MKSheppard Posted May 28, 2021 Posted May 28, 2021 THE BASIC PROBLEM: I'm sure that you've all noticed over the years that this scenario plays itself out over and over: Person A: "Hey, does anyone still have X for $Insert_Game_Name$ ?" Person B: "Yeah sure, here, let me put it up on my webspace or on a random download server like Mega.NZ" <five years pass> Person C enters the thread and gets excited. Person C "The link doesn't work anymore!" *pause* Person C "Hey, does anyone still have X for $Insert_Game_Name$ ?" A Potential Solution: Might be with the Internet Archive. It's funded by a foundation and they seem to be relatively durable; so they're the closest thing to archival on-line storage we might see for some time. With that in mind, I've been slowly working on a project for the last month to quasi bring back the old Wargamer.com scenario archive back from the dead -- and that's morphed into a general archiving program for old game mods and such. Naturally, I did the Combat Mission x1 series. ============================================================ GENERAL INTERNET ARCHIVE NOTE: If you wish to download a specific file within the main ZIP container, just click on the (View Contents) link on the contents page. ============================================================ ============================================================ The Proving Grounds / The Scenario Depot II Site Rip (with Meta Data) (NOTE, I've duplicated the scenarios themselves in each CMx1 individual scenario archive, but this is here for completeness since TPG/TSDII were quite important CMx1 websites back in the day) ============================================================ ============================================================ https://archive.org/details/wargamer-depot_TPG-TSD2_siterip Main Page https://archive.org/download/wargamer-depot_TPG-TSD2_siterip Information Page From 5 to 8 May 2021; I ripped the following websites: THE PROVING GROUND (TPG)http://garykrockover.com/cmbb/index.html Site Rip as of 5 May 2021 has: 6 x CMBO Scenarios 281 x CMBB Scenarios 223 x CMAK Scenarios 2 x CMBO Maps (some are not downloadable) 73 x CMBB Maps (some are not downloadable) 43 x CMAK Maps (some are not downloadable) THE SCENARIO DEPOT II (TSD2) http://63.249.17.36/www.the-scenario-depot.com The original Scenario Depot (I) was at http://www.dragonlair.net/combatmission/ until it's hosting company crashed with no backups. It's successor, The Scenario Depot II was at http://www.the-scenario-depot.com/ until the domain wasn't renewed. It was then "lost" for several years until I contacted the site owner; and got this URL: http://63.249.17.36/www.the-scenario-depot.com Site Rip as of 8 May 2021 has: 52 x CMBO Scenarios 587 x CMBB Scenarios 527 x CMAK Scenarios 15 x CMBO Maps (some are not downloadable) 26 x CMBB Maps (some are not downloadable) 36 x CMAK Maps (some are not downloadable) ============================================================ ============================================================ CMMOS/CMMODS DVD Backup ============================================================ ============================================================ This was created from an old DVD that I burned with about 3.7 GB of Combat Mission CMMOS data on or around 2004. A lot of the information on this was "lost" over the years, and this is my way of giving back to the CM community. Here is a file list: Total number of folders = 62 Total number of files = 1809 Sum of file sizes = 3.5~ GB It's all within several spanned ZIP files. https://archive.org/details/wargamer-depot_CMMOS_mods (information page) https://archive.org/download/wargamer-depot_CMMOS_mods (contents page) ============================================================ ============================================================ CMBO Mods: ============================================================ ============================================================ https://archive.org/details/wargamer-depot_CMBO_mods (information page) https://archive.org/download/wargamer-depot_CMBO_mods (contents page) On 5-10 May 2021, I cleaned out the following CMx1 repositories: cmx1mods.greenasjade.net in an attempt to archive as many of the old Combat Mission 1 (Beyond Overlord/Barbarossa to Berlin/Afrika Korps) mods as possible to safeguard against the probability of greenasjade.net disappearing in the near future. I downloaded 458 out of 458 files; and their total size is 1.46 GB. ============================================================ ============================================================ CMBB Mods: ============================================================ ============================================================ https://archive.org/details/wargamer-depot_CMBB_mods (information page) https://archive.org/download/wargamer-depot_CMBB_mods (contents page) On 5-10 May 2021, I cleaned out the following CMx1 repositories: cmx1mods.greenasjade.net in an attempt to archive as many of the old Combat Mission 1 (Beyond Overlord/Barbarossa to Berlin/Afrika Korps) mods as possible to safeguard against the probability of greenasjade.net disappearing in the near future. I downloaded 1,806 out of 1,811 files; and their total size is 4.35 GB. ============================================================ ============================================================ CMAK Mods: ============================================================ ============================================================ https://archive.org/details/wargamer-depot_CMAK_mods (information page) https://archive.org/download/wargamer-depot_CMAK_mods (contents page) On 5-10 May 2021, I cleaned out the following CMx1 repositories: cmx1mods.greenasjade.net in an attempt to archive as many of the old Combat Mission 1 (Beyond Overlord/Barbarossa to Berlin/Afrika Korps) mods as possible to safeguard against the probability of greenasjade.net disappearing in the near future. I downloaded 1,605 out of 1,605 files; and their total size is 4.69 GB. ============================================================ ============================================================ COMBAT MISSION: BEYOND OVERLORD SCENARIOS ============================================================ ============================================================ https://archive.org/details/wargame-depot-combat-mission-beyond-overlord (information page) https://archive.org/download/wargame-depot-combat-mission-beyond-overlord (contents page) This file contains recovered Wargamer Scenario Depot data from two sources: 1.) The 2015 Dump at https://archive.org/details/WargamerGamesDepotArchive20160514.tar 2.) A Internet Archive Downloader Dump in April 2021 to recover what was stored on the Internet Archive's backups. Out of 5 scenario files on the WGD for "Combat Mission Beyond Overlord", 5 were recovered (100%) directly. HAVE 3508 - Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord: East of Bryansk 3551 - Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord: 101st in Normandy 3701 - Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord: Big Red Omaha V2.0 4176 - Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord: When Trumpets Fade 4558 - Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord: Fischbach MISSING: NONE Out of 69 scenario files on the WGD for "Combat Mission", 0 were recovered (0%). HAVE: NONE MISSING: 1003 - Combat Mission: Strategic Highway 1198 - Combat Mission: Kelly's Heroes full campaign 1211 - Combat Mission: Cintheaux - Totalize 1273 - Combat Mission: August Bank Holiday 1279 - Combat Mission: We Don't Need No Education 1280 - Combat Mission: Lacko's Centiepied 1281 - Combat Mission: Lacko's Tea Party 1433 - Combat Mission: Parker's Crossroads 156 - Combat Mission: Wonder of Ihantala 162 - Combat Mission: UPDATE: Wonder of Ihantala 172 - Combat Mission: Crucifix Hill 1749 - Combat Mission: Beta Mission 178 - Combat Mission: AG1 Sgt Feibecke at Ozero 179 - Combat Mission: K3 A Brief Visit to a Church 181 - Combat Mission: K2 Pyrrhic Victory 183 - Combat Mission: K1 The High Ground 1864 - Combat Mission: Beta Mission 217 - Combat Mission: der Nebel 218 - Combat Mission: Minor Victory 219 - Combat Mission: Pockets of Resistance 226 - Combat Mission: Attack on Selz crossroads 237 - Combat Mission: Battle of Kiestinki 281 - Combat Mission: Gains Measured in Yards 282 - Combat Mission: Dangerous Information 304 - Combat Mission: Buda Castle 337 - Combat Mission: The Notch 34 - Combat Mission: Zurück on Chainbridge 363 - Combat Mission: Battle Of Honkaniemi 381 - Combat Mission: Gute Jagd 382 - Combat Mission: Falschirmjaeger On The East 383 - Combat Mission: My Grandfather 384 - Combat Mission: Der Erste Marsch 385 - Combat Mission: The Last Hussars 39 - Combat Mission: Dieppe 398 - Combat Mission: Bitche Bulge 426 - Combat Mission: Pacific Mod: Shallow Water Files Tarawa 427 - Combat Mission: Joe's Bridge 428 - Combat Mission: Brit Burma Uniform 442 - Combat Mission: CM Pacific Theater Mod Iwo Jima 443 - Combat Mission: Combat Mission Pacific Theater Mod 444 - Combat Mission: CM Pacific Theater Mod Scenarios 47 - Combat Mission: Dog Green, 6 June-2 476 - Combat Mission: Maple Leaf Down 496 - Combat Mission: Lacko's Elba 506 - Combat Mission: Screaming In The dark 507 - Combat Mission: Holding Villebaudon 515 - Combat Mission: Hell On Wheels 538 - Combat Mission: Break On Thru 539 - Combat Mission: Back To Hell 564 - Combat Mission: Assault On Gambsheim 586 - Combat Mission: Gheel 621 - Combat Mission: Operation Nordwind 644 - Combat Mission: Bouncing The Rhine 656 - Combat Mission: Ed's Grass Mod 740 - Combat Mission: Bridges Near Stavelot 750 - Combat Mission: Fortress In The Bocage v1.02 868 - Combat Mission: Frontovik Russian T-34 Tank Mods 893 - Combat Mission: DFDR Complete Scenario Set 894 - Combat Mission: DFDR Clubfoot's Scenario Set 895 - Combat Mission: DFDR (Complete) MOD 896 - Combat Mission: Finland MOD 897 - Combat Mission: Frontovik I (Infantry) MOD 898 - Combat Mission: Frontovik Complete Scenario Set 899 - Combat Mission: Frontovik II (vehicles) MOD 900 - Combat Mission: Fading Hopes III (Germany 1939-40) 901 - Combat Mission: Fading Hopes II (France 1940) MOD 902 - Combat Mission: Fading Hopes I (Poland 1939) MOD 903 - Combat Mission: Fading Hopes Complete Scenarios Set 904 - Combat Mission: Roadblock At St. Severs BONUSES I have included more CMBO scenarios from around the internet. There's likely to be massive duplication between all of the different packs and sources, but put together, I think this corpus constitutes most CMBO scenarios made. 1.) Pacific Mod: 28 scenarios + the graphics to mod them 2.) Rune Pack (in a specific folder): About 59~ scenarios/campaigns 3.) Ardennes DeSobry Pack: 3 versions of this scenario 4.) A Scenario Pack (AltWars) I made from an old CMMODS v4.03 database that I downloaded years ago; combined with a trawl through (http://cmx1mods.greenasjade.net); giving about 295 scenarios. 5). CMHQ Depot: About 306 scenarios with metadata 6.) Koen Pack: 4 Scenarios 7.) Rhine Pack: 10 scenarios 8.) St Malo Pack: 5 Scenarios 9.) The Blitz' CMBO Pack: About 187 scenarios and 27 maps. 10.) TheGamersNetwork: About 200 scenarios with metadata. 11.) TLD Scenario Pack : 22 scenarios 12.) The Proving Ground / The Scenario Depot II Scenario Pack for CMBO: About 59 scenarios and 13 maps. 13.) Zuf's CMBO Scenario Pack: 1,645 scenarios ============================================================ ============================================================ COMBAT MISSION: BARBAROSSA TO BERLIN SCENARIOS ============================================================ ============================================================ https://archive.org/details/wargame-depot-combat-mission-barbarossa-to-berlin (information page) https://archive.org/download/wargame-depot-combat-mission-barbarossa-to-berlin (contents page) This file contains recovered Wargamer Scenario Depot data from two sources: 1.) The 2015 Dump at https://archive.org/details/WargamerGamesDepotArchive20160514.tar 2.) A Internet Archive Downloader Dump in April 2021 to recover what was stored on the Internet Archive's backups. Out of 10 scenario files on the WGD, 10 were recovered (100%) directly. HAVE 3294 - Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin: KH2 The Count 3295 - Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin: AG3 Flak Dance at Vilna 3352 - Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin: HSG AG4 The Cross Roads 3513 - Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin: East of Bryansk 3878 - Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin: Sons of Zrinyi 4017 - Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin: Danzig Panther 4054 - Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin: PreeKuln 4269 - Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin: Hungarian Mission Pack 4366 - Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin: Road to Rzhavets 4823 - Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin: Darsunikis MISSING: NONE BONUS: I have included a large amount of CMBB scenario packs in the BONUS directory. I think with all this, we have most CMBB scenarios ever made. I've tried to include everything I can; there's too many to describe here; from the Stalingrad Pack, Kursk Pack, Russian Training Set, Denhost CMBB Pack, Philippe CMBB Pack, a Boots & Tracks site rip (scenarios and AARs). Some of the packs are: The Blitz CMBB Pack: 371 Scenarios and 15 maps. The Proving Ground / The Scenario Depot II Pack: About 840 scenarios and 87 maps. Zuf's Scenario Pack: 2,164 (!!!) scenarios. ============================================================ ============================================================ COMBAT MISSION: AFRIKA KORPS SCENARIOS ============================================================ ============================================================ https://archive.org/details/wargame-depot-combat-mission-afrika-korps (information page) https://archive.org/download/wargame-depot-combat-mission-afrika-korps (contents page) This file contains recovered Wargamer Scenario Depot data from two sources: 1.) The 2015 Dump at https://archive.org/details/WargamerGamesDepotArchive20160514.tar 2.) A Internet Archive Downloader Dump in April 2021 to recover what was stored on the Internet Archive's backups. Out of 6 scenario files on the WGD, 6 were recovered (100%). Also included as a bonus is an archive of other scenarios and campaigns recovered from various sites for completeness. HAVE 3492 - Combat Mission: Afrika Korps: Small Village in Valley 3520 - Combat Mission: Afrika Korps: Village on Hill - Allied Attack 3709 - Combat Mission: Afrika Korps: Kommerscheidt 3746 - Combat Mission: Afrika Korps: Rearguard Action at Fuka 3953 - Combat Mission: Afrika Korps: Band of Brothers, Part 4: Replacements 3960 - Combat Mission: Afrika Korps: Bridgehead Eberbach MISSING: NONE BONUS: I've tried to include everything I can, including Philippe's 11-part pack that breaks down as: 1940 - 67 Scenarios Ardennes - 88 Scenarios East Africa - 19 Scenarios France & Germany - 95 Scenarios Greece - 37 Scenarios Italy/Southern France - 258 Scenarios Market Garden - 23 Scenarios Normandy 198 Scenarios North Africa - 195 Scenarios Norway - 4 Scenarios Arab Israeli Wars - 8 Scenarios Korea -4 Scenarios PTO - 14 Scenarios SCW - 7 Scenarios SeaLion - 5 Scenarios Vietnam - 13 Scenarios Everything Else - 10 Scenarios Along with graphics mods for a SEALION set plus a few scenarios to go with it. BFC Companion Scenarios: 12 scenarios CMAK Operations Pack: 59 items? BootsNTracks Pack: 16 Scenarios CDST Pack: 16 scenarios Koen Pack: 5 Scenarios Random Pack: 62 scenarios (random potporri from my own files) Small Battles Pack: 68 scenarios The Blitz CMAK Pack: 117 scenarios Tiny Battles Pack: 5 scenarios The Proving Grounds / The Scenario Depot II Pack: 743 scenarios and 73 maps WBRP Pack: 11 scenarios Zuf Pack: 1,001 scenarios I'm confident to say that even though there may be massive amounts of duplicates, this corpus constitutes most CMAK scenarios published. 3 Quote
Erwin Posted May 28, 2021 Posted May 28, 2021 Wow... That is quite amazing. I don't play CM1 any more as there are few humans out there playing CM1, and it's easier to play vs the AI and CM2 AI is much superior. However, I still have all the files. What I found in my CM1 folders re SCENARIOS & CAMPAIGNS: CMBO: 1,645 FILES CMBB: 2,164 FILES ...including the ever popular Soviet colloquial file: стрелять этот tahky = Shoot this tank элита танкист nyet! = elite tanker not! русский гроб = russian coffin демон vodka = demon vodka фашистский свинья! = fascist swine! тигр убийца = tiger killer дерьмо пища собака! = **** eating dog! рекрут фашистский = dogfaced fascist отвяжись фашистский свинья! = ****off fascist swine! CMAK: 1,001 FILES ...and dozens of pdf and doc files giving data on all CMBO, CMBB and CMAK guns and tanks. eg: CMAK ARTY Nov 1944.doc 0 Quote
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