kohlenklau

Thanks! It reminded me I had messed with that slow poke a couple years ago in trying to make a British MK VI for Crete. Yesterday I went ahead and started experiments using the L3/35 which has no actual turret and is smaller but is as fast as the PzI. Experiments include also scaling it up in size in Blender. EDIT: This might be hard to follow. I just did a Blender edit and renamed the L5/21 turret as mount and when it stands in for the L3/35, I get "some" turret movement left and right. Now I can do Doctor Frankenstein stuff and TRY TO make it all look more like the actual Panzer I. It is fun to fight these little 1940 tanks against each other.

I have a list of FRANCE 1940 scenarios I decided I must do before I can retire. You all will be damn ready for me to go after all this retirement moaning and groaning! You guys are great. Thanks for the kindness and understanding. BODANGE (Ardennes Chasseurs) IN PROGRESS STONNE (French attack) ETALLE (GD) IN PROGRESS SUXY (GD) VONCQ (SS-Polizei's first combat) map started YONCQ (big French armor attack against the Panzers) map started ok, you might be scatching your head. Yes, there really is a Voncq and a Yoncq PERBAIS (German infantry attack) a few others I can't recall the town name...

A merci to Tony @Simicro for the new image in my signature. He had an assist by Tim @Vacillator .

@Suchy Hey Tommy, You always have a good eye for what is possible. Can you please look at the world of CM and see what I could use to Blender quick build a PzI? -crew of 2. -2 mg's -armor is 7-13mm -speed 23mph -5 tons -L 4.02m x W 2.06m x H 1.72m

Over the next week or so I will finalize the CMFI FRANCE 1940 GOLD PACK and finish a scenario to try and show off GOLD. Tentative list... If anybody spots any goofs with SILVER, please just PM me. Screenshots are best of course. If needed I can try to roll SILVER "fixes" in with GOLD. Then I am gone to Europe for a week starting May 17. Bovington and Saumur. I hope to sneak home a tank in my luggage. One of the early war smaller tanks might slip through.

Here is the link for the Italy page Perry-Castañeda Library at the University of Texas at Austin https://maps.lib.utexas.edu/maps/italy.html

Has anyone downloaded SILVER and tried the new scenarios?

I fly out on Wednesday 17 May.

Hey, it is Friday so enjoy some new stuff! Link at the bottom FR40B SILVER PACK IS RELEASED FR40B1 [muddy-crossing] FR40B2 farm flavor objects FR40B3 Charb1bis FR40B4 Brazil as Senegalese troops (delayed until GOLD) FR40B5 French 75mm gun FR40B6 Panhard Armored Car FR40B7 PzIVD FR40B8 [rubarth] scenario special mods FR40B9 [corpsfrancs] FR40B SCENARIOS FR40B DROLE DE GUERRE by PEB14 FR40B DER GIGANT by kohlenklau FR40B FIREFIGHT AT ANNELLES by kevinkin FR40B RUBARTH'S RITTERKREUZ by kohlenklau FR40B CENDRIERE'S FARM revised so playable as axis vs AI FR40B SEDAN-GRAD by kohlenklau Down the SILVER here https://www.dropbox.com/sh/6sr6ux04acmb628/AAArFV2KKoz2Tebriqfdvqvoa?dl=0 Reminder that you also need the BRONZE https://www.dropbox.com/sh/l7vq1tkou7jdx0f/AAAzqnXwNR9eXvqQk2SDdt_Pa?dl=0 and the BRONZE PLUS UP (patch) https://www.dropbox.com/sh/b1xxqze5cnnuq6o/AAAbeTl95UlC8Zo8MoXQ_uIca?dl=0

Definitely. I am really excited for the big trip!

CMBN French Résistance [maquis] Hmmm, if only we had some energetic guys from France and some nut who would advise them... Maybe you guys do in 2024 for the 80th Anniversary of the liberation of Paris...?

I now have the goody box link in my forum signature but I am organizing things still. I am semi-retired! I will work to better prepare the mod for hand-off. This prep work will probably include finishing up a few scenarios. hilarious PDF Manuals: I will make updates & additions to the previously released "FR40 Mod Scenario Creation Guide". I will add a "Read Me" manual since the mod is somewhat complex. I will add a pdf of the "Fake Lobster" lecture which explains how I made vehicles ~~~~~~ Just last night I added some more maps to the FR40 collection. Others have blazed this trail before - I was able to use hexedit to bring over to CMFI a few select CMFB maps. I think they will do nicely as substitutes for some of the 10 May 1940 - 12 May 1940 battles in the Ardennes.

My retirement plan! I promise I will go through all my France 1940 mods and get it organized for download. Then in a week or so I will make the link my signature and offer to the community. Separate folders for the below: the mod packs sub mods that were in progress such as Chasseurs Ardennais the completed scenarios all the Belgium & France maps made or in progress not used in a scenario all research items, photos, notes raw files in paint.net and GiMP scenarios as rough in progress "as is" scenario creation guide modtag text files scenario briefing text files ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Remember that you all have my full permission to take the ball and run forward. Good luck guys!

Hey guys, you are a very small crowd, some of my close forum buddies. I have reluctantly decided to just retire NOW. I have things in my life that "deprioritize and displace" chores for CM. I will not continue to produce any content. The things I passionately hoped to do...oh well. Please carry the flag forward to victory if you so wish! I wish you all the very best!

I thank @PEB14 ! .........................for his good feedback and constructive criticism after the playtest of my new scenario FR40B SEDAN-GRAD. I have already TRIED to roll all his suggestions into a revision. -He spotted oddities like rubble floating over a crater! -He saw a chance to make the AI plan show a French soldier was not really sleeping. -He did ask some good questions about what was the purpose of those door-less buildings? -He saw my briefing could be improved with special characters for German and French. -Maybe something else? Wow. He is a good playtester! MERCI MON AMI!

IF ANYBODY EVER WANTS TO GRAB ONE OF MY HUMBLE SIMPLE SCENARIOS... AND EDIT IT AND CHANGE IT AND IMPROVE IT AND THEN RE-RELEASE IT... PLEASE DO!!!

EDIT: THOUGHTS FROM ALMOST TEN YEARS AGO... Scenario Factory. CM fans working together to get scenarios released out to the fan base. http://i1272.photobucket.com/albums/y398/retiring2texas/national-geographic-society-tanks-roll-out-of-an-american-assembly-line-during-world-war-ii_zps05e3f302.jpg

@JM Stuff Thank you to JM for recoloring the CMFI module icons for a proper France 1940 flavor. (I did the alpha later outer edges...) Not shown here but JM also did some vintage newspaper splash screens which I will ship with the SILVER pack. So, for "nice to haves" there quite a few options. Damian's, JM's and mine - and with the new France module icons.

If you are a "purist" then you probably will not even enter this thread. What I do in my mods must disgust you or whatever. But if you are on the fence and might be inclined to play but just wish I didn't have to distort reality - then please follow this next paragraph! MY NEW "SMG FILTER" I came up with this idea a few weeks back to create an "SMG" filter for my French squads. It seems to work and I will explain how I do it. I have used it in 2 new scenarios. I will first show how I used the "SMG FILTER" in this yet unreleased FR40B SEDAN-GRAD. In the below screenshot you see the green tint of a terrain objective, an exit zone named as SMG Filter. The 3 teams are the AI group numbered "A Teams" from the 3 squads in the scenario. A3, A4 and A5. Just the A Teams. Deployed to that funny little holding pen. It contains all of the SMG's in this scenario and all 3 of the grenade launchers. My AI plan then progresses and when AI groups A3, A4 and A5 require any movement, the A Teams try to carry out the order, they are filtered away by the exit zone. I had some dash orders and sometimes not all 4 soldiers were exited. I was amazed. So, I added the zig zag and expanded the exit zone to better filter away the SMG's and grenade launchers. Below is another SMG Filter on a bigger scenario. The filter is again an exit zone this time lined with heavy forest tiles to slow down the soldiers. All SMG's and grenade launchers are removed from play!

Here is one in the works that should be fun! Almost done with the AI plan. FR40B SEDAN-GRAD ^ Torcy, France (a suburb of Sedan). It is 1620 - Montag 13 May 1940. A light wind blows off the Meuse to the north. A thick haze hovers over the entire area. The ground is damp. You are a zug-fuhrer in Infanterie-Regiment Gross Deutschland. ^ You have your 4 rifle squads, slightly depleted from the combat of these last 4 frantic days. Your men seem to run off soldier's humor and funny little pills from the medical staff. The sounds of a Sturmgeshutz approaching puts a big smile on the oberfeldwebel. ^ Opposite you through that thick haze of the battlefield are the remnants of the 295e Regiment D'Infanterie. They were pounded mercilessly by the luftwaffe all day and then by our heavy artillery. Even after all that, a few have decided to resist. ^ The crossing of the Meuse did not go without losses. Finally we were able to eliminate several bunkers and build a bridge near Gaulier. The vehicles started moving across - but then several trucks were knocked-out by machinegun fire. Clear out those stragglers and get the trucks rolling again! You have 30-35 minutes. ^ Take the "corner restaurant" (250 pts) and the "factory office building" (250 pts). Points also awarded for elimination of the enemy and keeping friendly losses below 30%.

I have revised a previous h2h only scenario to be playable as axis vs allied AI and will include it with the SILVER. FR40B CENDRIERE'S FARM It is 2 German infantry companies attacking the French dug in near Stonne.

I gotta tell a funny story of modder's frustration. Yesterday I sent a revised link for a few folks along with some scenarios. A few changes fixed some Char's not appearing properly. My buddy texts me and image of his screen and the tanks are now invisible. INVISIBLE!!!??? I almost threw my PC out the window. I then took a few breaths and thought...ok, he and I are playing a PBEM right now, all weekend really, I wondered... Did you put the new mods into z and RESTART? uhhh, no. OK, that fixed it. It is always something. It can be found. It can be fixed.

I know you are trying to say nice things. I appreciate it. I am definitely taking off for a few years to focus my energy elsewhere. I have a 24 foot ceiling dining room to finish, a 700 square foot house for my son, rebuild and repaint the pergola I built back in 2008, several other big projects on my 10 acres. Get back in shape. Dry out and regrow the liver.

That is great to hear. You know, my (current level of subscription) dropbox "goody box" and even Bootie's CMMODS4 does NOT have (AFAIK) a "counter" for the number of downloads. I never can really know if it is being downloaded at all. FURTHER DISCUSSION: In the old days of greenasjade and CMMODS3 you could see Aris's mods get 300-400+ downloads. I think I remember such numbers. BFC never mentions number of sales for any titles. Maybe we are just a very small niche community like Steve always nags us at every chance. Maybe STEAM will show number of people playing online at once?

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/nhawptyba75vqkl/AAB2cBGA5UvFpasdj7lu2kfua?dl=0 This is where I keep it all as of 1 May 2023. Just another of my lone(ly) wolf attempts to do what BFC refuses to do.