David I Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 OK, here goes: This uber-Mod contains my favorite picks of the available mods to obtain a Normandy specific look. This mod pack contains terrain only (well flags and splash screen to). Now a number of you are mod sluts and have already done such a project for your game, this is aimed at the non-sluts. The great advantage is that you can get it all at once from one place. This uber-mod is intended to represent the Normandy area from June through August of 1944. No new snow mods. Since over half of the scenarios made for CMAK that deal with ETO battles are set in Normandy, there are a lot of reasons to have a stand alone Normandy game. And it looks like this: Instructions for Installing CMNormandy: 1. Reinstall your CMAK game. When prompted for what directory to put your game in change "Battlefront" to "BattlefrontNormandy" and "Combat Mission Afrika Korps" to "CMNormandy". You will be prompted again for a destination change "CMAK" to "CMNormandy". Let the game install. You now have another copy of CMAK on your computer called CMNormandy. 2. If you have heavily modded your CMAK or CMETO game to include tanks/vehicles/uniforms, etc. You will now want to transfer your modded BMPs to CMNormandy. Go to your CMAK or CMETO BMP file and "Copy" the files you want (you could copy all the BMPs if you want) then go to your CMNormandy BMP file and paste them in. 3. Go to the CMNormandy "Scenarios" folder and delete all the scenarios (they are all North Africa and Italy scenarios). Transfer all your June through August scenarios that you have collected in CMAK or CMETO into the CMNormandy Scenarios File. Go to CMMODs and Proving Grounds to get more. 4. Go to the following site http://www.tspindler.de/cmn_mod/ 5. Download the CMNormandy ftp file to your downloads folder. Extract the zipped file directly into your CMNormandy BMP folder and answer "Yes to all". Note: The extracted zip may form it's own folder inside your CMETO BMP folder. If it does you will need to open that folder and copy all the BMPs and paste directly into your primary CMETO BMP folder and answer "Yes to all" when prompted. 6. If you need 1944 uniforms, go to my CMETO site and grab them. Follow the instructions given in "5" above. (A link to CMETO will follow soon). Or you can find them all at CMMODs. You are now done and have, in effect, a new game to play (sorry still no Tiger II's or Cromwells). Until such time as a real artist takes on this project you are stuck with with my clumsy cut and paste technique. The concept for this Ubermod was from some of the feedback I got from CMETO comments. I play the June through August scenarios on CMNormandy and September through the duration on CMETO. None of the original artwork in this Ubermod is mine, I simply cut and paste. I would like to thank the following true artists for their excellent work: Tanks-A-Lot - Small buildings, CMBO grass, Summer trees (textures for Medium Bldgs). Gurra - Shacks (he let me mod two of them to make them look more Normandy) Juju - 3D Tree Bases, City Buildings, trim for Medium Bldgs (could not have made without that trim) Undaunted - High Res Skies MikeyD - Normandy Skies Junk2Drive - Wire fences (slightly modded) Magua - Paving WindyCity - Paved City Streets (modded to make sidewalks match Pavement). Vincent - Splashscreen Grunt - Flying Flags MikeyD - Providing smoke damage to medium sized damaged buildings I would like to thank Junk2Drive for his encouragement and sage advice, George Mc for playtest and Torsten for setting up the URL. I hope you enjoy this CMNormandy look as much as I have, DavidI [ August 28, 2005, 08:57 AM: Message edited by: David I ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junk2drive Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 Just to clarify, the fence mod is DD's that I modified for CMAK. Can't wait to see you update ETO and Normandy when you get good at PSP. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David I Posted August 13, 2005 Author Share Posted August 13, 2005 Junk2Drive, I hope your longevity genes are up to snuff. DavidI 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn2002 Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 Downloading right now... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn2002 Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 Very nice. I only changed the old trees back. The new trees look great, but they don't give me the 'Normandy'-feeling. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaws Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 Yes thanks for your hard work I really appreciate it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
painfbat Posted August 14, 2005 Share Posted August 14, 2005 What can i say.... DavidI has done it again. Great job you did. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaegerMeister Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 Really enjoying the revitalised Normandy front, top work David. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 Y'know, I've been SOOOO busy at work lately I haven't got a chance to even peek at your Normandy mega-mod. But I finally see a light at the end of the tunnel work-wise (late Friday), and I expect it to be all downloaded and installed for a weekend of fun. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David I Posted August 19, 2005 Author Share Posted August 19, 2005 MikeyD, Let me know what you think. I have, arrhmm, ah, modded my copy... looks over both shoulders, then down at feet .... with, er, your Normandy Skies. Should have used them in the first place! Not as high res as Undaunted's, but endless fields streching to the horizon, really, really adds to the feel. If I can, is it all right with you if I use your mod in CMNormandy? Better late than never. David [ August 19, 2005, 11:56 PM: Message edited by: David I ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 "...is it all right with you if I use your mod in CMNormandy?" Oh God yes! I didn't post the little buggers for them NOT to be used! Use 'em, abuse 'em, anything you want. They're all yours. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David I Posted August 23, 2005 Author Share Posted August 23, 2005 MikeyD, You, Sir, have a great attitude! DavidI 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Criag Posted August 24, 2005 Share Posted August 24, 2005 An excellent Mod. Thanks for your hard work in creating this mod. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David I Posted August 28, 2005 Author Share Posted August 28, 2005 I have now added MikeyD's "Normandy Skies" and the new interface map to this mod. Big improvement! Thank you Mikey D and Junk2Drive. DavidI 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junk2drive Posted August 28, 2005 Share Posted August 28, 2005 How about a church to match the buildings? I think the BB church would look better than the AK Italian one. Edit I copied my BB church into AK Normandy. It works for me except the steeple. [ August 28, 2005, 09:10 AM: Message edited by: junk2drive ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David I Posted August 28, 2005 Author Share Posted August 28, 2005 Junk, I am off to do a little experiment now. DavidI 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David I Posted October 11, 2005 Author Share Posted October 11, 2005 A bump for the newbies. DavidI 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkmath Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 In spite of the great looknig but low-res grass texture and the too bright trees, it is an excellent ubermod in complement with ETO mod. Is there a winter version of the medium heavy buildings? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David I Posted December 19, 2005 Author Share Posted December 19, 2005 Darkmath, Thanks. I did not do a winter version of the medium buildings since I conceived of them for Normandy only. However, you or anyone else is welcome to do so. DavidI 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 David I and troops, Speaking of Normandy, did you happen to see the two part History Channel special on the 502 P.I.R. (the Brothers in Arms tie-in) yesterday? The two programs featured tons of ground truth clear footage (period B&W, including overheads, and modern hi-res color) of the area where the 502 fought. The fidelity of the in-game renderings to the actual places and structures was most impressive. Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NS Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 I suppose that it wouldn't hurt to use this mod with the three Sea Lion missions from The Proving Grounds. Does anyone disagree? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 NS, Would swear that someone did a whole series of British buildings for his Sea Lion campaign. Would give the name and correct title, but I simply don't remember. Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junk2drive Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 Juju did one of each type. MikeyD did a red brick church. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David I Posted January 22, 2006 Author Share Posted January 22, 2006 Bump for Stratos. DavidI 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David I Posted April 3, 2006 Author Share Posted April 3, 2006 Bump for Wodin, Worth it for the Normandy buildings alone, but has much more. DavidI 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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