Lorik's Balkans Campaigns Mod
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Greetings everyone, thanks to all who participated in refining this mod.
It requires the Balkans theater to work (4.35.3). That is on purpose, and out of respect for the Balkans team.
It is compatible with BMS 4.35.3 at this time.
It contains some files from the Projet Bug Mafia release.
I don’t have time to test extensively everything in the theater. If you experience troubles that seem to be specific to the mod, let me know (no, suicide missions fragged by ATO is not specific, for example).
This is version 4.35.3b, 12th of November 2021.
You’ll find the link at the end of the post for the download.Enjoy and keep feeding me back!
Here is the ReadMe
4.35.3b - Mike and 4.35.3b + Papa
Welcome to this Campaigns Mod for BMS 4.35. It requires the Balkans theater to work.
Unzip the file in you (BMS)\Data folder, at the same level as “Add-On Balkans”
Add the…
Add-On BalkansLorik\Terrdata\theaterdefinition\BalkansLorik-.tdf
Add-On BalkansLorik\Terrdata\theaterdefinition\BalkansLorik+.tdf… lines to your data\Terrdata\theaterdefinition\theater.lst file
The Lorik’s Balkans - Mike theater contains 6 new campaigns, detailed in the related PDF (root folder).
Same thing for Lorik’s Balkans + Papa.The database is the same for all campaigns, of course. You can check Corridors of Death, Baba Yaga or Lorik’s Balkans + PDF for a memo of the modifications made on available weapons.
The Mike theater campaigns are:
Number 1 : “Corridors of Death” (pdf provided)
Bosnian rebels entranched in the mountains. From the sky, prepare regular forces ground assault scheduled on day 2 evening to control Sarajevo and Zenica.
Red Win: Nothing
Blue Win: Control Sarajevo and Zenica.
Campaign ends: 5 days
The rebels will gain terrain quickly. Prove that an air force can coordinate to stop their progression until reinforcements arrive.
The insurgents will have more radar SAMs during the campaign as they grab their hands on them and have them working.
Designed to reach an asymetrical engagement quickly. Could be adequate for FAC(A), JTAC simulation, buddy lasing.
FRY is friendly to NATO!Number 2: “Gate Unlocked”
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia challenges the West by capturing Trieste and its harbor. NATO defends the borders until they can strike back, and undermine FRY from Southern Italy.
Red Win: Control Lavis City
Blue Win: Take Trieste back and control Ljubljana City
Campaign ends: 7 days
FRY has a significant advantage. Blue forces are expecting armored brigades from the West to reverse the course of the battle.
Several squadrons in Southern Italy are set on manual fragging and are able/specialized for Deep Strike missions from low altitude penetration. They have ELINT, AWACS, tankers and M2000C as support.
No anti-radiation missiles are available in them. But there WILL be SA-10… and terrain to hide.
The Eastern part of FRY is vulnerable to this kind of strike, especially during the first day. There are few ManPads (on SAM sites mainly), bad AA coverage, and a great deal of targets.Number 3: “King of the hill”
September 2000 - Serbia was stopped and repeled; no other way to peace than removing the current governement. Capture Beograd and Sabac.
Red Win: Control Bijelo Polje City
Blue Win: Control Sabac City and Beograd
Campaign ends: 5 days
Serbia has heavy AAA defenses in its urbanized area, and the SAM are modern and active, as well as their last squadrons. Be careful and don’t go too fast.… and the BABA YAGA Campaigns:
They are three versions of the same campaign:- Number 4: Bony Legs (easy)
- Number 5: Cauldron (medium)
- Number 6: Iron Teeth (hard)
This campaign is a large scale conflict in the Balkans, opposing NATO, Slovenia and Bosnia to FRY and Croatia.
Albania, Greece and Hungary’s involvement depends on your campaign choice and course of events…
Check the PDF file provided in your add-on folder to know more about it.
In the Papa theater, you’ll find 6 more campaigns, some using older blocks or having a cold war flavor. Check the dedicated PDF to learn more about it.
REMEMBER!
In all these campaigns, the commited carriers are:
- USS Roosevelt
- USS Enterprise
- USS Wasp
Check Baba Yaga PDF for a memo of the frequencies.
Enemy Naval Groups can be serious threats. Check the Baba Yaga PDF in your Add-On folder.
There’s a WeatherMapsUpdate folder provided, and three starting fmap are already in the campaign folder.
Every campaign has a 9999th C141 squadron to provide aircrafts for a dedicated server.
Enjoy!
Lorik
Thanks:
Cougar56th
Neystratiou
Starrats
Falcas
Driftkioti
Starfury
Starfury again, I guess
Lukrop
Ripper
Figmo42
Erwand
Nuno Santos
Unleashed Code
GOOD BOB
Kaos
@drtbkj and the Projet Bug Mafia
and the unmentioned BMS team members and the whole community, obviously!From WDP 3.7.18.180: when asked “Mission files belongs to theaters: etc” –> say YES.
Link to download Lorik’s Balkans :
https://drive.google.com/file/d/175QPLYjInZ8P4cG4NfZKBQ3mqmg6betu/view?usp=sharing -
Thanks Lorik!!! :blowpar:
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Thanks for your work …
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Amazing work Lorik… thank you
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Will these work in the Falcon Online version of Balkins!
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Will these work in the Falcon Online version of Balkins!
For PvP version, they won’t suit, for the reason they were not designed to be particularly balanced. For cooperative, unless there are reasons that would prevent original campaigns from working when slightly tweaked, they should be fine. I say slightly, because I only changed some priorities, edited hardpoints and shuffle units. That’s not in depth changes I suppose.
Also, as people mostly focus on the first days at most, they’re made to be short, which has to be kept in mind.
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Just a huge thank you to Lorik for putting these campaigns together… quite different to the usual and the scenario remained interesting and required a very different tactical approach (manpad hell down there). It was challenging but enjoyable throughout. Completed the first campaign “corridors of death” and now will jump straight into another, probably “king of the hill”.
Fine job on creating a wonderful campaign.
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More enjoyment than I could hope for, and less than I hope you will get soon in other of my campaigns And glad to have been on your wing for a couple sortie over Bosnian mountains!
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QUICK FIX, first post was updated with very quick download, see first post!
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So, the good became better… thanks a lot, Lorik!
With best regards,
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So, the good became better… thanks a lot, Lorik!
With best regards,
Thank you Jackal! But expect much more within the upcoming week……
EDIT: I said upcoming week, not 3-4.
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NEWS
Lorik’s Balkans 1.00 updated to 1.10.
First post updated including change log.
Enjoy
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If it’s not too much trouble, would it be possible to get just the updated files, so I can patch it myself?
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If it’s not too much trouble, would it be possible to get just the updated files, so I can patch it myself?
To be honest, it is. Safely doing that would certainly take something like an hour and wouldn’t really garantee a safe update.
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Roger that, no worries. Thanks for the update.
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Sorry but the link for 1.10 directs to file “Save2.tri for BalkansLorik1.00.zip”
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It is just a tri file update for corridors of death… I pm Lorik and let him know,
Im pretty sure it is a mistake. He just clicked on wrong link or something.
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It is just a tri file update for corridors of death… I pm Lorik and let him know,
Im pretty sure it is a mistake. He just clicked on wrong link or something.
Thank you Starrats and masudanimal for pointing that. That was an old quickfix link lurking at the top of the first post, I deleted it. The appropriate link is down the first post.
Enjoy!
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ERRATUM
As opposed to what is written in the readme, the CVN 71 Roosevelt frequencies are the following:
UHF 227.900
VHF 146.500
(same as Balkans original settings).Data corrected in OP.
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QUICKFIX 5th of June 2018
See original post.
You can either use the theater download at the bottom as it was corrected, either use the quickfix link at the top to correct the theater if you had downloaded it before 5th of June. It’s a tiny correction to make.
See the original post. Sorry and enjoy!