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One of my officers is higher than a captain...

Ok, so how would one go about modding the accuracy / ranges etc to make snipers more realistic if the problem at the moment is they do not have a high enough kill / shot ratio...

Remember also that scoped rifles are present in other squads eg grenadiers have scoped mausers etc..

Did an extensive search online, was quite difficult to find good quality pics of them.

I think some of the better ones came from boardgamegeek.com

Ah yes here is a good example, http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/393848?size=original

There are more scattered around the site, as well as the Lock N Load official site (but not many there) then web searches as a last resort may find a few more...

Also vehicles are mostly top down view... pain for counters that have armour units

By BG icons I meant the ones that appear on the strat map, not unit icons you might see on a requisition screen.. start a campaign.

Maybe we got wires crossed about what id done.

Ok,
I was in a rush this morning so I copied my backup folder for my mods.
I've uploaded my whole mod, ie my installation of CCV as it is on my PC. Not all the files in CCV folder, just those changed by modding.

You're a modder so you'll know what to do with the files. For the others who might want to try it, firstly, its not a plugin file. To play it etc you should make a copy of your entire CCV folder as a back-up and be running stock CCV 5.01. Then simply copy all the files over.

The premise of the mod is to take stock CCV and tweak it, fix bugs, improve interfaces etc. Its not a proper mod, just a collection of tweaks.

Includes:

Data Mods - mostly bug fixes, a few new weapons, bigger names files, Team changes, changes to Battlegroups, removed all French tanks, Ostruppen have russian names.

Elements, Force Pool, Weapon changes - mortars less accurate, longer to fire, SVT-40 fixed, RPzB and Zook changed to WaR stats, weapon weights tweaked for support weapons and rifles. Accuracy of MGs etc slightly reduced. etc etc Granade bundles for Sturmtrupps, Demo charges for AB engineers. M1919A6 in for AB squads.

Graphics

Imported WaR game interface (not the mainscreen etc, just the green panels you see when the game is playing) - and associated unit icons etc. BG icons (from Lock N Load).

New Tank colours for US. New AT gun colours. Some map fixes (missing trees that sort of thing)

New weapon graphics. Some from WaR, some modded.

Soldier Colours - my own take on what they should look like.

Download link

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OCFLMF0H

Thanks for that, very intestesting Hero = 2???

The problem in these threads appears to be the Strat3 guys spend so much time working on modding GJS etc into CCV that they don't play the games enough. All that testing didn't spot all the unit icon bugs in TLD. If they'd played a campaign start to finish those kinda things would have been obvious. Not to say this is diffinative one way or the other, but I know from my experience that slight changes here and there have nasty side effects.

E.g I am beginning to think that the size of the names files has a big impact on stability of basic CCV Normandy. Too large and you risk a crash when you execute your first moves on a big campaign etc. Smaller = more stable... pain in the bottom that one cause it took me ages to spot it, but a process of elimination pointed at the names.txts - unreal...

I'd been using large modded txts and the game kept crashing and all the adb files could be replaced with stock without fixing it. Only the names files fix it. Looks like a memory thing to me.

Incidentally over the weekend I added Lock N Load BG icons to CCV I'll bring in some screenshots and / or the Scrngadg and Gamegdg files if anyone wants them - also imported the WaR game interface

Could you point me to the thread in question please, its not in the AI thread I wrote in...

I have often wished for a more modular version of close combat. I think it would be great if you could add and swap battle groups as you wish, then people could make and play there favorites against the AI or other human players.

You would have to re-do the way the game reads files for unit graphics etc, but if you could put all the data and graphics necessary for one BG into a single directory it would work. Each weapon, soldier, Team, vehicle etc would be listed in data files + weapon graphics, unit badges, uniform colours, leader pic, BG and Req images etc etc.

Its a lot of reorganisation but it would mean you could fight any battle group on any map. The notion that WaR is a leap forward in modability is laughable, but this might be. You would also have to redo map selection and maybe make it easier to import maps, design own campaigns etc.

As it stands the current Mods being released as new products are just new front screens and a few new maps. I don't see Girlie soldiers and see-through buildings as an improvement in my gameplaying experience.. So back to CCV for me...

Hmm picking a forgotten war that nobody knows about may not be a good idea..,.

Certainly I prefer WWII

With regards to the elements file, it may make sense that this affects the AI too. I assume (perhaps wrongly) that the AI must evaluate each map, paths to VLs etc on a map to map basis cause all maps are different. Movement is therefore an important part of the AI. One thing I had modded previously was the large and small hedgerow movement for

Hinderence values will affect movement speed etc, and combining this with the registry Diff Level = 3 change has yielded a tougher AI for me.

The WaR hinderence values do not differ that greatly from stock CCV though, soldier movement in and out of buildings are slower in general. Thus changing these, while still keeping the values in a realistic range, may be why I'm getting better results.

In my brief tests so far, the AI still goes for VLs but often by unusual routes. Its still easy to beat, but more of challenge.

Good stuff stalky, I admire your thoroughness and look forward to some solid error free maps...

Thanks for answers, just trying to decide whether to buy it. Didn't like the Matrix offering of Modern Tactics that much, maps were poor, units interesting but user interface not brill, gameplay was ok.

Quick Question: WaR Max Screen Resolution?

I ask humbly for this information. Is it 1600 x 1200 (as in CCM, CCV etc) or lower as in CCIV...

Thanks for feedback...

Yeah I know about Aggressiveness, Tactics etc of Commanders, can be edited in BGroup.adb i think.

Have you tried any values higher than 03 00 00 00 ?? Maybe it can be pushed further... shame we can't ask anyone who actually knows what it does and what its limits are, though maybe members of the matrix games WaR team will have that information..?

I've tried 04 00 00 00, I think its still working.. Rolling Eyes

Found my old login and pass for CCSeries...

So squadleader...

Are you saying you have tried the reg edit and see a difference...?


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