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34 days until Xmas my good comrades! I have several scenarios actively cooking on the stove. A few are still up in my brain gaining critical mass. The US Thanksgiving holiday is approaching. I think that will give me/us/you some extra time to be creative in our sedentary hobby. Here is one that is in my brain...for the refined tastes of @Blazing 88's and @Vacilllator BARB Panzer Schlacht Russland (bigger map with 1941 armor, my best presentation based on my limitations)

Early war Soviets Good news Status report: Working on my own so far... I have a full deck of the Soviet M35 uniform mods now for scenarios! What I mean by "full deck" is that I have successfully found what files to mod all the 3 officers slots (senior, mid and junior), the nco slots and the soldier slots. This was for the appearance selection where you see regular M43 uniforms and the M43 with a bedroll. Now I must change the collar ranks and add some variety.

Download link at the bottom! Give this a try as axis vs allied AI. CMRT BARB Mann Gegen Panzer scenario for Fall 1941 vs Soviets in a M35 uniform mod and an M36 helmet mod. BARB for Barbarossa! so easier to see in scenario list. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^ The Eastern Front, October 1941. ^ You have just your Waffen-SS platoon, much dwindled in size since the offensive started earlier in June. Hauptsturmfuhrer Kulner is available with heavy weapons and is monitoring your phone circuit. He will arrive in 10 or 15 minutes. Hang on! ^ The luftwaffe reported that a small tank force with infantry is headed your way. The enemy will approach from the north with the goal to get to a certain few hexes on the southern edge of the map and exit... ^ Deploy your forces, anti-tank mines and foxholes as you desire to best stop the enemy. ^ You have 30 minutes to complete your mission. Points are given for destroying the Soviet tanks and preventing them from exiting. INCOMING MORTARS! Get down...! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A big mod folder to grab! https://www.dropbox.com/sh/yoptddfhbnym47w/AAC6dl5WOcTGGxN2jm3CuqRAa?dl=0

I just uploaded "FINN Teppo's Sotka V1" which plays a bit nastier! Have fun. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "FINN The Old Graveyard" is now in construction. Lokpu! (over and out)

@Ithikial_AU @Bootie I just tried to download the Juju v6 for CMRT to get the DT tank machinegun weapon slot. I see only more CMFI stuff. Maybe a link error with CMMODSIV? Thanks

I messed with the animation for the tank commander but was unable to solve it after several attempts...SOMEBODY ELSE can give it a go if they desire.

Give "FINN Teppo's Sotka" a little spin if you desire...some stuff still needs done if SOMEBODY ELSE wants to mod the AFV crew uniforms. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4zu1imx4a8uur6t/AACqGDONf1vuVeXSGINqZtefa?dl=0

Give "FINN Teppo's Sotka" a little spin if you desire...some stuff still needs done if SOMEBODY ELSE wants to mod the AFV crew uniforms. I modded the AFV crew headgear with a simple discount mod using @Frenchy56 M43 replacement of crusher cap and sidecaps. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4zu1imx4a8uur6t/AACqGDONf1vuVeXSGINqZtefa?dl=0

I guess I have scenarios outside that timeframe. I fiddle with the dates to purchase what I want and maybe forget to change the date back. Oh well, I am actually headed to CMRT Barbarossa soon so my [afrika] work will take a backburner for a while!

I guess I should enter the 21st century and figure out what that reshade stuff is all about. My only excuse is I got involved with my own stuff and neglected to give it a study and try it. I guess I better get this Syrian "All in One" too. I always tried to switch and change terrain to get the best look in my desert maps but missed all that not owning CMSF/CMSF2. hmmm. I did make some changes to the stock but can't say I weathered it. I have no idea what bmp is there in your footage. It has the yellow diamond of the stock Churchill i and I changed that to red diamond so something is going on with my modtags maybe. I need to probably make sure I have both [afrika] and [afrika mainland] versions for everything.

@37mm I really appreciated the time you took with the cuts and edits to your youtube gameplay video. I watched the ENTIRE thing and loved some mods you must have that looked awesome, the red hard ground? If you say "they are YOUR stuff!" then that means my settings or system is just subpar to squeeze out the visual nectar from the mod. A sad but true possibility. I didn't see my British AFV mod show up, yours looked like the stock one. Maybe I will PM you and see what gorgeous PC you sit behind to get those visuals. Not what I see when I play. sob sob sob

I am not perfect and will go check! OK, I checked and YES there are some various pzIIIM and N alpha layer transparent skirts in there with modtags to try and cover for what I call early afrika and late afrika periods based on CMFI gamecode and scenario dates, link below. It is always possible with mods that a player can have additional bmp's in their z that then are sneaky and show up to make a modder look like an inept loser! https://www.dropbox.com/sh/9woivujpjogpdbz/AADZFnRKc-zll7qmgmC3LmN6a?dl=0

yes, I already did, the youtube video shown above seems to have not used the complete set of vehicle mods that I have in my goodybox... No big deal to me...it is one of those things with mods and downloads, it all gets crazy and complicated.

@37mm I saw the youtube comment. Right or wrong, those jerry cans on the turret are just something I made in Blender as a learning project and are for decorative purposes like many other gear items adorning our CM vehicles. It is a separate bmp that can be alpha layered out if anybody dislikes it...

The Finn shelf in the CMRT aisle of my mod convenience store is now stocked with Suchy's mods...

I have all the CMBB Finnish voice files already. I just needed some native speakers to do the artillery commands. I had a group available way back in 2016 but then they got busy with college and I got busy being burned out on CM. I can come up with sampling parts of the Tali-Inhatala movie...

@Sgt.Squarehead But I guess you HAVE driver like you want. try this... https://www.dropbox.com/sh/v8qos2ofg7fqado/AACDZ7DwEOjAJ9-yhU9yRFlsa?dl=0

ok, now I see said the blind man. I probably have something from the warsaw uprising mod to help you out with the appearance of the driver... So, you want a stolen Opel Blitz, in normal German markings but with a Soviet partisan driver in civilian clothing...?

@Sgt.Squarehead My terms are "shell" vehicle mdr, the one you want to see in the game. It is on the outside like the shell of an egg. "host" vehicle mdr is on the inside, it is what the gamecode and associated physics see. I think you want the Italian partisans to have that old looking truck from CMRT? Go to the CMRT files and get the folder for that truck (mdr files, bmp files, UI file) bring it to CMFI Z folder in a subfolder. then you must find the host mdr's folder and get the host mdr's mdr files, usually 3 or so? Bring them into that same subfolder with the shell's stuff. select the first host mdr file, then I hit F2 for rename the control c to copy the filename to the clitboard. THEN DELETE THAT FILE. select the first file of the shell and hit F2 and hit ctrl v and also add in your [partizani] modtag at the end. hit enter do the same for the other files until all the original host mdr files are deleted. the gamecode sees the hosts name but displays the shell on the screen in modtagged scenarios. the last bit is to modify the UI in game portrait or silhouette. use Juju's nice UI image for the old Soviet truck but it has the filename for the opel blitz [partizani] the bmps do not have to be renamed for vehicle mdr swaps For uniform mds swapping, they do have to be renamed

Well, now I do see the word "Sturmi"...so maybe I have crappy ears to understand what they said in the movie. WHATEVER!

We need native Finns for a few wav files!

Sotka is ready. Thanks Tommy! Here she is folks... ...and the Sturm (in that movie, the Finns called them with one syllable, Sturm.

I usually multi-task in my brain and am thinking of the scenarios, what will happen, the map, the name, stuff like that. My wife says that I am not very good at this multi-tasking as she detects if my brain drifts off to think of the scenario, I am otherwise out of it. Hmmmm? Anyway, I like to get the cover images selected, that is what you see when you are selecting a battle in CMRT. Kinda gets my brain focused...somewhat focused? They have to be a 170x170 BMP so I knock that out and put them in my CMRT SCENARIO FOLDER. I started the map for the Sotka scenario. I guess the Finns called the captured T-34 the Sotka. Not sure exactly why. Maybe somebody can explain it or post a link.

right or wrong, I will initially be making my new batch of FINN Mod scenarios based on watching the below movie...

hmmmm? OK, I maybe had a full inbox or something. I deleted a bunch of stuff. Try again I guess. I can explain the process of a shell mdr over a host mdr for vehicles.