Melnibone Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 Finished the Marines campaign last night with a minor victory. Tactial defeat in the last battle. Who ever designed "Debouche to Disaster" deserves a place in hell. No spoilers but that was a humdinger! Survival became my target. Some very memorable events occurred throughout the campaign. Thanks to all the campaign builders for their efforts. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 Huzzah - looks like you might have been the first to finish. Well done Melnibone 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theFightingSeabee Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 No, I'm on my second try already (3rd including the first few missions before the campaign update). Minor victory, hoping for better this time around. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bodkin Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 Yeah, minor victory first time round despite a total defeat in Debouch to Disaster because I had such a small weakened force to play with. I'm playing all the other scenarios now before I go back for another go. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 If you're looking at restarting, you may want to wait a while before you do so. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paper Tiger Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 If you're looking at restarting, you may want to wait a while before you do so. So are you hinting that there's a new updated version of the campaign in the works? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webwing Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 Yeah, minor victory first time round despite a total defeat in Debouch to Disaster because I had such a small weakened force to play with. I'm playing all the other scenarios now before I go back for another go. I don´t think it has to do with your force being weakened only. You don´t really get much to play with on this one! I played it twice Major Defeat on the first try and got I Minor Victory on the second try. I used arty on the village and lost 500 points for that! Another masterpiece from George! - 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisND Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 In that last scenario I began with two tanks, one which had no targeting system. One quickly got immobilized and operated as stationary piece. Luckily it was a good spot. With only one moving tank, the TOW humvees came into their own. They tore the crap out of the counter-attacking Syrian force. Ended the battle with no TOWs left, and only 1-2 rounds of AP on the tanks. Whew! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SgtMuhammed Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 If you're looking at restarting, you may want to wait a while before you do so. So are you hinting that there's a new updated version of the campaign in the works? Yes. It should be out soon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melnibone Posted October 14, 2008 Author Share Posted October 14, 2008 In that last scenario I began with two tanks, one which had no targeting system. One quickly got immobilized and operated as stationary piece. Luckily it was a good spot. With only one moving tank, the TOW humvees came into their own. They tore the crap out of the counter-attacking Syrian force. Ended the battle with no TOWs left, and only 1-2 rounds of AP on the tanks. Whew! No tanks, one TOW humvee with no ammo. My two Javelin teams were busy boys! Ran out of Javelins. The last T72 had it's track blown off by grenades as it threatened to run amok. That squad deserved medals. Posthumously I'm afraid. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piecekeeper Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 So...new patch?...just campaign reworked?...when approx? know? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piecekeeper Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 I don't get this! Got a draw in debouch to disaster and then the campaign ended with a tactical victory? shouldn't there be more missions?...please explain 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melnibone Posted October 14, 2008 Author Share Posted October 14, 2008 lol...that surprised me to. I had no idea that was the last battle. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmfrank Posted October 16, 2008 Share Posted October 16, 2008 I am curious if this can be clarified as well. I am just starting the debouch to disaster scenario, and was under impression from the website that we should be half way through the campaign? Has anybody won this mission and gone onto others? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melnibone Posted October 16, 2008 Author Share Posted October 16, 2008 Agreed - the campaign overview here: http://www.battlefront.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=209&Itemid=307 implies 4 more battles. Anybody know what the different colours on that link signify? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted October 16, 2008 Share Posted October 16, 2008 I don't recall what the colours meant anymore. Something along the lines of looping, branching, terminating. That flowchart was a fairly early planning tool, and the campaign changed subsequently. However, there are supposed to be battles after DtD. They're good ones, too. We're trying to figure out why it's terminating at DtD :confused: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paper Tiger Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 We're trying to figure out why it's terminating at DtD It's not difficult. It's the campaign script. Just open it up and you'll see that you don't have a name for the 'next battle if win' (automatically goes to the end of campaign victory screen) and/or 'next battle if lose' (to the end of campaign lose screen) for DtD. It's a 2-3 minute fix. It's almost certainly a scripting error that's responsible for the failure to branch at the mountains mission that always takes you to Pooh. Again, 2-3 minute fix. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Well, yeah, I've done that, and there is a next battle name. There always has been. The gross error check (size of cam file = approximate total size of constituent scen files) confirms that. Thanks though 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paper Tiger Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 That's weird as I've had a LOT of experience writing scripts and compiling campaigns, especially when testing them, and I've never seen this problem at all. If it's permissable, I'd be willing to have a look at the script for you if you post it to me. I still think the problem is in your script and it's more than likely one of the branches that's missing something. Hasrabit had a huge number of branches but I had a flow chart like yours to keep it all clear. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmfrank Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Either way, I have to admit I'm pretty unimpressed with the poor state of the marine campaign. They had their own timetable to release this when ever they felt it was ready How did glaring errors like the paths in the mountain or (if nobody can get past DtD, that issue) get through to the release?! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paper Tiger Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Either way, I have to admit I'm pretty unimpressed with the poor state of the marine campaign. They had their own timetable to release this when ever they felt it was ready How did glaring errors like the paths in the mountain or (if nobody can get past DtD, that issue) get through to the release?! I hope I'm not coming across as being negative with my earlier posts . I do understand how much time is needed to fully playtest a dynamic campaign and get it running properly and I for one, am really glad they released it when they did. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabal23 Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 I also agree that with the community of this size, having a campaign with issues is a bit unforgivable. There are so many people who would give their left foot to beta test, there shouldn't be errors in campaigns or scenarios that BF creates for that matter. Love you guys, but it amazes me how things slip through like this sometimes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenjacket Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 I think that the whole CMSF concept has taken a step forward with the marines module. Yes there are some bugs, however it is an excellent game. Role on the British module 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SgtMuhammed Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 I also agree that with the community of this size, having a campaign with issues is a bit unforgivable. There are so many people who would give their left foot to beta test, there shouldn't be errors in campaigns or scenarios that BF creates for that matter. Love you guys, but it amazes me how things slip through like this sometimes. We were surprised as well. The script was fine on the test versions but something got nuked when it was all crated up for release. An updated version of the campaign will be released soon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Field Marshal Blücher Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 We were surprised as well. The script was fine on the test versions but something got nuked when it was all crated up for release. An updated version of the campaign will be released soon. Can we get some kind of an ETA on that? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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