As promised, here is a BETA version of my sound mod combining all previous work into one universal mod for CMx2 titles. There may also be a few small updates since my last release, but don't expect big changes if you have previously used my mod in CMSF or the WWII titles. There are specific modules for modern sounds so you can pull them out for the WWII titles, although any problematic overlaps should be minimal.
(edit: PM me for dropbox link.)
Hope it helps with enjoyment of Combat Mission: Black Sea! I am very proud to have participated in development of this title. Black Sea is one of BFC's best yet.
It's the opposite for me, I'm slowing down vs. earlier attempts, that at least started at 1 MB/s and fluctuated upwards from that before going back down. I'm depressingly sure that this 2-3 hour download is going to fail as well. Anyone know anyone at Battlefront personally? They seem to think that a bunch of us are liars or something, because they are not responding. Will it take me doing a chargeback with my credit card company to get their attention? Because if i don't get what I paid for, I'm not going to let them keep my money. I'm getting more and more sour by the minute, and you haven't seen anything yet. Sorry to do this here, but I don't like this one bit, and this is the most I paid for a game in quite a while, as well as a big friggin waste of my home bandwidth. I surely could have done a lot of other things today if they had told us downloading today was futile. No communication means angry customers, especially when we follow their tech support advice on their own pages.
At the moment if you want them PM me and I'll send you a dropbox link. To PM me click on my name and on the right you will see the button: 'Send me a message'.
When the Repository is up to speed I'll add them there.
LT Tim Sheridan couldn’t believe it. He was the XO of C Company, “Steel,” of 3-69 AR, and he was leading his Company on the attack through broken woods and gullies. “What lunatic thought of this approach,” he wondered again, “I just want out of here, so we can get after the Russians.” He knew it his team was near the edge of the woods, and that Russian forces were reportedly just beyond. Leading the Company was exciting. CPT Darland’s tank, “Stone Cold,” had fallen out a half hour prior with a V-Pack clog light, but the crew had fixed it in less than ten minutes, so the commander had not jumped tanks. However, he had gotten separated from the company, and instructed Tim to lead them into the attack. Tim couldn’t believe his luck – he was both excited and trepidatious. He had not been in combat since Afghanistan in 2013, and he knew that barely counted alongside what 3ID was into now, but he was confident that he and the company would do well. The forest, however, had other ideas. It had taken them nearly 20 minutes to break through a couple measly klicks of forest! They kept running into impassable gullies and having to work around them. Frequently they had to dismount and recon on foot to find a way for the tanks, and all so they could avoid coming into contact right up the road. Now though, it was a little more broken and they could see daylight. Tim gave his orders to the PLs and watched as they all moved up, but now that contact was imminent they lost some of their discipline and the bounds he had ordered looked more like a herd of cats moving forwards, some rushing some crawling.
Suddenly, all hell broke loose. Tim found himself down inside the turret of his tank – he had been up in the hatch and looking towards the break in the forest ahead, when…
The Laser Warning screaming at him, and the driving hitting the brakes had thrown him down inside. Then even more sudden, sound, shock, a tremendous hammering, smoke, and it all seemed to happen at once.
“Steel, this is Steel 5, contact infantry and BMPs right!” Even as he spoke he heard another burst of 30mm fire trip-hammering against the heavy tank turret. Suddenly his APS fired and he realized that it was the second shot.
"Driver get us out of here, gunner traverse right!"
“Sir, the gun won’t elevate!” his gunner sang out.
“The hell you say! Fix it, we sort of need it!” he replied, scanning with his low profile CROWs system. The CROWs was perhaps the least popular thing with tankers that the Army ever put on a tank. It was incredibly bulky on top of the turret, restricting the commander’s view and ability to maneuver the tank, and sticking out like a sore thumb. The controls and screens were poorly integrated, and it made the TC’s job harder instead of easier. But after ‘ruining’ a couple hundred Abrams, the Army stopped and figured out a new scheme for a ‘low profile’ CROWs that was properly integrated and worked with the systems on the tank. It still wasn’t perfect, but it was infinitely improved over the original. LT Sheridan was still trying to figure out which direction his CROWs was pointed, but he noted that it was now pointed at a pair of Russian infantrymen with a wicked looking RPG, so he squeezed the trigger.
"Sir, the recuperator has a fricking hole in it. Something came through the turret armor. I think the gun is toast! If we fire it, it will probably come out of battery."
"Hang on, now where did they go... Okay traverse around and see if you can still shoot the coax. We just became the world's heaviest machinegun carrier."
Around him, the tanks and Bradleys of his new command dealt with the unexpected contact as each saw fit. Most reacted by turning and backing trying to place the heavier armor towards the BMPs and assuming they would find the infantry and suppress them momentarily. The fire support officer, LT Matt Tanner in the Bradley Fire Support Track (BFST) was not so lucky. Struck twice by crippling rounds, it ground to a halt with its turret askew and a gaping hole in the front slope.
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Sorry for having to run this with Alt-T on, but you would never have been able to see it otherwise. C Company stumbles upon a Mech infantry platoon in the woods.
“Power Six, this is Blackknight Six.”
“This is Power Six, send it.” LTC Falkner never took his eyes from his screen as he scanned, answering the radio call.
“This is Blackknight Six, engaged and destroyed two AT vehicles and three BMP-3s, north of hill 347. Continuing to engage dismounted infantry and other targets as they appear, Break.”
“We are bounding towards Phase Line Green and should turn the corner on Hill 347 in 2-3 minutes.”
“We have established contact with Outlaw 16 element, and his Brad is gone, as are several scout teams. Blackknight Seven will get a full nine-line when we’re done, over.”
“This is Power Six, roger, complete seizure of Hill 347, turn the corner and establish overwatch of Krichek and the Power Plant, over.”
“Blackknight Six, wilco, over.”
“This is Power Six, be swift but deliberate and don’t let anyone get too eager. Get’r done. Six out.”
As the flat crack-boom of tank cannons reverberated across the fields, PkPK Borys Levchenko looked up with his mouth open. Moments later, they saw smoke rising and it was clearly coming from places they had seen Russian vehicles moments before. SGT Lerner approached the shaking man slowly.
“Sir, I’m so sorry they are late. I know it is no help now for your men, but the Russians are going to wish they hadn’t come all the way out here to get at you, I promise.”
Breathing hard, and shaking, but with a growl not a sob, Levchenko replied.
“I too am sorry, that you Americans must come so far to fight and die for our country. Thank you. Thank you for your help. Believe me, my men and my country appreciate it.” Both knew the day’s fight was far from finished.
“Sir, let’s go see if we can help somehow, okay?”
SPC O’Brian cursed, “C’mon you bastard, stick your head up again.” He fired another controlled pair with his M4, then dropped prone, calling out, “Reloading!”
PFC Metcalf fired another shot a moment later. Neither knew the nature of the troops they saw moving in the treeline, but they knew they weren’t Ukrainian.
“We should have brought Tom’s team out here with us for security. Did you hit any?”
“Nah, I think they ducked down too quick. We need to bug out. Lets get back over to our last firing spot. We’ll have more standoff if they try to come out of the woods, and maybe we can find a home for this heavy-ass missile!”
Zatoichi reacted to akd in AKD sound mod (all inclusive)
