Campaign Series Vietnam - YouTube

[Jason Petho]

We started up a brand new Tet scenario. I literally "finished" scripting it last night, so there were some teething issues getting it rolling, but lots of valuable lessons to be learned in Lua Scripting. We played through the first half and it's turned into the usual mess for me, but it has been fun to see how the die rolls start off for the main attacks. Some areas are holding on well and heck, I'm even counter-attacking! Alas, other areas seem to have the short end of the stick for sure.

https://youtu.be/oNO15q28JPk

[Jason Petho]

After an overview of what I have been currently working on, including a new unit, we jumped back into the Battle of Pleiku during the Tet offensive and started our counterattack. It seemed to be going well in most places although my ARVN Cavalry Squadron, supported by US tanks, seems have to stalled in the outskirts of Pleiku. The PAVN are dug in and it's a challenge to get into the part of town they are occupying, especially as I see VC companies en route to assist in the attack. On the other hand, the ARVN Rangers are making short work of any VC they find as they advance into town.

https://youtu.be/AkMIp_4ceDw

[Jason Petho]

I took some time to explain how to MOD the latest MAUSMAN MOD, it's super straight forward and simple, so you can customize it how you want. That's the advantage of the Campaign Series, it's all so relatively easy to modify. After, we finished off the first test and started the second. Some new errors, but nothing crazy until later on. I did spend some time with Stipe after the session hunting it down though. Otherwise, it was fascinating to see how the new attacks were carried out by the Viet Cong during the second session, the way the options are coded always makes for an interesting attack. It was even more interesting to see the new covert civilians operating in the area.

https://youtu.be/tjuhU3X9PzA

[Jason Petho]

I wasn't able to stream this morning due to a move. In lieu, I have a PBEM video! Bill and I started CS Vietnam scenario "A Terrible Morning" up. I played as the ARVN and he played as the Viet Cong. As the ARVN, I had to defend an attack and then attempt to counter attack against a Viet Cong determined assault. Well, I guess you can imagine how that went. I do love playing against a human though!

https://youtu.be/v-lpuK2hXaU

[Jason Petho]

We went over the latest things I've been working on and answered some questions from those that watched on Twitch. We were still using the MausMan mod for this session, I think the Vietnam version looks pretty nice although there are some tweaks I will do in the near future. We continued playtesting the Battle of Pleiku although during the session I had noticed some oddities and was confused indeed. By the end of the session it was figured out how sometimes I'm not the swiftest current in the stream.

https://youtu.be/WzvN-KZGUL0

[Jason Petho]

It was a much better attack this time by the Viet Cong. I took quite a bit of time to conduct an overview of the various companies and scripting to make sure all was good, I explained the process in the beginning. Otherwise a quick run down of what I had been doing this week and then we played through the night turns of the scenario! Exciting times indeed!

https://youtu.be/mHrvCrdJrqE

[Jason Petho]

After an overview of what I've been working on we returned to our attack into Pleiku. So far the Viet Cong are having a rough go of it, although I did try a few things I shouldn't have. You know, for testing purposes. Yea, that's it. We have nearly secured Pleiku and we're starting to clear the western approaches to the city of the artillery and rocket positions. I have some adjustments to make to the points for the Viet Cong as they collect them, but otherwise, I think it's going well.

https://youtu.be/C_A8ZzkyPoo

[Jason Petho]

There was a follow on question to last weeks question! Thank you for the answer that helps with the guidance of the next tutorial video series. We wrapped up the Plieku scenario, mostly to the end. I did find a couple more minor issues in the Lua file, but this is why we test. I think I will do another test of Pleiku offline and next week I will start a new Tet scenario to test. Exciting times indeed!

https://youtu.be/nZK6ExAkn5Y

[Jason Petho]

We playtested a new Tet related scenario completely raw. We played through once and then tweaking a couple things to try it again. Fascinating how such little changes can impact the scenario so much! There are some things that I will explore with the scenario lua file, but generally it is pretty good. It's a dirty little fight, which has tough potential for Play By Email.


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[Jason Petho]

Well holy crap. That went to h3ll in a handbag pretty quickly. I played through the rest of test number 2 and showed how not to use helicopters in a hot landing zone and then in test number 3, we were hanging on by a thread or tooth and nail. Either way, it was an intense fight the whole way through. Each test shows different options and the consequences of those options. Absolutely fascinating!

https://youtu.be/7ytr1odQjKU

[Jason Petho]

I spent the first part of the stream showing you the steps I would use to add a new unit based on an existing unit in the game. A requested unit was a medivac helicopter for Vietnam, so we added a 1 Strength Point medivac helicopter to the game. Of course, there are no mechanics involved and have any forum of use will have to be Lua scripted, but at least the unit is there to test things out! After that we dived into the 4th test of the Khe Sanh Village scenario. It's fascinating how every time we play, it's different every time. I've come to the conclusion that the eastern landing zones are way too hot.

https://youtu.be/1ZsPPEIyT7U

[Jason Petho]

We did something a little different today. I have a series of Tet related scenarios that deal with Hue from David Galster. We started up the first in the list, but this time I played Hot Seat against myself. These haven't been scripted yet, so it is an interesting way to test to understand how the unit capabilities and tactical capabilities are in the game. What do you think of this style of play through?

https://youtu.be/FI9dpiokCDY

[Jason Petho]

Well I was able to share some items of good news and go over what I've been working on lately. Then we dove into the disaster of Hue. Depending on how you look at it, it's either good or bad. Well, who am I kidding, it's mostly bad for the ARVN. Yay for paper tigers! It is an interesting way to play the game though, HOTSEAT. I recommend it when you're looking for a different kind of challenge. I still prefer playing the Scripted AI or a human though!

https://youtu.be/UfVcxZp2pD0

[Jason Petho]

We went over some new things and some other news and then tackled the Hue assault as best as we could. What an interesting fight. The ARVN are up to their usual antics and I presumed that the US Marines would fare better. We all know how it goes when I assume things! At least I didn't lose any helicopters. Disregard the fact that I don't have any. HA!

https://youtu.be/hulOXbjJqzI

[Jason Petho]

It was a good session! We went through the latest and greatest, mostly discussing the progress on the Iraqi's. What a fascinating process indeed! After that we discovered a bug with the 1.31 for Vietnam and rolled back a set before we continued on with Hue. It's been a lot of fun playing Hot Seat, but I can see how the NVA are just absolutely brutal to the poor ARVN, even the US Marines, but not as badly. Lessons learned all throughout indeed.

https://youtu.be/aCOR--nBkdc

[Jason Petho]

City fighting. Holy freakin' firetruck. Especially with ARVN troops. At least I have some ARVN parachutists, but wow, what a mess. We finished off the first Hue scenario and started scenario number 2 (Hot Seat). This one is pretty interesting, I'm liking how the scenarios from David are telling a story. There's a lot to script though for these scenarios, as there is a lot of units. This will be interesting to see how that will work out and keep the action where it is supposed to be. Good times, good times to be had!


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[Jason Petho]

There was quite a bit to cover on the Campaign Series ongoing work update, lots of goodies in the works. I'm beyond grateful we're still making progress! After that, we continued into the second Hue scenario and the ebb and flow of city combat. The Marines aren't faring very well, but we did managed to get some reinforcements. I did notice a landing zone was MIA, so will need to do some edits. It's easy to see why this battle lasted so many weeks, the urban fighting is brutal!

https://youtu.be/KlMY1l1qGMU

[Jason Petho]

We started off with showing what I've been doing and asking for some feedback on some of those projects. Your feedback would be appreciated! After that we continued our advance into Hue with our poor ARVN parachutists. We are fighting block by block, winning some and losing some. It's still a hell of a lot of fun though! We have some US Marines arriving by helicopter, which I reminded views on the best practice for unsupported helicopter assaults.

https://youtu.be/1UJR9_mqyQk

[Jason Petho]

Lindsay and I fired up a Play by Email game. We ended up playing an Indochina scenario, I played as the French, it was a decent little fight in a small area along the Song Day River at Yen Phuc. It was one of Lindsay's first PBEM games, so he had some hard lessons to learn. I was surprised about the opportunity fire that I kept running into though. What a mess. These little scenarios are a lot of fun with some valuable lessons to be learned!

NOTE: Based on the YouTube community poll, majority ruled to have the PBEM games loaded all as one.

NOTE 2: This video is in lieu of the Wednesday stream that should be happening today, but I have to miss it due to the a work engagement.

https://youtu.be/xOPeHTkwIF8

[Jason Petho]

Back to Hue! What a mess indeed. We covered the latest news about the current updates and what I've been working on and some thoughts and ideas about artillery. Feedback would be super! After that we went back into the city fighting in Hue. It didn't go as well for the ARVN as I had hoped. Not being in the groove for a month while we were in D-Day certainly had reared its ugly head, but it was fun nevertheless and we learned lots of valuable lessons for urban combat!

https://youtu.be/raAoZ39TsDQ