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    World's first (and last?) CM:BO Korean War mod?

    in Combat Mission Archive #4 (2002)

    Posted

    Ever since CM:BO first came out, I've been patiently sitting on my hands waiting for a really good M26 mod to come out. Thanks to Andrew, I've finally been able to work up the following Korean War Pershing mod. It's based on the markings of 'C' Company, 6th Tank Battalion in the Han River area during the winter of '51.

    M26_6TB.jpg

    The idea was to scare the (supposedly) superstitious Chinese peasant soldiers. No idea if it work or not, but it certainly made for just about the most colorful markings ever applied to a tank. smile.gif

    Gordon

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    Three King Tigers in winter (mod preview) UPDATED

    in Combat Mission Archive #4 (2002)

    Posted

    Sorry,

    I was busy, but just not on CMMOS-for-Mac. The clean versions will be available with the next CMMOS mod update (shooting for the end of the month, maybe).

    I've decided to drop the dirty versions. Why, you ask? Well I realized that it was a slippery slope I was starting down. Once I release a dirty version then people will realize that what they want is a dirty version that matches their particular, favorite dirt road mod. And a light and heavy layer of dirt option will be desired. Then someone will realize that the dirt effect really should be seasonally specific (since the summer dirt effect should be more dusty, the winter dirt effect should be more muddy and the spring and fall mud effects should be more springy and fally). Then, some dirt grog will chime in that there's really 35 major geological types of dirt in France, and 30 in the western portions of Germany, not to mention the 15 different types of dirt that comprise Luxemburg, Belgium and the Netherlands. And don't EVEN start thinking about the varieties of beach sand along the coasts.

    So, given that I don't want to have to provide 3500 (give or take a couple hundred) different dirty mod versions, it's better to back away from the precipice now.

    Sorry for the broken expectations.

    Gordon

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    CMBB-CMMOS MAC?

    in Combat Mission Archive #4 (2002)

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    LGMB,

    No disrespect intended, but noboby will want divisional markings for units? Polish or Czechoslovakian, etc., markings for their "Russian" tanks? Gridded vs. non-gridded grass? Whitewashed vs snow-covered vehicles? Aerial recognition flags for the early war German vehicles?

    You're right. Nobody will want any of that stuff, and even if they do, I'm sure they'd much rather swap those BMPs by hand, so I guess I won't even bother making a CM:BB version of CMMOS.

    Thanks for opening my eyes to reality.

    Gordon

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    Three King Tigers in winter (mod preview) UPDATED

    in Combat Mission Archive #4 (2002)

    Posted

    Olle,

    Well, I gave it the old college try (front and side BMPs only - it's just a prototype) but it doesn't seem to work.

    DirtyKT.jpg

    It just doesn't look convincing to me. Maybe PawBroon will finish up his tutorial on weathering and dirtying vehicles and I'll be able to learn something, but I just don't seem to have the knack for dirt. Besides it tends to cover up all the fine detail I worked so hard to put into the mod in the first place.

    Sorry,

    Gordon

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    Three King Tigers in winter (mod preview) UPDATED

    in Combat Mission Archive #4 (2002)

    Posted

    Thanks all for the nice comments (except Olle smile.gif , who I'd hoped would have at least noticed that this mod is more weathered than the "factory" mods I usually do).

    Vader's Jester, I'm not sure my wife would approve, but if you send a resume and photos I'll at least see if you're my type. :D

    Buckeye, you want to be the one that tells 'em the bad news? ;)

    Tiger, I'd be honored (and Olle would be ecstatic) if you'd apply your damage and weathering techniques to any of my mods (I just don't have the knack or time for it) and if they take off, we can start a whole new category of vehicle mods for CMMOS.

    btw, here's the snow-covered previews:

    sSSPzAbt501_TigerII_003_Winter_Preview.jpg

    sSSPzAbt501_TigerII_204_Winter_Preview.jpg

    sSSPzAbt501_TigerII_332_Winter_Preview.jpg

    Gordon

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    Three King Tigers in winter (mod preview) UPDATED

    in Combat Mission Archive #4 (2002)

    Posted

    Since I haven't been heard around these parts for a while, I thought I'd give a quick preview of something I've been working on as time permits. Three Tiger IIs as deployed by Schwere SS Panzer Abteilung 501 for the Ardennes offensive.

    First, Tiger "003", of the Stabskompanie (staff company), which was immobilized near Stavelot and set on fire by its crew before they withdrew.

    TigerII_003_Preview.jpg

    Second, Tiger "204" which was found intact near La Gleize by the Americans.

    TigerII_204_Preview.jpg

    And finally, Tiger "332" which was captured by the Americans and now resides at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland, USA.

    TigerII_332_Preview.jpg

    A companion mod with snow covering the vehicles will also be released but I don't have any preview shots yet.

    Coming soon to a CMMOS mega-release.

    Gordon

    [ August 08, 2002, 10:33 AM: Message edited by: Gordon ]

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    CMMOS problem still...

    in Combat Mission Archive #4 (2002)

    Posted

    Sorry that I'm late to the party. I was going to suggest that if you have problems with particular vehicles not working within CMMOS when others do, that it's usually indicative of not having all the mods installed.

    If you're still having problems, please attempt to load one of the failing options within CMMOS and e-mail a copy of the file CMMOSLog.txt from within your CMMOS installation folder to me at "gordonemolek@earthlink.net" and I'll look it over and probably be able to tell you what you need to install, or what else might be wrong.

    Gordon

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    help in installing cmmos and other mods

    in Combat Mission Archive #4 (2002)

    Posted

    Originally posted by Neutral Party:

    Gordon and Sitzkreig thanks again. I did remove all background/taskbar processes and virus scanners and it still bombed. However I'm now pretty sure it's something to do with my setup. I've just had a very similar problem trying to install SiSoft SANDRA which is also from a zip archive so I think you're right that it's related to access of the TEMP directory. I have only recently changed OS to W2K (previously was 98SE) and am not yet familiar with its foibles. Once I get my new desktop in a couple of weeks I'm going to nuke the laptop, get rid of the split partition and clean install the OS - probably XP.

    Joe

    Joe,

    Please keep us posted, as I'm (obviously) very curious to see how it turns out.

    Gordon

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    help in installing cmmos and other mods

    in Combat Mission Archive #4 (2002)

    Posted

    Originally posted by Neutral Party:

    Well I tried a clean reinstall to C:\Program Files\CMBO but had exactly the same problem with CMMOS. I also tried extracting the CMMOS file to a directory and running setup.exe - same problem. FYI I am running Windows 2000 Professional v 5.0.2195 Service Pack 2 Build 2195.

    Joe

    But you don't mention if you also tried shutting down as many background/taskbar processes as possible in order to reduce contention for the Windows TEMP folder (and also shut down any virus scanners).

    Thanks,

    Gordon

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    help in installing cmmos and other mods

    in Combat Mission Archive #4 (2002)

    Posted

    Ok, I've consulted with my ace Windows guy, and this sounds like it's a contention issue between the InstallShield installation process and something else that's running on your system. They're both probably trying to access the windows TEMP folder and not playing nicely so that a deadlock occurs.

    Try shutting down all non-essential processes on your system before installing CMMOS. This includes all the crap in your system tray and any other background tasks that the task manager shows as running (especially shutdown any virus scanner software). Hopefully that will clear up the issue.

    Please let me know if that clears up your problem or not.

    Thanks,

    Gordon

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    help in installing cmmos and other mods

    in Combat Mission Archive #4 (2002)

    Posted

    Otime,

    We care. We care deeply, otherwise we wouldn't put all the effort we do into it. It's just that we're very, very busy lately and didn't see your post.

    There are a few old-style batch mods that are lurking around the net that still require that the "patch mod" (either hi or low res) be installed, and there are a few CMMOS mods that lived on various servers that are not accounted for that we're trying to track down and add to the CM:HQ site.

    Please bear in mind that the CMMOS mod community in particular, and the overall CM:BO mod community are at best a loosely organized group of fanatical, anarchist volunteers, so the railroads will never run as well as they did under Mussolini, so to speak.

    Regarding your camo Shermans working, but nothing else, if you've verified that at least one mod works properly, then 99.99% of the time CMMOS itself is properly installed, and the solution ususally involves fixing a problem with the installation of the mods themselves. Were all the mods that you downloaded unzipped into the CM:BO BMP folder? Please try applying another option for a different vehicle or terrain and then e-mail a copy of the CMMOS log file "CMMOSLog.txt" from within the CMMOS installation folder to "gordonemolek@earthlink.net" and I'll take a look to see what the problem is.

    Also, just to be sure, are you exiting/re-entering the game after each attempt at changing a mod? This is necessary because CM:BO needs to reload the graphics textures for the change to be visible.

    Gordon

    [ July 31, 2002, 08:46 AM: Message edited by: Gordon ]

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    CMMOS v3.02.001 Previews (muchos pics!)

    in Combat Mission Archive #4 (2002)

    Posted

    Originally posted by Manx:

    Gordon,

    Yeah, i'm still here...and just as soon as i find another job, and find out what sort of hours i will have to put in, I WILL BE BACK!!!

    Well I hope the resolution to both is very soon. With Garry Kump back, and Old Dog poking his (cold wet) nose in here every once in awhile, once your situation is resolved, we can have a big old reunion party.

    Gordon

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