Map changes:
The transport infrastructure of Australia has been modified to
make it more realistic. The nonexistent railway circling the continent
is gone, to be replaced by the railways and roads that actually existed
at the time. This affects Darwin and the nearby Northern Australian
bases most of all, as it will now be more difficult to move troops and
supplies to these bases without the use of sea transport.
A number of new bases have been added to Australia and New
Zealand. Some of these, such as Katherine and Kalgoorlie in Australia,
and Gisborne in new Zealand, have been added because these areas are
subject to "attention" by the Japanese, including the possibility of
invasion, so there needs to be a few more bases in these low base
density areas to provide a more realistic simulation.
The bases that have been added are as follows:
- Albany: A good port on the South coast of Western Australia.
- Port Kembla: A location for an amount of resources and
heavy industry, just South of Sydney. The points are taken from the
Sydney totals.
- Geraldton: A port to the North of Perth, in Western
Australia.
- Daly Waters: A potential airfield inland from Darwin,
representing the large number of airfields built in this area during
the war.
- Katherine: Between Daly Waters and Darwin. Also
representing the large number of airfields built here.
- Tennant Creek: A potential airfield between Darwin and
Alice Springs. There is nothing important here but it provides a
stepping stone when moving to/from Darwin and the rest of Australia.
- Kalgoorlie: A potential airfield East of Perth.
- Cloncurry: An airfield that forms part of the air route
between Brisbane and Darwin. This are was also rich in resources, so
some of the Australian resource points are relocated here.
- Charleville: An airfield that forms part of the air route
between Brisbane and Darwin.
- Coen: A potential airfield to the North of Cooktown,
representing airfields that were built in this area during the war.
- Broken Hill: A major resource centre to the West of Sydney.
- Albury: An inland location between Melbourne and Sydney.
Also represents the nearby town of Tocumwal, which was used as a major
airbase during the war.
- Exmouth: A small, isolated port in North Western Australia
used for the basing of submarines during the war.
- Portland Roads: A dot base on the far Northeast coast in a
location that was developed as an airfield and small port.
- Hamilton: A large town and airfield in Central New Zealand.
- Gisborne: A small port on the East coast of the North
island of New Zealand.
- Picton: A small port on the Northern tip of the South
island of New Zealand, opposite Wellington.
Customised Scenario data
changes:
A large number of bases in Autralia have modified resource,
heavy industry, manpower and oil values. The oil centres in Australia
are now Sydney, the centre of Australia's shale oil industry, Perth and
Melbourne. The Perth and Melbourne centres are not oil producing, they
are locations that receive daily oil and fuel. This represents the
shipping of oil to Autralia from the Middle East, and ceases if the
bases are captured by the Japanese.
Auckland in New Zealand produces a small amount of daily
supply, helping NZ to be more self-sufficient (it did not depend on
overseas aid to feed its home defence forces).
Some of the fortification levels of the Australian bases are
also reduced to more realistic levels. In addition, some new Coastal
Defence land units are added, in existing bases that actually had them,
plus in some of the new bases.
Base changes - Australia and New Zealand:
The new port and airfield size/SPS values are applied in
customised
scenarios.
Old Base
Name |
New Base
Name |
Location
|
Original Values |
New Values |
Comments |
Port
size (SPS) |
Airfield
size (SPS) |
Port
size (SPS) |
Airfield
size (SPS) |
| Australia |
| Alice Springs |
|
31,100 |
- |
3(5) |
- |
1(4) |
Forts: 0 |
| Adelaide |
|
26,117 |
|
|
|
|
Manpower: 6
Heavy Industry: 300
Resources: 250
|
| Brisbane |
|
45,119 |
6(9) |
8(9) |
5(5) |
6(9) |
Manpower: 6
Heavy Industry: 100
Resources: 350
Oil: 0 |
| Broome |
|
22,85 |
3(3) |
3(5) |
1(3) |
3(5) |
Forts: 2 |
| Cairns |
|
48,102 |
5(5) |
3(5) |
2(3) |
3(5) |
Forts: 2
Resources: 30 |
| Canberra |
|
35,125 |
- |
5(5) |
- |
4(5) |
Forts: 1
Manpower: 4
Heavy Industry: 0
Resources: 200
|
| Charter Towers |
Charters Towers |
45,105 |
|
|
|
|
Forts: 1 |
| Cooktown |
|
48,100 |
2(3) |
1(3) |
2(3) |
1(1) |
Forts: 2 |
| Darwin |
|
36,84 |
5(3) |
4(5) |
3(3) |
3(5) |
Forts: 2
Resources: 10 |
| Derby |
|
24,85 |
4(2) |
3(5) |
1(2) |
1(4) |
Forts: 2 |
| Devonport |
|
28,129 |
3(3) |
3(5) |
3(3) |
1(4) |
Forts: 1
Manpower: 1 |
| Geelong |
|
29,125 |
|
|
|
|
Forts: 4
Manpower: 4
Heavy Industry: 200
Resources: 100
|
| Hobart |
|
28,132 |
4(3) |
3(3) |
4(3) |
3(4) |
Forts: 1
Manpower: 2
Heavy Industry: 30
Resources: 50
|
| Melbourne |
|
30,125 |
|
|
|
|
Forts: 4
Manpower: 17
Heavy Industry: 750
Resources: 500
Daily Oil: 150 |
| Newcastle |
|
40,124 |
1(1) |
1(4) |
2(2) |
2(4) |
Forts: 2
Manpower: 4
Heavy Industry: 200
Resources: 350
|
| Perth |
|
7,99 |
5(5) |
3(5) |
5(5) |
4(5) |
Forts: 3
Manpower: 7
Heavy Industry: 200
Resources: 400
Daily oil: 150
|
| Rockhampton |
|
47,113 |
4(5) |
4(5) |
3(4) |
3(5) |
Resources: 200
Manpower: 1
Heavy Industry: 30 |
| Sydney |
|
38,125 |
|
|
|
|
Forts: 5
Manpower: 21
Heavy Industry: 600
Resources: 500
Oil: 25 |
| Thursday Island |
|
49,91 |
1(1) |
1(1) |
1(1) |
1(2) |
Forts: 2 |
| Townsville |
|
46,105 |
5(5) |
3(5) |
4(4) |
3(5) |
Manpower: 1
Resources: 100
|
| Whyalla |
|
27,114 |
|
|
|
|
Forts: 1
Manpower: 0
Heavy Industry: 200
Resources: 600
|
| Wyndham |
|
30,85 |
4(2) |
3(5) |
1(2) |
1(4) |
Forts: 2 |
| NEW BASE |
Albany |
8,104 |
|
|
3(5) |
1(5) |
|
| NEW BASE |
Albury |
33,123 |
|
|
- |
1(6) |
|
| NEW BASE |
Broken Hill |
32,116 |
|
|
- |
1(4) |
Resources: 600 |
| NEW BASE |
Charleville |
40,113 |
|
|
- |
1(4) |
|
| NEW BASE |
Cloncurry |
39,101 |
|
|
- |
1(4) |
Resources: 400 |
| NEW BASE |
Coen |
47,96 |
|
|
- |
1(4) |
|
| NEW BASE |
Daly Waters |
35,90 |
|
|
- |
1(5) |
|
| NEW BASE |
Exmouth |
11,86 |
|
|
0(1) |
0(3) |
|
| NEW BASE |
Geraldton |
8,94 |
|
|
1(2) |
1(5) |
Manpower: 1 |
| NEW BASE |
Kalgoorlie |
14,101 |
|
|
- |
1(4) |
|
| NEW BASE |
Katherine |
35,87 |
|
|
- |
1(5) |
Resources: 10 |
| NEW BASE |
Port Kembla |
37,125 |
|
|
3(3) |
3(4) |
Manpower: 1
Heavy Industry: 200
Resources: 200
|
| NEW BASE |
Portland Roads |
49,94 |
|
|
0(1) |
0(4) |
|
| NEW BASE |
Tennant Creek |
34,95 |
|
|
- |
0(4) |
|
| New Zealand |
| Auckland |
|
62,134 |
|
|
|
|
Manpower: 18
Heavy Industry: 50
Resources: 50
|
| Christchurch |
|
56,143 |
6(6) |
4(6) |
3(5) |
3(6) |
|
| Dunedin |
|
53,146 |
4(5) |
3(5) |
2(5) |
3(5) |
|
| Wellington |
|
59,141 |
6(6) |
6(6) |
4(5) |
3(4) |
|
| NEW BASE |
Gisborne |
65,138 |
|
|
1(1) |
1(5) |
|
| NEW BASE |
Hamilton |
62,136 |
|
|
0(0) |
1(6) |
DailySupply: 50 |
| NEW BASE |
Picton |
59,140 |
|
|
1(1) |
1(5) |
|
|