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by Aleksandr
2024-02-11 18:09, Sunday
Forum: Equipment Files
Topic: unofficial EFILE_PG2 1.02R17 (2019-08-13)
Replies: 11
Views: 6466

Re: unofficial EFILE_PG2 1.02R17 (2019-08-13)

And... another one bites the dust! :-D This time I gave more thoughts to the core development, and I also didn't forget about the insane prestige rewards throughout the campaign. I had quite a few BVs with quite a few protos. Except for the 2nd Tobruk scenario I didn't need to restart anything (this...
by Aleksandr
2024-02-04 22:39, Sunday
Forum: PG Forever Forum
Topic: [DEV] Historical Content Representation - Pilot Projects
Replies: 221
Views: 110895

Re: [DEV] Historical Content Representation - Pilot Projects

Excelent posts and amazing photos! I'm not into modding, and I never played PGF, but this is absolutely delicious food for thought! Interesting, ineed interesting. I guess the original devs were't harsh enough considering the terrain, otoh, they surely wnated that people play their game, and extreme...
by Aleksandr
2024-01-31 22:23, Wednesday
Forum: Open General
Topic: What are your favorite campaigns?
Replies: 15
Views: 1207

Re: What are your favorite campaigns?

Did you catch someone promoting his own campaigns? :lol :( :stress :sigh OK, guys (and girls), I finished the designing and testing of another campaign, I just need to text it, and I'm feeling a little bit of an enthusiasm for writing! Not a real graphomania attack, but I may do something. So stay ...
by Aleksandr
2024-01-28 21:01, Sunday
Forum: Open General
Topic: New Wish List for OpenGen / OpenSuite 2023-2024
Replies: 85
Views: 10962

Re: New Wish List for OpenGen / OpenSuite 2023-2024

Suggestion/wish: Pixel-perfect zoom . We currently can zoom in using small steps. It would be nice to have also an option to quickly zoom using a ratio which gives a pixel-perfect result - so 2x and 4x (so by clicking once we would zoom to 200%, second time we would zoom to 400%). Currently it's ha...
by Aleksandr
2024-01-28 20:57, Sunday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: What other games do you play ?
Replies: 121
Views: 53864

Re: What other games do you play ?

Maybe you know it, but it's such a lovely game that I need to share it: WINGSPAN An engine-builder game about ornithologist watching birds. Named birds eat worms, lay eggs, prey on other birds, etc. My wife bought the boardgame and I purchased it on Steam, it's that good... except for minor bugs. Sp...
by Aleksandr
2024-01-27 18:18, Saturday
Forum: Equipment Files
Topic: unofficial EFILE_PG2 1.02R17 (2019-08-13)
Replies: 11
Views: 6466

Re: unofficial EFILE_PG2 1.02R17 (2019-08-13)

So, youtube offered me a few Panzer Geneneral 2 playthroughs (some of them several years old, but nvm), and this reignited my love for this game. Being an old fart, I just wanted to play the orginal version of Blitzkrieg with the low-cost efile PG2, but in a new and improved engine that is OG. And I...
by Aleksandr
2022-09-15 17:03, Thursday
Forum: Designers’ Corner
Topic: MAPS: Post information about new maps here please
Replies: 316
Views: 304022

Re: MAPS: Post information about new maps here please

wow, those are amazing maps! :clap
by Aleksandr
2022-08-09 17:53, Tuesday
Forum: CC01
Topic: CC 01 Blitzkrieg Plus by hoza@100@done *
Replies: 43
Views: 13566

Re: CC 01 Blitzkrieg Plus by hoza@100

I lost my pet tank :thud :huh :grumpy
:rip F
by Aleksandr
2022-07-15 19:23, Friday
Forum: CC01
Topic: CC 01 Blitzkrieg Plus by hoza@100@done *
Replies: 43
Views: 13566

Re: CC 01 Blitzkrieg Plus by hoza@100

Man... I demand the immediate upgrade of the mascot tank! :-D
Nice run so far!
by Aleksandr
2022-06-23 19:31, Thursday
Forum: CC01
Topic: CC 01 Blitzkrieg Plus by hoza@100@done *
Replies: 43
Views: 13566

Re: CC 01 Blitzkrieg Plus by hoza@100

Is that Pz IID some kind of mascot? :-)
by Aleksandr
2022-06-16 07:09, Thursday
Forum: CC05
Topic: CC 05 - Parabellum @ 25% done*
Replies: 14
Views: 3189

Re: CC 05 - Parabellum @ 25% done*

Congrats! There's nothing like good ol's Blitzkrieg! :-)
by Aleksandr
2022-05-24 17:14, Tuesday
Forum: Open General
Topic: Recommended campaign and balance question
Replies: 8
Views: 3086

Re: Recommended campaign and balance question

It's a little bit pity that there's no longer tutorial campaign. Many campaigns designed in the past few years are extremely well designed, yet they can be a bit too troublesome for newcomers even at lower difficulty. I am one of the culprits, too, even though my campaigns are definitely not the har...
by Aleksandr
2022-03-13 13:32, Sunday
Forum: CC61
Topic: Dimitris try CC61-Spezial Sturmbrigade "Bistroff" 100% *
Replies: 8
Views: 2672

Re: Dimitris try CC61-Spezial Sturmbrigade "Bistroff" 100% *

Dimitris GR wrote:
2022-03-11 22:31, Friday
OK i did it.
[spoiler]Capture SH, add 2 fast units (i find a transport with 13 mov)[/spoiler]
:yes :yes :yes
:howdy Yep, that's it! :-)
by Aleksandr
2022-03-11 07:22, Friday
Forum: CC61
Topic: Dimitris try CC61-Spezial Sturmbrigade "Bistroff" 100% *
Replies: 8
Views: 2672

Re: Dimitris try CC61-Spezial Sturmbrigade "Bistroff" 100%

It was a little diamond this campaign. A couple of battles that i did not liked, but at the end all i have is good memories from this. Some great battles and very well designed. My congrats to the designer, and a big thanks to Wonderdoctor. His AAR was the best guide for me. :clap :clap :clap Wow, ...
by Aleksandr
2022-03-08 16:57, Tuesday
Forum: Open General
Topic: No leaders for "Fortification" class?
Replies: 3
Views: 2050

Re: No leaders for "Fortification" class?

I like the idea!
by Aleksandr
2022-02-02 01:51, Wednesday
Forum: Open General
Topic: About CAP
Replies: 2
Views: 1765

Re: About CAP

Cap affects only the post-scenario victory bonus. In your example: You got 2000 pp worth of units. You got 2000 pp floating. Cap is 4000 pp. Now you capture the last VH, so you receive 80 pp, and your floating pp goes to 2080. You also win the scenario with this move and the post-scenario bonus is s...
by Aleksandr
2022-01-30 23:20, Sunday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: The Obligatory YouTube Music Video Topic
Replies: 819
Views: 509886

Re: The Obligatory YouTube Music Video Topic

Planleft - Honor The Struggle (Full Album 2021)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvhzEQjJtWE

Absolutely amazing ancestral-postmodern alternative trash metal, one man project by Denis Pauna, otherwise known as the best AIC/TON/Metallica cover guy.
by Aleksandr
2022-01-18 22:50, Tuesday
Forum: Open General
Topic: Good and short campaign or CC
Replies: 1
Views: 1564

Re: Good and short campaign or CC

Nope, except for the tutorial campaign.
I'd recommend my Panthers In Mud campaign for Basekorps, but it's 8 scenarios, the 2nd half of them quite longer ones. :-)
I like the idea, though!
by Aleksandr
2022-01-09 19:11, Sunday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: What other games do you play ?
Replies: 121
Views: 53864

Re: What other games do you play ?

Not technically playing the game, but I watch my wife playing The Witcher series. I plan to try the games after she'll be done with them, and once I'll find enough spare time to enjoy them in peace, at ease. I've found the three storybooks and the five tomes of the novel, none of which I touched in ...
by Aleksandr
2021-11-19 07:50, Friday
Forum: Designers’ Corner
Topic: Fictional Campaigns Thread
Replies: 15
Views: 4119

Re: Fictional Campaigns Thread

It looks like our criminal goverment forces a total lockdown, black out, and coming out on our nation, so maybe I'll have a LOT of spare time to finish the Achtung Tiger ! Frankly, I'd rather be NOT governed by total :monster :monster :monster but at least the :tiger :tiger :tiger will be unleashed.
by Aleksandr
2021-11-06 21:28, Saturday
Forum: Designers’ Corner
Topic: Fictional Campaigns Thread
Replies: 15
Views: 4119

Re: Fictional Campaigns Thread

Maybe someting like alternate history campaigns would be more fitting, but i guess it doesn't matter and we can talk about everything :cool Yep, I guess there's a real difference between fictional campaign (like Blitz) that still follows the course of history, and an alternative history campaign th...
by Aleksandr
2021-11-06 19:58, Saturday
Forum: Designers’ Corner
Topic: Fictional Campaigns Thread
Replies: 15
Views: 4119

Re: Fictional Campaigns Thread

Also, speaking of fictional campaigns... I got nothing but fictional campaigns. I need to finish the textimg for "Achtung Tiger!" and then I'm ready to unleash the big cats! :tiger Hopefully I'll be finished gefore Christmas. I know that this is not exactly THE fictional campaign, but it's on par wi...
by Aleksandr
2021-11-06 01:47, Saturday
Forum: Designers’ Corner
Topic: Fictional Campaigns Thread
Replies: 15
Views: 4119

Re: Fictional Campaigns Thread

PLACE: Fictional small Carribean island with a populace of roughly 50-60 thousands. LEADER: Former army colonel, now president-for-life ANTAGONISTS: Frente de Liberación Popular, drug cartel, communist guerilla, USSR, oil company hirelings, USA TIME: late 1960's to early 2000's This is Tropico :P Y...
by Aleksandr
2021-11-05 06:36, Friday
Forum: Designers’ Corner
Topic: Fictional Campaigns Thread
Replies: 15
Views: 4119

Re: Fictional Campaigns Thread

I got this one in mind: PLACE: Fictional small Carribean island with a populace of roughly 50-60 thousands. LEADER: Former army colonel, now president-for-life ANTAGONISTS: Frente de Liberación Popular, drug cartel, communist guerilla, USSR, oil company hirelings, USA TIME: late 1960's to early 2000...
by Aleksandr
2021-10-27 05:40, Wednesday
Forum: CC34
Topic: CC 34 - Para's skeleton key to success @ 100% done *
Replies: 26
Views: 6945

Re: CC 34 - Para's skeleton key to success @ 100% done *

Nice to see some big cats!
I need to play this campaign. If only I had a little bit of spare time. Maybe on Christmas I can enjoy some nice and calm tactical wargames! :o :)
by Aleksandr
2021-10-15 14:13, Friday
Forum: CC34
Topic: CC 34 - Para's skeleton key to success @ 100% done *
Replies: 26
Views: 6945

Re: CC 34 - Para's skeleton key to success @ 100%

Hey Para, your core is as cool as your avatar! :-)
GL HF!
by Aleksandr
2021-09-10 05:54, Friday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: What other games do you play ?
Replies: 121
Views: 53864

Re: What other games do you play ?

My wife bought Wingspan few months ago, and it's a blast. It's everything I ever wanted from Magic the Gathering (cool combos, nice art, easy gameplay, etc.) without most of its negatives (like stress, being a money sink, etc.) I definitely recommend this game, be it tabletop or electronic. Wingspan...
by Aleksandr
2021-08-21 11:32, Saturday
Forum: CC29
Topic: CC 29 - Para conquers the world @ 100% done *
Replies: 41
Views: 14893

Re: CC 29 - Para conquers the world @ 100% done *

Parabellum wrote:
2021-08-21 10:33, Saturday
I'll add the good piece here: Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal
My most beloved BT album!
by Aleksandr
2021-08-20 19:56, Friday
Forum: CC29
Topic: CC 29 - Para conquers the world @ 100% done *
Replies: 41
Views: 14893

Re: CC 29 - Para conquers the world @ 100% done *

Congrats on your finish! Nice artillery section, although you seem to be missing one last piece! :-)
by Aleksandr
2021-07-02 15:24, Friday
Forum: Open General
Topic: How to buy units
Replies: 5
Views: 2872

Re: How to buy units

While starting a campaign (camp6503.xcam) with the openAK efile, I am disappointed to find that most of the units (the best ones natutrally) are not purchasable even though they are NOT marked "can't buy" in the efile. Is there a setting in the Suite to disable whatever is causing that? Hello! I hi...
by Aleksandr
2021-07-01 13:55, Thursday
Forum: Designers’ Corner
Topic: CAMPAIGNS: What is in the making - please add/update
Replies: 39
Views: 18526

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

OK, guys (and girls), I finished the designing and testing of another campaign, I just need to text it, and I'm feeling a little bit of an enthusiasm for writing! Not a real graphomania attack, but I may do something. So stay tuned, and may, maybe there will be something cool this weekend... or anot...
by Aleksandr
2021-06-13 16:17, Sunday
Forum: CC61
Topic: Doc's CC61 Bistroff @100% - Finished *
Replies: 30
Views: 9260

Re: Doc's CC61 Bistroff @100%

And a happy end to the story in the briefing after earlier depressing news. I don't know why I did not play this campaign when it was played as a CC. My mistake, because this campaign is a lot of fun. Thank you Aleksandr! Thanks for you kind words, and I'm really glad that you've had fun playing my...
by Aleksandr
2021-06-08 17:25, Tuesday
Forum: CC61
Topic: Doc's CC61 Bistroff @100% - Finished *
Replies: 30
Views: 9260

Re: Doc's CC61 Bistroff @100%

I think that all-BVs is kind of an evidence of poor design. Well, maybe not exactly "poor", but "undemanding" maybe? I guess that the campaign could have been a bit more hard. Then again you're not exactly newbee, so maybe the difficulty is right... Yep, the LB is meant as a flying prestige source. ...
by Aleksandr
2021-06-05 16:15, Saturday
Forum: CC61
Topic: Doc's CC61 Bistroff @100% - Finished *
Replies: 30
Views: 9260

Re: Doc's CC61 Bistroff @100%

I'm glad that you like the campaign. There are things that I'd change today, at least the balancing could have been better, but at least the campaign isn't too hard.
Cheers!
by Aleksandr
2021-02-25 16:11, Thursday
Forum: MTC I
Topic: Lets Godzila some Kongs - MTC 1
Replies: 47
Views: 16323

Re: Lets Godzila some Kongs - MTC 1

Aries No Mu wrote:
2021-02-03 00:29, Wednesday
Magic the Gathering - The Duel

...
:lol :lol :lol
very nice!
by Aleksandr
2021-02-03 18:55, Wednesday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: The Obligatory YouTube Music Video Topic
Replies: 819
Views: 509886

Re: The Obligatory YouTube Music Video Topic

What If Alice In Chains wrote Love You To Death (TYPE O NEGATIVE)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTVy1_EKi8g

What If Type O Negative wrote Rooster by Alice In Chains
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o-0YpE ... v2&index=3
by Aleksandr
2021-01-20 06:23, Wednesday
Forum: Open General
Topic: PG2-like Airplanes vs. Air Missions
Replies: 33
Views: 13437

Re: PG2-like Airplanes vs. Air Missions

OK, the "J" concept could me high altitude, so I have only allowed only static flak & AD with range greater than 2 to have this special. This means only 3 flak and 40% of AD units can attack the "J" special planes. Also, I have removed this special from early/slow level bombers and all floatplanes....
by Aleksandr
2021-01-18 05:24, Monday
Forum: Open General
Topic: PG2-like Airplanes vs. Air Missions
Replies: 33
Views: 13437

Re: PG2-like Airplanes vs. Air Missions

Puma, thanks for chiming in. I like the way how you restricted interception and I also think that range=0 would be the best. In realism terms this would mean that only the planes that directly approached the flak and flew right above it would be affected. Furthermore I also think that the Jet abilit...
by Aleksandr
2021-01-17 17:06, Sunday
Forum: Open General
Topic: PG2-like Airplanes vs. Air Missions
Replies: 33
Views: 13437

Re: PG2-like Airplanes vs. Air Missions

The range3 interception of an AA/AD unit with air attack of 10+ is much worse than that of some Entr. INF with their range1, AA 2. The issue is with the "Air Unit Interception" rule, not wit the units and their AA/AD ability. There's just a few reasons why use the above rule, and I found just two le...
by Aleksandr
2021-01-16 11:59, Saturday
Forum: Open General
Topic: PG2-like Airplanes vs. Air Missions
Replies: 33
Views: 13437

Re: PG2-like Airplanes vs. Air Missions

When there are fourty of them you may edit them all at once using the "campaign"/"global changes to scenario options and data" tool. True! Well i played BK a lot, mostly the long german campaigns, and it never happened to me that my planes took serious damage by some random units that intercepted m...
by Aleksandr
2021-01-16 09:03, Saturday
Forum: Open General
Topic: PG2-like Airplanes vs. Air Missions
Replies: 33
Views: 13437

Re: PG2-like Airplanes vs. Air Missions

Unticking "AD support" in EQUIP files solved issue in both cases. It does contradict what you wrote Not exactly. You just solved your issue in a different way, one that also works quite fine. If you tick back the AD Support back in the Equip file, and then untick the "Air units can be intercepted w...
by Aleksandr
2021-01-14 18:41, Thursday
Forum: Open General
Topic: PG2-like Airplanes vs. Air Missions
Replies: 33
Views: 13437

Re: PG2-like Airplanes vs. Air Missions

The losses of planes flying over couple of trenches are enormous. "Air attack" is the instance where the unit can actively attack the planes You mistake two different things: a scenario setting vs. unit ability. There's a setting called "Air units can be intercepted while flying", it's set on a sce...
by Aleksandr
2021-01-12 18:36, Tuesday
Forum: Open General
Topic: PG2-like Airplanes vs. Air Missions
Replies: 33
Views: 13437

Re: PG2-like Airplanes vs. Air Missions

Currently in the game a plane flying over an entranchment is tread as one attacking it. Which is totally wrong.
I don't even know which efile (if any at all) uses this setting.It's done through .cfg file, unless I'm mistaken and I never encountered it, or at least I don't remember that.
by Aleksandr
2021-01-09 06:58, Saturday
Forum: Open General
Topic: PG2-like Airplanes vs. Air Missions
Replies: 33
Views: 13437

Re: PG2-like Airplanes vs. Air Missions

+why escorts only "react" once per turn? How on earth this suppose to make sense :dunno +why there is a need to manually refill, those are planes, if need be lower their action capabilities (less ammo) but refill each turn automatically +why oh why anyone have thought that entrenchments or bunkers ...
by Aleksandr
2020-12-29 10:55, Tuesday
Forum: Designers’ Corner
Topic: MAPS: Post information about new maps here please
Replies: 316
Views: 304022

Re: MAPS: Post information about new maps here please

Hi Gilestiel, thanks a lot for your help! Gonna try that once I'm at my home computer, hopefully this will fix the issue!
by Aleksandr
2020-12-28 08:09, Monday
Forum: Designers’ Corner
Topic: MAPS: Post information about new maps here please
Replies: 316
Views: 304022

Re: MAPS: Post information about new maps here please

LuisGuzman wrote:
2020-12-28 07:50, Monday
Yes, it only works using Microsoft Edge :dunno

I'll try to contact Gilestiel :ihope
Not to derail the thread totally, but... I cannot dl single map, but I could dl the whole map package. Strange.
by Aleksandr
2020-12-28 00:29, Monday
Forum: Designers’ Corner
Topic: MAPS: Post information about new maps here please
Replies: 316
Views: 304022

Re: MAPS: Post information about new maps here please

sympatyk wrote:
2020-12-27 11:06, Sunday
:howdy
Both links are not working?
http://pg2mapfinder.gilestiel.eu/
https://mapfinder.gilestiel.eu/
Both don't work neither in chrome nor in firefox.
by Aleksandr
2020-12-28 00:24, Monday
Forum: Equipment Files
Topic: BaseKorp Efile
Replies: 29
Views: 17619

Re: BaseKorp Efile

Puma wrote:
2020-12-21 23:09, Monday
Hi Alex
I fixed about a dozen para units for transports.
I can't PM because it just doesn't work. I can read messages but cannot reply or send them for some odd reason.
Brian
Hi Brian! Can you send me the most recent BK via email, please?
Cheers!
by Aleksandr
2020-12-26 18:55, Saturday
Forum: Designers’ Corner
Topic: MAPS: Post information about new maps here please
Replies: 316
Views: 304022

Re: MAPS: Post information about new maps here please

So does that mean you can not download any files from mapfinder? Of course i can mail my new maps to everyone who is interested. You just have to tell me and send a private message with your email address :yes Yep, exactly... :-( I cannot dl anything, at least directly. OG does dl the mpas, of cour...
by Aleksandr
2020-12-25 21:00, Friday
Forum: Designers’ Corner
Topic: MAPS: Post information about new maps here please
Replies: 316
Views: 304022

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
It doesnt work for me, too. I suspected ad block, but it wasn't the issue. Chrome doesn't work, neither does FF.