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by REDrake
2023-10-26 19:53, Thursday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: Back Sort Of...
Replies: 49
Views: 31847

Re: Back Sort Of...

Already done... On your map, modified... Since, I have been living here, I came to realize what a dreadful experience a naval invasion of Malta would have been. Only 3-4 usable beaches all with bottleneck canyons and the terrain would be terrible for paratroopers... Except she's not yet ready for my...
by REDrake
2023-10-25 04:01, Wednesday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: Back Sort Of...
Replies: 49
Views: 31847

Re: Back Sort Of...

Yesterday I showed her the standalone SSI scenario of Malta. She immediately see spotted errors in geography and then misspelling of Valletta as Vallena... I do agree, that map is messed up
by REDrake
2023-10-23 07:20, Monday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: Back Sort Of...
Replies: 49
Views: 31847

Re: Back Sort Of...

Yes. I started to get her used with Age of Empires 1&2 and at some point I told her about PG2...

She is still struggling to learn, as she constantly buys planes only and sends artillery to the front lines...
by REDrake
2023-10-21 21:02, Saturday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: Back Sort Of...
Replies: 49
Views: 31847

Re: Back Sort Of...

Another post. Unfortunately, my gaming days are on hold for now. My laptop died and I was unable to buy a new one, because in Malta they are insanely expensive... However... I did manage to pass unto another the enjoyment of playing Panzer General 2... She's 9 and she managed to win her first scenar...
by REDrake
2023-06-06 16:09, Tuesday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: Back Sort Of...
Replies: 49
Views: 31847

Re: Back Sort Of...

Back again... Still living in Malta, becoming more of a Brit each day... I would like to get back to Panzer General one of these days, but for the past months I got more and more into playing Order of Battle World War II. Not to mention some Close Combat games... My e-file is still saved as well as ...
by REDrake
2022-05-20 09:21, Friday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: Back Sort Of...
Replies: 49
Views: 31847

Re: Back Sort Of...

:howdy REDrake. In Germany we say: other countries, other customs. Therefore my question - is your professional qualification as a lawyer fully recognized in Malta? In any case, I wish you good luck and success. Actually it isn't. That was never on the table when I considered moving out. But I am w...
by REDrake
2022-05-18 06:49, Wednesday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: Back Sort Of...
Replies: 49
Views: 31847

Re: Back Sort Of...

So, back again.

Now however, with a change of scenery due to my own personal Operation Herkules...

Relocated to Malta a week ago. Romania was just not suitable anymore for a legal professional...
by REDrake
2021-12-20 11:39, Monday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: Back Sort Of...
Replies: 49
Views: 31847

Re: Back Sort Of...

My kid already knows what other Cobi sets wants... She wants especially the Graf Zeppelin carrier. But she also wants the German 1940 Narvik soldiers (which I already bought), the Churchill tank, the T34/85, Bf-110D, Pz-IVG and VW Schwimwagen (I hope I spelled it right). I definitely cannot afford t...
by REDrake
2021-12-17 21:01, Friday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: Back Sort Of...
Replies: 49
Views: 31847

Re: Back Sort Of...

I'll make you a purchase suggestion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQTWJi1anUo The box includes a red "dragon" and a tank, I'll gladly take the DVD's myself ;) . Awesome. Of course that would be a Santa gift to remember, as I am also a fan of Sabaton... Cobi kind of tricked me. Like I said I orde...
by REDrake
2021-12-15 08:10, Wednesday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: Back Sort Of...
Replies: 49
Views: 31847

Re: Back Sort Of...

She is not angry, especially since the other day kid wrote to Santa that she wants a red dragon toy... Suddenly, a plane and a tank, sound so much better...
by REDrake
2021-12-13 15:05, Monday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: Back Sort Of...
Replies: 49
Views: 31847

Re: Back Sort Of...

Well, she is addicted to Lego since she was 2. She has a lot of lego sets. But I had my eyes on these Cobi sets for about a year or so. Yes, I also saw those huge ships, but they are quite expensive. around 150 Euros for Graf Zeppelin. The cheapest is the VIIB U-boat, at 35 Euros. For now, I want th...
by REDrake
2021-12-13 14:29, Monday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: Back Sort Of...
Replies: 49
Views: 31847

Re: Back Sort Of...

Yes, I will make it. Nowadays, I am trying to lecture my 7 years old daughter in the pleasures of history and wargaming... For now, no computer games (although, she likes it when I used to play Age of Empires in front of her, past summer), but I aim for Santa to bring her 3 COBI (LEGO from Germany) ...
by REDrake
2021-11-29 15:34, Monday
Forum: Equipment Files
Topic: ATOMIC Efile [see 1st post]
Replies: 420
Views: 462667

Re: ATOMIC Efile [check 1st post]

US has 37 transports and i have only 14 + one mule + one empty transport weights available... so i have to stuff different transports into the same weights.... I for one placed transports based on the likelihood of being in use by the same units. Just as an example, I have a weight for trucks, anot...
by REDrake
2021-11-29 10:44, Monday
Forum: Equipment Files
Topic: ATOMIC Efile [see 1st post]
Replies: 420
Views: 462667

Re: ATOMIC Efile [check 1st post]

I played a little on your Allied Invasion of Italy campaign... I do hope that in the future you will work on your ships. Having all light cruisers, heavy cruisers and battleships dropped into a capitol ship category is limiting. Especially since it allows players to upgrade light cruisers to battles...
by REDrake
2021-11-29 09:34, Monday
Forum: Designers’ Corner
Topic: Fictional Campaigns Thread
Replies: 15
Views: 4125

Re: Fictional Campaigns Thread

Just came across Operation Unthinkable , a hypothetical attack of the western allies on Soviet troops in Germany on 1st July 1945. There would also be Polish and even German forces fighting with the western allies. That would be a good starting point for a campaign. The attack would have been taken...
by REDrake
2021-11-28 15:27, Sunday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: Back Sort Of...
Replies: 49
Views: 31847

Re: Back Sort Of...

Hello people, Sorry for me very lengthy absence. Things went to toilet with my life this past summer. Problems with the job, financial issues, moved our to a rented apartment where my PC is still in a box and came very close to divorce. 2 months ago, I was forced into putting on hold any ideas of wo...
by REDrake
2021-05-28 15:25, Friday
Forum: Equipment Files
Topic: REDrake's REDPac Efile thread
Replies: 14
Views: 8069

Re: REDrake's REDPac Efile thread

Had a bit of a setback lately. One of my HDDs went down. I was able to save about 80% of the data from it, but some files got corrupted. That unfortunately include some of the text files for my campaigns... :whine
by REDrake
2021-04-29 06:08, Thursday
Forum: Designers’ Corner
Topic: Dev Playtest: Blitzkrieg World Campaign with RedPac e-file
Replies: 1
Views: 1298

Re: Dev Playtest: Blitzkrieg World Campaign with RedPac e-file

Had to fix some problems with the campaign. I am on scenario 5 now. And this is my core: OpenGen 0.93.4.0 * 25 Dec 2020 * AI version: 2.00 (2014) Efile folder: D:\Dragos\Lost Partition -1\Lost Files\Diverse\New folder\efile_redpac\ * Efile version: Campaign: BLITZKRIEG WORLD CAMPAIGN (1937-1944), * ...
by REDrake
2021-04-29 06:07, Thursday
Forum: Polskie Forum
Topic: Gustlik is dead
Replies: 13
Views: 6939

Re: Gustlik is dead

I only read this today...

Very sad on the news... :(
by REDrake
2021-04-20 18:22, Tuesday
Forum: Designers’ Corner
Topic: AK campaign
Replies: 32
Views: 10262

Re: AK campaign

I will. However, I will have to make some background research on it. I know nothing about that battle... :bonk
by REDrake
2021-04-20 09:40, Tuesday
Forum: Designers’ Corner
Topic: Dev Playtest: Blitzkrieg World Campaign with RedPac e-file
Replies: 1
Views: 1298

Dev Playtest: Blitzkrieg World Campaign with RedPac e-file

Yes, it is finished. I am going to try it on a full run. This migh take some time... To the Shores... - BV I realize now that I might have made the first scenario too difficult. I might need to remove 2 Republican units, otherwise players might run in problems. Leipzig cruiser has a random leader. W...
by REDrake
2021-04-20 05:54, Tuesday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: [Let's Play] Close Combat 3: The Russian Front
Replies: 7
Views: 3605

Re: [Let's Play] Close Combat 3: The Russian Front

Remakes are all very well done . Havent tried the bloody first ( using 3d engine ), but huge fan of this series . highly recommend ww1 mod for cc3 and schelt mod for cc5. I tried bloody first. Definitely not on par with the previous ones. For one, it has only a campaign with americans, not with ger...
by REDrake
2021-04-13 19:23, Tuesday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: interesting / useful links
Replies: 19
Views: 9892

Re: interesting / useful links

https://map.project44.ca/3d Unfortunately this site is available in german language only, but it is one of the best websites about a single cavalry regiment and its units i have found so far. https://www.kavallerie-regiment18.de/menue.html I hope you do know that you can access the option to transl...
by REDrake
2021-04-13 19:19, Tuesday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: [Let's Play] Close Combat 3: The Russian Front
Replies: 7
Views: 3605

Re: [Let's Play] Close Combat 3: The Russian Front

Yes I know about it. I registered there a long time ago.

And no, I am not just discovering the games. I played CC3 in 2000 and still have it on the original disk. I also used to have CC5 until 2005 when it blew up in my cd-rom.
I also got some of the remakes, but I have yet to try them out
by REDrake
2021-04-13 19:10, Tuesday
Forum: People’s General Forum
Topic: No work for peg for next time.
Replies: 12
Views: 5061

Re: No work for peg for next time.

Best of luck Micha!

I feel what you are saying. Past year I was fired twice, got into a chronic depression and in the end got through on my own.
by REDrake
2021-03-29 15:40, Monday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: [Let's Play] Order of Battle: World War II
Replies: 3
Views: 2084

Re: [Let's Play] Order of Battle: World War II

Narvik At the start of the scenario, I bought a Scharnhorst and an Admiral Hipper cruiser. I also had just enough pp to buy a He-52 bomber. The mission here is to aid the marines landing on Narvik and sink the approaching British Battlecruisers. On top of that I need to sink around 10 other ships (...
by REDrake
2021-03-22 21:39, Monday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: [Let's Play] Order of Battle: World War II
Replies: 3
Views: 2084

Re: [Let's Play] Order of Battle: World War II

Well I got the game at a gog discount 2 years ago I think. I also don't have all the dlcs. Too expensive. I might "acquire them" illegally for testing purposes to see if they are worth buying. Also I have no idea what PC &PC2 means. PC in SSI language used to mean Panzer Commander... Best tank simul...
by REDrake
2021-03-22 19:08, Monday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: [Let's Play] Order of Battle: World War II
Replies: 3
Views: 2084

[Let's Play] Order of Battle: World War II

So, I had this game fir quite a while. It has several campaigns, as dlcs. It feels like what Panzer General 3 should have been. It lacks the large and detailed equipment rooster of Panzer General series, but it adds some interesting ideas like supply lines, front lines and certain missions within sc...
by REDrake
2021-03-22 18:55, Monday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: What other games do you play ?
Replies: 121
Views: 53871

Re: What other games do you play ?

I tried Xenonauts some time ago. It was nice but it just doesn't have the same vibe old X-coms used to have. Otoh, ET: Extraterrestrials is a remake & side sequel of X-Com 1. It has no connection with other remakes but it has the same feeling of X-Com, with some improvement. Back to previous post Oo...
by REDrake
2021-03-19 14:14, Friday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: What other games do you play ?
Replies: 121
Views: 53871

Re: What other games do you play ?

Order of Battle WW2... This game I have for about a year and never touched it until 2 days ago. And I cannot play anything else... It has been a long time since I encountered a panzer general remake which is this good. I might start a thread about it. Started with Kriegsmarine campaign and I am at s...
by REDrake
2021-03-08 19:16, Monday
Forum: Designers’ Corner
Topic: CAMPAIGNS: What is in the making - please add/update
Replies: 39
Views: 18527

Re: CAMPAIGNS: What is in the making - please add/update

I am lately tempted on making a campaign small in size for Kaiser e-file.
Using Japan. So far I am divided on 3 possible options.
First Sino-Japanese War
Allied Intervention in Siberia
Japan in WW1.
by REDrake
2021-03-08 19:04, Monday
Forum: Open General
Topic: Wish: Custom list of protos by trigger
Replies: 4
Views: 3073

Re: Wish: Custom list of protos by trigger

none wrote:
2021-02-06 13:48, Saturday
REDrake wrote:
2021-01-30 15:13, Saturday
getting captured enemy equipment
Sorry if I missed the obvious, but why don't you simply use the "Raise specific Core" trigger? That's what I use for awarding "captured" units.
Because I want it to be "not specific", but random from a given list.
by REDrake
2021-02-06 10:40, Saturday
Forum: Equipment Files
Topic: REDrake's REDPac Efile thread
Replies: 14
Views: 8069

Re: REDrake's REDPac Efile thread

Sadly, French SAS campaign needs a major re-work. When I created it I was constrained by the lack of suitable maps make do. I was also fwr less experienced and frankly it was pre-OpenGeneral. At this point, out of 12 scenarios only 4 are actually fun to play. I even have a scenario with almost no en...
by REDrake
2021-02-01 19:06, Monday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: [Let's Play] Close Combat 3: The Russian Front
Replies: 7
Views: 3605

[Let's Play] Close Combat 3: The Russian Front

All right, while I was forced to stay in-doors due to chinese bio invasion, I acquired from GOG a bundle of Close Combat games. Both old ones and remakes. For now no photos. If anyone can suggest a site that allows me to upload photos and then embed them here it would be awesome... While starting wi...
by REDrake
2021-01-30 15:32, Saturday
Forum: Equipment Files
Topic: REDrake's REDPac Efile thread
Replies: 14
Views: 8069

Re: REDrake's REDPac Efile thread

I can't believe I forgot to post here, for the past 3 months... Anyway, as a joke, we Romanians used to say that the Soviet soldier statue in Bucharest back 35 years ago where so high placed because soviet soldiers had a reputation for smelly feet... On the side, back to my e-file and campaigns. I f...
by REDrake
2021-01-30 15:13, Saturday
Forum: Open General
Topic: Wish: Custom list of protos by trigger
Replies: 4
Views: 3073

Wish: Custom list of protos by trigger

I want to change the idea behind the trigger for protos in some of my campaigns. What I intend is for it to be used as a trigger for getting captured enemy equipment (similar to something you can get in PG3 3D). As an example, a german unit triggers a hex and the player is granted a unit from a rand...
by REDrake
2020-12-24 18:11, Thursday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: Merry Christmas 2020
Replies: 14
Views: 5456

Re: Merry Christmas 2020

Merry Christmas to everyone! I do also wished that covid would give me a truce. Unfortunately, it was not to be. I will spend the Christmas and the New Years Eve along with my wife and daughter, but isolated. I caught the nasty invertebrate past week and passed it on to my wife. :yuck Luckily, is th...
by REDrake
2020-12-17 06:59, Thursday
Forum: Designers’ Corner
Topic: MAPS: Post information about new maps here please
Replies: 316
Views: 304084

Re: MAPS: Post information about new maps here please

Guille wrote:
2020-12-16 18:42, Wednesday
Nice maps, as always :clap

It's just me or the button for downloading the maps in Mapfinder don't work? :huh
I think there's a browser issue
by REDrake
2020-12-13 11:09, Sunday
Forum: Designers’ Corner
Topic: Dev Playtest: German World Campaign with RedPac e-file
Replies: 29
Views: 10040

Re: Dev Playtest: German World Campaign with RedPac e-file

Wow! It seems it were not only me who got so much protos playing this campaign! It seems you even received more often protos than me. But worry not, it will make the middle-to-late part (if remained mostly untouched) a walk-in-the-park :) As I played, I made certain modifications to the campaign an...
by REDrake
2020-12-02 14:12, Wednesday
Forum: Designers’ Corner
Topic: Dev Playtest: German World Campaign with RedPac e-file
Replies: 29
Views: 10040

Re: Dev Playtest: German World Campaign with RedPac e-file

Scottish Redoubt - BV More difficult than I expected. Tedious because of long supply lines means stoppin to resupply often and sending planes to resupply is even more tedious. But some VHs need to be taken by auxes and that is where it gets tricky. Allied fleet defended quite well and I almost lost ...
by REDrake
2020-12-01 05:36, Tuesday
Forum: Designers’ Corner
Topic: Dev Playtest: German World Campaign with RedPac e-file
Replies: 29
Views: 10040

Re: Dev Playtest: German World Campaign with RedPac e-file

Seelowe - BV New improved map. It still needs work. It is way easier than the original scenario. Bigger map also means much more dispersed Brits. And they fight incredibly poor. Lion's Den - BV Long atrition fight. Some very strange behavior from american reinforcements, their infantry would try to ...
by REDrake
2020-11-15 10:34, Sunday
Forum: Designers’ Corner
Topic: Dev Playtest: German World Campaign with RedPac e-file
Replies: 29
Views: 10040

Re: Dev Playtest: German World Campaign with RedPac e-file

Played some more and had to stop for a while. A string of bugs in several scenarios, led me to rebuild them... Malta - BV Now that was interesting. Italian auxes played hide&seek with british fleet and managed to land. They were slaughtered however, but they did weaken the allied forces. Germans rod...
by REDrake
2020-11-03 18:56, Tuesday
Forum: Designers’ Corner
Topic: Dev Playtest: German World Campaign with RedPac e-file
Replies: 29
Views: 10040

Re: Dev Playtest: German World Campaign with RedPac e-file

I already ran into some issues on Malta map... :whine

Way too many shallow sea hexes... I placed some british ships on those and now they cannot move. I will have to reload the latest BV save after I fix it... :irate
by REDrake
2020-11-03 15:38, Tuesday
Forum: Designers’ Corner
Topic: Dev Playtest: German World Campaign with RedPac e-file
Replies: 29
Views: 10040

Re: Dev Playtest: German World Campaign with RedPac e-file

Operation Isabella had a flaw, which I had to fix. If you are unlucky to get rains and muddy terrain, the odds of getting a BV in 9 turns is abysmally low. I had to fix it, by removing the option for the weather to change the terrain. I did got a proto at Canarias, but it was a torpedo boat... :whin...
by REDrake
2020-11-02 07:57, Monday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: Sean Connery - 1930 - 2020
Replies: 9
Views: 4095

Re: Sean Connery - 1930 - 2020

Well his last role was League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Which was a disaster, but only proved what a good actor he was. He managed to play a great role in a totally disaster of a movie...
by REDrake
2020-11-01 05:20, Sunday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: Sean Connery - 1930 - 2020
Replies: 9
Views: 4095

Re: Sean Connery - 1930 - 2020

Yes, he was one of my favorite actors.

Best James Bond, but by far not his peak performance. I liked him better in Rising Sun, Medicine Man and Finding Forrestall.
by REDrake
2020-10-31 11:53, Saturday
Forum: Designers’ Corner
Topic: Dev Playtest: German World Campaign with RedPac e-file
Replies: 29
Views: 10040

Re: Dev Playtest: German World Campaign with RedPac e-file

Rostov - BV Rostov is slow to start. The first turns are with bad weather and advance is cautious from 2 sides. Afterwards it picks up, but I had a lot of casualties. I got a FW-190A4 at trigger hex. The Expert Camo 88 ATG was amazing. Placed on a city hex across the bridge it stopped any allied re...
by REDrake
2020-10-30 16:23, Friday
Forum: Designers’ Corner
Topic: Dev Playtest: German World Campaign with RedPac e-file
Replies: 29
Views: 10040

Re: Dev Playtest: German World Campaign with RedPac e-file

Moscow was incredibly slow. I played it several times during the day due to constant interuptions. It was very expensive on pp. Funniest moment was one of the aux italian tanks was forced by a soviet attack to retreat on the trigger proto hex. Got me a Capitani Romani cruiser... :lol At this point I...
by REDrake
2020-10-28 17:22, Wednesday
Forum: Designers’ Corner
Topic: Dev Playtest: German World Campaign with RedPac e-file
Replies: 29
Views: 10040

Re: Dev Playtest: German World Campaign with RedPac e-file

Moscow Advance - BV Istra was a nightmare. So much happened in this battle that it is a wonder I didn't lose any core units. I lost a lot of strength points and I had to rush and trick soviets to capture the last VH for a last turn BV. Trick, as in drawing the soviets KV-2s and T34s with the prospe...
by REDrake
2020-10-28 09:59, Wednesday
Forum: Designers’ Corner
Topic: Dev Playtest: German World Campaign with RedPac e-file
Replies: 29
Views: 10040

Re: Dev Playtest: German World Campaign with RedPac e-file

Kiev, as expected was a bloodbath... I lost a schutzen and the PSW 232 recon... :rip Staraya Russa was easy. Op Typhoon was another bloodbath, but I mercilessly sacrificed the auxes. Near Karashev there was a very large tank battle and because soviets had a powerful AD there, planes were useless. St...