Jason Petho
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Joined: 6/22/2004 From: Terrace, BC, Canada Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: GavinP Guys, Having just re-installed Divided Ground Middle East with all the US, Muslim, Islamist and assorted other mods that appeared several years ago, I was wondering if Jason, or anyone else for that matter could possibly give us a bit of a sneak peak at what we can expect from the pending Modern Wars Vol. I Middle East workover. I take it DG Vietnam is going to be much the same as Jorge's fantastic mods - which worked real well - that he made some four/five years ago. But as Mideast games are so flawed was just wondering what we can expect vis-a-vis scenarios, maps, orgs, nations etc. Cheers. GavinP Here is a start. http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=1975739 Hopefully it will answer a few of the questions. The Middle East portion will be a brand new offering (DG was scrapped). New OOB's, new scenarios, new maps, updated and new graphics, etc. The first set of scenarios are a variety of H2H and Hal, although with a heavy focus on H2H - as with the Campaign Series, this is intended to be a living game , meaning that future UPDATES will be available that will add oobs, units, scenarios and campaigns for free. The first release will not be the final version. Topics for the Middle East portion include the usual suspects of 1948, 1956, 1967, 1973 and 1982. Additional conflicts, battles that are covered are the various border clashes, Algeria War of Independence, Yemen, War of Attrition, etc etc. Initial countries to be included are Israel, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, France, UK, Iraq and the Muslim & Islamic factions. I hope you will be happy with the redone OOB's, I have spent far too much time on them and are definitely designed with the scenario designer in mind. Vietnam is Jorge's version, with enhancements, additional OOBs, new units, new graphics and updated play features. A limited number of scenarios will be included (50, I believe) for the initial release, many more will follow with additional UPDATES. The first and third Indochina Wars will be partially covered, mostly providing the tools for those that are interested in the theatre to build and expand. While the US will be included in Vietnam, I am in the middle of rebuilding the USA and USSR from scratch to be included in Modern Wars: Volume II that will deal with NATO vs Warsaw Pact and Korea. As per usual, the MAP, OOB and SCENARIO editors are included. Jason Petho
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