Any news on the Modern Wars Middle East Game..

[Hexagon]

Looks great, cant wait to see more info/pics.

Now urban looks more... clear with the new 2D extra zoom level but i am curious about if is possible mod it using Jison work... maybe i can try test it in Campaigns if i find where are the 2D files... and i find time to do it [8|]

Ummm if i am not wrong we are on april no??? may is coming!!! but well, who cares about "ice" in desert??? [:D]

[VegasOZ]

Is this Modern Wars Middle East MOD game available to download? I am not able to find any Link for it. Is this project still in development?

[Jason Petho]

The Middle East project is still in development and will be released as a stand alone game. Vietnam will follow.

Jason Petho

[berto]

Things are looking somewhat better:



Compare the Side B losses -- 73 before vs. 111 now -- at the cost of just 5 more Israeli losses -- 59 before vs. 64 now. (Again, those darned Civilians, with their negative kill values!) If this keeps up, maybe I can salvage a Draw from this after all.

[berto]

Wow! Turning the tables now:



In just a single turn, Egyptian SP Losses jump from 111 to 143 at the cost of just a single Israeli SP.

Is a Minor Victory still possible?

[berto]

Going for the victory:



By now, many of the Egyptian units are Disrupted, their firing much less effective.

Maybe I can take that one highlighted Objective hex!

[berto]

Spoiler Alert!

Fortune favors the bold:



A single understrength (1 SP) Magah 5 armored platoon did an end run around the Egyptian left, and -- surprise, surprise! -- ran into and successfully assaulted oil depots (?) in the three consecutive hexes highlighted.

The screenshot shows the situation still in Israeli mid-turn. I will call up reinforcements. The outflanking of the Egyptian left will continue.

See how the Side B (Egyptian) Point Loss has jumped! See how, even without taking any more Objective hexes, the Total Points have skyrocketed, putting us well within the margin of Major Victory!

Who would've thunk it? [X(]

[berto]

At the end of Israeli turn 10 (out of 14), the encirclement of Suq el Nimsa is nearly complete:

[berto]

This scenario is a recreation of the Battle of Suez. In RL, on the eve of the Yom Kippur War ending cease fire, the Israelis would likely stop at this point, hunker down, dig in, bide their time. What's the use of destroying the Egyptian forces encircled at Suq el Nimsa? They're more valuable as a bargaining chip, or a heap of chips. The whole world was watching. Beating up on the already defeated Arabs would have been politically unwise. Why humiliate them even further, why rub defeat in their faces?

I am undecided if I will continue playing this scenario all the way through to the end. Probably not. I've already won my Major Victory. And how unexpected it is! [:)]

[Warhorse]

Here is another screenshot, of a battle I'm playing. Berto likes the 2d mode, as I do, he's showed a lot of shots with the 2d, with the Military Symbols view, I am going to showcase the biggest undertaking, the Graphical Icon mode, which before now, quite frankly sucked! I was a dyed-in-the-wool 3d only view for most of a game, with only using 2d to get the big picture, but now, since we redid the whole 2d thing, no more mostly 2d, and Graphical Mode at that!! This is the beginning of a scenario called Mailed Fist, gonna show a few shots during battle, to show off some of the new pictures, hope ya like!

Israelis come under fire, by Recoilless and machineguns.

[dudalb_slith]

JUST TAKE MY DAMN MONEY AND GIVE ME THE GAME!

[dox44]

yep ready to buy...

[Hexagon]

For me is a good buy but the problem is that my "lets buy" list is eating my reserves

I am going to buy it the question is when, maybe if all go ok and you release it in may or early june... why not a special offer by the 45 aniversary of 6 days war [:D]

Thanks for the last pics, its me or the cent vehicle icon is a little small??? and a little question, what means the symbol in the right down area in the infantry units with the NATO infantry icon in background??? in other infantry unit appear in same area the binoculars of a spoted unit [&:]

Good luck and expect you have a good month

[Warhorse]

Thanks all, yes, the Israeli's were one of the first to get done, tanks are going to be bigger now, gun length means smaller icon, but decided to let gun trail off side a bit, no big deal! The little icon looking like binoculars signifies it as a recon unit, however, we are most likely going to go with the nato symbols in top left for special units. The problem is, that the view shown is the alternate counters, the standard counters don't have the symbols in the top left, so......

[Hexagon]

I dont see the problem in short the gun... is not like Israel used AVRE version hehehe.

Talking about models Israel doesnt use... you think in add Chieftain to the game???

Well, the 2D art is going to be a mess, because is hard balance between offer info and dont overflow the counters... maybe here you can use PzB as inspiration i think counters are very similar in size and with zoom in maybe is possible use images over pixeled versions... maybe is time to made unit portraits independent to made easier mod them... for me is a interesting future add.

Thanks.

[Jason Petho]

The chieftain will be found in the UK OOB. Their order to Israel was cancelled.

Otherwise, you will find Israel with a full compliment of historically used hardware, everything from the Sherman to the merkava.

[Hexagon]

Thanks for the reply, i know that Chieftain was on israel minds but UK doesnt want sell it... maybe the point for me is what if they receive it and Merkava never appear in 82 war [:D]

PD: fear the genral Sherman... specially when is full of [:D]

[Crossroads]

ORIGINAL: Warhorse

Thanks all, yes, the Israeli's were one of the first to get done, tanks are going to be bigger now, gun length means smaller icon, but decided to let gun trail off side a bit, no big deal! The little icon looking like binoculars signifies it as a recon unit, however, we are most likely going to go with the nato symbols in top left for special units. The problem is, that the view shown is the alternate counters, the standard counters don't have the symbols in the top left, so......

Also, the alternate counters have the color bar per unit type. Recon unit category has their dedicated color, so they are easy to spot that way too [:)]

[Hexagon]

Well, i see the last phots in FB, they are interesting, maybe we are closer to the release??? if is close, how about a leak of manual??? [;)]

[berto]

Yes, we are getting closer to release. But we keep moving the finish line forward in time. [;)]

So much still to do, not the least of which is the Manual! [X(]