Clubfoot Posted March 6, 2001 Share Posted March 6, 2001 Some shots up at CM Outpost have the older interface changes. Thought I would throw this one shot up to show the newer alterations. Clubfoot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattias Posted March 6, 2001 Share Posted March 6, 2001 Very, very nice! Looking forward to trying it out! M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terence Posted March 6, 2001 Share Posted March 6, 2001 Originally posted by Mattias: Very, very nice! B] yes. very nice. why is that sand on fire? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clubfoot Posted March 7, 2001 Author Share Posted March 7, 2001 It's brush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximus Posted March 7, 2001 Share Posted March 7, 2001 That is an interesting question. Just how will it be to have sand on fire in "super dry" conditions as it is simply colored grass (or snow). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clubfoot Posted March 7, 2001 Author Share Posted March 7, 2001 Just a cut&paste from a previous thread in which I attempt to tap-dance around this issue: " The "authenticity" issue has been touched on by Mike T and myself previously. To clear things up, however, I'll give it a whirl again. There are indeed aspects of the game which we are powerless to change (as I think we'll all agree is NOT a bad thing). Hardcoded text, vehicle specs., particle effects and tracers. These game components are out of our reach and should be (if anyone here was involved with the I'76 community, you'll know what I mean)or your PBEM games would soon fill with sinister, chuckling preteens crashing about in hacked, supersonic King Tigers with Pratt&Whitney jet turbines and a bow mounted BFG. To this end, if one is to enjoy Desert Fox-Desert Rats, you'll have to exercise a jot of willful ignorance. Textures will try to approximate a different version of armor or different type of terrain, but the facts the game relates to you will not always exactly correspond to what you see. Palms are still "forest" in your interface window. Vehicle variants will not always be historically accurate. Some terrain may catch fire inappropriately. And so on ad nauseum. However, we did not see this as a good enough reason not to do the mod. I'm sure some people will enjoy it. I'm sure some won't. We will try to make it as accurate as possible, but there will have to be concessions weighing in on the side of "fun". " Clubfoot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacestick Posted March 7, 2001 Share Posted March 7, 2001 Originally posted by Terence: yes. very nice. why is that sand on fire? and a voice issued forth from the burning sand and the voice saideth "Moses,...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GriffinCheng+ Posted March 7, 2001 Share Posted March 7, 2001 Wow! Extra One word of request: Can the DFDR team spare some time and post the vechicles and uints lists? Keep up the good work! Can't wait for the release. Griffin. ------------------ "When you find your PBEM opportents too hard to beat, there is always the AI." "Can't get enough Tank?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Dorosh Posted March 7, 2001 Share Posted March 7, 2001 Originally posted by Clubfoot: To this end, if one is to enjoy Desert Fox-Desert Rats, you'll have to exercise a jot of willful ignorance. "Willing suspension of disbelief" sounds nicer than "ignorance" I know many of us will be more than willing. Thanks for the update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clubfoot Posted March 7, 2001 Author Share Posted March 7, 2001 Griffin, I'll e-mail MikeT & Pascal and see if they could post the unit availability list here. In all likelihood they've already read this and are way ahead of me, however. Clubfoot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeT Posted March 7, 2001 Share Posted March 7, 2001 Clubfoot, my home email is down, my home internet is down. I won't be receiving or sending any messages until sometime Saturday. I will email you the unit availability table today from work. It is being tweaked as time goes by, and as Pascal points out some stupid decisions I made, but it is current enough. I had thought of posting my readme doc file on the board but it is 11 pages long and the unit availability file is around 5 pages long. I didn't think that the moderators would appreciate it. The unit file is broken up by nationality and year. I am trying to cover battles from 1941 (say Crete) to 1943. Germans, Italians, Brits, Vichy French, Americans are covered. About the burning terrain, in one battle I adapted from "the board game whose title cannot be mentioned" I had to place burning ground at various locations. These locations represent burning vehicles from a earlier fight on the map. I would have prefered the ability to use the editor to "dirty" up a battle but it doesn't allow it save for burning terrain such as buildings or trees. MikeT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GriffinCheng+ Posted March 12, 2001 Share Posted March 12, 2001 BUMP!!! Waiting for the complete vechicle list! ------------------ "When you find your PBEM opportents too hard to beat, there is always the AI." "Can't get enough Tank?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeT Posted March 12, 2001 Share Posted March 12, 2001 Damn, I forgot about that. I spent several days now working up scenarios based on France 1940 battles. Problem is that the file is several pages in length. I don't want to post it here. MikeT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GriffinCheng+ Posted March 12, 2001 Share Posted March 12, 2001 That is okay, Mike. BTW, I still owe you some files anyway and my ISP is down all the weekend (US-China undersea cable was broken). If you don't mind, please send the file to my email a/c. Griffin. ------------------ "When you find your PBEM opportents too hard to beat, there is always the AI." "Can't get enough Tank?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeT Posted March 12, 2001 Share Posted March 12, 2001 Consider it done. BTW, I have worked up 12 new scenarios based on France 1940. Interested in a little playtesting? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GriffinCheng+ Posted March 12, 2001 Share Posted March 12, 2001 TIA. I think I better sent you the sound files I promise first. I think my tounge and throat are in good conditions. I am not very good @ play testing but I will see what I can do but all 12 is.... Griffin. Originally posted by MikeT: Consider it done. BTW, I have worked up 12 new scenarios based on France 1940. Interested in a little playtesting? Mike ------------------ "When you find your PBEM opportents too hard to beat, there is always the AI." "Can't get enough Tank?" Come to my Combat Missing Command Post (CMCP) at http://www.angelfire.com/games3/CMCP/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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