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    sawomi reacted to umlaut in Umlaut's Downfall mods   
    Here's the Morris C9B SPAA. A slightly reworked version of my mod for CMFI.


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    sawomi reacted to umlaut in Umlaut's Downfall mods   
    While we wait the modding master to perhaps arise once again, I couldn't help myself.

    So here's the first of a few mods of weathered vehicles for the Downfall module. Don't know how many I am going to make, but it certainly won't be all the new Downfall units.
    Here's a Dropbox link for the Pershing - but it will only be temporary until the files have become available on https://www.thefewgoodmen.com/cm-mod-warehouse/



     
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    sawomi reacted to Paper Tiger in Dinas Rework in progress   
    I'll post my progress on this campaign in this thread from now on. For those who don't know anything about this campaign, it was my second Red v Red campaign made for CMSF way, way back in the days of the release of the USMC module and its setting is a Syrian civil war scenario where some Syrian generals attempt a coup. The premise is that the coup is launched with thunderclap surprise and so rebel forces are put into action as soon as they mobilise. While a good number of divisions will 'wait and see', the regime has a number of divisions that are 100% loyal so the rebels are on the clock as the more time they take to accomplish missions, the more time the regime has to assemble its own forces to oppose them.
    This means that time limits will be reasonably strict to reflect that pressure and so casualties are to be expected to accomplish your goals. However, the campaign gives you quite a large core force of which one company and support (usually tanks) is drawn to perform the mission.
    One point is that some of these maps are very large and so it would seem like it's a bit of a stretch just to have a single company when a battalion would be better. For example,

    A single company? To take THAT?! Are you HIGH?" And this...


    In both these situations, the friendly forces arrive in small packages and so the action unfolds over time. My plan is not to change the nature of the campaign too much and keep the player's forces small and have lots of artillery support as well as as many 'cool' toys as I can find in the Syrian OB to play around with.
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    sawomi reacted to Mr.X in First fanmade CampaignPack "Summer of Destruction" is released (no charge)   
    Exactly one year after the first announcement, the project is now finished. In order to avoid
    misunderstandings on the part of the company Battlefront.com, I chose the name CampaignPack 😎.
    The pack (as described in former threads) consists of 5 campaigns in which the player is thrown
    into the events of the summer of 1944 in the sector of the German Army Group Center.
    In total you will play minium 52 single missions, maximum 55 single missions (depending on one
    branch). To avoid technical problems, I didn't add any mods to the campaigns. But I can, for example,
    highly recommend the excellent work of @JM Stuff, especially his extraordinary mod collection of vehicles
    and wrecks 👍
    I recently visited the forum regularly to stay in touch with people who wanted to register. However, I have
    asked the people at Battlefront.com several times to delete my profile.  This request has not yet been
    granted to me, so as a quasi "undead" I will always stop by - but I will no longer take part in any discussions
    or answer any questions in the forum. To get in touch with me, please write to me at:
    E-Mail: f-s-zbg@web.de.😎
    Of course, I can still send the campaign pack to anyone interested.
     
    So all I can say is:
    It was a great pleasure for me to finish this project and share it with many people.
    I hope you have as much fun playing as I did creating it 🙏
     
    Best regards
    Mr.X 
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    sawomi reacted to Simcoe in Is CMBS dead?   
    It's because Ukraine is losing and the war may be over before the end of 2024. It won't look good releasing a game about the war in Ukraine after they surrender or give up a large chunk of their territory.
    I'm not pro Russia just calling it like I see it. Bring on the hate mail.
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    sawomi reacted to Zeleban in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    I recently presented a completely realistic scenario for Ukraine’s return to Russia’s orbit. Putin understands Ukraine much better than Western politicians and knows its weak points very well
    This is their 2022 statement. Today it's the other way around. Russia is demonstrating effectiveness at least at the strategic and operational-ta
     
    ctical level. They have clearly learned how to effectively use air support and are now outmaneuvering the Ukrainian generals. And yes, the West is really afraid of Russia (and after the defeat of Ukraine, this fear will intensify many times over) . At least Ukrainians have not laughed at “stupid Russians” for a long time.
     
    The same as in the answer I mentioned above about the “Russian orbit”
    This is happening literally before our eyes. Ukraine is becoming more and more toxic, even in the eyes of our closest neighbors such as Poland and Slovakia. I think there is no need to remind you about the blockade of the borders with Ukraine by these countries. This is also evidenced by the choice of the citizens of Slovakia of a clearly pro-Russian president
    Russia did not demonstrate weaknesses in NATO, it demonstrated the lack of a clear NATO strategy in response to the growing threat from the east. And of course, the lack of unity among NATO member countries. Hungary, Slovakia, Türkiye
    Well, let's not forget about the upcoming US elections and the most obvious presidential candidates in these elections. A significant portion of the US population also demonstrates that they do not believe in NATO
    This problem is closely related to my previous answer
    Russia is actively doing this right now, trading Ukrainian grain, as well as dismantling equipment from seized Ukrainian enterprises
    A very controversial statement. Haven't we discussed before that we are witnessing a crisis in the world order? If Ukraine is captured, there will be a change in the world order - a significant strengthening of the role of Russia in Europe and a weakening of the role of the United States in Europe
    This campaign has not failed, it is still in progress.
    A very controversial statement, given the growth in Russian energy exports. What difference does it make if Russia sells these energy resources directly to Western countries or through third countries? Still, the profit goes into the pockets of the Kremlin
    As we see, this is not the case. Energy resources remain a very effective weapon for the Kremlin. Through countries such as Hungary and Türkiye, Russia has the opportunity to influence EU policy
    This is wrong. After the end of the war, we will see a huge demand for simple and effective means of war, such as adjustable aerial bombs, Lancet UAVs, Orlan UAVs, Ka-52 helicopters, etc. Russian weapons are demonstrating their effectiveness right now on the battlefield
     
    This is hardly an addiction, rather a partnership. And by the way, quite effective partnerships, unlike partnerships between Ukraine and the West. We see an increase in Russian arms supplies to Iran. Su-35 aircraft, Ka-52 helicopters are from recent deliveries
    Instead of piles of old rubbish, Putin receives one of the most numerous and effective armies of our time. Now we are honing new methods and tactics for using the Russian armed forces on the battlefield. Who today still believes that armadas of old tanks are a necessary asset in a modern war, where armadas of drones dominate the battlefield?
    Nothing like this. I was especially surprised by the statement about “national pride.” Russia's national pride today is at its highest level in recent memory. Well, as we see the latest news, Putin has more than doubled spending on the army compared to 2021. This clearly does not indicate a decline in the economy.
    While the Ukrainian economy is on the verge of collapse. In the latest news, civil servants' salaries have been reduced by almost 40%
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    sawomi reacted to Da_General in The Battle of 73 Easting Scenario   
    I created a dropbox link let me know if that works for you!
    https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/5kj8goz6gcf3ljq3apacv/The-Battle-of-73-Easting.btt?rlkey=o87eeuxbb9t0t40pey7f06ycb&dl=0
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    sawomi reacted to Rob2020 in What games lead you to CM and what do you also play now?   
    My wargaming history is probably like many others, having started with board games. I was very lucky in that Avalon Hill's The Russian Campaign happened to be my first real wargame, back in '77, bought at a Brentano's bookstore in Queens, NY, when I didn't even know such things existed. To date, it is still considered one of the best ever made, and considering the many dogs I could've picked that might have turned me off the hobby, I was lucky. Dabbled in a few other classic AH titles in those early years, but never too seriously.
    In '85 I bought a C-64 and spent many hours playing many SSI wargame titles, along with a few others (eg, Silent Service, Dungeon Master). Same for the Amiga a few years later. It was on the Amiga, in 1994 that I first played-by-email extensively, although only one game - Gary Grigsby's Second Front (forerunner of his War in the East). PBEM'd that for the better part of the year against a guy. The game actually didn't have a PBEM system built in, we just exchanged save-game files. We got half-way through when I had to quit because I was moving to another state, albeit only temporarily.
    Played a lot of Empire Deluxe (newer version available here) in those days too, along with the original Civilization and Railroad Tycoon.
    Also in the early 1990's, I had a subscription to Computer Gaming World, hands down the best computer gaming magazine ever published. Nowadays, all issues are available for free here. If you're a younger player and have never heard of this magazine, check it out, especially the early 1990's issues, and you will be amazed at the quality of the production. It's probably still a good resource for people contemplating playing older games, perhaps on DOSbox.
    Due to my move, I was out of the computer gaming picture for several years, between 1994 and about 1998, when I got my first MS compatible computer. However, the damage was done, and I was never again to be as avid a gamer as I was in the earlier years. One of the titles I've always regretted missing out on during those "missing years" were Grigsby's Steel Panthers series. Still, in the later 90's I played some Civ2, followed by Civ3, probably some more Empire Deluxe and a few lesser titles. By that time, I hadn't boardgamed for 20 years, but kept track of the goings on through the 'net.
    Got into the original Combat Mission in 2000. The hype for it in the online wargaming circles was daunting, mostly through word-of-mouth, and the game did not disappoint in the least. It was an epiphany. It simply blew away all other tactical computer wargames. Barbarossa and Afrika Korps followed and I played them, although again, not with the fervor of my earlier gaming years.
    Also around that time I acquired the games I had missed out on, but never got into any of them. I still have them all, including the updated Shrapnel Games version of Steel Panthers Main Battle Tank, but have only tinkered with it. The old graphics are kind of a turn off.
    It was the later 2000's when I found a steady PBEM opponent and we played the original trio of CM games for about two years. We would only play scenarios blind - that is, only scenarios that neither of us had played, and only by reading the general briefing and our own respective briefing. This is really the only way CM scenarios should be played, in my opinion - and only once. Although I've never created a scenario myself, this method gave me some insight into how I think scenarios should be constructed, and maybe one of these days I'll share those opinions. Most of the scenarios we ended up playing were reasonably good, some were very good, and a small number were not so good. Even though we played for about two years, we only ever played one scenario at a time, so we ended up playing maybe 40-50 total - not really that many.
    Although I had an almost-top-of-the-line computer built in 2008 (the one I'm still using), I never took the plunge into CMx2 - I mean the ones starting with Shock Force. I just had other stuff going on in real life and computer gaming didn't appeal as much to me as it did years earlier. I did visit the BFC website and glanced over the forums from time to time, but never bought any of the newer games.
    One game I did get into, starting about 2012, was making houses for Sims 2. To this day, I'm addicted to house building for that game, and the game remains considerably popular, with many people saying it is still the best in the series. I've never actually played the game too much, I just like making houses for it and uploading them for others to play. I'm also still occasionally playing Civ3. Never progressed beyond that because in my opinion the games starting with Civ4 are fatally flawed (can't move over mountains for the duration of the game? Really? Sorry, that breaks it for me). Still also play Railroad Tycoon II Platimun from time to time, a great game and the best in that series, imo.
    I only recently upgraded from Win7 to Win10 and decided to look into CM again. I've only downloaded a couple of the demos so far, and have only fired up one of them. I dunno, I'll probably buy a title or two eventually, although wargaming just doesn't appeal to me as much as it once did.
    I dunno, but between real life, surfing the 'net, and watching videos at various sites, there's just not much time left for actual gaming. Especially not if a game has a steep learning curve. It's not the games' fault, but my own apathy and laziness.
     
    This got played to death, back in '85-'88:

     
    The map graphics were stunning. The green dot is Midway Island. The blue thingies are task forces. The red thingie is just the cursor. Regardless, this game was tense!:

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    sawomi reacted to laurent 22 in German snow armored vehicles   
    SDKFZ 16 Flame snowy.
    The body and interior of the Sdkfz 251-16 are those of the SKfz 251-1D. So I imported Umlaut's excellent work. I only worked on the 2 flamethrowers and their pipes.
    View (on Umlaut work):
    https://www.mediafire.com/view/ujbe3bvrawxf459/Sdkfz_251-16_snowy.jpg/file
    Zip:
    https://www.mediafire.com/file/dg6i2jkz1evmi0s/Sdkfz_251_16_flame_snowy.zip/file
     
     
    I believe that the German vehicles in the snow file is finished because the rest of the vehicles already have their textures. Not all vehicles appear in FI in winter. I'm going to check BF and RT to see if there are any missing but I think not. Importing textures from other titles into FI is a bit boring because you have to look for them one by one in the data folders (for example all SPW, Grid, Hummel etc...). I'll do that soon to put them in a file at Bootie's.
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    sawomi reacted to laurent 22 in German snow armored vehicles   
    Brummbär/Sturmpanzer IV Late snowy and white with original BF.c bmp (seems to have no winter textures in FI; The other Brümbars have their textures in FB, RT).
    View:
    https://www.mediafire.com/view/6xwii1nje1kccgc/Brumbar_Late_snowy_white.jpg/file
    Zip:
    https://www.mediafire.com/file/kx3wrabu2bmpnbr/Brumbar_late_snowy.zip/file
    Zip White:
    https://www.mediafire.com/file/i1d6del5tb4f28i/Brumbar_late_white.zip/file
     
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    sawomi reacted to laurent 22 in German snow armored vehicles   
    Stug F8 snowy with original BF.c bmp (seems to have no winter textures in FI).
    View:
    https://www.mediafire.com/view/et9jowjzzqbn632/Stug_F8_snowy.jpg/file
    Zip:
    https://www.mediafire.com/file/aqsy77eshcaui6n/Stug_F8_snowy.zip/file
     
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    sawomi reacted to laurent 22 in German snow armored vehicles   
    Thank you🙂
    PSW 233 snowy- with original BF.c bmp (seems to have no winter textures in FI, RT and FB):
    View:
    https://www.mediafire.com/view/a2vcktx3pc0xnek/PSW_233_snowy.jpg/file
    Zip:
    https://www.mediafire.com/file/2aipzrxa5xvvop0/PSW_233_snowy.zip/file
     
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    sawomi got a reaction from Redwolf in Reforger Nostalgia   
    -> https://military-database.de/manoever-nach-jahr-exercises-by-year/
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    sawomi got a reaction from laurent 22 in German snow armored vehicles   
    Thank you very much.
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    sawomi reacted to laurent 22 in German snow armored vehicles   
    My snowy allied armor for FI completed (if you notice a missing armor don't hesitate to tell me) posted on CMMOD IV, now German armor: The Pz3 M - N and the Wespe seem to have no snow textures in FI, RT and FB. Here in 2 versions (snowy or white) for FI and probably compatible with FB and RT 
     
    Wespe (from Aris mod):
    Zip snowy
    https://www.mediafire.com/file/4ut1pg1zust6nfl/Wespe_snowy.zip/file
    Zip white
    https://www.mediafire.com/file/5gwejghfcdplecs/Wespe_White.zip/file
    View:
    https://www.mediafire.com/view/gyc6m1izuctk0b6/Wespe_snowy.jpg/file
     
    Pz III N: 
    Zip snowy(BF.c texture)
    https://www.mediafire.com/file/ewn7jrqmmh3bzko/Pz_3_N_snowy.zip/file
    Zip White (from Umlaut mod)
    https://www.mediafire.com/file/910v4usmvjare0y/Pz_3_N_white.zip/file
    View:
    https://www.mediafire.com/view/q8cqoldql2rmzok/Pz3_N_snowy.jpg/file
     
    Pz III M:
    Zip snowy
    https://www.mediafire.com/file/2zp0q0q6wc5feah/Pz3_M_snowy.zip/file
    Zip white (From Umlaut mod)
    https://www.mediafire.com/file/u2o1alfxsn08q9b/Pz3_M_white.zip/file
    View:
    https://www.mediafire.com/view/huif1p7rxs2k3kv/Pz__M_white_snowy.jpg/file
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    sawomi reacted to Gray man in ukraine Bradley IFV   
    Captured ukrainian Bradley Fighting Vehicle.

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    sawomi reacted to humback in [CMBS Scenario] Pavlovsk Bay   
    The post seems to be uneditable? Whatever. Updated one of blue AI's plans and added a plan for red AI. The blue AI attacks quite aggressively when I tested it, but they don't destroy one of the AAs, so please disable it if playing red.
    I still recommend playing only the blue side, any suggestions are welcome!
    https://mega.nz/folder/x1xW2DCA#g53fA4_NfU5qUvSwB_R8xA
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    sawomi reacted to humback in [CMBS Scenario] Pavlovsk Bay   
    If you've played BF2:RP then you're probably familiar with this map, as it was my inspiration for the creation.
    An American combined force trying to capture a harbor. Only the Russian AI has been completed so far (only one plan), so play BLUE only!
     

    Pavlovsk Bay_Std.btt
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    sawomi reacted to 37mm in SF2 'All in One' Released   
    I'm looking into the night tracer issue.
    I also finished a series of videos showcasing the AiO and its various options...
    Syria (default) with reanimate...
     
    Afghanistan with reanimate...
     
    Middle East & North Africa (aka MENA) with reanimate...
     
    Generic OPFOR with reanimate, untagged night effects & SF1 Marsh to Water...
     
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    sawomi reacted to JonS in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    We are people with opinions, experience, and knowledge? Also, I hate to break this to you, but no one in this thread is talking to the Ukrainian Govt, let alone telling them what to do. We talking to each other, and in this specific case we're trading opinions.
    In my opinion, DPICM is primarily a defensive weapon which can be effective in certain circumstances. In my opionion it was developed at a time when neither precision artillery nor precision air-to-ground weapons were serious propositions, and so a (largely successful) effort was made to smear-out out the payload of rounds across the target area to increase the likelihood of achieving some effect. In my opinion the relative utility of DPICM has declined with the advent of of PGMs, and while the dud rate might be better now for routine targets the risk/reward calculus doesn't justify it when there are other better options available.
    Would my opinion see more friendly combat casualties? Maybe, although that would be very hard to prove either way (and don't forget to count the EOD guys who have a bad day). Would my opinion lead to fewer children and civilian deaths and injuries? I think that's pretty clearly a yes.
    Am I comfortable trading soldiers for civilians? Of course yes. That's the /point/.
     
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    sawomi reacted to dragonwynn in CMBS Korean Campaign: Red Dragon   
    Here is a link to some preliminary screenshots of a work in progress. Red Dragon is a campaign depicting a North Korean blitzkrieg into South Korea in autumn of 2018. I have modded nearly every building in CMBS to what hopefully will give an Asian feel. Terrain, uniforms,vehicles have also been modded. This is my first attempt at modding so it may not appeal to some.
    I have done a huge amount of research into this to make the conflicting sides as accurate as possible. However obvious limitations in the BS game engine will limit this. I have even modded some of the Russian voice files to Korean for the NK side. 
    The SK will use the coyote brown slot so nothing I can do on voices there. Im still debating on using them in the campaign.
    Anyhoo here is the link to some screens. Any feedback is welcome.
    https://imgur.com/a/jXIPF
    Michael
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    sawomi reacted to puje in Ukranian uniforms inspired by real life   
    Features:
    6 individual digital, and 6 individual regular Ukrainian uniforms. Digital uniforms have blue armbands and are primarily based around multicam og Ukr digital, but are ragtag like you’d see in real life.
    Regular uniforms are less modern looking, and primarily based around green colors. They have yellow armbands.
    4 modded US uniforms to recreate Foreign Legion fighters. They are mostly like standard US uniforms, but have new patches, and blue armbands.  
    Download @ Dropbox




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    sawomi reacted to The_Capt in Combat Mission Cold War - British Army On the Rhine   
    Ok, pre-Alpha disclaimer so details are subject to change but this is the first map in the Canadian campaign "On the Weser" - got big plans for this one. A Pete Wenman original:

    Just southwest of a little town called Boffzen and south of Hoxter (From Google Earth):

    Blow up of Canadian AO with rough zone of this map:

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    sawomi reacted to Bulletpoint in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    At 00:10 he throws a grenade into a foxhole and the Russian reaches out to throw the grenade out again, but the clip then for some reason cuts and there's an explosion but it seems to be in a different place? Lots of trickery going on in some of these videos.
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    sawomi reacted to Mr.X in Preview: First FanMade BattlePack for CM Red Thunder   
    Short update: 
    Work is still in good progress 👍🏻
    Today I have been able to almost finish a mastermap of 3x2,5 km of wooded and wild landscape in the region north of Witebsk. 
     
    In total, there will be 35 to 36 single missions to be played through the 4 campaigns. 
     
    Regards
    Mr.X
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