NEW!! Map Trick!!!
Recievied another email from FabioCape; who sent in two tips below, about 'hidden'
maps in FA. It appears that you can REMOVE permanent map objects when building
a mission. It works like this:
1) Build mission normally; adding the items YOU want (airfields, city blocks, etc). Save and exit.
2) Open the M file in your favorite text editor.
3) Look for the map T2 identity line (see below)
textFormat
brief
briefmap
armplane
map egy.T2 <---This line!
layer cloud1.LAY 1
wind 65 7
view 1211 1424353 956806
sides3
4) Add the letter "v" after the map name:
map egyv.T2 <--It should now look like this
Save the M file. Go back into the game, and ALL the usual, permanent objects will be gone!. Note: in testing this, I also noticed that several 'ground textures' were missing as well--like rivers, some mountains and other textures.! But it DOES work! So you can clean out all the unecessary items, and have a clean map to do with as you see fit: call it Maryland, or Norway or whatever you want! "If you name it, people WILL believe..."
Also, be advised that it does NOT work in the Vietnam map in FA...if you try it, you will get a "fatal error" and crash out. I'm still testing the other maps as of 9/1...more to come!
Special thanks to Kaptor for providing this tip from Wrench's site