Bulletpoint Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 (edited) I finally completed my first scenario. It's based on this place, that I tried to recreate as best as possible: /SITUATION 16. of August, 1944. North of the village of Pierrefitte-en-Cinglais, Normandy. /MISSION Your platoon is one of several that are currently scouting ahead of the main drive in this region. Before you lies the the village of Pierrefitte-en-Cinglais. It commands a vital crossroads, but it is only one of several possible routes of advance through this area. Your recon in force will determine if this village is a weak point, allowing the rest of batallion to follow on. You are to probe enemy defences and seize the crossroads. If you are successful, follow-up forces will then comb the surrounding area in order to fully secure it (not covered in this mission). /FRIENDLY FORCES One platoon of dismounted armoured infantry, with light machineguns and light mortars. /ENEMY FORCES Suspected to be platoon strength, possibly with some light support weapons. Likely a mixture of reservists, veterans and possibly hitler youth; highly motivated troops who lack combat experience. /PLAN Scout ahead to determine weight and disposition of enemy resistance, then neutralise or bypass as the situation requires. Your main objectives are to secure key locations, while keeping casualties low, rather than to destroy all enemy forces. --- The mission has 5 AI plans, and I tried to make the enemy set up in realistic and challenging ways, without making the mission too frustrating. The idea is that the enemy is reasonably competent, but far from elite, and you should be able to do a good job using good standard military tactics. Also, I tried to keep the enemy force maintain C2, even though scattering teams all over the map would probably be more efficient. How to get the scenario Actually I thought I would be able to attach it to this post, but the forum tells me I can't do that. But I don't like to upload to the repository before it's playtested (the briefing and images also need updating), so maybe if you're interested you can just send me a private message with your email, and I'll send you the file? As it's my first scenario, I don't know the normal way to do it. Edited July 9, 2015 by Bulletpoint 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletpoint Posted July 9, 2015 Author Share Posted July 9, 2015 (edited) Known inaccuracies: The church is a bit bigger than in real life. The CM editor only allows a very small church or a very big modular one. The real one seems to be in between, so I chose the bigger version. Terrain elevation is my best guesstimate, based on the shadows of the photo, and on google street view. Angles of roads etc. are my best adaptation to the fixed angle terrain system of this game. North on this map is actually East in real life. Only discovered this issue when I was 90 pct done. I don't know if it's possible to rotate a finished map. The suspected fuel dump is my invention, as is the café The hotel probably only had two stories in real life. I'm considering downsizing it a bit. Edited July 9, 2015 by Bulletpoint 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Canadian Cat Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 Excellent - welcome to the club! The church is a bit bigger than in real life. The CM editor only allows a very small church or a very big modular one. The real one seems to be in between, so I chose the bigger version. Yeah, I have a similar problem in one I am working on too. The bigger one looks better - good call. Terrain elevation is my best guesstimate, based on the shadows of the photo, and on google street view. One thing you can do is get your elevation from Google Earth. Read this: http://community.battlefront.com/topic/101573-google-earth-is-your-friend/ North on this map is actually East in real life. Only discovered this issue when I was 90 pct done. I don't know if it's possible to rotate a finished map. You are correct - no rotating after the fact. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizou Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Thanks for sharing Bulletpoint! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ithikial_AU Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 How to get the scenario Actually I thought I would be able to attach it to this post, but the forum tells me I can't do that. But I don't like to upload to the repository before it's playtested (the briefing and images also need updating), so maybe if you're interested you can just send me a private message with your email, and I'll send you the file? As it's my first scenario, I don't know the normal way to do it. For completed scenarios, try the new Scenario Depot III. http://www.thefewgoodmen.com/tsd3/ The 'Proving Grounds' or untested scenarios should be ready soonish. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bootie Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Yes The Proving Grounds should be up and running by the weekend at the latest. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 (edited) I finally completed my first scenario. Yay! Known inaccuracies: Terrain elevation is my best guesstimate, based on the shadows of the photo, and on google street view. For terrain in France, I use the topo maps available here: http://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/accueil For instance, here is the topo of Pierrefitte-en-Cinglais from that site (click thumbnail to embiggen) and a close up of the village, showing the buildings (click thumbnail to embiggen) and an aerial photo from 1953 (click thumbnail to embiggen) It takes a while rummaging around to figure out what is what - especially if you don't speak French - but what they have there is absolutely wonderful. Edited July 29, 2015 by JonS 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletpoint Posted July 30, 2015 Author Share Posted July 30, 2015 Yay! For terrain in France, I use the topo maps available here: http://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/accueil For instance, here is the topo of Pierrefitte-en-Cinglais from that site topo.jpg (click thumbnail to embiggen) and a close up of the village, showing the buildings village.jpg (click thumbnail to embiggen) and an aerial photo from 1953 photo.jpg (click thumbnail to embiggen) It takes a while rummaging around to figure out what is what - especially if you don't speak French - but what they have there is absolutely wonderful. Thanks for the advice. Seems this village actually borders some very interesting terrain, with the landscape dropping away sharply into gullies just west of town... maybe some day I will make a larger map including the countryside. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 I played this as US against the AI, and had a blast The action was going right down too the final minute (and even a minute into overtime) @Bulletpoint has done a great job, and the final version should be a cracker. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletpoint Posted July 31, 2015 Author Share Posted July 31, 2015 I played this as US against the AI, and had a blast The action was going right down too the final minute (and even a minute into overtime) @Bulletpoint has done a great job, and the final version should be a cracker. Thanks Jon, I really appreciate that a veteran scenario designer like you took the time to try out the mission. Very encouraging to a newbie like me, can't stress that enough. There's a v2 coming, and it's going to be better thanks to your feedback. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletpoint Posted August 14, 2015 Author Share Posted August 14, 2015 I now finished updating this scenario! Testers wanted. It should play well, but since it has 5 different AI plans, I can't test it all myself. If you would like to play the scenario, send me a message with your email, and I'll send the scenario file to you. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketman Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 For terrain in France, I use the topo maps available here: http://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/accueil What a great resource. Map making heaven Wish there was a similar one for all the countries we have battles in. Maybe there is. I've been looking, but not found great ones like this yet. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 (edited) Italy has a pretty good one (also called geoportail, or something very similar). Edit: this - http://www.pcn.minambiente.it/GN/en/?lan=en for the Netherlands there's this http://watwaswaar.nl/ For Germany this is useful: http://lib.byu.edu/collections/german-maps/ (there's a reference map in there somewhere, which helps finding the map you're after) Holland has this, although the alphabetical listing makes finding the right map a bit problematic: http://digitalarchive.mcmaster.ca/islandora/object/macrepo:18976/-/collection and this: http://ncap.org.uk/browse/map#zoom=1&lat=3737541.20636&lon=-2389065.59639&layers=BT (zoom in on one of the circled numbers in the area you're interested in to get closer and closer to exactly what you want) Edited August 15, 2015 by JonS 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketman Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 Great Jon! After a quick look it seems to be great resources. Just have to figure out how to best use them. They should be pinned (along with other map making resources) in the respective Maps and Mods forums. Hopefully that can encourage more people to try their hand at map/scenario/campaign making. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 (edited) That's a good idea, although the likelihood of someone finding that list is probably about the same as someone who needs it finding the sites directly through Google In my limited experience, I've found a four-part approach works well for me: 1) maintain my own list of go-to mapping sites. I have most of NW and southern Europe in the 1940s covered now, which are my main areas of interest. 2) if 1) fails; assume that high quality mapping of the site I want exits on the web, I just haven't found it yet. Invariably this is true, and getting truer as more and more material finds its way online. (and remember to update 1) when I do find it) 3) if 2) fails; ask for help. It's odds on that someone will have what I'm after (and remember to update 1) when I get what I'm after) 4) be ready to help out if I can other folk who've gotten to step 3) Edited August 18, 2015 by JonS 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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