Pete Wenman

Thanks for showing an interest.  This is a WIP fictional red vs red AI only scenario of a Coup d’etat set on a 1072 meter by 592 meter urban map.  The map is a modified version of @LongLeftFlank Ramadi-Government-Center map.  The scenario has a variable end time.  The optimal scenario length is two hours however it can be played to three hours.  If the scenario is played longer than two hours the AI is awarded an extra 200 Victory Points.  
The player leads an early morning (0400hrs) Coup d’etat.  The player starts with a small force and attempts to recruit additional units while weakening the regime until ultimately the balance of power flips allowing the player to take control of the city. To achieve this "flip of power" the player can choose a combination of methods: ambushes, street fighting, bribery, assassination, IEDs, VBIEDs, mercenary units, HUMINT, TSE, foreign assistance (in the form of Intelligence, operatives, money, supplies, & SF unit) and radio propaganda.  Wise tactical employment of infantry units in a MOUT environment will also be necessary.  If the player fails in the coup attempt his coup leader HQ team can flee to the US consulate (which contains an exit zone).  The scenario would still be lost but making it to the consulate might be the difference between a major defeat and a tactical defeat depending on the situation etc.  
Waiting on the CMSF2 patch and beta testing.     In a week or two I'll start a forum thread on it like I did with CMBS Tactical Operations Center (TOC).   Below is a screenshot of an IED as viewed by US Marines from the roof of the US consulate (looking northeast).
 

I am calling this a win.  Made some dumb mistakes but clearly better this time.  Clear win if I am writing the history of the battle.... 
They'll never get to Kiev at this rate....
 
 
 

Died just to give me a splash screen...


Did you find the penetration?
 
Mord.

While it lacks drama, I finally figured out how to see who did what and got my first enemy surrender (where the end game screen just pops up).  Overall, a minor victory but I am just starting out so I will take it!  Took too many losses which I believe could have been avoidable or at least many of them were.
Reminds me of Pavlov's House in Stalingrad.  You shall NOT pass!! (which is Gandalf I know)
So I quit playing to go watch the Brown's with 20 minutes left in the game (They won!) and then woke up for the last 20 minutes of this game.  Kept my guys spread out to avoid airtstrikes (don't bunch up, no straight lines!)
 
Whew!  What a freaking game.
 
Going to read up on the subject and relax today and enjoy the win... maybe do the training again...maybe buy some of the other titles...

John I'd suggest letting this go.  First off accusing the moderator of deliberately trying to find an excuse to ban you is a really strong allegation.  Especially if you take no ownership of just why they might feel that way if in fact they did.
As someone who has posted in the past in frustration and sarcasm in response to some of your posts I had to ask myself as to why I was letting your stuff get to me so much.  Yeah they were over the top and ridiculous, but I had no rational reason for feeling I HAD to reply.  So for a while I just set your stuff to ignore.  I don't like doing that, it smacks too much of censorship but frankly for my own piece of mind I needed some distance from the sheer amount of stuff you spew out there.  Once in a while there is a decent nugget, but most of it feels like you are just spamming the forum.
If you would try and put yourself in our position - Ask yourself this honestly - does anyone else at all post to the degree you do of extraneous information that we somehow find interesting on the internet that is not specifically related to Combat Mission?  Not just occasional stuff but sometimes multiple threads per day.  If you had someone coming up all day to bug you with odd stuff they found all day on the internet, do you think after a while you might ask them to stop?

Having all games on one platform like DCS would be great, but I understand it could be difficult.
 
I am new here btw, hello everyone.
 

Bad news......... the CO's BTR was immobilized.  Good news..........in CMSF you can call a taxi      . 

The sh/t mod is something I've put together, along with ground rubbish, amended rubble and a re-textured wooden bridge from RT


I'll get them on CMMods later today
 
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The German edition, according to your link, was published in 2014 which is probably enough time to have garnered a review or two.
The  author:
http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-nb2003070679/
The original publisher of his books:
http://www.hek-creativ-verlag.de/
The author and publisher being one and the same.
How many reviews of his works over the years …? Not many …
The absence of a substantial review base is not necessarily the be all and end all but he is also not a historian by trade.
Whether the book is controversial or not is another matter, that label is applied by the person writing the linked article. If you delve into the narrative in the article, it seems that the 'controversy' boils down to:
The Germans didn't fight much. True - they lost. Lieutenant Brotheridge was killed by his own side. Could have been, it was dark and there were a fair few rounds going down range. Lieutenant Brotheridges's circumstances of death have been covered up. Depends really on whether he was killed by his own side, whether anyone knew that his own side had killed him and what defines a cover up. Just for sh1ts and giggles, let's say that Lieutenant Brotheridge was killed by friendly fire. His death I am sure would have been recorded in official records as killed in action. I doubt anybody really had the time or inclination to investigate the cause of every death in action with there being a war on and all that. In conspiracy theorist world, because the accurate statement 'killed in action' does not say 'killed by own side' and that there was no further investigation, such omissions amount to a cover up.  This reasoning is generally flawed.
Back to the end of the article at your link:
'Although the author cannot provide further evidence to support his hypotheses than the many testimonies of veterans, he nevertheless contributes to shaking up the historic lines of D-Day.' This seems to me to indicate that the author lacks evidence beyond a few old people that he spoke to. Oral testimony has its place but as you ought to know from your intelligence background, you have to question the validity of such testimony years after the event, particularly when it is uncorroborated by other sources.
So, that is a pretty long way of saying - don't get 'excited and curious' every time you see something labelled controversial.


 
 

Thanks. One of the chief merits of this game - and it’s a big one - is that you don’t have to learn how to “beat the game” to do pretty well. I’ve been dorking our on military history for a long time on top of serving, so that knowledge has served me well. For the most part you can apply real-life tactical and organizational doctrine with good results.
I’m a huge fan of the historical accuracy of the TO&E. I create something along the lines of a task force, albeit on a smaller scale. I could probably get away with allowing the company commander to have control of the unit as a whole and will try it soon 

The sh/t mod is something I've put together, along with ground rubbish, amended rubble and a re-textured wooden bridge from RT


I'll get them on CMMods later today
 
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I bought the upgrade bundle today and fired up a quick battle followed by a scenario, and I must say, I'm impressed! It feels like a completely new game. Thanks BFC.

CMSF with all modules has a huge amount of units and many great scenarios, so it was a very good game when the last modules were published.
And now CMSF2 with newer game engine is even better.

The sh/t mod is something I've put together, along with ground rubbish, amended rubble and a re-textured wooden bridge from RT


I'll get them on CMMods later today
 
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I had a similar issue:  I was loading the key from the SF2 Big Bundle Upgrade, then the key from SF1 "big bundle" (USMC, UK, NATO).  The game would launch, but stick on the splash screen.  Once I entered the original SF1 base game key, all was well.  Poked around in a few scenarios and campaigns, and everything is running smoothly.
I start 2 weeks vacation on the 14th, looking forward to sinking my teeth into this game.
Also - to the development team, thanks for your hard work, and thanks to Battlefront for the discount!
 
 

The sh/t mod is something I've put together, along with ground rubbish, amended rubble and a re-textured wooden bridge from RT


I'll get them on CMMods later today
 
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OK - sh/t mod (official tag [squalor] )is up on CMmods. This also includes amended rubble texture, rural wall and wooden 48m bridge.

https://cmmodsiii.greenasjade.net/?p=7522

@mjkerner
@MOS:96B2P
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OK - sh/t mod (official tag [squalor] )is up on CMmods. This also includes amended rubble texture, rural wall and wooden 48m bridge.

https://cmmodsiii.greenasjade.net/?p=7522

@mjkerner
@MOS:96B2P
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Simple post, to hopefully keep your spirits up going into the Christmas season and dealing with all the post-launch issues
Thank you
Have a good day

OK - sh/t mod (official tag [squalor] )is up on CMmods. This also includes amended rubble texture, rural wall and wooden 48m bridge.

https://cmmodsiii.greenasjade.net/?p=7522

@mjkerner
@MOS:96B2P
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The sh/t mod is something I've put together, along with ground rubbish, amended rubble and a re-textured wooden bridge from RT


I'll get them on CMMods later today
 
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Got home from work at 1030. Intalled CMSF2 at like 11, had to restart PC cause reasons, and then my game wouldn't activate properly cause I bought the CMSF + marines bundle back in the day. Entered a ticket and no less then TEN MINUTES later they had sorted me out, and I am up and running. BFC, well done!

The rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated.

It is a longstanding tradition that we soft-launch roughly a day prior to the announcement, and eagerly wait for the first person to spill the beans on the forums.

My Belgian geography is fairly basic, so to which part of the Ardennes does ME refer to?