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RE: The Black Rats Campaign

Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2014 5:52 pm
by WildCatNL
ORIGINAL: WABAC

Just finished four and I am at setup for five. All four maps are in the map directory. Number four is a smaller file size (4,841 KB), so maybe an error on the download.

Anyway, pending confirmation of that, this is what I see:



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To help out Tazak: That's map TM3 showing in scenario 5. The file size mentioned for TM4 is OK, so a download problem is not likely.

William

RE: The Black Rats Campaign

Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2014 6:09 pm
by battlerbritain
Yes - that's what I'm getting too.

RE: The Black Rats Campaign

Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 4:46 am
by Tazak
Ran through this last night and I'm getting the same but not sure what is going wrong. I'll raise this in the tech support section.

tm.asp?m=3678348&mpage=1&key=&#3678348

RE: The Black Rats Campaign

Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 7:56 am
by Tazak
I'm at work at the moment but if anyone has a saved game could they post in tech support post please - link in the above post.

RE: The Black Rats Campaign

Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2014 8:18 am
by Tazak
Folks, hopefully a lot of you have given this a play through and enjoyed it although may not have completed it due to the last mission replay issue.

I'm working on an another campaign and would like some feedback as to what parts you have enjoyed and which areas you thought were 'weak' so I can improve my humble offerings.


RE: The Black Rats Campaign

Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 1:52 am
by WABAC
ORIGINAL: Tazak

Folks, hopefully a lot of you have given this a play through and enjoyed it although may not have completed it due to the last mission replay issue.

I'm working on an another campaign and would like some feedback as to what parts you have enjoyed and which areas you thought were 'weak' so I can improve my humble offerings.


I was having fun till we crashed.

If there was something to complain about I don't think I have the qualifications to know what that was.

RE: The Black Rats Campaign

Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 4:10 am
by battlerbritain
I think the Campaign was pretty good as it was. Keep doing more of the same.

And yes, I'd just like to finish it.

RE: The Black Rats Campaign

Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2014 12:26 pm
by Bipman
Really good; just played 'Speedbump' and thought I'd won until l looked at the score [:'(] It must be good as I started the day full of jobs to do, looked at my watch and it said 16:00 !

SPG

RE: The Black Rats Campaign

Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2014 2:47 pm
by Tazak
Yea I wouldn't worry too much about the win/loss aspect, its more about experiencing the different aspects of war but glad to hear people are enjoying it

RE: The Black Rats Campaign

Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2014 9:44 am
by battlerbritain
With 2.06 I've just managed to resurrect the last scenario in the Campaign.

I had a save at the end of Scen 4 and loaded that up and it resolved into Scen 5 OK.

VP locations were all Soviet and it looked different to the end of Scen 4.

Just played it and elected to continue when it prompted I'd won with a Tactical Success of 72%. 1 more % and it was a Decisive (although I didn't know that at the time).

Ended up destroying 99% of the opposing force, which was good. Rating at end of Scen 5 was 92% Decisive.

RE: The Black Rats Campaign

Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 8:32 am
by Tazak
would you mind either posting or PMing me the end of campaign review, would be interested to see the over all kills/losses and scenario success rate

RE: The Black Rats Campaign

Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2015 6:04 am
by Tazak
Finally got round to uploading this campaign onto the OTS server, sorry it took me so long

RE: The Black Rats Campaign

Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2015 3:56 pm
by MBot
Thanks a lot Tazak for this fantastic campaign. I had a lot of fun playing with the BAOR.
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Campaign Summation:
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To: Brigadier Cordy-Simpson, commanding 4th Armd Bde

You won 103,534 cumulative victory points completing 5 of 5 battles in the The Black Rats campaign in 73 hours. Also, you personally survived the battle.

Scenario 1: 77% rating - Marginal Success
Scenario 2: 95% rating - Decisive Success
Scenario 3: 84% rating - Decisive Success
Scenario 4: 73% rating - Decisive Success
Scenario 5: 92% rating - Decisive Success

Your overall success based on your average outcome is a decisive success.

Your forces claimed a grand total 180 Recce, 2 Helo, 631 Tank, 507 APC, 425 Inf, 38 SP AT, 104 AT, 327 HQ, 157 AD, 137 SP Arty, 87 Arty and 227 Utility enemy subunits destroyed in combat.

Apart from fallen out subunits, your forces took unrecoverable lifetime losses of 38 Tank, 16 APC, 8 Inf, 15 SP AT, 4 AT, 1 AD, 1 SP Arty and 3 Utility subunits. They accumulated 222 medal(s) for heroism and leadership and 18 medal(s) for valor in recognition of their losses.

Transmission ends.
Campaign record complete.
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Scenario 1 concluded at 2300, May 25 1988
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* British VPs:
VP Locations: 5,150
Enemy Losses: 5,006
Total: 10,156
Cumulative: 10,156

* Soviet VPs:
VP Locations: 1,000
Enemy Losses: 1,861
Exited: 156
Total: 3,017
Cumulative: 3,017


Greetings from the Inspectorate of the General Staff -

To: Brigadier Cordy-Simpson, commanding 4th Armd Bde

* In the battle of "4AB Speedbump" [a user scenario] your forces worth 11,537 points secured 77% (10156 vs 3017) of awarded victory points against an enemy force worth 6,663 points. The Inspectorate congratulates you and rates your performance as acceptable.

* Your force has claimed 80 Recce, 3 Helo, 45 Tank, 80 APC, 81 Inf, 9 SP AT, 6 AT, 28 HQ, 13 AD, 20 SP Arty, 10 Arty and 16 Utility enemy subunits.

* Remaining force tally -
Active: 6 Recce, 7 Helo, 53 Tank, 71 APC, 22 Inf, 5 SP AT, 16 AT, 26 HQ, 19 AD, 30 SP Arty and 12 Utility.
Fallen out: 2 Recce, 13 Tank, 1 APC, 2 SP AT and 1 AD.
Destroyed: 19 Tank and 7 SP AT.

* By the end of the battle your units had a 75% average readiness and a command cyle duration of 16 minutes.

* Your force finished the encounter in relatively good shape and needs to refit for only a relatively short time to recover the 19 fallen out subunit(s).

Staff evaluation complete.



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Scenario 2 concluded at 1121, May 26 1988
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* British VPs:
VP Locations: 13,250
Enemy Losses: 11,272
Total: 24,522
Cumulative: 34,306

* Soviet VPs:
VP Locations: 250
Enemy Losses: 1,161
Total: 1,411
Cumulative: 4,428


Greetings from the Inspectorate of the General Staff -

To: Brigadier Cordy-Simpson, commanding 4th Armd Bde

* In the battle of "The Black Rats" [a user scenario] your forces worth 12,110 points secured 95% (24522 vs 1411) of awarded victory points against an enemy force worth 16,022 points. The Inspectorate congratulates you and rates your performance as excellent.

* Your force has claimed 38 Recce, 169 Tank, 105 APC, 107 Inf, 18 SP AT, 8 AT, 60 HQ, 15 AD, 54 SP Arty, 5 Arty and 8 Utility enemy subunits.

* Remaining force tally -
Active: 4 Recce, 60 Tank, 64 APC, 16 Inf, 5 SP AT, 13 AT, 24 HQ, 20 AD, 29 SP Arty, 10 Utility and 12 Air.
Fallen out: 1 Recce, 5 Tank, 3 APC, 4 Inf, 3 SP AT, 2 AT, 4 SP Arty and 2 Utility.
Destroyed: 8 Tank, 6 APC, 2 Inf, 2 SP AT, 1 AT and 1 SP Arty.

* By the end of the battle your units had a 85% average readiness and a command cyle duration of 16 minutes.

* Your force finished the encounter in relatively good shape and needs to refit for only a relatively short time to recover the 24 fallen out subunit(s).

Staff evaluation complete.


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Scenario 3 concluded at 0240, May 27 1988
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* British VPs:
VP Locations: 14,500
Enemy Losses: 9,123
Total: 23,623
Cumulative: 57,473

* Soviet VPs:
Enemy Losses: 4,404
Total: 4,404
Cumulative: 8,832


Greetings from the Inspectorate of the General Staff -

To: Brigadier Cordy-Simpson, commanding 4th Armd Bde

* In the battle of "The Black Rats" [a user scenario] your forces worth 14,965 points secured 84% (23623 vs 4404) of awarded victory points against an enemy force worth 9,123 points. The Inspectorate congratulates you and rates your performance as excellent.

* Your force has claimed 44 Recce, 117 Tank, 128 APC, 135 Inf, 9 SP AT, 10 AT, 95 HQ, 39 AD, 68 SP Arty, 18 Arty and 59 Utility enemy subunits.

* By outnumbering the surviving enemy at the end of the engagement by four times or more you have secured possession of the battlefield. The enemy has had to abandon all fallen out subunits that it otherwise could have recovered.

* Remaining force tally -
Active: 4 Recce, 65 Tank, 83 APC, 31 Inf, 7 SP AT, 14 AT, 25 HQ, 20 AD, 32 SP Arty, 12 Utility and 8 Air.
Fallen out: 6 Recce, 22 Tank, 11 APC, 4 Inf, 4 SP AT, 5 AT, 3 HQ, 2 SP Arty, 5 Utility and 3 Air.
Destroyed: 14 Tank, 6 APC, 2 Inf, 1 SP AT, 2 AT, 1 Utility and 1 Air.

* By the end of the battle your units had a 84% average readiness and a command cyle duration of 16 minutes.

* Your force finished the encounter in relatively good shape and needs to refit for only a relatively short time to recover the 65 fallen out subunit(s).

Staff evaluation complete.



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Scenario 4 concluded at 2300, May 27 1988
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* British VPs:
VP Locations: 12,750
Enemy Losses: 8,032
Total: 20,782
Cumulative: 77,141

* Soviet VPs:
VP Locations: 5,000
Enemy Losses: 2,669
Total: 7,669
Cumulative: 16,501


Greetings from the Inspectorate of the General Staff -

To: Brigadier Cordy-Simpson, commanding 4th Armd Bde

* In the battle of "The Black Rats" [a user scenario] your forces worth 10,719 points secured 73% (20782 vs 7669) of awarded victory points against an enemy force worth 9,270 points. The Inspectorate congratulates you and rates your performance as excellent.

* Your force has claimed 111 Tank, 106 APC, 80 Inf, 47 AT, 70 HQ, 51 AD, 6 SP Arty, 28 Arty and 82 Utility enemy subunits.

* Remaining force tally -
Active: 7 Recce, 56 Tank, 56 APC, 16 Inf, 3 SP AT, 12 AT, 24 HQ, 19 AD, 25 SP Arty and 10 Utility.
Fallen out: 4 Recce, 10 Tank, 12 APC, 2 Inf, 4 SP AT, 3 AT, 1 HQ, 5 SP Arty and 1 Utility.
Destroyed: 8 Recce, 7 Tank, 4 APC, 4 Inf, 3 SP AT, 1 AT, 1 AD and 1 Utility.

* By the end of the battle your units had a 77% average readiness and a command cyle duration of 16 minutes.

* Your force finished the encounter in relatively good shape and needs to refit for only a relatively short time to recover the 42 fallen out subunit(s).

Staff evaluation complete.



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Scenario 5 concluded at 1510, May 28 1988
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* British VPs:
VP Locations: 14,500
Enemy Losses: 12,837
Total: 27,337
Cumulative: 103,534

* Soviet VPs:
Enemy Losses: 2,404
Total: 2,404
Cumulative: 18,905


Greetings from the Inspectorate of the General Staff -

To: Brigadier Cordy-Simpson, commanding 4th Armd Bde

* In the battle of "The Black Rats2" [a user scenario] your forces worth 10,672 points secured 92% (27337 vs 2404) of awarded victory points against an enemy force worth 12,837 points. The Inspectorate congratulates you and rates your performance as excellent.

* Your force has claimed 32 Recce, 216 Tank, 131 APC, 81 Inf, 9 SP AT, 39 AT, 93 HQ, 53 AD, 18 SP Arty, 36 Arty and 76 Utility enemy subunits.

* By outnumbering the surviving enemy at the end of the engagement by four times or more you have secured possession of the battlefield. The enemy has had to abandon all fallen out subunits that it otherwise could have recovered.

* Remaining force tally -
Active: 4 Recce, 61 Tank, 70 APC, 20 Inf, 1 SP AT, 16 AT, 25 HQ, 20 AD, 25 SP Arty and 11 Utility.
Fallen out: 2 Recce, 13 Tank, 1 APC, 1 Inf, 6 SP AT and 5 SP Arty.
Destroyed: 6 Tank, 1 APC, 1 Inf, 6 SP AT and 1 Utility.

* By the end of the battle your units had a 90% average readiness and a command cyle duration of 16 minutes.

* Your force finished the encounter in relatively good shape and needs to refit for only a relatively short time to recover the 28 fallen out subunit(s).

Staff evaluation complete.


And the best unit in the brigade:

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RE: The Black Rats Campaign

Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2015 7:48 am
by Tazak
glad you had fun playing it

RE: The Black Rats Campaign

Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2015 7:59 am
by Panzer_Leader
I just started playing The Black Rats after updating to 2.0.10b and I'm really enjoying the first scenario. After trying my hand at all nations in FPC-RS I'm settling on the British due to their unique but nuanced ORBAT and am looking forward to how the first scenario ends (the proof is always in the pudding!). Of course, I've always had an emotional connection to BAOR for reasons not entirely obvious to me - I think it's the Challenger 1 and Chieftain. Plus, 17th/21st Lancers is my favourite British armoured unit of the Cold War, so it's nice to see them front and centre in the campaign. Thanks Tazak, I'm looking forward to playing this through.

RE: The Black Rats Campaign

Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2015 8:14 am
by Tazak
Hope you have fun, I haven't updated the scenario files with 2.0.1n yet, let me know how it goes as I think I might need to look at the balance given the changes since I created it

RE: The Black Rats Campaign

Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2015 7:03 am
by Panzer_Leader
Result of the first mission is a Contested Battle at 70%.
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I was very happy with my performance until about 2/3 through, when attrition and fresh Soviet battalions meant I was down to my last line of defence with a few Challengers and helos holding the line.

I'm not sure what your concerns about balance are, but I hope it's in favour of the Soviets! A very nice scenario with a real sense of imposing delay on a regiment [X(]