Two questions below on real-world planning from this period; any information is welcome.

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In many (all?) scenarios, enemy units are regularly located in built-up or urban areas. As players, we just as regularly use artillery/rockets to target these areas. I recently had a particularly ...

In Scenario 4, we are given command of both US and FRG assets including several Kraka ATV units. The scenario begins with moderate to heavy rain and low illumination. While the TOW-equipped ATVs have a decent range (2 hexes), the Milan-equipped ATVs only show an effective range within their own hex ...

In Scenario 1 of the Big Red One campaign, the WP SPA units (SPA/Adv/1/375th TR) are ordered to Move Deliberate with the main body rather than remaining in the rear and providing fire support. As a result, the WP force loses one of its main advantages and the Gvozdikas are quickly knocked out by the ...

Currently, the user interface (in Grognard mode) will only display enemy units if they are currently spotted by one or more friendly units. However, in many cases it is useful to be able to view recently spotted units on the map when making decisions. How feasible would it be to introduce a feature ...

I came across this vignette from one of my recent scenarios and thought it would be worth sharing. These troops deserve a (posthumous) Order of Lenin if anyone ever did :D :D

Some of the suicidal unit behaviors in game are amusing (if somewhat superhuman), but this one is one of the leading ones I ...

I often observe that either my units or the enemy's will, when proceeding along a route, happily continue past strong opposing units that have significant weaponry capable of destroying the bypassing unit. This seems to be particularly noticeable with armored units bypassing enemy armor/mechanized ...

I've started looking into an interim method using the built-in functionality in QGIS. By using the polygon raster analysis tool on the elevation data raster, we can color-code each hex by the mode of the elevation in that hex (which seems to be the same methodology used to calculate hex elevation ...

I am encountering the following error when saving a scenario in the Scenario Editor. The error occurs after forces are defined for both sides and a placeholder unit is added for each force; the "Save Scenario" button is then clicked and the warning dialog indicating that the scenario is incomplete ...

Greetings all,

I am attempting to create a scenario series focused on the Iran-Iraq war (specifically, the Battle of Dezful in January 1981) using the FCCW engine. I have started looking into map creation from real-world imagery as part of this effort, and intend to leverage what (limited ...

I was a beta (alpha?) tester for FCCW last year, but I'm not on Discord; is there another way to get this plugin sent over?

Got it - is this a beta test within the dev team, or will it be available to the community as well?

I currently have a map that can be successfully scanned by the Map Editor and contains elevation data along with several terrain types (urban, swamp, river), a road net, and some hex-side streams/rivers. However, the map render is still flat and does not show elevation differences visually; on the ...

Perfect - setting the brightness to 0 makes the color mapping correct and it can be read into FC. Thanks for the help.

Interesting - my qGIS color selections match the ones in the spreadsheet. I've attached screenshots of my style tab and the individual color definitions; does anything here seem off to you?

I am creating a test map in qGIS and attempting to import it into the FC map editor. My terrain import into qGIS is done using a GeoTIFF file for the area of interest; I then change the style for that layer to use a singleband pseudocolor style with several elevation bins. I can see from the layer ...

For what it's worth - in the Browser Panel, there are a few built-in options for GIS data (ArcGIS, PostGIS, etc.) that can be used to directly access those services without the OpenLayers plugin. Those just require the URL of the map server to access layers.

As a related question: FM07 mentions ...

I see the "Tactical Initiative" setting as being a potential location for settings in this area (units determining when/if to abort or modify their current orders based on changed circumstances). This would allow for differentiation between more rigid command structures and more flexible ones, as ...

Apologies for resurrecting this thread, but I encountered another specific situation that (I think) relates to this topic. I've attached a rough sketch below.

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The key here is that unit A has been ordered to move from points A->C via B in order to prevent the enemy assault ...

Just played through Orange Comet with a Marginal Win (likely higher than that if the Immenrode objective had reverted back to NATO control due to no enemy units on the objective and significant RTR presence overwatching the objective). Screenshot below:
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My concept of ...

The reason I bring this up is that a number of scenarios have forward-deployed units in the defense and a major river (with associated bridges) behind them. With the current state of the game, we can either order engineering units to begin the demolition process (with demolition occurring ...