Re: WinSP MBT: Das Reich
 

Too big huh? Well there is a Michael Scott moment if ever there was one.

Jokes aside, is this a problem anyone else has encountered?

I can have a look and see what the trouble might be. I am guessing it might be the .lbm files in Pictures? I hope it isn't the icon files in Graphics ... that would be much harder to fix.

Is there a size limit on Drop Box?

--- Update ----

Ok... I've found a way to get around this problem... just open the Game Data folder in Drop Box and download the individual folders, one by one. It is laborious, but it works.

I'll post this under the download too.

It's not perfect, but you get the files in the end.

Please feel free to post up screenshots, once your all set. I am sure the community would love to see them so as to get a feel for the mod.

Re: WinSP MBT: Das Reich
 

This worked, thank you!

Re: WinSP MBT: Das Reich
 

Glad I could be of service. I'm sorry it wasn't working properly to begin with.

Re: WinSP MBT: Das Reich
 

Good evening, Gents,

Well ... I guess I'd better get the ball rolling on what you could expect in the future.

At the moment, there is some limited scope for further refinement of the Japanese OOB - mostly tying up loose ends - and the prospect of some tentative work on an Italian OOB - recycling existing icons.

I am not sure whether I want to issue a patch to the current 1.1.7P download for the work to be done on the Japanese OOB or whether I want to be more ambitious and add some more new icons - so new units.

If I did the latter, with the current total number of Shape files available, this would lead to far more clashes than advisable for anyone who just wants to play a mod of a perfectly good game.

Should, however, Andy and Don have plans to add even more additional aircraft, turretless and regular AFV icon space, then I can add more mod content without breaking newer versions of the game.

To avoid breaks, should this not be in the cards, we'd remain in Version 16, albeit, with increasing capacity constraints there too.

Right now I am looking at the Japanese OOB - helicopters - and the German OOBS - helicopters again.

Chaps, please do put some screenshots up of you playing the mod. It makes the whole development process just that little bit sweeter to know someone is enjoying the end product. Do please also list bugs, should you encounter them.

Best Regards.

Recruit Monty

Re: WinSP MBT: Das Reich
 

Well I got everything else but Game Data d/l'ed... Any solution?

Re: WinSP MBT: Das Reich
 

How about using some other file sharing service (Mega, Badongo for example)?

Re: WinSP MBT: Das Reich
 

Sorry now I found how d/l Game Data:). Everything is OK now:).

Re: WinSP MBT: Das Reich
 

Good evening, All.

I found this video on Youtube today.

https://youtu.be/qgY6hEuciTg?feature=shared

It is four years old.

Apparently someone downloaded an older version of the mod and made a video about it.

I have to say, I am chuffed :D.

Hopefully the content creator in question would like to have a go on the updated version, perhaps someone here could let them know that there is a new version.

Maybe they make another video. Especially since the install has been improved and that was a complaint in the last video.

Ideally we'd have an install wizard for the mod, but I wouldn't know how to make one and it is not the most straightforward mod to install.

Any way, I thought I would post it up for you all to see.

Have a great evening, everyone.

Recruit Monty

Re: WinSP MBT: Das Reich
 

Good evening, Gentlemen,

I have a request for you, this evening. Are there any talented icon artists out there who fancy a stab at the attached?

https://www.semanticscholar.org/pape...ad869/figure/2
It is the Mitsubishi MH 2000. As part of my ongoing work on the Japanese OOB, I am trying to make a credible helicopter fleet.

In reality this machine was only used on the civilian market, but it does have a military application as a troop transport.

An icon in Japanese livery - preferably green, would do wonders. I've tried my hand at it but I am not pleased with my work.

Best Regards,

Recruit Monty

Re: WinSP MBT: Das Reich
 

779, 780 or 782 in MBT is "close enough" and it uses a four blade rotor

https://i.imgur.com/tUwW0lR.png

Put a meatball (Hinomaru) on either side of the fuselage and you are good to go

Re: WinSP MBT: Das Reich
 

Good idea, I shall do so. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

Re: WinSP MBT: Das Reich
 

The 2000 nose glass is right to the front and that's a simple edit if you want to go that far

Re: WinSP MBT: Das Reich
 

Hi RecruitMonty, First of all I want to give you my most sincere compliments for your mod. It's simply fantastic. I hope that one day you will be able to create the Italian oob too. For now I wanted to tell you that in the scenarios you attached some things are missing: the texts of scenarios 574 and 575 and the file 575.dat which makes this last scenario unplayable. Many thanks again for your considerable effort. Max from Florence, Italy

Re: WinSP MBT: Das Reich
 

Dear Mappo,

Good afternoon.

Many thanks for bringing this to my attention. I shall take a look what went wrong with the upload and post here, first, when I've fixed it.

I am very pleased to hear that you are enjoying the mod.

Re: WinSP MBT: Das Reich
 

Never thought I would see this updated, I still play the original release from time to time. I just spent an evening setting up the 2024 version, thank you very much for your hard work in keeping this project alive. It's been a delight!

Re: WinSP MBT: Das Reich
 

Good morning, Gentlemen,

I am very happy to report that a new chapter of the mod is in the offing.

I'll be sharing some screenshots on here in due course of what to expect.

Best Regards,

Monty

Re: WinSP MBT: Das Reich
 

Have you thought about adding the new experimental US tanks in the US OOB rather than the Green one?

For us that play campaigns it is the ONLY way to face them.

I know that there is no space available in the US OOB but some lesser units could always be deleted...no?

Re: WinSP MBT: Das Reich
 

I had thought about it, but as you say, units from the original OOB would need deleting. Now that's quite far above my pay grade to decide what should go or not go.

Now, those of you, who like to play as the USA in campaign, could give it some thought yourselves, with some rationales for why this or that unit shouldn't be in the main US OOB and perhaps then it may prove doable, but it is a can of worms I personally don't want to open.

Re: WinSP MBT: Das Reich
 

Good evening, Gentlemen,

As promised, some screenshots of what to expect in the next release of the mod:

Revised late model Tiger III
https://i.postimg.cc/p9bzXNDm/Bild-2...-211946519.png

Revised "heavy" Leopard 1 - 1A4 with 120mm
https://i.postimg.cc/D0565Zr5/Bild-2...-212209333.png

A new Panzerjäger - based on the E50 chassis (SPH configuration)
https://i.postimg.cc/jW6DvLBX/Bild-2...-212454763.png

The precursor to the Leopard 2 - The Keiler
https://i.postimg.cc/hhc526Qb/Bild-2...-212551647.png

Another Leopard 2 prototype (PT11)
https://i.postimg.cc/gnQrWfh1/Bild-2...-212813352.png

The FlakPz. MATADOR
https://i.postimg.cc/f3tRg5kD/Bild-2...-213120922.png

MBB 125B - one of many examples of how the helicopter fleet has been overhauled
https://i.postimg.cc/3Wm5fVBt/Bild-2...-213401624.png

Weserflug (VFW) 56
https://i.postimg.cc/rKKLqsCw/Bild-2...-214024739.png

MB 212
https://i.postimg.cc/v4xxj5P7/Bild-2...-214159553.png

Merckle M101-Kranhubschrauber - Merckle had a skeletal proposal for a crane helicopter, this is based on that
https://i.postimg.cc/qhfj582W/Bild-2...-221703246.png

MBB VAK-191 (late)
https://i.postimg.cc/rdbSpWjg/Bild-2...-224854484.png

MBB VAK-191 (early)
https://i.postimg.cc/YvCQCxcK/Bild-2...-225020219.png

Kawasaki OH-1
https://i.postimg.cc/hhbGXpY3/Bild-2...-214505932.png

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MH 2000) - a contribution made possible by Oragus and Don
https://i.postimg.cc/5Yz6KJnx/Bild-2...-214633676.png

IJA Paratroops worthy of the name
https://i.postimg.cc/0M77M7gd/Bild-2...-214903590.png

IJA Airmobile
https://i.postimg.cc/WDzv17kC/Bild-2...-215019620.png

Anything the army can do we can do better
https://i.postimg.cc/5Yqyw3sg/Bild-2...-215131612.png

That concludes, the show and tell portion of the preview.

To the above, I can add that new icons now exist for the FlakPz. Gepard, for almost all of the helicopters (including some new additions, which fill gaps) and Japan finally has finished paratroops (incl. airmobile units and not just for the IJA either).

Some rudimentary attack helicopters have been created for Japan, based on their lighter helicopters (not shown above).

Finally, as you know, I can't leave well enough alone, so I re-worked all of the German and Japanese tank cannons, which I have added, in order to bring them more credibly into line with those of their peers. This was accomplished through the aid of a spreadsheet containing all the pertinent data from the guns already in the game. I know, I should get out more :smirk:.

Best Regards,

Monty

Re: WinSP MBT: Das Reich
 

DRG has mentioned in some of his posts that they are adding extension OOB's for the U.S. and Russia in the next update. Maybe you could put them in there.

Re: WinSP MBT: Das Reich
 

Thanks for the info. I shall look into it closer to the time.

Re: WinSP MBT: Das Reich
 

https://images.gutefrage.net/media/f...=1517850022000

𝕯𝖆𝖘 𝕺𝖇𝖊𝖗𝖐𝖔𝖒𝖒𝖆𝖓𝖉𝖔 𝖉𝖊𝖗 𝖂𝖊𝖍𝖗𝖒𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖙 𝖌𝖎𝖇𝖙 𝖇𝖊𝖐𝖆𝖓𝖓𝖙 ...

Version 1.1.8P of WinSP MBT: Das Reich is available for download in patch form, below

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/d49fk...=w9akr6oq&dl=0

Happy war gaming!

RecruitMonty

Re: WinSP MBT: Das Reich
 

Great Job! Excellent work on the readme pdf and the quality of the whole project.

Re: WinSP MBT: Das Reich
 

:usaMy Fellow Americans, it is with great pride that I present to you ...:usa

the USA Patch to Version 1.1.8P of the WinSPMBT 𝕯𝖆𝖘 𝕽𝖊𝖎𝖈𝖍 mod

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/p3we4...=5vkeoker&dl=0

[IMG]<a href='https://postimages.org/' target='_blank'><img src='https://i.postimg.cc/wxDVQZgZ/Bild-2025-02-27-222612233.png' border='0' alt='Bild-2025-02-27-222612233'/></a>[/IMG]

The screencap above shows the new M103 icons (T43E1, M103, M103A1, M103A2 and the fictional M103A3 HEAT Schürzen upgrade package).

These are available in the Green (42) OOB. The standard versions of the M103 in OOBs 12 (US Army) and 13 (USMC) have, naturally, also been updated with the new icons. This rounds out the available US heavy tanks.

In the future, I may add one or two more models - T110E5 and T58. With the T110E5, perhaps bridging the gap between the US heavies and the early Abrams.

I have not yet made any changes to the core USMC and USA OOBs to allow for direct purchase of the US heavies because in either case, too much OOB deletion and therefore rejigging would be involved.

Happy Wargaming.

Re: WinSP MBT: Das Reich
 

Good evening, Gentlemen,

Please see all of the US's "Kitty Killers".

[IMG]<a href='https://postimg.cc/JyFZxhRR' target='_blank'><img src='https://i.postimg.cc/JyFZxhRR/Bild-2025-03-10-190454995.png' border='0' alt='Bild-2025-03-10-190454995'/></a>[/IMG]

Notice, at the very bottom, the new 155mm Gun Tank T58 (in-mod "M58" and "M58A1").

[IMG]<a href='https://postimg.cc/0r5dvrN2' target='_blank'><img src='https://i.postimg.cc/0r5dvrN2/Bild-2025-03-10-191309459.png' border='0' alt='Bild-2025-03-10-191309459'/></a>[/IMG]

With the addition of these two vehicles, I have completed the US's heavy tank motorpool, thus far.

With the mid to late 70s models of M60s and the Abrams coming online in the 80s, I think the US would be looking to de-emphasise lumbering heavy tanks as they did IRL by ca. 1973 in favour of the aforementioned backed up by rockets and airpower.

Expect to see a download link soon.

RecruitMonty

Re: WinSP MBT: Das Reich
 

Good evening, Gents,

After working on US heavies, I was inspired to take another look at the Soviet heavy tank park for Das Reich.

[IMG]<a href='https://postimg.cc/BLMRhtCS' target='_blank'><img src='https://i.postimg.cc/BLMRhtCS/Bild-2025-03-26-192551860.png' border='0' alt='Bild-2025-03-26-192551860'/></a>[/IMG]

I have re-worked the USSR's heavy tanks from the ground up with new or improved icons for the IS-3M, T-10 thru T-10M and I have added in some new heavy tanks to help bridge the gap between the T-10 and Obiekt 229 (known as T-13 in the mod).

Data I had on the Soviet's 130mm guns was incorrect, so these underwent some fine tuning. I have also duplicated the line up in the Red OOB.

In the picture provided you will see the complete roster, from the IS-3M thru to the T-13. Top row includes the IS-3M, the T-10, T-10A, T-10B and T-10M. Bottom row includes the IS-7 (same icon will be used for the IS-7M), the T-11 (Obiekt 277), the T-12 (Obiekt 770) and finally the T-13 (Obiekt 229).

When work and life permit me, I will load up another patch, which will contain the last of the US heavies (see previous post) and these Soviet heavies.

Best Regards,

RecruitMonty

Re: WinSP MBT: Das Reich
 

Good afternoon, Gentlemen

I am pleased to announce that the 1.1.8P USA and USSR Patch () is ready for download.

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/tkcd9...=fr76ismm&dl=0

Happy Wargaming!

RecruitMonty

Re: WinSP MBT: Das Reich
 

Good afternoon to you Monty,

Those icons look great!!! I can now take those off my personal redo list. Thank you so much!

Re: WinSP MBT: Das Reich
 

Good afternoon, Oragus,

You are most kind. I am honoured.

I have been thinking about publishing them as a standalone as well, in the Misc. Icons thread. What do you think?

I have a question for you regarding the American heavies - if you wanted to go about adding a US Army roundel to the front sides of the turrets, how would you go about doing so?

I've tried a variety of approaches thus far and each time they came out looking more like the tank was under a flock of seagulls at the wrong time than the classic roundel, if you catch my drift.

Best Regards,

Monty