Profile of Gbpirate

IMO auto-reinforce and other changes are pushing the game to emphasize combat and staying in the field even more. Auto reinforce on means that units you forget about at your base are ready to go once you realize that they're there!

Autovault makes pathfinding easier and you have more direct routes to cap points.

+16 points cap too slow IMO but it comes down to VPs.

I think every faction gets access to trucks or Half tracks that auto reinforce, incentivizing players to keep a forward position. The faster VP tick rate makes you want to stay on the field for longer, especially for those players who are able to successfully micro their forward army.

Follow along to some cozy jazz and classical music as I make my map, Black Forest Aftermath!

I'm excited for y'all to play this soon!

For additional updates and screenshots join the CoH2 Worldbuilder Discord! Lots of other great maps to try and veterans to ask if you have questions.

I forgot to post this here!

Hey mate, nice work! There are some questions I have and some advice, too.

Are you looking to make this a competitive map? If so, A_E created some good guidelines for high tier competitive maps. Of course, you can disregard the "no rural maps" bit as that was specific for the competition, but these are some guidelines to take from other maps.

With that in mind, be sure to adjust your munition points to territory_munition_mp (or something like that). The suffix "mp" denotes the territory points with the proper values that are for multiplayer competitive play.

The rest of my advice is to take inspiration from other maps and utilize the stamp tool. I found this very useful for objects that I found in other maps that I just couldn't find in any of the directories. The forums here are a treasure trove of resources, too. From tip of the week posts to the steps for creating your own coh2-style minimap. MonolithicBacon's and 0nkelSam's WB guides on YouTube were very helpful for me.

Finally, if you want to have a preview image in the Steam Workshop, be sure to revert to the 32-bit version of the game and publish or update your map then. For some reason, the 64-bit version has this bug that prevents a preview image from being shown.

It will take some time, but if you're planning on sticking to CoH2 for a while or just want to prepare yourself for the CoH3 World Builder, it's very rewarding to invest time learning coh2's WB! My very first map was this muddly mess but my second attempt turned out pretty good!