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This is awesome Smile

can't believe I didn't download these earlier

Dear Stwa

I can't understand the point you're trying to make because there's not enough pictures to back up your argument. Can you upload more pictures please?

And you're not talking enough about how Modern Tactics is the greatest Close Combat game in the history of mankind. Clearly you're not posting to your usual standards. Can you correct these issues asap please?

Thanks x

Small maps mean quick entertaining battles. Big maps mean... zzz

Unless you have infinity off-map artillery strikes to spam

Great link! Thanks for posting it

See. My videos helped back up your argument. But hey, a handful of videos ain't as good as six billion pictures. Everyone knows that. It's common sense n stuff

I created a video a while back of me programming a map from start to finish. It was for GWTC but the same will work for CC5 or any CC after CC2.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_WQYB-A_KQ

I don't draw the map in this video. I just import it from the game, resize it and program it.

Thanks Stwa! Very Happy

Let's use 700 pictures in a thread instead of a short video or something. You know, because that makes sense n stuff

Thanks Mooxe!

I am using Bandicam. Why? What is it you're using? I know a lot of people use Fraps and others, but Bandicam hasn't ever let me down and I'd highly recommend it.

Hey everyone! Very Happy

After 5 months of hard work, I've finally created a highly detailed documentary telling the story of Rommel's first desert offensive (Operation Sonnenblume to the beginning of Tobruk). And I thought you guys may be interested in seeing it - I know a lot of you like your history.

It's not an operation that's been covered much in other documentaries. Usually it's just casually mentioned that Rommel somehow pushed the British back, but without actually saying how he managed this. So I wanted to cover the battle in detail (at the battalion and even kampfgruppe level where possible).

The 3D graphics are inspired by various strategy computer games - although my strategic map is far more dynamic than the Close Combat ones :wink:

Link to the YouTube Video!

Here's an example of the graphics

I'm also currently doing a COI LP if anyone's interested in watching/taking part in that (Link!). I'm naming units after comrades again, so if you want a unit I'll add you to the reserve list.

And just for good measure, here's the video bibliography!

Battistelli, Pier Paolo. Erwin Rommel (Command). Osprey Publishing, 2010.
Beckett, Ian F. Rommel: A Reappraisal. Great Britain, 2013.
Beevor, Antony. The Second World War. Phoenix, 2014.
Bickers, Richard Townshend. The Desert Air War: 1939-1945. Endeavour Press Ltd, 2015.
Butler, Daniel Allen. Field Mashal: the Life and Death of Erwin Rommel. Casemate Publishers, 2015.
Dimbleby, Jonathan. Destiny in the Desert: The Road to El Alamein - the Battle that Turned the Tide. Great Britain, 2012.
Hart, Liddell. A History of the Second World War. Pan Books, 2015.
Hastings, Max. All Hell Let Loose: The World at War 1939-1945. HarperPress, 2011.
Jorgensen, Christer. Afrika Korps: Rommel’s 1941 Offensive (Rapid Reads). Brown Bear Books, 2014.
LaFace, Major Jeffrey L. Tactical Victory Leading to Operational Failure: Rommel in North Africa. Pickle Partners Publishing, 2014.
Lyman R. The Longest Siege: Tobruk - The Battle That Saved North Africa. Pan Books, 2011.
Moorehead, Alan. The Desert War: the Classic Trilogy on the North Africa Campaign 1940-43. CPI Group, 2012.
Nash, N. Strafer Desert General : The Life and Killing of Lieutenant General WHE Gott. Pen and Sword Books Ltd, 2013.
Neillands, Robert. The Desert Rats: 7th Armoured Division 1940-45. UK, 2005.
Neillands, Robert. Eighth Army: From the Western Desert to the Alps, 1939-1945. John Murray Publishers, 2004.
Pitt, Barrie. The Crucible of War: Volume 1: Wavell’s Command. Cassell & Co, 2001.
Playfair, Major-General I.S.O. The Mediterranean and Middle East, Volume II, “The Germans come to the help of their Ally” (1941). The Naval & Military Press Ltd, 2004.
Raugh, H. Wavell in the Middle East 1939-1941: A Study in Generalship. USA, 2013.
Reuth, Ralf Georg. Rommel: The End of a Legend. Haus Publishing, 2005.
Thompson, Dennis H. Discarded Victory - North Africa, 1940-1941. Pickle Partners, 2014.
Williamson, Gordon. Afrikakorps 1941-43 (Elite). Osprey Publishing, 2009.

I guess we shouldn't use the auto-installers then if we can't figure out how to get it to work with Steam. At least until someone creates one that does work for Steam. That's the direction Matrix seem to be pushing the series, and that's where a good portion of the new players (who won't know how to install mods) will be coming from.

Just wanted to chip in on this. The reason I used JSGME for my mod was because it was simple to figure out how to get it to work. I wouldn't say it was complicated since you just have to extract the small map mod into the main CC GWTC directory and it does it all for you (you could include a readme file to say where the main GWTC directory is in case people don't know). So as long as modders set up their zip files to include JSGME in with the mod it'll be easier from the player's point of view because they just need to extract.

If you want to see an example of how quick and easy it is to install, I made a video on how to install it, and the whole process takes about a minute to do https://youtu.be/BOUastcNzZ4?t=36s

If you compare that to some of the older mods where you have to go through a lengthy process just to get it installed... e.g. http://www.closecombatseries.net/CCS/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=92 ...I think it's quite easy.

Huh... this got me thinking. I wonder if I could make a map in 3D then render it out as an image and create maps with it

These images have been quite creative so far Laughing

I can write articles. Only issue is I use British spellings so you'd have to get used to that Razz

It would be great to see a more active Home page. And the Download section is fantastic, even if it's not been updated in a while. For me though, the Forums are the main thing I visit this website for. I don't know why but the Matrix forums just ain't the same.

"This is a game you will show your grandchildren, and mightily bored they'll be" - Lieutenant General Brian Horrocks

It's a real shame you're considering closing the site, Mooxe. I still think you should wait and see what happens with The Bloody First. I'll pm you shortly.


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