Re: North Africa British v German Skirmish Mod updated to v1.5!

[Paul59]

This is a Skirmish Generator Mod for battles between British and German forces in the North African campaigns from 1941 to 1943. At the moment it does not contain any historical campaigns or scenarios, it is purely for use in the BA2's Skirmish generator, although scenario designers can use it to design their own historical content.

Desert terrain and units





Tunisian terrain




Features include:

1) Units included:

British sniper
German Panzerbusche
German mortar 120mm
German paratrooper
German Scout
German para mg42
German para mg34
German para scout
German para mortar
Panzer II
Panzer III
Panzer III M
Panzer IV A
Panzer IV F
Panzer IV G
German truck
Sdkfz251/2 Mortar
sdkfz251/21
sdkfz251 halftrack
Sdkfz251/16 flame
Sdkfz 10/4
Stug A
Stug G
Tiger
88mm
75mm Pak 40
37mm AT gun
37mm Stielgranate
50mm Pak 38
8rad
marder III
Panzerjager I
Wespe
Stuka zu FuB
15cm Artillery
Panzer IV D
Panzer III J
German flamethrower
Panzer IV F1
German sniper
StuH 42
Panzer I
FLAK 30
SDKFZ 222
Sherman
6pdr
17pdr
25pdr
Brencarrier
Bishop
British truck
Churchill III
Matilda II
Priest
SP bofors
Stuart M3
2pdr
2pdr portee
MKVI AA
British para
British flamethrower
British Scout
M3 HalfTrack
British Boyes
Para bren
Para vickers mg
Para mortar
Para flamethrower
Para Scout
Daimler
6pdr Para
Bren Carrier Boys
Guy armoured car
MkVI light tank
A10 Tank
A13 Tank
Humber MkIII
Valentine
Valentine 6pdr
18pdr
Afrika Korps Infantry
8thArmy Infantry
Afrika korps engineer
Desert rat engineer
Desert rat bren
Afrika korps mg34
Desert rat mortar
Desert rat vickers
Afrika korps mg42
Afrika korps mortar
Crusader
Crusader 6pdr
M3 LEE
15cm Lorraine
Chevy
Jeep LRDG

These are mostly straight from Battle Academy 1 with a bit of conversion work, apart from the Chevy, Jeep LRDG, M3 LEE, 18pdr, and Panzer I, which have been created by other modders, with a few stats changes by me. Many thanks to Tim1966, Amaris and Petcat for these models.

2) I have given the British a fighter plane by converting the Hurricane Ground Attack plane into a fighter, it is also still available as a Ground attack plane.

3) There is a North Africa terrain pack included which you can select. It uses the Desert terrain and objects from BA1. In the Skirmish Generator screen you should select Style "North Africa", and then Map Type "Desert" or "Tunisia" or "Urban" as you wish.




The Desert terrain is an adaption of the BA2 Wilderness terrain script to produce a desert environment.

The Tunisia terrain is adapted from the BA2 Farmland script to produce battlefields more reminiscent of the terrain found in Tunisia.

Known problems with the terrain generation;

Sometimes bunkers and sandbag positions will be facing the wrong way.

Sometimes there is not much defensible terrain in the Desert maps, this can make it hard for the defending player/AI. I have tried very hard to overcome this, but there is a limit to how much terrain you can put in a desert map without it becoming unrealistic! Hopefully I have achieved a balance between playability and realism.


How to install

The mod is available for download within the game using the Download Community Scenarios button.


How to use

Open BA2 and select "Skirmish" from the main menu. Click the "Advanced" button in the middle of the screen. Click "Use Default Data" in the bottom right of the screen. This will bring up a list of campaigns and mods that you have installed, so select "North Africa British v German Skirmish 1.4". Then just select your Skirmish preferences in the normal way and click "Create".


This mod also includes the Improved Engineer Mod by Amaris:

http://amaris-games.com/ba-amaris/improved-engineer/

Engineers, including Engineer vehicles such as the Soviet PT34 and US Sherman Rhino, can now use the following new functions:

Add Tank Traps: Select Engineer unit. Right click and select "ADD TANK TRAP" icon.

Remove Tank Traps: Move Engineer unit into Tank Trap Tile. Right click and select "REMOVE TANK TRAP" icon.

Cut hedgerows: To use, start the Engineer unit adjacent to a hedgerow and right click on the other side, select "CUT HEDGE".

Burn High Vegetation: Move Engineer unit into a High Vegetation Tile. Right click and select "BURN" icon.

Destroy Bridge: To use, start the Engineer unit adjacent to a destroyable bridge, and right click on the bridge tile, select "BLOW UP".

Remove Wire: This option is redundant in Skirmish games because the Skirmish generator does not place any wire.

Add Minefield: To use, start the Engineer unit adjacent to a tile you want to mine, and right click on that tile, select "ADD MINEFIELD".

All these actions uses up all the Engineer unit's APs for the turn.

For more instructions and screenshots, see Amaris' page above. Note that I have not added the "Add Pontoon Bridge" function, as it was not working properly in this mod.

The AI does not appear to use these Engineering functions, so it is up to the player if he wants to use these or not. Some may feel that it gives the player an unfair advantage, so just don't use them.

Engineers retain their vanilla abilities of laying smoke and clearing minefields etc.


Enjoy!

Paul

[AlexDetrojan]

I've been waiting for this one. You're my hero Paul59!

[AlexDetrojan]

Oops, I spoke too soon. It will not download from in the game. Get an unhandled exception message...

[Pi-R]

Same here. And I really was looking forward to this.
These skirmish mods from Paul59 made me play BA2 again, as I'm not really into to the Eastern front setting.
Too bad the italians are not it, although they were part of the forces Rommel'had in North Africa.

[Paul59]

Oops, I spoke too soon. It will not download from in the game. Get an unhandled exception message...

Same here. And I really was looking forward to this.
These skirmish mods from Paul59 made me play BA2 again, as I'm not really into to the Eastern front setting.
Too bad the italians are not it, although they were part of the forces Rommel'had in North Africa.

Sorry guys, I made a slight error when uploading the mod to the server! It was nothing to do with the mod itself.

It should be okay now, I have just tested it myself.

I made a design decision to keep the Italians out of this mod, as I wanted to keep all the flags and side names as German, and did not want mixed battle groups of Italians and Germans. My intention is to have a separate North African Skirmish mod for the Italians!

[AlexDetrojan]

Thanks Paul59.

[Pi-R]

Thanks Paul59. Also for your plan to create a British vs Italians skirmish mod. I gues that will be hard with few models available.

[Paul59]

Thanks Paul59. Also for your plan to create a British vs Italians skirmish mod. I gues that will be hard with few models available.

Yes, but much easier than the Italian Eastern Front skirmish mod. The Italians used much more different types of equipment in the desert than they did in Russia.

[rico21]

In the sand box!

[Paul59]

This mod has now been updated to version 1.5, although the only change has been to include rico21's three Desert War scenarios;

http://www.slitherine.com/forum/viewtop ... 89#p893089

If you have already downloaded those scenarios and successfully installed them you do not need this update.

cheers

Paul

[DannielleLeonard]

Dude, while your going on about all your nifty new scenarios, maybe you could take the time to explain to us unenlightened as to where this fabled "Download Community Scenarios button" actually appears , so we could then download your scenarios?

[zakblood]

already replied to original post, one of now 3

https://www.slitherine.com/forum/viewto ... 2&t=102926

[Daltonovich]

For DannielleLeonard -

It's in the game menus - go to campaign and check the top right corners.

Enjoy!

Btw very well done Sir on this mod.

I just played a very entertaining skirmish as Brits vs. Germans and it felt very exciting and engaging... Now if I could only figure out how to get into the multiplayer server