Campaign Series Middle East - 3.10 UPDATE

Jason Petho · November 07, 2024, 12:28:25 AM

We jumped right into the fight today. So much violence. There was tank battles around the map and I have a new hatred for M150 TOW vehicles that the Israeli's have in the rear. The Sho't Kal's are also a pain, especially as they broke beyond my frontal positions and running amuck in my rear. It's a nasty fight, but a good one.

Jason Petho · November 14, 2024, 12:19:15 AM

I went over the latest and greatest goodies in the works for the Campaign Series Vietnam and Middle East Updates expected in January as well as showed off some new vehicles for the Cold War game. After that we dove into the final handful of turns of the Tournament scenario. What a wild ride the final turns were indeed. Lots of senseless violence and assaults. Some went well, some did not. I still hate the Israeli TOW's.

Jason Petho · November 21, 2024, 12:42:16 AM

Well, I had good intentions for a Middle East stream with some new goodies that were to be shown to showcase all the efforts that Petri had been working on lately. Which is fabulously exciting, but for whatever reason, my installation was flagging the wrong weapon file. The horrors of live Beta Testing. So, one of the viewers suggested I play an East Front scenarios, so that's what we did. We conducted an assault against a Russian bridgehead and ran into a number of T-34's and KV-1 tanks. Yay for senseless violence!

Jason Petho · November 28, 2024, 10:47:36 AM

Well this session was more successful than last and things I wanted to show you last time worked! I showed off some of the North Koreans and we playtested Humbling of the Tank with a new Lua file created with the latest tool that Petri has created. We dove in to see how the Engine AI handles artillery and I'm happy to say it's much better than it was before! Otherwise, it was an interesting little fight.

Jason Petho · December 05, 2024, 09:47:57 AM

I took the time to show of some of the organizations that are coming in the Middle East UPDATE that is due out in January. Then we dove back into the West Front Aachen West Wall scenario. There's a lot of units and we're still running down the retreating Germans, but we have formulated a couple of good plans for attack now and we are working towards that goal! Exciting times and some senseless violence.

Crossroads · January 31, 2025, 11:42:52 AM

How nice, the Middle East 3.00 Public Beta is out just for the FRIDAY as well! The FRIDAY Beta!

LINK TO MATRIX GAMES ANNOUNCEMENT

A big one, with new Scenario Browser front end, new 3D map images, and in particular for Middle East, all scenarios with accompanying (auto-generated) Scripted AI Lua files as well.

Your feedback appreciated

DesertFox · January 31, 2025, 12:37:51 PM

Awesome news, thank you for this!!

I've been playing around with the Vietnam beta the past couple days and it is soooooooo nice being able to select a scenario without those stupid arrow buttons lol.

Crossroads · January 31, 2025, 01:32:47 PM

Quote from: DesertFox on January 31, 2025, 12:37:51 PMAwesome news, thank you for this!!

I've been playing around with the Vietnam beta the past couple days and it is soooooooo nice being able to select a scenario without those stupid arrow buttons lol.

I could not agree more, about the time, right! Mods are now easier to enable as well, make sure to add the Alan Arvold scenario sets to playable scenarios, too. With Campaign grouping, they are easier to differentiate from stock scenarios now.

Old TImer · January 31, 2025, 10:31:27 PM

I too am really liking the new menu interface. Far far easier to use. I'm looking forward to getting into this and Vietnam. Great updates.

Jason Petho · March 02, 2025, 07:08:35 PM

With the release of the Campaign Series Middle East 3.00 UPDATE last week, we went over some of the goodies and changes that are to be found in the new REMASTERED version of the game. There are a lot of little tidbits in here to go over and then we fired up Advantage Jiradi and had a taste of the new scripted artillery. Ugh, it was a rough go but fun nevertheless!

Jason Petho · March 16, 2025, 04:55:22 PM

Sub-Saharan Mod 1.00: We are in for a treat today! Schlonz had released the 1.00 version of his Sub-Saharan Mod that includes a bunch of goodies! I go over how to install it and how to play it! He's put a lot of effort into it and it is a blast to play, I highly recommend giving it a go! We played through one scenario, did a couple of Lua file tweaks and then started to play a second scenario. Exciting and good times indeed!

Jason Petho · March 23, 2025, 03:15:07 PM

Before we dove back into the Sub-Saharan Mod created by Schlonz, I went over the latest and greatest news for the Campaign Series and showed what we are working on in the background. Cold War is well on the way, but of course, still lots to do. We finished off the scenario we were playing last session and then started up another dealing with a Rhodesian Fire Force conducting an assault. I had read about them but it was beyond fun to see them in action!

Jason Petho · April 13, 2025, 04:04:02 PM

After a quick overview about what's happening behind the scenes with the Campaign Series games we dove into a new scenario by Schlonz for his Sub-Saharan Mod for Campaign Series Middle East. The scenario, Operation Mar Verde", is a scenario that deals with a Coup d'Etat in Guinea in 1970. It's a fascinating scenario with ample Lua scripting which provides lots of engaging dialogs. After that fun adventure, we played the last scenario from the mod's current set, "Convoy Duty", which was a hypothetical Portuguese supply convoy trying to send some relief to an isolated base. Exciting times indeed, lots of ambushes and challenges!

Jason Petho · April 27, 2025, 11:15:34 PM

We fired up a fun little scenario as the UK that include some adventures in central Yemen. It is a relatively small scenario (compared to what I usually play), so we took the opportunity to take things a little slower and explain a few more things in detail. There was also some great questions from those that joined. We sent it some commandos to attempt to establish some landing areas and pushing the Yemenis guerrillas back, but they are a tedious bunch of defenders. Things are getting very interesting as we have all the reinforcements and the time crunch is definitely on.

Jason Petho · June 18, 2025, 09:23:20 AM

As I am not able to stream tonight due to a work function, I put together a Play by Email game I had against Ian. We decided to play Schlonz's SubSaharan Mod. And what a blast it was. I played the United Nations forces while Ian took on the Katangan troops where he was defending a key bridge in the Kongo. There was ample scrapping with effective fighting nearly from the beginning. I had plans, but you know how well they survive after first contact. I created a new intro for these PBEM games and changed how the music for the details and turns are done, let me know what you think!