mjkerner

The Chinese are demonstrating that they are interested in world domination via trade and military intimidation.  Western leaders apart from the one you don't like are doing a good impression of Neville Chamberlain.  It's illuminating to remember history and how much people hated and despised leaders like Churchill in the 30's, but who subsequently were proven right.
 

Spent hours yesterday squashing bugs, or rather, finding the bastiges. Don't ask.  Doing the readme and the marketing photo-shoot this morning, and should go to Bootie this afternoon--well, by midnight, anyway.  I will see if my Dropbox can hold it and if so will put it up there for a few days while Bootie gets it sorted. 
See why BFC doesn't give us availability dates, lol?

Sent to Bootie, finally.

 
 
Goumiers Mod Readme
Goumiers Mod for CM Rome2Victory.pdf

Thanks Fellas, I'm actually happy with this one as well. I'll be working on modding the US and British into goumiers so that you will have a lot more scenarios to use them in.
One thing I forgot to mention in the Readme regarding mod tags: although as stated I didn't use any of my own mod tags in this mod (I will use "goum" when I do get around to adding them),  I did use all the default mod tags BFC uses  for the faces (skins),  because without doing so, I couldn't get my skin  mods (bareheaded and with turbans) to show up in Quick Battles. 

Sent to Bootie, finally.

 
 
Goumiers Mod Readme
Goumiers Mod for CM Rome2Victory.pdf

Thanks Fellas, I'm actually happy with this one as well. I'll be working on modding the US and British into goumiers so that you will have a lot more scenarios to use them in.
One thing I forgot to mention in the Readme regarding mod tags: although as stated I didn't use any of my own mod tags in this mod (I will use "goum" when I do get around to adding them),  I did use all the default mod tags BFC uses  for the faces (skins),  because without doing so, I couldn't get my skin  mods (bareheaded and with turbans) to show up in Quick Battles. 

Sent to Bootie, finally.

 
 
Goumiers Mod Readme
Goumiers Mod for CM Rome2Victory.pdf

Sent to Bootie, finally.

 
 
Goumiers Mod Readme
Goumiers Mod for CM Rome2Victory.pdf

Sent to Bootie, finally.

 
 
Goumiers Mod Readme
Goumiers Mod for CM Rome2Victory.pdf

Spent hours yesterday squashing bugs, or rather, finding the bastiges. Don't ask.  Doing the readme and the marketing photo-shoot this morning, and should go to Bootie this afternoon--well, by midnight, anyway.  I will see if my Dropbox can hold it and if so will put it up there for a few days while Bootie gets it sorted. 
See why BFC doesn't give us availability dates, lol?

Spent hours yesterday squashing bugs, or rather, finding the bastiges. Don't ask.  Doing the readme and the marketing photo-shoot this morning, and should go to Bootie this afternoon--well, by midnight, anyway.  I will see if my Dropbox can hold it and if so will put it up there for a few days while Bootie gets it sorted. 
See why BFC doesn't give us availability dates, lol?

Spent hours yesterday squashing bugs, or rather, finding the bastiges. Don't ask.  Doing the readme and the marketing photo-shoot this morning, and should go to Bootie this afternoon--well, by midnight, anyway.  I will see if my Dropbox can hold it and if so will put it up there for a few days while Bootie gets it sorted. 
See why BFC doesn't give us availability dates, lol?

This weekend for sure. I sort of went the way of BFC with CMSF2 and Rome to Victory and kept adding options, tweaking bits and pieces, or finding new ways to do things at the last minute. I decided to use tags after all, but still need to check all the texture names, tweak a few more textures, and we’re good to go. I mean it this time, lol!

Stopping by to give you anxious ones---you know who you are, lol---a quick update. I'm running behind, but not for lack of working, just keep thinking of things I need to do, add. takeout, etc., plus literally at the last minute I found a couple of new techniques by accident that actually make certain things look better. I still might have it ready to send to Bootie tonight, but give me a day or two slack if not. 
Thanks.

Not to worry, Elvis, Ian has posted that trick a half dozen times, and I still forget what to do every time I take screenshots!

That's my boyzzz!

Bootie put it up.
 

Hey guys, the uniforms and other stuff are done, but due to RtV naming/tagging conventions and general overload of uniform possibilities, coupled with the effect on uniform selection due to weather and time periods, I need to spend some quality time on figuring out how best to package everything. This is what I've been dreading all along. Without boring you, simply put, the djellaba is just a modded greatcoat, and greatcoats only show up in winter months, and depending on French, US, or British ones, certain time periods. So I need to think this through, especially because I made various options for weapons and helmets, etc., which adds more complexity.  Btw, I don't intend to use tags, cuz then you'd have to go into the editor and put the tags in yourself for any scenario you'd want to play. Anyhoo, I should have everything sorted and get this to Bootie by Sunday.
My head hurts.

Well, garsh, thanks guys.  I keep finding things to fix/change at the last minute, but still on track for Sunday.
@Lethaface, that's the scenario I'm using them in. It is a good one!

Well, garsh, thanks guys.  I keep finding things to fix/change at the last minute, but still on track for Sunday.
@Lethaface, that's the scenario I'm using them in. It is a good one!

Well to tide you and Aragorn over, Jonze, here are two pics.  There are literally dozens and dozens of little and big things to fix, add, and/or worry over.  Faces, turbans, skin tones, gear, djellaba patterns, shading, sandals....hell, everything needs work!  The plan is to have US, French, and British gear and weapons available, and separate djellabas for military issue and tribal djellabas. 
Our local Frenchman, falaise, did the lighter brown djellaba with the very narrow stripes (military issue), and the other lighter brown (desaturated) one (tribal).  The reddish brown ones are mine but need desaturation and other work. They all do. 
Turn out the lights and don't wait up for me!
 
 
....damn it, pix aren't showing.  Hang on......
 

I once calculated cost/benefit for my purchases. I own all CMx2 games and modules. I haven't bothered lately adding up the cost, but let's high ball it at $1000.00. I have been at this since CMSFx1 came out in 2007. My conservative estimate is that I play/mod CM games at least 1000 hours a year. (That's less than 3 hours a day, which I am pretty certain is low when I consider how much I'm at it in winter months, especially since I retired 6 years ago.) Add in Forum time, I'd have to double that. So at between 13,000 and 26,000 hours, if I did my "gozinta's" correctly, I'm at less than $0.05 hour so far. And it goes down each day I play/mod, until of course the next CM gem comes along!
YMMV

I once calculated cost/benefit for my purchases. I own all CMx2 games and modules. I haven't bothered lately adding up the cost, but let's high ball it at $1000.00. I have been at this since CMSFx1 came out in 2007. My conservative estimate is that I play/mod CM games at least 1000 hours a year. (That's less than 3 hours a day, which I am pretty certain is low when I consider how much I'm at it in winter months, especially since I retired 6 years ago.) Add in Forum time, I'd have to double that. So at between 13,000 and 26,000 hours, if I did my "gozinta's" correctly, I'm at less than $0.05 hour so far. And it goes down each day I play/mod, until of course the next CM gem comes along!
YMMV

Hey guys, the uniforms and other stuff are done, but due to RtV naming/tagging conventions and general overload of uniform possibilities, coupled with the effect on uniform selection due to weather and time periods, I need to spend some quality time on figuring out how best to package everything. This is what I've been dreading all along. Without boring you, simply put, the djellaba is just a modded greatcoat, and greatcoats only show up in winter months, and depending on French, US, or British ones, certain time periods. So I need to think this through, especially because I made various options for weapons and helmets, etc., which adds more complexity.  Btw, I don't intend to use tags, cuz then you'd have to go into the editor and put the tags in yourself for any scenario you'd want to play. Anyhoo, I should have everything sorted and get this to Bootie by Sunday.
My head hurts.

Hi everyone,
I've had an obsession with "Monte Altuzzo" for quite a while after reading MacDonald's book Three Battles a few years ago. With RtV out, I couldn't resist temptation and had a go (once again) at the scenario editor. I drew a master map of the entire area and then carved out small maps to create four scenarios depicting the action that took place on Sept. 13, 1944, which I've almost finished. (The actual battle went on for four more days. I might keep going if I have the energy...)
These are Allied v. AI scenarios with a feeble attempt at A.I. plans for the Germans. Rather than actual scenarios I would call them "companion scenarios" to Three Battles following MacDonald's narrative as closely as possible. Just to give you a better idea, this is the Designer's Notes I will probably include in all four:
"This battle is part of a series called “Break-Through at Monte Altuzzo” depicting the action described in the book Three Battles: Arnaville, Altuzzo and Schmidt (pgs. 103-247) by Charles B. MacDonald.

All scenarios are historical and should be played as Allied v. AI. No balancing effort has been made in terms of forces available for h2h purposes. The scenarios are an attempt at a historical depiction of the 338th Infantry Reg. assault on the Gothic Line between Sept. 13 and Sept. 17, 1944. This means that in some battles you might, for example, be facing overwhelming odds, while in other scenarios you will be fighting against a broken enemy previously wiped out by an artillery barrage (which was in fact a major factor in the American Army's ultimate success).

Historical participants are marked with an asterisk (*)."


While they are "historical" scenarios (i.e. very possibly unbalanced) I still need general feedback and would like them to be enjoyable for the single player. How does one go about searching for testers and publishing scenarios these days? Is anyone here interested? Thanks!
enrico