The "Uber" Command: Modern Air/Naval Ops Thread

[Dimitris]

Just got command and got it installed on my main gaming rig.  This is on beefy computer that I us for Dcs world and it has 4 monitors that can be used for command as well.  The game looks great when I fire it up on all displays, it's like my room becomes NORAD. 
  I down loaded the latest beta 488 build and all the db viewer stuff, fired up the Malvinas senario and had a freeze after 10 min of play.  Might be an issue with the beta build.  I'll switch to my laptop which has the basic 1.02 version until that gets sorted.  No biggie I don't even know what I'm doing yet, still tinkering and learning.
I installed the balloogan campaign to take a look, installed seamlessly but looks like you need a login / password to run it.  Not that I'm ready for multiplayer but I'm just checking things out and exploring the potential.

Welcome to Command! We had reports of a crash bug in B488 and we are looking into it, so you may have had the bad luck to run into it. v1.02 has been reported as very stable so it's not a bad choice until we get this sorted. Let us know how we can help you and if you have any questions. We want you to get the best entertainment and education value out of it.

Thanks!

[Baloogan]

This Saturday's episode will focus on a plausible counterforce strike performed by the USA on China set in 2014. We will infiltrate Chinese airspace with B-2s and B-1s. Drop some serious ordinance on China's ballistic missiles some of which can hit the continental USA as well as set up Anti Ballistic Missile defenses around our allies, South Korea and Japan.
This will be a pretty violent episode!

Please join us, Saturday Febuary 8th 11:00 AM PST for the End of the World! Or ... at least of China's long range ballistic missile program.

[mikeck]

Alright baloogan...definitely watching that one.. There are some serious bad-ass scenarios being put out by fans. This one is an attack on soviet controlled Iceland by a us carrier group and UK support from Red Storm Rising

http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=3531834

In 1990, inside the Soviet Republic, hardline Communists within the politburo and military who do not abide President Gorbachev's perestroika and glasnost stage a coup d'état and wrest control of the Soviet power to themselves. Knowing NATO would be quick to react against them and would try to return the former president to power; they unleash the Soviet Navy and ramp up Eastern European Bloc forces. It is the onset of World War III.

NATO, having been taken by surprise by the coup, reacts as quickly as possible but fails to stop the capture of Iceland by the Soviets. With the G-I-UK gap now compromised, the American, Norwegian and British Navies rush to fill the gap with attack subs so as to contain the Soviet forces. With SOSUS out of commission, it is the only way that NATO can keep Soviet Boomers from sailing off their coasts. In France and Germany, the land forces clash and the Europeans desperately cry to the United States for resources. The US Navy 2nd Fleet, hampered by scheduled servicing of its ships, turns its one active carrier, the USS Nimitz, north towards Iceland and the Faroe Islands to project power at the island nation as well as into the Norwegian Sea.

Here is another from "the war that never was". It was the huge battle in the eastern med between the soviets/Syrians and the Israelis /us

http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=3532968
(Post #14 has the latest version)

This is the first scenario I am working on from the book The War That Never Was. This battle takes place in the eastern Mediterranean Sea at the outbreak of the war. The Soviet Baltic Fleet has broken out into the Aegean and is closing in on a lone US CVBG. Lots of air and surface warfare.


And then South China Sea slides how about US v Vietnam/USSR action at the outbreak of WW3
http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=3514752

The basis of the scenario is at its heart a fight between the 3rd Fighter Wing at Clark (with a few added forces) and the 169th Guards Independent Aviation Regiment (Composite) at Cam Ranh Bay for the control of the South China Sea at the outbreak of WW3. I have added the Deus Ex Machina of the 7th Fleet moving forces out of the South China Sea until the base is neutralized for balance and design purposes - I just wanted a fight between the 2 bases. I also added an SR-71 at Anderson just for fun.

So happy I don't have to play Brazil vs. Venezuela or India vs Somali pirates!

[mikeck]

A few more were added as well so you got about five or six new great scenarios to be played this weekend

[undercovergeek]

2 quickies -

1 - in scenario builder can i build a navy for anyone? More to the point is the spanish navy represented in anyway, and if not can i make it?

2 - and to the grogs here, not the game makers, who do you reckon Spain would pull in as allies in a war against UK? Brazil? Argentina?

[Baloogan]

2 quickies -

1 - in scenario builder can i build a navy for anyone? More to the point is the spanish navy represented in anyway, and if not can i make it?

2 - and to the grogs here, not the game makers, who do you reckon Spain would pull in as allies in a war against UK? Brazil? Argentina?

1. http://wiki.baloogancampaign.com/index.php/DataShipList#Spain Spanish navy!

2. The french are a traditional ally for Spain v the UK : ) In fact I wargamed a reimagining of the battle of trafalgar set in 2017 between the UK and the French/Spanish armada! http://baloogancampaign.com/episodes/episode-14-trafalgar-2017/

[undercovergeek]

yeah, i keep meaning to watch your video on that one - France is a bit too close for comfort for me!

[mikeck]

I suppose the Spanish ally would depend on what the fight is about...But I could see France and Italy. If it's against Brazil or UK, they may also ally with the Argentinians! Maybe a deal where Argentina gets the Malvinas (Falklands) if they assist Spain in its endeavor.

Maybe Spain and Argentina form a close relationship when the two ally to fight Brazil over something (make it up). This new alliance brings them into was with the UK when Argentina attacks the Malvinas and requests Spanish help. Maybe the continental Europeans like France and Spain are less apt to ally with the UK after the UK leaves the EU and joins a new North Atlantic Trading bloc.

[undercovergeek]

I was thinking Spain walks into Gibraltar and declares it theirs again and a carrier task force is sent from the UK to go get it back...... under increasing pressure to repatriate or liberate the inhabitants the task force is also attacked by an unexpected ally

[Baloogan]

Streaming the end of the world right now! 2014 USA Counterforce strike on China! http://baloogancampaign.com

[Baloogan]

Joint Command, the multiplayer plugin for Command has been released!

After a number of months of grueling beta testing and optimization, Joint Command is good to go. JC is out of beta and is ready to be played!

To download any Baloogan Campaign Software you will need the Launcher.

Might also be a good idea to take a look at the (slightly outdated) documentation.

[skeptical.platypus]

Baloogan, fwiw, your campaign software is at least a 1/3 of the reason why I want this game. It adds the "story" wrapping that adds, for me, just so much more to a military encounter.

[Baloogan]

Baloogan, fwiw, your campaign software is at least a 1/3 of the reason why I want this game. It adds the "story" wrapping that adds, for me, just so much more to a military encounter.

Yeah! You can actually join the Geoscape Campaign without owning Command. Geoscape doesn't need Command to run; you need Command to run the battles, but you could leave the battles to your team mates and focus on the 'big picture'!

If you are interested come by our chat room: https://jabbr.net/#/rooms/baloogan and chat with a few of the team members to see which side you might like to be on!

A bit of information about the campaign is located here: http://wiki.baloogancampaign.com/index.php/Geoscape_2008_Campaign
Also please take a look at a few of our Campaign OOBs!
Indonesia: http://wiki.baloogancampaign.com/index.php/Indonesia_OOB_2008
United States: http://wiki.baloogancampaign.com/index.php/United_States_OOB_2008
Australia: http://wiki.baloogancampaign.com/index.php/Australia_OOB_2008

And even more! All on the wiki: http://wiki.baloogancampaign.com/index.php/Main_Page


I'm using the wiki so the campaign players themselves can edit all of the different pages related to the campaign; and we use the wiki as a clearing house for ideas! Plus we track things like logistics on the wiki.

[skeptical.platypus]

I will certainly be checking in to chats and streams and seeking MP opportunities and stuff . . . once I get I the game. Before then, it would be too tempting, lol!

Plus, I've got to read Arclight, which may arrive after Under a Graveyard Sky, and in couple of weeks there's apparently going to be a group of Banished villagers that need an idiot to save them and someone (presumably) cuter than Nefaro asking for a SR5 one-off and the Flashpoint update is gonna drop soon and I'm fairly certain I'd like to see a roman heavy cavalry charge in the snow and TESO has got to finish downloading at some point right?. . .

Jeez, Grogheads. Thanks for filling up my gaming plate.

[Dimitris]

Command news of the week: PBEM extension gets out of beta, new Command release, new review: http://www.warfaresims.com/?p=2200