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Noticed for weeks/months now the site has been down.
Anyone know whats going on or if they're coming back?
Looking to get back at some resources there

-LD

Greetings all,

Coming back into all this after several years of hard drive failures and other shinanigans.
I've decided to start with a smaller/pocket mod for the Battle of Angaur involving the 81st Infantry Divison, which later was tasked with relief efforts and taking over on Peleliu due to the heavy marine casualties in securing the island.

I've drafted up a possible strat map idea. I believe the release will use TLD as porting over units/sounds/weapon/scrn images etc will speed up delivery considerably.

Depending on my ability to manipulate the days/hours involved, this could be anywhere from 8 maps or up to 25 if i really wanted to reflect the advancement over the coarse of hours during the 4 day gains.

The Assault begins on Red & Blue beaches. N side, and E side of the island.
involved Battle groups would be made up of the 81st INF Div.
1/2/3 Battalions of the 322nd & 321st. Four Battlions spearhead the attack each of 322 & 321st, with 1 battalion in reserve.
Later support does arrive but may not suit the campaign map.

What do you think?

Thanks,

LD

Greetings friends!

I've happened my way back into the CC mindset and have been toying the the idea for a new Pocket mod/ eventually like to create a GC for the battle of Peleliu.

I'm sure many are familiar with this battle largely thanks to The Pacific HBO series. I am considering starting with a pocket mod covering some of the action around portions of the epic clash like the fighting south of Peleliu on Angaur Island or north of Peleliu, Ngesebus Is, and wanted to see if there was an interest in the idea.

Porting this over the Okinawa mod I think would be relatively simpler. Needing only to create and code the maps for the specific areas initially as well as changing/updating some of the involved battle groups and interfaces/artwork.

I've been studying over the details, maps, and images of the battle for a couple of years now and feel confident to begin.
I originally sought help from Yukongold and a few others who were gracious enough to bestow upon me some basic knowledge and materials (textures, tools, etc) but was unable to pursue this at great length.

The third/fourth image below is some experimentation with the stratmap idea for the main island. I recall reading something about beach maps requiring to a right to left attack(beach on right?) in order for single battles to work properly. So this is the reason for the orientation of the strat map with N pointing relatively South SW. (anyone know if this is accurate for beach maps to work?)
Again mostly experimenting with different approaches to see what I might do. I layered portions of aerial photographs of the airfield partially in overlay and partially the actual image as reference to the relative accuracy of the strat map testing to the island/maps themselves.

Following is a sample of my first map attempt two years ago, mostly just playing with textures, (clearly shown the cc5 beach map reversed) cc3 pacific trees, testing my own trees etc just trying to experiment with different looks.

A recent discovery of a huge cache of photos from the battle has given me new perspective on the area and the ability to create fairly accurate maps to reflect the action, whereas my first attempt was merely an imagining with little factual respect to the area around the beaches.
Some issues with the eventually GC i believe would be:

1. The length of the battle ran roughly over two months, so I'm not sure how to reflect this in relativity to the CC5 engine(assuming it is the one used)
2. Gains made by the invading marines made by the 2nd day included all of the airfield and most of the southern island. Yet the fighting in and around Umurbrogal Mountain, "Bloody Nose Ridge" lasted for weeks.
The relative distances for the airfield in actuality scaled down and compared on a 1:1 ratio for "game play" would make creating a map size capable of reflecting potential gains of territory on a map equivalent to historical ones difficult/impossible. Or so I perceive. not sure how this could be overcome, other than sacrificing some historical consistency for playability purposes.

My goal I believe (wisest path to proceed with) would to be to create a pocket again, focusing on Ngesebus or Angaur Islands.
There are many questions I would have, for example If It is necessary to orient the StratMap so the invasion beaches are on the right.
Could the campaign feature beach maps that are coded in such a way to function as a supply without needing the "beach map orientation", and show only the beach map terrain for aesthetic purposes?

A summary of the battle can be found at wikipedia, and a more indepth/detailed accounting can be found Here:
http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC/USMC-M-Peleliu/

So i'd like to get others feedback on the possibly of this , your thoughts, opinions, suggestions, etc, or if you don't believe this is a good idea, please feel free to give honest feedback.

Cheers,

LD.

Hey, i have pms! haha.

Thanks for the heads up! :P

-Ld

Is there anywhere to acquire the files mentioned in Sbufkle's tutorial?

http://closecombat.matrixgames.com/ClassicCC/mmg/before.html

I'm using PSP and Photoshop.

Matrix Page Download contains following:

brickroad01.psd
darksnow01.psd
drygrass SD.psd

field A SD.psd
field ploughed SD.psd
fields01.psd
forest_understory01_01.psd
forestbrush01_01.psd
forestbrush01_02.psd

grass.psd
grndtex.psd

highgrass01.psd
highgrass02.psd
highgrass03.psd
highgrass_darker01.psd
highgrass_lighter01.psd

kurskmines01.psd
kurskmines02.psd
packed_dir SD.psd

roughgrasspaper01_02.psd
roughgrasspaper01_03.psd
roughgrasspaper01_04.psd
roughgrasspaper01_05.psd
roughgrasspaper01_06.psd
roughgrasspaper01_07.psd
roughgrasspaper01_08.psd
roughgrasspaper02_01.psd
roughgrasspaper03_01.psd
roughgrasspaper04_01.psd

snowmines_hose01_01.psd
snowmines_hose01_02.psd
snowmines_hose01_03.psd
snowy01_01.psd
snowy_treeunderstory01_01.psd
snowy_treeunderstory02_01.psd
snowyminefield01.psd
snowyminefield02.psd
snowyminefield05.psd
steppebrush01_01.psd
steppegrass01_01.psd
steppegrass02_02.psd

tallgrass01_01.psd
tallgrass01_02.psd
tallgrass02_01.psd
tallgrass03_01.psd
tallgrass03_02.psd

wavysnow01_01.psd
wintermud01_01.psd

curvedfield01_01.bmp
curvedfield01_02.bmp
curvedfield02_01.bmp
curvedfield02_02.bmp
curvedfield03_01.bmp
curvedfield04_01.bmp
curvedfield04_02.bmp

roughgrasspaper05_03.bmp
water01.bmp
dirt textures
dirt textures copy

grass rough texture
grass texture
grass texture 2

plowed field texture
plowed field texture2
roof texture

bareground01_01.pct
burntgrass01_01.pct

cliffs01_01.pct
dark_snow01_01.pct
dark_snowy_brush01_01.pct
darkroad01_01.pct
darksnow01.pct
dirt01.pct
dried_dirt01.pct
dried_dirt02.pct

flagstones.pct
forest_leaves01.pct
forestbrush01_02.pct
forestbrush_dark01_01.pct
forestbrush_light01_01.pct

gray test.pct
highgrass01.pct
highgrass03.pct
highgrass_darker01.pct
highgrass_lighter01.pct
highsteppe01_01.pct

riverbed01_01.pct
road01_01.pct
rockface01.pct
rockface02.pct

shortgrass01.pct
shortgrass01_01.pct
shortgrass02.pct
snow01_01.pct
snow02_01.pct
snowfootsteps01_01.pct
snowy_tree_understory01_01.pct
snowy_tree_understory01_02.pct
snowy_tree_understory01_03.pct
snowy_treeunderstory02_01.pct
snowyminefield02.pct
snowyminefield03.pct
snowyminefield04.pct
snowyminefield05.pct
steppe_dirt01.pct
steppebrush01_01.pct
steppegrass01_01.pct
steppegrass01_02.pct
steppegrass02_01.pct
steppegrass_darker01_02.pct
steppegrass_lighter01_02.pct
stepperock02.pct
sunbakedroad01_01.pct

waterripples01.pct
roughgrasspaper01_01.rif
roughgrasspaper01_02.rif
roughgrasspaper05_01.rif
roughgrasspaper05_02.rif
roughgrasspaper05_03.rif
snowmines_hose01_01.rif
snowmines_hose01_03.rif

driedmud texture 2.tga
driedmud texture.tga
field01.tga
field02.tga
field03.tga
field04.tga
grass texture.tga
grassrough.tga
grassroughdead.tga

plowed brown.tga
plowed green.tga
scrubtxtr1.tga
scrubtxtr2.tga
scrubtxtr3.tga
trenchdirt01.tga
wheat field texture.tga

I beleive that is all of them!

Thanks!
-LD

So are there any other texture packs? I recall one with bushes/trees. I suppose i could just get these from pre-existing maps. However I'll need to contact respective mod-makers, as I would like their permission before releasing anything.

Danke Schrecken!

appreciate the responses guys.

Anyone?

Also, I want to thank all the modders over the years who's mods have kept this classic series alive.

I've enjoyed many mods through CSO and here. It's really a tremenedous and effort and thought quietly i've played these mods, i've never thanks you guys.

Here's to keeping Strategy gamers playing these classics!

-LD

Hello all,

I've been tinkering with modding CC for a few years now. Nothing major at all, just playing around with all the different tools and such. Easy enough to do the cosmetic things, Main screen, soldier screen, etc.

However, I've been messing around with Paintshop and Photoshop, and am looking to start making maps.
I've seen references both here and at Dodam's Tutorial home at matrix games about his sample textures. Just wondering if there is somewhere I can get these files still, or if they have been pulled. Matrix games says there's a texture download link on the left, but it doesn't seem to be there.

I'm looking perhaps to take a crack at a pocket mod and perhaps in the near future a more indepth one.

Thanks for any help!

-LD.

Like the Batt of Berlin Mod, I think this would be a momentously enjoyable mod for SP action.
It was the US marine's bloodiest battle in history. I think it deserves some attention.

cheers


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