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Imeror wrote: Wed Mar 05, 2025 3:02 pm Firstly, a last very small update for Russia Chapter 2.
It's nearly nothing: I have just forgot to replace the Polish air insign (used as placeholder) of the "Ghost of Kyiv" unit by the Ukrainian one; and the OMON unit picture.



The link is already updated, and you'll find it as usual at the start of the thread with every other campaigns.




So, what's next?

The next campaign will be set in Afghanistan in 2021, this time alongside the British Army; in the last moments before the US evacuation. Your core will have to deploy in the country to urgently accomplish a special mission before the end of the evacuation.
Now that I know how to make campaigns, I will look at the unit creation I'll try to represent few ANA units and talibans; but don't except something big. I don't need many units and will have to understand how it works, so my objectives are low; don't await a complete roster with 30 units each There will just be a few infantry units and vehicles.

The 2nd US campaign will follow, then I'll AT LEAST start Part 3 of the story. I plan to do more than 10, the finish line is still very far


Another project I had and that I can begin to work with.
I previously made a huge map of France (99x99) with the intend to do a Civil War scenario. You certainly know how we like to hit each other here



The map is still unpolished and need numerous improvements; but I put this project on stand-by, the time to understand how to create units. I needed to create a french mirror army (same units in a different army with it's own different flag) and "volunteers and partisans", and that was beyond what I was able to do back then. Now that to learn how to create units is my next step, I begin to reconsider working on it


I also still have a naval campaign in mind; but I await to see what the naval adjustments will look like in MC From what I understand, it will not be released soon, but I have other projects to achieve before anyway




And I've still not continued to play the Chinese campaign! I'll continue it before working on my projects


Have fun

bondjamesbond wrote: Fri Mar 07, 2025 7:05 pm I see you have updated some pictures ) In general this map has become just lovely everything is displayed perfectly you can even raise the difficulty level ))))) ‘Ghost of Kiev’ lucky ace he always managed to get away from the destruction at the very last moment but luck changed him when he was hunted as he shot down my “Syrian” crocodile )))) Screenshots and replay attached )))))

Imeror wrote: Fri Mar 07, 2025 9:23 pm

bondjamesbond wrote: Fri Mar 07, 2025 7:05 pm I see you have updated some pictures ) In general this map has become just lovely everything is displayed perfectly you can even raise the difficulty level ))))) ‘Ghost of Kiev’ lucky ace he always managed to get away from the destruction at the very last moment but luck changed him when he was hunted as he shot down my “Syrian” crocodile )))) Screenshots and replay attached )))))

Initially, I designed the scenario with older equipment for the player.
In the campaign, he has experienced troops with a little bit better equipment than in the initial map pack. Since the mission was a little bit hard for a level coming so soon in the long campaign, I decided to not change much the opponent units to reduce the difficulty.

Keep your core after Krementchouk and Dnipro: you'll need them again later

Imeror wrote: Sat Mar 08, 2025 9:13 pm Some news for the week-end.

As usual, my pace will be quite slow since there is a new Tobi's campaign, and I'm also a player. I am playing it, so I will consequently advance less quickly my next campaign. Plus, I am discovering how to create and modify units, so it requieres more work than usual.
But I advance nonetheless.


Since the next release is also a "chapter 1" (the start of a new long campaign, since chapters are supossed to be played one after another with the same core like vanilla Grand Campaign; the Russian long campaign is currently the only one to have this feature since it has two chapters for now) and that I know I was a bit too ambitious with the first ukrainian pack ; it will be similar to the first Russian campaign in Syria: low units count, relatively short scenarios, some experimental things but mostly classical situations.




We did not coordinate with Tobi, but it will be Afghanistan again

Imeror wrote: Sat Mar 08, 2025 11:14 pm Hehe, maybe I have badly explain my whole projects. I should rewrite the front page, now that it really take form thanks to the campaign system from MC 2.0.

Each campaigns I made are in the same setting. My scenarios are a ways to tell my story. In my project, I even consider the story as important as the scenarios themselves
Each chapters from the same country are meant to be played with the same core. You begin with "chapter 1" from one country, then other chapters will be released for that faction allowing you to continue the story with the core you had in the "chapter 1" of said country. That's what you have done with the two russians chapters currently released. More russians chapters will arrive in the future, allowing you to continue to use your core in new opearations that will happen in my story; but Russia will not be the only one to have a long campaign linking every of it's chapters!
The campaigns you began in Syria with the US or in Mali with France will also have sequels allowing you to continue to play with the cores you created with them. When I sayed my project is big, I was not joking

Thus, the campaign that I am creating in Afghanistan with the British are in the same setting than the others, but it's just another "chapter 1", where you will start a new core with the British army. the British troops you'll have will be send in other theatres in future campaigns focused on them.
Part 2 continue some of those campaigns and start the Ukrainian one.
Part 3 will also continue some of those campaigns and (spoil ) start the Turkish one.
Part 4 will do the same etc...



If you look my first post, you'll see that I have divided my campaigns into parts. Each part tell a particular part of the story in one particular time period of my story.
The first one "The World Order" shows the setting and the first hints of what will happen.
- in the US campaign, you see the US supporting it's allies in vast international coalitions. In mission 2, France and the UK send you some help; but the player also see that the game is not that easy. ISIL is the ennemy, but the SDF that the player support has some problems with the syrian regime, leading to political turmoil and a fight against SAA with russians support at Khasham. (historical battle, by the way. This one was very hard to represent with panzer corps mechanics). The stage and the main actors are ready ;
- in the European one, you see the reliance of some important actors towards the US and international institutions. Playing with the French, you'll have sometimes a few support for acquiring intels from the US and a unit of German mine defusers is send from MINUSMA (the U.N. force in Mali). they are anecdotical in the scenario, but they tell something important from a storytelling point of view That's what is the "world order" from the title ;
- the British one will be during the US withdrawal from Afghanistan. The player core is deployed to accomplish a last task before the US go away, and the US will do their plan without taking anything into account from their British partners, causing the first distrust between various NATO members (yes, I have planned a division inside NATO, that's why there is Europe, US and UK campaigns; and no NATO ones ) ;
- in the Russian one, you see how the first shows of weakness and divisions among allies push other countries to take more agressive actions.

And here start "Part 2: Destabilization", about the invasion of Ukraine.
This part have 3 chapters. In 2 of them, you continue previous chapters : the Russian one (you have already played it) and the US one (not released yet). The last one start a new long campaign about Ukraine.
Part 3 will have the 3rd Russian chapter ; 2nd european chapter ; 2nd British chapter ; 1st Turkish chapter.


I am just beginning to tell my story

Tobi72 wrote: Sun Mar 09, 2025 6:17 pm Since I have some time next week, I wanted to start one or two of their campaigns. I'll start with the first US campaign.
If I've read and understood correctly, there is a core army that I can then take over into the next US campaign, right?

bondjamesbond wrote: Sun Mar 09, 2025 8:09 pm Is it harder to play or have I relaxed ) And where did my Syrian veteran Mi-24 helicopter disappeared, only two MiG 29s left, the third one I bought )))

Tobi72 wrote: Sun Mar 09, 2025 8:50 pm Yes, I had this problem too. Units suddenly disappear from one mission to the next.
When I noticed this, I reworked the scenario and set the deployment fields for all core units so that I had no units in reserve. After that, the error was gone and no longer occurred, although I later deployed fewer units in the next missions and the rest remained in reserve, at least in my test. I had also experienced this phenomenon in an unmodified original Panzer Corps campaign.