Panzer Corps Toolkit v2.0.5.1 (22/08/26)

[bondjamesbond]

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An alpha test of combat between the human player and the AI opponent.

Some gameplay mechanics are deliberately different from those in Panzer General and the more recent Panzer Corps.

Units with transport can mount, move, dismount, and still attack if eligible. Artillery can provide supporting fire based on its firing range, so it no longer needs to be adjacent to the unit it is supporting.

The game runs as a native 64-bit Windows application.
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Suggestions and feedback welcome.

https://www.old-games.com/download/5459/panzer-general
https://www.myabandonware.com/game/allied-general-3g5
https://www.myabandonware.com/game/panzer-general-2as

I have two questions: how will your game differ from *Panzer General Forever*, and how can I create those animation circles that still fill me with a pleasant sense of nostalgia for my youth?
https://panzergeneraldownload.com/panze ... rever.html
https://steamcommunity.com/groups/PGTWar


https://vgtimes.ru/games/panzer-general ... gameheader
https://psxplanet.ru/Panzer-General

[nikivdd]

I have two questions: how will your game differ from *Panzer General Forever*, and how can I create those animation circles that still fill me with a pleasant sense of nostalgia for my youth?

This project is at the very early stage, one difference is the transport of units who can mount, move, dismount and attack; another difference is that artillery and AA give covering fire as far as their range allows, friendly unit adjacency is not necessary.
I decided not to implement the circular animations, there are over 600 shp files with their animation frames.

[bondjamesbond]

I have two questions: how will your game differ from *Panzer General Forever*, and how can I create those animation circles that still fill me with a pleasant sense of nostalgia for my youth?

This project is at the very early stage, one difference is the transport of units who can mount, move, dismount and attack; another difference is that artillery and AA give covering fire as far as their range allows, friendly unit adjacency is not necessary.
I decided not to implement the circular animations, there are over 600 shp files with their animation frames.

https://www.mobygames.com/game/1021/pan ... ge-413255/
Thank you for your replies – it’s a shame there won’t be any animation circles )
https://www.mobygames.com/game/1021/pan ... reenshots/

[nikivdd]

Thanks for your input. I hope to implement a lot of features. But first i need to have the basics ready. My first aim is to have the original campaign running, the second is a Scenario generator. Currently i am still busy to implement the update and purchase mechanism followed by the creation of the deployement phase. The game will be free to play but a copy of DOS Panzer General must be on your device.

[bondjamesbond]

Thanks for your input. I hope to implement a lot of features. But first i need to have the basics ready. My first aim is to have the original campaign running, the second is a Scenario generator. Currently i am still busy to implement the update and purchase mechanism followed by the creation of the deployement phase. The game will be free to play but a copy of DOS Panzer General must be on your device.

We’d like to express our respect and gratitude to you for continuing to delight us with your creativity and experiments!
https://psxplanet.ru/Panzer-General
But why specifically the DOS version? After all, there was a version for Windows 1995 too!
https://vkplay.ru/play/game/panzer_gene ... indows_95/
https://www.homeoftheunderdogs.net/game.php?id=4758
https://www.allvideoclassicgames.com/co ... mes?page=4
https://archive.org/details/00627-panze ... 1/mode/2up
https://mega.nz/file/C1MCgSgS#Q9y0bOda1 ... 9fwoWNVVF0

[cw58]

We’d like to express our respect and gratitude to you for continuing to delight us with your creativity and experiments!

I'd like to second this!

[bondjamesbond]

We’d like to express our respect and gratitude to you for continuing to delight us with your creativity and experiments!

I'd like to second this!

Yes, I would play in Korea with such animation in circles)))
https://www.old-games.ru/game/download/178.html
https://www.old-games.ru/game/download/176.html
https://www.old-games.ru/game/download/175.html

Is it true that the Wehrmacht suffered greater losses in three months of fighting against the USSR than it did during the entire previous war?
https://dzen.ru/a/aOJEPSLF_3k3-T7Q?from_site=mail

[nikivdd]

A sample of an update of the game.
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Panzer General Windows v0.4.11 — Tactical Status & Adaptive AI.

This build includes the latest batch of changes:

strength plates are now cropped from their large transparent source canvas and positioned underneath the unit

added tactical status cluster:
ammo icon left of strength
strength plate center
fuel icon right
green 50–100%
orange 25–49%
red below 25%
ammo/fuel icons disappear when the active unit/transport profile does not use that resource
mounted units display transport ammo/fuel status
exhausted units stay sharp and receive only subtle dimming

selected-unit top status:
Awaiting orders — green
Attack available — orange
Move available — orange
No actions remaining — dark red

artillery remains one-way indirect fire even against an adjacent unit

no meaningless Missed text appears over an indirect-fire shooter

combat floating text duration shortened by roughly 0.5 seconds

standard informational Windows message boxes used by the main UI have been replaced by our borderless PG-style in-game message panel

the unwanted toolbar separator is now a visible but disabled unused button

AI can use mount → transport move → dismount

AI now remembers player artillery support fire for the remainder of its current turn
after suffering artillery support, it penalizes repeating attacks through the suspected artillery-covered area
it can instead favor alternate approaches/flanking and somewhat more defensible terrain
this does not reveal hidden artillery positions to the AI
the artillery-danger memory resets after each AI turn

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All Class 1 units are inherently Overrun-capable
Any unit from another class can also gain Overrun capability through the Traits column
Overrun becomes the first active trait supported by the game
the Traits column is now officially activated instead of being a placeholder

[nikivdd]

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A second video.
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Units with transport can mount, move, dismount, and still attack if eligible. Artillery can provide supporting fire based on its firing range, so it no longer needs to be adjacent to the unit it is supporting. Severely damaged AI units will retreat. If an AI unit attacks a friendly unit protected by supporting artillery, the AI will not send another unit into the same meat grinder during that turn.
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Questions and suggestions welcome.

[Tobi72]

Hello,
This is a serious question, Niko:

Are you working on something like a campaign generator where, in the end, you would only have to provide fairly broad instructions, for example:

“Generate a 10-mission campaign set during World War II. Theme: the Battle for Caen in 1944. Focus on the combat operations of the 21st Panzer Division at historical locations, with tactical counterattacks, individual briefings and debriefings, historically appropriate units, briefing/debriefing images, and so on.”

And then the system would actually generate the complete campaign from those instructions?

[nikivdd]

Hello,
This is a serious question, Niko:

Are you working on something like a campaign generator where, in the end, you would only have to provide fairly broad instructions, for example:

“Generate a 10-mission campaign set during World War II. Theme: the Battle for Caen in 1944. Focus on the combat operations of the 21st Panzer Division at historical locations, with tactical counterattacks, individual briefings and debriefings, historically appropriate units, briefing/debriefing images, and so on.”

And then the system would actually generate the complete campaign from those instructions?

Not at all. I do have some ideas for a scenario generator similar to Fantasy General, or even a campaign generator similar to Steel Panthers but not like your example.

[Tobi72]

My goal is to get Sol to the point where, with just a few commands and requirements, she can design a complete, playable scenario or even an entire campaign. For relatively simple and less demanding projects, this already works very well. But I still have a lot to learn too.

For now, however, I want to work with existing mods and their equipment files. I am not planning to create a completely new mod from scratch.

At least not yet.

P.S. Steel Panthers was a great game.

[nikivdd]

My goal is to get Sol to the point where, with just a few commands and requirements, she can design a complete, playable scenario or even an entire campaign. For relatively simple and less demanding projects, this already works very well. But I still have a lot to learn too.

For now, however, I want to work with existing mods and their equipment files. I am not planning to create a completely new mod from scratch.

At least not yet.

P.S. Steel Panthers was a great game.

Ask Sol to create a template for scenario and campaign creation. Use those templates to create, and while testing, if need be, tell Sol (her/his/its) mistakes and must update the templates. Also for each filled in template by you and passing on she should automatically check online sources. Sol will get smarter but needs sufficient "food"

[Tobi72]

My goal is to get Sol to the point where, with just a few commands and requirements, she can design a complete, playable scenario or even an entire campaign. For relatively simple and less demanding projects, this already works very well. But I still have a lot to learn too.

For now, however, I want to work with existing mods and their equipment files. I am not planning to create a completely new mod from scratch.

At least not yet.

P.S. Steel Panthers was a great game.

Ask Sol to create a template for scenario and campaign creation. Use those templates to create, and while testing, if need be, tell Sol (her/his/its) mistakes and must update the templates. Also for each filled in template by you and passing on she should automatically check online sources. Sol will get smarter but needs sufficient "food"

That is actually very close to the way I am working with Sol already.

I started with very small test scenarios and taught her the structure step by step. Whenever something went wrong during testing, I explained the mistake, and we added a new rule or corrected an existing one.

Over time this has basically turned into a growing set of templates and fixed rules for map creation, unit placement, objectives, triggers, campaign structure and so on.

So yes, I think your suggestion is exactly the right direction. The important part is that the templates should not remain static — they need to evolve with every test and every mistake we discover.

[Tobi72]

Our Panzer Corps project archive, including all the rules, reference scenarios, tests and technical notes, has now grown to around 18 MB — and we are already at version 56.

[bondjamesbond]

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A second video.
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Units with transport can mount, move, dismount, and still attack if eligible. Artillery can provide supporting fire based on its firing range, so it no longer needs to be adjacent to the unit it is supporting. Severely damaged AI units will retreat. If an AI unit attacks a friendly unit protected by supporting artillery, the AI will not send another unit into the same meat grinder during that turn.
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Questions and suggestions welcome.

A timeless classic – even with a new engine – is eternal! )

[Tobi72]

My goal is to get Sol to the point where, with just a few commands and requirements, she can design a complete, playable scenario or even an entire campaign. For relatively simple and less demanding projects, this already works very well. But I still have a lot to learn too.

For now, however, I want to work with existing mods and their equipment files. I am not planning to create a completely new mod from scratch.

At least not yet.

P.S. Steel Panthers was a great game.

Ask Sol to create a template for scenario and campaign creation. Use those templates to create, and while testing, if need be, tell Sol (her/his/its) mistakes and must update the templates. Also for each filled in template by you and passing on she should automatically check online sources. Sol will get smarter but needs sufficient "food"

By the way, your prompt for getting the Panzer Corps perspective right was very helpful. Thank you!

[nikivdd]

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UI alpha test

[nikivdd]

Campaign Options version 1.
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Any option ideas or requests?
Suggestions are always welcome.

[bondjamesbond]

Campaign Options version 1.
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001.png
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Any option ideas or requests?
Suggestions are always welcome.

Hi !
Will there be a Russian version?