Modern Conflicts 2.15 (RELEASED)

[uzbek2012]

Hello guys. I expect to release 1.4 these coming days

In the meanwhile I managed to create more desert-style villages and towns just like McGuba sugested.



In the end the scenario will have less turns than I anticipated, around 30. Which I think it is just perfect, not too short, not too long. Also the final size has been tuned down a little bit.
We are performing the final tests with Estherr for multiplayer, and my tests against the AI went pretty well
All is set, in a few days the Persian Gulf '91 scenario will be out on the streets, along with a lot of improvements to the base mod.

Best regards,
Akkula.

Oh it's good that there will be an update very soon ) Will there ever be such a scenario ?) I wonder how the game will behave when tanks collide with jeeps
«Toyota war» Part 1
https://zen.yandex.ru/media/id/5dab4358 ... 4776074fce
Desert Blitzkrieg - jeeps against tanks in Chad. Part 2
https://zen.yandex.ru/media/id/5dab4358 ... 11d1eaa3f0

[McGuba]

Hello guys. I expect to release 1.4 these coming days

In the meanwhile I managed to create more desert-style villages and towns just like McGuba sugested.

Nice!

Maybe one more thing to consider: although I really like just about all those modern fighter planes I think it would be better to tone down those AA missles a bit. I mean they just look too bright, too white. I understand that you may want to emphasise the difference between their air-air / air-ground modes but I think these bright white missles stand out too much. While the aircraft models themselves look really cool and photo realistic those missles somehow ruin the overall feel and turn them a bit cartoon or hand-drawn like, if you know what I mean.

For example here I reduced the contrast of the AA missles of the Mig-29 in the bottom of the picure by 20 with GIMP:

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I think they look more natural compared to the missles of the other NATO planes above it.

Just my two cents and it may not be perfect and I may be totally wrong.

[McGuba]

Hmm...

Or maybe even better using scale-downed images of actual missiles?

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[Akkula]

Maybe one more thing to consider: although I really like just about all those modern fighter planes I think it would be better to tone down those AA missles a bit. I mean they just look too bright, too white. I understand that you may want to emphasise the difference between their air-air / air-ground modes but I think these bright white missles stand out too much. While the aircraft models themselves look really cool and photo realistic those missles somehow ruin the overall feel and turn them a bit cartoon or hand-drawn like, if you know what I mean.

For example here I reduced the contrast of the AA missles of the Mig-29 in the bottom of the picure by 20 with GIMP:


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I think they look more natural compared to the missles of the other NATO planes above it.

Just my two cents and it may not be perfect and I may be totally wrong.

Hi McGuba!, thanks for your comments.
First point, correct: I wanted to emphasize the different between ground and air attacks. Actually the entire design of the bombs and missiles belongs to phcas, he made those terrific icons that really changed the face of the mod during the early stages of development.
Second point. Yes, maybe by now it is time to improve those graphics. The only "but" is that would require gigantic amount of time to rework all the air units; I think I have to gather motivation to start to work on that . But yes, I take your points, in some time I could work on them.
Thanks a lot for your comments.

Best regards,
Horacio.
PS: I like the "small" versions as well . I think both could coexist depending the size of the aircraft.

[Akkula]

Hello all,
I confirm the release of 1.4 THIS week. At the moment we are running the last test with Estherr and just few details needed to be adjusted, so worst case scenario should be Friday


Best regards,
Horacio.

[glaude1955]

hip hip hip hourra !

[McGuba]

Awesome, sir!

I hope you do not take my suggestions as nitpicking, but my experience shows that another pair of eyes can spot things that the creator may not. Anyways, this mod is clearly getting better and better by the day!

[uzbek2012]

Hello all,
I confirm the release of 1.4 THIS week. At the moment we are running the last test with Estherr and just few details needed to be adjusted, so worst case scenario should be Friday


Best regards,
Horacio.

Great screenshots, I hope the new version will be released this week or it's not even about this year

[1ang]

CIAO AKKULA,
THANKS FOR THE MOD AND WHAT YOU DO OR DO AND GOOD CONTINUE

[Estherr]

Hello all,
I confirm the release of 1.4 THIS week. At the moment we are running the last test with Estherr and just few details needed to be adjusted, so worst case scenario should be Friday

Best regards,
Horacio.

More like my Iraqi troops are being annihilated, but otherwise it's fun

[Akkula]

Hello everyone!.
Modern Conflicts 1.4 is out!.
Download -Modern Conflicts v1.4-
http://www.mediafire.com/file/541jc7fj2 ... 4.rar/file


I hope you enjoy it. Several updates have been made, but of course the highlight is the new big scenario Persian Gulf 1991 with a brand new nation: Irak; and of course "old" units for the NATO powers involved in that conflict.
As always, feedback of any kind is appreciated (ideas, bugs, questions, etc).
More announcements to come during the next weeks.

Best regards,
Akkula.

Changelog 1.4

GENERAL
- Nations: Irak (1990), Saudi Arabia (1990)

SCENARIOS
- NEW: Gulf War '91
- USA vs Russia (Syria): Old Russian tanks removed from the purchase options.

UNITS
Russia
- MT-LBM 6MB3
- T-55AMV
- T-72 Ural
- T-72A
- T-72M
- T-72B
- T-72S

France
- Foreign Legion
- 155mm GCT AUF1
- 155mm GCT AUF2
- SAMP/T Aster 30
- VAB Mephisto
- VBL Mistral
- AMX-30
- AMX-30 B2 BRENUS
- E-3F Sentry
- Aquitaine-Class Frigate
- Horizon-Class Frigate

France (1990s)
- Panhard AML-90
- Mirage F1C-200
- SEPECAT Jaguar A

Italy (Nation only expanded, not used yet)
- Infantry: IT Infantry / MG Inf. / Alpine Inf. / RPG Inf. / Paratroopers / Bersaglieri
- Tanks: C1 Ariete
- AFV: B1 Centauro / Puma 4x4
- Artillery: PzH 2000 / M270E1 / OTO Melara Mod56 L33
- Ground Transports: VTLM Lince / Puma 6x6 / M113A1
- Combat Aircrafts: F-2000A / F-2000B / F-35A / AMX International / AV-8B Harrier II / Panavia Tornado / NH90 NFH
- Air Transports: CH-47 Chinook / NH90 TTH / Piaggio P.180 Avanti / C-130J Hercules / Alenia C-27J Spartan
- Submarines: Sauro-Class / Todaro Class
- Frigates: Maestrale-Class / Orizzonte-Class / Bergamini-Class
- Carriers: Giuseppe Garibaldi-Class / Cavour-Class

Lithuania
- BTR-60PB

USA
- US Navy SEALs
- M60A1 RISE Passive
- E-3G Sentry
- E-8 Joint STARS

USA (1990s)
- M551
- M1A1 MCS (Mine Clearing System)
- F-4E Phantom II
- F-14A Tomcat
- F-16A
- A-6E Intruder
- A-7 Corsar II
- F-111E / F-111F
- F-117
- Iwo Jima-Class Battleship

Irak (1990s)
- Infantry: Regular / MG Inf. / RPG / Republican Guard
- Tanks: T-55A / T-55QM / T-55 / T-55QM2 / T-55 Enigma / Type 59 / Type 69 / Type 69QM / Type 69QM2 / Lion of Babylon / T-72 Ural / T-72M / T-72M1
- AFV: BMP-1 / BMP-2 / BRDM-2 / AML-90
- Artillery: 2S1 / 2S3 / BM-21 / M109A1 / AuF1 / R-17 Elbrus
- Anti-Air: ZSU-23-2 / ZSU-23-4 Shilka / 2K12 Kub / 9K35M3 Strela-10 / S-75
- Ground Transports: BTR-60PB / MT-LB / Ural 4320
- Combat Aircrafts: Mirage F1EQ / Shenyang F-6A / MiG-21MF / MiG-21bis / MiG-23MS / MiG-23MF / MiG-23BN / MiG-25PD / MiG-29B / Sukhoi Su-7B / Sukhoi Su-22M3 / Sukhoi Su-22M4 / Sukhoi Su-25K
- Air Transports: Il-76M
- AWACS: Baghdad-2

UK
- E-3D Sentry

UK (1990s)
- Centurion Mk.5 AVRE 165
- Buccaneer S.2
- SEPECAT Jaguar GR1


GRAPHICS/SOUNDS
* An emblem has been added to all special infantry units for all nations (SAS, Spetsnaz, Foreign Legion, etc). This would ease their identification on populated situations.
* Many ground attack sounds for several attack aircrafts have been fixed.

- LAV-25A2: icon reworked
- MT-LB: icon reworked
- MT-LBM: icon reworked
- T-55A: icon reworked
- T-55MV: icon reworked
- ALL T-72 series icons reworked.
- T-90MS: icon improved.
- French Naval Commando: icon reworked.
- AMX-10RC: icon reworked. movement sound corrected.
- AMX-30B2: icon reworked
- Su-22M4: icon reworked.
- Minor improvements in several icons.
- Minor animations corrected.

EQUIPMENT
* The strategic bombers have received a massive boost. Now they are powerful long range bombing aicrafts but at the cost of few ammo.
Also, stealth bombers like the B-2 now have massive ground defence stas to simulate their invulnerability against conventional air defence systems.
* All AWACS aircraft have their air defence stats greatly decreased. They were too powerful against fighters attacks.
* Wheeled movement: penalties on desert terrain reduced.

Germany:
- LGS Fennek: movement type corrected.
- TPZ Fuchs: movement type corrected.
- GTK Boxer: movement type corrected.
- ATF Dingo 2 A2: movement type corrected.
- MIM-104F: movement type corrected.

France
- AMX-10RC: movement type corrected.
- AMX-56 S2: HA increased / GD increased. Availability date changed.
- AMX-56 SXXI: HA increased / GD increased
- CAESAR: GD decreased, AD decreased
- Mirage 2000N: movement reduced (fixed).

Russia
- T-55A: GA and AD reduced. HA reduced
- T-55MV: GA and AD reduced. HA reduced
- T-55AMV: GA and AD reduced. HA reduced
- T-62A: GA and AD reduced. HA reduced
- T-64BV1: GA and AD reduced. HA reduced
- T-72 series reworked: T-72 Ural / T-72A / T-72M / T-72M1 / T-72B / T-72S / T-72BA / T-72B2 / T-72B3 / T-72B3 obr2016
- T-90 series: Cost increased.
- MT-LBM renamed to MT-LBM izdeliye 6M
- 2K12 Kub: movement type corrected.
- 9K317M2 Buk: movement type corrected.
- Pantsir S2: movement type corrected.
- S-300PMU-2: movement type corrected.
- S-400: movement type corrected.
- BTR family: movement type corrected.
- Ka-27M: Naval attack slightly reduced.
- MiG-29 series: Cost reduced.
- MiG-35: Initiative increased
- Beriev A-50: AD decreased.
- Tu-22M3: Naval variant added (normal ground variant: NA removed, movement type "land-air").
- Tu-95MS: Naval attack removed.
- Tu-142MZ: Naval attack slightly increased.

USA
- HMMWV: movement type corrected.
- M1A2 series: names corrected.
- MIM-104F: movement type corrected.
- AN/TWQ-1: movement type corrected.
- LAV-25A2: movement type corrected.
- Stryker AFV/IFV family: movement type corrected.
- Oshkosh AFV/IFV family: movement type corrected.
- F-16C/D: recon and ground attack variants AA reduced.
- A-10: Fuel reduced / Movement slightly reduced
- B-52H: Ammo reduced. SA and HA increased. lsup/carpb traits removed. ROF greatly increased.
- B-1: Ammo reduced. SA and HA increased. lsup/carpb traits removed. ROF greatly increased.
- B-2: Ammo reduced. SA and HA increased. GD greatly increased. lsup/carpb traits removed. ROF greatly increased.
- EV-130: AD decreased.
- Ohio-Class SSGN Sub: Ranged ground attack mode added.

Belarus
- BTR family: movement type corrected.

Ukraine
- HMMWV M114: movement type corrected.
- BTR family: movement type corrected.
- MT-LBM: changed to MT-LB. More changes in future updates.
- Su-24M: SA reduced, HA reduced.
- Su-25UM1: SA and HA reduced. GD reduced.

Poland
- Rosomak AFV/IFV family: movement type corrected.
- Tumak series: movement type corrected.
- PT-91MA1: Unit removed.
- ZSU-23-2: transports available.
- F-16C: recon variant AA reduced.

Netherlands:
- TPZ Fuchs: movement type corrected.
- GTK Boxer: movement type corrected.
- MIM-104F: movement type corrected.
- F-16AM: recon and ground attack variants AA reduced.

Norway:
- F-16A: recon and ground attack variants AA reduced.

Denmark:
- F-16AM: recon and ground attack variants AA reduced.

Argentina
- AML-90: movement type corrected to wheeled.
- SP-2H Neptune: AD decreased.

NATO CAMPAIGN
- Nato 07: locations names corrected.
- Nato 08: locations names corrected.
- Nato 09: locations names corrected.
- Nato 10: locations names corrected.
- Nato 17: Tu-22M3 changed to naval variant.
- Nato 18: Tu-22M3 changed to naval variant.

RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN
- Russia 04: Aux. Tu-22M3 changed to naval variant.
- Russia 06: Road near Vyborg corrected.

OTHERS
- Purchase Screen: nations available expanded.
- Library updated.

[1ang]

CIAO AKKULA
thank you

[nono hard et heavy]

Hello Akkula.
Great job, thanks.
Greetings from France.
Bruno

[uzbek2012]

Thank you ) partisan methods can even win against the coalition )

[Akkula]

Thank you guys!. I hope you enjoy it.
And kudos to uzbek it is not easy to win as Iraq, congratulations!.

Best regards,
Akkula.

[uzbek2012]

Thank you guys!. I hope you enjoy it.
And kudos to uzbek it is not easy to win as Iraq, congratulations!.

Best regards,
Akkula.

Thanks Akkula ) Winning for the coalition is generally easy to play though something did not allow us to reach Baghdad ) We will wait for 2003

[jeffoot77]

wow! thxs for this hard work !

[glaude1955]

Bravo Akkula for your splendid scenario.
A remark, you did not equip the French contingent with artillery.
The 11th RAMa (11th Marine Artillery Regiment) is the organic regiment of the 9th Marine Infantry Brigade for which it is responsible for fire support.
Composed of about 900 men, it is equipped with Caesar cannons and 120 mm mortars.

Best regards

Yves

[Akkula]

Bravo Akkula for your splendid scenario.
A remark, you did not equip the French contingent with artillery.
The 11th RAMa (11th Marine Artillery Regiment) is the organic regiment of the 9th Marine Infantry Brigade for which it is responsible for fire support.
Composed of about 900 men, it is equipped with Caesar cannons and 120 mm mortars.

Best regards

Yves

Hi Yves!, thanks for your words.
About the lack of French artillery, there are two reasons
- I thought the CAESAR entered service in the French Army much later after the Gulf war.
- I couldn't find enough material to create the artillery equipment used in Desert Storm (the French ofc). Curiously the AuF1 was used by the Iraqis but not by the French as far as I know.
But don't worry, there is always room for improvement. I will see what can I do in version 1.5. Don't worry.
Thanks for your suggestions.

Best regards,
Akkula.

[Akkula]

wow! thxs for this hard work !

Thanks jeffoot77!.
It was a hard work indeed!. Also for Estherr who helped me a lot during the testing and bugs finding.
Now I am back in to workshop working for 1.5

Best regards,
Akkula.