Development Progress Report (WWII: China Battlefield) 21.01.2011 edited

1st Stage: Add modern weapons and uniforms, do feasibility research.
I was trying to make one kind of mod that based on MnB’s engine no one had really succeed, so I must do the feasibility research. If it went out good, then continue hard working, if not, throw it away as early as possible. The first version of this mod (the demo) was for this purpose. The players’ feedback and my game experience proved its feasibility.
Uniforms 90%
Weapons 80%

2nd Stage: Add new strategic systems.
1) Public order system        70%
2) New buildings system    65%
3) Weaponry system          90%
4) Arming soldier system    95%

3rd Stage: Add new tactics systems
1) Special soldiers system                                          80%
2) Combat tactic chart and formations                        70%
3) Improve all the area damage weapons*                95%
4) Fully automatic fire                                                  90%
5) Artilleries and battle planes reinforcement              50%
6) Ambushing, sneak-attacking, and guerrilla tactics    30%
7) New animations                                                      30%

Porting to Warband
Military Rank System has been finished.


4th Stage: Replace world map, centers' scenes, adjust strategic systems.
1) replace calradia with china world map, icons            0%
2) replace all centers’ scenes with Chinese buildings    20%
3) modern sieges, and defenses                                  50%
4) all factions marching AI and plans rework                0%

5th Stage: add new missions and stories.

Those are the 5 main stages I planned. I’ll stick at them, no messing up.
It would be better if you take a close look at these stages, before you want to suggest something.

*: The area damage weapons means shotguns(chinese muskets), automatic weapons, grenades and coehorn.
Numbers in green means new progress, new edited.


14.12.10
Dig in so you can survive!


21.01.2011
Lugou bridge

WilliamBerne said:

4) Artilleries and battle planes reinforcement              0%

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ask for festung breslau's planes

in fact I don't want to waste my time on that, it's too fake.
you and the AI can call for their help.

hey are you also going to put a kingdom mod in there? i think it would improve the game also because this mod is of a different kind.

I will surely add some more kingdom managements.
US of UK is not in my consideration, they did little help before 1941. I wonder if any player could play this mod that long, from 1937 to 1941. but to add 2 new western factions you must make some new uniform and weapons ...etc for them, comparing to their influence at that time, this will be only wasting time.

good call. if you dont mind me asking, when do you think the next version of this will be released? i'm not asking for an exact date, just like weeks or months?

i'm sorry if this pisses you off. i know no modder likes to be asked this question. sorry

Could you make it so there's a small delay when the radioman calls for artillery strike/strafing run to make it more realistic? Any way to make the AI use squad-based tactics would be great.

I agree with the Kingdom Management a lot. I wanna go pwn the Land with my Blitzkreig of Machineguns.

Also in terms of realism that delay for artillery and airstrikes would be epic. But how would it be calculated? Like where the shells would land etc. Ive not seen Artillery in a Mod. Unless my eyes are going dead.

There was artillery in Age of machinery, but the artillery pieces were straight on the field. Perhaps when you call an Arty strike this screen comes up, where you click on where you want a barrage and it barrages around that area.

that kind of artillery control wouldbe great
would bring a whole new edge to the game

what would be crazier would be if the AI had that kind of precision to use that on your own forces either focusing on the largest concentration of your units or on the area of strongest units

This mod need some trenchees.

Not really, neither the japanese nor the Chinese used trenches, the japanese did not use them at all. mainly because they were on the offensive. not on the defencive. also I would like to add that you should ( if possible ) make the Japanese AI more agressive.

I would also like to offer my help as a ( not very capable but okay ) 2D artist.

battle planes and artillary at 30%? sweet, what have you done?

I hope you will actually have to use radio dudes to call in planes and artillery.

dude gooluck with your mod!

nice cant wait for the next version cuz i love the current one xD

Hey if i may make a suggestion, you know how you said pressing M gets medics to follow you? maybe you should make it the same with all other noncombatants, like radiomen and mechanics. then you could tell them to stay behind the lines. just a thought. probably not the right thread to be making suggestions, my bad

praise and suggestions thread mate

http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/topic,73371.0.html

MAH B. now a development question. are you gunna include that badass castle in the next version?

Mitsubishi G3M "Nell"
3 hours work, about 1700 triangles.







mesh finish, about 2600 tris.