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PIATpunk reacted to MadBot in Shock Force 2 Beta Showcase Video March 15, 2019

You would think that after all this time and all these years have passed people would have learnt to spell his (my) name correctly. It is Madmatt, NOT MadMatt.
This message from MadBot brought to you because I forgot my old Madmatt account password.....

- He who once was known as Madmatt

PIATpunk reacted to wadepm in Update on Engine 4 patches March 1, 2019

In case you haven't been checking, the patch is not yet out...

PIATpunk reacted to RockinHarry in any more Interest in CMBN (or any WW2) sound mods? February 27, 2019

Just recently I came to do some optimizing of the stock games sounds to my personal liking, or tinkering with other modders files. ATM I´m at small arms hit impact sounds (ground, buildings ect.). To me personally most of them are bit too bassy, thus giving these a pronounced near effect, no matter the range to the camera. Cutting (high pass) the bass below 100Hz does the trick for me most the time and they´re sounding now more distant. There´s also one "penetrate building" sound file which I left as is (bassy), so this comes through somewhat better in case a buildings walls receive many hits the same time. This is to indicate that the (stone) building is shot at with something that can penetrate and thus dangerous to its occupants. Til now I wasn´t quite aware that there´s a "penetrating" sound file, since building hits do all sound the same to me. Same for ground/rock hits. Cut the bass even more, so there´s more distinction between ground and building hits. I also expanded some the building hit files with some shattering glass sound FX and numbered them up (offering the game more to draw from randomly). Always sounded strange to me when a building front having multiple windows receiving hits and no glass shattering to hear.
Did similar edits to voice sound files (cutting bass and highs) so they sound somewhat more smooth and distant now. Problem with voice files (germans in particular) is these weren´t recorded professionally, either having disturbing noises, pronounced near effect, or that unwanted spatial reverb FX to them that you can´t filter out without diminishing audio quality generally. There´s some simple tricks to record better game voice audio, even if you´ve nothing but a simple headset and sitting in your living room.
I´m aware we already have multiple sound mods released by folks over the years, but in case there´s further needs for sound files as mentioned above, I just ask.

PIATpunk reacted to CMFDR in ...and the Stuarts February 26, 2019

Thanks to @Bootie it found a new home on CMMODS IV the Warehouse: http://www.thefewgoodmen.com/cm-mod-warehouse/combat-mission-battle-for-normandy/cmbn-vehicles/aris-marder-iii-m/
Thank you again @Doodlebug for keeping it all that time with its Readme and Decals.
@Fuser you may last as long as the Internet

PIATpunk reacted to benpark in Update on Engine 4 patches February 23, 2019

I did the same. The "GI Anvil of Victory: Squad Leader copy I bought as a 13 year old had a blank US officer counter that I added my name to. Which wrapped around the edges of the counter, and was far less well-executed than I had hoped.
Also finding some blank hex sheets that were around 16x20" allowed me to start making my own maps. That was when things became really interesting for me, and I'm still doing it in my whatever the heck age I am.

PIATpunk reacted to Bootie in New CMMODS IV February 19, 2019

Hello Gentlemen
I had hoped to delay the announcement of this until the new CMMODS site was 100% finished and all the mods uploaded however due to circumstances I am pulling the announcement forward to... well now.
After recent discussions between GreenAsJade and Battlefront it has been decided to relocate the CMMODSIII site to fall under the umbrella of The Few Good Men where The Proving Grounds and The Scenario Depot already reside.
To this end work has begun on moving the modifications currently hosted at CMMODSIII to their new home at CMMODS IV. As you can imagine this is a major job and will take a few weeks. CMMODSIII will remain open until the full transfer has taken place so for now I request that no new mods be uploaded to CMMODSIII.
Within the next few days CMMODS IV will be opening the requests section for folk interested in becoming Creators (formerly Authors) and at this time the new upload process will be implemented. This will be under the Instructions section of the new website but I will post in this thread to keep you all in the loop.
A few points about the new website worth mentioning... all files will now be held in cloud storage so even a catastrophic website crash will not impact any loss of modifications. All files from the old CMMODSIII site will be relisted and recently with the help of @Erwin I have acquired approx. just shy of 300GB of modifications with quite a few that slipped through the net between the Repository and CMMODSIII transfer over 3 years ago. So as you can imagine Im going to be very busy over the next few weeks.
Please do not subscribe to the new CMMODS IV just yet or you will be inundated with copious amounts of uploads... I think I uploaded over 100 today... you really don't want that many notification emails dropping in your inbox anytime soon!
In closing I want to thank Martin for all his sterling work over the years keeping CMMODS running and it's an honour to pick up the gauntlet where he left off.
Without further ado, here is the new site, still a work in progress but getting their quickly.
http://www.thefewgoodmen.com/cm-mod-warehouse/
Regards
Bootie
@Battlefront.com

PIATpunk reacted to Macisle in Kharkov Map Sneak Peak February 16, 2019

Hey, guys. It's been awhile. I thought I'd drop a screenie and let everyone know that the project is alive and well -- if moving along rather slowly due to RL time demands. I had to take a long break or two again, but have knocked out a number of blocks on the map since my last post, along with a sizable chunk of elevation refining. Here is a screenie showing a bit over half the master map:

This is East to West, with the Southern half of the map being largely visible. The SE corner is done, but wouldn't fit in the picture. There is a little more that is finished, but it wouldn't fit without showing skeletal areas, so I kept things to what is complete (well, other than final tweaks, flavor objects and elevation refinement).
Alrighty, that's it for now. Macisle out!

PIATpunk got a reaction from Frenchy56 in ...and the Stuarts February 7, 2019

Hmm I have an Aris churchill Vii mod and Aris Marder IIIM mod for CMBN/CW... if that is of any use.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/nejrbxeovset3nk/AAAVi0MgBKFT4bGCUGCPLIxca?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/kqx6k089b2w60i1/AAAwatynyQi9vvp3BvoPcb0Aa?dl=0

PIATpunk got a reaction from CMFDR in ...and the Stuarts February 7, 2019

Hmm I have an Aris churchill Vii mod and Aris Marder IIIM mod for CMBN/CW... if that is of any use.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/nejrbxeovset3nk/AAAVi0MgBKFT4bGCUGCPLIxca?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/kqx6k089b2w60i1/AAAwatynyQi9vvp3BvoPcb0Aa?dl=0

PIATpunk reacted to CMFDR in CMBS Training Maps Ported to WW2 (BN, FB, FI, RT) February 3, 2019

I like the maps included in Black Sea's training campaign so I ported to Battle for Normandy, Final Blitzkrieg, Fortress Italy and Red Thunder to have my PixelTruppen train better.
More sweat, less blood they see...
To port the maps, I've used the novel Mutator tool developed by Stan Bobovych @sbobovyc, thank you Sir.

http://www.thefewgoodmen.com/tsd3/cm-red-thunder/cm-red-thunder-add-ons/cmbs-training-maps-ported-to-ww2-bn-fb-fi-rt/

PIATpunk reacted to A Canadian Cat in Red Thunder bugs January 29, 2019

I can confirm it has been reported (a couple of months prior to the first report here). I added a note that it appears in CMRT as well.