Wiggum15

Great Mod !

Wargames like Combat Mission want to be niche, thats just the truth.
The developers fear to attract a bigger audience because this will mean more criticism and more support work.
The players fear to become "mainstream", they dont want the Company of Heroes "kiddies" to play "their" game too.

Hands down this is the best Cmx2 scenario ever !

Realistic setting
Beautiful Map
Perfect size
Friendy fire from Hind's
RPG's from everywhere
Trucks getting stuck in the ford
30mm HEI rounds hammering suspected enemy positions
Enemy AGS-30 positions i could not locate till the very end

WOW !

Sorry, are you on some kind of thread creating spree ?
 
- OMG Youtube has no sound ?!
- BFC Please Disable Emoticon
- Look a new T90 Video...
- Look a another new video...
 

-   Yes (it looks so on store page)
-   Please, do a search for patches.... can't remember
-   I hope ... I think Steve from Battlefront has some answers ....

Hi !
 
we all know that CMx2 + AMD GPU + most drivers gives you long loading times, bad performance or graphic glitches...
And we all know that updating or downgrading the GPU driver is one of the few things that an help...
But updating or downgrading your GPU drivers is a pain in the a** and can cause problems with other games.
 
But there is a way of using a newer or older AMD OpenGL driver without changing your whole GPU driver !
 
How does it work ?
Download a older or newer (or Beta) AMD Catalyst Driver Open the the "driver_you_just_downloaded.exe" with a program like 7zip Inside that directory, traverse into ->Packages\Drivers\Display\W86A_INF (depends on the driver)\B151068 (depends on the driver) and look for the file: atioglxx.dl_ and copy (unpack) it to your CMBS folder (the folder where the game .exe is located !) Open a command window (On the start menu, type "cmd.exe" in the search box, you should see "cmd.exe" appear at the top search results. Right click on this and run as administrator) You should now be in a DOS prompt/DOS box command shell. Type CD C:\Program Files (x86)\Battlefront\Combat Mission Black Sea (or whatever, its the directory where you installed CMBS) and hit enter Now type EXPAND ATIOGLXX.DL_ ATIOGLXX.DLL
* It should say the file has inflated or expanded like 127% or similar factor. You now should see a atioglxx.dl_ and a atioglxx.dll You can delete the atioglxx.dl_ now CMBS will now use the AMD OpenGL driver from the driver you took the atioglxx.dl_ from, it only affects CMBS and by deleting the atioglxx.dll you can undo it in a second !
This works with all CMx2 games !

I have to check the buildings, so there is no standard version yet. The roads have their standard version done and corrected, should work ok. This is the link for them: https://app.box.com/s/tunn9rkmoqlv8skme1imrd2qzjawar7s
 
Terrain will require a lot of work to make it standard and ok looking, not sure I will do that.

Hi !
 
we all know that CMx2 + AMD GPU + most drivers gives you long loading times, bad performance or graphic glitches...
And we all know that updating or downgrading the GPU driver is one of the few things that an help...
But updating or downgrading your GPU drivers is a pain in the a** and can cause problems with other games.
 
But there is a way of using a newer or older AMD OpenGL driver without changing your whole GPU driver !
 
How does it work ?
Download a older or newer (or Beta) AMD Catalyst Driver Open the the "driver_you_just_downloaded.exe" with a program like 7zip Inside that directory, traverse into ->Packages\Drivers\Display\W86A_INF (depends on the driver)\B151068 (depends on the driver) and look for the file: atioglxx.dl_ and copy (unpack) it to your CMBS folder (the folder where the game .exe is located !) Open a command window (On the start menu, type "cmd.exe" in the search box, you should see "cmd.exe" appear at the top search results. Right click on this and run as administrator) You should now be in a DOS prompt/DOS box command shell. Type CD C:\Program Files (x86)\Battlefront\Combat Mission Black Sea (or whatever, its the directory where you installed CMBS) and hit enter Now type EXPAND ATIOGLXX.DL_ ATIOGLXX.DLL
* It should say the file has inflated or expanded like 127% or similar factor. You now should see a atioglxx.dl_ and a atioglxx.dll You can delete the atioglxx.dl_ now CMBS will now use the AMD OpenGL driver from the driver you took the atioglxx.dl_ from, it only affects CMBS and by deleting the atioglxx.dll you can undo it in a second !
This works with all CMx2 games !

I think this could be pretty useful for some of you !
 
http://community.battlefront.com/topic/118849-amd-gpu-try-this/

Hi !
 
we all know that CMx2 + AMD GPU + most drivers gives you long loading times, bad performance or graphic glitches...
And we all know that updating or downgrading the GPU driver is one of the few things that an help...
But updating or downgrading your GPU drivers is a pain in the a** and can cause problems with other games.
 
But there is a way of using a newer or older AMD OpenGL driver without changing your whole GPU driver !
 
How does it work ?
Download a older or newer (or Beta) AMD Catalyst Driver Open the the "driver_you_just_downloaded.exe" with a program like 7zip Inside that directory, traverse into ->Packages\Drivers\Display\W86A_INF (depends on the driver)\B151068 (depends on the driver) and look for the file: atioglxx.dl_ and copy (unpack) it to your CMBS folder (the folder where the game .exe is located !) Open a command window (On the start menu, type "cmd.exe" in the search box, you should see "cmd.exe" appear at the top search results. Right click on this and run as administrator) You should now be in a DOS prompt/DOS box command shell. Type CD C:\Program Files (x86)\Battlefront\Combat Mission Black Sea (or whatever, its the directory where you installed CMBS) and hit enter Now type EXPAND ATIOGLXX.DL_ ATIOGLXX.DLL
* It should say the file has inflated or expanded like 127% or similar factor. You now should see a atioglxx.dl_ and a atioglxx.dll You can delete the atioglxx.dl_ now CMBS will now use the AMD OpenGL driver from the driver you took the atioglxx.dl_ from, it only affects CMBS and by deleting the atioglxx.dll you can undo it in a second !
This works with all CMx2 games !

Kieme CMBS BTR-80-82
 
Special thanks to BTR for providing the ideal green base textures
This mod covers the BTR-80a, 80ak, 82, 82a and 82k variants.
 
IMPORTANT: this mod comes in 3-tone camo and dark green versions, please make sure you choose only one to use.
 
 
3-tone camo download: https://app.box.com/s/epo5cea3s33l42p55vzr04lm5cov1o2l
 
3-tone camo preview:

 
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Plain dark green download: https://app.box.com/s/2gm061govy27eoxgp9cftxgmpclvr31y
 
Plain dark green preview:

I invite you to download the final version of HQS
HQS 2.2 is a huge modification for Combat Mission Black Sea / Shock Force / Afghanistan - adds or replaces almost all the sounds in the game. That's more than 2,400 sounds and more than 1GB of data, a lot of improvements and modifications really improve immersion in the game.
Changelog 2.2
380 additional sounds 
- Improved infantry Ukrainian sounds 
- More sounds for Americans 
- More sounds for the Russian infantry 
- New sounds for MTB / BTR / LAV / amphibious / damaged engines 
- More ricochets / penetration / impacts / explosions / zips 
- Improved ambient sounds 
- More sounds for jet 
- A new sound for fire 
- New sounds PKP / M240 COAX / AIR ROCKET / 25MM Bushmaster / M2 / MORTAR 80-120MM
and of course lots of other fixes and improvements
http://cmmods.greenasjade.net/mods/5471/details
of course, as usual, I will be grateful for any comments and suggestions;)

A few impressions from Philipps scenario "Airman Down":

I had posted this to the repository at the start of the week and so far it has not come up. I am not sure what is going on but thought I would post a link for anyone who is interested.
 
This is a small scenario, Ukrainian Special Forces vs Russians. Playable as UKR vs AI only. There are two AI plans for the Russians. I have not tested the scenario for H2H play. It might work and it might be terrible.
 
Here is the link:  https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ct81paat2vii58c/AACX3IZ0Rv5dyr9W1v0ibJnNa?dl=0
 
If you have any feedback please PM me.
 
Enjoy

Hey guys, so I felt like making some mixed camo that is seen in the current conflict for the Ukrainian army figured I might as well release them to you guys as well. It overrides the standard uniform. Have fun.
 
Previews:
 
http://i.imgur.com/AmcN1vo.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/w6K63d2.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/XypQLmJ.jpg
 
Download:
 
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/20471348/Files/Spush%20Ukrainian%20War%202014-2015%20Mix%20Uniforms.7z

Hi !
 
I hope Battlefront does not plan any Marines or NATO forces module.
I would not buy them, yes they have different tools but it would still feel the same (Ukraine, Summer, West vs. Russia).
Also, it would feel kind of "cheap" do do a Marines/NATO module again, its most likely much less work because they already have the stuff from the Shock Force modules.
 
What would be cool would be Separatist Module with lots of new scenarios and a winter/autumn landscape.
Or a Crimea module about a fictional recapture attempt by the Ukraine military.
 
What do you think about that ?

Its not about perfect or not, its about stupid,suicidal and completely illogic.
 
@ Zveroboy1

Sorry but thats just another way of defending a, in some aspects, broken and flawed TacAI.

I finished my first scenario and would like to share it with you.
 
A small US combat patrol tries to recover a downed Air Force pilot that came down near a Russian OP. Best played Blue vs. AI.
 
Tiny battle in a wooded area. 30 min. +< 10min. 4 AI plans for Red and 1 for Blue. Playing Red vs. AI might be fun, depending on how good a day the AI has, it might also completely mess it up since the job that the Blue player has to do is not something the AI is good at and also hits some limitations (e.g. AI can't remount vehicles). Playing H2H might work, but I did not test it. The forces and victory conditions are quite fair I think.
 
I wanted something similar to the outstanding "An August Morning" in the sense that the map and the forces are tiny but Blue has to cross the map to touch an objective and then retreat. To spice things up I throw in vehicles!
 
Since the repository does not seem to get updated (I submitted sometime early this week), here a dropbox link for now:
 
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9849673/Airman%20Down.zip
 
Please criticize, I want to improve my scenario making skills.

Apples to oranges. Look, I hate to break it to you, but you're another sad, entitled dweeb complaining about non-issues because of your blatent sense of entitlement brought on by mommy telling you how special you were for years has really skewed your perspectives. 

I get frustrated when my troops get pinned or panic and refuse to take any orders.  One of the things I found that can help is the Instant Command Evade.  It works in the orders phase of We-Go.  It will give you a fast waypoint even when the troops refuse all other commands.  You can then click and drag this waypoint to a relatively safe location.  So if the automatically appearing Evade waypoint has the troops running out the front of the building into the line of fire you can drag it out the back door where it is safer.  This has solved most of my problems in this area.  Hope that helps. 

Can it burke. Ain't nobody got time for your old man blather. Wiggum expects to get bugs looked at and fixed. He clearly means that he thinks the "ai" still is in red thunder configuration and still hasn't been changed in this iteration - maybe they are. Who knows. We are unable to look ourselves. His point is as valid as any of yours.

I agree 100%. Panic should mean the troops run away from the battle disregarding the mission or safety. That said...panicking troops should run AWAY from the threat. I have had troops pinned down in the woods start to panic. Instead of running away, they stand up and run forward. I've seen soldiers get shaken in Iraq in some bad situations but never panic so they just start running around the streets

Kieme CMBS T-90AM
 
This mod starts with BTR 's research and conversion of russian vehicles into a realistic green color, so all credits shall go to him as the author of the original texture, which is in my opinion a great digital version of the original modern russian green, therefore special thanks to him and his work.
 
IMPORTANT
there are TWO versions of this mod. You must choose only ONE of them to install. They cannot work toghether. Therefore, please make your choice: plain dark green or 3 tone camo. The weathering is the same for both.
 
3-tone camo download: https://app.box.com/s/cv6qpg0lqn9c8px4w8b6xzilecahbsrc
Preview:

 
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Plain dark green download: https://app.box.com/s/ff1r784wb2sk7cgxl8l0rr9169ap3u46
Preview:

Work on progress on the T-90AM, the 3 tone camo of the same kind of T-90A:
 

All mods released recalling topic
 
A list of ALL mods released within this thread until now, organized by genre.
 
 
Terrain and environmental mods:
Ground mod (HD) pt1 https://app.box.com/s/ywtyid56b1t7dphm4fg7et7668q0egdg
Ground mod (HD) pt2 https://app.box.com/s/2arjajmarl8gd33j3j3bad939iks1n9l
Alternative crops https://app.box.com/s/7aia2idxkivf2hfm8r7w6dzrnsf11piz
Reworked foliage https://app.box.com/s/1s1yiq0fab62k5vrxf1jwjax2wix1o7x
Reworked horizon https://app.box.com/s/qcxm6o3sx6wztbtreszl3cd0qamdkrm8
Alternative overcast clouds https://app.box.com/s/uz4z8t8crw7vbaiijwju3wq9ttmjoqfi
Improved doodads https://app.box.com/s/6zw49zm80pzq860yd3q3p05qdl9ld8ws
 
 
Buildings and structures:
Alternative walls (HD) https://app.box.com/s/syqg4s9yz98y4vw8it85ik1b08fb2nh4 OR (standard) https://app.box.com/s/spaavfymtt7r10ipzbgyx6uimvvyrmdh
Modular buildings (HD) https://app.box.com/s/lriagz6nrjlo1m6y2eke1u99f5jowptc
Modular buildings add-on 1 (HD) https://app.box.com/s/3whq3ye3oxl5k1ru6qsj7b68xyp0ffxx
Modular roofs pf1 https://app.box.com/s/5yoz7chtwhu3c95nbrlaub62hs2h0fv9
Modular roofs pt2 https://app.box.com/s/2jb4hzgcv2u0tqk9kemmodn5b44qklnh
Improved roads (HD) https://app.box.com/s/9b827rv64gjyugzt0yk9jx7f6gnhra04 OR (standard) https://app.box.com/s/tunn9rkmoqlv8skme1imrd2qzjawar7s
 
 
Troops and soldiers:
Reworked russian uniforms https://app.box.com/s/yvc61fc3rucj6weyy8cz7adh3s1pz0vk
Reworked ukrainian uniforms https://app.box.com/s/f6mdliz147eky2pll7riaboi9uty98u8
Reworked USA faces https://app.box.com/s/z1h035zelnsv557fj8wxgnbj6a70cq0e
Reworked USA faces -50% glasses add on https://app.box.com/s/f2lovalj1fxrncvuryz48ujqqf2g7j7w
Reworked USA faces more faces add on https://app.box.com/s/peefn01egaevqeeg897xjl5sfb2ibdyn
 
 
Ukrainian Army vehicles:
T-64BV https://app.box.com/...c5frk9z83nuxva5
T-84Oplot (digital) https://app.box.com/...l2tisg6o07hgjw0
T-64Bulat (three-tones) https://app.box.com/...3xxf4whsf6n5zhe
BMP-2 https://app.box.com/...sl2sjfz9r70xcf7
BTR-4e (digital) https://app.box.com/...6jyr7trg674up2t
BTR-70m https://app.box.com/...4rwj8z19s3kl8qz
BRDM-2 https://app.box.com/...alv4dv8xmvydtnh
MTLB (+variants) https://app.box.com/...bh3z9lz0u0p21of
MTLBu https://app.box.com/...7z988tn5rhft6zw
BRM-PRP https://app.box.com/...4etbn1wg88cvcjm
UAZ-URAL https://app.box.com/...q0v82xrhnv8b2z1
Tunguska https://app.box.com/...8luj5zzvgsyrq8z
MT-12 https://app.box.com/...l1apiqq7hv1qhfn
 
 
US Army vehicles:
Abrams https://app.box.com/...3gmrqkblhum95ia
Abrams tank names add on https://app.box.com/...9tsjsl4yolekpaa
Bradley https://app.box.com/...0zd8pylvea4j763
Bradley desert era add on https://app.box.com/...b0vv2kahj9uo3sp
Bradley graffiti add on https://app.box.com/...hsi84qez2x45v4c
Bradley vehicle names add on https://app.box.com/...r9a1ugab6zjneki
Hummer https://app.box.com/...claiqv2b2fwr2do
Stryker https://app.box.com/...dd453pfjawtae0f
M1200 https://app.box.com/...qdhbrgcj3m7klfb
M1200 vs-17 optional https://app.box.com/...i379lmzccm7u3p2
M1200 vehicle names add on https://app.box.com/...tya89575i8s2e95
M1064A3 https://app.box.com/...14n7vw0ok91b8ti
LMTV https://app.box.com/...3exicb4w5f31h9a
 
 
Total: 1.2 GB
Top dowloader is: Kieme CMBS Modular Buildings (HD) with 306 downloads, followed by Kieme CMBS Ground Mod (HD) 275 downloads.
Top downloader vehicle is: T-64BV and BMP-2-k UA with 167 downloads, followed by T-64 Bulat with 161 downloads.