Dynamic Campaign Generator (DCG) mod for Men of War

2 comments by Kohlrabi on Aug 29th, 2009 digg this super bookmark

Changelog (so far!) for the upcoming version (2.3)

Version 2.3
- Added an After Action Report screen which shows the results of the previous battle and of any other battles won or lost by other units on the operation map
- Added a brain to crew and passengers of all vehicles, eliminating the bug which caused these troops to appear invincible and to be missing their icon on the left of the screen when controlled by the player (Thank you to Trog for the idea)
- Added new graphics by Ngvede to the operation screen and improved the system for unit counter and overlay graphics to be more flexible
- Changed the system for player purchased close air support to allow targeting of air attacks in the battle (by clicking on the icons on the right and then clicking on a location to attack); also made cost of close air support adjustable by nation and theatre (see nations.xml) (Thank you to Trog for the new air support scripts)
- New end condition for operations which have a start and stop date specified - the operation will end in stalemate if the number of days remaining drops to zero at which point the player will receive credit for any victory points controlled
- New force size system which calculates the maximum number of units allowed by adding all soldiers and crew members and the doubled category number of each vehicle or piece of heavy equipment
- It is no longer possible to reset the loadout of (rearm) foreign equipment
- System for soldiers to "level up" after each battle implemented (infantry pack required)
- Fixed the system for selecting shields (Schürzen) and texture mods appearing on vehicles and improved the system for choosing texture mods randomly
- Preserve wrecks and shellholes on maps for the duration of an operation (Thank you to Trog for the idea)
(this goes for mines/barbwire etc as well - Kohlrabi)
- When the player's unit on the operation screen is next to the front line, but not attacking or defending (no arrow pointing to or from the player's unit), now the undeclared attack comes from the front line; enemy forces are reduced to 50% strength and limited to light tanks or less (a recon in force); 10 points are subtracted since it should be an easier than normal battle
- When the player's unit on the operation screen is not near a front line (far behind friendly lines), now the undeclared attack comes from a random direction (representing partisans, infiltrators, etc); the player is allowed to deploy anywhere on the battle map since it is all friendly territory; enemy forces are reduced to 25% strength and limited to infantry; 20 points are subtracted since it should be a very easy battle
- It is now possible to have units from more than one nation per side in operations (for example, UK and USA units can appear as allies in the same operation).
- Setting added for starting battles with player units set to hold position
- Cannons and other man-portable heavy equipment will now stop and engage attacking enemies enroute to their objectives
- Customized fuel tank sizes handled
- Code improvements and fixes