Another IronX Mod underway

[IronX]

This is true. Initially some of the LW scenarios were just a means of testing the new units and I didn't even bother with AI scripts or playing with the objective scores. It was a learning experience for me and I'm hoping the scenarios for AIW will be more polished. Without a playtest team there's likely to be some missions that are unbalanced or flawed in other ways.

While I play each AIW scenario a number of times, and am generally happy with the result, they obviously won't be as well constructed as those that come with a new game.

I'm looking at making about 25 scenarios for AIW, give or take a few, some of which are historical and others generic. They'll cover a range of tactical situations and periods from the 1967 war to the near future. They'll feature a lot of vehicles as the Israelis relied on them as a force multiplier but I'll try and ensure the infantry remains the focus for most scenarios. Having said that, I have a couple of missions that feature vehicles only. One includes a strafing mission set during the 73 war and another, also in that war, is just tank versus tank.

The other new feature of AIW mod is completely revamped map tiles. In the LW mod I was going for a classic board wargame look and while I thought it worked well others didn't. So I've taken the feedback on board and created map tiles and objects that are '3-D' and I think they look pretty sweet. I've tried to match the color with that of Israel's terrain and think I've come pretty close. I've done the same thing as well for the LW mod and will release an update containing the new tiles at the same time. They completely change the look of the game - for the better.

I hope to post some new screens and perhaps an AAR after Christmas.

Happy holidays!

IronX