Campaign Series Middle East

[Jason Petho]

Might very slightly adjust the Combat Results Table in the  main.pdt 

One thing to keep in mind that the CRT for Vietnam has been expanded into a variety of different CRT's for varying weapon classes. 

This will expand to CSME 3.00, of course.

[Sean]

I have been making a few different small mods for CSME.
They include
(1) MapMod
(2) Couple of 2d Unit Picture Mods
(3) Gameplay Mod that changes main.pdt,wepon.pdt and some platoon.oobs

They are somewhat mock ups or works in progress but playable. I feel my MapMod is complete but all the others are a bit of fun/incomplete as I work further on them .They all load using JSME with no problem.

Can I share them here using sendspace for example as a link or do they need to be moderated first?

[Jason Petho]

Absolutely you can share them!

[Big Ivan]

Barly,

Before you start sharing things all across the planet, I think some screenshot and word files would be appropriate so potential users can see what is going on.

Thanks!

Big Ivan

[Sean]

To see if users may be interested I thought I would introduce my Map Mod for a start.

I am only an amateur and my Mod is just what I thought may make the game a bit different.


map mod
Combined a Board Game look for the non hill terrain by having dots in middle of hexes.
For hills these dots are not present.
Best of both worlds, easy to judge hexes on Hills anyway when using Map Contours.
Wanted an European or maybe African terrain look so I changed main colour from Sand to Khaki.
Also wanted a slightly darker look for when I play of a night since the Sand Colour was too strong contrast for my eyes I felt.
Quite happy with result particularly for zoomed 2d view.
Designed for close in 2d view,5 key, My initial design (8d.bmp) I then scaled and used as an overlay since .bmp dimensions were different to achieve a result for the 6 and 7 key views -which have a slight hex outline now ,did not really want this but it is OK. No hex outline in game options is how I normally play usually at least for Mediterranean Maps in zoomed 2d only (key 5 view).For Desert maps i do use the 6 and 7 zoom levels since the maps are bigger.
https://imgur.com/u1ZCzS7
https://imgur.com/CyUUVQ9
https://imgur.com/wpMrc4Q

https://www.sendspace.com/file/x7mjhq

Note if you still want Desert Terrain normal Sand Colour but only Khaki for Mediterranean then just delete the Desert Named files.

[Big Ivan]

Thanks for the screenshots, Barly! Those look pretty good!!

[Sean]

Thank you very much.

I do really like my Map Mod ,the vanilla Sand is cool but I wanted something different since I am more used to playing West and East Front themed games and prefer Greener Pastures.


My (3) Gameplay Mod is of my own design and basically adds an Arcadey feel to the game which I like -more fun less realism. I will post this soon - I really like the increased Lethality of combat it offers at low combat ratios.



My (2) Couple of 2d Unit Picture Mods contain elements from Crossroads "Ode to arab israeli wars 2d counter mod" ,some edited ,some vanilla as an Amalgam with my own work. I have a thread here
https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=5106125
Is it Ok to share my 2d Unit Mods here?

[Sean]

This is my 'Arcadey' Gameplay Edits Mod.

Sean Mod v2
main.pdt changed
low odds higher chance of 1 casualty,slight alteration to 2 casualty
changed cover values ,lowered for forest,village,city,all now 60
OOBS changed
platoon22.oob
israel
jeep106 firing speed
60mm mortar firing speed
vulcan m113 firing speed
tow m113 and maybe another tow firing speed
platoon08.oob
french
jeep106 firing speed
60mm mortar firing speed
57 ,75 , 105 Recoilless Rifle firing speed
AMX-VCPM 81mm firing speed
VAB 4x4 VPM 81mm firing speed
M3/81 Halftracks firing speed
platoon09.oob
british
land rovers ,slightly increased off road speed,slightly decreased load/unload cost
ferret armored car firing speed
daimler armored car firing speed
Recoiless Rifles firing speed
Medium Machine Gun Vickers firing speed (35 to 33)(note most of my firing speed changes elsewhere are 40 to 33-except tow which is i think 60or55 to 50)
platoon26.oob
syria
thought I would start on an arab force,considering the west so far had some benefits,Syria caught my eye
RPG7 and improved RPG,faster movement inc cross country
Commandos ,faster movement inc cross country
weapons.pdt
wanted brdm 1 and 2 with AT MISSILES to be able to attack jeeps(particularly Israeli jeep106) at range,since soft target had to change values here.
Syria I looked at first with units
P269005 and P269006
P269007 and P269008
made their soft target range same as hard target range values
.

https://imgur.com/cDVzRz6

https://www.sendspace.com/file/q70x1r

[Sean]

My mods are available at the Matrix Forum,

https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=5106125

This includes my 2D Counter Mods as well.
I am still updating some of this as I play some more games, then make small changes.


I will post some screenies as well.

[Sean]

Here is some pictures for the mods that you get at Matrix link posted above.

crossroads AIW assets with sean icons8d22
https://imgur.com/aDlaDeK

New British Units that I will post new file for.
https://imgur.com/hH6gnK3

Colours with afvs also.
https://imgur.com/F2oWkuq

There is a new update here for my Colours Mod with afvs ,now includes British Infantry as well. This is a newer version just for this mod, than is posted on Matrix Forum.

https://www.sendspace.com/file/1rj48t
or
https://www.mediafire.com/file/4z9nmabhq...H.zip/file