New Finnish OOB

Koh · #1 July 1st, 2008, 01:25 PM

Ok, a few notes.

- The SPA Battalion seems to have the first battery operating landing crafts in stead of SPA pieces. I'm almost sure this is not an intended feature

- The spec jaegers no longer have the AGL they had in an earlier version, while the AGL section unit info still describes them being used by special jaegers. Was this intentional?

- The readme instructs you to unzip unit_pics.zip while the file is actually called pictures.zip.

Other than that, great work! The OOB is better than ever and the new scenario was extremely enjoyable to play.

Zipuli · #2 July 1st, 2008, 02:24 PM

Will take a look, thanks!

Did you notice the increased difficulty in Arctic Leopards?

Zipuli · #3 July 5th, 2008, 04:23 PM

OK, bug with SPA Bn fixed. Also some little tweaks done, such as wrong small arms (RK) on support units early on changed to more correct ones. The AGL+Spec Jgr (or lack of) is intentional. Will fix readme. With the fix there'll also be AI picklists for the mod, so you may now play against modded finns with AI bying more rationally. The finnish AI is very infantry heavy, especially pre-1980s. I've written then up till 91 now, so will take some time to finish.

Zip

Warhero · #4 July 6th, 2008, 06:35 AM

Great stuff man

. Btw, how I can get those great sound files work with other nations too? It could be cool to hear with others too

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Zipuli · #5 July 7th, 2008, 01:24 AM

OK, newest version (6.1) uploaded and available as in the 1st post of the thread. If no more bugs are found I think this one is "it" for this version of SPMBT

Warhero,
If you wish to use my sound files with other nations, you need to use mobhack edit the nation you wish to use them. In the unit -window the sound number is the one used for movement, and each weapon can be given its own sound. I did not overwrite any old soundfiles with mine.

Zip

PS. Just got decisive victory in latest sce with 150 casualties vs enemy's 505. Lost few tanks mostly due to stupidity. 1st Co pushed a bit past the village before I stopped their attack due to high casualties (mostly received in the village and enemy counter attack that cought me by surprise), and each platoon was on point at least once. 2nd Co took the point and pushed all the way to the southern bridge, suffering only minot casualties. 3rd Co managed well with very low casualties taking all the northern part and also the final objective in south with a jaeger detachement supported by tanks. Biggest casualties were among tanks. After the sce I didn't have a single tank HE shell, and MG ammo was getting low as well

Any experiences with the scenarios by others?

Koh · #6 July 7th, 2008, 12:36 PM

Awesome, yet another new scenario! I'm gonna give this a try later today.

Koh · #7 July 9th, 2008, 06:14 AM

Ok, I just finished the new scenario. I got a decisive victory with 178 casualties and 3 tanks lost. The enemy lost 497. I was done by turn 37 due to a rather relentless tactic of advancing despite casualties until the point platoon was depleted to the point of losing it's combat efficiency completely. The casualties would've been lower but I suffered some unfortunate tank immobilisation to enemy ambushes and air strikes.

Whenever I made contact with the enemy, I always plotted a strong artillery barrages around half a mile ahead of my point to suspected enemy positions. At one point it proved to be extremely helpful as I completely annihilated around a company strong enemy formation moving against me. When my tanks reached the all they found was reduced routed squads with no return fire. All in all, a very nice scenario.

-Koh

wulfir · #8 July 23rd, 2008, 03:03 PM

Right then, pojhan poika..., this is a call to arms...

See attachement for Finland at War 1985 scenarios using Zip's OOB...

See youtube link for background story:

Finland at War 1985

Koh · #9 July 23rd, 2008, 04:31 PM

Awesome intro! I am downloading this right away!