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1938 Calm Before The Storm
v2.01
Removed Italian HQ Balbo from the map
Changed Italian industrial modifier frpom 30 to 20%
Removed Italian heavy cruiser Goriza from the map
Lowered strength on Italian troops
Small changes of German build limits and dates of purchase
Removed 1 German garrison and 1 division from prod queue
Removed Abyssinian town
Lowered Italian MPP value of resources
Removed 1 Italian sub
Changed combat target data for tanks
Increased unit cost
Fixed faulty France war entry script and added UK war entry script
Added 2 Mobilization:1 scripts for UK and US
Added Slovakian War entry script
Added German decision script for Vichy Frnace to become axis and matching War entry scripts
Added decision scripts and territory and resources for French gold in Fort-De-France
Added German decision and match unikt script for Admiral Graf Spee
Changed Free France units to no build restrictions
Changed UK Free france units to Free france
Changed Freie Indische Legion unit script and war entry
Added Iranian light tank and cavalry unit and lowered strenth on Iranian units
Lowered strength on Iraqi units, added fighter, mech and mtb
Small changes of Iraqi unit script
Added Free Armenia war entry, territory and unit scripts
Added unit scripts for Irish, Colombia, Brazil, Venezuela, Cuba, Finland, Sweden, French Somaliland, Free Spain, British Empire, Syrian, Free Portugal, Portugal, Portuguese West Africa, Finland, French West Africa, French Equatorial Africa, French Madagascar, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Palestine, Afgahnistan, Liberia, Free Armenia
Added Latvian sub, Yugoslavian cavalry division, destroyer and MTB, French sub and brigade, Polish brigade, Spanish sub and dreadnought, Norwegian sub, Libyan sub, Italian north african sub
Lowered MPP value for oil wells for Kuwait and Bahrain
Added port to Portugeese West Africa
Removed 2 Polish and 1 yugo Waffen SS divisions
Added Surrender_1 scripts and war entry scripts for Portugal and Free Portugal, Portuguese West Africa
Replaced Spanish Guinea with French Somaliland
Removed build restrictions for all "Free" countries
Lowered strength on Irish mtb
Lowered combat target data on Polish and USSR armies since they really where corps in strength
Added surrender_1 script for Netherlands and unit and war entry script for Dutch Guiana
Added many war entry and surrender_1 scripts
Remodeled Swedish army and Finnish totally
Removed Italian rail gun and light cruiser from the map
Lowered strength on some units in Dutch and Belgium armies
Changed Zara territory from Yugoslavia to Italy and added a brigade
Removed German 2 dreadnoughts and 2 destroyers from the map
Fixed faulty Finnish decision script for Hangö
Removed double German decision for submarine war
Fixed faulty German decision script for Molotov-Ribbentrop pact regarding Poland
Fixed several surrender_1 scripts
Added missing weather zones
Fixed faulty territory script
Fixed faulty belligerence script
Added positions in Greek and Yugoslavoian partisan scripts
Changed air plane and paratroopers ranges
Changes of NM scripts
and some more...

https://db.tt/UdvC0jWpMq

Looks awesome! Any updates?

I have it more or less completed and playtests it now

Any updates on this one? I seem to remember this mod in a previous version on SC2.

Hi, i have kind of taken a break from the design of 1938 Calm... It is more or less ready, just needs to be tested. But where to upload it nowaydays?

Any feedback from playtesters, or further mod progress?

How about Dropbox?

Hi there, finally it´s uploaded. It was done in the beginning of the year and then it has been just laying on the computer, i have been busy with other things so ENJOY now.
I have put it on dropbox, link below.

https://db.tt/Nvwvhgw7nx

ORIGINAL: Cantona66

Hi there, finally it´s uploaded. It was done in the beginning of the year and then it has been just laying on the computer, i have been busy with other things so ENJOY now.
I have put it on dropbox, link below.

https://db.tt/Nvwvhgw7nx

Thanks !!!

Hello Cantona66!
I've enjoyed your 1938 Calm Before the Storm mod since it first came out in SC2, it's the only way I enjoy playing the game so I was thrilled when I saw you put it out for SC3. Many thanks for that, you've done superb work.

I have one question though as I've got a problem with the unit sprites - and I don't have it with any of the standard SC3 campaigns or scenarios. When I load your mod - in either the editor or the game - many of the 3d units are not visible, just their round bases. They show up just fine as Nato counters though. If I look at the Franco-German border at game start, about half the units are displayed as round bases. If I turn the bases off, then there is just some text for the unit. It is not just that area of the map, the Italians units have the same problem in North Africa, as do others.

Have I installed something wrong? I've tried extracting the files with both WinRar and 7Zip (the latter seemed to give a better result - the editor no longer tells me that convoy scripts are missing when I open the campaign). I have also tried installing as a user campaign and directly to the game's campaign folder, but with the same result. Any thoughts on what could be causing this? I'm bummed, was looking forward to this awesome mod so I could get back to SC3!

Below is a jpeg of what I'm seeing. My graphics drivers are up to date and I'm running an alienware laptop with good processing power and a graphics card with 4 gigs of ram on it. I appreciate you help on this and thanks again for this excellent mod.

Regards,

Peter

Cantona66,

Just a little more information about this issue: At full resolution the problem manifests as in the screenshot in my previous post. When zoomed out the unit sprites are all there and correct. Perhaps this is a problem with the Unit Zoom Sprites?

Is anyone else seeing this or is it just me? That would be typical.

Cheers,

Peter

@pfinch
the problem is not with the mod,it is caused by slow download speeds via dropbox.
i noticed that the download paused 3or4 times.
each time the download resumed it skipped the file it paused at.that's why some of the bit map folders are incomplete.
clearly you need replacement unit sets.
you are in luck,i have made up 2 custom unit sets for calm38.
one for the 2D nato & one for the 3D sprites
the nato one is based on spires counter mod.i have adapted it by changing the ships & aircraft.
also i have added proper mechanized symbols & the nato symbols are now colour coded.
RED=BRIGADE
YELLOW=DIVISION
GREEN=CORPS
WHITE=ARMY
i can email the to you,if you want them
grombit

@pfinch
you will also need a new interface folder.
because cantona has not sorted that one out yet.
the mod was feeding off the vanilla interface folder,that is a different array.
he has rigged the mod like this,
MAJ0R05 germany
MAJOR06 italy
MAJOR07 finland
MAJOR07 romania
so in his mod poland is just a minor & finland & romania are now axis majors.
i have made up a custom interface file for calm38.
with it the correct flags & symbols appear on the decision panels on screen.
i can send you the interface file as well.
grombit

Grombit,
Thank you for your replies, that's very kind.
I had not considered the possibility that the Dropbox downloads were being corrupted.
Perhaps Matix Games should create a download section in these fora (hint, hint!)

I also appreciate your offers of the units and interface you created, I'd love to
have both sets of unit types.

Again, thanks for taking the time to respond and help out, very much appreciated.

Best regards,
Peter

@pfinch
okay,i have sent you a PM.
when i get a email address,i will send you the 8 unit
sets & the interface file.
using WE TRANSFER.a free file sending service.
as for the mod.fabulous map, the the whole of africa,british india & madagasca.
i have play tested it for the first year.
works well,no bugs or crashes to report.
grombit

ORIGINAL: grombit

@pfinch
okay,i have sent you a PM.
when i get a email address,i will send you the 8 unit
sets & the interface file.
using WE TRANSFER.a free file sending service.
as for the mod.fabulous map, the the whole of africa,british india & madagasca.
i have play tested it for the first year.
works well,no bugs or crashes to report.
grombit

Is there any chance you could send me the files as well grombit.[;)]

@roy64
no problem
i will also send you the unit sets & interface file as well.
what i need from you,is an email address to where you want it sent.
i cannot do it via the PM system here.
i need an email address to type into the WE TRANSFER system.
grombit

Thanks grombit.

Hi! Would like the files too. I sended an E-mail to you.

@spartacus70
no problem
pm sent
grombit