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Stephane @Falaise , where have you been ? welcome back, appreciated your comment, yes with the other trio they were and are aready making lot of news, benefic to a better future from CM, I hope that BFC will take some conclusions and make their found more easy to added officialy some of what they found.
JM

Because this is an Alpha version, I propose you @37mm that you are waiting to let me working on a little more, to added for exemple the off nco helmets (caps) that I am working  now on, and  perhaps also added the us helmets with chinstraps mix that I did this will give a real aspect to the us troops the chinstraps mix are not perfect, but I have a good wish to include it.

I am also working to added some “Kamikaze”, using the feather helmet files, helping with the exelent and helpful mod from @MOS:96B2P (with his consent), that will added the possibility that japanish are wearing helmet or not, all is in the tube and in my head, perhaps not realizable with perfection, but personly I  have also the wish and the mood to introduce it (but perhaps all will stay only in my mind).

I can only say like I said in many time already, to see the advancing project and realization on this time of the Pacific theater from @LongLeftFlank that I keep a good remind, and take my hat off, of his gigantest job from years ago, taking in the lupe from our friend @Aquila-SmartWargames and realized with open arms, and details by another friend @37mm, that personly I admire the job,for his Heaven and Earth.
Personly I am very happy that this remake see the sun again, I found this already rich of idea and capabilities, and hope very much to see more enthusiasm and support about it, If BFC dont seam to be interrested to it, but also perhaps see some interested peoples to make some news maps and scenarios, we can also include for exemple, some realized job from @aquila (again him...)with his little boat availble on his titnatest mod that he let us very kind a welcome copy.
I think this mod could be useful to another model for another period very awaiting, that are the Korea war,  but I dont have enough knowledge to realized it in details, I can only support it with a little job left or right like I do it now for this period of bloody war, (just knock on the open door).  
I know I write always (tooooo) much but let me added a last thing...
My text will perhaps stay in darkness on the forum, but for the one s that are interested to see more about it, I would recommand to have minimum ten secunds to thinking about all efforts from all modders on the forum and the one s that stay always in darkness, but are also doing something for this community, to have a short thought about them,  to the time that they are using their time to propose to everybodys a moment to change something to let you a smile, and enjoy it, this will appease, and let a smile to themself, the long hours that they have dedicated to realised the things that you have now in your hands.
PS
I hope that my text will be understanding enough, for everybodys including the bad use of the time in my sentences and the errors in my english text, but believe me... nobody is perfect but  "en francais ca veut dire exactement la meme chose".
JM
 

Because this is an Alpha version, I propose you @37mm that you are waiting to let me working on a little more, to added for exemple the off nco helmets (caps) that I am working  now on, and  perhaps also added the us helmets with chinstraps mix that I did this will give a real aspect to the us troops the chinstraps mix are not perfect, but I have a good wish to include it.

I am also working to added some “Kamikaze”, using the feather helmet files, helping with the exelent and helpful mod from @MOS:96B2P (with his consent), that will added the possibility that japanish are wearing helmet or not, all is in the tube and in my head, perhaps not realizable with perfection, but personly I  have also the wish and the mood to introduce it (but perhaps all will stay only in my mind).

I can only say like I said in many time already, to see the advancing project and realization on this time of the Pacific theater from @LongLeftFlank that I keep a good remind, and take my hat off, of his gigantest job from years ago, taking in the lupe from our friend @Aquila-SmartWargames and realized with open arms, and details by another friend @37mm, that personly I admire the job,for his Heaven and Earth.
Personly I am very happy that this remake see the sun again, I found this already rich of idea and capabilities, and hope very much to see more enthusiasm and support about it, If BFC dont seam to be interrested to it, but also perhaps see some interested peoples to make some news maps and scenarios, we can also include for exemple, some realized job from @aquila (again him...)with his little boat availble on his titnatest mod that he let us very kind a welcome copy.
I think this mod could be useful to another model for another period very awaiting, that are the Korea war,  but I dont have enough knowledge to realized it in details, I can only support it with a little job left or right like I do it now for this period of bloody war, (just knock on the open door).  
I know I write always (tooooo) much but let me added a last thing...
My text will perhaps stay in darkness on the forum, but for the one s that are interested to see more about it, I would recommand to have minimum ten secunds to thinking about all efforts from all modders on the forum and the one s that stay always in darkness, but are also doing something for this community, to have a short thought about them,  to the time that they are using their time to propose to everybodys a moment to change something to let you a smile, and enjoy it, this will appease, and let a smile to themself, the long hours that they have dedicated to realised the things that you have now in your hands.
PS
I hope that my text will be understanding enough, for everybodys including the bad use of the time in my sentences and the errors in my english text, but believe me... nobody is perfect but  "en francais ca veut dire exactement la meme chose".
JM
 

A plus one for this initiative Harry will be nice to have for all ww2 or minimum a correct one that we can make copy for the others👍
JM

If tests reveal no serious issues I might complete the CMRT set (other troop carriers, incl russkie lend lease stuff) and then maybe follow up with other the WW2 titles. Though it needs beeing understood that the ani file swaps is an all or nothing affair. Majority of animation files is shared among both nations infantry, whether they ride a half track or not.  So if you dislike my (main) infantry animation swap mod, then don´t waste time on this!
Otherwise any help testing the half track riding mod is highly appreciated! 😎

New of the day
 
After a long moment of talking about I present you for Chrismas my Wrecks vehicles for CMBS
16 russian 16 ukrainian and 11 civilian wrecks I dont include any decals that everybodys can use his own textures and created himself the impacts.
I dont include this time the Usa wrecks to follow the actualities for the moment, later if this mod is a succes I will working on the Usa.
I am not an expert to make some clips, but you have here an overview of all vehicles that will be present in the mod, I see that I have to resize some civilian one,  next step will be for CMRT I hope to be on time before Christmas enjoy !
 
JM 
 
 

New of the day
 
After a long moment of talking about I present you for Chrismas my Wrecks vehicles for CMBS
16 russian 16 ukrainian and 11 civilian wrecks I dont include any decals that everybodys can use his own textures and created himself the impacts.
I dont include this time the Usa wrecks to follow the actualities for the moment, later if this mod is a succes I will working on the Usa.
I am not an expert to make some clips, but you have here an overview of all vehicles that will be present in the mod, I see that I have to resize some civilian one,  next step will be for CMRT I hope to be on time before Christmas enjoy !
 
JM 
 
 

Hola guys awesome job again here, I am not actif for two days and I have to read a lot about you, but really sometimes you Lucky and you Harry when you give explanations you are too deep in the subject that me I cannot follow, sometimes too techniques, when you are talking about Meta and x plus z things, I try to follow but when you are not yourself in a project, you are lost and I am lost, have also to renove for Chrismas the home... so ! !...  anyway the forum is on life and this is the most important, I am making a short vid for the CMBS wrecks but also complete the others modules, and was working also on the Jap Helmet, now that I am convert files with PS all is much better, soon I will give to Bootie, following by CMRT I hope before Chrismas.
hey Npye are waiting so hurry up...(just joking) awesome job guys.
JM 

Hola guys awesome job again here, I am not actif for two days and I have to read a lot about you, but really sometimes you Lucky and you Harry when you give explanations you are too deep in the subject that me I cannot follow, sometimes too techniques, when you are talking about Meta and x plus z things, I try to follow but when you are not yourself in a project, you are lost and I am lost, have also to renove for Chrismas the home... so ! !...  anyway the forum is on life and this is the most important, I am making a short vid for the CMBS wrecks but also complete the others modules, and was working also on the Jap Helmet, now that I am convert files with PS all is much better, soon I will give to Bootie, following by CMRT I hope before Chrismas.
hey Npye are waiting so hurry up...(just joking) awesome job guys.
JM 

I've added this section for the Chimney... This is how I build the city maps, all in sections, I copy the aerial map as much as i can, with artistic license of course. I use the 5 Story Indie Build as a layout guide, as it's easy to delete and replace if I get the layout wrong. Once happy I will study the area from aerial maps and photos of the selected site. Then I will and some different Modular builds to give it some variety and to try and match what i've found on the map ie if it's a Factory or a Neoclassical Building, or maybe a shop or a Ministry, line of shops, Bahnhof etc. This is far from perfect but gives the desired impression. Then its over to damage and I use photographs to get a rough idea where this was. I raise the height and use the rubble and other ground textures to simulate the damage plus smash up the buildings, then last of all add some flavour objects. Then hopefully I got a reasonable Berlin Map that is influenced by the real layout in 1945. Cheers 
BTW The Chimney looks to me like the same height as the Reichstag, which is 47m tall????
I get the Aerial Maps from this website:
https://ncap.org.uk/

Okay so I've now had a look at the factory model to see if I can use that as a stoke house to go with the chimney - what a hot mess that model is. Looks like it was made as an after thought, quite a lot of stuff not really finished properly and actually a few missing textures as well as some incomplete materials. I have done some repair work, it's still not 100% perfectly functioning, there are issues with the damaged stages since it's missing correct internal textures and I have no idea what needs to be done to make this right. Luckily I was able to repeat some of the external walls for the internal walls so that it at least has windows in roughly the right positions inside.
Since it was aligned at 45 degrees I thought I'd have a go at making it sit square, not a good idea, all sorts of odd stuff starts to happen - walls popping in and out of view, shadows where they shouldn't be, access issues, and pixeltruppen floating in mid air outside the building when supposedly inside. So we won't go there.
As of now we have a factory with a big f*ck-off chimney as a building that can be used (no access to the chimney) and which behaves pretty much as expected bar one or two glitches with destroyed walls and a missing ceiling at the top level - I've done a bit of a Fred Dibna and blown it up a few times, takes quite a bit of HE before it disappears with a mighty big crash ...

I found a few more factories on your map ...


Butted up to a large complex it's quite convincing. The facade and roof will change to match location so you might want to make some Berlin textures; in these images it's using the [germany] tagged set. The brickwork on the chimney itself is a bit over sized at the moment.

Battersea-am-Spree
I'll see if I can fix the missing ceiling/floor and add a broken ladder to the chimney.

Ohhhh !!! normal map online never saw this I was busy to test emboss, outline, relief... from paint but I wil try first your link !
😉 

Beautifull screeenshots murnfull sadnes and destructions the real faces of war...
JM

Ok new try @37mm with the original mod from @LongLeftFlank renamed for the Italians !
blender view right uk airborne  I guess that you are using in the frst screenchot ?? left the new japanish 

 

 
In game overview 
 
 
 

 
Opinion reclamation...
if there are ok I will try to work on (off and nco helmet) cup
JM

Hopefully you could drink your coffe hot, and not search direclty to the files, in many folders, and have always your coffe, but cold when you found it...
 
I copy always this files for allied and for axis,  more time in differents folders this picures are light,  most of the time it is missing on some models, but also the game ask from another models, that we have to go back in brz folders, this was the case by CMBS like hulls, interiors, weapons,... this is sometimes anoying ...
JM

Looking good JM! 😎 For net covered helmet version I´d likely try a normal map version for even better looks. Just need someone who can create these properly.

News today of the Pacific !
When @37mm give me the green light with the helmet name to rename it, I can convert the dds in bmp and resized it
officers "hats" have also to come but first my wrecks  !
 
 

 

 
JM

Ok new try @37mm with the original mod from @LongLeftFlank renamed for the Italians !
blender view right uk airborne  I guess that you are using in the frst screenchot ?? left the new japanish 

 

 
In game overview 
 
 
 

 
Opinion reclamation...
if there are ok I will try to work on (off and nco helmet) cup
JM

Ok new try @37mm with the original mod from @LongLeftFlank renamed for the Italians !
blender view right uk airborne  I guess that you are using in the frst screenchot ?? left the new japanish 

 

 
In game overview 
 
 
 

 
Opinion reclamation...
if there are ok I will try to work on (off and nco helmet) cup
JM

Thanks to your job @George MC also to @BFCElvis !
JM

I'm pretty cool about it. The delay did mean being able to catch some later than last minute typos etc. Though totally get why others might be getting antsy. 

Yes I recognise the spoon that I loose in an exercise from Nato but it was in the 80' (just joking)😁
No, I mean You, are the archaeologist from the modern time, and Lucky with his telescope and his pencils or whatever, follow you added hus stuffs too, and take some notes and marking what you found like a good picture from ( Indiana Jones)😜 ..
JM

I feel your pain but you need to find something other than GiMP to convert these files - ask kohlenklau or search his recent posts, he mentioned something else that should work.

Correct I forgot this gift came from him sorry @George MC !
JM

Yes I recognise the spoon that I loose in an exercise from Nato but it was in the 80' (just joking)😁
No, I mean You, are the archaeologist from the modern time, and Lucky with his telescope and his pencils or whatever, follow you added hus stuffs too, and take some notes and marking what you found like a good picture from ( Indiana Jones)😜 ..
JM