ShinKazama88 Posted December 27, 2008 Posted December 27, 2008 Ok I never played the campaign... Planning to make a few videos based on the original "Strike Fighters" sim.. Can anyone tell me any details in the fictional war of Dhimar? i had checked wikipedia but can people offer me some more stuff about the conflict... or your experiences in the campaigns? I'd also appreciate to know when the war ended in the Dhimar conflict... thanks!!! Quote
Jeremiah Weed Posted December 27, 2008 Posted December 27, 2008 There is a Wikipeda article about Dhimar? Quote
ShinKazama88 Posted December 27, 2008 Author Posted December 27, 2008 There is a Wikipeda article about Dhimar? Check out "Strike Fighters: Project 1" on wiki, it'll have a background on the conflict Quote
Emp_Palpatine Posted December 27, 2008 Posted December 27, 2008 Back story isn't bad. It's based on modern day koweit, but also Iran-Iraq war. Basically, the two countries are rivals because of oil field at the borders. In the fifties, the Paran Shah (Iran nod)is overthrown by revolutionnaries backed by soviet Union. They soon decide to be expansionists -a nod to Libya versus Chad- hence US involvement. Quote
jtin Posted December 27, 2008 Posted December 27, 2008 There's a whole section in the manual dealing with the backstory of Dhimar. It reflects a lot of the domino effect thinking of the Cold War. Quote
+Major Lee Posted December 27, 2008 Posted December 27, 2008 I always thought the Dhimar/Paran story was kind of interesting myself ... There is a lot that hasn't been told about the Merc' events though... Quote
ShinKazama88 Posted December 28, 2008 Author Posted December 28, 2008 There's a whole section in the manual dealing with the backstory of Dhimar. It reflects a lot of the domino effect thinking of the Cold War. Lost my manual.... What year did the Dhimar War ever end? And did somebody make a geographical map on it? Thanks Quote
Rambler 1-1 Posted December 28, 2008 Posted December 28, 2008 well, the planning map for SFP1 is the topographical, and it shows the front line between the two. I'll take a screenshot and maybe PM you. Also, I believe that you can download the SFP1 manual from the TW site. And perhaps this should be in SFP1 general discussion...? Quote
ShinKazama88 Posted December 28, 2008 Author Posted December 28, 2008 Thanks for the heads up... Quote
Emp_Palpatine Posted December 28, 2008 Posted December 28, 2008 Lost my manual.... What year did the Dhimar War ever end? That's for me the main weakness of SF. Instead of having 2, 3 or 4 campaigns dealing with a same number of intensive wars, just like kippour or six days, we have a non-credible decade-one-mission-per-year-war. That's also why I prefer Harrier campaign, or such mod transforming the war into a full-fledged one-month long one, instead of the stock campaign. Quote
WLJet Posted December 28, 2008 Posted December 28, 2008 Lost my manual.... What year did the Dhimar War ever end? It was only about a couple of weeks ago that I truly finish playing the original 1959 Burning Sand Campaign for the 1st time, despite owning SFG for more than 2 years. I flew the Mercs under "normal" campaign difficulty and "limited weapon" options in Oct 08 patch. With a mission success rate of about 100% (I took the typical "replay a failed mission until success" approach), the campaign ended on July 1973. Rambler 1-1 is right. You can download SFP1 manual from the download section of TW site. Quote
GASCAN39 Posted December 28, 2008 Posted December 28, 2008 I generate alot of single missions for this theater. Surgical strikes, maybe COIN ops given recent events in other parts of the real world. I have used artistic liberties with the mercs of the Dhimari Air Force (Mirage 2000, or what ever aircraft gives me a warm fuzzy on any given day) Both of these fictitious nations fueled my imagination since day one with this series.(SU-27s for Paran, with their own mercs, aka Guards Regiments flying them) Dhimari O-1s with nukes...... Quote
Rambler 1-1 Posted December 28, 2008 Posted December 28, 2008 well, comparing the Paran/Dhimar map from SFP1 to the atlas I have here, I'd say that it takes place on the persian gulf, on the Saudi Arabian coastline between Kuwait and Quatar, to be exact. If you will look at the very top of the planning map, you will see a little bit of land. According to the atlas, this could be Iran. The coastine is not a perfect match, of course, but the angle is about right. If you are doing a modern-day campaign, I would say that the two countries seperated from Saudi Arabia. If you are doing a fictional-historic campign, you could say that the two countries were eventually taken over by Saudi Arabia. Either way, go find an atlas (or even google maps) and check out that area. It's a pretty good match. Quote
Fubar512 Posted December 28, 2008 Posted December 28, 2008 Actually, the coastline is a clone of one in East Africa, turned 90 degrees. Quote
Rambler 1-1 Posted December 28, 2008 Posted December 28, 2008 really? Oh well, I suppose that if one really wanted to be authentic, they could rotate the map back to it's original oriantation, but I think that it makes more sence for it to be in the middle east rather then Africa. Quote
+suhsjake Posted December 28, 2008 Posted December 28, 2008 (edited) Go look at a map of Mozambique. EDIT: Fubar beat me to it. Edited December 28, 2008 by suhsjake Quote
Leondus Posted January 8, 2009 Posted January 8, 2009 Hi, Lone time SF:P1 owner, first time tonight really playing I was just thinking that tonight having played WOI and after reading the manual, I would have added a small war for September 1957 or September 1957- May 1959. Nothing major something like armed recon and CAP missions but giving Dhimar a small local airforce before the merc buildup. Also add a downgreaded airforce before buying the new planes, add planes like F-86, Hunter etc That would be some fun. That's for me the main weakness of SF. Instead of having 2, 3 or 4 campaigns dealing with a same number of intensive wars, just like kippour or six days, we have a non-credible decade-one-mission-per-year-war.That's also why I prefer Harrier campaign, or such mod transforming the war into a full-fledged one-month long one, instead of the stock campaign. Quote
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