#EDIT: hold on i checked the main tags instead of the creators tag...

[a-moth-called-mof]

I might check out Faces in the Sky by monkablue...

[fill-me-with-your-memes-daddy]

Watching the Rise of the Titans movie and I'll be documenting all of my thoughts/reactions here. [Spoiler Warning]

So instead of reblogging every new update, I'm just going to have this post up on my phone as I watch and type my reactions in a bullet list format.

Nari's human disguise is so cute. As someone who does have a cottagecore aesthetic, I want to cosplay her so bad

Are Skrael and/or Belroc non-binary coded? Regardless, I'm also obsessed and I want to fuck Skrael and be Belroc.

STEVE CARING ABOUT JIM BEING HURT YESSSS!!! My god his redemption has probably been one of the greatest there is because he doesn't just suddenly go from being a bully to a completely good person. You can see the gradual shift in learning better throughout the shows which is awesome.

IN NEW YOOOOOOORRRRRRRK!!!!!! CONCRETE JUNGLE WHERE DREAMS ARE MADE OFFFFFFFFFFFFF!!!!!

The mugshot montage reminded me of season 1 of trollhunters when toby and Jim were arrested at the museum.

STRICKLER PUT A RING ON IT??? HE'S THE ONLY DILF IVE EVER ACTUALLY AGREED WAS HOT WYM I CAN'T HAVE HIM??? well I'm still really happy about his arc over the series probably one of my favorite character growths.

Eli my guy got his growth spurt!!! As an 18 year old who is still 5'0", I'm happy but envious for him

So I went into this movie without watching any trailers or promo, but I doubt anything could have prepared me for the existence of mpreg. In fact, I wasn't going to document my reactions until I saw that.

NAMURA!!!!!!!!! MY BELOVED!!!!!! I CAN STILL THIRST FOR YOU WITHOUT GUILT

The coach teacher just called the kids zoomers so I have to dock one point from my final rating just because of that. Unforgivable

Those husky animation models suck lmao

Oh fuck the titans got power ranger zords!!

God why did they include the mpreg??? This movie would have been perfect without it.... After that plot point being revisited only one time I'm already beyond done with it

Like it's bringing me back to the v*ltron days where they're was a suspiciously high amount of klance omegaverse and mpreg fics and art created and it physically hurts because Steve and Keith's voice actor is the same person meaning this is especially cursed to me since I was unfortunately in the v*ltron fandom and remember all of that

But like on another note, how old are these characters again??? I haven't checked any wikis because of spoilers but is Steve an adult??? I know aja might be technically a lot older than 18 because alien but is whatever age she is equivalent to an adult as far as emotionally and physically in Akaridion development??? IS THIS A TEEN (M)PREGNANCY IN A KIDS SHOW????

Like bruh I saw a singular post on here before going into the movie that was like "rott spoilers without context" and there was a pregnant belly but I was absolutely not expecting the actual context of it. I'll find the post after I finish and edit this post to tag the creator right here: @makoden

This entire post is just gonna be me ranting about mpreg huh

Anyway I love the whole roundtable allusion to the legends of king arthur (not the toa version but the one he's based off)

THERE'S 3 TO 5 BABIES????? I need to take a break bruh this is just too much

Alright I've taken a 30 minute break got some food and did some things i love (decompressed by tactile stimming with some owl plushies and watched some videos on my favorite owl, Garu. He lives in Japan with his owner and is a domesticated eagle owl who basically just acts like a sky cat. If anyone else needs some eye bleach, here is their YouTube channel)

Blinky and ARRRGHHH!!! saying their "if one of us doesn't make it" talk my god one of them is going to die I can see it and I will be utterly crushed. Jim can't lose another father figure and Toby can't lose his wingman again I will riot if this happens

On a similar but unrelated to the movie note, can we just talk about how toa started with Jim having 0 dads and (if strickler and blinky live to the end) will end with 2 dads? Like I just really feel happy for him that he has two dads who actually figured out how to put the past behind them to not have any infighting between them so that both of them are healthy father figures. Jim has already been through literal hell and back losing his actual humanity in the process so if he loses one of them, I'm going to be really pissed because at this point, this is just Jim torture porn. Y'all know how as SpongeBob SquarePants went on, the show just became Squidward torture porn? It's starting to feel that way for toa and I really hope they cut the shit by the ending

Jlaire is such a good ship but like I feel like it's too perfect they never disagree with each other

YESSSSSSS Someone finally doesn't treat toby like a fat waste of space who messes stuff up!!! I think out of all the characters that would have been most deserving of a rewrite, it's Toby. Sometimes I just feel he's only comic relief and any heartfelt moments he's had in the series was also born of stupidity (ie his flour baby project being unharmed was seen by him as divine intervention from his parents but was actually just Eli and Steve behind the scenes).

Ohhhhh yesssssss Archie's father!!! I was hoping I'd see him again because we got so little of him last

Ooooooooooh Asian trollmarket!!!!!

Oh never mind slavery trollmarket

Bruh titanic camelot

I feel like we're not seeing enough of the villains because I completely forgot about the power ranger zord things

NAMORA NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MY LAST CRUSHHHH

STRICKLER NO NOT YOU TOO PLEASE

WHAT THE FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THE ONLY TWO CHARACTERS I SIMP FOR ON THIS SHOW DIED WITHIN FIVE MINUTES OF EACH OTHER

THAT WHOLE ASS RANT I WROTE IS COMING TRUE FUCK THIS MOVIE THIS SERIES IS JUST JIM TORTURE PORN

WAIT JIM'S SPERM DONOR INFO?

Oh thank God I don't want to know anything about that person

For the record, I call that man Jim's sperm donor because he has no business being called a father to him. All he did was donate some swimmers to the creation of him and give him abandonment issues

Oh another blind troll elder???? This fucker is just if vendel was a bad guy

Bruh I was grieving

PACIFIC RIM WITH GUN ROBOT VEX AND THE BELROCZORD? I've never seen that movie but I know the reference

Bruh Blinky doesn't read horoscopes? Does he realize conspiracy theories are just the manly version of horoscopes?

NO DON'T KILL VEX STOP KO-ING FOUND FAMILY MEMBERS

Oh thank God he's okay

NO NOT ARCHIE AND CHARLEMAGNE OH MY GOD

oh never mind they're just gonna coup de tat I believe in them :))

But I want to see him again

But I'm glad to see vex

Yay they're in arcadia!

But yeah I wondered why the trolls and Merlin didn't keep the whole "daylight doesn't hurt trolls" feature from the eternal night but now Guillermo del Toro I see you were playing the long con in that just to kill my girl Namora :(((

Oooooh I love the animation of the Narizord over Chihuahua!! It looks very good and realistic (if only they could have put some of that into those huskies from before smh)

Bruh the character designs of the arcane order are so good I want to be them

Nari making sure the Skraelzord doesn't crush the bus

DAMN DOUBLE HOMICIDE

Bruh I'm just glad we finally have an answer on why arcadia had everything going on as opposed to literally anywhere else!! I always found that as a weird coincidence for plot convince.

BRUH WERE BACK TO THE MPREG IM SO JEALOUS I FORGOT ABOUT THAT EVEN THOUGH IT WAS BECAUSE I WAS GRIEVING THE LOSS OF MY LOVELIES.

Oh that's real convenient that the ninth configuration meant all of them. Way to not decide which character gets more attention. Though it probably was a smart way to not have any infighting in the fandom between each character's stan group.

Bruh I just realized where is Barbera did they just ditch her on the Camelot ship???

And where are the other trolls that migrated at the end of trollhunters s3? They said something about new jersey but obviously Jim and the other main characters got on Camelot instead.... This feels like a plot hole

And we never learned the process of how changelings are made and bonded to humans and stuff. We just know it's super painful but I'm curious ffs!!!!

THE DONT THINK BECOME HERO SPEECH ALL SAID TOGETHER!!!

BRUH THEY REALLY HAD TO SHOW HIM GIVING BIRTH??????? WAS THAT AN ABSOLUTE MUST??????

Plus the main audience for this series is little children (the rating for the movie is literally TV-Y7) so even though my adult ass is not in the target audience, I STILL DONT UNDERSTAND WHY WOULD MPREG AND ANAL BIRTH WOULD BE AN IMPORTANT THING TO 7 YEAR OLDS???? THIS IS A LITERAL FETISH HIDDEN IN KIDS CONTENT ITS ELSAGATE ALL OVER AGAIN Y'ALL 😭😭😭😭😭

Though it's probably hypocritical of me to think fetishes don't belong in kids tv when I've openly admitted to thirsting for strickler and namora

HUZZAH

NEW AMULET WAZ GOOD????

STAB THAT BITCH JIM

WAIT NO I SAID STAB NOT GET STABBED

Alright good job just missed the directions at first but you fixed it

SEVEN KIDS?????????

T O B Y ????????????

W A I T NO

N O

IS HE ACTUALLY

OH MY GOD THERE'S HOPE

NO THERE ISN'T

F U C K THIS SHIT THEY REALLY JUST HAD HIM TO BE BULLIED THEN KILLED

Y'ALL IM ACTUALLY CRYING THIS NEVER HAPPENS

I NEVER ACTUALLY GET SO EMOTIONAL OVER MEDIA THAT I CRY IT ONLY HAPPENED ONCE AT THE END OF VOLTRON BUT AHHHHHHHH

W A I T

HE'S GONNA BE BROUGHT BACK?????

HOLD UP THEY'RE JUST GONNA BRING ALL THOSE DEAD PEOPLE BACK??????

WAIT IS HE

BLINKY CALLED HIM A SON

HOLD ON IS THIS GOING TO BE A CLIFFHANGER???????????

BRUH THEY REALLY JUST CAN'T END THE SERIES WITHOUT CLIFFHANGERS like there's always an open ending

TROLLHUNTER TOBY????? You know what forget the whole rants I had on how toby was written they just redeemed it all

And that's all! I'd rate it a 6.5/10 because it's definitely the weakest of all the sequels but still had amazing animation and some good plot points. It's just really hard to look over the bad stuff enough to rate it any higher.

[theres-no-paradise]

Too good at Goodbyes

Summary: You volunteer at the BFI Filmfestival in London to gain some experience in the film industry. Which also gave you the opportunity to meet certain actors and maybe a little more evolves around that.

Pairings: Tom Holland x Reader [submit your name: How it works] [Y/N] your Name [Y/F/N) your friends name

Word Count: 2398

Warnings: some swearing

A/N: Yes, I used many tumblr quotes and tried to get inspired by promptsforthestrugglingauthor. I also have no Idea how this fic will develop. I have the main Plot/ beginning and ending written down but I just started to write the actual chapters. I'm pretty anxious about posting so if you like to read more, feedback would be very much appreciated. P.S. I have never worked as a Volunteer at the Filmfest (Always wanted to, though!) so sorry in advance if I  gave wrong expectations! Also I don't know if Tom has attended but just imagine he did. It's Fanfiction. Unfortunately nothing happening on here is real anyway *sobs

EDIT: Ending is quite rushed and I’ll probably rework this in the future. Would be nice if somebody would like to beta read ♥

If you wanna be tagged, send me a msg and I’ll tag you in the future posts :)

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“Please tell her, that when the sun goes down, I think of her. Please tell her, that I will never forget her voice calling my name. And please let her know that she lives  in my heart and that everywhere I go, I always see her face. Just tell her, I'm sorry about everything that happened and I wish I could turn back time to prevent the things that happened.”

It seemed, as his words were on repeat ever since Y/N had heard them for the first time. Listening to the sad, broken voice made her question her decision she made earlier but she couldn't help it. She needed to move on, needed to get her life back together. A new start, maybe somewhere far away from her current place. Current Situation.

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A few months earlier:

„Go, go, go! We need to get this shit ready until 4PM. Y/N, you're being scheduled to serve the Champagne, Jill, you're down to put out the snacks. Alex, I need you at-“ It was a busy autumn afternoon in Central London. Volunteers, Caterer, Managers and Event-planners were running from one place to another, getting all ready for this years BFI Film-festival. Working usually as a concierge for a well known hotel chain, Y/N has decided that it would look good on her CV  to volunteer at the festival. She has always been interested in the Film and TV Industry, trying to get glimpses of interesting film sets and screenplays. Being a Hobby writer herself, she loved to imagine bringing her self written stories into life. Or at least to other people to read them. Wearing neat, black trousers and an ironed white Shirt, Y/N got ready to balance the trays with the Champagne on them. Her hair was tied back into a ponytail, only a few strands contouring her face. Excitement rose in her stomach as she thought how many people would attend the festival. Especially all the directors and Screenwriters, that had most of her interest. 'Okay, you can do that. You can hold the tray and balance it through the masses of people. Everything will end up all fine' repeating the prayer, to herself Y/N tried to remain calm, practicing the balance of the tray. As a Concierge, she didn't have to do these kind of jobs. Y/N was used to smile and check in people at the front desk of the hotel she worked in, instead of bringing food to the visitors as a waitress. Holding drinks and serving them to people has been a completely new situation and she took a few days off from work, just to be able to be here, at the Festival. Time was passing fast and people were still rushing around the halls, placing booklets, snacks and other information on the tables, that stood everywhere. Y/N shot a look to her colleague Jill, making sure she was at her place, taking care of the finger food and snacks, she was serving. Giving each other a thumbs up, Y/N prepared herself to start the main part of the volunteering. Offering drinks to the visitors.

The air outside was crisp but some last rays of sunshine shone through the cloud cover, indicating the sun to set in only a matter of time. The Filmfest was in full swing, producers, directors, actors and all kind of creators and attendees talking to each other, mostly about the films, that were nominated for awards or about to be released. Y/N had planted a smile onto her face, trying to be nice and friendly to every guest she served. To be honest, Y/N wasn't really a people person. Sitting at home, watching some Netflix or write Fanfiction would've been much better right now, but being an adult meant, having responsibilities and this volunteering definitely had some good future opportunities for her, at least she hoped. It started to get late, Y/N collected empty glasses, brought new fresh poured Champagne and offered it to everyone, who didn't seem to have a drink in hand. So many people were at the Festival. Men and women of every age. Y/N was happy, when she bumped into a group of people her age, offering the champagne from the tray she was holding the whole afternoon. “Fancy some Champagne?”, she would've asked, giving a sweet smile to the guests. One of the guys grinned, his blue eyes shimmering in the bright Theater light above them. “Thank you! Really need a drink”, he said, taking two glasses and giving one to the other guy, standing next to him. Smiling, Y/N turned around to look for other guests, not realizing that a pair of brown eyes started following her.

It was break time for Y/N, and she made herself comfortable in a little extra room, that was especially made for the staff. Jill and Alex followed suit, sitting down and eating their food, they got from the Theater. “Who did you guys got to meet?”, Alex suddenly asked, chewing on his Cheeseburger and waiting for the girls to answer. “Oh well”, Jill started, swallowing her food first. “I stood next to Benedict Cumberbatch and oh my … I just love that guy, okay?” she admitted, having a big bite of her burger after the confession. Y/N sat there, smiling at the blonde girls reaction. “And you?”, Alex asked and shot a look at Y/N. “I didn't really got to talk to people”, Y/N said, staring at her phone and checking if Y/F/N messaged her. “I mean, I saw some very well known actors but I was too shy to say something”, Y/N admitted. Alex nodded and took another bite of his burger. While still chewing, he said: “Well, I had a nice chat with Tom Holland and his friend. Didn't think he'd be the down to earth kind of guy”, Alex admitted and shot another look in Y/N's direction. “Anyway, did you notice that he was staring at you, Y/N?” The girl stopped eating for a second and gave Alex a confused look. It was a short silence, before she asked: “Why would he stare at me?” “Maybe he thinks you're cute?”, Jill suddenly added, winking to Y/N's direction. “Bullshit. Just because I have to be friendly to everyone here, doesn't mean I'm cute. You're making that up. Is this a prank or something?”, Y/N asked, throwing annoyed looks at her colleagues. Jill and Alex gave each other a confused stare before the boy spoke: “Why would we do that? No, I really mean it. I think he stared at you, at least it looked like that”, Alex insisted but Y/N shook her head, ignoring the dark haired guy while eating her chips. As if anybody would stare at her.

People usually did that, when she was wearing clothes, that didn't fit together or when she was having a bad day over all, feeling the strangers throwing looks at her. So why would, all of a sudden, a guy, that was somewhat famous, give her stares? Maybe she had something in her face earlier, so that he couldn't look away or maybe her shirt wasn't tucked into her trousers correctly and he was judging her for the it? Y/N checked her outfit and stood up, marching to the restrooms. She didn't want to hear another word from the other two volunteers, so she put her stuff away, to get ready for work afterwards. 'Why would he stare at me? What is wrong?', Y/N asked herself a couple of times while checking her looks in the mirror. The reflection showed a girl, that didn't seem to be happy at all. The corners of her moth were formed to a straight line. Her eyes looked tired and seemed to show little evidence of dark circles around them. Her shoulders where hanging low, and her overall posture indicated, that she was having a tough time. Being an introvert has had definitely it's downs. She liked to go out and be together with people but that also meant, that it would cost her lot's of energy. Y/N couldn't wait to be done working for tonight, go home and just throw herself into bed, replenish all her energy for the next day. Sometimes, she would just stay home for days, not even talking to people because it was more comfortable. But then again, other days she needed Company and then she'd hang out with Y/F/N, her best friend.   Being stuck in her thoughts, Y/N didn't realize that the latest movie just finished, filling up the halls with people. Just when a woman came into the restroom, Y/N realized that she had to get back to the bar, filling up and serving glasses of champagne. She put on her brightest smile, leaving the restroom with all her strength to finish up the last hours of her shift. 

“Thank you!”, the tall, dark haired man said, taking a glass of champagne, turning around to a group of other actors. Y/N's tray was blank again so she decided to grab empty glasses that were spread around the hall on the high tables. She didn't realize, that someone was following and talking to her, until she felt a hand resting on her elbow. A bit too sudden, she turned around to face the guy from earlier.

“Sorry, didn't mean to startle you. Just wanted to check if you have more champagne with you”, the blue eyed guy said. Y/N recognized him and smiled. “Let me return these glasses and I bring a new bunch”, she offered and turned quickly around to grab more of the bubbly drinks. Walking back to where the guy stopped her, she saw him talking to the other guy he was together earlier with. Trying to be confident, Y/N walked over to them quickly with a small smile on her lips. “Gentlemen, your drinks”, she offered and hold the tray between the two of them. “Thanks”, both said, taking the glasses, smiling at Y/N. She was about to turn around and leave, to serve more of the drinks, but the blue eyed got hold of her arm again. “Are you one of the volunteers here”, he asked, taking a sip of his drink. “Uhm, yeah... Yes I actually got the position because of my friend. She's kinda good with her contacts”, Y/N told the guys, smiling shyly. They were both quite good looking and she did not expect anyone to hold a conversation with her that night at all. It was always just that usual small talk, no real conversations happening. “Oh, is she here?”, now the brown eyed guy asked, looking around the filled hall. “Yes, somewhere. She's probably talking to some well known Directors for her Radioshow”, Y/N explained, getting nods of approval. “Sounds pretty interesting, whats her name?”, the taller guy asked. “Y/F/N”, was the simple answer and she felt jealousy built up in her stomach. Of course people would ask about the well known friend instead of getting to know the cheap volunteer. Suddenly Y/N felt bitter, and about to leave but the two boys kept on talking to her. “Must be super exhausting for you, to be available for everyone here, isn’t it?” “Yeah, it is indeed. But on the other hand I can tell that I volunteered and it probably looks good on my CV as well”, she answered. “I bet it does. What's you'r name?”, the blue-eyed asked, emptying his glass. “Y/N, and who are you guys?”

“I'm Harrison and this is Tom. You might know him though, the new Spiderman?”

Y/N blinked a few times before she caught herself staring at Tom. Was he really Tom Holland, the new Spiderman guy? It felt like a light bulb illuminated insight her head and her eyes widened at the sudden realization. “You really are the Spiderman guy! Oh my god I'm so sorry that I didn't recognize you!”, Y/N said a little too hectic. A little laugh sounded from their lips as Y/N felt her face heat up.

'So maybe Alex wasn’t wrong over all?', she thought, feeling guilty about her reaction earlier. “It's refreshing not being recognized immediately. Are you from here?”, Tom asked, and Y/N nodded. But before she could say where abouts, a voice sounded behind her. “Y/N I need you back here. Can you please come over?”, it was Jennifer, Y/N’s supervisor. With a sad smile, Y/N said her goodbye to the guys and left them quickly, seeing what Jennifer wanted.

Being lost in her thoughts, she didn't realize that the blonde, tall women had a grim expression on her face. “Y/N, I understand that having humour is a good thing and talking to our Guests fun, but please, can you take care everyone else too?  We cant lose these guests just because of you being starstruck and fangirling at certain actors here”, the tall blonde women said, giving the girl a stare down. “Sorry Jennifer. I just kind of went with the flow”, Y/N said, earning a look of anger from her boss. “Then just don't go with the flow. I just need you to do your job. Nor more, not less”.

“Alright, Ma'am” Walking back to the hall, Y/N searched for Tom and Harrison but after a few minutes of walking around, she accepted the fact, that the boys were gone. But at least, she had a little fun tonight, which was nice. ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄

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Command Modern Air Naval Operations : Custom Overlays & Campaign Overlays

Out of the box CMANO uses a map set known as SRTM 30 Plus. This is an open repository from the USGS with tiled data from across the globe. It’s great for CMANO on a macro scale, but what if we want to get right in and see individual target points? What if we want to do it on existing campaign scenarios? Luckily it’s not too hard! A caveat, this won’t work for the standalone versions, you need the full version of CMANO with the editor.

There’s a few tools we’re going to need. First off is a program called GMap.NET (which isn’t found at Gmap.NET, but at Codeplex as of October 2017). Baloogan has a version that you can find on the Matrix forums but I found the behavior wonky at times so instead I’m using the newest version of GMaps. Go over and download it here : http://ift.tt/1jcWA7g

Unzip it to a directory and open the main executable.

It’ll open up and you’ll be looking at Lithuania. It’ll also have blue tiles that will state some sort of error. Don’t worry about that. You want to find a gmap type that fits your needs. Oh, click and delete the starting markers. We’ll be adding our own.

Then select your map source. I like to use the BingSatelliteMap. It’s worth noting that the creator of this software got into somewhat of a hulla-ba-loo over rights. Seems the end-user has rights to look at the map but he doesn’t have rights to disperse it like this. So I dunno, but it works. This probably also explains why CMANO uses a large open-source map database.

At this point open up CMANO. Instead of clicking Campaign or Start new scenario, go down and click Load existing scenario.

If you’ve never done this before don’t fret. It’s easy. This is also a good time to throw in a warning about backing up your files. Browse on over, make a backup copy of the original and stuff it somewhere safe. I’m going to open my latest favorite, Hit Hard Hit Fast, from the Six Days War. Select it, and click Load Selected.

This will open up the scenario at the starting moment. It’s important not to run any time or make any major changes. Otherwise when you save it, guess what? You’re saving at that new position. For starters lets load up the El Arish Airbase. Find it in CMANO, zoom right onto it, and press CTL-X. This will copy the latitude and longitude for our area. Now paste that somewhere convenient and stick it into GMap.

And we see an airbase once we zoom in a bit. Yay! Worth noting that this is a modern aerial map so things won’t match exactly from 1967. So your mileage may vary depending on the scenario and age of the airfield. Now lets grab it. Put your mouse in the upper left corner of what you want do drag, hold down ALT, and draw a big blue box. Just grab the essential area and not all of Egypt. You’ll see why…

Now click Get Static over on the right menu.

The zoom level is important for size and detail. make Worldfile tags this with both lat and lon data so CMANO knows where to put it. I usually use zoom 14, it’s a nice middle point. You can’t zoom down to count rivets, but for this sort of thing it works great. Some people use zoom 17, but to give you example at zoom 14 the file is 1.09 megabytes while at zoom 17 it’s 67 megabytes!

Click generate and it’ll grab the tiles, stitch them together and probably drop them onto your desktop. You’ll have one image file and another file that ends with .pngw. We need to drop the N! Change it to .pgw.

Flip over to CMANO and click Custom Overlay right next to Start/Resume.

Once it’s open click Add Layer, browse to your image, and click Open.

This is what you should see. Be aware that a massive image file can take awhile to load into CMANO. This guy is pretty little so it’s OK. Now swap over to Unit Made (V) and check out the layout!

I’ve included a bit of the base image on the left and right. Sure the map of El Arish isn’t as crisp as it could but it loads fast and is enough to get the idea. But now we have a problem. Once you save this it won’t pop up once you load the scenario later. We need to work some more magic.

Go to Editor and click Scenario Attachments.

Don’t click add existing but click on Create new, of type :. Yes, it’s a button, just not differentiated well. Now browse to where the file is and click on it. Save your scenario and now things get a bit wonky. CMANO has associated the file with a GUID (Generic Unit ID) and saved a copy in the CMANO folder. We need the GUID.

Browse to your CMANO folder, find the AttachmentRepo folder and find the most recent folder. Then you need to Right-Click, open the properties and copy the file folder name.

Almost there! Really!

Now we need to add a trigger for when the scenario is loaded. So click Editor and go to the Triggers screen.

Now we need to make a Scenario is Loaded trigger.

Then make an Editor Action of type Lua Script.

This’ll bring up the Edit event action box, no worries, just name it something recognizable, say, ImageLoad, and use the code below. Replace my string of GUID with your own. Be sure that there’s an ‘ on other side.

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ScenEdit_UseAttachment(‘3a2a0ec7-2c6c-4cc3-9464-0d694ea5fb25’)

If we had a dozen overlays we’d just keep stacking them as above all into the same Event Action. Almost done! Now we need to merge our Trigger and Action into an Event.

Pardon the plethora of red arrows, but this repeatable one is important. Check it! That way everytime you load the scenario as a player it’ll load the maps. Otherwise it’ll only happen the first time.

Now click OK and save the scenario. Time to test it out. Click on File -> Start Menu, go to Start New Scenario, and load the scenario you just edited. If you did it right you’ll be able to zoom in and see the map you attached. Pretty cool eh?

Do you really need it? Probably not. It’s really helpful for building scenarios, but I think it adds a ton to the narrative. We spend all of our time staring at a map, I think we should make it look as great as possible. Hats off to Baloogan who laid the basic tutorial.

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Command Modern Air Naval Operations : Custom Overlays & Campaign Overlays

Out of the box CMANO uses a map set known as SRTM 30 Plus. This is an open repository from the USGS with tiled data from across the globe. It’s great for CMANO on a macro scale, but what if we want to get right in and see individual target points? What if we want to do it on existing campaign scenarios? Luckily it’s not too hard! A caveat, this won’t work for the standalone versions, you need the full version of CMANO with the editor.

There’s a few tools we’re going to need. First off is a program called GMap.NET (which isn’t found at Gmap.NET, but at Codeplex as of October 2017). Baloogan has a version that you can find on the Matrix forums but I found the behavior wonky at times so instead I’m using the newest version of GMaps. Go over and download it here : http://ift.tt/1jcWA7g

Unzip it to a directory and open the main executable.

It’ll open up and you’ll be looking at Lithuania. It’ll also have blue tiles that will state some sort of error. Don’t worry about that. You want to find a gmap type that fits your needs. Oh, click and delete the starting markers. We’ll be adding our own.

Then select your map source. I like to use the BingSatelliteMap. It’s worth noting that the creator of this software got into somewhat of a hulla-ba-loo over rights. Seems the end-user has rights to look at the map but he doesn’t have rights to disperse it like this. So I dunno, but it works. This probably also explains why CMANO uses a large open-source map database.

At this point open up CMANO. Instead of clicking Campaign or Start new scenario, go down and click Load existing scenario.

If you’ve never done this before don’t fret. It’s easy. This is also a good time to throw in a warning about backing up your files. Browse on over, make a backup copy of the original and stuff it somewhere safe. I’m going to open my latest favorite, Hit Hard Hit Fast, from the Six Days War. Select it, and click Load Selected.

This will open up the scenario at the starting moment. It’s important not to run any time or make any major changes. Otherwise when you save it, guess what? You’re saving at that new position. For starters lets load up the El Arish Airbase. Find it in CMANO, zoom right onto it, and press CTL-X. This will copy the latitude and longitude for our area. Now paste that somewhere convenient and stick it into GMap.

And we see an airbase once we zoom in a bit. Yay! Worth noting that this is a modern aerial map so things won’t match exactly from 1967. So your mileage may vary depending on the scenario and age of the airfield. Now lets grab it. Put your mouse in the upper left corner of what you want do drag, hold down ALT, and draw a big blue box. Just grab the essential area and not all of Egypt. You’ll see why…

Now click Get Static over on the right menu.

The zoom level is important for size and detail. make Worldfile tags this with both lat and lon data so CMANO knows where to put it. I usually use zoom 14, it’s a nice middle point. You can’t zoom down to count rivets, but for this sort of thing it works great. Some people use zoom 17, but to give you example at zoom 14 the file is 1.09 megabytes while at zoom 17 it’s 67 megabytes!

Click generate and it’ll grab the tiles, stitch them together and probably drop them onto your desktop. You’ll have one image file and another file that ends with .pngw. We need to drop the N! Change it to .pgw.

Flip over to CMANO and click Custom Overlay right next to Start/Resume.

Once it’s open click Add Layer, browse to your image, and click Open.

This is what you should see. Be aware that a massive image file can take awhile to load into CMANO. This guy is pretty little so it’s OK. Now swap over to Unit Made (V) and check out the layout!

I’ve included a bit of the base image on the left and right. Sure the map of El Arish isn’t as crisp as it could but it loads fast and is enough to get the idea. But now we have a problem. Once you save this it won’t pop up once you load the scenario later. We need to work some more magic.

Go to Editor and click Scenario Attachments.

Don’t click add existing but click on Create new, of type :. Yes, it’s a button, just not differentiated well. Now browse to where the file is and click on it. Save your scenario and now things get a bit wonky. CMANO has associated the file with a GUID (Generic Unit ID) and saved a copy in the CMANO folder. We need the GUID.

Browse to your CMANO folder, find the AttachmentRepo folder and find the most recent folder. Then you need to Right-Click, open the properties and copy the file folder name.

Almost there! Really!

Now we need to add a trigger for when the scenario is loaded. So click Editor and go to the Triggers screen.

Now we need to make a Scenario is Loaded trigger.

Then make an Editor Action of type Lua Script.

This’ll bring up the Edit event action box, no worries, just name it something recognizable, say, ImageLoad, and use the code below. Replace my string of GUID with your own. Be sure that there’s an ‘ on other side.

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ScenEdit_UseAttachment(‘3a2a0ec7-2c6c-4cc3-9464-0d694ea5fb25’)

If we had a dozen overlays we’d just keep stacking them as above all into the same Event Action. Almost done! Now we need to merge our Trigger and Action into an Event.

Pardon the plethora of red arrows, but this repeatable one is important. Check it! That way everytime you load the scenario as a player it’ll load the maps. Otherwise it’ll only happen the first time.

Now click OK and save the scenario. Time to test it out. Click on File -> Start Menu, go to Start New Scenario, and load the scenario you just edited. If you did it right you’ll be able to zoom in and see the map you attached. Pretty cool eh?

Do you really need it? Probably not. It’s really helpful for building scenarios, but I think it adds a ton to the narrative. We spend all of our time staring at a map, I think we should make it look as great as possible. Hats off to Baloogan who laid the basic tutorial.

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