Panzer Campaigns update

[BigDuke66]

For now the changes sound more like a new paint on the wall. Basically it's nothing that the user haven't been doing all the time, they used graphic & sound mods, they used Volcano Mans scenarios instead of the stock scenarios.

For me it would already be a good step of improving the engine if the PDT files get specific entries for all forces maybe even sub forces, like Wehrmacht, SS, Regular, Guard, etc. There are already some entries like Air Availability that allow specific values for each side but I would like to see this for all entries, by that each force can be model stronger. Because it really makes a difference when looking at the FWWC series and how the forces are modeled there and that the specific advantages and disadvantages of each sides play a role.

Another thing I would like to see improved is the UI, there are so many useful things in the engine but using them is often a pain in the butt, that is why external tools like hotkey and external OOB tools are used to make the possibilities of the engine better accessible. I really hope we see some improvements here.



Regarding the actual content, all HPS/JTS games have suffered from the fact that there is no spot in which the developer & publisher are really concentrated and present. Yes there is a board but it's as populated as the damned desert is wet. But it's not alone the fault of the developer & publisher but also the player base, they must give constructive feedback to improve a scenario.
Good improvements to a game are usually done in some club, take the Napoleonic series where the main designer is in the Napoleonic Wargame Club and is sometimes reacting within a day to problems that show up within a scenario. Or take the FWWC series where Ed is here on this board and is also usually quick to react to any post concerning a scenario of his series.
I really would like to see such feedback section for every game on this board too because you have to make it easy for the designers to collect feedback from a broad mass of players to come to a conclusion if and how to fix things.