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The problem at Midway is that when a team masters the island, then the map is almost over. Landing become almost impossible. And it gets even more difficult when the ships get far from island in order to take the northern and southern flags.
The only way at this moments to reverse the situation is to take the island back, and to get it back, ships must be driven close to the island so that chalands are more than an easy target for planes.
Conclusion : this map is perfect when ships shoot defguns and tanks and stay close to the island. But it's hell when ships try to take the northern and southern flag.

At philipines, just as Nosferatu said, what makes the map boring is the size : I've never seen Axis take all the flags. Too many roads, places to hide, mountains... So adding jeeps, why not, but I'm not sure it will help for something : I find jeeps appear kinda often. Tanks ? Useless !!! Two tanks are enough and when a team masters the three western flags, there's no need to have tanks.
Giving Axis a carrier ? Too easy for Axis. The challenge is to reach the coast to take a flag, and I think there are enough ways to get one. And the shape of the map makes impossible for allied to react quickly.
I don't think it's possible to mod this map better. If I was asked, I'd personnally answer to remove it of the list, but some people like it (especially when they join Allied and get a plane at the beginning).

Well, I didn't see that article before.
Actually, I had to "set surface map assignement" and then "generate surface map"

Thanks for your advice !

Did you add it on FRA server ? Nice but I can't play before Wednesday

If it's too easy maybe :
-add 2 flaks on the way between Middle and Upper flags, and one close to the middle flag ;
-disable the driving of the carrier, such as defguns can shoot it but can't aim directly the planes at spawn ;
-let players time to get used to it... When Axis will have lost two or three times, they may begin to use the Flaks.

If really (REALLY) it makes the map unplayable, too easy for allied, then maybe delete carrier, and also ONE tank for both sides.

The pilots will have to fly over the THREE flaks to shoot the tanks because the hills are straight.
I can answer "and good tankers and Axis win easily", or "good naders...", or also "good flakers" and everyone can win easily.
I'm just trying to make the map realistic. I'm ready to bet that won't be such easy for allied with planes. It just offers the chance to get an air support. They need to destroy the tanks, what is almost impossible with nades. It just prevent german tanks from camping-repairing along the game. Don't forget that once the tanks are destroyed, allied have to climb the hill and shoot all the german soldiers waiting for them.

However you can also tell me "and some good medics and allies take the first flag easily..."

Yeah, and an Axis with a nade and score 0 to 20 !

Three flaks,
Middle flag : close to the wire fencing, behind the bunker. (Where some axis jump down when middle flag is taken)
Upper flag :
-One behind the right Defgun -right for Allied- (the area between barracks and the house)
-Another at the left -left for Allied- behind the barbwires

Here's a screen capture, I put a yellow point to mark the Flaks.

EDIT : For those who think it would be too easy for allied, I suggest to mind that Axis already has many MG42, a Panzer, and an APC... With Flaks, so many ways to shoot the planes

The rules are the rules. I agree. But I think that everybody can be frustrated by something and do something bad. I think a simple kick can refresh the mind. Then, a ban is ok. But an immediate ban is too much.

Precisely because I was banned although I should have been only warned or kicked.
Here the problem with the plane was a bigger priority to my mind and I thought I was banned because admins believed I was hacking or sth.

Ok I've been a bit nervous, because I was killed 20 times trying to get the middle flag back, without air support, and when I finally got a plane this one didn't work. How frustrating.

Thank you, tuia.
Joker, if you read this : I don't think it was a death bubble because this bug appeared first by stopping my plane in its course off the ground. I explain : my plane runned on the ground of 4/5 meters then stopped as if something blocked it. Then I waited and 4/5 meters ahead it happened again. The bug was the plane, not the ground !!! And when I get out of it other players took it and they had the same trouble...
The reason why I was banned is unexplainable. I know about baseraping I've been playing on these servers for months and months. I know all about the rules and never wander around in enemy's base, except for CTF maps...

I don't understand where it comes from, that's the first time it happends to me. The map was Bocage, Conquest. If you hear about.

Anyway thanks for all, and see you on your servers.

Ok, I'll phone my brothers I know they don't play bf anymore. But what boring to have to reinstall bf with their cd keys.

Yes of course I modified the Midway original file! How could I forget it! Thanks.

Thanks too for the link, but before downloading, do you know people who tried it? There's no name about any game this patch is for... Are you sure it's ok for BF1942 ? (fearing spywares inc)

Thanks for your answers. tuia, I already tried to change the compatibility and I have the admin rights but this didn't solve the problem... I even looked whether it was caused by the Quad Core of my CPU, shutting down three cores in the processus, but it didn't help.

I'd like so much be able to play without interruption :'(