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Panzer Corps 2: A free scenario is now available

Post by saraviga »

Greetings to our Panzer Corps 2 Community,

While we are thrilled to celebrate the launch of a project as large and expansive as Axis Operations 1946, this is by far the biggest single content drop we have ever had since the original launch of Panzer Corps 2 way back in early 2020, but we cannot help but realize we dropped the ball on its deployment to you, our players.

Some of our players ran into serious, game-breaking problems with 1946 when it released. Since then, we've taken every possible step to resolve these issues ASAP, and they are now fully resolved to the best of our knowledge.

We fully accept your criticisms as they are well deserved and serve as a lesson to us that we really must do better. Thanks for your continued interest and support; it helps us to improve and gives us powerful motivation to more diligently utilize our time and energy in the ongoing work surrounding Panzer Corps 2. To disappoint so many players is extra heartbreaking for us, because of the literal hundreds if not thousands of man-hours of effort that has been poured into making 1946 possible. Still, we would like to use this opportunity to once again apologize for these issues and say thank you for your patience and support.

But we know that words alone are also pretty hollow, so as part of that apology, we also have a little gift for you to enjoy.

Thank you for calling us out on our failures and for continuing to show your passion and support to prove that you really care about our game by expressing your frustrating when it’s unacceptably broken.

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Many thousands of you have embarked on the new Axis Operations 1946 campaign, and we’re absolutely humbled by so many gamers playing our little WW2 strategy game! Thank you.

Now then, on to our announcement:

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As part of our apology and to show our thanks to our players, we have a very special treat for you to enjoy this holiday season.

We’re rolling out one very special, very humongous solo scenario that will be free for all owners of any edition of Panzer Corps 2 to play and enjoy!

Installation instructions can be found at the very bottom of this post.

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Set in 1947, the new scenario, Escape to New York, gives you command of American forces struggling to survive the Axis invasion of the United States. For those of you who really like your gigantic scenarios, this one is definitely for you. There are over 500 units participating in this battle, not counting additional waves of Axis reinforcements that will also attempt to block your forces from reaching your ultimate goal of New York! The map size is over 2000 hexes!

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This is the ultimate battle of 1946 era equipment, with Atomic Bombers, Landkreuzers, E-Series tanks, and advanced American tanks and aircraft on full display. And it is our holiday gift to all owners of Panzer Corps 2 to enjoy for free as a solo scenario! We hope you enjoy this behemoth scenario, and we can’t wait to show you what is coming up for Panzer Corps 2 in 2024!

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Escape to New York manual installation instructions:

To get this scenario into your hands as quickly as possible, and also as CLEANLY as possible, we’re going to hold off on adding this scenario to the game via a patch for now. We certainly don’t want to clog the patch pipeline that is vitally needed to deploy critical hot fixes and bug fixes, so if you would like to play this mega scenario before it is officially integrated into the game in a future patch, follow these simple instructions for more Panzer Corps 2 gameplay fun!

1. Download this zip file.

FILEDOWNLOAD LINK HERE

2. Extract the 4 scenario files found inside to this directory location:

[Documents]\My Games\Panzer Corps 2\Scenarios

Note, that in the following example image 'smoke' is just my PC name, your user name will be unique.

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3. You can now launch the scenario through the custom scenario interface:

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4. Enjoy!

And if you have any feedback on this mega scenario, we would love to hear from you, and perhaps we can even fine tune and improve the scenario even more before it is officially integrated as part of the base Panzer Corps 2 game.
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The... "FILEDOWNLOAD LINK HERE"... is not-functional... it does Not-Work!.
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Retributarr wrote: Mon Dec 11, 2023 1:35 pm The... "FILEDOWNLOAD LINK HERE"... is not-functional... it does Not-Work!.
Here on this page: https://www.slitherine.com/news/panzer- ... -available

Or directly here: https://www.matrixgames.com/amazon/ETNYv1.zip
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Retributarr wrote: Mon Dec 11, 2023 1:35 pm The... "FILEDOWNLOAD LINK HERE"... is not-functional... it does Not-Work!.
Sorry, corrected in the text as well.
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If you enjoy these mega size scenarios, and also very challenging battles, we would definitely be curious to hear your feedback on this sort of content.

Escape to New York is absolutely a very difficult scenario that will likely require a few playthroughs to complete, there is a TON of things going on and battles within battles. In internal tests, the Battle for Philadelphia was a major conflict all on its own, inside of the larger battle going around all over the huge map.

Feel free to leave your feedback on this special gift scenario here in this thread!

A few things we're already considering is easing the initial difficulty ramp of the battle opener. Several more starting recon units so players can better explore the battlefield without having to resort to trial and error, and some more early airfields to guard against a mass aircraft destruction event if some roaming Axis troops counterattack your airfields.
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I'm very disappointed with the entire DLC's. Nothing adds up for me. It has no gameplay, no atmosphere (like Panzer Corps 1). Boring, repetitive, and historical stupidity. I know that this is not supposed to be a realistic game, but DLC 1945 is downright fairy-tale-like. Lost hopes... and the money...I'm vaery sorry...
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1945? :?:

Don't tell him, but 1946 gets even crazier with million billion ton Landkreuzers, atomic V-2 rockets, and Fritz X armed six engine Fugaku bombers. :shock:
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calmhatchery wrote: Tue Dec 12, 2023 7:41 pm I'm very disappointed with the entire DLC's. Nothing adds up for me. It has no gameplay, no atmosphere (like Panzer Corps 1). Boring, repetitive, and historical stupidity. I know that this is not supposed to be a realistic game, but DLC 1945 is downright fairy-tale-like. Lost hopes... and the money...I'm vaery sorry...
I feel your pain to a degree!... but!... at the same time!... there is a need to voice what you yourself would like to see incorporated into these Games to make them more intensely captivating. "I-Myself" on occasion have done just exactly that, "but!_of course!"... non of my suggestions were ever followed through with...Why???.

Anyway!...In any case!... that's not an excuse to stop trying to make the Game "more riveting"... "more immersive"... and worthwhile for ones invested time spent.

Soooo!... to "Re-Iterate" to some small degree my past-previous recommendations... i will only in short order say...
~~~Involve the "World-Character-Participation" {Leaders-Generals...etc.. and such} of that time period throughout the Game (Lets see or hear "their arguments"... "their disagreements and grumblings"... "their requests"... "their goals"... "their successes and failures")... to make "Your Game" more interesting... and more realistic.

When these entities are making their presentations... have some of that countries music playing in the background for the sake of atmospherics... such as for example... when Hitler is in a bunker... you could hear the explosions of "Russian Artillery" nearby... while he is listening to his favorite music.

Give "The-Player"... a heads-up... or pre-view on what your "Faction" is planning to do... as well as what they are developing or planning to develop including what they are producing... and in what projected numbers. Make this Game feel like "Real-History!!!".
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calmhatchery wrote: Tue Dec 12, 2023 7:41 pm I'm very disappointed with the entire DLC's. Nothing adds up for me. It has no gameplay, no atmosphere (like Panzer Corps 1). Boring, repetitive, and historical stupidity. I know that this is not supposed to be a realistic game, but DLC 1945 is downright fairy-tale-like. Lost hopes... and the money...I'm vaery sorry...
Thank you for your post. 1946 DLC is the worst DLC. Never thought it would be possible to surpass 1944.

Stupid nuclear bomb dropping and marvel comic super weapons.
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heinz1803 wrote: Thu Dec 14, 2023 6:22 am
calmhatchery wrote: Tue Dec 12, 2023 7:41 pm I'm very disappointed with the entire DLC's. Nothing adds up for me. It has no gameplay, no atmosphere (like Panzer Corps 1). Boring, repetitive, and historical stupidity. I know that this is not supposed to be a realistic game, but DLC 1945 is downright fairy-tale-like. Lost hopes... and the money...I'm vaery sorry...
Thank you for your post. 1946 DLC is the worst DLC. Never thought it would be possible to surpass 1944.

Stupid nuclear bomb dropping and marvel comic super weapons.
Me-Thinks!!!... that a "Re-Do"... is in order!, of course with suggestions included from the Players.
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Hi,
I just started the free scenario (thank you for that, btw). Look like it will be a blast to play, but I can't control most of the allied units. All the blue units play as allies... and can I say, they are not very good. No good use of combined arms (ie, the infantry attacks prior to bombardment, they leave the artillery open to counterattack and aerial bombardment, etc) and very questionable target choices (infantry against tanks in the open, tanks against entrenched troops). and the axis counterattack seems to follow the rules of war better.
With all that said, it looks like a great premise. is there a way to take control of the blue forces from the beginning, to give them a fighting chance of surviving and assisting?
Thanks again for the scenario, I'd love to play it, but I'd rather control my forces instead of watching the computer make poor choice after poor choice.
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GunnerV wrote: Thu Dec 14, 2023 4:56 pm Hi,
I just started the free scenario (thank you for that, btw). Look like it will be a blast to play, but I can't control most of the allied units. All the blue units play as allies... and can I say, they are not very good. No good use of combined arms (ie, the infantry attacks prior to bombardment, they leave the artillery open to counterattack and aerial bombardment, etc) and very questionable target choices (infantry against tanks in the open, tanks against entrenched troops). and the axis counterattack seems to follow the rules of war better.
With all that said, it looks like a great premise. is there a way to take control of the blue forces from the beginning, to give them a fighting chance of surviving and assisting?
Thanks again for the scenario, I'd love to play it, but I'd rather control my forces instead of watching the computer make poor choice after poor choice.
There is an option to skip ahead to their inevitable fate in the bottom left corner of the map. :)
This is a battle you have to fight without their help, and your army will soar well above their original size as you fill in the gigantic 369 CORE slot limit set for this scenario. :D
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Thank you for your reply, I will look for the option of missing the carnage :D
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What do you do if your my games folder does not contain a scenario folder? I tried making a scenario folder there and then downloaded to that location but it is not showing in game.
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deadtorius wrote: Mon Dec 18, 2023 3:44 pm What do you do if your my games folder does not contain a scenario folder? I tried making a scenario folder there and then downloaded to that location but it is not showing in game.
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...\Documents\My Games\Panzer Corps 2\Scenarios\...

it´s case sensitive afaik.

sers,
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Hi,
Same as Deadtoris, i can't get it to appear.
Here is my directory with the manually added scenarios for this freeby. And yes, I did try it in various locations within the other scenarios folders and restarting the game each time but still does'nt appear.
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everything else works fine.
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pbhawkin1 wrote: Sun Dec 31, 2023 3:45 am Hi,
Same as Deadtoris, i can't get it to appear.
This is the wrong place. check my post above to find the correct location.

sers,
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Post by pbhawkin1 »

Thanks Thomas. I never even realized that there were files and folders in the Documents area!
all working correctly now.
Happy New Year
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