Navigating and the in-game map compared to community maps

[madcowz]

Hi,

 

new here but I have searched here and in Google but haven't been able to find an answer.

I'm trying to get my head round navigating and have noticed that the in-game map doesn't match community made maps.

 

For example, I'm trying the mission: BOS - Take-off and landing, cross wind and it is using the airfield called Lapino. On the in-game map I see the grid numbers 0303 and 0404 (see screenshot)

 

 

 

But when I look on http://il2missionplanner.com/ grids 0303 and 0404 look completely different.

 

 

Am I doing something daft? 

 

Thanks.

 

[xvii-Dietrich]

Are you looking at the same maps?

 

If you go to http://il2missionplanner.com/ the default map is Stalingrad.

 

Click on the small gear-symbol in the lower right (it is just above the question mark) to open up the options. Then use the drop down menu to select the correct map.

[madcowz]

Are you looking at the same maps?

Good call, but AFAIK, yes I am. The mission is in the BOS list and the other maps look even less like what I see in-game.

[THERION]

Hi

 

these are two different maps - the first one shows the Lapino map, the other one is actually the Stalingrad map.

As far as I know, the Lapino map is a 3rd party map and is not selectable in http://il2missionplanner.com.

 

Cheers

[madcowz]

Hi

 

these are two different maps - the first one shows the Lapino map, the other one is actually the Stalingrad map.

As far as I know, the Lapino map is a 3rd party map and is not selectable in http://il2missionplanner.com.

 

Cheers

Ah that would make sense.

 

So I assume that any number of these standard missions could be using this map and I wouldn't know?

 

I will go back to failing at the campaigns so I can at least use the 3rd party tool on an ipad.

 

Thanks for your reply. I was wondering if I was being stoopit and missing something obvious.

[curiousGamblerr]

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As far as I know, the Lapino map ... is not selectable in http://il2missionplanner.com.

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This is true. I never added Lapino because it was so small. The mission planner has Stalingrad, Moscow, V. Luki and Kuban though.

[-TBC-AeroAce]

Im sure at some point they changed the grid reference system. So u may be looking at an old map.

[curiousGamblerr]

Im sure at some point they changed the grid reference system. So u may be looking at an old map.

 

I thought of that too, but they changed from a 3 to 4 digit grid system, and we see 4 digits in both screenshots. The mission planner is using up to date maps to match the game. I'm pretty sure Lapino map is actually a subset of Stalingrad map, with a it's own grid system, and that's part of the confusion.

[xvii-Dietrich]

This is true. I never added Lapino because it was so small. The mission planner has Stalingrad, Moscow, V. Luki and Kuban though.

 

Is Lapino a real area though?

 

As in... do the towns on the Lapino map exist in real life?  I has always thought that it was simply a made-up test map, a bit like "Inspiration Island" in Rise of Flight. The idea of it was to try out the map technology... back in the days before even the Stalingrad map existed.

[curiousGamblerr]

Is Lapino a real area though?

 

As in... do the towns on the Lapino map exist in real life?  I has always thought that it was simply a made-up test map, a bit like "Inspiration Island" in Rise of Flight. The idea of it was to try out the map technology... back in the days before even the Stalingrad map existed.

 

I honestly have no idea, I've never looked for it on Stalingrad. My impression that it was a subset was based on something I read forever ago- you could be right.

[xvii-Dietrich]

I honestly have no idea, I've never looked for it on Stalingrad. My impression that it was a subset was based on something I read forever ago- you could be right.

 

Actually, you're right about the Stalingrad map.

 

I found it in the central north region. The towns are arbitrary, but the rivers and forest features match exactly.

 

Thanks!