CMFDR

Hi, all.  I just realized that my old mod for CMFI/GL never ported to the new CMMODs III.  You can download the file here.
This mod replaces the default floating icons in Combat Mission: Fortress Italy (CMFI) and its Gustav Line module. These stylized icons are based on the U.S. War Department’s 1943 Basic Field Manual FM21-30 Conventional Signs, Military Symbols and Abbreviations. The icons have a slightly three-dimensional appearance so that they look like counters from traditional board-based war games. And, when the icon blinks (i.e., the unit is selected or wounded), the unit’s national flag is displayed.  Detailed instructions included in the zip file explain what each symbol means and how to use the provided files.

Just to let you guys know I have updated the sites to now accommodate uploads for CMSF2.
As usual any problems tag me here and I will reply ASAP.
Bootie

I posted about this around the time FB was released and maybe you can dig that thread up. IIRC it was kind of complicated and could yield some messy results with other in game text. Doable, but not worth the effort for me. But please try. I like to make menu screen mods and some pics don't work well with stock color.

Contains terrain and building mods for Pacific island jungle terrain, specific to my Makin Atoll scenario. Mods trees, bushes, undergrowth and bocage, as well as background sounds and horizon.

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Go for it, Claude! The more modders the merrier!☺️

Hi Guys,
 
I got an email today from a forum member asking me for the individual files for this campaign.
Fortunatelly I still could find them in an old HD.
 
I´m making them available from the link below.
This includes the individual files, the script for the campaign with all the parameters and also the pdf and complete campaign.
I spent a lot of time making it balanced, as much as possible, and did not antecipate scenarios being played individually. Now with the individual files available though you can make whatever changes you want to them.
 
Notice that this was made in 2007! It was the first user made campaign done for Shock Force.
Since it is this old though I have no idea how it runs today.
 
https://www.mediafire.com/?x34nwdv1yw7dfm4
 
Have fun.
 
Webwing

These video tutorials are meant to get you started in the art of painting skins.
The focus is on basic Photoshop techniques, although you can transfer the concepts to any image manipulation software that has similar capabilities.

There are many ways and styles that can be used to paint skins. I tried to concentrate on what I think are the most simple and efficient for the beginner.

The skins done for CM:SF are fabulous works, created by a few very talented artists. This tutorials will not make you become one of them right away. It will take a lot more learning and practice, not to mention talent. But hopefully it will put you on the right track.

Coming soon! (Being uploaded to the server)

Tutorial 1 - Introduction

Tutorial 2 - Creating a base texture

Tutorial 3 - Creating volume.

Tutorial 4 - Adding Drop Shadows (you need to unRAR this one)

Tutorial 5 - Adding some screws

Tutorial 6 - Some fast and easy effects

Tutorial 7 - Working with more complex shapes

Interesting...v4.0 all Commanders are only supposed to have their Heads stick out and nothing more (v3.0 Commanders had their Heads & Torso stick out like the above)...I think, BF, just forgot to impose this on a few models, and would need corrected.

Pz IV G (late) and (latest) commander sticks the entire bust out of his cupola. It's inconsistent with every other Pz IV's behavior.

Click on the pic to see a preview with a few examples
 
Gentlemen,
20 new CMFB splash screens plus 50 force specific backgrounds made from colorized WWII b&w pics can be downloaded here:
http://www.file-upload.net/download-11533493/TCMHQCMFBsplashscreensbackgrounds.zip.html
I don´t claim any copyrights for this stuff since I found the pics from various sources via google search.
Simply extrace the files into your z folder. To select a new splash screen go to the "user interface/splash screen" folder in the z directory
and rename your prefered file to "splash background.bmp".
 
Kind regards
Tom
 

As soon as I get things I usually process them ASAP.  Just need to make sure you shout loud enough sometimes... LOL
 

Recall topic
 
A list of ALL mods released within this thread until now, organized by genre, with their direct download links.
 
 
Terrain and environmental mods:
Ground mod (HD) pt1 https://app.box.com/...fg7et7668q0egdg
Ground mod (HD) pt2 https://app.box.com/...j3bad939iks1n9l
Alternative crops https://app.box.com/...r7w6dzrnsf11piz
Reworked foliage https://app.box.com/...f1jwjax2wix1o7x
Reworked horizon https://app.box.com/...szl3cd0qamdkrm8
Alternative overcast clouds https://app.box.com/...wju3wq9ttmjoqfi
Improved doodads https://app.box.com/...3q3p05qdl9ld8ws
 
 
Buildings and structures:
Alternative walls (HD) https://app.box.com/...t85ik1b08fb2nh4 OR (standard) https://app.box.com/...bgyx6uimvvyrmdh
Modular buildings (HD) https://app.box.com/...eke1u99f5jowptc
Modular buildings add-on 1 (HD) https://app.box.com/...qsj7b68xyp0ffxx
Modular buildings add-on 2 (HD) https://app.box.com/...ovv4z5gicof4krf
Modular buildings add-on 3 (HD) https://app.box.com/...cgbok88qk3ik8es
Modular roofs pf1 https://app.box.com/...rlaub62hs2h0fv9
Modular roofs pt2 https://app.box.com/...emmodn5b44qklnh
Improved roads (HD) https://app.box.com/...yk9jx7f6gnhra04 OR (standard) https://app.box.com/...1imrd2qzjawar7s
 
 
Troops and soldiers:
Reworked russian uniforms https://app.box.com/...8cz7adh3s1pz0vk
Reworked ukrainian uniforms https://app.box.com/...7riaboi9uty98u8
Reworked USA faces https://app.box.com/...8wxgnbj6a70cq0e
Reworked USA faces -50% glasses add on https://app.box.com/...yz48ujqqf2g7j7w
Reworked USA faces more faces add on https://app.box.com/...97xjl5sfb2ibdyn
Reworked USA uniforms https://app.box.com/...h1bp7e706ywojuc
 
 
Ukrainian Army vehicles:
T-64BV https://app.box.com/...c5frk9z83nuxva5
T-84Oplot (digital) https://app.box.com/...l2tisg6o07hgjw0
T-84Oplot (green) https://app.box.com/...gjuo78eqvyvaioq
T-64Bulat (three-tones) https://app.box.com/...3xxf4whsf6n5zhe
BMP-2 https://app.box.com/...sl2sjfz9r70xcf7
BTR-4e (digital) https://app.box.com/...6jyr7trg674up2t
BTR-70m https://app.box.com/...4rwj8z19s3kl8qz
BRDM-2 https://app.box.com/...alv4dv8xmvydtnh
MTLB (+variants) https://app.box.com/...bh3z9lz0u0p21of
MTLBu https://app.box.com/...7z988tn5rhft6zw
BRM-PRP https://app.box.com/...4etbn1wg88cvcjm
UAZ-URAL https://app.box.com/...q0v82xrhnv8b2z1
Tunguska https://app.box.com/...8luj5zzvgsyrq8z
MT-12 https://app.box.com/...l1apiqq7hv1qhfn
 
 
US Army vehicles:
Abrams https://app.box.com/...3gmrqkblhum95ia
Abrams tank names add on https://app.box.com/...9tsjsl4yolekpaa
Bradley https://app.box.com/...0zd8pylvea4j763
Bradley desert era add on https://app.box.com/...b0vv2kahj9uo3sp
Bradley graffiti add on https://app.box.com/...hsi84qez2x45v4c
Bradley vehicle names add on https://app.box.com/...r9a1ugab6zjneki
Hummer https://app.box.com/...claiqv2b2fwr2do
Stryker https://app.box.com/...dd453pfjawtae0f
M1200 https://app.box.com/...qdhbrgcj3m7klfb
M1200 vs-17 optional https://app.box.com/...i379lmzccm7u3p2
M1200 vehicle names add on https://app.box.com/...tya89575i8s2e95
M1064A3 https://app.box.com/...14n7vw0ok91b8ti
LMTV https://app.box.com/...3exicb4w5f31h9a
 
 
Russian Army vehicles:
T-72B3 - light green https://app.box.com/...g7jaod86ciqcimt
T-72B3 - dark green  https://app.box.com/...6uergp8qdymg1sd
T-90A - camo https://app.box.com/...teis394jy3l0436
T-90A - green https://app.box.com/...3dehcxfd66ebnl1
T-90AM - camo https://app.box.com/...8b6xzilecahbsrc
T-90AM - green https://app.box.com/...8l0rr9169ap3u46
BMP-3M - camo https://app.box.com/...uhl5z4lsoqsh553
BMP-3M - green https://app.box.com/...o44dtixtgdgdzmm
BMP-3-k - green https://app.box.com/...6sqez8jsvm1kt67
BRM-3k - camo https://app.box.com/...pgffse7nn9r73vl
Krizantema - light green https://app.box.com/...kfvapdxehogsfif
Krizantema - dark green https://app.box.com/...z4s88r17frn4tx5
BMP-2-k-M - dark green https://app.box.com/...98isn2a7boacmln
BMP-2-k-M - light green https://app.box.com/...xdwjc7dnx1ffvfl
BRM-PRP https://app.box.com/...4wrtx1x29msng2b
BRDM-2-M-AT5 https://app.box.com/...qhtg4qn7ihjud39
BTR-82-80 - camo https://app.box.com/...vzr04lm5cov1o2l
BTR-80-82 - green https://app.box.com/...9cftxgmpclvr31y
Tunguska - green https://app.box.com/...0qi2w2ma7u7cums
Tunguska - camo https://app.box.com/...7yzx5fgznl8fx1d
Tigr - green https://app.box.com/...zfitlxmmkjvv938
Tigr - camo https://app.box.com/...6mhc0jozr3zx6nh
MTLB + variants - green https://app.box.com/s/8ko3wg16clpaxwsgvbrr4g822hm8vqaq
MTLBu - green https://app.box.com/s/qj049od0gizo9a0gnir99319x72a1n2x
BTR-80 1v152 - green https://app.box.com/s/jqihlkiqzlb4zuvktipj8i7xie403ttn
UAZ-URAL https://app.box.com/s/420x2pqtu7axtm248864axfbyjh7bmh5
 
 
Interface:
Special equipment icons https://app.box.com/s/vgupsiqii8udwgbf1r1wp5prlfxeqcbo
C&C icons https://app.box.com/s/unopornpkl4jwm4reukp4v1fcdgnr6qn
Dots (color blind friendly) https://app.box.com/s/dcxxe986s7pi14fkuafxq6o18cdvv5l8
 
 
Others:
Additional flavor objects 1 https://app.box.com/...kzelqib9dsdticc
Additional flavor objects 2 https://app.box.com/...jmm5v1r0y31vltc
Additional flavor objects 3 https://app.box.com/...y0bsu0kcqpqr6vz
Additional flavor objects 4 https://app.box.com/...n5sdnvmgtzql9ax
Additional flavor objects 5 https://app.box.com/...fvhtafmqoya04mj
Optional highway (TAG) https://app.box.com/...lyb20eyt4fh8x7t
Optional highway total conversion https://app.box.com/...jzmdh3f73rt3i0s
Optional highway total conversion editor buttons https://app.box.com/...1zmq0rza93qa2ag
 
Total: 1.8 GB
Top downloader is: Kieme CMBS modular buildings (HD): 484 downloads
 
Still missing: bridges, a couple of them have been done already. More interface: weapon and vehicle silhouettes (less than 50% done), plus a few tweaks here and there.

I'm bored blind on set today so... 
Interested in your 1 Golden Rule for combat within CMBS. 
Now, I don't mean your various macro/micro tactics for the different units,  but 1 simple,  hard and fast tactical,  in-battle rule you try to live and die by. 
(nor do I mean your OOB selections etc) 
Eg. 
1. Always have a flanking attack as part of my main attack. 
I call it my Perpendicular Rule - whatever attack is launching also have a secondary attack perpendicular to the main axis. I find every single time I ignore that rule it costs me far too much to succeed. 
I apply this at the map wide scale all the way down to Squad/vehicle level. 
I'm sure this is blindingly obvious to anyone with military training,  but it's still no harm to articulate it :-)

Funny you should ask. 
A new CMSF2 scenario Coup d'etat was just released to Beta testers yesterday.  I will start a new forum topic for it in the CMSF2 Maps and Mods forum thread in a few days.   This one is from the POV of rebels attempting to overthrow a corrupt regime with an early morning (0400hrs) Coup.  It also features a modified military grid system and intelligence.  In addition it uses all the cool features of CMSF2, IEDs, VBIEDs, spies, combatants, fighters, bridge demolition, etc.  It also makes heavy use of triggers and has a variable ending time.  A player can choose to fight on for about an extra hour however the regime OpFor will be awarded extra victory points.  So every decision has advantages and disadvantages for the player to make based on his interpretation of the intelligence and his feel for the developing situation.      

An early morning explosion as viewed by US Marines from the rooftop of the US Consulate. 
 

Okay, I've got it, it only shows up if the battalion commander is using a temperate uniform, as opposed to tropical.

a small example, I modified a map that I like very much that of Pet Wenman in The Crossroad at Monthardrou
modified in 10 minutes
with to the system it can be improved again but in this case it need to prone  tested.
before

original

modified

 
 

Oh thanks for the link, I am going to read what it says.
Probably the worst place to post a preview of what I am working on lol but hey who cares. These are just quick gyazo screenshots. Poor quality but it gives you an idea.

The world definitely needs one about WW2 militaria.

Good call Mord, I'll add it. I also may add a renaming guide or a link to an existing one.

Here is an index of all files one can explode (extract) from the brz files. CMSF2 is not included, yet.
Out of curiosity, here are the # of items that comes with each game :
CMBN : 12 192 items CMFI : 15 628 items CMFB : 13 285 items CMRT : 7 000 items CMBS : 9 141 items > CMx2ExplodedFilesIndex (Google Sheet)



As for what it can be useful to, sky is the limit. I use to find where is what, to guess what files the games have in common and if there's something missing in my mods collection, eg.

Parts 6-8
 
 

A normal map gives the impression of form without using actual geometry. Normal mapping is a render effect that allows you to add detail to a model in the rendered image without having to add extra polygons. Normal maps do not change the silhouette of a model though, so they are best used to add finer detail and to accentuate/smooth the existing form.
 
The results you get from using an automatic normal map generator will vary depending on what images you use as input. If using existing CM textures you could get some interesting results if, for example, the texture has a camouflage pattern on it with light and dark areas next to each other. You can also hand paint normal maps (or a greyscale height map and then convert it using software like xNormal), but the best way is to start with a low-resolution model that you increase the resolution of and then model/sculpt detail into and then use software that compares the low- and high-resolution models to generate the normal map (the normal map is then applied to the low-resolution model in-game).

It seems that if you create a new temporary filter from the top left menu you can then apply column filters. I have filters working for all sheets.
Just a note, but for the Red Thunder and Black Sea sheets the "Path" for the v100a BRZ files includes the BRZ name, which doesn't seem to be your convention for the rest of the files. This means that the "Bulk" column has this name duplicated, e.g. "red thunder v100a\red thunder v100a". For Red Thunder this is also repeated in the WW2 sheet.
Not a biggie but it could mess with filtering.

Here is an index of all files one can explode (extract) from the brz files. CMSF2 is not included, yet.
Out of curiosity, here are the # of items that comes with each game :
CMBN : 12 192 items CMFI : 15 628 items CMFB : 13 285 items CMRT : 7 000 items CMBS : 9 141 items > CMx2ExplodedFilesIndex (Google Sheet)



As for what it can be useful to, sky is the limit. I use to find where is what, to guess what files the games have in common and if there's something missing in my mods collection, eg.

It's a feature then.
To illustrate MOS' answer :