - Sunrise, US Attack, Different objective order.
AdminChangeMap Simonskall_Offensive_SK - Afternoon, US Attack, Completely different objectives, Sitzkrieg German Server Layer Collaboration
AdminChangeMap Simonskall_Invasion_01 - Cloudy, US Attack, Different objectives.
AdminChangeMap Simonskall_Skirmish_01 - Cloudy, Seeding CQB Town Layer, Different objectives.
AdminChangeMap Simonskall_Skirmish_02 - Sunny, Seeding CQB Town Layer, Different objectives.
AdminChangeMap Simonskall_Skirmish_03 - Sunrise, Seeding CQB Town Layer, Different objectives.
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Layer Index Gallery (For admins and players):
https://imgur.com/a/MUoBvsy


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Tyler E. - Author / Level Design / Historical Research / Heightmap Import

Gunslinger - 3D Models /UE4 Troubleshooting / Historical Research

OSS SARGE - Minimap Graphics / Promo Material / Testing / Special Thanks

Special Thanks - 1st RB & OSS Units for their testing and contributions.
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