Vacillator

Oh, dear. There are no "Brits" in this campaign. You begin with the Canucks, and then go on to fight as the Jocks. If you must use a collective to describe members of the British Army in WW2 then use "Limeys". 

I think we're saying the same thing, perhaps you better than I 😉.

I just finished playing spearhead as allies, major victory achieved. The campaign was amazing. I lost 2 tanks during the final Cologne battle one was a pershing hit by a panzerfaust 60 killing 3 crew near end of map the other was an m4a3 taken out by a panther earlier on. The other pershing I had was also put out of action with a panther shell hit taking out it's barrel at a distance, no crew injuries and withdrawn to rear. The Panther was taken care of by an EasyEight watching down a street as it was trying to escape a jumbo. In this campaign you will find many building that form a square with a courtyard in the center, and with that the enemy can be in any window, waiting for you to dare and cross the courtyard. I'm glad to have played this before Remagen campaign.
I wanted to mention that It felt like the city environments ran noticeably smoother compared to other battles maybe the maps were smaller or did you guys improve things?
I also want to mention how beautiful the building are. A lot of time and effort there, Sometimes I just pause for a while and view the woodwork/stonework. It looks like a trolley ran through the city? Was/Is the Appelhof platz an underground subway?

Now I beat Remagen campaign great module.
I can not believe that about three days later the Germans shelled the approach which had tons of vehicles in waiting to cross as the approach was exposed to artillery
So many vehicles and tanks were hit by the artillery around the approach and town that bodies piled up many feet high.
Why couldn't they find the source of the German shelling? That is insane and it was 3 days after they captured the bridge!
  Here is more stuff on Remagen
https://www.v2rocket.com/start/deployment/v2s-on-remagen.html
 

The first scenario played was Exploitation. Nice map and some novelties with the Wasp and the Kangaroo but rather difficult.
This ended in tactical defeat. In this type of scenario the effectiveness of the artillery is decisive and mine was not very precise despite a veteran advanced observer with +2 in leadership (the incovenients of the Iron level).
I appreciated the firepower of the Kangaroo in which the machine gun is well protected.
A bad surprise was the long-range accuracy of the Panzerschreck which seems much more effective than in 1944 (the shooters were regular).

The area fire is certainly flying here 🫣.  It's just a game and we can play it how we like, with agreement if another human is involved. 
Being the naive person I am, I've never even mentioned house rules to anyone but it's never been a problem.  Except for when I was sent a full page of house rules that I didn't quite understand.  That game stalled there as no explanations were forthcoming.

Bootie is the guru who curates / maintains etc. the repository.  Some of the older items in the repository show him as author, I think as he may not have known who the author was when transferring them.  Is that correct @Bootie?
 

But can we Frank, just to say hello?
Anyway, once again great work and I hope you will be back for more my friend.

But can we Frank, just to say hello?
Anyway, once again great work and I hope you will be back for more my friend.

Since I'm now working on another project that isn't related to CM and because I would like to finally complete this project, I've decided that now is the time to get not only the mastermaps, but also the entire CampaignPack released for the general download.
It was very interesting to get in touch with the many people who wrote to me. Thanks again everyone!!! 🙏
Today I have sent the whole CampaignPack to @Bootie who will make it available for download on the scenario-depot 👍
So you don't need to write to me anymore 😎
 
"Mission accomplished" , Mr.X 

That's what I've always done. 
But it's an interesting question.  If you can buy outside Steam and get a key to run it on Steam, can you buy it on Steam and *somehow* install and run it outside Steam?  Not sure as I've never tried.

I didn't as I've never had to do this before.  I'll have another look.

Maybe, it is high on the 'hugeness scale' (sniggering and rolling of eyes).  However I've just loaded up 'No country for tanks' which is at the top of the charts in my CMBN, and it loaded without a problem.  Perhaps every man and their dogs are on map at the start of Ranville but not in No country...
I'll experiment a bit more as I've not had a scenario fail at the first hurdle before.

It’s a good scenario worth playing. Maybe too easy.
There are not all the German troops at the beginning but the map is very large.  Did you try with the lowest model and texture quality?

Hi Julian.  That's not actually a question 😉.
Can you right click on your shortcuts to get the location?  And maybe do the same for the start menu?  If they all point to the same place you can trash the other one (first checking for any additional content you might have added in the Z folder etc. that might not be in your 'correct' place).
That's probably a dim answer, forgive me if so.

And of course any saves, additional scenarios and campaigns you might have collected, and incoming and outgoing PBEM if you have any.  Have I missed anything?

Thanks Vacillator.  I've actually found yet another rogue copy on my HD.  I'm going to consolidate everything into one version in the right place and get rid of the rest. I will check in the z folder too!  Don't want to lose any mods.

Hi Julian.  That's not actually a question 😉.
Can you right click on your shortcuts to get the location?  And maybe do the same for the start menu?  If they all point to the same place you can trash the other one (first checking for any additional content you might have added in the Z folder etc. that might not be in your 'correct' place).
That's probably a dim answer, forgive me if so.

I see your edit in the first post.  I'm just starting a PBEM in CW having never played it before.  It'll be okay won't it 🫣?
As for your question on a graphics mod, I don't know but others may...

I think they communicate, but if the mortar crew can't see the target (a unit or an area) I think they would have to be called in for indirect fire, which would take a few minutes.
I don't think they'll 'blindly' fire based on another spotter's info.

Thanks for the advice 👍.  I fully expect my good friend Dave to kick some, but I'll give it a go.  You never try, you never learn 😉.

Hmm, maybe. Especially if you've never played any of the modern or near-modern CM games before, and even more so if this is the era he's specifically trained for. I definitely felt some differences going from modern back to WW2, but I'm told the shock of going from WW2 to modern is much greater.
I'm guessing you're playing as the Soviets (presumably what Dave is "trained for" is fighting as the US)? You'll definitely want to watch out for the American artillery if that's the case. It's much more accurate and comes in much faster than WW2 artillery. And whichever side you're playing as, "effective ranges" are less of a concern than in WW2. Generally speaking if you can see it you can shoot it. That's definitely true of the fully modern titles, in which 1 shot 1 hit is almost a guarantee. In the Cold War you might encounter some distances in which your tanks might have a less than 50/50 chance of a first round hit. But you certainly won't encounter any distances in which the chance of a first round hit isn't dangerously high if you're on the receiving end (certainly won't get as low as a 10% chance of a first round hit).

That´s not how things work here.
Every unit needs to have a solid spot for direct fire. Units will carry their information to another units in their proximity that is right, but it only assists spotting nothing more.
Each unit has to see the target with their own eyes (or optics) before they can fire at it.
You mean some kind of so called "borg spotting": One unit sees a target, so everyone sees the target.
This was the system in CMx1 more or less, the older games, but in CMx2 it is no longer the case.

A few more very quick screenshots of the map progress. It's getting closer. When done, if there are any Afghanistan vets on the forums I would like to send the map to you to take a look at and recommend any improvements. I have tried to create a realistic map of this region as possible but I am open to any suggestions. As mentioned above nearly every meter of the map has micro terrain to battle through.
 
http://www.mediafire.com/folder/dqkvz2bm3j6k3my,djoqn48j69l9ktg,hoti5waqq7o3afs,0f95x24195bixct,iy206gcdab5pjoa,0e8532f6tjttfat,rka7ccbxdt4gtgb,xepm848rpz7jdj7,iwwkrnswa4kr0jx,msdn9eau11ibomi,8ol852i8tdvgdms,hf3skax7md8ufg3,fcsotpjvtqmzpex/shared

You may have had an influence. But I only have myself to blame for getting myself in so deep 😂. Anyway, I haven't had cause to regret it so far.