Anonymous_Jonze

Here is an update for this whole topic:
Intial - as the title says - I had once planned to create 3 Campaigns showing the desperate fighting of the last year at the WW II Eastfront. 
 
Actually, RL, family and kids were the reason for a long period without any CM. So, my last finished work - the „Zawiya Uprising“ Campaign is from 2014. 
These are the results of „Against all Odds“:
„Frozen Fortress“ (East Prussia 1945) is still only a poor fragment.
“Final Hope“ (Halbe Pocket 1945) is a 16 missions Campaign of which currently 9 Mastermaps are finished — this project is still to come and not dead at all…
„Tiger Trail“ (Belorussia 1944) is a 17 missions Campaign - currently the Beta-Version is in the final playtesting and will be part of a new project. 
 
As a result I am of the opinion that it is time to close this topic for good. The headline isn‘t up-to-date any longer. 
So, this will be my last reply here.
Admins may shut down.
But Mr.X will be back with interesting News soon 😎
 
 
 
 

When will be the release? 
The ideal date will be the 22.06.2023. But I won't promise too much....for sure, release will be 2023 ! 
What's the current progress?
The biggest campaign "Tiger Trail" is in its final testing stage as a Betaversion. It will be ready for 22nd June release. 
The "Five Bridges" Campaign has seen most of the map making, which is (with my experience) the most time consuming aspect - testing will start in March.
The "Into Hell" Campaign the same.
The "Partisans" Land Campaign (the smallest of all) is in the middle of map making and will be ready for testing in April.
So - to quote the guys from Battlefront 😉 "it will be ready when it's ready."
Will there be any single Missions?
Currently, I have plans for 3 single Missions but I doubt to have the time to put effort in these ones. So, let's see....
Is there a possibility to increase the number of campaigns or single missions for that BattlePack?
Of course. As the headline says, this is a project made by fan(s) of CM and everybody who wants to participate is very welcome. Honestly I have to say that I have written a mail to Battlefront and offered them this stuff (without financial interests) in order to get designs, briefings etc. more professional but they ignored myself 😜
So, if anybody is motivated to create stuff, doesn't matter if one small single mission or a whole campaign, then this would be very appreciated 👍 The only condition is:
the stuff must match the BattlePacks main theme "Summer of Destruction June to July 1944, ArmyGroup Central". 
Will there be any Master Maps?
Currently, the pack will include 12 Master maps but this number may change until release.
 

Battle for Berlin V2.1
After feedback from the BF community I have updated and put right a few issues on some of the scenario maps including:
Set up of the forces was wrong on  some of the maps. Now fixed.
• Missing Axis troops. Now fixed.
• Mission Objectives missing on Kroll Opera House. Fixed.
• A map was missing completely called Assualt the Reichstag. Fixed.
• Plus some other minor issues fixed.
Put all these scenarios in your CMRT Scenarios Folder and click yes to replace.
If you note anything that looks wrong, please contact me and I will look into.
Thanks Spike (Warts and All) for all your help.
New scenarios coming soon. Thank you for your time.
DOWNLOAD LINK
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1k_yxmQ79p6N9tgssnPEbuSsLtU0hU-ku/view?usp=share_link

Ok. I just had a premonition.
 
ORTONA CANADIAN CAMPAIGN!
come on Ben...

Entire campaign is almost done. I was hoping to wrap up the final briefings tonight but got called into my side job so might have to wait till the weekend. - FF

Something for the moderators, this is just straight Hitler speech.

That's not politically incorrect, it's pure unadulterated anti-Semitism. 

Expression of gratitude to Battlefront team.
Like other players of Battlefront's Combat Mission series, I have my own wish list, of things I'd like to see that I think would make the game better. Now at the age of 72 and wargaming as my primary hobby for 64 years, I have learned that such expressions of "I'd like to see it done this way", appear to be an inevitable response to any set of rules and any game. Tiresome sometimes. To rules writers, game coders and games masters, such feedback can be a bit discouraging. So at this time I want to say:
I am VERY HAPPY playing the WWII Combat Missions series 'as is'. It is afterall - a game.  From my perspective it is a perfect follow-up or replacement for miniature wargaming. To me this is what it feels and looks like. Except it looks better than minis, I can field larger armies, and I don't have to learn a 60+ page book of rules!
When we gamers sometimes appear to gripe about this or that feature no implemented - we might as ourselves, "How long have I been playing these games." For me the answer is "Continuously since the release of series one - Combat Mission Barbarossa to Berlin, CM Afrika Korps etc." So I must have been enjoying it as is. No? So many years of fun.
And I LOVE having an easy to use Scenario Editor. I probably spend more time tinkering with map making, or tweaking graphics than actually playing. I have yet to play through all of CMBN's over 300 sceanrios in my collection.
In conclusion. THANK YOU Battlefront for many years of happy gaming, for your many hours of coding work, your responses to the community. Given my wonky ticker, I don't knwo if I'll be around to enjoy engine 5. I hope so.
Dr. Wilhelm C.T. Oudshoorn BA, DDS (a.k.a. WimO, a.k.a. Kandu)
 

The Campaign "Tiger Trail" is ready for combat ✌️😎
17 missions with Division "Totenkopf" in July 1944. I need one more tester - so, if anybody likes to play exclusively 
a full campaign before it is published - then PM me ....
 
Regards
 
Mr.X

A tripod mounted heavy machine gun is a complicated piece of machinery, that needs to be correctly sited to be effective. This is what the "deployed" state represents - it's not only on the tripod, but properly levelled and firmly positioned.

CM adds a time penalty to setting up machine guns inside buildings. This is supposed to abstract the difficulties of preparing the position - knocking out windows, moving furniture, creating a stable and raised base to fire from, etc.

Obviously it can still be a good idea to fire from buildings whilst deployed, but you need to allow for enough time to do it. The UI will show you this additional time. 

Last impression before the Campaign is finished 😎

 
 

Wake me up when Engine 5 lands. And it better have FPS boost. 😄 😉
 

Dissapointed ! 😖

Uhhhh, ok. This looks a lot like last year's update with the year iterated by one.
 
 

Unsung heroes of the war, trench cats.

Craziest combat footage I've seen thus far. International Legion cornered Spetznaz in a building after they dismounted their BMP. 
 

I had been waiting for this video.  Brave men, but personally I would not want to be anywhere near a volunteer unit like this.  I am willing to be corrected, but I assume any regular infantry, let alone an instructor, would have a heart attack looking at a house being cleared like this.  Eventually a tank was brought up to demolish it after the fact - something that I assume would have been a preferable first option, and that either circumstance or lack of training led to them going in.
I can see an argument that being close and throwing grenades in is better than being in an adjacent building if you don't have enough firepower, but surely even that would be dangerous if they have it set up right inside (I can imagine a second perimeter of sandbags inside, holes through the outer wall which are easier to see out than in, etc).
As to the artillery strike - they had been in the area for a while I think, which may have been enough, but I wouldn't be surprised if the occupants of the building called it in when it seemed all was lost or as the only hope for a breakout.
Hopefully more thorough training can be provided to these volunteer groups, so that their skills and co-ordination match their courage and selflessness.

Craziest combat footage I've seen thus far. International Legion cornered Spetznaz in a building after they dismounted their BMP. 
 

Watch out for this important update next week...
Battle for Berlin Notes V2.1
After feedback from the BF community I have updated and put right a few issues on some of the scenario maps including:
• Set up of the forces was wrong on some of the maps. Fixed.
• Missing Axis troops. Fxed.
• Mission Objectives missing on Kroll Opera House. Fixed.
• A map was missing completely called Assault the Reichstag. Fixed.
• Plus some other minor issues fixed.
If you note anything that looks wrong, please contact me and I will look into.
New scenarios coming soon. Thank you for your time.

what will come first, a 2023 update or 2000 pages in how hot is Ukraine gonna get ?
My guess is 2000 pages

I've read entirely too much about Scholz, a character I'd rather forget
What are your predictions about Bakhmut front instead?

Wow is this Charles Dickens or WW2?!

Where's the Fidler...lol

Getting some storytelling in the scenario

This is a Western Front Town/City

 
 

Lol
"Vladimir, we will be /very/ disappointed if you incinerated the world. Ok? No incinerations."
I'm sure that will moderate his behaviour.

Some new impressions from the Belorussian Front