More DLC for Graviteam Tactics...

[jomni]

I really want non WWII stuff because they are unique and  not covered by other games. Those are the reasons why I got APOS.  If they never had a non WWII DLC,  I would have never bought this.

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

Some more info on the upcoming Shilovko DLC.

One campaign, likely 13 turns long and playable as either the Germans or the USSR.
No new units.  (boo!)
The map size is 80 km²

Forces.
Germans get an over-strength infantry regiment and 1 tank battalion.
Soviets get 2 (maybe more) infantry regiments, 1 tank battalion, and 1 battery of off-map artillery for support.

[Nefaro]

I can't agree that the game should not venture beyond WWII.  I found the Soviet/Iran DLC in Afghanistan to be outstanding.  The Angolan campaign was very interesting, as well.  Certainly, the post-WWII campaigns in SABOW are very impressive, as well.  There are a lot of Cold War era conflicts that could be modeled well with this engine.

Agreed.

There are buttloads of WW2 stuff out there, even for Graviteam.  I'd still like to see some of these smaller, more modern conflicts as DLC.  Sadly, I don't think that's gonna happen much since the two we have were only done because the assets had already been created.

[Dolan50]

I constantly hear that line about WW2 has been done to death or the same thing about certain WW2 battles also,such as Normandy,Kursk or Battle of the Bulge.

Pizza,hamburgers and steaks have been done to death also,that doesn't mean that every place that sells those three items makes them the same way or even makes good ones.

I love Pizza,steaks and hamburgers,but there are only a few places that meet my quality and taste standards when it comes to those three food items,and I would be pretty upset at those restaurants and possibly stop patronizing them if they side lined my favorite dish 3-4 months out of the year so they could offer up something different,new and exotic that I may or may not like and have a passing or limited interested in.

I feel pretty much the same way about this game and WW2.
Keep the same menu,but tread lightly in the exotic dish category.

Graviteam makes excellent WW2 games,but so far I'm having doubts that they will ever make a modern tactical war game that satisfies my taste buds the same way.

[Dolan50]

"Some more info on the upcoming Shilovko DLC.

One campaign, likely 13 turns long and playable as either the Germans or the USSR.
No new units.  (boo!)"

The August patch is offering a few new free items to enhance the Shilovo DLC,but the German Panzer Division could still use -88mm FLAK guns ,truck mounted AA guns and a few more earlier model armoured cars.
Everything else seems to be in the game already for creating 1942-3 German Panzer,Infantry or SS Divisions.

I would like to see some German paratroopers or Luftwaffe Field Divisions at a later date or maybe a campaign featuring the GrossDeutschland Division.

[Dolan50]

New features in the August patch that will be used in the Shilovo DLC:

1) Out of roster weapons. In the German pz infantry battalions will be given an additional AT Rifle per platoon. It will take one of the shooters from platoon, under the threat of a tank attack.
2) There will be a number of infantry weapons out before it was at this time, such as rifle grenade launchers, SVT rifles in rifle platoons.
3) Will be out of ammunition which was not present at that time: the cumulative projectiles for infantry and regimental cannons, smoke shells for 15 сm howitzers, APCR shells for 7.5 сm tank guns.
4) German pz infantry units will use the captured weapons in small quantities (SVT rifle).
5) Part of the platoons will begin operations with losses in manpower.

[Dolan50]

Andrey mentioned that the DLC-Volokonovka(Fall Blau) will most likely be updated also after the August patch.

[Dolan50]

http://www.graviteam.com/AP-STAR/gtos_patch_aug13_rc2_eng.gt2extension

New Aug.13 Patch

[Dolan50]

Volokonovka(Fall Blau) DLC has been updated on Gamersgate.The new Aug.13 patch is required.
Link to Aug.13 patch above.

For some reason on GG the required patch is labled Aug.12 but I think it's a typo.

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

Do we have to download the latest version of Volo or does the Aug 13 patch update it automatically?

[Dolan50]

You need to do both.
Update with Aug.13 Patch 1st then update the Volokonovka (Fall Blau) DLC.
No need to uninstall the old DLC the updated version will automatically overwrite the old version

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

OK, thanks.

BTW, for anyone else doing this, you need to use the "download latest version" tab under the "Files" header instead of the main "Download" tab or it looks like it'll just download the old version.

[Boggit]

I've got it. APOS and the various DLC's are well, graphically awesome. I'm still having trouble getting my head round the controls, and sorting out the graphic options is finicky in getting the system to run without the framerate dropping so low that a running man looks like he's skating. Still, I'm getting there - slowly, so would appreciate any advice on getting most out of the game. I've played a Taranovka night scenario, and it just blew me away with the atmosphere. The flares were great, and I was instinctively closing one eye, so as not to lose my night vision... great immersion. I just suck at the controls though. :'(

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

What are your system specs?

[Boggit]

What are your system specs?

4 core 3.2 Ghz CPU, 8mb RAM, Win7 Professional, Radeon 5450 Sapphire 1Gb graphics card, IIRC 12Gb HD allocated for for page files etc. Should be enough, don't you think?