Sgt.Squarehead Posted June 4, 2017 Author Share Posted June 4, 2017 (edited) Meanwhile, in the real world, the fight goes on: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/04/iraqi-forces-retake-key-town-of-baaj-from-isis And it hasn't always gone entirely according to plan: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/25/us-mosul-airstrikes-deadliest-attack-iraq-2003 Poor Mosul. Edited June 4, 2017 by Sgt.Squarehead 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted June 7, 2017 Author Share Posted June 7, 2017 (edited) Moving on: Quite a lot of remodelling to do before CTS can continue their push to the Tigris.....There won't be much of Ramadi left in this section of the map at all when I'm done, but I'll be using LLF's block-building technique to create the new scenery. In this one there are lots of big compounds (wish I knew what they were). Edited June 7, 2017 by Sgt.Squarehead 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Looks great, man... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted June 8, 2017 Author Share Posted June 8, 2017 For the dude who asked for this you've been remarkably reticent about trying it out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Been busy trying to finish off all the other uncompleted CMSF and CMA games I started. I reckon I put more playing time in than most here. And now suffering from my regular bout of CM burn-out. There seem to be so few people playing any particular title these days. Hence my comments to you about burning out the few of us here with repeated testing. My next one when I get my mojo back was going to be "Action & Reaction". Is the above one "Wicked Wednesday"? That's on the list, no worries... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted June 8, 2017 Author Share Posted June 8, 2017 Leave 'Action & Reaction' for a bit, it's going back on the workbench for upgrading to Mosul standards. When you are ready drop me a PM and give this one a go, I'm still fiddling with the VPs, but it's tricky to explain why without giving major spoilers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 (edited) Ok... Then next I think will be the 2nd "Copper Mines" scenario which looks a lot better than the first ("Riots"). It's amazing/shocking how much time is liberated when I don't play CM2!! Actually getting productive things accomplished!!! (Like seeing "Wonder Woman" in IMAX 3D later today, B4 "The Mummy" takes over the theatre.) Actually, what scenarios are newly available in CMA and CMSF?? Am getting the impression that you started one, then left it incomplete and started another, then left that incomplete and now are starting some more... It's getting confusing trying to figure out which ones are ready for primetime... Edited June 8, 2017 by Erwin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted June 8, 2017 Author Share Posted June 8, 2017 (edited) 'Ashsh al-Dababir' (The Hornets' Nest) is the most advanced, it's in the very final stages of testing, basically fine-tuning the VPs.....MOS & sburke are kindly testing this for me at the moment, I await their AARs to see how I did with the VPs issue. I've just started work on the second scenario, but don't expect much more than teaser images for a month or two. Edited June 8, 2017 by Sgt.Squarehead 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted June 8, 2017 Author Share Posted June 8, 2017 (edited) One issue is really perplexing me, the time in 'Ashsh al-Dababir' is set to 16:45hrs.....Why does the automatically generated scenario cover always show 01:30hrs? Edited June 8, 2017 by Sgt.Squarehead 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Combatintman Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 2 minutes ago, Sgt.Squarehead said: One issue is really perplexing me, the time in 'Ashsh al Dababir' is set to 16:45hrs.....Why does the automatically generated scenario cover always show 01:30hrs? It is the mission length i.e. an hour and a half. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted June 8, 2017 Author Share Posted June 8, 2017 Gotcha.....Don't I feel dumb now! To be fair in CM:A (my main area of interest truth be told) the mission start time is shown there: You should give CM:A a try dude.....Maybe download the demo? I could use the company, that's for sure. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Combatintman Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 And where exactly would it go ... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 (edited) I find that getting rid of unnecessary folders like MY DOCUMENTS and MS WORD etc really helps... SS: So... The Heist is complete and ready for play? Edited June 8, 2017 by Erwin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted June 8, 2017 Author Share Posted June 8, 2017 Drive E? You can never have too many drives! Erwin, I've PMed you. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sburke Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 41 minutes ago, Sgt.Squarehead said: Drive E? You can never have too many drives! Erwin, I've PMed you. lol I hear that. I have a dedicated drive for CM installs and another drive for all the mod files, scenarios etc etc so they don't tie up space if I am not actually currently using them ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted June 8, 2017 Author Share Posted June 8, 2017 (edited) Did you run through the revised version of 'Ashsh al-Dababir' in the end.....I'd be interested to know if the VPs changed any? (I'd be interested to see your final turn from 'The Heist 'when you have a minute too.) Edited June 8, 2017 by Sgt.Squarehead 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sburke Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 Not yet, I'll start later today and send you that AAR screen as well. Work has gotten busy, I really need to retire. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted June 9, 2017 Author Share Posted June 9, 2017 (edited) No worries fella, as and when.....TBH I think I'm probably done with that variant (unless MOS or yourself discover something hideous that I missed) and I will move on to other things (Abdul Gul's War for CM:A) for a bit (I'll will be adding a block at a time to Mosul Mini-Map #2, but doing more than that in each sitting sends my eyeballs wibbly! ). Edited June 9, 2017 by Sgt.Squarehead 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sgt.Squarehead Posted June 13, 2017 Author Share Posted June 13, 2017 It seems things are going OK in final tests, I'd really like to thank those of you who've taken time to test this for me.....I really can't tell you how hard it is to self-test a scenario full of tricks and surprises! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted June 16, 2017 Author Share Posted June 16, 2017 The battle for Mosul, from ISIS' perspective: https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/graphic-40-min-propaganda-video-shows-battle-mosul-shown-isis-perspective/ Poor Mosul. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted June 18, 2017 Author Share Posted June 18, 2017 (edited) The final phase seems to have begun, CTS are still in there: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-40317917 It also seems that CTS have managed to avoid the excesses currently attributed to the ERD and Shia militias.....This makes me very happy indeed. The Mosul battle seems to be quite hard on tanks, this is one seriously bashed looking Abrams: This T-55 has seen better days too (this shot is actually from a district just to the east of the territory covered in 'Ashsh al-Dababir'): Then, there's this: PS - @LongLeftFlank I think I just found my Cover-Shot for 'The Crusher'. Edited June 18, 2017 by Sgt.Squarehead 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted June 19, 2017 Author Share Posted June 19, 2017 (edited) Interesting article here: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/26/world/middleeast/mosul-iraq-isis.html Quote This was not the mission that American military commanders envisioned for the counterterrorism service when they established it after the United States invasion in 2003. The force’s original mission was to conduct lightning raids against terrorists and insurgents. “The CTS has made enormous sacrifices since 2014, and many of the old hand are dead, killed in Anbar Province and elsewhere,” said David M. Witty, a retired colonel with the United States Army Special Forces and former adviser to the counterterrorism service, known as CTS. Very much backs up Combatintman's earlier statements about the misemployment of CTS.....What I hadn't realised is that these were the very same guys who cleared up parts of Ramadi. Here's one for LLF: Edited June 19, 2017 by Sgt.Squarehead 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Combatintman Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 6 hours ago, Sgt.Squarehead said: Interesting article here: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/26/world/middleeast/mosul-iraq-isis.html Very much backs up Combatintman's earlier statements about the misemployment of CTS.....What I hadn't realised is that these were the very same guys who cleared up parts of Ramadi. And the same guys who cleared up parts of Fallujah ... kind of ironic that you're using a modified Ramadi map to do Mosul don't you think ... A couple of other quotes from that article to note: 'There were no advisers from the American-led coalition in sight' (just like I said). 'A small team, with mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles, was monitoring the fight from Yarmouk' (use of MRAPs ... just like I said). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted June 19, 2017 Author Share Posted June 19, 2017 (edited) Let's be honest fella, the degree of synchronicity has been quite high throughout the design process.....Which is lucky really because as you know, I didn't have a clue where I was going at the start. All things considered I think it turned out OK. Edited June 19, 2017 by Sgt.Squarehead 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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