Somalia Theatre ?
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Not so much about the position as it is about having to hokd it against the somalians… makes little sense in the current political climate as well, but it just seems like russia taking somalia would work almost as well as the US taking Afghanistan.
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I agree this scenario it is not very likely to happen in real life. Personally, I would like to see something based on Somali Civil War. Two factions: north and south. North supported by Yemeni rebels. South supported by Ethiopian troops plus USAF and maybe FAF operating from Djibouti. With both sides using a Russian-designed equipment and limited AWACS cover it could be quite fun and challenge to fly.
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I wanted to show folks that despite a long holiday, Somalia is not dead. Infact the campaign is quite alive:
As you can see, in my Save0.cam file I was able to achieve victory in the 2D world. One major hurdle in beta testing has been jumped over.
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that map has east at the top and west at the bottom correct?
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that map has east at the top and west at the bottom correct?
Yes, the map is a 64 Segment of Somalia’s Northern Horn, Yemen, Ethiopia and Djibouti. The theatre isn’t so much Somalia as the Northern Horn of Africa.
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I wanted to show folks that despite a long holiday, Somalia is not dead. Infact the campaign is quite alive:
As you can see, in my Save0.cam file I was able to achieve victory in the 2D world. One major hurdle in beta testing has been jumped over.
Beautiful, any screenshots?
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Beautiful, any screenshots?
Not now, but when I get some more 3D pictures/videos from the beta test team, I’ll add a link to this thread.
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that map has east at the top and west at the bottom correct?
I might misunderstand that question, but north is top and south is bottom… as in Yemen is north of Djibouti. As shown in map.
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there is nothing strange with the map. north is as norh in real.they just used the square where many countries are in it.And its a good choice because intresting scenarios and parts can be used because of this.
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I wanted to show folks that despite a long holiday, Somalia is not dead. Infact the campaign is quite alive:
As you can see, in my Save0.cam file I was able to achieve victory in the 2D world. One major hurdle in beta testing has been jumped over.
Looking good Chuckles, another theatre brought to life!
On the side note, are you and your team still working on the Aegean Theatre? -
I cant wait to see someone make a black-hawk down TE.
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I cant wait to see someone make a black-hawk down TE.
You need uh60 or oh6/md500 as flyable… And RPG ammo as AAA bullet.
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yep, I have used OV-1 FM for light helis and AN-2 for mid-heavy helicopters.
RPG-7 can be tweeked to become very shitty manpad
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I can remmember you are using tweeked AN-2 FM for helis too (mentioned in some not so old post).
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Dogfight is working in Somalia. Photos and videos should come after Wednesday when we start Day 1 - Mission 1 of new campaign test.
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RPG-7 can be tweeked to become very shitty manpad
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I can remmember you are using tweeked AN-2 FM for helis too (mentioned in some not so old post).
What did you tweak ccc? Maximum speed or something about superflaps?Well, RPG better be a slower AA ammo, low fire rate, and no guidance. And many bad guys have it in the towns…i remember nove has nice models for RPG shooters.
As for chopper FM, I forget what I did… But I prefer using av8 AFM for them.
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Yep just add in proper sounds , and set av8 fm in 90 degree nozzle mode. I would make a copy for player use only maybe, in case ai has trouble.
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So who exactly are the belligerents in this theater
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On the Red Side, the primary belligerent is Somalia on the ground and air. The secondary Yemen who provides air support. On the Blue Side, NATO is using Ethiopia as a staging ground for some air forces along with all of their ground forces. The US Navy also provides air support using an aircraft carrier in the Gulf of Aden. The US/NATO has superior quantity of aircraft/ground, circa 1997. The Red Forces have the superior numbers in aircraft. ground equipment, SAM, AAA. Much of their equipment, particularly ground forces and the Somalia Air Force date to the 1960/70s. Yemen’s equipment is a little more modern with some aircraft circa 1990s.
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All these sound interesting… can’t wait to give this theater a closer look, or even a deep-in test, in case you devs. will like to allow me to.
With best regards,
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MIG on MIG action. guns,guns,guns