snake_eye
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@Erwin Scrolling throught the forum after having had a crash on my computer, I just read your comments. However, I can only take credit for "El derjine campaign" the "road to Dinas " being done by Paper Tiger. Think I will play both as soon as I can get some free time from a WIP scenario I have to start all over after its loss in the crash. No save made of it ! Thanks for the campaign comments.
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@Erwin Scrolling throught the forum after having had a crash on my computer, I just read your comments. However, I can only take credit for "El derjine campaign" the "road to Dinas " being done by Paper Tiger. Think I will play both as soon as I can get some free time from a WIP scenario I have to start all over after its loss in the crash. No save made of it !
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9 hours ago, kohlenklau said:
Against the Odds was written by @snake_eye Seems ALSO to be historical. If he tweaked it to be "balanced" to appeal to the balanced scenario cult, then he gets hammered for ahistorical changes. You can't effing win!
Thanks for the given opportunity @kohlenklauYou are right, "Against the Odds" is historical. Not to the smallest details but to the broad scope of that battle which was probably the last one the Axis won near Berlin. The scenario starts after that victory and is centered on the manner the Axis escaped the area to get as far away from the Russians with the hope of reaching the American lines in order to surrender. The scenario depicts a rearguard fight. The goals being to attrit as much the Reds, while allowing as far as possible the units to reach the Exit zones in order to hope reaching the Americans.
I have not played it H2H, but with the historical facts it is a highly challenging possibility.
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On 7/20/2021 at 7:23 PM, Erwin said:
Your designs are always high quality, so looking forward to em. Gotta rush trying to play all the oldies from you and George that I missed.
These two scenarios can be played equally Red or Blue with much pleasure.
Cheer
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11 hours ago, Vacilllator said:
Seems to be @snake_eye if I've tagged the right person. A minor detail - although the loading screen for the scenario does indeed show Patton's Assault Nemesis, it appears in my scenario listing as Patton's Attack Nemesis. No worries.
I don't wish to blow @George MC's trumpet again, but I might as well - his scenarios are amongst the best. The Wittmann ones are great.
You are correct that's one of mine. Time frame East of France, last 1944 months.
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23 hours ago, Mr.X said:
@Snake_Eye:
Oh sorry, I wasn‘t aware of this
But the title „Against all Odds“ was only chosen for the Campaign Pack. So, this title will not appear in the game. The single campaigns are named „Tiger Trail“, „Final Hope“ and „Broken Fortress“.
Regards
Mr.X
Do not worry. "Against all odds" is a well chosen title for your campaign. It will depict perfectly the feeling the German soldiers had at the time specially for those fighting on the Eastern front. Your pictures are pretty good and the landscape makes me eager to discover your campaign when it will come to us. Thumb up !
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@Mr.X Be aware that I have made a scenario named "Against all Odds" for the recent F& R release. The campaign name might confuse the players. Personally I will not be upset, if you do not change your campaign name. It will really be a fight against all odds, as it was for that war end period. BTW : good preview pictures.
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On 5/8/2021 at 5:55 AM, Green Clutch said:
I just pulled out a Tactical Victory as the Americans in the Mitteachsenbach scenario by the skin of my teeth.
This was one of those games that keeps me coming back to Combat Mission. At first it seemed hopeless. Then reinforcements started tricking in. You threw them in to the line hoping they'd hold. Some did, some didn't. The battle was in doubt right up the the very end.
There was one M60 that found a keyhole position in a village the Soviets bypassed and managed to take out 7 T-80s in the flank as they rolled past before getting knocked out!
The biggest threat to the Americans early in this battle is despair as the sheer size of the Soviet assault becomes apparent. I really didn't think I had a chance until about the 50 minute mark.
That tank surely did a lot to slow down the Red wave flowing down toward Morles village. Good show.
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2 hours ago, Aragorn2002 said:
Snake_eye, could you please send me that link too?
Sure, will do it today in message.
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16 minutes ago, snake_eye said:
I Have had them for a long time, but I am afraid that they have been erased following some brush up I have made in my HDDs. Not sure at a 100%. I will have a look in older HDDs tomorrow (time to find them. After having moved out, they are still in some boxes unopened) . Just to refresh my memory, the files were done with CMFI, no ? I admit that I am not so sure !
Got the answer CMBN, that will help my research !
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@37mm You are a lucky dog ! I have found the file among others in a HDD still used.
Here are the pictures of the files found in the folder. I will send you tomorrow a link for obtaining them. Time for me to switch off the lights.
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4 hours ago, 37mm said:
@snake_eye, do you happen to still have those old test file .cam's?
This project has been dead for eight years... but you might still have those amazing maps!
I Have had them for a long time, but I am afraid that they have been erased following some brush up I have made in my HDDs. Not sure at a 100%. I will have a look in older HDDs tomorrow (time to find them. After having moved out, they are still in some boxes unopened) . Just to refresh my memory, the files were done with CMFI, no ? I admit that I am not so sure !
Got the answer CMBN, that will help my research !
Remaining
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On 6/18/2020 at 12:53 AM, mjkerner said:
Sent to Bootie, finally.
Goumiers Mod Readme
Goumiers Mod for CM Rome2Victory.pdf 861.18 kB · 10 downloads
Great mod, would be too bad to miss it . Left down picture from "Mort aux cons" illustrates perfectly what the mod is rendering.
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8 hours ago, Lethaface said:
When available I'll load them into my game for a current PBEM of Mort aux cons. It's a great scenario by @snake_eye !. If I understood correctly it historically features Moroccan troops, although perhaps not Goumiers. Anyway, I've visited Morocco quite a couple of times and looking forward to troops wearing djellaba.
You are correct, It features Morrocan troops. I tried hard to have Goumiers in the game, but that was not possible. Thanks for enjoying the scenario.
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9 hours ago, FoxZz said:
When Shock Force was made in 2007, it was only 4 years after France threaten to veto US intervention in Iraq and later refused to join, and before France increased its effort in Afghanistan in 2008. So I guess we were still in the freedom fries days and the "chease-eating surrender moneky" vibe, not a selling point indeed.
Since then, there was Afghanistan, Lybia, Mali, CAR, Syria and Iraq 2, France increased its military expenditures, so French armed forces and equipments are well regarded again. What is in the pipe at the moment I don't know, I've heard of a Russian VDV and US Marines pack, and if things follow Shock Force path, we should get at some point a NATO DLC where I hope France will be included :).
Good guess for the reasons making at the time, the French a non selling factor. For the Russian airborne troops -VDV and the US Marines pack, You have heard more than I have, not to say nothing. A new NATO if it comes to be done would be a very interesting release, but it should take in account quite a few new comers. That might raise the cost of the game to a high stake and therefore put an end to the idea.
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@FoxZz If your plea could become true, it would be fantastic. However, I do not think that it is in the pipe for the time being. Too bad. I really think that what the French Army and Air Force are demonstrating in Mali and the support they give in Syria should be a very good opportunity for BF to reconsider its actual position. Their reason has surely something to do with the cost of creating all these new vehicles and tracks, but they have done it for NATO, released with Germans and Dutch forces. Why the French forces were omitted at the time ? Maybe they did not consider it would have a sufficient selling factor covering its cost ?
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Really appreciate the screenshots. Any chance for a shot of Indian troops and Moroccan Goumiers ?
Thanks!
As far as I remember it, the Goumiers might not show up despite all the points I provided for having them with the French Corp. They played a major part in the French's battles in particular at Monte Cassino, breaching the defense and opening the way to Rome for the allied forces.
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3 hours ago, sburke said:
Back when I was in my 20s I worked as a bike courier in DC. One of my coworkers decided to join the Legion- no idea why. His family was from Germany. Well he joined and quickly found the glamorous lifestyle was nowhere to be found. He met a member of his family near the border, they gave him his passport. So ended the career of a legionnaire.
Sburke, once you get into the Foreign Legion,being a foreigner, they keep all your papers, like passport, Id cards ………..If you leave before your term you are researched as an AWOL at least or a deserter at the best. You better not be found on a French soil later on.
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On 4/11/2018 at 9:00 AM, Combatintman said:
I beg to differ.
While there were a lot of failures, there were some pretty swept up French operations/actions in Indochina if you get past the Dien Bien Phu and GM-100 stories which dominate popular imagination of that conflict.
Then of course there is the Algerian conflict which the French military is widely recognised to have fought the FLN to brink of collapse.
Elements of the French Army deployed on Musketeer were recognised by the British participants to be far better equipped and far more experienced than many of their British equivalents for that type of operation.
You are nearly all the way right. I was in Algeria at the time of the war, younger to be in the Army but able to see many things. I also had many opportunities to meet Foreign Legion troopers and officers (quite a few German) and other regular officers that had returned from Indochina, either when the troops left or when they were liberated from the Viets POW's camps. Yes, the FLN had been brought to a near collapse. The Army had its share, but also the special Ops that triggered an FLN Blue on Blue internal fight, many thinking that others were traitors, they killed each other leaders. That was an almost untold dirty war. today the French Army is highly regarded for its intervention in Mali and Syria. The Air Force was able to deploy their attack fighters and troops in Mali few years ago within a delay never achieved d by the US. They did recognize it humbly.
LLF do not have the French fighting the US in your scenario, that is not credible ! Close things might happen in a battleground, but Coms are there to prevent Blue on Blue and fratricide errors.
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I fully agree with you FoxZz and Combatintman. The French Army and its equipments are not really well known to many peoples and that is unfortunate. I have tried to raise some interest from BF for including them in Nato. I think today that some lack of interest from quite a few potentials customers could be the main reason for not having convinced Steve. We have to understand that in order to do the French Army a lot of time will be needed. Since time and money are directly related, first in the making of a game and second in its sales, I do understand that as long as the balance tilts on the wrong side, it would be unwise to do the venture. That could cost a lot of money to BF, therefore preventing them or slowing them, to do the follow on of the games being asked by the customers following a well thought time schedule.
That is surely the way it is, till customers for the French Army would be so numerous that it will become a good choice.
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23 minutes ago, ljclives said:
A tad frustrated myself. Purchased CMSF2 Marines bundle. It installed although I did get an error during the installation. Open the icon on my desktop to play and for a split second it appears to open and then nothing. Looked in the folder and the 'Data' file is empty. I installed CMSF2 demo last week and it runs great have been playing it.
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The install will be done on C:\ by default C:\Program files(x86) \ Battlefront \ combat Mission Shock Force 2
Check that it is there and that the Data folder(in which are the Brz files) has been copied in it. If not you must do again the install
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Baraque de Fraiture Scenario
in Combat Mission Final Blitzkrieg
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A bridge, even a small one, needs more explosives than one man can carry. More some time is necessary to plant the charges and rigged them. That was not envisaged, in the scenario, since in CMFB bridges can not be blow up. The message, therefore comes to warn that the bridge is still up and to be prepared to it's use by the attacking forces. That is the way I felt it should be done, making the the scenario. Anyway at the time many units were having just the time to save their life facing a sudden and unexpected strong and wide attack.