Operation Needle Drop – California Invasion (Last Stand / Frontlines / Battle Zones)

Germany (or the USSR if you want to) has begun its invasion of the United States, starting with California.

This map was made specifically for my group of friends and myself but I think its good enough to release publicly. The layout is a recreation of a real life California town I used to reside in with my own deviation for it to fit the game. I created 4 map versions of Last Stand for Multiplayer. A beefy PC is recommended for this map when playing with high unit numbers.

Frontlines will lag with 4v4 but the option is there for bigger parties. The map works well with 3v3.

•7 Maps included:
– livermore operation needle drop db (for the editor)
– 6v6_operation_needle_drop_db (last stand / battle zones)
– 6v6_operation_needle_drop_night_db (last stand / battle zones)
– 6v6_livermore_beach_holdout_db (last stand)
– 6v6_livermore_ranch_db (last stand)
– 4v4_operation_needle_drop_fl_db (frontlines)
– 4v4_livermore_liberation_fl_db (frontlines)

• Map utilizes assets from the Talvisota, Liberation, and Finest Hour DLCs. If you’re playing multiplayer, only the host needs to own it. If you are missing any DLC and try to load it in the editor, your game will crash.

The 4 multiplayer versions are different times of day and have different spawn and objective locations for battle zones and last stand. The map flow will play differently.

There are 2 frontline versions; one with the attackers invading from the beach, and the other is the attackers launching a counter assault towards the beach.

Making a map set in the United States was very challenging with the game’s vanilla assets but I did my best with what I have available.