El Cid_Cagi
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I guess it may have been asked before (for russian partisans, for example) but... is it possible to make female infantry models? Anarchist and communist militia had many women in their ranks. This would add not only colour but some volume to the uniform mods
About the speech recording: any tips about where and how to make the recordings?
The italian speech files in CMBB, for example, sound very artificial, something like the man speaking from behind a closed door
It could be made even separated voice sets for the nationalists and the republicans, especially regarding encouraging voices.
The republicans would say "camaradas!" or "compañeros!" where the nationalist would say "legionarios!" or "soldados!", for example; since it's a mod regarding a civil war, some political mottos could be appropriate too
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(otherwise known as Chema-Cagi)
Reporting. Sounds like a helluva good idea. I will launch a massive call to arms in the spanish forums.
As for the speech files, I think it could be done if someone tells how to...we can have some fun time recording all that shouting
First contribution could be a new 00005010 .wav file (the splash screen background music): either the precious "Ay! Carmela" or the "Cara al Sol" fascist hymn
There are some spanish modders out there, other than Fernando Carrera, and I guess they could be interested.
As Wayne/Hans has said, there was a great and colourful mix of uniforms. They could look great.
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Just before someone rightfully says "hey! this is an english forum!" just a reminder:
the spanish CDV edition of CMBB shares the curious printed-PDF mixed format of other european editions BUT...the PDF section has been left completely in english, thus giving spanish players only a half effective game manual...
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ASSAULT is slower than MOVE from the start, even before the unit starts tiring (that happens quite soon)
Ace Pilot I did compare MOVE for vehicles with some infantry in the middle: yes, they advance at the same speed...MOVE AFVs and MOVE infantry advance exactly at the same pace
The images will follow today (once I answer all the PBEM battles; first thing first
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Some more tests done. I've to prepare the images and so, but these are some preliminary conclusions:
Tracked vehicles with MOVE command over open ground, dirt and paved roads and pavement move at the same speed
It seems that the difference (a great difference indeed) comes with the FAST command
Tracked vehicles with HUNT and MOVE to CONTACT orders move slightly faster than MOVE AFVs
SEEK HULL DOWN position is the slower speed setting
Having covered arcs doesn't affect movement speed for turreted vehicles at all
PINNED infantry (with no binoculars) even in the open is surprisingly (at least to me) blind. Even a running squad can advance from 150 to 100 meters in the open and they don't see it
While moving under fire, the speed results from the previous experiment go more or less the same, as long as there are no casualties and/or sizeable incoming fire
MOVE infantry doesn't even return fire, at least at >100 mts enemies
ADVANCE infantry keep moving and shoots twice per turn
RUN infantry really ignores enemy fire as long as they have no casualties; they don't fire back, though (they ignore enemy fire and the enemies themselves)
Will post some images and a detailed result later
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Maybe I had to post it elsewhere, but after reading this excellent FAQ I decided to do a little experiment regarding the differences in speed of the infantry movement commands. The results can be seen in graphical form in this thread
Thank you for this excellent FAQ
PS: please feel free to add the images to the FAQ if you think it would be useful
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Being intrigued by the differences between the infantry movement commands, I decided to do this little experiment.
Over a flat open ground terrain in summer, dry, cold conditions, several infantry platoons with same experience, command, etc are given the different movement orders.
The Withdraw squad starts running almost immediately. The rest of the squads start moving after the normal command pause (equal for them all)
After a 2 minute race, the positions are like this:
Withdraw squad has becomed pinned after being panicked a while during the first minute (soon after they got out of command)
Note how the Move and Move to Contact squads have moved the same distance and remain rested, while the Advance squad is only slightly behind but starts tiring
Run squad is the absolute winner, but they are tired
Assault squad is notably behind and tired
And finally, Sneak squad won't go to the playoffs. They have moved a third of Move distance, and are in ready condition (starting to tiring)
Note a second Move squad. It was placed there for control purposes only (all the squads are rifle squads, the second Move one is a german Jäger group)
Further tests would eventually include the mysterious human wave command, and a comparison between move over different types of terrain, as well as an enemy LMG far ahead firing here and there (a race under the stress of being fired upon...)
[ February 04, 2003, 06:50 PM: Message edited by: El Cid_Cagi ]
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I did not contact anyone from Der Kessel, since the link at The Depot brings you to B&T, and there is where people will go to get the pack from the Depot. I didn't think at that moment about the joint effort B&T-Kessel, apart from the fact that I have met Terry "CDIC" before, so I send the e-mail from the page referred at the Depot. Sorry for not thinking in Der Kessel at that timeOriginally posted by Berlichtingen:I assume these would be the scenarios from the Stalingrad Pack... so my question would be...
Who did you contact at Der Kessel?
Furthermore, the Chrono-Pack was actually the "SP Lite" pack, but with the scenarios renamed in the intended chronological order, as a kind of campaign mode (example SP01-Into the Void, SP02-When Worlds Collide, etc.; so they will be showing in the scenario selection screen) and what I offered is either to send them the pack or hosting it from my site. No scenarios where added or removed
And in any case, there's no "chrono-pack" anymore (apart from my HD; it's the "campaign" I'm curently playing in solitaire), so why do you ask?
I'm sorry for not having though in Der Kessel as another place to ask.
In any case, I've had enough of this. I will contact the forum webmaster in order to resign from my membership to this forum.
I was not as older as a member like you, Dan, but fairly enough
PS: It's not for your message, hope it's evident
.Bye.
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You're losing the point by far, apart from being offensive and there's no need to be so. I've removed the packs, and offered my apologiesOriginally posted by Michael Dorosh:Well then you have no idea what you are talking about. Given that 700+ people can download a scenario and only three will be bothered to review it at the Depot - the download stats present the only other hard suggestion of popularity. Your packs effectively kill that type of feedback.
My suggestion to you is to find something you are good at, that requires independent thought and a scrap of talent, and go for it. Packaging up the work of others is just riding on other people's coattails. It certainly didn't require any talent, just time. And don't try and kid us into believing your vaunted "dollar sign" is some sort of service to the community, it's simply your way of putting your personal imprint on this "service."
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You say you emailed people, but did it occur to you to post here in the forum beforehand? You certainly trumpeted the creation of these packs after the fact in a hurry.
As I've said before, we will never agree about this issue. After reading your last messages, I don't have the interest to agree with you about anything. Bye, Mr. Dorosh, keep feeling happy with your 700+ downloads
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Andreas "Germanboy" Biermann, I supposeOriginally posted by Andreas:The release of a scenario to the CM community to play it for free does not make it the property of any member of the CM community to do with it as he or she wishes. I do not really see what is so difficult to understand about that.
. Yes, the issue of the scenario packs did affect you, there were many of the scenarios from Der Kessel, since they are some of the favorites of the community, as seen in the Depot ratings. "Bure", "TF Butler", etc., to name a few. "To The Last Man" is one of the highest rated for more people in the Depot; TF Butler was one of the highest rated at CMHQ, at the time I did the old "PBEM Packs" 2 years ago...(that, btw, was also announced in this forum and did not bring such "flame war"; maybe everyone was younger
)I did go to your site, read the descriptions, the reviews in the Depot, and signaled several of them with the "insulting" $ in the filename (the most outrageous modification I did to any scenario)
And yes, I can understand the reasons given by many of you, scenario designers, but I'm very far from sharing that same point of view. You should see it from the gamer's point of view, which, after all, is the intended target of all your works, unless you keep your scenarios in your own hard disk
If I had done any modification, editing of the briefings or the scenarios themselves,or as Franko says, adding some Tigers in a 1941 scenario, etc., in a word, altered your works, I should be battered to death
But the fact of "relocating" or made it easier for the average gamer to get classified scenarios, maybe it hurts the hearts of the artists, but from the point of view of the players, it helps them to play the scenario they want to play
Furthermore, the fact of having your scenarios downloaded one-by-one from the Depot, B&T or Der Kessel does not prevent at all the risk that someone, somewhere, could maliciously modify them. It don't gives the maker any control at all about the final destiny of their works
And then the issue of the "player feedback" and such...Well, you should be conscious that users don't give feedback as a general rule, apart from some exceptions. I cannot but disagree with Michael on that point.
In my experience, even so I'd given my e-email address, links to discussion threads, etc hoping to have some interesting opinions...I've seen some documents dowloaded thousands of times while receiving only ten, maybe twelve suggestions
(as an example, WWB...he kindly mentioned how he gone through my EU2 aids, but until now, I had only evidence from scarcely 20 people that they have found useful any of my EU2 guides -the so-called "positive feedback"-. Now, they are scarcely 21 people
)Since I've done quite an extensive work of gaming aids, playing guides, and such, and I run my own website (for which I have to pay, as said above), I'm very respectful of your position, guys, but I would find myself ridiculous if I had to complain because someone has placed one of these playing aids in his own website (wheter he asked me before or not), as long as they keep my name into it and not modify anything
Should another site delete my name (denying my authorship) from a guide or erasing my portrait in a 1419 worldmap (even so I'm rather ugly), I would kill him ( :cool: especially if erasing my portrait)
But since I've done such things with the intention that other gamers could read them, the fact that they read it directly from my page or from other site is completely irrelevant to me: the more people that find it useful, the better, with or without my permission, as long as they keep the documents as they were conceived
I have not modified, denied authorship (the briefings and accompanying readme -if any- were preserved) nor degraded anything. Furthermore, I came here (to the scenario designer's den) and innocently announced the scenario packs, a feasible proof of my goodwill
And then this unpleasant issue of the you should have asked before arose...
I'm very sorry since I did it with all my respect to the dedicated work of admired scenario designers, and this has triggered a mostly disgusting situation
We are talking of different positions and attitudes, and most surely we will not agree ever
The fact of the "you should have asked before" seems very important to some of you, while I find it quite irrelevant for my own works and, above all, for the gamers, which are the final objective of scenarios, gaming aids and such extra work done for free for so many people. And I don't think that we could agree on this
Anyway, I'm sorry that we have come to this discussion since my last intention was to make angry anyone of the scenario designers out there
[ January 06, 2003, 06:14 PM: Message edited by: El Cid_Cagi ]
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Originally posted by Oberst Bergerbitz:
I like El_Cid's scenario packs. Nice 'n' tidy. I probably won't personally e-mail him and thank him, though. I am a profoundly lazy man and I don't pretend to not be.
Don't worry, your message has been received. I understand you since I'm also the lazy man type, so I have left my CM page as it was, only removed the links to the packs, and everyone is happy again ( as can be seen here) Just try to overcome your laziness in the future, go to the Depot (it's the best scenario site) and give some feedback here and there
[ January 05, 2003, 07:33 PM: Message edited by: El Cid_Cagi ]
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Thanks for your offer, Rune, I really have enjoyed your "runepaks", but there will be no more scenario packs on my ownOriginally posted by rune:I have all my newer CMBB scenarios on two rune paks. They will be distributed when a couple scenarios are used in the tourneys they are in. Once done, I will post them all over, and El-Cid, will send to you if you want when we get to that point.
Contacting all scenario designers will make the scenario packs themselves outdated when finished, and as I have said I have already all the scenarios I want in my hard disk, separated in different folders
I though it was a good idea to share that with other gamers, but I was wrong. End of the history.
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Thanks for the suggestion and the offer for the scenario reviews, but I don't see the difference between puting a link to my favorite scenarios (as Michael suggested) or doing reviews of my preferred ones, since it would be an "arbitrary linking" that will not give any "download feedback" to the scenarios not mentionedOriginally posted by Spook:A good addition to your CM section would be scenario reviews done by you or others submitting to you. These text reviews would take up less cyberspace, but help "get the word out" as where to go and what to download when there.
Furthermore, at this very time I have no mood or intention of doing any more work in my CM section, other than keeping and mantaining the so-called CM Big Oracle, thanks to the helpful and friendly support from Markshot (maybe until someone comes and says that he don't wants to have their forum messages hosted elsewhere or that the content of these forums are copyrighted and such, a thing that most surely is a matter of time)
Personally, as said before, having had my EU2 Beginner's Guide in four languages and downloaded from my page at least twenty thousand of times, being hosted in (at least AFAIK) 5 or 6 more sites, I just cannot understand the positions shown by some scenario designers here: I do all my gaming aid work just for pure love to the hobby, the fact of having the "feedback" of the download counter is irrelevant. But that's only my position.
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Well, I think that I have made clear that I didn't wanted to offend anyone (and everyone at least agrees on this)
Some points have arisen in this discussion. After all, maybe this was not an empty effort:
1. Scenario designers should add a description line when finishing their scenarios, so every gamer out there can identify what kind of scenario they are looking to play from the Scenario Selection screen. In fact, should this be an universally accepted rule, I'd never done the scenario packs (my intention was more to separate solo from 2P oriented scenarios; the importance of ratings was to make reasonably sized files and a reasonable number of scenarios
2. I should have asked every scenario author before...well, in my experience when preparing documents, files, etc for other games, 75% of the time scenario designers, FAQ-makers and such simply don't reply to messages, or the referred e-mail address is too old, or wrong or who knows what
(a thing mostly difficult to understand to me, since I do answer all enquiries and the more strange questions about the games I have my page dedicated)
I had contacted Boots&Tracks about the so-called "Stalingrad Chrono pack", for example. An e-mail was sent to Kevin and CC to CapitalistDogInChina (a former and fond playmate
). Terry gently answered me for a salute, but Kevin did not say nothing (the Chrono pack are simply the scenarios renamed to be playable in the described chronological order. The readme includes all the debited credit, the website link and an invitation to visit the great B&T site...) But no answer yet (almost a month has passed)So the second conclusion is that people should answer inquiries from others, or this tends to create the impression that none answers nothing...
A similar history about some of the rare broken links in the depot (broken because the referred website is no more): none of the e-mails was answered. On the other side, Wayne Rutledge gently replied in a pair of hours about a scenario not yet linked from the Depot
Collecting all the scenarios, reading all the descriptions and available reviews to identify 2-player suitable games (although not designed for that purpose), or the contrary, to identify not-so-PBEM-suitable scenarios requires already a lot of time
Sending hundreds of e-mails and waiting for their response would make the whole thing and adventure. Furthermore, asking if it's possible to make available to gamers a scenario that is already available to gamers, but in a more comfortable way (from the gamer's point of view)
And here comes the third:
3. As pointed above, every scenario designer should add in the future a readme with a disclaimer: "I don't want my scenarios hosted elsewhere", like the FS mods and scenery files
4. I'm glad my EU2 section helped you, WBB
. And I'm thankful that in the end you accepted to have your scenarios included in the packs. And surely many gamers will be thankful soBut having them in a mood like "for this time, you can, but don't do it ever more" is not the way I like to have things available at my page
5. I'd though that gamers making scenarios, playing aids, help maps, FAQs and everything that adds more enjoyment to others to their favorite games are doing it for pure love for these games and the gaming hobby, and they would prefer to have their work the more widespread, the better (given that the most elemental credits are preserved, of course)
Unfortunately, the world is not as beatiful as I'd though, and the wargaming community from time to time has still that smell of purism and elitism
I don't want to keep removing, zipping a new file and uploading it every time that over the next weeks another scenario designer comes and claim their right to have their scenarios removed from the packs, so I have just removed all of them.
After all, I started the whole work to my own enjoyment, I have all the scenarios I want in my hard disk, and that's what I'll be playing
So the ill-advised move is finished. Over and out.
Edit: updated my signature
[ January 05, 2003, 02:04 PM: Message edited by: El Cid_Cagi ]
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Oops, didn't notice that, and I'm sure that Reverendo didn't notice it either. He was sure to have captured all the related thread of messages.
Will contact him ASAP
Thanks again
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Nothing sounds very basic to me when talking about web editing
. I have some hard times trying to figure even the simplest thingsFollowing your suggestions, I have added a second "CMBO Strategy Guide.html" file identical to the original "index" (I'm still keeping the original "index.html" so the link you gave will not break), included it in the zip file and added a short readme with your suggested instructions.
The new zip file has been uploaded already
Thanks again
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(more, sorry)
When I'd contacted Keith Miller I suggest him to add the "solo play/two player" argument as an alternative mode of sorting the scenarios at the Depot. I guess it would involve a lot of extra work (or better said, I suppose it can require a lot of extra work for an otherwise excellent site; I'm rather non-literate at web-editing issues)
(Just for the curiosity of someone that may ask "hey! who's that guy that comes and "steals" other's scenarios!", please check my Europa Universalis 2 section and see the kind of work I'm doing just for sharing the enjoyment for the games I love with other gamers)
Edit: even more. Just added this statement to my download page:
IMPORTANT NOTICE:(01/05) Please keep in mind that the best single source for CM scenarios is The Scenario Depot. Not only will you get the newest scenarios, but you should read other player's reviews of the existing ones
The fact that a scenario is not included in these packages may be simply because they are new enough and have not yet being reviewed at the Depot. Moreover, the rating system is not perfect so true gems or your ever-dreamed scenario can be in The Depot and not in these packages
I have to encourage players to regularly visit the Scenario Depot and calmly reading individual scenario reviews and ratings
Hope it helps to clarify the situation (and to keep the scenario packs as they are
)[ January 05, 2003, 06:36 AM: Message edited by: El Cid_Cagi ]
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Well, my idea about the scenario packages was conceived from a player's point of view:
after visiting the Depot regularly (2-3 times/week) for a time, reading the reviews, etc and having grabbed a lot of CMBB and CMBO scenarios, I soon find my "Scenarios" folder full of hundreds (it would be thousand for CMBO) of scenarios.
The description line of most scenarios don't tell if they are designed or are suitable for solo or H2H gameplay, and I like too to play "historical" scenarios when playing alone
And I don't like Quickbattles when playing MP, I prefer always to play "thematic" scenarios (as stated "The purpose of these collections is just to play "balanced" scenarios either when playing alone or head to head, without using Quickbattles all the way. Most of these scenarios have pretty designed maps, ad-hoc forces and/or some historical background, some things that QB lack of")
So I conceived the idea of having all CM scenarios separated by their characteristics, and this could be useful for other gamers elsewhere
After weeks of work (I'd contacted Keith Miller from the Depot by early December), I must admit I was angry at first by the response from Michael and Frank. After some sleep, I see things more calmly and I understand more their position, to a certain point, but I would make to them (and everyone else) some considerations:
1. I don't think that regular visitors of the Depot will stop to visit it because of these packages. I'm sure they will still being there, voting, getting the latest scenarios and such. Moreover, some non-visitors may start to go to the Depot from my page, giving the number of links to it. I actually encourage players to go to the Depot and give their votes
2. The "average" gamer don't wants to read through two thousand of pages of scenario descriptions, and scroll down to the base of the page to read player comments...He goes to the index and grabs some scenarios, most probably basing on the shown ratings
3. In the past (back in early 2000) I did a "PBEMpack" of CMBO scenarios, based on the ratings at CMHQ. I kept updating the package regularly for some months, adding new scenarios and newer versions of existing scenarios, but since I had no website at that time and other personal reasons, I had to abandon the idea (they were gently hosted at Col.Klotz' "ASL to CM site", which sadly was erased out of Earth by Hasbro lawyers)
4. There's now a dilemma: if I remove Michael Dorosz, Frank's and anyone else scenarios from the packages, there would be gamers out there that will be deprived from the excellent scenarios from these designers (the hypothetical "average gamer that don't read all the reviews and ratings")
If you really want still to have your scenarios removed, I will do it and will add a line telling so in my page: "there are no scenarios from these designers, as they asked to be removed: Mr. X, Mr. Y, Mr. Z, etc You should go to the Depot and grab them individually, since there are some great scenarios done by them out there"
5. It has been said: I have no economical interest in this. In fact, since I have a fairly amount of visitors to my webpage, I have it hosted on a server that actually costs me some money, just for having enough bandwith. Furthermore, I keep the content of my page both in english and spanish, requiring almost double web space
6. And finally, my personal position about game extras done by gamers. It does not make nothing to Michael and Frank position, but will help to understand why I did not contact previously some hundreds of scenario designers
I have done on my own some gaming aids for many games, as can be seen in my page. My "Beginner's Guide for Europa Universalis 2" has been even translated to german and russian, and it's currently hosted in several EU2-dedicated sites. I would prefer to know every time it's downloaded elsewhere (yes, it's a boost for my ego
), but I accept that once I have made these documents and playing guides for helping novice gamers and increasing other's enjoyment of a game I love, the more people that may read them, the betterI'd though that scenario designers would have a similar point of view, from the moment they have their scenarios not on his own hard disk for his personal enjoyment, but on a public server, available for download by anyone else
But as said above, I understand the position of any scenario designer that may want to have their scenarios removed from the packages (and I have remember that I may search in The Depot to have scenarios sorted by author, so you don't nedd to provide me with any list, I can do it on my own)
I have not "emasculated" (
) yet the packs, for the remote possibility that you change your mind...Will wait (unless you urge me to do so) a day or so, until reading your latest position on the issueBest regards
Edit: updated my profile; a damn comma made my webpage address wrong, a fact that could damage my selfsteem on the long run :cool: . Hope it's properly shown now
[ January 05, 2003, 05:55 AM: Message edited by: El Cid_Cagi ]
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Ok, as you wish. Your scenarios will be removed ASAP, but since The Scenario Depot don't list the author in their general list, it will take me some additional hours to separate what are your scenarios. Can you gently provide me a list of your CMBO and CMBB scenarios included in the packs?Originally posted by Michael Dorosh:Should the scenario designers not have been contacted first, to obtain permission to be released in this manner? My scenarios were done with the understanding the Scenario Depot would have exclusive rights to distributing them.
I also don't like the idea of a third party passing judgement on these scenarios, without the benefit of people being able to read the reviews and understanding why these scenarios have been rated the way they have been.
I'd appreciate it if my scenarios were removed from these packs.
Anyway, although I find very legitimate your position, I don't fully understand it, since I have not done any arbitrary selection, but a selection based precisely in the Scenario Depot player ratings, not my own opinion (I can count SIX links to the scenario depot in my download page)
Furthermore, I did contact Keith Miller from The Scenario Depot before officially announcing the scenario packs, and he did not tell me anything about exclusive hosting of scenarios, so I was totally unaware of your position
But no more arguing; your scenarios will be removed, Mr. Dorosh
Edit: Same there, Mr. Franko
[ January 04, 2003, 10:07 PM: Message edited by: El Cid_Cagi ]
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Oh, thanks for the announcement. Please keep sending any suggestions about how to improve the whole document, and I will try to do the best I can
Anyway, my only merit is for hosting the file; the editing and html rendering was entirely done by Reverendo
Edit: Oops, the signature didn't update. This is the correct link to my homepage
[ January 04, 2003, 08:23 PM: Message edited by: El Cid_Cagi ]
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I have tried to include the screenshots making them open as a popup window (just as I made the answers open in this Unofficial Europa Universalis 2 FAQ)...but I'm a total ignorant at html things and I was unable to do so
I will pass your suggestion to Reverendo, which at least knows that HTML is not an association of some kind, as I normally thought in the past
BTW, I will be delighted and honored if you keep suggesting how to improve the document
[ January 04, 2003, 08:00 PM: Message edited by: El Cid_Cagi ]
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(hope to not being flooding the forums; this is the last announcement, honest
)I have added to my homepage several scenarios packs for both CMBO and CMBB
They have been selected among the best rated in The Scenario Depot (especially in the case of CMBO, for which there are such a lot of available scenarios), and separated basing on the suitability for PBEM, TCP/IP or solo play, and those referred as "historical", reflecting actual engagements
Currently, the packs available are:
CMBB Historical scenarios: 28 scenarios and 6 operations based on actual engagements
CMBB Solo Play: 88 scenarios and 5 ops suitable for playing in solitaire
CMBB 2-Player pack: 126 scenarios and 18 operations suitable for playing head-to-head
CMBB TCP Pack: 51 small scenarios (selected from the 2-player pack) suitable for fast, single session TCP/IP battles
CMBO TCP pack: 118 scenarios, small to tiny in size and suitable for fast, single session TCP/IP play
CMBO PBEM pack (new): 137 scens and 13 ops from medium size up, suitable for head-2-head PBEM playing
CMBO Historical Package: 165 scenarios and 9 operations based upon actual battles (as estated by the author)
Furthermore, the best scenarios (again based on consistent, very positive comments from players at The Scenario Depot) are marked with an "$" symbol for easy selection (although every player is encouraged to add their votes at The Scenario Depot)
After browsing these forums a bit, I'm planning to do some CM-ASL Packages. I have still all the scenarios available at the sadly disappeared "ASL for CM" site from Col.Klotz, and I like very much to play those great conversions from ASL Veteran, Marko and others...
Best regards to all of you
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Thanks for the correction, I gave mistakenly the merit to the formatter, sorry. You have made a great work with that anthology of messages
In fact, Reverendo (a former Underdogs moderator) compiled the messages for his own enjoyment while playing with the Dreamweaver html editor, he's not even a regular player of CM!
Once I announced the CMBO and CMBB scenario packs at a spanish gaming forum, he offered to me his work, and I though I should make it available for the entire CM community
(the "CM Big Oracle" title was a little joke playing with the acronyms)
Thanks for the point and keep the great work!
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Hi everybody:
I have added to my page some CMBB scenario packs. They have been selected from those listed at The Scenario Depot among those that have had at least some positive feedback from players.
They are separated in 4 packs:
CMBB Historical scenarios: 28 scenarios and 6 operations based on actual engagements
CMBB Solo Play: 88 scenarios and 5 ops suitable for playing in solitaire
CMBB 2-Player pack: 126 scenarios and 18 operations suitable for playing head-to-head
CMBB TCP Pack: 51 small scenarios (selected from the 2-player pack) suitable for fast, single session TCP/IP battles
The scenarios that have been highly praised at The Scenario Depot have been renamed with an "$" at the end, for easy selection (especially useful for the 2 player oriented scenarios, since the $ usually signals a well-balanced scenario based on player experiences)
You can get the packs at my homepage, in the Combat Mission section
Best regards to all
EDIT: The scenario packs have been REMOVED, due to the opposition of some scenario designers. Read the details in this thrilling thread!
Edit: removed e-mail notification of messages
[ January 06, 2003, 09:45 PM: Message edited by: El Cid_Cagi ]
SCW MOD ???
in Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin
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As for Spanish terrain, that great scenario artist called Wayne Rutledge (which has never been around this thread, and most surely will never be
) has done some great renderings of spanish-like terrain in their scenarios, especially the one called "Raid on Madrid". Only Don Quixote and some windmills are missing
I think that it's most the composition of terrain elements that would make the feel for spanish land, more than the terrain elements themselves. The depictions given by Caid should be most helpful for scenario designers.
The layout and general aspect of houses and such should be more like the forthcoming CMAK italian buildings, but for the most part the CMBB buildings will do the job
About Escuadron111, the Falcon 4.0 spanish modders, I'm currently playing a CMBB PBEM game with one of these fellows (Mandra). I will call his attention over this thread