Zenomorph Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Hi, I know the ability to import/export maps, oobs from other CM modules has been inquired about before but I've been awol for a while and wondered if there's been any movement by Battlefront on the issue. I ask it here because altho I'd jump at the chance to buy CMFB if this ability existed, I'll likely content myself with games I already have until at some point down the road I grow bored to death of them; and that'll be a loooong time. I've, for example, created a pretty sizeable and detailed OOB for CMRT (it even has an evil former boss of mine as a Nazi captain!) that I LOVE using but I'm definitely not re-creating it for every CM module. Mind you, I'm NOT talking about downloading maps from the repository from a game I DO NOT own and loading it into one I do own. That'd be stealing imo. No, I'm only referring to the ability to import/export when I own BOTH games. I'd even be open to paying an extra "license fee" or some such for the ability to do this. I can't imagine this wouldn't be a money-maker for the devs but they must have their reasons for denying this ability. Anyway, my 2 cents. Thanks! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMFDR Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 (edited) Hi Zenomorph, as far as I know, there is an informal way involving hex editing (thus probably in a gray zone regarding end user license at best). Out of curiosity, what unit is your sizeable and detailed OOB for CMRT about? Edited April 23, 2016 by CMFDR 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinkin Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 And how are you using the OOB as is? Is it married to a master map? Kevin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMFDR Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 If you are lucky enough to have the same units in both titles, you just "convert" the map with units embedded and voila. I recently did so with a CMBN training scenario and only had to manually swap a vehicle (an early panther iirc). Otherwise, I would use Japanzer's OOB and Formation Recorder to list the units I do use, delete them all, convert the map and manually rebuild the orbat in the other CM title. As for marrying OOB to master map, I guess it would depend on your local laws and regulations. Bad humor apart, I guess that one could create a core unit file, as described in the manual probably in chapter about campaign creation iirc but then I'm not sure what to do with it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zenomorph Posted April 24, 2016 Author Share Posted April 24, 2016 18 hours ago, CMFDR said: Out of curiosity, what unit is your sizeable and detailed OOB for CMRT about? Oh, it's pretty much a mish-mash. Understrength this, overstrength that. It was just for fun and to chop up for use in other scenarios. Thanks for input! Interesting. What do u think the time commitment would be on the hex editor for a (pretty much) non-coder? I learned to code a bit in college but ummmmm...it was long enuf ago that well, I'd done a paper on this thing called "the internet" and when I described to people what it was they looked at me like I had 3 heads! That was ~'87. Crazy!! My kids now think I had to hand crank my Model T every morning. Ugh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMFDR Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 4 hours ago, Zenomorph said: (...)What do u think the time commitment would be on the hex editor for a (pretty much) non-coder? (...) About 5 to 10... seconds. It's just a matter of opening the file, change a bit, save and voila. ie. CMRT is 08 and CMFB is 0c iirc. Then you are lucky, or not. On kids, my 5 year old amaze me when he's playing on PC, he navigates the menu effortless, I'm sure he had a computer tech degree at school already. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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