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Forum: Mods March 21st, 2021, 10:12 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 27,183
Posted By MarkSheppard
Re: WORLD WAR (1942-1964) Mod

Some more thoughts...

I'd rather use SPWW2 because that gives us all the OOBs, Icons and stuff already preloaded for WW2, saving development time vs porting SPWW2 stuff to MBT.

But this would...
Forum: Mods April 26th, 2020, 07:35 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 27,183
Posted By MarkSheppard
Re: WORLD WAR (1942-1964) Mod

So let's see...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-5TS
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2-62

115mm gun 2A20 (L/52.6)
Maximum muzzle energy is 6.96 MJ
3BM3 Sabot: 5.5 kg projectile out of a 22...
Forum: Mods April 26th, 2020, 01:06 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 27,183
Posted By MarkSheppard
Re: WORLD WAR (1942-1964) Mod

Regarding DIXIE:

Ten years ago, I wrote regarding Turtledove's TL-191:



Basically, instead of Ju-87 Stukas, you'd see something similar to SB2A Buccaneers -- capable of flying a 500 lb bomb...
Forum: Mods April 26th, 2020, 12:40 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 27,183
Posted By MarkSheppard
Re: WORLD WAR (1942-1964) Mod

So here we go. Be gentle...

Drakafic mod for SPWW2 v7.0 DOS (http://www.alternatewars.com/Scratch/DrakaFic_v1_DOS.zip)

You'll need to run it in DOSBox.

It's ugly, crude; and no scenarios.
...
Forum: Mods April 26th, 2020, 11:43 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 27,183
Posted By MarkSheppard
Re: WORLD WAR (1942-1964) Mod

Give me a moment to dig up my Draka stuff.

Here's some more notes from the DIXIE mod scratchpad

Tank Names/Designations:
United States: "Mx" numbers, e.g. M2 Light Tank.
CSA: Names; as in...
Forum: Mods May 11th, 2016, 04:11 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 27,183
Posted By MarkSheppard
Re: WORLD WAR (1942-1964) Mod

Another mod idea I came up with a while ago, after I bought John Tiller/HPS' Sealion '40 was....

AIRSTRIP ONE

Since you could legitimately do an invasion of Airstrip One (UK) in the 1984...
Forum: Mods April 17th, 2016, 12:00 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 27,183
Posted By MarkSheppard
Re: WORLD WAR (1942-1964) Mod

First attempt at a Killercraft. Used the SPCAMO Tu160 icon as a starting point; reduced # of engines to two, and made it a semi-tailless design -- the two vertical tail(s) are directly above the...
Forum: Mods April 16th, 2016, 11:40 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 27,183
Posted By MarkSheppard
Re: WORLD WAR (1942-1964) Mod

His engines changed pitch as they breathed thicker air. Servos squealed, adjusting the sweep of his wings.

(Killercraft have VG wings)

-------

Teerts raked the stampeding herd of aircraft...
Forum: Mods April 16th, 2016, 07:02 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 27,183
Posted By MarkSheppard
Re: WORLD WAR (1942-1964) Mod

Zingiber said, “If you can’t send landcruisers, send helicopters to help me take out some more of the Tosevites’ armor.”

Rethost made up his mind that if Zingiber made one more such...
Forum: Mods April 14th, 2016, 06:55 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 27,183
Posted By MarkSheppard
Re: WORLD WAR (1942-1964) Mod

Current spec-cing:

Landcruiser: 110mm gun; 5 to 6mm caliber coaxial, SAM on side of turret. Visually very similar to the AMX-40 or OF-40; at about 43 to 45 metric tons combat weight. Armor...
Forum: Mods April 14th, 2016, 06:23 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 27,183
Posted By MarkSheppard
Re: WORLD WAR (1942-1964) Mod

Here's an adaptation of the Race Flag created by a Deviant Art Member:

Race Flag on DeviantArt (http://www.deviantart.com/art/Flag-of-the-Race-territories-in-Worldwar-339201357)

Calls for the...
Forum: Mods April 12th, 2016, 06:49 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 27,183
Posted By MarkSheppard
Re: WORLD WAR (1942-1964) Mod

I've seen the actual message transcript in the US National Archives about the Army asking Eisenhower if he wanted the upgunned/uparmored M6A2E1 with 190mm frontal glacis and a 105mm HV cannon for...
Forum: Mods April 12th, 2016, 05:45 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 27,183
Posted By MarkSheppard
Re: WORLD WAR (1942-1964) Mod

Actually, the M6 Heavy tank was what I was thinking of.
Forum: Mods April 11th, 2016, 09:17 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 27,183
Posted By MarkSheppard
Re: WORLD WAR (1942-1964) Mod

I started to look at the SPWW2 OOBs to get a general idea of what I would want to port over to MBT; and one thing hit me -- the Race invades on 30 May 1942, dramatically diverging the history of...
Forum: Mods March 5th, 2016, 10:46 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 27,183
Posted By MarkSheppard
Re: WORLD WAR (1942-1964) Mod

I wrote something six years ago on TL 191's inconsistencies: LINK to it, to avoid cluttering up this thread. (http://alternatewars.com/Fiction/Turtledove_191.htm)

I actually might use the 1976...
Forum: Mods March 4th, 2016, 07:19 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 27,183
Posted By MarkSheppard
Re: WORLD WAR (1942-1964) Mod

I've actually been at this on and off for 10 years :p

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/showthread.php?t=31982

I'm leaning towards an "inspired" mod; rather than a direct lift of Turtledove's 191;...
Forum: Mods March 4th, 2016, 05:54 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 27,183
Posted By MarkSheppard
Re: WORLD WAR (1942-1964) Mod

Ahem.
Forum: Mods March 2nd, 2016, 11:08 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 27,183
Posted By MarkSheppard
Re: WORLD WAR (1942-1964) Mod

To avoid cluttering up the Mods forum thread with more stuff; things I've played around with/toyed around in the past are:

SPWW2 "Dixie" (Essentially American Civil War II similar to Turtledove's...
Forum: Mods February 28th, 2016, 09:43 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 27,183
Posted By MarkSheppard
Re: WORLD WAR (1942-1964) Mod

The race is advanced in some areas well ahead of current 1994-2015 world technology -- they use clean burning hydrogen engines for virtually everything -- significantly easing their logistics burden,...
Forum: Mods February 28th, 2016, 08:00 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 27,183
Posted By MarkSheppard
Re: WORLD WAR (1942-1964) Mod

I was also thinking about the best way to do this. I think it would be possible to use X3 radio codes in the OOB to include 1942-1945 AFVs and infantry formations for the major combatant powers...
Forum: Mods February 28th, 2016, 07:52 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 27,183
Posted By MarkSheppard
Re: WORLD WAR (1942-1964) Mod

They had gunships and maybe transport helicopters.

The gunships were described as having "stub wings"; so basically maybe a mix between AH-1 and AH-64?

Said gunships were also capable of being...
Forum: Mods February 27th, 2016, 12:59 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 27,183
Posted By MarkSheppard
WORLD WAR (1942-1964) Mod

continued from

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/showthread.php?p=833009#post833009

to avoid more off topic stuff.

I actually have a folder in my Steel Panthers mod work folder titled...
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