Somalia Theatre ?
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Nice ! Cant help but notice this is more centered on Bab el Mandeb and not Somalia, but still, this has a huge potential for various scenariis.
A Yemeni rogue state, Somalia on the rise, invasion of Djibouti, protection of civilian ships, the ideas are just flowing !
With carrier based aircraft, that would be even more awesome. Hayab, if you hear us, your Rafale would be nice in there ! Or the future 4.33 F-18, for the nephews of uncle Sam
Plus, it would be a nice campaign idea to have not āfull war onā strikes/AA missions, but rather some āair policeā work. Ever felt like shooting your M61A1 for warning shots in front of a pirate skiff ? Thatās the place to do it ! Although an āintimidatedā state of mind for targets would be hard to implement, I guess.
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Nobody interested? OK, looked at old files and I used Dem2Terrain and Cate again. Hereās what I got:
It does not look bad, but surely requires a lot of correction by handā¦
Map looks like this (ATM):This is not copy of PMC Eritrea theater, just similar map coordinates
And finally, I completely forgot ā¦ I used Chuckles bmp:Thanks for that mate.
Yes I am still interested and wow this looks great! However i can understand if you canāt do it by yourself only.
The campaign suggestions i sent to chuckles and he sent those to you perhaps. If you can share it still or save it somewhere it would be great you have done soo much work already.
At least we have somewhere we can start from! The campaign is centered at Bab el Mandeb and this could be hot area with French Mirage 2000s, Somali Air Force and Yemeni, Ethiopian and even USN F-18s. This could be a great map!
I have lots of information and can help anyone interested in this campaign with information. -
I had a campaign scenario a while back when I was working on Somalia that I could work and be easy to implement. It would be a modern version, say circa 2010, of the North Yemeni civil war with a twist. In the campaign, Egyptian backed rebels will have occupied most of Somalia except for a sliver of the northeast horn in the Puntland Province. Free Somalia forces, using F-16s, would fly combat missions out of airbases in Bosaso. A USN carrier would be based off the Yemani coast, while USAF fighters would fly combat missions from the Yemen Mainland. Egyptian flagged forces forces would control most of Ethiopia and Somalia.
Winning conditions for Somalia/Yemen/US coalition forces would be capture of Mogadishu and the Ethiopian capital of Djibouti. Of course a massive tank battle in the middle of the Ogaden Desert would be a must. Small, Red side boats would patrol the straight and harass the dug in defenders at the horn while fighters would be tasked with search and destroy duties. Just a thought on my part
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My idea for Somalia Theater was simple. Well made terrain without satellite photos, properly performed PAK files, BIN (paths, areas) and all that is necessary.
No skins, no extra cockpits, aircraft, air bases, etc ā¦ Just Korea default DB.
Simple theater but with properly working campaign - This is what I would like to see in Somalia.Ok, I give you what is done.
Itās simple terrain, about 500 tiles (enough IMHO).
I will not say this is WIP because I stopped working on it. Build theater from scratch is job for team not for one personā¦ so Iām not crazy ā¦Link: http://www.mediafire.com/download/v2s2eqc5f22yd20/Add-On+Somalia.7z
Do not forget add in ā¦\ theaterdefinition \ theater
Add-On Somalia\Terrdata\theaterdefinition\Somalia.tdf
Cheers,
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A lot of things in my hands atm, but maye an option to work on in the futureā¦ downloading anyway.
Thanks for your work, and thanks for the link
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I had a campaign scenario a while back when I was working on Somalia that I could work and be easy to implement. It would be a modern version, say circa 2010, of the North Yemeni civil war with a twist. In the campaign, Egyptian backed rebels will have occupied most of Somalia except for a sliver of the northeast horn in the Puntland Province. Free Somalia forces, using F-16s, would fly combat missions out of airbases in Bosaso. A USN carrier would be based off the Yemani coast, while USAF fighters would fly combat missions from the Yemen Mainland. Egyptian flagged forces forces would control most of Ethiopia and Somalia.
Winning conditions for Somalia/Yemen/US coalition forces would be capture of Mogadishu and the Ethiopian capital of Djibouti. Of course a massive tank battle in the middle of the Ogaden Desert would be a must. Small, Red side boats would patrol the straight and harass the dug in defenders at the horn while fighters would be tasked with search and destroy duties. Just a thought on my part
Chuckles thanks for this haha its amazing who has become allies and foes. I remember i sent you actual battles that happened in the Horn of Africa. However This is also explosive scenario you have proposed not bad at all infact a good one!
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My idea for Somalia Theater was simple. Well made terrain without satellite photos, properly performed PAK files, BIN (paths, areas) and all that is necessary.
No skins, no extra cockpits, aircraft, air bases, etc ā¦ Just Korea default DB.
Simple theater but with properly working campaign - This is what I would like to see in Somalia.Ok, I give you what is done.
Itās simple terrain, about 500 tiles (enough IMHO).
I will not say this is WIP because I stopped working on it. Build theater from scratch is job for team not for one personā¦ so Iām not crazy ā¦Link: http://www.mediafire.com/download/v2s2eqc5f22yd20/Add-On+Somalia.7z
Do not forget add in ā¦\ theaterdefinition \ theater
Add-On Somalia\Terrdata\theaterdefinition\Somalia.tdf
Cheers,
EGHIEghi thank you very much even this work is a great start! I agree this work is more suitable for a team of developers than individual!
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Chuckles thanks for this haha its amazing who has become allies and foes. I remember i sent you actual battles that happened in the Horn of Africa. However This is also explosive scenario you have proposed not bad at all infact a good one!
When I get further along (completed) with my many present projects, I am going to return to Somalia. Iāll needs lots of help though and the timing will be in 3 to 4 Falcon weeks.
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Also, I need to add. If somebody can give instructions how to create a brand new save0.cam file from the existing tac files, please post an answer here or pm me. If I had a blank Save0.cam files with all of the objectives included, I could add units and change the ownership of the existing units and create a very rudimentary campaign.
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Also, I need to add. If somebody can give instructions how to create a brand new save0.cam file from the existing tac files, please post an answer here or pm me. If I had a blank Save0.cam files with all of the objectives included, I could add units and change the ownership of the existing units and create a very rudimentary campaign.
A.S is you man. For creating a really functional camapaign you have to do many things. A.S worked months on Korean theater.
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I mated into Somalia the art files that Revientor and I put together a while back. As you can see, it is making Somalia look a lot better.
I will post a link later in the week with an updated download link. It will contain all of the art files inside of Eghiās original download. TE builder and campaigns do not work. If you want fly and see Eghiās amazing scratch built terrain, you will need to use the instant action icon.
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afghanistan theater nowā¦!!!
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afghanistan theater nowā¦!!!
Finish this one before please ā¦ and some other that needs to be finished also.
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afghanistan theater nowā¦!!!
Thatās so Toro.:p
What was your most used expression at FF?
Morrre realism!!JK mate.
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No strange FF?..ā¦
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I mated into Somalia the art files that Revientor and I put together a while back. As you can see, it is making Somalia look a lot better.
I will post a link later in the week with an updated download link. It will contain all of the art files inside of Eghiās original download. TE builder and campaigns do not work. If you want fly and see Eghiās amazing scratch built terrain, you will need to use the instant action icon.
I remember these yes chuckles! These are the ones i am talking aboutā¦Only the pictures need a bit of an overhaul but other than that its all cool! Thanks for keeping it safe somewhereā¦
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Thanks to a very informative TeamSpeak lesson with Demer928, Somalia now has Campaign files.
The airbase locations need some adjustments. Once the navigation information is corrected to match the real world, I will add units and create rudimentary campaign.
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Chuckles
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Chuckles
In the screenshot I see that you have an old TE map?Oh, I wasnāt aware of that. Is there any chance you can upload a newer version so that I may include it in my copy?
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Use UIResTool, or Monsterās- F4 Res Manager. Just, put your work in the last release: https://www.benchmarksims.org/forum/showthread.php?11207-Somalia-Theatre&p=294148&viewfull=1#post294148
But it doesnāt matter, this map (big_map_id) is rubbish. They have to be done from scratch.