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Title: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Richie61 on April 02, 2016, 01:25:20 AM
So I am working away on the Top Down mods for JT/ HPS Squad Battles again.

German Late War vehicles - first try at camo.
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When I couldn't find the correct stuff, I found blueprints and made them. Fun, but lots of work.  :P

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Early WIP
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Early Eagles Strike
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Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Asid on April 02, 2016, 10:42:55 AM
This looks great Richie  O0
Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: panzerde on April 02, 2016, 11:52:30 AM
Richie these are great! Can't wait ti try them in the game!
Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Richie61 on April 02, 2016, 06:17:41 PM
Thanks!

I have the "Info" images in game now.

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Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Bison on April 02, 2016, 07:11:12 PM
Nice work! 
Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Cyrano on April 02, 2016, 10:20:43 PM
Huge thumbs up!

Looking forward to the finished product.

Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Richie61 on April 02, 2016, 11:45:01 PM
Started the map images for RV. They seem to look good so far.

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Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Boggit on April 03, 2016, 12:47:26 PM
Those are looking really nice Richie. O0 Will you be doing different infantry icons for small teams like MG's/Mortars and individuals for the officers?
Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Richie61 on April 03, 2016, 10:38:09 PM
Quote from: Boggit on April 03, 2016, 12:47:26 PM
Those are looking really nice Richie. O0 Will you be doing different infantry icons for small teams like MG's/Mortars and individuals for the officers?

Info units with be 3 men top down images. SB has MG and mortars as equipment images and then a squad or crew.
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The above example is a leader and a MG team. Note how the MG is it's own image.

You could make a leader image only, but you would then need to change every stock and add on scenario OOB to use the leader image. Way too much work for me.
Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Richie61 on April 04, 2016, 07:23:20 AM
Camo in Eagles Strike test.
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Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: TacticalWargames on April 04, 2016, 11:07:17 AM
Love it!! A mod I always wanted to do but didn't think I could get the counters big enough! Though I still prefer modded faces for the Inf (I imagine it's the chit leader, so really wish we could have had alot more of them so we got little repetition) I'll certainly be using your vehicles for the games. Without question.

As usual Rich superb work. I can only imagine the amount of time you've spent doing these..and I'll say it's all been worth it. Your skills started of good (Much better than mine) and have become expert. Your at a stage where you could set yourself up for hire for wargame artwork. If I was developing a wargame youi'd be on my list for artists.

I've posted and linked to here on Tactical Wargames FB page!

https://www.facebook.com/Tacticalwargame/

J
Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Richie61 on April 04, 2016, 11:29:09 AM
Thanks Jason  :) I am not that good, but I try and don't quit.

Here is some US equipment in Eagles Strike.

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Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: TacticalWargames on April 04, 2016, 11:49:03 AM
You are that good..honestly.
Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: panzerde on April 04, 2016, 11:52:52 AM
Quote from: TacticalWargames on April 04, 2016, 11:49:03 AM
You are that good..honestly.


QFT +1
Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Richie61 on April 07, 2016, 08:04:36 AM
Thanks guys! I just try really hard to make images look as nice as a can.

Found some more camo skins. Would be lots of work to make Summer and Winter camo packs, but a teaser is nice at times  :D

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Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Richie61 on April 13, 2016, 12:11:26 PM
What the heck!  :D

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Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: acctingman on April 13, 2016, 12:19:47 PM
You're making me want to buy this game when I told myself I wouldn't  >:(
Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Richie61 on April 15, 2016, 08:11:44 AM
Still building missing equipment  :(

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Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Richie61 on May 04, 2016, 12:23:04 AM
Been busy with work and family, but did a few more. The T-34 Calliope wasn't made by me.
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Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: jomni on May 04, 2016, 12:46:46 AM
Nice work. But being top down and not able to show correct facing is confusing.  At least for side view, it is more manageable for me.
Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Boggit on May 04, 2016, 12:50:18 PM
Quote from: jomni on May 04, 2016, 12:46:46 AM
Nice work. But being top down and not able to show correct facing is confusing.  At least for side view, it is more manageable for me.
+1.  I have to agree with Jomni - I'd find that easier with the vehicles too. There's no doubting that you've done some really nice work. I love the new infantry counters. :smitten:
Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Richie61 on May 04, 2016, 07:24:12 PM
To each their own. I don't really see the stock game being any easier to use or looking better  ;)

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Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: panzerde on May 04, 2016, 07:33:55 PM
I've been playing a fair bit of the WWI SB game lately, and there are no mods for that game. I find the stock counter graphics so unappealing I've just turned on NATO symbols.


I don't find the top down view any more confusing than the side views. Neither counter usually faces the direction the unit is facing. Certainly these modded counters are at least much cleaner and clearer!
Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Richie61 on May 05, 2016, 09:05:29 AM
Quote from: panzerde on May 04, 2016, 07:33:55 PM
I've been playing a fair bit of the WWI SB game lately, and there are no mods for that game. I find the stock counter graphics so unappealing I've just turned on NATO symbols.


I don't find the top down view any more confusing than the side views. Neither counter usually faces the direction the unit is facing. Certainly these modded counters are at least much cleaner and clearer!

I started a FWW top down mod, but the infantry with gas masks is were I stopped. Too tough to mod units with them and w/o them  :(

Vehicles are easy  ;)

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Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Boggit on May 05, 2016, 11:11:10 AM
Quote from: Richie61 on May 04, 2016, 07:24:12 PM
To each their own. I don't really see the stock game being any easier to use or looking better  ;)

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Well you're right. Functionally there is little difference, just a difference in presentation. I think it's probably the usual gut reaction to change where you're not upset with what you've already got. ;) Had you done a side on profile, rather than an overhead profile, I probably wouldn't even have blinked, other to comment on the fact I like your art style. That said, I have no such hesitation with your infantry, they're great and I love 'em.
Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Richie61 on May 05, 2016, 11:32:11 AM
I had one person ask me why the vehicles face west (left) and why not Have the Axis face one way and the Allied side the other. This way they would face each other. Course not all scenarios have Axis on the same side of the screen or some are vertical (up and down) the screen  :2funny:
Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Boggit on May 05, 2016, 12:39:05 PM
Quote from: Richie61 on May 05, 2016, 11:32:11 AM
I had one person ask me why the vehicles face west (left) and why not Have the Axis face one way and the Allied side the other. This way they would face each other. Course not all scenarios have Axis on the same side of the screen or some are vertical (up and down) the screen  :2funny:
You make a good point about the different directions a side deploys from in different scenarios.

Clearly you no one told you we're a hard audience to please, and we're never satisfied... :2funny:  ;)
Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Tuna on May 05, 2016, 02:38:43 PM
Are these mods available for download?
Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Richie61 on May 08, 2016, 11:19:02 PM
So my battle buddy Dan gave me a great idea for top down infantry in WWI for gas masks on and off.

I think the little image of a gas mask will work!  :)

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Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Seydlitz on May 09, 2016, 10:36:47 AM
Does someone knows where I can get  a Terrain Mod for WWI?
Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Richie61 on May 09, 2016, 12:23:49 PM
Quote from: Seydlitz on May 09, 2016, 10:36:47 AM
Does someone knows where I can get  a Terrain Mod for WWI?

What you want it to look like?

You can swap all the other SB title "map" files into each other. Just make a copy of your "map" folder first or use Jones swap the files.

Stock:
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What I am using:
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Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: panzerde on May 09, 2016, 12:53:25 PM
Quote from: Richie61 on May 08, 2016, 11:19:02 PM
So my battle buddy Dan gave me a great idea for top down infantry in WWI for gas masks on and off.

I think the little image of a gas mask will work!  :)

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That's an excellent idea!

Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Seydlitz on May 09, 2016, 01:28:21 PM
Thx Richie for your answer. What is this mod you're using. Looks great.
Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Richie61 on May 09, 2016, 08:11:13 PM
Seydilitz, I think it's a mix of SB files.

Rough/ quick infantry with and w/o masks.

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Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Richie61 on May 09, 2016, 10:52:42 PM
In game test. Late Germans vs US Marines - with & w/o masks. Not that bad.

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Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Richie61 on May 10, 2016, 08:25:26 AM
 :)

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Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: acctingman on May 10, 2016, 11:53:02 AM
I'm thinking of buying JT Campaign Series (since it covers all theaters of war)....where does one go to get these graphical mods for it?

Thanks
Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Tuna on May 10, 2016, 12:01:42 PM
These mods are NOT for the Campaign series as that is very old. There is a team at Matrix working with that engine, that will be producing a newer version in the future. They already created a more modern desert area version recently.
Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: acctingman on May 10, 2016, 03:28:37 PM
Quote from: Tuna on May 10, 2016, 12:01:42 PM
These mods are NOT for the Campaign series as that is very old. There is a team at Matrix working with that engine, that will be producing a newer version in the future. They already created a more modern desert area version recently.

Thanks, saw that mention on the Matrix site. Looks like it's years from happening.
Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Cyrano on May 10, 2016, 07:51:26 PM
And while I love the work they're doing on the Campaign Series, the economics of it all make it very unlikely that we'll see anything as all-encompassing as EF, WF, and Pacific.  The Matrix combo-pack, though amazing in the breadth of scenarios available, just doesn't seem economically viable in the current climate.
Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: panzerde on May 10, 2016, 09:11:57 PM
Quote from: acctingman on May 10, 2016, 03:28:37 PM
Quote from: Tuna on May 10, 2016, 12:01:42 PM
These mods are NOT for the Campaign series as that is very old. There is a team at Matrix working with that engine, that will be producing a newer version in the future. They already created a more modern desert area version recently.

Thanks, saw that mention on the Matrix site. Looks like it's years from happening.


Campaign Series Middle East has been out for months. The Vietnam title is next and very much in development.


Replacements for EF, WF, and RS are probably at least a couple of years down the line, yes. They will also not be released in a single combo pack; that's already been stated, IIRC.


There are quite a few mods available already for the original CS, not to mention hundreds of scenarios. The Matrix combo pack release already includes a number of mods as well as a tool for easily applying mods.
Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Richie61 on May 13, 2016, 09:28:19 AM
Testing  ???
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Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Richie61 on May 13, 2016, 01:04:30 PM
Finished product IMO  O0

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Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: panzerde on May 13, 2016, 01:26:48 PM
Man, that looks great! I'd love to mod my game with that.

Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Richie61 on May 13, 2016, 08:31:50 PM
Quote from: panzerde on May 13, 2016, 01:26:48 PM
Man, that looks great! I'd love to mod my game with that.

I will share it when it's done. It's a PITA doing two (2) sheets per infantry for the Info and Map folders per the "gas masks".

Infantry sheets and Vehicle sheets are done too. I have guns to do next.  :)
Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Richie61 on May 17, 2016, 07:38:15 AM
Few WWI guns done up so far.

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Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Richie61 on May 19, 2016, 10:13:45 AM
I think I found a way to make "map" gun images better looking too  :)

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Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: panzerde on May 20, 2016, 01:37:42 AM
Yes, those are looking great! This really changes and cleans up the way the entire game looks! Really like it!
Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Richie61 on May 24, 2016, 07:58:55 AM
So this is the final version of all the stock FWW guns. There should be more guns per the stock game weapon list, but for some reason there are guns that use the same slot but really aren't the same gun type. I am now complete on all the images for map and info boxes and can compile them into a complete mod.  ;)

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Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Richie61 on June 02, 2016, 09:08:05 AM
Another one  :) Winter War Top Down.

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Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Richie61 on August 06, 2016, 07:34:39 PM
Korean War  :)

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Pacific War and Proud & Few - I made everyone of the Japanese vehicles & guns from scratch  ;)

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Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: panzerde on August 06, 2016, 07:38:35 PM
As always, very nicely done!  O0
Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Richie61 on August 06, 2016, 07:58:05 PM
Thanks! I try hard to make the images as nice as I can.

Japanese equipment I made.

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Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: panzerde on August 06, 2016, 08:14:34 PM
I bought a new rig recently and haven't yet reinstalled the Squad Battles games. You're reminding me I need to do that!

Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Richie61 on August 25, 2016, 08:16:01 PM
Just messin' around and building a few new units and some older ones  :)

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Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Ubercat on August 25, 2016, 10:26:16 PM
I haven't read the entire thread, but is it possible to mod out the way that weapons start falling apart after they've been fired a few times?
Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Richie61 on August 26, 2016, 12:22:49 AM
Quote from: Ubercat on August 25, 2016, 10:26:16 PM
I haven't read the entire thread, but is it possible to mod out the way that weapons start falling apart after they've been fired a few times?

My are only top down graphics, but to answer your question - yes. I have a buddy that is doing a mod to all the SB titles. He is changing the db data to reflect each weapons real data. He researches each
weapon and use the JT/ HPS calculation process to input the revised data. The weapons increase effectiveness  :D Plus he deletes the drop off in weapons as they fire.

Dan has put a lot into the X mod, but not many people bother to update graphics, let alone trying mods.
http://www.theblitz.org/message_boards/showthread.php?tid=66229

Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Richie61 on September 05, 2016, 10:45:56 PM
Not sure why I did these with no Squad Battles title to use them in, but I ended up redrawing every French vehicle here.

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Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Strela on September 06, 2016, 03:25:16 AM
Quote from: Richie61 on September 05, 2016, 10:45:56 PM
Not sure why I did these with no Squad Battles title to use them in, but I ended up redrawing every French vehicle here.

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Hey Richie61,

I know a certain Demo that needs these vehicles - you know I will be in touch!!!

David
Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Richie61 on September 06, 2016, 07:26:42 AM
Hi David,

I am a beta tester for Wargame Design Studios, so I bet we can chat  O0

Ed
Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Richie61 on September 06, 2016, 07:41:25 AM
Here is an example of what I do to get the end results.

Top images are the JG versions, middle is my redrawn version and the bottom image is my to scale blue print.

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I don't shade them per trying to make them look like Squad Leader style board games.  :)
Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: rahamy on September 06, 2016, 06:54:05 PM
Nice work Ed...drop me a line at  Support@johntillersoftware.com when you can.
Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: panzerde on September 06, 2016, 08:00:39 PM
 O0
Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Cyrano on September 06, 2016, 10:26:25 PM
I typically only play games with friends so this is ultimately moot for me, but has X-mod riven the SB community?

I, too, have long wondered about the precipitous depletion of effectiveness, but wonder about what effect having such two markedly different approaches to the mechanics in the proverbial soup would have?
Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Richie61 on September 08, 2016, 09:57:05 AM
Quote from: Cyrano on September 06, 2016, 10:26:25 PM
I typically only play games with friends so this is ultimately moot for me, but has X-mod riven the SB community?

I, too, have long wondered about the precipitous depletion of effectiveness, but wonder about what effect having such two markedly different approaches to the mechanics in the proverbial soup would have?

I spent a year testing a mod with my buddy Dan using revised weapon data and other updates to the db (data base). We played game after game and Dan was making changes (new builds) each day.
We now have a mod call X mod. We use a separate installations called "West Front" and "East Front", plus North Africa and Italy are WIP's. What we get is no weapon depletion and IMO better effects
of infantry combat. Meaning that unlike stock SB you don't charge into the open without suppressing the enemy. You need to stay down and use cover as much possible. The casualties are more, but weapons
are better and a casualty doesn't mean a man is dead. A casualty means a man is out of the fight and no longer able to fight that day.

With the separate installs, other people can't take your file or take there file and use it as a so called "cheat".

It's a lot of fun too!
Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Richie61 on September 08, 2016, 09:57:58 AM
Updated the FT-17 to the correct size and added more French support vehicles  ;)

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Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Crossroads on September 08, 2016, 02:43:27 PM
Nice! Question about the WW mod: The Winter War T-26(F) refers to the KhT-130 family of T-26 variants? T-26 is what the name says right. And both are in the Soviet ToE, no Finnish tanks there I assume.
Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Richie61 on September 08, 2016, 05:23:55 PM
The KhT-130 is also called the OT-130. Finland also used the T-26 tanks. It's been said that they captured close to 200 Soviet T-26 tanks. I hope this answers your question.
Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Crossroads on September 09, 2016, 01:47:17 AM
Quote from: Richie61 on September 08, 2016, 05:23:55 PM
The KhT-130 is also called the OT-130. Finland also used the T-26 tanks. It's been said that they captured close to 200 Soviet T-26 tanks. I hope this answers your question.

Thanks Richie, it surely does! The vehicles are very nicely drawn, and the flame coming out of the T-26(F) was visible as well.

I don't have many missions in life, but one of them is debunking the myth of Finnish Vickers 6tons (of English origin purchased in late 1930s) would have gone to war equipped with the obsolete FT-17 37mm Puteaux. Instead, they were equipped with a license build Swedish 37mm Bofors, an excellent gun, accompanied by obsolete optics due to world markets having closed down before the war, and Germany refusing to sell the Zeiss optics ordered earlier due to their pact with Soviets.

Many sources have this wrong, so one of my pet peeves  :D

By Continuation War the Vickers 6-tons were equipped with T-26 45mm gun and optics, for ease of maintenance, and were even given a classification T-26E in Finnish TOE, E standing for the English origin of the chassis.

Here's the WW 6-ton in Olive painting before the white wash camo applied

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Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Richie61 on September 09, 2016, 05:25:50 AM
Very interesting!
HPS put the Finnish Vickers 6ton in their db (data base) with the 37mm.

Quote13 3  48  0 10 5  1  1 30 3 Vickers 6 Ton
    (37mm)
    (7.62/I)
    (9mm/I)

I just learned something new!  :)  Thanks!!!
Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Crossroads on September 09, 2016, 06:05:55 AM
Quote from: Richie61 on September 09, 2016, 05:25:50 AM
Very interesting!
HPS put the Finnish Vickers 6ton in their db (data base) with the 37mm.

Quote13 3  48  0 10 5  1  1 30 3 Vickers 6 Ton
    (37mm)
    (7.62/I)
    (9mm/I)

I just learned something new!  :)  Thanks!!!

Told you, my pet peeve! Of course they had it wrong, everyone does!  :tickedoff:  One of the first things I fixed with JTCS East Front 2.0 by the way ;)

If modding those values, I'd have a better effect similar to 37ATG in short(est) distances, but would have that quickly deteriorating due to the bad optics the tank had to settle with. 

Edit: assuming those are the Puteaux 37mm values, not Bofors 37mm values that is.

Jaegerplatoon.net is a very nice first go-to place to anything related Finnish gear of the era. It's got a nice write-up of the Vickers 6-ton in Finnish use as well: LINK (http://www.jaegerplatoon.net/TANKS2.htm)
Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Richie61 on September 09, 2016, 06:36:50 AM
HPS only lists one (1) 37mm gun in their db, so who knows.  ???
Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Richie61 on September 09, 2016, 07:25:37 AM
Added a few more missing units.

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And first attempt at camo  :knuppel2:

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Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Crossroads on September 09, 2016, 09:10:07 AM
Quote from: Richie61 on September 09, 2016, 06:36:50 AM
HPS only lists one (1) 37mm gun in their db, so who knows.  ???

Does it have FT-17, and Bofors 37mm ATG separately. Maybe they could be compared. See? This is already giving me the griefs, the HPS database, in not knowing what they did there  :uglystupid2:
Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Richie61 on September 09, 2016, 10:50:24 AM
Looking at the db there are:

German pak 36/ 37mm
37mm
37mm AA
Flak 36/ 3.7 cm (37 mm)

And then you have a "loads" page with AP, HE and data for each gun. Course unless it's flagged differently, the 37mm is just AP & HE. Thus the FT-17 and Finnish Vickers use the same gun data.
Plus the BT-2 and the Hotchkiss H-39 use the same 37mm data too.

HPS's data at time is not right, flagged wrong or just plain incorrect.
Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Crossroads on September 09, 2016, 12:38:25 PM
Thanks, knew it!  :knuppel2:
Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Richie61 on September 09, 2016, 05:31:00 PM
But you can add new tanks, weapons to the dp if you want. If playing PBEM, then both sides need to updated db and images to play  :)
Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Richie61 on September 12, 2016, 06:52:14 AM
So I think this is the final cut of my 1940 French units  :)

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Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Richie61 on September 14, 2016, 10:13:44 AM
Crazy from the heat  :D

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Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Richie61 on September 29, 2016, 07:56:39 AM
They moved my cancer surgery up two weeks, so I figured I should post what I got.  :)

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You should see these is a few JTS future games/ demos  :D
Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Sir Slash on September 29, 2016, 11:31:29 AM
Cancer surgery?  :-[ Damn Ritchie! Hoping you get that taken care of and in a favorable fashion. Should we send flowers or chocolates?
Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Pete Dero on September 29, 2016, 12:18:16 PM
Quote from: Sir Slash on September 29, 2016, 11:31:29 AM
Hoping you get that taken care of and in a favorable fashion.

Same here and I wish you a speedy recovery.
Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Richie61 on September 29, 2016, 08:32:41 PM
Thanks guys! I need all the thoughts and prayers I can get!

Final - I hope  :knuppel2: French and Italian guns.

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Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Staggerwing on September 29, 2016, 09:33:06 PM
Good luck Richie61. May your surgery be successful, your stay in hospital be short, and all your nurses be comely.
Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Richie61 on September 29, 2016, 11:17:26 PM
Thanks again guys!  O0

Here is another set.

Char B was a prototype and 3 were made (1945)

R-35 - Not sure. Thinking it was a prototype, but I found pictures of it.

FT-17 mine plow was produced. 29 were made.

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Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Tuna on September 30, 2016, 11:16:38 AM
Hope all goes well for you Richie!
Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Richie61 on October 05, 2016, 11:25:39 PM
Pre Op went well today!

New images of the day  :D

Correction. I researched the A13 Cruiser tanks more and found that there were (2) types. So I correct the images (add to top line) and added
a 2 pounder truck as a bonus  :)

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Title: Re: JT/ HPS Squad Battles - mod WIP
Post by: Sir Slash on October 06, 2016, 10:19:44 AM
Glad to hear it Richie. And those tanks are getting me Hawt!