[Exciting news about Battlefront and Slitherine]

4 hours ago, Mord said:

 

Is this Steel Panthers as well?  The city images remind me of Civ 4, my all time favorite. 

[Soldier Skins Missing?]

2 hours ago, MikeyD said:

American soldier skins in Cols War are named 'american-soldier-skin.bmp' or tagged 'american-soldier-skin [night].bmp. Black Sea American skins should be working, they're named the same.

The Russians are named 'soviet-soldier-skin.bmp'. In CMBS they're named 'russian-soldier-skin.bmp'

Thanks I figured it out. I didn't have my graphics settings all the way up!

[Bug/glitch thread]

Only the first couple of soldier skins (1-4) actually present in the game.

[Soldier Skins Missing?]

I tried importing my Black Sea American skins into CW and I don't see them. Looking into the data files it seems their names should be the same. Goes for my russian skins too. 

[Air Support says it's "En Route" at the start of the battle?]

9 minutes ago, MikeyD said:

This stumped me for a few seconds then I remembered, we're eastern front WWII here. You've got no ground control over your air assets. If you purchased them or if they're included in the scenario then they're autonomous. The'll arrive in their own time, attack whatever they want (when the opponent or you).

Thank you MikeyD! Well that must explain it! That's interesting to me that the Germans would use forward observers to control air movements on the western front but not the eastern. Does this have historical context? 

[Air Support says it's "En Route" at the start of the battle?]

I can't seem to use a pre battle air attack. Don't have this problem with any other game. Is this normal? It then switches to "preparing" but I've never even ordered an attack of any kind. After 20 turns played I still cannot use any air support as either the Germans or Soviets.

[YES,russian winter cotton-padded jacket mod!!!!!!]

4 hours ago, kohlenklau said:

From numerous WW2 photos it sure seems to me that it was the cool thing to do in the red army, wearing your medals on your uniform 24/7/365.

I think the Germans even did this in the early war. (Iron Cross and such) Then they met Soviet snipers.

[YES,russian winter cotton-padded jacket mod!!!!!!]

Very cool t34

[M43 cap replacement for sidecap and crusher cap]

Nice job. These definitely have a snugger fit. They look less like train conductors. 

[CMRT Finland Mini Mod]

Unknown Soldier is probably one of my favorite war movies ever.

[Adding m43 caps to Gebirgsjaeger?]

34 minutes ago, mjkerner said:

It's mostly just a matter of renaming the skeletons.  From memory because I haven't done it in a while--You rename the m43 hat skeletons with the names of the skeletons for the helmets you want replaced. The game will look for smod_german_helmet (whatever), and will grab the hat conveniently now named smod_german_helmet (whatever). You'll need to rename the hat textures/bmps to whatever the helmet textures/bmps are named.

I think kohlenklau was going to do that helmet/hat swap for his Crete mod and if not, I will later cuz I'm modding it for that mod. Come to think of it, didn't t34(followed by some numbers) already post one he did yesterday? 

Hmmm I guess missed his post? Anyway I was able to figure it out after a little renaming! Thanks mjkerner!

[Adding m43 caps to Gebirgsjaeger?]

Here I am nagging about the caps again! Does anyone know how to add the m43 to the mountain troops? I'd like to replace the helmets. Thanks!

[Fire and Rubble]

3 minutes ago, waffelmann said:

Certainly. But it's a nice visual kind of variety ...

Agreed. Mountain troops need the mountain hat.

[Fire and Rubble]

4 minutes ago, mjkerner said:

Anonymous Jonez, it's the way BFC set up the Volkssturm skeletons/mdr thingies.  They simply didn't--and never have that I can recall--set up units to have multiple headgear (except for the officers). I am going to try an experiment, but without the ability to use the old hex editor method, which always caused me nothing but confusion anyway, I don't know if it is going to work. I doubt it will.

Got it. I just assumed it was a one size fits all situation in regards to the different forces!

 

4 minutes ago, Battlefront.com said:

Quick things:

The Sturmtiger did not see action on the Eastern Front.  Initially we thought a small number did, but exactly ONE was used for test firing into Warsaw during the uprising.  IIRC it fired something like 7 rounds before being withdrawn.

German forces wore helmets into combat for obvious and good reasons.  When you look at pictures of Germans wearing M43s you will notice they are not in combat situations.  GJ might be an exception some of the times.  The point is, having M43s mixed in is historically wrong so the option doesn't exist for the military forces.  Volkssturm, on the other hand, used whatever they could get a hold of.

Steve

Blast! The m43's are sweeet! Great module though. RT might be my fav now.

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2 minutes ago, MikeyD said:

Volkssturm were lucky if they got bullets for their rusted rifle, nevermind a helmet.

Curious. My volkssturm models have helmets mixed in with caps/hats.

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48 minutes ago, MikeyD said:

M43 cap: tank crewmembers wearing 'winter' uniforms are wearing the M43 caps. This was a VERY late addition and this is my first time looking at them in-game, myself! They went 'round and 'round on M43 caps for infantry and finally settled on infantry on the front lines needing their steel pots. 

If the volkssturm have mixed headgear with helmets couldnt the heer/waffen ss?

[Fire and Rubble]

2 minutes ago, Bubba883XL said:

you found M43 caps? can we have troops wear them?

This is what I've been trying to figure out.

[New Mini-Campaign/Scenario: Alarmeinheiten]

Very excited for this campaign!

[Fire and Rubble]

39 minutes ago, Juju said:

Oh, I'm going to have to disappoint you there...

I knew this would eventually come up, and I've been thinking about it.

Since 2011 I've made around nine UI versions covering four different titles (BN/FI/RT/FB). Over the last five years or so I've also done the occasional side project for Kohlenklau. And while these are still an absolute joy to do, I decided not to do major updates for any of my UI's anymore.

Sorry guys.

All good man. You've done so much for the community. Now just relax and play!

[Fire and Rubble]

Just got decimated as the Volksturm. Bravo Battlefront!

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[Campaign WIP: Final Hope]

This is looking real good

[My top three tips in CM2 series]

7 hours ago, z1812 said:

4. Be patient and thoughtful. Treat your digital troops as if they are flesh and blood.

I agree with this in the most part but sometimes to achieve objectives you have to be aggressive. And sometimes pixeltruppen die. I learned this the hard way playing as the Soviets. I'd lose less men, but I'd always come out with only half a victory due to the objectives.

[Fire and Rubble]

20 minutes ago, Kiukkumöykky said:

I can agree that the idea of poorly armed militia isn't as interesting to many people, but for me, I don't know honestly. Maybe its the fact that the fighting forces of Germany have been reduced to scraping the bottom of the barrel to drag anyone that could hold a rifle into battle. A very stark contrast to the Panzer-grenadiers that were fighting on the frontline only a year prior.

Also, I really like how the ones modelled in the screenshots have nothing more than suits and hats, it shows how underequipped they were against such a greater equipped and motivated foe. I would be doubly surprised if they even managed to code in some wearing helmets with their business suits.

Holding out as partisans/volksturm is one of the parts I'm most excited about.