rocketman

In the heat of the moment:
 

Awesome stuff - adds even more immersion to the game. And that is always a good thing. Thanks man

I get some password check when I try to open the downloaded file. No such problems with any of you previous mods.

Kieme CMBS BTR-4e
 
The 3-tone digital camo applies to this vehicle because it's the most advanced as the Oplot, and the only remaining UA vehicle that could display it without too much commotion. Intensive weathering for the lower parts, usual for the rest.
Enhanced normal maps included.
 
Download:
https://app.box.com/s/own9ti9zohnnvmhju6jyr7trg674up2t
 
Preview:

Kieme CMBS BMP-2-k UA
 
A mod for both BMP-2 and BMP-2k in UA ranks. This time I went for a quite strong weathering, because these vehicles are used by infantry too.
The base color was slightly changed to be a bit darker.
Enhanced normal maps as usual.
 
Download:
https://app.box.com/s/td4e4ohyirchpqb7gsl2sjfz9r70xcf7
Preview:

 
Vanilla for comparison:

 

Hello,
 
I have a scenario in need of testing. Resupply at Kharalyk. This is a CM:SF style scenario where a U.S. Stryker Platoon and Ukr Mech Platoon move to relieve a pair of Ukrainian checkpoints that are under attack from Separatists.
 
This is the first scenario I've done that has a variable ORBAT. This means there is a chance for the enemy force to be different each time you play the mission. There are a total of 4 different ORBATs.
 
Small scenario, 40 mins, early morning with light rain, Blufor only.
 
My Goals:
 
Create a Scenario that focused on combat against irregular forces. Utilize the range of modern weapons within that context. Use a wider battle space than would normally be used for a scenario of this size.  
My worries;
 
Victory Points might be trash right now (I'm not particularly great at doling these out) Some variable ORBATs my be very difficult. The open nature of the map may be too difficult for the force in use. Situation portion of the briefing:
 
The Ukrainian Army established a checkpoint on the outskirts of Kharalyk to control the movement of the Separatist “Lysenko” Battalion in August. It has recently established a second checkpoint to cover both bridges into the town. The establishment of the second checkpoint coincides with increased logistical support from Russia as the front draws nearer.

Within the last few days the “Lysenko” Battalion has made a concerted effort to isolate the two posts and has prevented resupply of the garrison. All attempts have been turned back by RPG and SPG-9 ambushes on the roads between Burty and Kharalyk. Ammunition and other supplies are getting critically low, especially at the newer and less fortified northern checkpoint.

A force consisting of a Stryker Platoon from the newly arrived NATO Expeditionary Force and a platoon of Ukrainian troops move out in the morning to break the blockade. Meanwhile the “Lysenko” Battalion prepares to assault and destroy the checkpoints to secure their control over the area.
 
If anyone is interested shoot me a PM or post here and I'll send you the scenario when I get a chance. I'll also probably post a link here when I get it uploaded to a hosting site.
 
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated!
 
 

Kieme CMBS T-64 Bulat
 
another kind of 3-tone camouflage for the Bulat, the usual weathering, a bit stronger this time for the grunt T-64...
enhanced normal maps included.
 
Download:
https://app.box.com/s/44s2t1hf8rejozy8m3xxf4whsf6n5zhe
 
Preview:

Note to self; never, ever, ever again leave troops inside an Hind area mission. Ever!
Friendly fire is as effective as against the enemy.

I will definitely try the static defense as my first initial scenario! Hopefully you all will give it a shot and I can only wish it will at least give you some trouble  

Note to self; never, ever, ever again leave troops inside an Hind area mission. Ever!
Friendly fire is as effective as against the enemy.

It can take some time to acquire ammo and equipment from a vehicle.  One of the things that I found can help is the use of a two man scout team or AT team.  I split a two man team (scout or AT) off from the squad.  Now this two man team can be used to acquire ammo for the rest of the squad while the squad can remain on line fighting.  Also the two man team is small enough it can get in most vehicles to acquire the needed ammo.  After acquiring the ammo the two man team then returns to the same action spot as the rest of the squad.  The game automatically recombines the teams into one squad and distributes the ammo among all the teams.  Next turn you can split the squad back into fire teams.  The teams / squad will distribute ammo and continue to shoot while recombining however there will be some danger while all the teams are bunched together.  
 
Below are some screenshots taken from CMBN reference acquiring supplies from an ammo dump. While the time period is different and does not involve a vehicle the concept is the same with a two man team getting supplies for the rest of the squad.  (Just ignore the C2 reference. That was for a different topic.)
 

 
 

 
This method still takes the same amount of time but it keeps most of the squad in the fight and the two man team will almost always be able to get in the vehicle to acquire the needed ammo.  Getting that two man team sent off in a timely manner to acquire the ammo is also important.  Hope this helped and gave you some ideas.
 

Kieme CMBS T-64BV
 
Dirty and dusty T-64BV with enhanced normal maps.
 
Download:
https://app.box.com/s/beqrs5jbox26b1v9tc5frk9z83nuxva5
 
Preview:
please see previous replies in this thread.

Recall topic, here is a list of all the mods released until now, complete with download links.
 
Please be careful to distinguish High Definition (HD) and Standard versions (where not specified, consider it a Standard version). 
 
HD mods are made using textures 2 times larger, in resolution, than the original game files, providing a much detailed view effect at close distance at the expense of computer resource usage, therefore HD mods can slow down your computer and should be used only if you have good FPS (frames per second); in case you can try to use them and see if your machine doesn't slow down too much.
Standard versions are there for those with less powerful computers, being of the very same resolution as the original textures they have no effect on FPS. There's no other difference between Standard and HD mods but for the resolution.
Please note that there's no ground mod standard version as per now, because it will take quite some work to be done well and for now it's not a priority.
 
There are no new mods on this list, so be sure to download what you need or missed. Please browse this forum thread if you look for more information and previews.
 
List of released mods until now:
 
Kieme CMBS ground mod (HD) pt. 1 https://app.box.com/s/ywtyid56b1t7dphm4fg7et7668q0egdg
 
Kieme CMBS ground mod (HD) pt. 2 https://app.box.com/s/2arjajmarl8gd33j3j3bad939iks1n9l
 
Kieme CMBS alternative crops https://app.box.com/s/7aia2idxkivf2hfm8r7w6dzrnsf11piz
 
Kieme CMBS reworked foliage https://app.box.com/s/1s1yiq0fab62k5vrxf1jwjax2wix1o7x
 
Kieme CMBS reworked horizons https://app.box.com/s/qcxm6o3sx6wztbtreszl3cd0qamdkrm8
 
Kieme CMBS alternative overcast clouds https://app.box.com/s/uz4z8t8crw7vbaiijwju3wq9ttmjoqfi
 
Kieme CMBS improved doodads https://app.box.com/s/6zw49zm80pzq860yd3q3p05qdl9ld8ws
 
Kieme CMBS alternative walls (HD) https://app.box.com/s/syqg4s9yz98y4vw8it85ik1b08fb2nh4
Kieme CMBS alternative walls (Standard) https://app.box.com/s/spaavfymtt7r10ipzbgyx6uimvvyrmdh
 
Kieme CMBS modular buildings (HD) https://app.box.com/s/lriagz6nrjlo1m6y2eke1u99f5jowptc
Kieme CMBS modular buildings (Standard) https://app.box.com/s/qi57mtpha80f3x1r2dr8ia52nze8iico
 
Kieme CMBS modular buildings add-on 1 (HD) https://app.box.com/s/3whq3ye3oxl5k1ru6qsj7b68xyp0ffxx
 
Kieme CMBS improved roads (HD) https://app.box.com/s/9b827rv64gjyugzt0yk9jx7f6gnhra04
Kieme CMBS improved roads (Standard) https://app.box.com/s/nzfq3kb1g3pwh197l3rz23vvoumvhbvp
 
Kieme CMBS modular roofs pt. 1 https://app.box.com/s/5yoz7chtwhu3c95nbrlaub62hs2h0fv9
 
Kieme CMBS modular roofs pt. 2 https://app.box.com/s/2jb4hzgcv2u0tqk9kemmodn5b44qklnh
 
 
Top downloaded file is: Kieme CMBS modular buildings (HD) - 201 downloads
Least downloaded file is: Kieme CMBS modular buildings add-on 1 (HD) - 57 downloads
Dowloads for a total of 100 GB circa until now.
 
Plans for next mods:
Vehicles!
Personally, I am very fond of the base color for Ukrainian vehicles, and I wouldn't change it too much. Weathering should be added to all vehicles, not too intense though.
Some vehicles might be Worth alternative camouflage (T-64 Bulat, T-84 Oplot).
US vehicles have a very nice camouflage already, they should get some weathering as well.
Russian vehicles, a mess. I really don't like most of the base colors, and might be waiting for BTR's mods before doing anything with them.
 
Infantry!
No intentions to mod infantry or uniforms. I feel like weapons could be weathered a bit to make them less "toy" like. otherwise I really like the uniforms, might be nice to add some of Aris' faces from other CM games. 
I might desaturate russian camouflage, but that's just a personal taste.
 
Independent buildings!
Some of them are ok, some are not for me. I'd like to mod those but it takes a lot of time. Tanks a Lot barns should fit CMBS as well (the large ones for sure). It's Worth to try a port.
 
Bridges!
Could use a lot of love, tried modding them, but it takes a lot of time. Might do the road ones just for the sake of adding the same road type of the modded roads.
 
Flavor objects!
Yeah, not much to notice here, but the larger objects could use higher resolution textures.
 
More modular buildings!
add-on number 2 is already half ready, 4 more buildings which will bring the total to 16 options if creating a new scenario.
Another version of the modular buildings, with "combat effects", should be added as a [Tagged] version.
 
Highway!
Highway Tiles could be modded, but in my opinion the only good highway is the one going NS and EW... I could try to port a [tagged] mod to use those Tiles for airport and military installation scenarios.

Hi Hister
Just want to point you - and everyone else - to a nice little feature in the new forum software: A special function for spoiler text.
 
 



 
Unfortunately, it is rather hard to find. But here it is:
 
Chose "More Reply Options". Then choose the third icon from the left - in the upper left hand corner. "Special BBCode"
 
spoiler 1
 
Then in the roll down menu choose "spoiler".
 
spoiler 2
 
And Bob´s your uncle!

I can really encourage doing something in the editor - a ton of fun. Check out "Proambulator" on Youtube, great video tutorials.
 
How about a fictional encounter on D-Day morning, with all the scattered paratroopers making up small groups that ran into German positions. Can be small but interesting and not entirely implausible.

I can really encourage doing something in the editor - a ton of fun. Check out "Proambulator" on Youtube, great video tutorials.
 
How about a fictional encounter on D-Day morning, with all the scattered paratroopers making up small groups that ran into German positions. Can be small but interesting and not entirely implausible.

One of the best parts of when a new game is released is the flood of great mods - it's like X-mas every day!
Thanks for spoiling the rest of us.

They replace the white picket fences. They're nice but I wanted something a bit grimmer. It is nothing special but it might be useful until Kieme or Juju release something better. Same resolution as the default picket fence.
 
 

 
 

 
 
(Don't mind the trees, they're not from me, it is a port from CMBN, I am just working on a wintery map.)
 
 
I also got these dingy run down and rusty corrugated walls that replace stone walls. Not sure whether it is worth it to upload them, I am not entirely satisfied with them. The repeat is maybe a bit too obvious and they look weird from the side or from a top down view.
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

I had this idea for a while and thought it worth sharing:
 
Right now, in the editor, we can make different AI-setups and plans. That helps replayabaility a lot. But what if we could instead designate zones and positions, and then let the game deploy its troops in those?
 
Example: Instead of the designer placing a machinegun in position A, B, or C, he places maybe 20 different "potential MG position" markers on the map. Then he places 40 "potential infantry position" markers, etc. When the mission starts, the game randomly places its machineguns and infantry in those positions. So instead of having maybe 3 different AI setups, you get 20x40 combinations, so you never know where the enemy will be.
 
However, there should still be the option for the designer to place certain assets in certain positions, so while the enemy AT-gun might be in either position A, B, or C, the rest would be randomised - or any other combination you could think of.

Got it Ian. Thanks. Now I just have to unplug the mod log jam
 
One suggestion I do have for the new repository is to have a section for general CMx2 engine mods that work in all the games. As an example my "Arrow Unit Bases" mod works in all CMx2 games. If we had that I would not have to load the mod into each separate game repository for people to find it easily.

Pretty much what it says. When you add this to your game you'll get static laden radio chatter coming from all your vehicles (while sitting and moving).
 
SEE the readme for all the info.
 
There's regular and Mac versions. Links are after the pic. And if by chance there's a lot of down loads and my bandwidth runs out on Mediafire do what you guys can to help get the files to people that missed out.
 
 

 
 
PC Version
http://www.mediafire.com/download/4q9qbyrpo89kg33/Mords_Vehicle_Radio_Chatter_Mod.zip
 
Mac Version
http://www.mediafire.com/download/3vhtqvex64e1jqo/Mords_Vehicle_Radio_Chatter_Mod_MAC_VERSION.zip
 
 
NOTE: For guys that might read this in the future the Black Sea Repository section should be up so, just check for it there.
 
 
Mord.
 
 
 
 
 

Please don't put spoilers in topic titles. 

Reiter, what sound mod is that?

Kieme CMBS modular buildings (HD) mod
 
Download link:
https://app.box.com/s/lriagz6nrjlo1m6y2eke1u99f5jowptc
 
Changelog:
-new textures (HD) for all 8 modular buildings
-new doors and windows
-new details
-new flat roofs
-new floor texture
 
Note: this mod is in HD, that means that all the content textures are 2x the size of original game's ones. Please note that use of this mod will require more computer resources and might cause lower performances of the game with your system.
 
Preview: (more previews inside this forum thread, please check other pages):

Well I was quick enough to copy the message before Ken deleted it - it's not pretty reading I'm afraid.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pitiful if you ask me.
 
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