US Civil War Mod ver.1.0 Beta Released

[Triglav]

with the confederate officer
that none of their units could fix bayonets?
Thank you for pointing this out!

It seems to be an error, because in reb officer's config it says Musket (which is Springfield) insteadof Enfield.

Will fix it.

[D.murphy man]

Nice mod i just downloaded it http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/biggrin_o.gif i use to try make my own mock musket battles useing a few resistance hunters, this is ten times better though!

Gives me an idea for a new mod!

Zulu!! http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/tounge_o.gif

[Combat Chaplain]

Gives me an idea for a new mod!

Zulu!!  http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/tounge_o.gif
Go for it, man!

Variety is the spice of life!

I'd play it!

[D.murphy man]

only thing is i cant modle,write configs,make islands (althou im currently learning to make islands http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/biggrin_o.gif ) or texture.. all i can do is make missions..

Zulu mod abandoned intill further noticed http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/tounge_o.gif

[pulseox]

I can't seem to get this mod to run. I put the shortcut on my desktop and in the target box -I added the ending shown in the readme. When I hit apply-I keep getting this message;

The name "C:\Program Files\Codemasters\Operation Flashpoint\FLASHPOINTRESISTANCE.EXE-mod=CWMOD" specified in the target box is not valid.

What am I doing wrong??

[billybob2002]

I can't seem to get this mod to run. I put the shortcut on my desktop and in the target box -I added the ending shown in the readme. When I hit apply-I keep getting this message;

 The name "C:\Program Files\Codemasters\Operation Flashpoint\FLASHPOINTRESISTANCE.EXE-mod=CWMOD" specified in the target box is not valid.

What am I doing wrong??
it should be...

"C:\Program Files\Codemasters\Operation Flashpoint\FLASHPOINTRESISTANCE.EXE" -mod=CWMOD

[Mr Reality]

All i can say about this mod is fantastic. Keep up the great work guys it is much appreciated. I'm having loads of fun with these new units  http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/biggrin_o.gif (If you can call walking towards a union line fun  http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/crazy_o.gif ).

[pulseox]

Well thanks for the reply....But I copied and pasted this and put it into the target box:
"C:\Program Files\Codemasters\Operation Flashpoint\FLASHPOINTRESISTANCE.EXE" -mod=CWMOD

and I still get the invalid path message.

The CWMOD folder (with its Addons and DTA folder inside) go in the OPF main folder,right? Or am I supposed to add the addons and DTA file to the main Resistance addon and DTA folder???

I'd really love to get this mod going..it sounds great.

[Mr Reality]

I copied and pasted this  and put it into the target box:
 "C:\Program Files\Codemasters\Operation Flashpoint\FLASHPOINTRESISTANCE.EXE" -mod=CWMOD
That path is exactly what i have and yes you just put the CWMOD folder into the main OFP folder.If you have got any other MOD folders look at there target paths, i'm not sure if this is relevant but have you got a Radeon graphics card and if so you have to put -nomap -mod=CWMOD into the target box

this is what i have "C:\Program Files\Codemasters\Operation Flashpoint\FLASHPOINTRESISTANCE.EXE" -nomap -mod=CWMOD -nosplash so i can't see how you have a problem.

[Triglav]

...or use the OFP launcher mentioned in the readme.

[pulseox]

I tried the launcher-it pusts up a screen that says "the countdown begins" and then the normal OFP menu screen comes up...

[the_shadow]

yeah, then it works, the new stuff is in the mission editor as everything else

[pulseox]

Wow!
I was thinking it would start a new campaign by itself-I didn't realize it was all there in the editor!
Thanks for the help-now I can start making missions to keep me entrtained!

[Triglav]

Things are going faster than expected.

All low-poly lods are done.

Ammo models (if you drop bullets, you can make a nice pile of 60 Minie balls), clips, old binoculars, etc, etc.

I've also already started working on the Zouaves. Here's one:

http://www.petrov-petrov.si/~triglav/CW/zouave.jpg

[Combat Chaplain]

I was going to ask about those!

Their fez, the 'hat', wasn't that flat on the top?

These guys were said to be great fighters... Was that because they felt they had something to prove, dressed up like that? Kind of like "The Boy Named Sue" http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/tounge_o.gif

[Triglav]

They wore all kinds of headgear...

Check some models HERE (http://home.nycap.rr.com/lathfam/ZOU/index.html)

And a note to missionmakers.
There were no Spencer rifles at the battle of Gettysburg.
These deadly repeating rifles, as well as Henry repeaters, were only more present towards the end of the war. Much like the dozen or so of Gatling guns used.
I know it's hard to fight with a puny musket, but it's what 95% of Civil War fighting was all about. Try to reflect that in the mission you make.
Thank you.

[Combat Chaplain]

They wore all kinds of headgear...

Check some models HERE (http://home.nycap.rr.com/lathfam/ZOU/index.html)
I stand corrected! http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/crazy_o.gif

May I put in a request for the 2nd Maryland (CSA)? Aside from them serving MY side of the conflict, that's a cool uniform!

[Triglav]

May I put in a request for the 2nd Maryland (CSA)?  
That one is planned already.
As well as Wheat's Tigers, for the south.

And probably 14th Brooklyn for the north still to come...

[PainDealer]

I've also already started working on the Zouaves
who were they http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/rock.gif

[Combat Chaplain]

who were they http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/rock.gif
There was a fad of the mid 1800's of styling military units to look like exotic African or Middle Eastern soldiers that were considered to be elite. Something like the famous Ghurkas of a much more recent time.

These American units would dress in the exotic uniforms of the Zoave, or patterned after them, and train toward the goal of being (or maybe just consider themselves) better than the usual soldier of their time.

This could be likened to American Army units like the Rangers or Airborne wearing berets, before some rocket scientist decided to give berets to ALL Army soldiers... http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/crazy_o.gif

[PainDealer]

ok that cleared things http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/smile_o.gif this is why I like historical MODs based on facts more than modern MODs. I can always learn something http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/smile_o.gif

cheers

[Triglav]

Here's a southern Wheats' Tiger

http://www.petrov-petrov.si/~triglav/CW/zouave3.jpg

[CanadianTerror]

Those are quite the southern sissy pants. http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/crazy_o.gif



http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/biggrin_o.gif

[Combat Chaplain]

Those are quite the southern sissy pants.  http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/crazy_o.gif



http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/biggrin_o.gif
http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/rock.gif

As opposed to...

http://www.petrov-petrov.si/~triglav/CW/zouave.jpg

http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/biggrin_o.gif

At least OUR Zoave doesn't have a tassel! http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/tounge_o.gif

Seriously, Triglav, those are nice units, and I appreciate the choices you've made (particularly the Southern ones http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/blues.gif ). I'm REALLY looking forward to this next release!

[CanadianTerror]

Well, that just looks like one of Santa's elves.

[Triglav]

Santa's elves with guns mind you!

"You weren't a good boy at all last year!"
*BANG*
http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/xmas_o.gif

[Combat Chaplain]

Well, that just looks like one of Santa's elves.
http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/biggrin_o.gif Don't they wear green? The next time I leave cookies and milk out for Santa, I'll have to leave him a note asking him about that!

Still, take note of what these Zoaves represent. Here you have units of one nation emulating the dress of an entirely different nation/philosophy (whatever) in an attempt to be an elite unit. I think, along with emulating the dress, there was an attempt to emulate aspects of military training as well.

This is the opposite of pride or arrogance... Imitation is the sincerest from of flattery!

I admit, I'd feel funny walking the streets of Richmond, Virginia or Washington DC dressed like that, but then that would be MY issue, wouldn't it? http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/wink_o.gif

There's something special philosophically about these Zoave units, and they were highly regarded in their time. I'm glad to see them in this mod!

(whisper) *cough* It'd just be a little easier to be a Confederate one...*cough* (whisper)

[joshnolan225]

woah, gone a bit and i miss alot, sorry about not getting back to you, a whole shitlist full of problems happened in the last few weeks that kep me from sending out the fort, starting from campus webmail being broken, and ending in having export issues, now that ive seen triglavs pics, im gonna take some time and make a good one, cause quite frankly its embarrasissing... gimme some time, a few weeks, maybe more if the ADD kicks in, but ill keep you posted, and if someone will explain how to take screenshots ill do that... but im off to make a fort.

-Josh

[Combat-Agent]

Alright people heres the bullets and binos, their pretty much done for the most part.

http://www.geocities.com/w_epley/bullets.gif

And heres what they are:
1.The minie ball fresh in the paper and the pouch, all soldiers with muzzle loaders will carry a pouch.

2.The Sharps Cartridges

3.Speedloaders for revolvers (may not be historically correct but its what we decided to go with)

4.The Specer Cartridge magazine (contains 7 bullets)

5. And lastly the Whitworth Hexagonal bullet.

http://www.geocities.com/w_epley/binos.gif

And the Binoculars, not a whole lot to say, they are binoculars.

Thats it from me for now.

[philcommando]

nice work there, combat agent....Johny Reb sure could use some of these fighting Billy Yank http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/wink_o.gif

The battles werent just confined to land battles. Southern states with their too much time freed from working the land by slaves had too much readings of Walter Raleigh Scotts and english mannerism and were enamoured with England and some were even actively lobbying for the states to return to British monarchy!!!

England were supposed to be neutral, letting their anglo saxons cousins kill each other off before reclaiming her colony, but however, cotton were needed for the english factories and an underground supply of cotton for arms were arranged between the confederates and England, thru ships.

Billy Yanks from the northen states who did not have to rely on agriculture and were heavily into industralization, had plenty of ships to blockade such smugglings by johnny rebs, many with forts built to blast the southern ships to pieces as it raced into southern habours with its cargo of smuggled arms.

[joshnolan225]

ok progress on el forto, ive got the walls of the fort up, The barracks are bunkerized within the walls and officer's quarters and junk are there too, i really wish i had a few things retextured and a few addons for effect, mainlya stack of cannonballs, rifles, and other stuff, i unfotunatly dont know much about garrison life for soldiers of the era so this is gonna be hard for me, the fort is fictious but based on a few forts i saw on google, yes i use google for more than porn, but any help anybody could give me on any of this would be super...i really want this done, i havent decided to make it north or south , but im leaning north... ew... theres plenty of armstrongs, the fort is huge, i could put anything i want on iti want to make it look battle worn a and stuff, but yeah, cool stuff, and please help,, also i would like to know how to take screenshots so i can show yall.

Josh

[Triglav]

Sure, we like to help.

1. I posted a link with tons and tons of pictures about Civil War fortifications on page 15 here. Use that, it's excellent.

2. HERE YOU CAN FIND (http://textures.boom.ru/texture/building.htm) some nice textures for walls and such...

3. Screenshots. In game, look at the object, and press "Print Screen". Exit the game, open PaintShop or Photo Shop, open a new document and paste. The shot from ingame should appear. Then cut out the part you wish to show us, upload on some site that allows linking pictures and post it here.

[joshnolan225]

hey trig, can you host my pics for me??? so that i can put them up??? i have the east wall finished. its very high, i based it off of a fort in south Carolina, not wagner, a little of sumter and moultrie, and a little of that pentagon one from delaware, so yeah, if some one host those pics, i can get them up, just email me at andersonjn@<hidden>

Josh

[eestikas88]

those zuaves or whatever look like turkish or asian soldiers from 16th century.What were they thinking when they dressed like that in the middle of a war?&#33;Oh and yeah they do look like elves.Only bigger and angry ones who shoot you.

[Sepe]

Well, that makes &#39;em multi-purpose http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/biggrin_o.gif

[pickett]

those zuaves or whatever look like turkish or asian soldiers from 16th century.What were they thinking when they dressed like that in the middle of a war?&#33;Oh and yeah they do look like elves.Only bigger and angry ones who shoot you.
At the onset of the American civil war Zouaves were an American craze, which first hit the shores of the country following the Crimean War, although the Zouaves had existed in the French army for years. Originally recruited from the Algierian Zouaoua tribe in 1831, the Zouaves expanded into three full battalions of nine companies over the next ten years, but by this time the companies were mostly comprised of Europeans who adopted the colorful attire of the native African troops.
During the conflict over the Crimea, and subsequent European campaigns, the French Zouaves acts of valor and gallantry won the Zouaves a place in the annals of military history. So it was only natural that American soldiers would try to emulate their actions on the field of battle.
(From Collis&#39; Zouaves)

[eestikas88]

ok http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/rock.gif

[Bucket man]

OMFG&#33; http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/biggrin_o.gif
When I first saw this mod I thought its some semigood addons and a war not suitable to OFP. Then I decided to give it a try and its great fun&#33; Its nice to start loading 10 meters off enemy who is also loading and think "omg faster, faster&#33;"
Kinda like the scene in Patriot where the priest and the evil english ragoon go mano a mano&#33; http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/wink_o.gif

Maybe little more texture work and when those modder gods get their ridable horses ready this mod is going to make history in OFP.

[Triglav]

I&#39;m afraid the textures are not going to get much better than this. It&#39;s about the level our skill permits us, and we do not have a specialist texturer on our team.

We are mainly working on playability, historical aspect, immersion (historic sounds, effects, accuracy, equipment).

Fixing bugs...and trying to have some fun doing it.

Which reminds me.
NOONE SENT ME BEER YET&#33;

[JdB]

I&#39;m afraid the textures are not going to get much better than this. It&#39;s about the level our skill permits us, and we do not have a specialist texturer on our team.
Of course they will&#33;

Practice, practice, practice and even more practice makes perfect http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/wink_o.gif

[Tomislav]

yeah, for sure they will, you can learn skills.
also i am looking forward to blood textures.

[Bucket man]

Other than the beards of confederate (sp?) soldiers the textures are fine. Not BAS quality but not bad so I am not complaining... much. http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/wink_o.gif

Again thank you all for this great mod&#33; Its a nice fresh breeze to OFP.

[joshnolan225]

go here (http://community.webshots.com/scripts/editPhotos.fcgi?action=viewall&albumID=250486212)
for fort pics

[Combat-Agent]

Theres an error, you probably posted the wrong link. Says that im not the correct user to view this album, or something of that nature.

[Triglav]

Beard textures are actually not separate textures, but the same as on the back of the head, so they change colour accordingly to the man&#39;s haircolour.
Therefore they are default OFP textures  http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/biggrin_o.gif
For once not our fault if you don&#39;t like them  http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/tounge_o.gif

We have currently also not decided to add blood textures.
In an already strained mod graphicwise (especially if you play with lots of units in large battles), extra textures would only hamper performance further.
I personally also don&#39;t want to turn this mod into a bloodfest. Counterstrike is for that. http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/wink_o.gif
If anyone can&#39;t live without blood textures, he&#39;s welcome to fix them himself.

We have however made a set of custom unit icons for the commander, so that you are not distracted by those modern soldiers at the bottom.

http://www.petrov-petrov.si/~triglav/CW/CustomIcons.jpg

[joshnolan225]

http://community.webshots.com/user/andersonjn

try this

[Triglav]

Wow.
It looks huge&#33; http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/wow_o.gif

[CanadianTerror]

Quote[/b] ]We have currently also not decided to add blood textures

http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/crazy_o.gif


Quote[/b] ]I personally also don&#39;t want to turn this mod into a bloodfest. Counterstrike is for that

http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/crazy_o.gif

[Triglav]

Hehe.

Make faces all you want Canadian&#33;

Until the postman brings me a sixpack of Labatt, I am doing things my way. http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/tounge_o.gif

[joshnolan225]

Wow.
It looks huge&#33; http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/wow_o.gif
oh it is, however im considering releasing this one as is and start on a new one, i have recently done some major searching for wall and barrier style addons and have come up with some pretty neat stuff, so i think i can make something similar, yet better, with better textures and stuff, but ill try to finish this first.

[joshnolan225]

Hehe.

Make faces all you want Canadian&#33;

Until the postman brings me a sixpack of Labatt, I am doing things my way. http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/tounge_o.gif
wait, so what if your 19 and straight edge??? those who fit this catagory are excluding from providing quality and helpful feedback
http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/sad_o.gif because there a no alcohol policy in both the US and in our heart of hearts...

How bout some nice apple juice instead???

[Combat Chaplain]

We have however made a set of custom unit icons for the commander, so that you are not distracted by those modern soldiers at the bottom.

[im]http://www.petrov-petrov.si/~triglav/CW/CustomIcons.jpg[/img]

[tent image edited on advice below...]
Excellent, excellent stuff&#33; It&#39;s another step toward total immersion, and I like being able to at a glance know which soldier is my flag bearer, so I can tell him to stand someplace less dangerous&#33; Or give particular orders to a sniper. Am I correct in guessing the &#39;Z&#39; character is the Zoave? http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/xmas_o.gif

That mess tent is primo, too&#33; It&#39;s grand to see such rapid progress. I agree with your stand on the blood, by the way...

[Triglav]

those who fit this catagory are excluding from providing quality and helpful feedback
No, no.

Noone is excluded from providing feedback of any sort. http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/smile_o.gif
I&#39;ts just that we&#39;re doing a lot of work here and new ideas are coming from all directions faster than we can process them...

Oh, and apple juice is fine too. I can always put some vodka in later http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/smile_o.gif

[Triglav]

Am I correct in guessing the &#39;Z&#39; character is the Zoave?  
Yes it is. As I didn&#39;t find any special insignia that would define the Zouaves, such as infantry bugle or cavalry swords...

[Combat-Agent]

I would like to add my 2 cents in on the blood textures. The OFP system doesnt handle these textures well, i think it is unrealistic. Lets use the orignal OFP and RES as an example. You shoot a soldier in the face, it turns to mush, looks like acid was spilled all over it. From any gun. Hmm. I would suggest if you want blood use ECPs blood or OFPECs blood addon which works better with this mod in particular. Remember this is just my opinion which im entitled too (or atleast in most countries)

[Silent N Deadly]

@<hidden> Chaplain: Don&#39;t quote images....

[CanadianTerror]

@<hidden>

So having nothing at all for visual wounds is what...better?

I&#39;m sorry, when i plug a southern redneck...I want blood to come flying out dammit&#33;

http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/biggrin_o.gif http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/tounge_o.gif

Whatever, it&#39;s not my mod so what can i do eh?

[Billabong81]

@<hidden> Chaplain: Don&#39;t quote images....
Who do you think you are, you moderator-wannabe http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/tounge_o.gif.

I highly suggest using OFPEC blood with these as well. Having no blood textures would stink http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/wink_o.gif.

[Combat-Agent]

Quote[/b] ]CanadianTerror Posted on Jan. 14 2005,05:30
@<hidden>

So having nothing at all for visual wounds is what...better?

I&#39;m sorry, when i plug a southern redneck...I want blood to come flying out dammit&#33;

This is last time im going to regard this "issue". Actually yes, I would rather see dead soldier in a clean uniform than a dead soldier in a red mushed uniform. Tell me how does a minie ball turns someones face into such carnage, please?(dont answer that) Now if the point of impact was realistically affected this would be a diffrent story, I dont mind gore, but if it looks cheesy, and i can get rid of it, its gone (in this case as long as team members agree, {No I in team}).

Quote[/b] ]

Quote[/b] ]CanadianTerror Posted on Jan. 14 2005,05:30
I&#39;m sorry, when i plug a southern redneck...I WANT BLOOD TO COME FLYING OUT DAMMIT&#33;

Quote[/b] ]Combat-Agent Posted on Jan. 14 2005,04:10
I would suggest if you want blood use ECPs blood or OFPECs blood addon which works better with this mod in particular.

Ill let you put 2 and 2 together. And why do we have to make the textures? Triglav stated you can make the textures without consent. Uh oh whats this?&#33;

Quote[/b] ]Triglav Posted: Jan. 14 2005,01:51
I personally also don&#39;t want to turn this mod into a bloodfest. Counterstrike is for that.  
IF ANYONE CAN&#39;T LIVE WITHOUT BLOOD TEXTURES, HE&#39;S WELCOME TO FIX THEM HIMSELF.

As my English teacher would state: "Now look what you made me say&#33;"

To end this on a friendly note, not that it isnt already http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/smile_o.gif,  the ammuntion system is coming right along.

Cheers folks
Combat

[CanadianTerror]

Well, I guess I should drop it on that note.

Your post there was a bit over dramatic btw. http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/unclesam.gif

[Sepe]

To anyone wanting blood textures and better quality:
1. Well, first, i say do em yourself. If you can&#39;t, don&#39;t expect that anyone else could, or even if they could, they would.
2. Some eye-candy like that makes realistical Civil War era missions even harder to make that they are now, as many units with über-textures means LAG. The current ones lag on me anyway if you put too many squads, i don&#39;t want to think what would happen with über-high-quality-textures.

[bigus_dikus]

got a few points..........ummmm
1) leave the textures ,there just fine..&#33;
2) the new units look good
3) the icons are looking great&#33;

to CanadianTerror..................


world hockey championships coming up .....
its gunna be good.

bigus

[joshnolan225]

new fort is up i all but scrapped the old one, thsi one is SWEET... i myself cant wait to finish this one, there are two new pics on teh pics pageNEW FORT PICTURES&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; (http://community.webshots.com/user/andersonjn)

[Combat Chaplain]

That&#39;s great work mate&#33;

I&#39;m glad you can&#39;t wait to finish it&#33;

[miniroll]

Hi

Cant wait for the next release&#33; The tent looks really good and I like the new unit info bar.

I have updated my mission again, check out my web page for more details

I will also be hosting a multiplayer game of it Sunday at 6 GMT. I will post the server details tomorrow,

Get my the mission here:
http://www.magames.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/

[Kotten]

NEW FORT PICTURES&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; (http://community.webshots.com/user/andersonjn)
The page is not working can&#39;t see any pics http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/sad_o.gif

[Triglav]

new fort is up i all but scrapped the old one, thsi one is SWEET... i myself cant wait to finish this one, there are two new pics on teh pics page
This looks very cool, but perhaps some shelter for the cannons could be made?

http://www.geh.org/ne/str109/m198170930011.jpg

[joshnolan225]

yeah, the fort isnt done by along shot, i onlyhave two bunkers and quarters for only a company of men, where its supposed to house a battalion, but um, yeah i can do that, just put some sandbagsaround, and itll all be good, i just really wish i had some miscliilanous addons to strew about... but the site should be working... If not then email me and ill send em to ya andersonjn@<hidden>

Josh

[joshnolan225]

WOAH TRIG&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; I JUST SAW THE POST ON 17 ABOUT THE VMI CADETS&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; FUCKING A&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; you rock man, thanks a million and i shall have me some mega fun killing some yankees in a new market battle, oh boy my day has officially been made. I started to add some fortifications around the cannons and i finished the barracks so now the fort can garrison a battalion of soldiers but now im thinkin a battalion of cadets http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/smile_o.gif anyway, yeah imreally bored so im breaking up my seesions of building the fort with talking about it here so please excuse my excesive postings about this thing
anyway yay, i cant wait for this next release&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;

[joshnolan225]

ok im gonna host a multi player battle tommarrow night at 8:30 or if enough people ask for another time then another time, to test the fort, that is if i can play via the VCU wireless network, those interested should email me at andersonjn@<hidden> so that i can send you the addons you need to make the Fort work, um just to let yall know it is a fort assault with the Yank assaulting the southern fort which has yet no name, so also if you have a good name then tell me, but yeah email me and i hope to see you there&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;

[Combat-Agent]

8:30 in what time zone? Also Minroll is hosting one tommorow also at 6 GMT, his mission last about 30-40 minutes, if it is only played once(thats what we did last time). I would be glad to attend both if they dont problematicly coincide.

[joshnolan225]

my bad, 8:30 eastern time zone, i live in Virginia so yeah EST.

remember email me so ican give you the nessesary addons to play if your interesed,

[Triglav]

Tents and camp objects are also coming along...

http://www.petrov-petrov.si/~triglav/CW/camp.jpg

[Sepe]

They look REALLY nice, Trig&#33;

[sika]

Looking good&#33;

What the new release will offer us? tents,....?


one thing is bothering me. Ai units never crouch and do they real life have to stand up when they reload those rifles.

[Triglav]

What the new release will offer us?  tents,....?


one thing is bothering me. Ai units never crouch and do they real life have to stand up when they reload those rifles.
The new release will offer, extra units, camp equipment, new weapon, new GUI, new unit icons, fixed lods, and lots of bug fixes.

AI does crouch. But blame the OFP engine for how often he does it.

[Combat Chaplain]

and do they real life have to stand up when they reload those rifles.
Take it from someone who used to shoot one of those as a hobby, YES they have to stand when they reload, particularly if it&#39;s a rifle (not a smoothbore).

I imagine someone&#39;s going to say that if you prop one against your boot or a rock you could ram the round down the barrel lying down... But take it from someone who&#39;s done it, no you can&#39;t practically load a muzzel-loading long arm lying down.

The Spencer? Yep. Not a musket.

[Bucket man]

I dont know if this has been reported but Union soldiers just wont stab anyone with their bayonets. I dont know if they would use them if I would arm them with enfields. Confederate troops on the other hand charge and use bayonets like they are supposed to.

[sika]

Did they use winchester rifle in civil war?

[Sepe]

Atleast for me, the Union troops do use their bayonets. But wait a second, wasn&#39;t that a bug of the first release which was then fixed? I guess there&#39;s a fix in the beginning of the thread. (pages 1-4 i guess)

[miniroll]

Hi

Those tents are looking really good, cant wait to get them into my mission.

I&#39;m running a dedicated sever of my mission tonight at 6 GMT anyone wanting to join should goto multiplayer then click on remote and enter 82.34.82.254 for the IP address and then click connect.

Check the instructions and download the mission here:

http://www.magames.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/

Last weeks one was great, thanks to all those that turned up. I&#39;ll start the server about 5.45 GMT so everyone can get in and then I will start the game at just after 6 GMT

See ya there

[pickett]

Did they use winchester rifle in civil war?
No, they did not.
The company did not even exist before 1866 when Oliver Winchester bought "New Haven Arms Company" (manufacturer of the Henry) and changed its name to "Winchester Repeating Arms Company"
Facts like these are widely available in the net, to find them, i strongly recommend a search engine.
And no, those were not used in the Civil War either. http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/tounge_o.gif

[Bucket man]

I found the fix for the union bayonet broblem but the link to the new config is not working. http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/sad_o.gif

[Triglav]

Then go to our page and get new CWUnion.pbo

[sika]

I&#39;m running a dedicated sever of my mission tonight at 6 GMT anyone wanting to join should goto multiplayer then click on remote and enter 82.34.82.254 for the IP address and then click connect
I played there but the mission was too much for my old computer.
.

[sika]

212.149.241.25

come there to play now.

[desantnik]

cant seem to accesss it... http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/sad_o.gif

edit: Oh nevermind....5 hours later http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/sad_o.gif

[Combat-Agent]

Same thing happened to me, i thought GMT was General Mountain Time for some reason, heh im a tard.

[Triglav]

As medicine sucked in those days, and by far most deaths of soldiers were caused by disease and poor wound treatment, it has been decided that there won&#39;t be a "medic" unit you could have with you on the field of battle...

However, if you are wounded, and make it back to camp, you have a chance to get patched up in the Surgeon&#39;s tent.

If the looks of his expertise don&#39;t turn your stomach too much ...

http://www.petrov-petrov.si/~triglav/CW/Surgeon.jpg

[Miles Teg]

Ah good ol "Doc Butcher". lol
Looks amazing...gory, but amazing. http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/smile_o.gif

Chris G.
aka-Miles Teg<GD>

[Combat Chaplain]

http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/wow_o.gif I LOVE IT&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;

Again with a balance of realism and gameplay&#33; You guys rock&#33;&#33;&#33;

And, all those guys that were crying for blood textures on the soldiers can just walk into this tent&#33; http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/tounge_o.gif They can get their fix of gore in here&#33; http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/ghostface.gif http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/biggrin_o.gif

This has become my favorite mod, hands down&#33; http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/xmas_o.gif (a Zoave)

[CanadianTerror]

Well now that&#39;s just disgusting.

http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/biggrin_o.gif

[miniroll]

Was just eating my breakfast when I saw that picture&#33; Now I think I&#39;m gonna be sick http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/tounge_o.gif

[harvey]

congratulations for your work, it is the best MOD of ofp  

can you make sabres for the officers of cavalry? by using same script that the bayonet, that must be possible

can you also make adons cowboys and Indians and horses?

[Bucket man]

I downloaded the fixed Union.pbo but now the whole mod is not working. I get the modelspecial error and cant play any of my missions. With the old pbo it works but the new one also gives error about musketpouch on startup. http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/sad_o.gif

[Sepe]

Oh my god, finally a realistic MASH unit, though it&#39;s from 1800&#39;s, but who cares? Uhh, could it be possible to make it so that when you go to the tent to heal, you have like 50% chance to get healed, 25% and 25% for dying and not getting healed? I don&#39;t know if it would be possible, but it would be kinda cool. (Okay, for hardcore realism: 80% you wont survive http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/tounge_o.gif )

[Combat-Agent]

Quote[/b] ]I downloaded the fixed Union.pbo but now the whole mod is not working. I get the modelspecial error and cant play any of my missions. With the old pbo it works but the new one also gives error about musketpouch on startup.  


Looks like Triglav put the wrong config in the fix. Email me and ill send you the correct one.

Might need this
Epley_w@<hidden>

[Bucket man]

Forget it. My storage limit is 2mb and the file is over 4mb&#39;s http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/sad_o.gif

[Combat-Agent]

Tried to email you and it Said your over your storage limit Bucket Man.

Do you have msn messeger, if so log on.

[tsalagikola]

o where o where is there a full working wood or stone bridge i have downloaded every bridge known to man and not found one that works i am trying my hand at making one from scratch but real hard to do aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa o my head

[Triglav]

Those that wish to learn more about the Zouaves we&#39;re making...

Read about these angry elves here:

www.zouave.org

[Placebo]

Tried to email you and it Said your over your storage limit Bucket Man.
There are a couple of links in my sig that are good ways to share files temporarily http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/smile_o.gif

[Triglav]

OK...time for an update.

The camp objects seem to be pretty much done.

http://www.petrov-petrov.si/~triglav/CW/CWCampObjects.jpg

We have 3 different tents + the surgeon tent, the gun stack, a table, a sittable chair, a sittable foldable stool, a bucket, the box of army bread...that combined with some existing objects such as our suttlerwagon, default whiskey bottles and flagpoles should enable you to build a pretty realistic CW era camp.

Combat-Agent is doing his magic on the various details such as the watch, compas, notebook, to make them from the right era, and Pickett is busy making a wonderfully deadly LeMat revolver.

Another Zouave is also done. One from the north&#39;s 14th Brooklyn "Red Legged Devils"

http://www.petrov-petrov.si/~triglav/CW/RLD.jpg

[adrenaline red]

The link to the Union PBO fix isnt working. Anyone have another one?

[Sepe]

Hey, that Zouave *almost* looks like a soldier. http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/biggrin_o.gif

Nice lookin&#39; camp there maybe someone should make a saw for the Doc? Could be kinda funny when you attack an enemy camp, the doctor comes to defend, with the weapon he has.. http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/wink_o.gif

Well, we always have the chainsaw, but I don&#39;t think that fits the enviroment too well... (Idea&#33; Gettysburg Chainsaw Massacre? lol)

[The Lord]

What is the name of the song and artist from the Field&#39;s of Sorrow mission?
Its really good

[Combat-Agent]

Miles Teg had said it was from a documentary, dont know if it has a name but I agree it is a very good song, in matter of fact, in the next version of the mod, it will start up with that song.

[CanadianTerror]

Mods really shaping up.

Nice work guys&#33; http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/smile_o.gif

[joshnolan225]

PC released a beta horse, and it follows every use of the word BETA, far from done, and at times very fusteraing, but a decent start, the only one we got, but someone ought to work with him on it,


any timeframe we can expect the nextrelease??? im so freaking stoked about it&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;1

[Combat-Agent]

No release date selected yet. but I will say things are moving right along.

[eestikas88]

Have you already made a (working)horse?Any pics would be good enough. http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/wink_o.gif

[Combat-Agent]

The CW team isnt making a horse, Phil Commando and other great addons makers are doing that. But here is a pic of the Beta that was released.

http://www.geocities.com/w_epley/calv.JPG

[Combat Chaplain]

Say, Combat-Agent or anyone else who&#39;s tried...

Has anyone tried these horses with CW units in combat? Can we have AI cavalry units swoop in and shoot up targets on their own? http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/ghostface.gif

[adrenaline red]

No its kinda like having a mg on a helo. U can only use that weapon when you are on it.

Say there is an empty horse, and you are a CW unit, when u get in you turn into the default driver character and use his weapon. So no u dont get to ride and shoot as a CW unit with their own gun. But it is still fun.

Hopefully teh CW team can mod the horse so that the weapon and model are calvary units.

[miniroll]

Can anyone tell me where I can download those horses? I know they are only Beta versions but I wouldnt mind having a play with them

[adrenaline red]

They are in the addon discussions area.

[Combat Chaplain]

No its kinda like having a mg on a helo. U can only use that weapon when you are on it.

Say there is an empty horse, and you are a CW unit, when u get in you turn into the default driver character and use his weapon. So no u dont get to ride and shoot as a CW unit with their own gun. But it is still fun.

Hopefully teh CW team can mod the horse so that the weapon and model are calvary units.
Thanks, that&#39;s a good description of what we have now...

And, yes, that&#39;s what I&#39;d like to see the CW mod do, mod that horse to use a standard musket carbine.

Of course, I have a dear OLD paper-map game of the Civil War, tactical scale, where the Union cavalry was armed with carbines, but the Southern cavalry was armed with pistols and shotguns. MAN we (the Southern Cav) rocked at close range&#33; http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/biggrin_o.gif

[adrenaline red]

It would be cool to have a saber charge too&#33; *drools*

[NeMeSiS]

No its kinda like having a mg on a helo. U can only use that weapon when you are on it.

Say there is an empty horse, and you are a CW unit, when u get in you turn into the default driver character and use his weapon. So no u dont get to ride and shoot as a CW unit with their own gun. But it is still fun.

Hopefully teh CW team can mod the horse so that the weapon and model are calvary units.
Thanks, that&#39;s a good description of what we have now...

And, yes, that&#39;s what I&#39;d like to see the CW mod do, mod that horse to use a standard musket carbine.

Of course, I have a dear OLD paper-map game of the Civil War, tactical scale, where the Union cavalry was armed with carbines, but the Southern cavalry was armed with pistols and shotguns.  MAN we (the Southern Cav) rocked at close range&#33;  http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/biggrin_o.gif
this can be changed easely...
you just need to edit the horse model... (guy on horse)
editing the config is easy..., i just did.... http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/wink_o.gif

[adrenaline red]

By editing it you use CW weapons?&#33;&#33;

PLZ RELEASE IT&#33; http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/tounge_o.gif

[NeMeSiS]

By editing it you use CW weapons?&#33;&#33;

PLZ RELEASE IT&#33; http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/tounge_o.gif
no, it still looks like the thingy, what i did was just fixing the reload time, and once you get out of the horse you have a CW guy..., if your in it, it is still like phils model.... http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/tounge_o.gif

[adrenaline red]

Still that is pretty good, because with those semi auto rifles on the horse they can go through lines of blue and grey like nothing.

[Combat-Agent]

Hopefully theres an alternative THAT CAN BE DISCOVERED so a player just can hop on the horse and use the weapon he actually has. Give it some time something better will turn up, remember that release was just a Beta. But one must admit that there is a rideable horse now, limits have been broken.

[adrenaline red]

Yeah that would be even better.

How is the CW mod doing with melee weapons like swords? I cant shake the image of a calvary saber charge from my mind.

[mrbean1112]

Hopefully theres an alternative so a player just can hop on the horse and use the weapon he actually has. Give it some time something better will turn up, remember that release was just a Beta. But one must admit that there is a rideable horse now, limits have been broken.
Dude, if they can do that, then we would be able to have people jump into passenger sides of jeeps or trucks and shoot out the side and stuff. THAT WOULD BE SO COOL&#33; http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/smile_o.gif http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/smile_o.gif http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/smile_o.gif http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/smile_o.gif http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/smile_o.gif http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/smile_o.gif

[tsalagikola]

the horse addon by MR.philcommando is on the civil war web site no. 2 at the bottom of my name under the WWW and to let the yanks know if you make a movie or mission with the horse i have the song she wore a yellow ribbon [a yankee cavalry song] and there is another yankee cavarly song [garry owen]
but i will NEVER use it or i will NEVER host it and any missions that use garry owen i will not download or host

[philcommando]

CHARGE OF THE TEXAS IRREGULARS&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;

http://img197.exs.cx/img197/7336/horse341aw.jpg

[adrenaline red]

Can someone please host a fix for the CW union .pbo?? Damn rebs are going through the yanks like a hot knife through butter when their bayonets are on.

[Combat Chaplain]

Can someone please host a fix for the CW union .pbo?? Damn rebs are going through the yanks like a hot knife through butter when their bayonets are on.
Well, that was generally the case, wasn&#39;t it? http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/tounge_o.gif


CHARGE OF THE TEXAS IRREGULARS&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;
Now this is EXCELLENT&#33;  Could they hit anything?  This mod is GOING PLACES&#33;&#33;&#33; http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/biggrin_o.gif

[Combat-Agent]

adrenaline red, email me and ill send it to you, but make sure your email account storage is not full, the file is about 1.2 megs.

Epley_w@<hidden>

[adrenaline red]

Ok Thanks&#33;

[tsalagikola]

does any one have the fraps 2.0 i have tryed the newer one and they will not work if you can email it to me thanks in a little while i will be getting a new video card got 1 last night is stinks the reason i have not been around working on the chattanooga campaign island making the bridges from scratch because i can&#39;t use the BAS bridges because its a real big file they said i can&#39;t break the pbo up its about a 37mb file but we rather have our own things so anyone can use as they will

[Triglav]

but i will NEVER use it or i will NEVER host it and any missions that use garry owen i will not download or host
Hehe...is your Yankee wife pissing you off that much?

[tsalagikola]

no shes great if i am on the computer working on game stuff she makes sure my coffee cup is always full and bring me food to the computer and if i am on here working 12 hours to 16 a day on week ends no problems and helps me spot problems she thinks its funny when i have 12 men and yankees have 300 charging me that i have them so they can&#39;t fire and my men bayonet the crap out of them it makes a big pile what it is i am american indian [cherokee] and my wife is [sioux] and the #&#036;%^* [cuss words] custer used that song alot it is a bad memory to some of what custer did

[joshnolan225]

word tsalagikola, fuck custer, as part sioux i concur, plus CUster was a yank and yanks arent my favorite anyway, but on the other hand Gary Owen was a large part of cavalry history, but then again it is a yank song, OH BOY I JUST THOUGHT OF THIS, Someone should make a rebel yell&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; also i cant wait for next release, ummm i really havent worked ont the fort very much recently , ill try to get it out soon, its pretty flipping big so yeah, anybody who can add o it is welcome to

[Combat-Agent]

Thought I would inform you guys that I have just completed the most dangerous weapon of the Civil War.
http://www.geocities.com/w_epley/pea.JPG
Alright, well maybe the least dangerous, but im still proud of my creation.

This here is a .41 Caliber Abilene Darringer. Muzzle loading, riffled, single shot pistol. Gets a good 20 meter shot range in. Quite a beast really. I better tel you guys this wasnt a standard issue anything for either side in war, this was just something that i wanted to make and is in the correct time frame. Youll be able to use this puppy in the next release.

[PainDealer]

hehe cool http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/smile_o.gif

[Sepe]

Omg, i knew that the Derringers are small but THAT small&#33; Damn, now I understand better when they talk about putting a gun in a boot. http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/tounge_o.gif

Waiting for the release, could be nice for a mission where you are a captive and must escape... Use that bullet wisely, shoot a man with a revolver.

[Combat Chaplain]

Shoot, I&#39;m getting REALLY stoked for the next release&#33; Derringers, Zoaves, maybe even horses&#33;

Dudn&#39;t get any better&#33;

[joshnolan225]

hey, um i was wondering if we could get an idea as to what all this next release will contain?http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/rock.gif im so stoked. oh yeah, the fort is looking really sweet but im going to wait till i have new objects to put in it before its finished. im also gonna make an earthen fort like the one in petersburg and such, itll have trenches and shit and it will be much smaller, so word diggity...


Josh

I cant wait to play this with the new version of ecp, also is it just me or is it insanly hard near impossible to get the men into formations??? is this a bug or am i just dumb???

[Triglav]

No, you&#39;re not dumb. OFP engine was made for loose formations of modern day warfare so it&#39;s hard to discipline men into the rigid formation of 1800&#39;s.

[joshnolan225]

yeah but, in regular ofp, when i tell the men to get in a line formation, they arent in a gaggle fuck of a mass and are in a line formation, yet this isnt working with the CW men

[Triglav]

Yes, this has to do with us putting men closer together.
In standard OFP distance between soldiers is much greater than in our mod, where we tried to simulate tight fomations by reducing the distance between men in a unit, but as each man needs some breathing space, they don&#39;t stay in a tight line, but step a step backwards or forwards...then the line looks all messy.

[joshnolan225]

so is there any chance that this coul be fixed?http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/rock.gif


is there a way to turn off these damn smilys from auto placing themselves on my posts???

[Placebo]

is there a way to turn off these damn smilys from auto placing themselves on my posts???
Untick the top option......

http://img170.exs.cx/img170/2589/emoticon.jpg

[Triglav]

so is there any chance that this coul be fixed?http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/rock.gif
I&#39;m sure that for enough money we can come to an agreement. http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/tounge_o.gif

[Shinkansen]

Yes, this has to do with us putting men closer together.
In standard OFP distance between soldiers is much greater than in our mod, where we tried to simulate tight fomations by reducing the distance between men in a unit, but as each man needs some breathing space, they don&#39;t stay in a tight line, but step a step backwards or forwards...then the line looks all messy.
Hi,

if you want closer line formations, the best values are formationX=3 formationY=0 in the soldiers config and the same values for the group organisation in CFGCroups, if soldiers were grouped closer there are too much collisions. It is important that the same distances are written into the cfggroup. This "new formations" work well until combat starts and some soldiers were send out by Ai...
But in general with a mass of 4 groups with 12 men each this looks like a line formation...
If you use these values AI needs an endless time to calculate possible roadways through heavy woods...

[Sepe]

so is there any chance that this coul be fixed?http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/rock.gif
I&#39;m sure that for enough money we can come to an agreement. http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/tounge_o.gif
I hear money? I thought you only work with beer.

But anyway, if you will be here within a month, i&#39;ll give you 50€ for beer. If you won&#39;t you release the mod&#39;s 5.01 über-beta in a week. Deal? No? Damn.

[Triglav]

I hear money? I thought you only work with beer.
Yeah, but did I get any beer yet?
Nada&#33;
So I&#39;m trying with money now. Especially with new orders coming in ... ;)

Anyway...the 1.1 version of the mod shouldbe out in a week, two most...we pretty much fixed the main bugs, added lods, fixed accuracy, increased ammo carried, added a few things, so the general thing should be playable.

Then we&#39;ll wait for the horse to be finished, not make more addons ourselves, and try to concentrate on some missions.

[joshnolan225]

OK, so where do i send the apple juice to????

yeah, word on that i need to motivate my self to finish the fort then find somewhere to be downloaded as a mission template, but yeah, new objects is sweet for all parties involved... i dont know what im more excited about, the VMI cadets, or the camp objects...yay

Josh

[Sepe]

Trig, you can still come into Finland to my house. My offer of that 50€ is still on. (Uh, do I even have that much?)

Will you make a campaign in some future release, like you fight from the start of the war to the end? That would be soo cool&#33;

[eestikas88]

That would be a long campaign.Campaign would last years.

[Triglav]

Trig, you can still come into Finland to my house.
Will you make a campaign in some future release, like you fight from the start of the war to the end? That would be soo cool&#33;
Thanks for the invitation.

This is the 3rd invite to Finland I got in the recent months. I&#39;ll really have to give it a go then. ;)
But I hate cold, so I&#39;ll prolly wait till summer. I have an aunt in Sweden and I visited her once in December...froze my nuts off. Lesson learned.

As far as a campaign goes. Pickett had a few great ideas about doing a couple of days in a life of a soldier during the Gettysburg battle...we&#39;ll think of finishing that first.

[joshnolan225]

how bout this, a young VMI cadet goes with the corps to new market, then enlistes in Confederate army and goes on to be an officer at gettysburg, im sorry but i had to say that, im in like a mega VMI craze right now cause im putting my transfer application together to VMI so i can get out of the hellhole VCU and go to VMI next fall and do something with my life other than play OFP and occassionally go to class and hit up the hardcore and metal shows around richmond, ughhhhhhhh but yeah whatdya think sounds like a winner campaign to me&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;

[billybob2002]

How about this, a young West Point dropout enlistes in the Union and rises to the rank of an officer before gettysburg. I&#39;m in like a mega VMI craze right now cause im putting my transfer application together to VMI so i can get out of the hellhole called VCU and go to VMI next fall. The reason wanting to attend VMI is to do something with my life other than play OFP, occassionally go to class, and hit up the hardcore and metal shows around richmond....ughhhhhhhh... Anyway, this sounds like a winner campaign to me&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; Furthermore, students of VMI during the Civil War did a treasonous action&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; So, I think there should be a mission in which you shoot random confederate VMI soldiers who are unarmed.
Fixed... http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/unclesam.gif  http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/tounge_o.gif

[Sepe]

That would be a long campaign.Campaign would last years.
Who said you would have to fight in every battle?

[eestikas88]

Nobody,but if you write a sentence like this without enough information it seems like this to me.

[joshnolan225]

How about this, a young West Point dropout enlistes in the Union and rises to the rank of an officer before gettysburg. I&#39;m in like a mega VMI craze right now cause im putting my transfer application together to VMI so i can get out of the hellhole called VCU and go to VMI next fall. The reason wanting to attend VMI is to do something with my life other than play OFP, occassionally go to class, and hit up the hardcore and metal shows around richmond....ughhhhhhhh... Anyway, this sounds like a winner campaign to me&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; Furthermore, students of VMI during the Civil War did a treasonous action&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; So, I think there should be a mission in which you shoot random confederate VMI soldiers who are unarmed.
Fixed... http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/unclesam.gif http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/tounge_o.gif
your mean

[Triglav]

Ok gentlemen.

Zouaves are done.

http://www.petrov-petrov.si/~triglav/CW/Zouaves.jpg

[billybob2002]

How about this, a young West Point dropout enlistes in the Union and rises to the rank of an officer before gettysburg. I&#39;m in like a mega VMI craze right now cause im putting my transfer application together to VMI so i can get out of the hellhole called VCU and go to VMI next fall. The reason wanting to attend VMI is to do something with my life other than play OFP, occassionally go to class, and hit up the hardcore and metal shows around richmond....ughhhhhhhh... Anyway, this sounds like a winner campaign to me&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; Furthermore, students of VMI during the Civil War did a treasonous action&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; So, I think there should be a mission in which you shoot random confederate VMI soldiers who are unarmed.
Fixed... http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/unclesam.gif  http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/tounge_o.gif
your mean
Can&#39;t help it... http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/xmas_o.gif

@<hidden>: Nice Zouaves.

[Korax]

Nice Zouaves http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/smile_o.gif

But can I make a suggestion for the next release, change the formations back to how they are in the original OFP (or adjust the values a bit). If you try to get some of these units in a line formation, they scrunch up and overlap making that formation useless, I liked it the old way where you could combine rows and rows of perfectly lined up soldiers for a much neater formation effect.

[joshnolan225]

How about this, a young West Point dropout enlistes in the Union and rises to the rank of an officer before gettysburg. I&#39;m in like a mega VMI craze right now cause im putting my transfer application together to VMI so i can get out of the hellhole called VCU and go to VMI next fall. The reason wanting to attend VMI is to do something with my life other than play OFP, occassionally go to class, and hit up the hardcore and metal shows around richmond....ughhhhhhhh... Anyway, this sounds like a winner campaign to me&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; Furthermore, students of VMI during the Civil War did a treasonous action&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; So, I think there should be a mission in which you shoot random confederate VMI soldiers who are unarmed.
Fixed... http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/unclesam.gif http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/tounge_o.gif
your mean
Can&#39;t help it... http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/xmas_o.gif

@<hidden>: Nice Zouaves.
ummhmmm west point sucks anyway, and yeah....it sucks... ok.... and since when is excersising a constitutional right treason, last i checked, americans had the right to take up arms againt a tyranical government in an action condoned by Thomas Jefferson as "constituent power" which is the whole premise for the REvolutionary war, History is written by the victors, had the south won it wouldnt have been seen as treason, but the north won and in an act of kindness, congress decided not to charge the southerners as traitors, which they certainly didnt have to do... i cna tbelieve i just said that... i am a sotherner and i beleive that it was the souths right to succeed.

Josh Anderson

ps, you ought to make a lincon and a JW Booth... im not gonna say what for, but i will have fun...j/k

[billybob2002]

Quote[/b] ]ps, you ought to make a lincon and a JW Booth... im not gonna say what for, but i will have fun...j/k

Lincoln would have been "fair" to the "southern people" compared to the happened during Johnson admin....talk about kicking yourself in the balls... http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/tounge_o.gif

@<hidden>: you guys fixed the visual problem (the hat) with the Union cav officer?

[adrenaline red]

Are you CW mod guys making any progress on the sabers?

They look awesome just hanging on the side of an officer or cav man but it would be great to use it in battle. Any word?

[Combat Chaplain]

Those Zoaves are excellent&#33; I&#39;m very eager for this next release.

This mod arouses passions in a number of ways... Aside from the fact that it&#39;s about the most unique of all the mods, and it&#39;s well done, the historical setting fires some folks up as well. Count me one of them.

When I was at Auburn University, board wargames were still a big thing. One company released their mapboards as a piece of paper, not mounted. One of their games was a grand strategic game of the War of the Northern Aggression, This Recent Unpleasantness, or as some of you call it the Civil War ("T&#39;warn&#39;t nuthin&#39; civil about it&#33;"). One of the players won Gettysburg, or it&#39;s equivalent, and marched on Washington. When he got to that hex, the players looked at him blankly and asked him what he was going to do. He smiled, pulled out a cigarette lighter, lit it and touched it to the map where his units had marched to, Washington DC. Good thing it was his game... http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/crazy_o.gif

Excellent units, those Zoaves... and from everything else we know about this next release I&#39;m really stoked for it&#33;

[Mr Burns]

i´ve made a little ( http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/tounge_o.gif ) wallpaper kind of thing with this excellent mod, maybe the civil war fans will like it:
click me gently / 2221x1195 - 2MB (http://www.tacticalblunder.com/~uploads/burns/civilwarart.jpg)

[Sepe]

Nice one, but not a wallpaper I would personally use as a wallpaper.

I&#39;m planning to make a Civil War-type RPG multiplayer mission, where you can be a civilian, a rebel or a yank. Though I&#39;m thinking of making several roles for the civilians, like robber, banker, weapons seller etc.

And of course, the civvies can (like they did IRL too i guess) get their revolvers and rifles and join the battle on the side they prefer.

[Triglav]

Errr everyone...

There&#39;s a million forums online where you can argue who was right and who was wrong in the Civil war.

The makers of CW Mod distance themselves from taking sides (Except for the yankee-hating Tsalagikola, but that&#39;s to be solved between him and his yankee wife... http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/tounge_o.gif ), and would like to keep this thread dedicated to the mod, not to the controversial history behind it.

Answers:
-We&#39;re trying to fix the formations so they don&#39;t get all messed up, while trying to retain them staying tightly together.
-There is currently no functionable swords/sabres in the mod. In CW they were maily used for parade purposes, while officers preferred to rely on the revolver in battle. To apply a working sword a whole lot of coding, animating, etc would need to be done, which is rather unpractical for us...Maybe we&#39;ll work on it for fun in the months after the release, but don&#39;t count on it...
-Strike has been added to all the rifles as one of the attack modes. No now a rifle has 3 ways of damaging an enemy...shooting, bayonet, and strike.

[Bucket man]

Does the AI use the strike ability? Is the strike thingie automatic like with the bayonet? Like when you get close enough the soldier smack his rifle into the enemys face. http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/biggrin_o.gif

[Sepe]

Omg, the bayonets were bad already...

Like I would want to have the butt of a springfield into my face? Damn, reload it faster, damnit...

[LongstreetCSA]

Hey to everyone&#33; First things first: this Mod ROCKS&#33; Best one I&#39;ve seen so far + it war the Mod I&#39;ve been waiting for being a CW enthusiast and all.
Did anyone see that "Ox Wagon" released 3 days ago at ofp.gamezone.cz ? Would be nice to ad such an animal to that suttlerwaggon to be able to transport troups, weapons or amunition to places...

That&#39;s all for now&#33;

Longstreet

[Sepe]

Yepster. A horse version of that one would rock, though i have played around with the ox already.

[sika]

Hi&#33;
Would it be quite easy to retexture some civil war units and deleting swords and backpags and turning them civilians.

[joshnolan225]

uhhh, sorry... ill be a good boy... yea, i gotta chime in on the strike thingy, can AI use it, if not it had might as well not be there, theres no sense in haveing one southerener in 1000 be able to run up to a dirty yank and beat him shitless and then run back to formation, if everyone cant do it....anyway, yea, how bout some sailors and marines??? that would be interseting, after all it was the marines who lost the first battle of bull run... man that hurt to say, im torn between my future career and my future college and my home... that should pose some interresting gameplay for me, run up and kill a marine with tears of saddness running own my cheek...

[joshnolan225]

oh yeah the big brick fort is done, i just need to figure out how to email it as a template, its got a shitload of armstrongs, and quarters for a garrison of a battalion of men, two earthen bunkers where the officers can plan their course of battle, and its got a magazine for the ammo, with a bunch of sulterwaggons inside so you can rearm, ok? its flipping huge so no regimental sized battles here, probebly best to use a company of garrissoned troops and maybe 2 companies of attacking troops, so yeah, gimmie till the end of the day, then email me at andersonjn@<hidden> to get the fort...

[Triglav]

Yes, the A.I. can use the strike, but it refuses to do so.
Seems there is an ethical script in OFP somewhere that says to the A.I. that shooting an enemy is ok, bashing his face in isn&#39;t.

[PainDealer]

still haven&#39;t had any answer to my question about the shortcut icon. is there gonna be one?

[Triglav]

Is is very necesary?

[Silent N Deadly]

still haven&#39;t had any answer to my question about the shortcut icon. is there gonna be one?
You could just make your own. It&#39;s not that complicated.

[eestikas88]

How to make one?
I would make it for Thunderbird84 mod.

[NeMeSiS]

How to make one?
I would make it for Thunderbird84 mod.
dude1 Action ["Strokegun", dude2]


dude2 will smash dude1 in his face if close enough....  http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/wink_o.gif

[eestikas88]

i meant the shortcut icon.

[NeMeSiS]

i meant the shortcut icon.
yea i didnt want to quote you but the guy who asked it...
dunno why i clicked on your post... http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/crazy_o.gif

*lets stay ontopic... http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/tounge_o.gif *

[Combat-Agent]

Quote[/b] ]ummhmmm west point sucks anyway, and yeah....it sucks... ok.... and since when is excersising a constitutional right treason, last i checked, americans had the right to take up arms againt a tyranical government in an action condoned by Thomas Jefferson as "constituent power" which is the whole premise for the REvolutionary war, History is written by the victors, had the south won it wouldnt have been seen as treason, but the north won and in an act of kindness, congress decided not to charge the southerners as traitors, which they certainly didnt have to do... i cna tbelieve i just said that... i am a sotherner and i beleive that it was the souths right to succeed.

                                            Josh Anderson


Mr. Josh, I know this has already been adressed, but please do not post your opinion on this thread about who was was right or wrong or good or bad in the Civil War. Really I do want to reply why you are wrong, but I must and will refrain from doing so.

Thank-You

More about the "Strike" ability that has been added to the rifles. The player now will be able to press spacebar at anytime and "melee" will display as your weapon, this will allow you to slap some some nearby soldiers around. Ive noticed sometimes it will kill em in one whack, sometimes 3. Later on i may try to use the bayonet script with this, but im much to impatient to work with anything right now (just got back from MEPS). So there maybe an ablity to get the AI to slap you around also. I think the AI should be able to do anything the player can do. Also, later i want to make or have somebody make a new strokegun animation that looks better and is shorter in time.

About the Derringer. Im pretty much done with it. Theres new optics, fire sound, and reload sound. You can carry as many as bullets as you want for it. I would suggest carry a realistic amount, same for the muskets. Anyway heres a test i conducted on the overall range of the weapon:

For this test i used a human target at various ranges, the results are as follows:

40 meters: 1 out of 12 hits
30 meters: 3 out of 12 hits
20 meters: 6 out of 12 hits
10 meters: 11 out of 12 hits
5 meters: 12 out of 12 hits.

These results indicate that you should probably not bother firing at an enemy farther that about 20 meters, enless your feeling lucky. Im really surprised one bullet hit at 40 meters, that was a lucky shot. I may reduce accuracy later on after further testing is accomplished.

Guess I might as well update you guys about the new gear ive been working on also. Binoculars, watch, and papers (once was the radio)
http://www.geocities.com/w_epley/gear.JPG

The watch is not done. I may do a CW compass if my patients is ever restored. Same with finishing the watch.

http://www.geocities.com/w_epley/LT.JPG

Here is a picture of a battle, just thought i would post it cause its fun commanding a platoon from hoss back.

[joshnolan225]

yeah i read that, sorry again... the things you write when your bored... i shall refrain... uhh yeah, sorry...my bad


ahhhh yes MEPS, hope you had fun there are beautiful memories there

[PainDealer]

Is is very necesary?
well not quite. starting the MOD from a shortcut with the soviet symbols just felt kinda strange http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/tounge_o.gif

[Triglav]

well not quite. starting the MOD from a shortcut with the soviet symbols just felt kinda strange http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/tounge_o.gif
Yea...I understand.

Well I just use an icon with a yankee and a rebel flag I found on some compilation of various icons...

[Combat-Agent]

Well since this icon deal is such a big deal, I have created an icon for the mod.

http://www.geocities.com/w_epley/icon.JPG

You can get your greasy hands on it in the next release. And please do not post any more about the icon situation, please

[ShadowY]

Well since this icon deal is such a big deal, I have created an icon for the mod.

http://www.geocities.com/w_epley/icon.JPG

You can get your greasy hands on it in the next release. And please do not post any more about the icon situation, please
He already has one...he could download one from me http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/tounge_o.gif

[PainDealer]

hey sorry if I made a big deal out of it. really I didn&#39;t mean it that way.

[Combat-Agent]

Did i come off rude? If i did i didnt mean to do so. But the deals done now, no more complaints everybodys happy.

[Triglav]

Here&#39;s some civillians from the 1860&#39;s I&#39;m working on.

http://www.petrov-petrov.si/~triglav/CW/Civils1.jpg

I plan to do 4 or 5 for next release.

[Silent N Deadly]

Wow those look great&#33;

[Sepe]

Oh yes they do&#33; Some children&women would be cool, especially those childs would be realistic in a cutscene where the soldeirs march trough a city.

[Bucket man]

Very nice looking civies. In my opinion they look generally better than the soldiers in first release.
You gained some skills in texturing? http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/wink_o.gif

[Triglav]

You gained some skills in texturing?  http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/wink_o.gif
Nope.

Some things just turn out better than others sometimes.
Having nice hi-res photos of pieces of clothing helps  http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/wink_o.gif

BTW...refresh pic above...I&#39;ve put another gentleman in there.

[sika]

Those civilians looks great&#33;

Maybe gunbelt for some civilians?

[CanadianTerror]

Great job on the civies&#33; http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/smile_o.gif

Some ladies as well? http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/wink_o.gif

[Triglav]

Some ladies as well?  http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/wink_o.gif
My next project. Yup, mhm, yup. http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/biggrin_o.gif

Hope I can make the gown animate properly.

[Cozza]

and a brothel. Cant be the civil war without a brothel. http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/tounge_o.gif and if ya want to get realestic, some new animations for the brothel http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/tounge_o.gif http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/biggrin_o.gif

[Triglav]

Yeeey&#33; Now you&#39;re talkin&#39; ;)

[sika]

Could you put civilian units also in resistance side then you could make intresting missions.

[joshnolan225]

any word yet on how el releaso is doin?

[Triglav]

El releaso is mucho close.
Give us just un poquito bit of el tiempo and it will be here&#33;

[Silent N Deadly]

Grandes Noticias
(Great News) http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/smile_o.gif

[Pajama]

iMuy bien&#33; http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/biggrin_o.gif

Great job guys.

[Cozza]

Mucha ela Chago http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/wink_o.gif (dont know what the means but it sounds mexican http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/tounge_o.gif

nice work http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/smile_o.gif

[PainDealer]

Here&#39;s some civillians from the 1860&#39;s I&#39;m working on.

I plan to do 4 or 5 for next release.
yeehaw http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/tounge_o.gif that means gunfights on the streets http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/wink_o.gif western style http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/smile_o.gif

[sika]

Are you guys plannig to make new animations for shooting with pistol.

Would it be possible to make man shooting only with one hand?

[Sepe]

I think it was said somewhere that the pistol anims are in the O.pbo and including a modified version of that file would make the download just too big as I think O.pbo was something like 100-200 Mb. Also I remember somewhere was said that they are possibly going to edit the LAW anims and make the pistols to be LAW:s. I think that would be cool, as it could make it possible to see whether the gun is in the holster or not. (You can see if a guy has a LAW or not, as it&#39;s in his back.)

[desantnik]

or you can download the anim which is usually less then a KB and unpbo the O addon and then stick the anim in and repack the whole thing.

Much easier than downloading the O.pbo

[joshnolan225]

ole&#33;

[Kotten]

El releaso is mucho close.
Give us just un poquito bit of el tiempo and it will be here&#33;
great http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/biggrin_o.gif can&#39;t wait...... http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/tounge_o.gif

[Triglav]

There we go...

Ladies are done too...

...updated picture... (http://www.petrov-petrov.si/~triglav/CW/Civils1.jpg)

[PainDealer]

or you can download the anim which is usually less then a KB and unpbo the O addon and then stick the anim in and repack the whole thing.

Much easier than downloading the O.pbo
I think there&#39;s a new tool for that. don&#39;t remember what it was called but should make that ridiculously easy http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/smile_o.gif

great looking pics as always. I got this dumb idea of duel animations like drawing the gun and such but I think it&#39;s got quite nothing to do with the war itself http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/rock.gif maybe the mod could be reworked to an outlaw version afterwards http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/tounge_o.gif

[sika]

nice civilians indeed.

but maybe those gentlemans looks better without those brown gloves?

[Triglav]

Observe any OFP soldier and you will notice that ALL men have same colour brown hands.

If you read other BI forums, you will also notice the debate on hands:

BI FORUMS > OPERATION FLASHPOINT > ADDONS & MODS: DISCUSSION > HANDS&#33;&#33;&#33; (http://www.flashpoint1985.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard311/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=54;t=44460)

[Sepe]

maybe the mod could be reworked to an outlaw version afterwards http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/tounge_o.gif
Yepster&#33;

And some of the rebel soldiers actually make pretty good desperados already. I&#39;m actually working on a small campaign which uses the CWMOD and is based on Gettysburg. You play the role of an outlaw and i&#39;m already almost finished with the first mission where you rob the bank. The last mission has also been started, as it&#39;s the first i made.

Note: I&#39;m very lazy, so if I say i&#39;m working on it, it could be released today, next year or never. So dont expect anything.

[Triglav]

Why are you making an outlaw campaign when you should be making a CW campaign? Huh?  http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/tounge_o.gif

And then folks come complaining to us, why isn&#39;t there a CW campaign yet...  http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/mad_o.gif

Like with addons...we make something, immediately someone asks for something else...we make that...more requests...we even make that...and still someone needs to complain about the colour of units&#39; hands. It&#39;s always something, and we have to keep fixing a million things.

Come on people. Help out if you have an interest to have a very good CW mod. See where you can participate by doing something, by making something, rather than just wait for us to do it all, and nag if not everyhting is as you&#39;ve imagined it...

[ProfTournesol]

Quote[/b] ]Come on people. Help out if you have an interest to have a very good CW mod. See where you can participate by doing something, by making something, rather than just wait for us to do it all, and nag if not everyhting is as you&#39;ve imagined it...

Hello,

This mod is really unbelievable, one of the best of ofp, very clever and accurate, and that&#39;s why people are very demanding. You&#39;ve got too much success &#33;  http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/wink_o.gif I tried myself to transform "PC charger Horse" using cwmod cav units, and it just looks like shit  http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/crazy_o.gif (I just downloaded o2 yesterday so...I think I need a month where you&#39;ll need only hours...).

Anyway, go on, you&#39;re doing a great job &#33;

[eestikas88]

As always people ask about release.So how much is done?

[Triglav]

As always people ask about release.So how much is done?
I think about 99% is done.

We&#39;re really just checking for details now, making sure we did all that was planned for this release, writing the readme noone will read, etc...

No new projects for now, only finishing the existing stuff. All new ideas will be in later releases.

[Sepe]

Like with addons...we make something, immediately someone asks for something else...we make that...more requests...we even make that...and still someone needs to complain about the colour of units&#39; hands. It&#39;s always something, and we have to keep fixing a million things.

Come on people. Help out if you have an interest to have a very good CW mod. See where you can participate by doing something, by making something, rather than just wait for us to do it all, and nag if not everyhting is as you&#39;ve imagined it...
That&#39;s the human nature. You get something you really didn&#39;t know you want, but then you want more. You get more, you want even more. So it&#39;s like eating a chocolade bar.

And I&#39;d be glad to help, but unfortunately 1. I can&#39;t make addons or even proper missions 2. I&#39;m too busy to learn how to make addons or proper missions 3. I&#39;m too lazy to make time to learn how to make addons or proper missions.

So the only way I can help you is by opening my chest (very small chest indeed) of imagination to you. And you can still come get that 50€ if you wish.

[pickett]

And I&#39;d be glad to help, but unfortunately 1. I can&#39;t make addons or even proper missions 2. I&#39;m too busy to learn how to make addons or proper missions 3. I&#39;m too lazy to make time to learn how to make addons or proper missions.
Is this for real, or am i dreaming ?
For almost 14 month i&#39;v been working on this mod and fun time it was.
Although Trig does most of the "public relation" work, i participated in almost everything you see.
In order to do so, i had to learn O˛, wrptool, texturing, binarizing and numerous smaller tools besides that.
I spent countless hours reading tut&#39;s and researching facts.
Now don&#39;t get me wrong, i did all this voluntarely,
but reading posts like this one makes me wanna puke.

[Triglav]

Well...that may be a bit harsh...

But...the way I see this. In this community there are about 3 sorts of people.

1. Those that know how to do stuff, who are doing stuff, and who help with actual solutions in configs, texturing, modelling, etc...

2. Those who are just using the stuff, playing with it, having wishes or requests, because they don&#39;t have time/will/interest to make it themselves... Nothing wrong there. Not everyone has to be a an addon maker.

3. And then there are annoying people. Those that don&#39;t read old posts on same topic. Those that don&#39;t read readmes. Those that email me about how they downloaded the mod, but it doesn&#39;t work, because there was no mod file, only one rar file which they put in the res/addons and now it doesn&#39;t work. Duh&#33;&#33;&#33; Etc, etc...you know what I mean.

And after a while I get frustrated with this.

We&#39;re not sorry for the time we put into this mod. We did it for ourselves, cause it was fun, for the users, so they can have fun, and for the community, so that similar stuff can be made on this basis. A lot of people have a lot of knowledge and good ideas, but very few have the willpower to finish a project. Dozens of mods get anounced and only a handful get completed.

But please understand one can get a bit annoyed for instance if he put loads of research into a mod like this, to make the muskets as they were, to give them the role they had in the war, and then one gets "Yeah, muskets are cool, but when will Gatling be released..." Hell it would save so much time, to make a mod, call it "The complete Civil War" and only release a Gatling in there, and everyone is happy...

Anyone noticed how many Tiger tanks have been made by various mods? Though Panzers III and IV did a lot more work for that army...? Someone puts a lot of love into making a detailed Panzer I, and immediately gets asked "Yeah, but when will you make a Tiger?"

I&#39;d never dare to ask FDF guys or I44 guys when they&#39;re gonna make this or that addon. They have a concept, I know almost nothng about it, except for what eventually comes out, but I would go asking them when this tank or that machine gun will be out, and how they should do it?

Think of it this way... Before we made the Civil War mod, there was none. There were attempts, but no releases. So, availability to the public had a value of 0. Now it has a value of 1. Meaning, when there was nothing to bitch about noone bitched, when there is something, they do. And that is exactly why I always keep saying. If we, a bunch of total amateurs could get this done, anyone can. You want a henry/winchester rifle? Make it. Want cowboys and indians? Make them. We will gladly share our models, current know-how, configs, etc, like other addon makers kindly let us use their work. But did they make stuff for us? No. That we had to do ourselves. If you want it, make it. That&#39;s how the game goes.

I have not yet been informed of any modder getting stocked with beer, women or money. As long as that is so, it&#39;s only everyon&#39;es good will that makes this whole wheel turn.

Now that was a long and troubled write. Maybe we&#39;re spending to much time working on this stuff and are slowly starting to lose our minds...
I need to go relax with some beer and women immediately&#33;  http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/blues.gif

[mrbean1112]

Well...that may be a bit harsh...

But...the way I see this. In this community there are about 3 sorts of people.

1. Those that know how to do stuff, who are doing stuff, and who help with actual solutions in configs, texturing, modelling, etc...

2. Those who are just using the stuff, playing with it, having wishes or requests, because they don&#39;t have time/will/interest to make it themselves... Nothing wrong there. Not everyone has to be a an addon maker.

3. And then there are annoying people. Those that don&#39;t read old posts on same topic. Those that don&#39;t read readmes. Those that email me about how they downloaded the mod, but it doesn&#39;t work, because there was no mod file, only one rar file which they put in the res/addons and now it doesn&#39;t work. Duh&#33;&#33;&#33; Etc, etc...you know what I mean.

And after a while I get frustrated with this.

We&#39;re not sorry for the time we put into this mod. We did it for ourselves, cause it was fun, for the users, so they can have fun, and for the community, so that similar stuff can be made on this basis. A lot of people have a lot of knowledge and good ideas, but very few have the willpower to finish a project. Dozens of mods get anounced and only a handful get completed.

But please understand one can get a bit annoyed for instance if he put loads of research into a mod like this, to make the muskets as they were, to give them the role they had in the war, and then one gets "Yeah, muskets are cool, but when will Gatling be released..." Hell it would save so much time, to make a mod, call it "The complete Civil War" and only release a Gatling in there, and everyone is happy...

Anyone noticed how many Tiger tanks have been made by various mods? Though Panzers III and IV did a lot more work for that army...? Someone puts a lot of love into making a detailed Panzer I, and immediately gets asked "Yeah, but when will you make a Tiger?"

I&#39;d never dare to ask FDF guys or I44 guys when they&#39;re gonna make this or that addon. They have a concept, I know almost nothng about it, except for what eventually comes out, but I would go asking them when this tank or that machine gun will be out, and how they should do it?

Think of it this way... Before we made the Civil War mod, there was none. There were attempts, but no releases. So, availability to the public had a value of 0. Now it has a value of 1. Meaning, when there was nothing to bitch about noone bitched, when there is something, they do. And that is exactly why I always keep saying. If we, a bunch of total amateurs could get this done, anyone can. You want a henry/winchester rifle? Make it. Want cowboys and indians? Make them. We will gladly share our models, current know-how, configs, etc, like other addon makers kindly let us use their work. But did they make stuff for us? No. That we had to do ourselves. If you want it, make it. That&#39;s how the game goes.

I have not yet been informed of any modder getting stocked with beer, women or money. As long as that is so, it&#39;s only everyon&#39;es good will that makes this whole wheel turn.

Now that was a long and troubled write. Maybe we&#39;re spending to much time working on this stuff and are slowly starting to lose our minds...
I need to go relax with some beer and women immediately&#33;  http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/blues.gif
Lol yeah triglav, dont push yourself too hard man, we all love you and dont want to drive you crazy, just as long as you dont give up, im cool with you (Maybe its vice versa)

[Combat Chaplain]

Triglav, that was the most eloquent post of it&#39;s kind I&#39;ve ever seen.

Count me among those who haven&#39;t made anything for your mod, but have played with it and am amazed by it. You guys have done an amazing amount of work in a relatively short time, and as far as I&#39;m concerned it&#39;s been A-class quality. And it doesn&#39;t look like that rest you said you&#39;d do after the first release has happened&#33; You&#39;re working right along on even more units, some of which are the result of requests.

You guys deserve nothing but credit and praise. I stand by my earlier statement that yours is the best mod, certainly the most unique, the most groundbreaking. Single-shot muskets with BIG puffs of smoke. Taking the bayonet script of the UKF mod and putting it to good use... It&#39;s class work, mate, and you deserve that beer&#33; I might have to figure out how to ship you some&#33; Can&#39;t ship a woman, though... http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/sad_o.gif

[bigus_dikus]

hey you guys are doing a great job&#33; , dont let these
guys get too you&#33; you will see this shit in every game
and every mod around. It will never change&#33;

as for the rest, the girls are on their way with the beer.....
they have to stop at my place first.

http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/biggrin_o.gif

bigus

[joshnolan225]

i must apologize, i am guilty of that, i have no excuses, im sorry. yall did great, and you will continue to push the limits of OFP. congrats all around and ill see if i can ship some apple juice for ya http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/smile_o.gif


Josh

[Ceriy]

Great job on Your Mod, keep up your work, and don&#39;t let any other mods destroy you.

[eestikas88]

i must apologize, i am guilty of that, i have no excuses, im sorry. yall did great, and you will continue to push the limits of OFP. congrats all around and ill see if i can ship some apple juice for ya http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/smile_o.gif


Josh
i think that there are no ofp limits when we still have great mods and people who deal with mods. http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/biggrin_o.gif

[Sepe]

I must apologize too. I&#39;m just so crazy about this mod and how revolutionary it is. I guess i&#39;m 2˝ in Triglav&#39;s 3 kinds of people.

I&#39;m sorry, you have done a great job&#33;

[ProfTournesol]

Hello,

I&#39;ve found something quite nice : by using a script ("A soldier sitting on a moving tank" by RedHouse, which you can found on ofpec), and slightly modifying it (just suppress a few lines where soldiers play a "sit" animation), you can : put soldiers standing on the ox cart and shooting...sometimes (only sometimes duno why), or even tow a canon with PC horses &#33; Of course your model of canon got a "caisson" (don&#39;t know how to say that in english, cause I&#39;m a frog http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/tounge_o.gif ), which could be (I think its not too hard with o2, maybe I&#39;ll try but I&#39;m a very beginner) replaced behind the canon. Of course the wheels don&#39;t turn, but its fun anyway.
I didn&#39;t try to tow a wagon, but why not ?

Great job again (the "zouaves" are unbelievable...and so frenchies &#33;)

EDIT : it works with the wagon (wheels not turning but it&#39;s cool &#33;)

[Triglav]

Good news ProfT.

We&#39;ll look into it for later releases if we can implement cannon towing...

[Kotten]

I think about 99% is done.

We&#39;re really just checking for details now, making sure we did all that was planned for this release, writing the readme noone will read, etc...
so How is it going?? http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/unclesam.gif

[eestikas88]

There could be an already written readme available to download like only fill the emty boxes. http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/biggrin_o.gif
At least i don&#39;t read readmes ,i only only read them when downloading a script. http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/biggrin_o.gif

[Tomislav]

There could be an already written readme available to download like only fill the emty boxes. http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/biggrin_o.gif
At least i don&#39;t read readmes ,i only only read them when downloading a script. http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/biggrin_o.gif
a readme is very often more than usefull, especially for hidden features or solutions for problems that might occur.

and of course to use all the scripts that come with it

[Combat Chaplain]

Of course your model of canon got a "caisson" (don&#39;t know how to say that in english, cause I&#39;m a frog http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/tounge_o.gif ),
The English word is "caisson", actually&#33; http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/wink_o.gif

We do use your word for that... And a few other things...

[Sepe]

There could be an already written readme available to download like only fill the emty boxes. http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/biggrin_o.gif
At least i don&#39;t read readmes ,i only only read them when downloading a script. http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/biggrin_o.gif
a readme is very often more than usefull, especially for hidden features or solutions for problems that might occur.

and of course to use all the scripts that come with it
Yepster, and that keeps the modmakers happy as then less people will come into the forums and ask stuff already answered in the readme.

[Triglav]

I&#39;d say early next week is a good estimate for the release...

[eestikas88]

yaaaay&#33; http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/biggrin_o.gif

[Mike99]

Hello, realy do like your mod a lot ive been playing for awhile. But when I went to your forum I saw that there were 33 pages of posts, So I decided to sceam through some and found people making missions. Can somebody pleas point out all the mission that people have made for this mod.

[Combat-Agent]

Quote[/b] ]Hello, realy do like your mod a lot ive been playing for awhile. But when I went to your forum I saw that there were 33 pages of posts, So I decided to sceam through some and found people making missions. Can somebody pleas point out all the mission that people have made for this mod.
This mod has been out got about 5 weeks now. There have been about 3 missions released. Such a pathetic number. I think its the communities duty to contribute mission as we contribute the mod to do so. I try to make missions, but they suck.
Miles Teg had made a single player mission which was pretty good.

I thnk Dynamite Cow released a missions

and Miniroll released an awesome multiplayer mission (which can be played in single player)

[Mike99]

Yes I have played those I found all I need. But I do agree with you that not a lot of peopel make missions.

But here is a suggestin to the mod. When the next patch come out would it be possible to make a Invisible line vehicle, So whare you can put Ai in and then they are in a perfect line and when the Gunner fire it will shoot every bodys gun in the line Vehicle (but not all at once).

[Sepe]

That was a good idea, man&#33; I think it could be so that the gunner is the sarge of that group and the rest in the line would be "in cargo." So if you shoot a man in the line, well, he doesn&#39;t exsist anymore.

At least it would make cool looking cutscenes.

[Cozza]

I realeased a mission but none bothed to download in 30 days so noone else gets to download becuase there where was 1 good reply http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/wink_o.gif

[Mike99]

How can I take screen shots for ofp because I have a very perfect line battle to show every body.

[tsalagikola]

get the snap shot program GCS its the best screen capture i know heres where it its at

http://www.atwar.net/download.php?view.3599

[Mike99]

Also how do I post images.

[ProfTournesol]

Hello,

I&#39;ve tried to make soldiers attacking you with a sword and it works &#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/biggrin_o.gif

The soldiers use the same scripts as the bayonet script (without the fix and remove bayonet scripts), and they attack you the same way &#33; Moreover I put the modified script in my sword.pbo, and as there is no "fix sword" order, there is nothing to put in the init line of units.

I&#39;ve used the "katana" sword of the samuraď released a few times ago (which isn&#39;t very good but it was a try), and the cw union infantry officer, and this guy shoots at me with his colt and then, when close to me enough, chooses his sword and killed me. That was nice &#33;
As the sword is the same weapon class as a riffle, soldiers with riffles cannot use it (cause they can&#39;t have two riffles), and when soldiers "put the riffle on their back", it looks quite strange (is it possible to "hide" the sword when they do that ?).

I think I remember that you&#39;ve got a sword somewhere in the cw team ? If so, could you send it to me ?