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Old June 15, 2001, 09:19   #1
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Thanks for all the help with the game crashing i fixed it and now i can bring you a preview which i was intending to do anyway.

As F-14 Tomcats, F-15E Eagles and F-16 Falcons launched from the USS Lincoln Pound the Defenses Near Bandare Abbas in southern Iran, the USMC and the US Army with token British Support send in their forces to establish a beachead. Will the Iranian Forces already embroiled in a war on two fronts against Iraq and The USSR be able to cope with this third front? Only time will tell
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I see a nifty MRLS unit there. Why are there not more roads? I know it's not the most developed place, but what scale is the map, I think there should be more road...
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Cities?
Where are the neighbouring cities of the region?
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For those wondering about the cities. Here they are. This is quite a large scale of map so the cities are spread out rather a lot. Also some areas of iran arnt exactly the most poulated places on earth.

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The MLRS unit is Jimmywax's unit painted yellow
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Countries?
Is Syria, Turkey, Jordan or Pakistan featured in the scenario-looking at the map there is plenty room for these scenario-relevent nations to be placed into.
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I was thinking of including syria as a Barbarian Civ but the others wont be in this scen because it is based on a book and they pay no part in it thus no reason to include them
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Old June 16, 2001, 23:20   #8
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well... there's historical accuracy, you could give them all units with move=0 stats, and then ally them with everyone to prevent them from doing anything.
If you could spare the civ slots, anyway.
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Old June 17, 2001, 04:05   #9
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I must tell you that the terms for Kuwait are Kuwait/Kuwaiti. Kuwaiti is the term that should be used not 'Kuwait' Map. Thats all I can find incorrect with it at the moment.
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About how close are you to being done. Are there any more units your needing.
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well as long as your offering jimmywax ill take you up on the offer

I could really do with:
a ZSU-23-4AA (or ZSU for short lol)
a T-80 seeing as i dont think there is a T-80 out there yet. At the mo im using a recoloured T-72 which really isnt what i want to do

Thats about it i think i have scrounged just about all your units lol

Dont worry youll get credits in the readme
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heres another preview but i wont be working on it for about a week now. EXAMS!!!!

But anyway ill give you another preview.

At the start of the conflict the russian juggernaut gets going with much anger from the populace. The russian airforce gains complete superiority over the Iranians out of date equipment but the Iranians have a surprise in store for the russians...
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I will see what I can do. What is the ZSU though, anti-aircraft?
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Yes, it is.

And since you`re here, do you think you could draw me a Jaguar and an E-2 Hawkeye?
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Old June 19, 2001, 01:43   #15
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Looks great.
Is this in any way related to the book "Sword Point" (Harold Coyle I think?).
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Good news, I found it in one of my books. So now I know what it is and I have pictures to prove it.

PH, a leopard and Hawkeye uh? I don't know, maybe just this once. Which leopard do you want? I think there are a couple different versions right?
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Just out of curiosity, what is the unit in the above preview. It is on the far right in the middle, north of the airfield, west of Mazar.
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PH, a leopard and Hawkeye uh? I don't know, maybe just this once. Which leopard do you want? I think there are a couple different versions right?
Not a Leopard, a Jaguar. It`s a ground attack plane (I believe) used mainly by the British and the French. You don`t have to do them if you don`t feel up to it at the moment, so don`t feel under any pressure.
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I'm sorry, I must have had my head up my you know what. I don't know why I saw Leopard. A jaguar could be possible. I will see what I can do.
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Excellent News a FAN!!! lol
Yes ravagon you are right it is based exclusively on the book "Sword Point" and you are right about the author. Of course i will edit a few little bits to get the playability right but otherwise it will be as faithful to the book as i can.
Jimmywax the unit is a T-64BV however if you have a better one that will do lol. But its a T-64.
Jimmywax i look forward to hearing when you have the units ready
Now off to do more revision!
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Here are all the units from my scenario. quite a few are borrowed and edited. i could only get them in jpeg form so the quality is suffering a bit

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Of course these graphics are subject to change if i get better offers from graphics (hint Jimmywax lol) but these are what the units represents starting from the top left and working right.

Alouette III, Engineers, Conscripts, Iranian Infantry, US infantry, Iraq Infantry, Russian Infantry, Border Guards, Fanatics, Partistans, SA-6 Gainful SAM, Rapier SAM, USMC Marines, TOW Team, Spigot Team, M1A! Abrams, M551 Sheridan, M3A1 Bradley, MLRS, Knight (not used lol), T-80U, T-72M, T-64BV, T-55A, BMP-2, Chieftan Mk3, M60A1 Patton, BM-21 Grad, A-10 Warthog, F-15E Eagle, F-16C Falcon, Apache-64A, Mi-24E Hind, F-4E Phantom, Su-24 Fencer, F-5E Freedom, Mig-29 Fulcrum, Su-27 Flanker, Su-25 Frogfoot, USMC Landing Craft, AWACS, J-7 II Founder, Mig-21 Bis, AH-1J Cobra, ZSU (going to change!!!), Nuke, Mig-27, KGB, Challenger Mk1, 100mm AT-Gun, BRDM-2, 155mm Howitzer, F-14 Tomcat, USS Nimitz, SSN Iskra, US Airborne, 10th Corp HQ, USS Lincoln, Tu-22M Bear, Mirage F.1C, AMX-30, Strela SAM Team

There you go. all the units with just some graphiocs to be changed. (maybe)
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UPDATE ?
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Im suffering from civ2 burn out at the moment. i have everything in place apart from the events and the most boring bits unit placements and city improvment placing everything else is done but i just need to get enough enthusiasm for it. also i have forgotten what the book was like so i have to read it again. but its still going just ever so slllllllllllloooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwlllllllllllly yyyyyyyyyyy

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Grothgar, from what I remember of the book, an American Aircraft Carrier gets sunk, sparking outright war between the US and USSR. As a result, you might be interesed in using this photo for the scenarios title

(BTW, its an actual photo of a major deck fire on the USS Enterprise)
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