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by Crossroads
Sat Oct 11, 2025 7:59 am
Forum: Flashpoint Campaigns: Cold War
Topic: Only runs on W11?
Replies: 5
Views: 398

Re: Only runs on W11?



Long story short:

Windows 10 Enterprise 2021 LTSC -> Official EoL Date Jan, 12th 2027
Windows 10 Enterprise 2019 LTSC -> Official EoL Date Jan, 9th 2029
Windows 10 IoT Enterprise 2021 LTSC -> Official EoL Date Jan, 13th 2032 (Not permitted for desktop use due to license conditions)



Those ...
by Crossroads
Thu Oct 09, 2025 6:26 am
Forum: Campaign Series: Vietnam
Topic: Sneak Peeks, Coming Attractions, Works-In-Progress Redux
Replies: 121
Views: 17822

Re: Sneak Peeks, Coming Attractions, Works-In-Progress Redux



What do you guys think? Again, what intel would you like to see there that isn’t shown yet—something you’ve always wanted to see?


Probably a little late to the party but having tooltips on hovering over the various unit statuses would be amazing. I've had to go to the manual many times for ...
by Crossroads
Mon Sep 29, 2025 5:26 am
Forum: Campaign Series: Middle East 1948-1985
Topic: 3D Unit Bit File Creation
Replies: 3
Views: 697

Re: 3D Unit Bit File Creation


Does the Campaign Series as it has evolved here allow for less than 100% opacity for the 3D figures and AFV's?

I made the 3D infantry figures the WDS people are using now for Squad Battles (3D models to 2D files), and went through a similar process using different tools. I used Stroke in ...
by Crossroads
Sun Sep 28, 2025 7:11 am
Forum: Campaign Series: Middle East 1948-1985
Topic: 3D Unit Bit File Creation
Replies: 3
Views: 697

Re: 3D Unit Bit File Creation

Thanks, Jason!

... talking about scripts, here're two of them for all you GIMP users out there that automate this all: see this post in the Mods and Scenarios subforum .

There are two versions:

One, 5a, where you open a 3Dxs unit image bitmap in GIMP and run the plug-in to create an outline from ...
by Crossroads
Fri Sep 26, 2025 5:51 pm
Forum: Campaign Series: Vietnam
Topic: Sneak Peeks, Coming Attractions, Works-In-Progress Redux
Replies: 121
Views: 17822

Re: Sneak Peeks, Coming Attractions, Works-In-Progress Redux

Per popular request from Jason’s Twitch sessions, on-map tooltips are now an option. You can toggle them on and off via the Options menu, as well as through the All, Common, and Info toolbars.

Regarding the Info toolbar: instead of adding yet another button, I repurposed the three existing info ...
by Crossroads
Tue Sep 23, 2025 11:11 am
Forum: Campaign Series: Middle East 1948-1985
Topic: Sneak Peeks, Coming Attractions, Works-In-Progress
Replies: 1161
Views: 49845

Re: Sneak Peeks, Coming Attractions, Works-In-Progress


This looks great. I like the new design, it is clear in what is graphically represented and the specific information the player needs is more readable. The old boxes were also causing me to squint too much, and (I'm telling myself) I'm not quite that old yet.

I'm enjoying these updates. It's ...
by Crossroads
Sat Sep 20, 2025 7:25 am
Forum: Campaign Series: Middle East 1948-1985
Topic: Sneak Peeks, Coming Attractions, Works-In-Progress
Replies: 1161
Views: 49845

Re: Sneak Peeks, Coming Attractions, Works-In-Progress

I use a teeny tiny 13" Asus Zenbook as my test bed for laptop use. It’s a 4K display, but I set it to Full HD for CS since that gives me the best balance of detail and clarity, at least on my setup.

Here’s yesterday’s build running at Full HD, with the Intel Feed dialog tucked to the right. If you ...
by Crossroads
Sat Sep 20, 2025 7:18 am
Forum: Campaign Series: Middle East 1948-1985
Topic: Double Time movement
Replies: 8
Views: 761

Re: Double Time movement

Crossroads wrote: Sat Sep 13, 2025 8:43 pm I will have a look if we can tie this to EFOW optional rule for instance.
Unfortunately, this is very much hard wired in as how a Unit behaves. I will keep it on top of the wish list, but it won't make the cut for the coming updates.
by Crossroads
Fri Sep 19, 2025 3:06 pm
Forum: Campaign Series: Middle East 1948-1985
Topic: Sneak Peeks, Coming Attractions, Works-In-Progress
Replies: 1161
Views: 49845

Re: Sneak Peeks, Coming Attractions, Works-In-Progress

I hear you guys. FWIW, you can easily toggle Unitlist on and off with "U" or with toolbar button. Or from Options menu.

Would it be helpful if I add some Unitlist intel to unit tooltips? Action points you can see with thermometers. Or relative morale, strenght status if you so wish.

Would adding ...
by Crossroads
Wed Sep 17, 2025 3:10 pm
Forum: Campaign Series: Vietnam
Topic: Campaign Series Cold War
Replies: 3
Views: 1709

Re: Campaign Series Cold War

Meh. Let us make it all Forest Green for now. Plenty of time to settle with the final colours! While at it, I introduced the two-color gridview to front end launcher app as well.

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by Crossroads
Tue Sep 16, 2025 4:27 pm
Forum: Campaign Series: Vietnam
Topic: Campaign Series Cold War
Replies: 3
Views: 1709

Re: Campaign Series Cold War

Compiled the latest builds for all our three Modern Wars series of games, including Cold War 1.00 ALPHA.

So while there is a long wish-list for new features for Cold War, it won't have to start from the scratch. It will be in the very same codebase baseline as Middle East and Vietnam are.

Here ...
by Crossroads
Tue Sep 16, 2025 4:02 pm
Forum: Campaign Series: Vietnam
Topic: Sneak Peeks, Coming Attractions, Works-In-Progress Redux
Replies: 121
Views: 17822

Re: Sneak Peeks, Coming Attractions, Works-In-Progress Redux


MERDC!


Good moooorning Vietnam! It is back, and with the original MERDC scheme as well. At some stage the game dialog colors, particularly the MERDC Dark Green had shifted to a much darker hue.

We have something like three weeks before handing out the 2.10 Update build to Matrix Ops team, for ...
by Crossroads
Tue Sep 16, 2025 8:51 am
Forum: Campaign Series: Middle East 1948-1985
Topic: Sneak Peeks, Coming Attractions, Works-In-Progress
Replies: 1161
Views: 49845

Re: Sneak Peeks, Coming Attractions, Works-In-Progress


While I like the look of the new unit list, it looks too wide for my liking. It just feels like it taking up too much map space.

My suggestion would be to the place thermometers underneath their respective stat so you could reduce that dead space. Here's a quick mock up:

example.jpg


Cheers ...
by Crossroads
Mon Sep 15, 2025 6:58 pm
Forum: Campaign Series: Middle East 1948-1985
Topic: Sneak Peeks, Coming Attractions, Works-In-Progress
Replies: 1161
Views: 49845

Re: Sneak Peeks, Coming Attractions, Works-In-Progress


Thank you massively for these unit box updates.


Good times! If you - or anyone! - have any wish list items regarding unit lists, be it unit cards or terrain info, let me know.

(Note: I wish to have more complete hex and hex side info present in mouse tooltip when hovering over a hex, while ...
by Crossroads
Mon Sep 15, 2025 2:50 pm
Forum: Campaign Series: Middle East 1948-1985
Topic: Sneak Peeks, Coming Attractions, Works-In-Progress
Replies: 1161
Views: 49845

Re: Sneak Peeks, Coming Attractions, Works-In-Progress

Here's an alternate screenshot with Unit List sidepanel on right, also: Enhanced Fog of War opted, so enemy intel is partially obscured.

Map scrolling by screen edge opted, as well as normal Toolbar, and not with camo colored button groupings. Unit cards were updated to ones using the Phase Box ...
by Crossroads
Mon Sep 15, 2025 2:15 pm
Forum: Campaign Series: Middle East 1948-1985
Topic: Sneak Peeks, Coming Attractions, Works-In-Progress
Replies: 1161
Views: 49845

Re: Sneak Peeks, Coming Attractions, Works-In-Progress

... and per popular(!) demand, Unit List now receives a vertical scroll bar to accompany it, when required. (It can still be dragged up and down using the mouse as well.)

In this screenshot, I also have the map scrolling opted with scrollbars, so it gets a tad crowded. If Unit List is on Right, its ...
by Crossroads
Mon Sep 15, 2025 1:23 pm
Forum: Campaign Series: Middle East 1948-1985
Topic: Sneak Peeks, Coming Attractions, Works-In-Progress
Replies: 1161
Views: 49845

Re: Sneak Peeks, Coming Attractions, Works-In-Progress

Great, thanks!

Back to Unit List....


Unit List side panel next!

So here we are: first baby steps taken! This is one of the areas still running on quite an old codebase; not much has changed since the original JTCS days.

I’ve doubled the space for the Unit List, it’s now 360 pixels wide ...
by Crossroads
Mon Sep 15, 2025 11:46 am
Forum: Campaign Series: Vietnam
Topic: Sneak Peeks, Coming Attractions, Works-In-Progress Redux
Replies: 121
Views: 17822

Re: Sneak Peeks, Coming Attractions, Works-In-Progress Redux

^ Fixed the broken image links on my pics there.
by Crossroads
Mon Sep 15, 2025 8:01 am
Forum: Campaign Series: Middle East 1948-1985
Topic: Sneak Peeks, Coming Attractions, Works-In-Progress
Replies: 1161
Views: 49845

Re: Sneak Peeks, Coming Attractions, Works-In-Progress


Just an FYI, the bottom 4 images won't display.


Dangit, that's right, I was pointing to pictures at our private Dev Forum, and it showed for me as long as I was logged in for I have access there. But to any one else, or if not logged in, they did not show.

I took some new screenshots with ...
by Crossroads
Sun Sep 14, 2025 12:08 pm
Forum: Campaign Series: Vietnam
Topic: Sneak Peeks, Coming Attractions, Works-In-Progress Redux
Replies: 121
Views: 17822

Re: Sneak Peeks, Coming Attractions, Works-In-Progress Redux

MERDC! No, not misspelling French while i an a bad mood here, but the US Army camo standard from the past that we used to set our game color standars.'

I wrote a blog post about that in the Middle East Sneak Peeks blog .

The Vietnam game defines its color scheme based on the MERDC Tropical ...

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