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So that might not be accurate for my game. Im looking at it now and I only have up to version 216 but still don't have those extra churches.

Good looking out! Thanks!

No kidding? That's lame. How do I fix it? Did version 2.18 bring anything important to the game or nah? Id rather have more churches than stupid trivial "improvements"

When I first bought CMBS, I had 8 or 9 different churches I could pick from and place in the editor. Now I only have 4. I know they existed, because the buildings are still in the exploded game files and one of them is used in a map of Hostomel that I made, I just can't see the buttons for them in the editor. Any idea why they suddenly disappeared from my editor options? How do I fix it?

There is an all in one mod. Hold on

I am aware... What I'mm saying is it couldn't hurt me to brush up on history a bit, so I'll probably buy the game and then make you a scenario. I'll look into the links above. Mustve missed them before. Well, nobody really seems to be making much content at all lately, for what it's worth. Sad day.

https://liveuamap.com/

I don't, but I can easily get it. I'll make sure I get you a good scenario. Anything in particular you'd be interested in seeing/playing?

I just figured out how I'm going to pay you back for your help.

Bet. I'm game. I plan to release at least two campaigns for Combat Mission Black Sea before then. (Thanks for your help with that, btw)

Copy. Honestly, for just a broad picture of things, Wikipedia has a lot of information if you start with the 2014 Crimean Crisis and follow the timeline and click the available reference links. As far as granular military engagements from 2014-now, I will see if any of my people know somebody who participated in any of the noteworthy engagements. Alternatively, Ukrainian news sites will have basic articles about the smaller engagements, and some longer articles about the larger ones. I have a bunch of those translated and saved somewhere. I'll start looking for them tomorrow.

Hey mate, If you need any more information about the active war, let me know. I might also be able to provide some lesser known information about the low intensity conflict from 2014-2022. I've got a few contacts currently in the country and several others who have left, but all of them spent a significant amount of time in Ukraine before and during the invasion. I'm not really sure what exactly you are looking for, but if you need info on something specific, shoot me a DM with questions and I'll send you back any info I've got. If I don't have any information, I'll ask my contacts and see what they know.

Ok, I'm trying to find elevation data for Ukraine and I'm realizing I have no idea what I'm doing. I found gray scale height maps of the area I'm trying to map and tried to follow along with your other video using QGIS but I keep getting an error code and I don't understand what is going wrong because I don't really understand what I am even trying to do. What kind of files am I looking for to start with? What am I converting them into? I'm trying to understand here but I am so confused.

So far everything I've asked it to do in Black Sea has worked. It froze once and then glitched and kept repeating the same step another time, but both times it happened were on a massive map with a lot of data I was using to test it's limitations, so it was understandable. You did a great job making this thing. If we can find a way to get usable elevation data for Ukraine, that would be amazing, but honestly, so far it hasn't been too bad entering those on my own.

@Butschi I got the OSM to CM conversion to work and successfully made a small map of my neighborhood in the United States with the auto-editor. I will attempt another one using elevations and let you know how that goes. I won't lie, I was kind of just staring at my screen in awe while the autoeditor was working it's magic. Well done!

Yes, that's what I meant. My apologies for not being more specific. I will try with a much smaller map and see if I have better luck. I am pretty clueless when it comes to computer coding, but I am willing to attempt to help. Just don't expect a whole lot. No, I do not play on steam.

@ButschiI attempted to just load OSM data to populate a map and it's not working. It says Preprocessing OSM Data:100% and then doesn't do anything.

Copy that. I decided to do my first map of the area the old fashioned way and spent about 8 hours on it last night. If I could expedite this even slightly it would help a lot. I understand the differences in the elevation model types and I have actually noticed locations in Google earth with wonky elevations because they used DEM models instead of the DTMs. Ie; Hostomel, Ukraine has a bunch of imaginary hills that start at the forest edges around the south end of the town in Google Earth. (I actually had to go back and correct my map of the area when I got access to better info and realized my mistake.) All that being said, is your program usable if I choose to skip the elevation data and only want to use it for the OSM data? If so, can you briefly explain how I can do that? You did a great job explaining how to import elevation data, but honestly, that's the easiest part for me to do on my own thanks to my career field (civil construction/civil design/earthwork estimator). Is there a way to just skip the elevation data, import the rest of the stuff, and then do my own elevations afterward? Please forgive me if thats a stupid question, I just don't really understand this process much and get lost any time I try. I was able to follow your tutorial video in a very linear fashion, but even that was a stretch for me.

Elevations. I'm lost on how to import elevations from real world Ukraine to make them usable for the auto-editor.

I'm trying to make this work with maps of Ukraine and having a lot of trouble getting anything to work right, even after watching the tutorials and trying to follow along. Does anybody who has had luck with this feel like helping me make a base map for a campaign centered on the current counteroffensive efforts in the Robotnye/Tokmak axis?

I dont have a discord mate. You can message me on here though! Whats up?

This is definitely helpful and explained another issue I've been having. Thank you for sharing! That being said, no, the BTR-D does not exist in any of the games. Neither did the BMD-2 though, but the compilation in this thread has a vehicle swap mod that allows you to turn the BMP into a BMD. Basically the BTR-D is just a BMD-2 without a turret.

Well, thats the thing. There isn't a model for the BTR-D in the games already I'm still curious how you'd suggest doing this though, so please still explain.

Hey guys, Can someone replace the MT-LBU1V14 model with a model of the turretless BTR-D that the Russian VDV uses as a command vehicle please? I have used the mod in this compilation that changes the BMP-2 to the BMD-2, and I've got the mod that turns the Russian infantry into VDV, so I've basically got everything I need to create a full VDV unit besides the BTR-D model. If someone could help me out, that would be killer. Thanks! Not sure if this matters, but I am referring to Black Sea vehicles.

I'm game. I'm finishing my Battle of Hostomel campaign finally and then I'll start working on Bakhmut maps with you.