[JasonC]

His posts are unmatched. They were so too back in the days when he played Stars! and came up with some amazingly detailed analyses.

He's still posting (the latest was September 3rd).

[Introducing an all new interface mod !]

Tarkus, you should be aware that my editing is a bit crude, esp. on the texts, as I did not have the backgrounds you used. the proper way to do it is to add the coloured text directly to the background. Instead, I used flood fill and pixel colouring to get the effect I wanted.

[Introducing an all new interface mod !]

I made a few modifications to suit my own taste. They are available as a zip file here.

I changed the text colour of Tiring, Tired and Exhausted to show the state more clearly - the text becomes progressively more yellow.

Did the same to the Alerted > Panic > Routed sequence.

Changed the leader morale icon (heart) to red, the lightning to yellow and the stealth icon to a violet shading (much nicer then the original stealth icon).

Made the Hiding text grey and the Captured text light blue.

I'll post it on CMMODS in a while - I'll use it a bit first. Fell free to take a copy. And do send me some feedback.

[Introducing an all new interface mod !]

I tried it out, but may go back to PakFan's. Or change it a bit. I'll try it a bit longer to get used to it.

The HQ abilities are hard to spot - a bit of colour might fix that (yellow lightning, red heart).

The arrow and playback buttons are out of sync with the rest IMO - too futuristic.

I have some difficulty getting used to reading the unit status at a glance - pinned, tired taking cover etc. But that may be a question of getting used to them.

But there are tons of other very nice details. The attention to detail is remarkable. Great work, Tarkus!

[AI Battles]

Hi weasleboy!

You might want to check out my campaign (se my sig). It's against the AI and I use the mechanisms General Colt described to adjust the difficulty. It is based on QB's and doesn't quite compare to a carefully crafted scenario, but it allows you to follow a core force over several battles. And the current beta version has rules for importing maps (check out Pyewackets tool)

[Testers needed for map converter]

I do CMBB >> CMBB, so you should be able to do CMAK >> CMAK directly.

A small suggestion, Pyewacket:

Those mirror buttons would be easier to use if they said: "Mirror Horizontally" and "Mirror Vertically" (or you can abbreviate them) and the vertical mirror button should have a vertican orientation - positioned beside the graph. You might also use an arrow (textual or graphical), e.g. "Mirror <-->" and

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[Where to find Jason C`s write up`s :)]

Actually, you might find some in a google search. I remember seeing one web site (at least) with a collection of his posts.

[Where to find Jason C`s write up`s :)]

Have you tried a search?

[Too many roads and buildings?]

Originally posted by WWB:

4) Fighting tended to revolve around highways and rail lines, which tended to have more population. Battles are begat by logistics, and if you cannot feed and arm your men there is little point in fighting over isolated hamlets and large tracts of forest.

Good point.

[Testers needed for map converter]

Originally posted by Pyewacket:

thanks Robert. I am also curious about your program...

Well, it's just a spreadsheet page. Drop me an email and I'll send you a copy. Assuming you can use Excel.

[Too many roads and buildings?]

I have been brwosing through all the maps that are available for download with BCR (here) and have found that they - in general - have too many buildings and too many roads for the Soviet Union in the 1940's. This isn't modern USA where every house is on a road and where houses are aligned symmetrically. I'm just wondering if this is my own - completely misguided - opinion or if others share it.

My purpose of going through the maps was to classify them for use in ROQC, so that I can identify a good match automatically (in a spreadsheet) for the current battle. In doing that, I also declassified a good deal of maps from rural status (there's a spreadsheet that can be downloaded with the maps that have such a classification). I interpret Rural to be practically devoid of houses and fields. And roads. Am I misguided here as well?

[Testers needed for map converter]

I just released a beta version of ROQC that allows the user to use your tool to import maps. I've been missing out on this feature for a long time.

I added a spreadsheet page in ROQC that does an automatic match for you, so you can easily find the best match to the parameters you rolled up - now I just need to expand the list of maps on this list, that is look up their size, terrain, setup zones etc.

Great work, Pyewacket. Thanks a lot for making this tool.

[Testers needed for map converter]

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but I don't have time to check right now.

Does the tool copy victory flags? If so, does it overwrite the Parameter settings?

[My CMBB Mini-Campaign: Tkachenko's Finest.]

Is this supposed to be used in single player, playing Soviets?

[Testers needed for map converter]

Worked on second try. I copied a map into a file with existing units, and they showed up just fine on the map preview.

I expect the trick is to exit CM after reading the map and restart it before writing, and that having other applications open is less of a problem though I did close a good deal of them(I'm using WinXP). Why do I need to exit and reload CM?

Does your application need to copy into an empty, default map?

[Testers needed for map converter]

Simultanoeus posting

It sure would be great if it can be made to work. Random maps get a little stale in the long run.

[Testers needed for map converter]

First attempt gave me an unhandled exception. I'll try again later, consulting the help file carefully and with less programs open.

I did notice one thing: The report after writing the map was "CMBB map writing succesfully" - that should be "written". Not a big deal.

[Testers needed for map converter]

Can I use this to import (copy) an existing map into a scenario file in the same program (e.g. read from CMBB, load another scenario in CMBB, write to CMBB)?

It would be useful in ROQC. I have been stuck with using random maps as I use the scenario file to keep the core force, and I can't import a map into this scenario file in the editor.

[ August 10, 2004, 04:50 AM: Message edited by: Robert Olesen ]

[Get RobO's Quick Campaign for CMAK here]

I have a new beta version available with several good changes:

- Snipers added as separate unit category (SN, see 5.3.1) with separate experience rules so that they have a better chance of gaining experience.

- Returning casualties modified to take into account the number of flags you hold at the end of the battle.

- The ability to use Favor to modify the battle size has been changed into an ability to use Favor to get more support (which you buy in the editor, so it is on top of the QB purchase).

- Enemy Force Handicap increased for Meeting Engagements at Normal difficulty and above.

- Tree Coverage, Hills and Damage modifiers increased for Raids to give a higher chance of terrain with cover.

- Favor calculation for Raids changed to start with negative Favor, which is then offset by accomplishing the mission.

- You now get a small number of replacements as a minimum after each battle.

Tell me if you're interested in trying it out. Make sure to specify which version you want (CMBB or CMAK)

[RobO's Quick Campaign for CMBB updated]

I have a new beta version available with several good changes:

- Enemy Force Handicap increased for Meeting Engagements at Normal difficulty and above.

- Tree Coverage, Hills and Damage modifiers increased for Raids to give a higher chance of terrain with cover.

- Favor calculation for Raids changed to start with negative Favor, which is then offset by accomplishing the mission.

- You now get a small number of replacements as a minimum after each battle.

Tell me if you're interested in trying it out. I have a new beta version available with severalæ good changes:

- Enemy Force Handicap increased for Meeting Engagements at Normal difficulty and above.

- Tree Coverage, Hills and Damage modifiers increased for Raids to give a higher chance of terrain with cover.

- Favor calculation for Raids changed to start with negative Favor, which is then offset by accomplishing the mission.

- You now get a small number of replacements as a minimum after each battle.

Tell me if you're interested in trying it out. Make sure to specify which version you want (CMBB or CMAK)

[RobO's Quick Campaign for CMBB updated]

Oh, I see

[RobO's Quick Campaign for CMBB updated]

Originally posted by Vergeltungswaffe:

Hmm, I think we can see where Oleson came from.....

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Sorry 'bout that - I'm afraid I'm a bit touchy about the name. Not entirely sure why. Perhaps in part because "sen" is a Danish suffix while "son" is typically Swedish. And being Danish is not synonymous with being Swedish

[Poor abandoned pioneers]

This is not really a problem, but nevertheless most likely a bug:

Those pioneers were eliminated earlier this turn. I guess they sorely needed Mama before they went down

[RobO's Quick Campaign for CMBB updated]

Thanks, Jim, I appreciate that very much

A couple of comments:

1. My name is Olesen, not Oleson

2. The picture seems to point to a Stardock screenshot, not my rules

3. You - and others reading this - may be interested in my Campaign Action Report, where I - besides illustrating the campaign - persist in making a fool of myself :eek:

[Reinforcements in QB]

You can't import reinforcements with a map into a QB. I had the need in ROQC and tried it - no show.

I wish it was possible.