Vergeltungswaffe Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 7 hours ago, Battlefront.com said: ... Steve P.S. Red Thunder is also in this last minute fix stage of development, but is at the end of that process. 7 hours ago, Aragorn2002 said: O please Lord, give me patience... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benpark Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 1 hour ago, umlaut said: Will the buildings available for Germany maps be the same as the ones in Germany maps in CMFB Similar models, with new textures and a few new things to work with. Churches and Commercial have some new adds- Central European churches, a domed building, a factory. These are based upon the footprints of existing ones. 1 hour ago, umlaut said: will the F&R have the "other" category of independent buildings Yes, adapted to Central European cities. The roofs have been changed on some to better simulate urban rows. Berlin has it's own set of textures, which would do for most cities. A destroyed texture as well, with the windows punched out- remember talking about that one years ago? The flavor objects round it out, as well. Some destroyed stuff, and some things to make towns and cities look a bit more previously inhabited. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umlaut Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 27 minutes ago, benpark said: Similar models, with new textures and a few new things to work with. Churches and Commercial have some new adds- Central European churches, a domed building, a factory. These are based upon the footprints of existing ones. Yes, adapted to Central European cities. The roofs have been changed on some to better simulate urban rows. Berlin has it's own set of textures, which would do for most cities. A destroyed texture as well, with the windows punched out- remember talking about that one years ago? The flavor objects round it out, as well. Some destroyed stuff, and some things to make towns and cities look a bit more previously inhabited. Thanks a lot for the reply. I had hoped that I would be able to use some of FB german buidings in a Denmark map I am working on. But I'll just have to port those textures from FB to a mod set for RT if they arent there. Still, I am looking very much forward to seeing all the new buildings and map features in FR. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlefront.com Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 4 hours ago, ASL Veteran said: I have two sources on the MP35 Interesting! Thanks for that. Learned something new today Always happy to see mention of the Erma, one of the least seen German WW2 SMGs. One of the most difficult things to get out of production numbers is how many were in service at any one time and within what timeframe. It's pretty easy to conclude greater than zero, but then it gets tricky. Especially weapons that weren't produced in large numbers, like the Erma. Obviously not many made, not many still available for service in 1944/45, but when concentrated into a single divisional formation only hundreds would be needed for everybody to have one at one time. So for Charlemagne they could have been the only SMG in their hands, whereas for another Waffen SS unit exactly zero. Another thing is weapon losses on the battlefield. Just ran across a stat that from June 1, 1944 through March 1, 1945 the Wehrmacht lost 3.5 *million* rifles. That's nearly 400k per MONTH, with new production being about half that. Certainly the Germans didn't lose 3.5 million rifle bearing soldiers KIA behind enemy lines during this period, yet that's how many rifles the OKW reported as being lost. Which reminds us that a lot of weapons are lost for reasons other than unrecoverable casualty situations. For example, when the surviving parts of Charlemagne were evacuated by sea they might have left their small arms behind and been rearmed with MP40s before going into Berlin. Anyway, all this just makes it harder on us to come up with realistic representations of weaponry allocations. Fortunately this sort of crazy complicated situation isn't present for any other force we portray in Combat Mission. Steve 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macisle Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 1 hour ago, benpark said: Similar models, with new textures and a few new things to work with. Churches and Commercial have some new adds- Central European churches, a domed building, a factory. These are based upon the footprints of existing ones. Yes, adapted to Central European cities. The roofs have been changed on some to better simulate urban rows. Berlin has it's own set of textures, which would do for most cities. A destroyed texture as well, with the windows punched out- remember talking about that one years ago? The flavor objects round it out, as well. Some destroyed stuff, and some things to make towns and cities look a bit more previously inhabited. This is great to hear. Sounds like some of the goodies I was hoping for to use in my project are in the pipeline with F&R. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commanderski Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 Sounds like... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waffelmann Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 This waiting is obviously driving me crazy. Now I check my emails every few minutes if nobody posts anything here for a long time, because then I think everyone is already playing ... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Dare Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 nope...we are all checking the mail every 2 minutes...and then just come here like crazy when somebody post cause maybe he might tell us that he has started dowloading... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFCElvis Posted April 20, 2021 Author Share Posted April 20, 2021 2 hours ago, waffelmann said: This waiting is obviously driving me crazy. Now I check my emails every few minutes if nobody posts anything here for a long time, because then I think everyone is already playing ... I will drop a "very close" and "very very close" before any emails go out. (And these verys don't count). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waffelmann Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 27 minutes ago, BFCElvis said: I will drop a "very close" and "very very close" before any emails go out. This is good to know! Thanks! On the negativ side is, that now I have to scan the whole forum 24X7 for the words "very" from elvis....in a short frequence... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glubokii Boy Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 18 hours ago, benpark said: A destroyed texture as well, with the windows punched out- remember talking about that one years ago? .... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexUK Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 17 minutes ago, waffelmann said: This is good to know! Thanks! On the negativ side is, that now I have to scan the whole forum 24X7 for the words "very" from elvis....in a short frequence... Don't scan for very, scan for very very. Or perhaps very, very? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn2002 Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 9 minutes ago, AlexUK said: Don't scan for very, scan for very very. Or perhaps very, very? Is it me, or does sound all this 'very' a bit ridiculous? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckdyke Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 4 minutes ago, Aragorn2002 said: Is it me, or does sound all this 'very' a bit ridiculous? No, you're not the only one, I bet a lot of them have not played all the RT Campaigns yet. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn2002 Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 9 minutes ago, chuckdyke said: No, you're not the only one, I bet a lot of them have not played all the RT Campaigns yet. What I actually meant is that in this stage I don't want to see 'very', but just an e-mail. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesertFox Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 What happened on this day? ...Adolf Hitler’s birthday...Soviet artillery hits Berlin’s suburbs...execution of Operation Clausewitz...the Berlin Zoo closes...Hitler orders an evacuation of government departments...the Soviets launch a large-scale offensive south of Stettin...the battle of Bernau takes place as the 2nd Guard Tank Army reaches the town...Hermann Göring demolishes his Carinhall residence...Ivan Konev’s 1st Ukrainian Front races to Zossen... The Battle Of Berlin: April 20th 1945 - Soviet Artillery Reaches Berlin (berlinexperiences.com) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HUSKER2142 Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 My question is, how motivated were Volkssturm? How often these units surrendered without a fight or at the slightest loss of personnel. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HUSKER2142 Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 6 minutes ago, DesertFox said: What happened on this day? The beginning of the storming of Berlin on April 23, 1945. Probably it is worth waiting for the release on April 23, but this is my personal opinion. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn2002 Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, DesertFox said: What happened on this day? ...Adolf Hitler’s birthday...Soviet artillery hits Berlin’s suburbs...execution of Operation Clausewitz...the Berlin Zoo closes...Hitler orders an evacuation of government departments...the Soviets launch a large-scale offensive south of Stettin...the battle of Bernau takes place as the 2nd Guard Tank Army reaches the town...Hermann Göring demolishes his Carinhall residence...Ivan Konev’s 1st Ukrainian Front races to Zossen... The Battle Of Berlin: April 20th 1945 - Soviet Artillery Reaches Berlin (berlinexperiences.com) Don't forget the battle of Bautzen in which the Polish 2nd army was mauled, one of the last German victories in the East. Edited April 20, 2021 by Aragorn2002 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn2002 Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, HUSKER2142 said: My question is, how motivated were Volkssturm? How often these units surrendered without a fight or at the slightest loss of personnel. The Russians usually didn't leave them much choice than to fight. Many members of the Volkssturm were killed after capture or surrender. At many places the Volkssturm fought remarkably well, but against impossible odds. Imagine going to war with an old rifle and five bullets... Edited April 20, 2021 by Aragorn2002 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AttorneyAtWar Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Those guys were usually forced at gun point to fight anyway, so you can either decide to get killed fighting the Russians or by some fanatic that decides to hang "traitors". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Dare Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 maybe is just me, that have always problems with the pronunciation of V&B and Y&I but the symptoms are there... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn2002 Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 21 minutes ago, AttorneyAtWar said: Those guys were usually forced at gun point to fight anyway, so you can either decide to get killed fighting the Russians or by some fanatic that decides to hang "traitors". I don't think most of them needed much persuasion to fight. They knew what was awaiting them. But yeah, between the devil and the deep blue sea. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commanderski Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 5 minutes ago, Dan Dare said: Isn't that a depiction of what all of us are going through after checking our Email and forum for the release of F&R... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Dare Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 ...so we all have caught the VERYVERY.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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