Extra toys for scenario designers...

Bernard · #1 September 26th, 2005, 02:27 PM

I've been tinkering around with the forification class recently to create a unit that isn't a unit as such but a clear "overlay" that can be placed over buildings or map features which enables them to be destroyed and have a points value allocated to them.

Basically, if you're creating a geurilla/specials forces raid type scenario, you can asign a points value to destroying a certain building, allowing you to make a scenario where you win by destroying an objective rather than holding v-hexes.

I've created 4 units:-

hut, wooden building and stone building that can be placed over buildings on the map.

railway points, which can be placed over a section of rail on the map for sabotage missions.

I've tried to create these units so that they have different properties in terms of what destroys them:-
hut can be blown up with hand grenades, wooden and stone building need something a bit bigger and railway points need at least a satchel charge.

The buildings each have a carry capacity asigned to them, so you can put infantry units in them as well. I've put them in the oob93 R&D oob so you can paste them into any oob where you want to use them. Name and points value should be changed to fit the flavour of your scenario. Maybe railway points could be renamed and used to represent blowing a bridge.

Hope these are of use to anyone who's looking to do this sort of thing.

Just thought...

If anyone could create icons for these units, you could have stand alone bits of kit like a radar installation with vision rating to boot, guard towers or GSRs for those who like Vietnam scenarios....

Also if icons could be created, you wouldn't have to overlay them over terrain features which will give them an unaturally high defence value anyway (anyone ever heard of a building dug in inside another building ;-)

If I had the brains, I could get the building icons from the terrain shape files.... anyone got any ideas?

WBWilder · #2 September 27th, 2005, 02:02 AM

Drop me a line Bernard and I can point you to someone who I am sure can help you.

bwilder@bellsouth.net

WB

PlasmaKrab · #3 September 27th, 2005, 09:13 AM

Great, Bernard, that should be something to consider!
It will definitely be a big help on some scenarios, though of course one will have to handle them carefully.

Now about icons and dedicated target units like the radar stations you mentionned, I and others have been giving it some thoughts, so possibly that would be something to consider too.

Bernard · #4 September 27th, 2005, 11:53 AM

Cheers for the support guys.

I will have to make sure anything we put together along these lines comes with a warning for users to check the integrity of their oob files to prevent snarl ups.

If anyone uses these units in a scenario, please post it in this thread along with whatever oob you've used it in so we can evaluate the results.

Weeble · #5 September 27th, 2005, 01:46 PM

You've saved me a headache!

I've been working on a scenario of the PAVN raid on the USAF/Mhong TACAN site 'Lima 85' (Pha-thi, Laos, 11th March 1968). I was having problems assigning victory hexes etc and I think your extra 'toys' could be the answer.

This, the largest ground combat loss by the USAF in the Vietnam War, is unusual in that the PAVN OOB is more complete than the USAF/Mhong one - due to the site being overrun.

Cheers

Bernard · #6 September 27th, 2005, 02:06 PM

TACAN as in a air navigation beacon? Sounds like an interesting scenario. Post it here when done so we can try it.

To offset not using any v-hexes, you could increase the points value of each attacking unit, so that the attacker (PAVN) would have to destroy the TACAN site and handle their force wisely to prevent prohibitive losses.