JM Stuff
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Just now, Vacillator said:
Sans problème mon ami.
Seriously though some of those 'towing' vehicles are quite something to behold.
Just now, quakerparrot67 said:i see no tall, ripped belgians, subcontinental opium dens, or breakfast bearing ladies (strange or otherwise). i gather that you come from the land of texas. is damian45 an antipodian?
loving the mod, btw. hope to have more shots soon.
cheers,
rob
This must be a real pleasure to participated and drive a beast like this and be in this column of smoke and noises,... ok and see some speciality like Texas driver...
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1 hour ago, Vacillator said:
Okay Phil what have you done to me? You got me watching this:
Some great and rare running vehicles in that video. I love the SdKfz7, 10, 11 etc. strangely beautiful. We should definitely go...
que du bonheur pour les yeux et les oreilles et aussi certains chauffeur...en anglais c est la meme chose !!
Allez les amis just jumping of yours google translator !!!
Dont cheat voici la reponse !!
only happiness for the eyes and ears and also some driver ... in English it's the same thing !!
Come on friends dont jump more of yours google translator!!!
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32 minutes ago, Artkin said:
Wow that new pz IV looks clean.
Yeah !!
this one mimics running out of gas, because he dont want to clean his beast, to avoid to dont cross the wooded and muddy part of the Ardennes! !!
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31 minutes ago, Ivan Zaitzev said:
I'm looking for some mods that where in the old Battlefront repository, all made by billy_sp
Early Soviet Infantry
Late Soviet Mech Infantry
Late Soviet Para-Brown TTsKO
Late Soviet Para-Green TTsKO
Late Soviet Spetznaz_TTsKOMaybe someone here has them?
If not in the CMMODs IV for sure in the III be patient and check all, if you let me time I will check, tomorrow
Edit perhaps I was a little quick, I am searching now but nothing about this, strange!?
the last solución in our friend @Erwin.
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1 hour ago, kohlenklau said:
MDS FILE PROJECT WALK-THROUGH
I have an idea to just do a project here in the thread and maybe it better shows how to work with mds files AS I UNDERSTAND IT. Maybe some smarter guy spots my big mistakes or has a better way. Fine by me. Holler out!
This is a project for the CMFI France 1940 Mod. I will offer it to @PEB14 if he can use it for his April 1940 scenario. If not, I am sure I can use it somewhere or maybe @kevinkin
Corps Francs
These were like adhoc French commando units. Volunteers. Maybe the more aggressive and skilled soldiers in a unit? I don't know for sure. Their uniforms were a bit different than the normal. Here is our opportunity to do a CM mod. Oh boy oh boy!
Analysis
Just looking at them we already have most of the parts. Adrian helmet? Check! The @Falaise Memorial Ammo pouch? Check! Fashionable stubble? We can find that!
The jackets? Well, this is where we gotta go mds shopping. I think right off the bat that we will use the German Winter skeleton. We go into the exploded files to find it.
We need that main mds and his 5 buddies.
Find the skeleton files
I bought a foreign made mini-external SSD and it holds 1TB. I have my entire 22GB CMFI REZEXPLODE collection on it. Plus all my other CM crap. Very handy. When I get retired from CM I will throw it in the lake. Just kidding!
Folder v210b/soldiers-axis/germans /skeletons has my stuff.
smod_german_winter.mds plus smod_german_winter-lod-1.mds thru smod_german_winter-lod-5.mds
I copy them to my CMFI z folder and put in a working folder called [corpsfrancs]
My modtag will be [corpsfrancs] or maybe it must be a double modtag of [corpsfrancs france1940]? We shall see.
So, recall the below from my post above...
What mds file do we use to trick the game code? Well, it has to be on one of our modded France 1940 French units. I want it as easy as possible if I ship this to Pierre so I will use the actual French and not our other choices; Brazilians or Poles.
I think we'll use the greatcoat mds. The French use the American greatcoat mds so we need the exact filenames so we can rename our german winter mds.
smod_american_greatcoat.mds and his 5 buddies smod_american_greatcoat-lod-1.mds thru smod_american_greatcoat-lod-5.mds
I usually just paste the 6 files in the same folder with the german winter mds we want to see.
Click on the filename you want to copy to the clipboard. Hit F2. Hit control C. Then delete that file. Then click on the correlating file for german winter and hit F2 and then hit control v. hit enter and it has been renamed. crank this process out for the 5 buddies and eventually all you have are the secretly renamed mds files. Then we can add the modtag using my bulk renamer.
Then we make a modtag text file or in this case we edit an existing one to add in the new modtag.
Then we fire up old Bessy CMFI.
We go into the editor and make or use a little testing scenario. Set dates. Purchase units. Set appearance. Check what is displayed.
This is what we see:
It is a texture for a different 3D model so it looks all messed up.
So then I rename a german winter uniform that matches 3D to the REAL 3D model but has the filename the game code wants to see.
smod_french_greatcoat_uniform [corpsfrancs france1940].bmp
smod_french_greatcoat_uniform_normal map [corpsfrancs france1940].bmp
I just happened to ALREADY have one I modded for the R35 tank crews.
So, then here is what we see.
I still have to get them some proper footwear by file renaming.
I also want to do normal texture modding to add BACK IN the suspender straps on SOME guys. For looks - for variety. see above photos.
Then we can try and add back the gear using the mds file editing techniques.
They say these guys operated with minimal gear so it will not be all the usual kit a recruit carries!
Headed off to my job.
TO BE CONTINUED.
Looking very good I was thinking also to take the famous crew jacket that you did already perhaps added a helmet cover ?
I hope only that people's with a common interrest to the mds files let show their noze to help the Master of mds file's that you are, because me I was trying but I am far from a good result.
But now that you post your last infos I will try again.
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3 hours ago, kohlenklau said:
In about 2 weeks we will release the FR40B SILVER PACK which includes the Char B1 bis. Get your pre-order in now while supplies last!
She is a big girl who can take a lickin' and keep on tickin'...!
...until she went on a date with an eighty-eight!
ALSO IN THE SILVER PACK will be the Panzer IVD. And the crew is wearing their fashionable panzerwaffe berets. Because they are in France. Oui?
Very nice screenshot and unhappy moment for the crew, but why you said always "she" when you are talking about this tank ??
Are you in love with the driver that (you) only know this is a woman or perhaps only the name that you give to him? I mean her I don't know more !?
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4 hours ago, Damian45 said:
Nice screenshot @quakerparrot67, always nice to see my Germans that I spent weeks on to get the 1940 look they needed, including my new helmets variations with wire/canvas strap and leather strap around the helmets.
Indeed they are looking very nice great job about them, also very nice screenshot that let us discover rob, @quakerparrot67 all details and perfect shape of the German early war moment.
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26 minutes ago, MOS:96B2P said:
If you follow the link in Aquila's signature mods.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/1tviryry89g6py7/AAAJpSvGH6u1iEx4WzwVLSnJa?dl=0
And scroll down about 33 entries there is an African forces mod. Not sure if that's the one your looking for.
this is just what I want to said @MOS:96B2P, but I was searching to the correct page number to find the link, ...you cheat... with your rapidity !
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4 minutes ago, IanL said:
I'm looking for the mod that @Majestic12 mentioned "SmartWargames's African forces mod". Does anyone know where I can find it? I looked on CM Mods IV and I don't see it. A general google search only served up this thread.
I think is included in the big mod pack from @Aquila-SmartWargames himself but not sure I know that he has a Afrika mod, that it, I will check myself, also about majestic...
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1 hour ago, SchnelleMeyer said:
Great and easy to understand explanation Kohlenklau
Indeed now is more clear to me, thank you Phill to take time to explain in details.
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11 minutes ago, kohlenklau said:
I added a CMFI FRANCE 1940 Scenario Creation Guide pdf manual to the dropbox link above.
I hope we see some folks make some scenarios.
HAPPY EASTER TO EVERYBODY!
Just download your last master piece, check it later in details, thanks and happy Easter too.
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On 4/7/2023 at 5:29 PM, Jace11 said:
Sorry I'm late to this thread, I was busy hacking some vehicle textures using a hacking tool called P40To5h0p...
Can you say more about your hacking tool for textures, this is my weak point to apply, perhaps I can learn something about ?
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1 hour ago, PEB14 said:
Au temps pour moi. J'ai l'impression qu'on se comprendrait mieux en français…
Une invitation bienvenue, mais ici sur le forum je propose de continuer en anglais, je reconnais cependant que certains commentaires peuvent parfois prêter à confusion, ceci dit je suis toujours ouvert a une discution.
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On 4/4/2023 at 10:14 AM, Unremarkable Sunray said:
I was sure to see soon some soviet camos...very nice.
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On 3/27/2023 at 9:42 PM, Centurian52 said:
Looks awesome! Just the hype material I need now that CMCW:BAOR has been announced.
I love yours British already !
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24 minutes ago, PEB14 said:
Well I don't know what you expect, but only a BP is planned: no new stuff, "only" campaigns and scenarios…
To don't make confusion, it was to answer to Phill second sentence...(They are too busy...), I talk about BS "EuroUS" can only be help for Ukraine you have to thinking already about, if you read my text correctly, nothing to do with FI !
This is what I am expect !
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13 minutes ago, Maddin said:
It seems that some categories have been deleted?
Just bought CMBN and wanted to look for mods that weren't uploaded at the warehouse yet. But i can only select CM:BN Sounds. The "uncategorized" are >800...undoubtedly most of it spam. Sure i can search for CMBN Tag, but that's a long unsorted list to go.
Just read my text above beginning by, ...For infos we have access... we cannot make the searching categories that we want, but, if you are reckless, to enter in this page, be patient to check in details and in time, what you are looking for, all is not lost in the CMMODs III, but be sure after to download something to search eventual bads things with your anti virus, spyware,...in case you dont find things that you are looking for, check to the CMMODs IV, this one is clean orderly and already completed, from @Bootie and in case you are searching something specifics, you can already give some infos, most of us on the forum have probably what you are looking for!
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18 hours ago, ViperAssassin26 said:
Nice video...
...just wonder if you could resolve the grips textures problems?
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9 hours ago, Captain Black said:
Many thanks for the tutorial. Very informative and helpful.
Indeed the beginning is strong to manage !
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9 hours ago, kohlenklau said:
STILL NOT A DAMN WORD ABOUT THE SUPPOSED NEW CMFI MODULE.
I GUESS THEY ARE TOO BUSY IN THE UKRAINE THREAD.
I am very curious what we will have news added, if this take so long that mean probably a whole news things, perhaps already a mix of help of "EuroUs" weapons, is to hope !?
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6 hours ago, laurent 22 said:
Dear Kohlenklau,
I offer you a challenge: to improve the German helmet. A little flaw in the 3d design could be fixed. A detail that could make the helmet even more realistic. But it won't be easy for me to clearly explain where the problem is, that's why I made a picture to be as clear as possible and convince you that working on it would be a benefit for a better visual aspect:https://www.mediafire.com/view/e5ru2grcf6eb1oq/Helmet_fix_propostion.jpg/file
The BFC helmet does not frame the face well, in question: the base of the helmet should cover the ear. The point of the angle that the base of the helmet makes to go up from the neck towards the forehead is placed on the ear, but it should be placed in front, ie further forward on the cheek. When the soldier's face is seen from 3/4 face, BF.C's helmet shows an empty space that does not exist in reality. This empty space could be greatly reduced by advancing a little the area of the helmet which draws an angle towards the cheek.
Of course you are under no obligation.
Oh this is very interresting, never pay attention to this nice details @laurent 22 appreciated your "magnifying eyes glass".
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53 minutes ago, kohlenklau said:
@Damian45 and I teamed up to do the gas sheet pouch. I hacked it together in Blender and did an initial (lame) image. I combined it to 3 different existing gear models. Then Damian showed up and sprinkled his usual magic on it.
Very nice the uniforms are really the specifics aspect of the early war, sometimes little details are very important !
Yes Belgium, so a little country but, saddly, full of important and decisive battlefield moments of differentes epoques...
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8 hours ago, kohlenklau said:
1940 Panzerwaffe beret...
Again a real touch atmosphere !
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On 4/1/2023 at 1:04 AM, chucho903 said:
hola buenas tardes, quiero pedirle su apoyo ya que tengo un problema con el juego específicamente con el CMBN pero también he descargado demos por ejemplo del CMFI he igualmente me sale el mismo problema y es el siguiente que cuando hay una explosión, ejemplos de artillería o de cañones incluyendo tanques o impactos, aparece un destello en la pantalla que me hace tener una mala experiencia de juego no se a que se deberá ya he intentado arreglarlo pero sigue ahí, por favor si me pueden ayudar se los agradecería mucho
Hola amigo bienvenido al foro... seria interesante que nos mostraras una captura de pantalla.
¿Podría ser esta la misma explicación que el siguiente hilo?
Tambien podria ayudar un poco mas si te pudieras expresar en ingles, de al contrario... te puedo hacer el link con el foro..
CMFI FRANCE 1940 BRONZE PACK IS RELEASED!!!
in Combat Mission Fortress Italy
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no no you are wrong !!
This must be a real pleasure to participated and see some speciality like Texas driver...With or without Phil, in this column of smoke and noises,.