Baltika

Happy Birthday Aggie

To celebrate 100 downloads of this little campaign, I have uploaded new version 1.1 with various bugfixes, and, by special request of two people, included Red-flyable Red Africa '77 Campaign. Enjoy Happy holidays everyone, Cheers, Baltika

Some bug-squashing required for v1.1, which will include Red-flyable campaign by special request (by 2 people ). Meantime, here's the manual update version:- In AE_TARGETS.INI, TargetArea002 should read:- [TargetArea002] Name=M11 AB Otherwise, one of the MAF squadrons won't show up. Air Unit 10 has all mission chance set to 0. Replace entries with this:- MissionChance[sWEEP]=60 MissionChance[CAP]=60 MissionChance[iNTERCEPT]=60 MissionChance[ESCORT]=60 MissionChance=30 MissionChance[CAS]=30 MissionChance[sEAD]=30 MissionChance[ARMED_RECON]=30 MissionChance[ANTI_SHIP]=0 MissionChance[ANTI_SUB]=0 MissionChance[FAC]=0 MissionChance[RECON]=10 All Soviet/East German Air Units have too low experience setting. Change those Units to at least Experience=80 (and preferably 100 for IAP units). Malagasy People's Liberation Army ground units should be called Brigade, not Battalion. It has also been suggested to me (by Erwin_Hans, who knows a thing or two about it ) that the MiG-21MF models featured should be higher spec late-70s versions. I will be revising Soviet OOB for Red-Flyable mod, so if anyone has any info/suggestions about likely unit designations/hardware, please post it up here and I will incorporate it into the upgrade. Anyone spot any other bugs, fire away here & I'll try to fix it. Sorry for the mistakes, this was a "quick 'n' dirty - but fun!" mod to save my sanity from terrain target placement for a while Cheers all, Baltika

Thanks for the interest, everyone, as you know I welcome all feedback and suggestions. @Wrench: Yup, I love it, PM me the details & I'll add it in @Spectre, glad you're enjoying YK2010, I had fun putting that one together. I think it was the interest of a shiny new (to me) version of TK's game in WoI, and a theatre I didn't know much about. I'm enjoying reading up on the whole Middle East shebang, and shaking my head about how the West don't seem to be learning the lessons of history. Anyhoo. . . For modern Madagascar campaign, I am thinkng that the Soviets won in '77, and introduced a Communist dictator-style government. A catalogue of human rights abuses followed, and now the time is ripe for regime change to something more pro-Western. So, USA, UK and the rest go in all guns blazing, carrier groups, ground forces, the whole caboodle. The Russians don't want a change, so reinforce Madagascar with some serious Soviet hardware. Just an idea, but you get the drift. @Canadair, I confess I have not played your Out of Africa Campaign, but I love the concept, particulary the Red-Side merc deal. I checked out your campaign when putting this together, so thanks for the work you put into it I suspect I will get it installed and try it out now I have Madagascar set up the way I want it. So much more can be done with this terrain in terms of populating the various small islands, adding more carrier stations, and airfields etc etc that I wanted a\ common baseline to progress from. As for why the Mystere IVA, well, Madagascar was a French Colony from the 19th Century, then a Protectorate in the 50s, finally getting independence in the 60s. I reckoned the outgoing French government would have left the new state some of their old hardware (at a good price, natch) so the MAF get old French jets. If you have a better suggestion, I'm all for it. Red side campaign, gotcha. Not much work required to do the conversion, I would have done it for v1.0 if I'd had more time. Happy Hunting

View File Out of Africa '77 & Red Africa '77 v1.1 // Out of Africa '77 // Red Africa '77 // Campaign Mods by Baltika // For SFP1/WoV/WoE Oct 08 patch // Version 1.1 // ----------------------------------------------- // Entirely based on an original idea by USAFMTL // Thanks Dave! // Thanks to Deuces for Madagascar Terrain // And Thanks to Stary for Madagascar Tree Mod // ----------------------------------------------- Out of Africa '77 The 1st Marine Expeditionary Force is assigned to protect the lawfully elected government of Madagascar from a Soviet-backed Communist insurgency. The self-styled "Malagasy People's Liberation Army" is carrying out a campaign of terror against the populace and openly confronting government forces. The MPLA is a known terrorist organisation which is secretly supplied with arms, equipment and training by the USSR. Meanwhile, North Korea is massing troops on the DMZ. The bulk of USMC forces are urgently required to stabilise the situation in Korea, and the main elements of the CVBG are ordered to make all speed to South Korea. The US Government knows that it is essential to maintain a military presence in Madagascar or the MPLA will seize control. Honoring its commitment to defend Madagascar, VMA-542 'Tigers' and VA-153 'Blue Tail Flies' are ordered to provide Combat Air Support to the remaining ground troops of 1 MEF. 1 MEF is ordered to hold the line against the Communist advance. The supply situation is critical. There is no ETA for relief of the USMC forces on station. Make every shot count. // ------------------------------------------------- Red Africa '77 The Malagasy People's Liberation Army is heavily engaged in a patriotic war to free the people from the autocratic rule of the current President. The worker's army is opposed not only by the corrupt government troops, but by Imperialist American forces who oppose the liberation of the Malagasy People. The MPLA have two Tank Brigades and a squadron of aging MiG-17 fighters. They are supported by neighbouring Mozambique, whose government is sympathetic to the MPLA cause. Soviet foreign policy dictates that the revolutionaries be given military aid to preserve Soviet interests in the region. The Imperialists must be crushed! // -------------------------------------------------- I recently re-discovered the utter gorgeousness of this terrain by Deuces and USAFMTL (Dave), with Treemod by Stary, and wanted to do something to say thanks to the guys who made it possible. So, I have completely re-vamped the original "Out of Africa" Campaign included with the terrain d/l to include a fully-fledged "USMC vs Communist Insurgents backed up by the Soviets" backs-to-the-wall defence of democracy on Madagascar. The main reason for the upgrade was to bring the Madagascar terrain.ini files up to speed to support all the various mission types, and to create a full ground war for the 1977 campaign. I have tried to stay as true as possible to the original intentions, I hope this will meet with the author's approval. This is one tough campaign to beat. Full credit to Dave (USAFMTL) for the original campaign concept and core files on which this mod is completely based. Enjoy! Baltika // ------------------------------------------------- REQUIRED FILES:- Madagascar Terrain by Deuces and USAFMTL (Dave) http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=537 Madagascar TreeMod by Stary (formerly known as CA_Stary) http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=6990 AV-8C by Team Harrier - S! to all concerned http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=1772 A-7B Corsair II by TMF and Bpao http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=9114 Mystere IVA by ajunaidr http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=784 Su-17 by Armourdave http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=89 Stock Tanks Required:- T-54, T-55, T-62A, M60A1, M48A2 ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR VERSION 1.1 MiG-21SM by Erwin_Hans http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=10341 ALSO REQUIRED TO ENABLE FLYABLE MiGS FOR RED AFRICA CAMPAIGN Wrench's rebuild of Ordway's early MiG pits Required for MiG-17F http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=9178 MiG-21PFM Cockpit by Paladrian http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=1919 MiG-21MF Cockpit by Paladrian http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=1745 INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:- 1. Install Madagascar Terrain, and the MiG-17 "mad" skin from the terrain d/l package. Please note, it is not necessary nowadays to copy and re-name the terrain catfile, just set the catpointer in the terrain.INI file to the correct catfile. 2. Install Madagascar Treemod 3. Fly around a bit if you like, and wonder at the beauty of it all. Cheers to Deuces and Przemek, thanks guys ;-) 4. Install the listed aircraft. You will need to check the Mystere's weapons are in your wep pack. Likewise with the MiG-21SM's missiles. 5. If you wish to fly Red Africa campaign, you will need to make the stock TW MiGs flyable by adding cockpits. But, you've already done that, right? ;-) 6. Depending on which game(s) you have, you may have to copy out some of the tanks. The required tanks are all in WoE, but do not all come stock in SFP1/SFG/WOV 7. Then, and only then, install the various files included in this d/l pack. Overwrite when prompted. I have packaged it up so it should be obvious where it all has to go. You must use the included terrain .ini files or the campaign ground war won't work. 8. Select "770114 Out of Africa '77" from the Campaign selection screen, and go fight the Commies. 9. Alternatively, select "770114 Red Africa '77" from the Campaign selection screen, and go fight the capitalist Imperialists. 10. Drop me a PM if you find any bugs or glitches, or to say hello, or to say thanks for the Red Flyable campaign, if you were one of the 2 people who asked for one ;-) 11. The included files are completely compatible with Canadair's Out of Africa 3 v1.5 campaign, so don't worry if you already have that installed. 12. And if I may make a personal request of Deuces, or Dave, or even Stary. If any of you guys still have the original TextureList which was used to build the released version of the Madagascar terrain, could you shoot it over to me please? The VN Texturelist included with the terrain d/l is missing many of the required tiles, and I can't create a texturelist from scratch without messing up all the detailed tiling that has already been done. I would really like to add a few airbases, cities, settlements and so forth, and populate the islands, etc, etc, with a view to building a modern-day campaign for this terrain, and expanding the targetlist; but it can't be done without the original texturelist. Thanks again for all the hard work which has obviously gone into this terrain. 13. For those with WOE, I have included an alternative campaign DATA.INI file which will use the stock AV-8A as a flyable in place of the AV-8C. Just re-name this file to replace OUTOFAFRICA77_DATA.INI file if you wish to use it. I have noticed, while test-flying Red Africa campaign, that the 08 patch level AI has some trouble flying the AV-8C. It may be that the FM for that bird needs an upgrade to the latest game build level. That is beyond the scope of this mod. Happy Hunting! Cheers to one and all! Baltika 21 December 2009 // ----------------------------------------------------- Changelog v1.1 -Added Red Africa '77 Soviet Campaign -Fixed "M11" bug in campaign DATA.INI -Revised Soviet Air Unit Experience Levels -Revised Air Unit 10 Aircraft/Mission profile -Added MiG-21SM by Erwin_Hans to Soviet OOB -Revised Various Air Unit Mission Chance Percentages -Fixed JG-7 Campaign supply entries -Changed Soviet BaseNode assignation for groundwar // ------------------------------------------------------ Submitter Baltika Submitted 12/17/2009 Category User Made Campaigns

Looks magnificent Nice to see you back in the game again Cheers, Baltika

Great work, thanks very much

Thanks for these, incentive for me to finish NZ terrain Cheers, Baltika

Hi there, yes, still on WIP list,although pretty far down I have to say. My fault for starting up too many terrain projects. Thanks for the continued offer of help. We really need terrain targetisation tools, doing it by hand is slow, slow work. Compared to writing campaign files, terrain building is a monster. I have no ETA for this one just now. There are a couple of terrains which are well ahead of this on the production line, so it won't arrive anytime soon. Look for something from the Kuril region first, then NZ. After that I'm not too sure, but I have an Iceland tileset I really want to finish up and release. A little bird tells me that vol 2 of "Bloody Shambles" will be in my Xmas stocking, so that will certainly re-kindle my interest in this region/timeframe

No, sorry, it won't run in WOE as it requires the stock WoI IsraelME terrain and also many stock WoI units, F-16A Netz and F-15A Baz in particular.

Cheers, hope you enjoy it. There are some interesting engagements to be had given the mix of US equipment available to all sides. Any feedback, bug reports or comments on campaign gameplay are most appreciated, so fire away. Cheers, Baltika

View File Yom Kippur War 2010 Yom Kippur 2010 Fictional Modern-day Campaign for Wings Over Israel by Baltika **************** The near future. . . The peace process in the Middle East is in danger of falling apart. Border clashes continue daily and tensions between Syria and Israel rise to breaking point. Iran continues to flex its military muscle, secretly developing nuclear weapons capability and engaging in a massive build-up of conventional forces. Finally, the flashpoint comes when the Islamic Egyptian Jihad assassinate the pro-western Egyptian President. Revolution sweeps Egypt and a new strongly pro-Arab, anti-Western fundamentalist government takes power. With the main Western powers bogged down in an increasingly bloody and futile conflict in Afghanistan, the world looks on in horror as a new Jihadist coalition of Syria, Egypt, Iran and Algeria launch a full-scale offensive to bring about the obliteration of Israel. . . ***************** Required Base Install:- Wings Over Israel patched to October 2008 level Required Files:- Aircraft:- A-4N (early) by wilco http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=7704 EAF F-4E by Wrench http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=6242 F-5E Tiger II by The Mirage Factory http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=5224 F-14A Iranian AF by TMF http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=5209 F-15I V1.5 for WOI by Dave, Flying Toaster, wpnssgt, Fubar512, Moonjumper, Kout, MJ and Deuces http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=6139 F-16I for WOI by Dave, Swede, wpnssgt, moonjumper, bib, Kout and TMF http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=6140 F-16A Arab Nations Mod by Gepard (From original by Team Viper) http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=2027 MiG-25PDS by Gepard http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=7772 MiG-29A for WOI by TMF http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=8419 MiG-29A Export Version by TMF (For Iranian MiG-29A) http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=8418 Mirage2000EM mod by Gepard (from Erwin_Hans' original) http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=7604 SU-24 Pack by lindr2 (For Su-24MK) http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=8474 Skins:- Iranian F-5E Tiger by Mike1 http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=2903 Other:- The Mirage Factory WOI Weapons pack http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=7362 ******************* INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:- 1. Ensure you are running WoI Oct 08. 2. Install the TMF WOI Wep Pack. 3. Install the planes and skins listed above. 4. In F-16Arab, change the Egyptian skin folder name to "Egypt" 5. Make sure you have installed the Egyptian specific weapons for F-16Arab, they are included with Wrench's EAF F-4E which is a required file. 6. Drop the campaign folder "YOMKIPPUR2010" into your WoI\Campaigns folder. 7. Select "Yom Kippur 2010" from the campaign selection menu, and protect Israel from the New Jihadist attack. ********************* Any comments, feedback, bug reports, or Single Malt Whisky can be forwarded to Baltika at CombatAce. If there is sufficient interest, that is, any interest at all, I will expand this campaign to include a Red-side flyable version. Cheers all, and happy holidays. Baltika 2nd December 2009 ********************* Special Thanks to Johan217 for his WoI campaigns expansion files, from which this mod was partly developed. Thanks also to TK for his holiday sale on the older WoX titles, which persuaded me to pick up WoI, long before I get my flashy new gaming rig and switch completely over to the SF2 series. Cheers, TK ;-) ********************* Submitter Baltika Submitted 12/02/2009 Category User Made Campaigns

Hi all, I got this question from Ice Man in a PM and thought it was probably worth posting the answer here for all 17 & 1/2 people who fly Burma Air War campaign: Ice Man's Question: I've downloaded your campaign and works very well.I've a question about the Burma Terrain folder.I've installed all the terrain packs listed on the "read me" file.First of all the pack "WW2 Burma", and the "Burma upgrade pack", "Green Hell2" and for last the "VietnamSEA tile repaint ver1.0".The question is this, when I install the files I must follow a precise order, or is right even the order that I have listed above? Best regards, Teo Answer: 1. Install Edward's Original Burma Terrain 2. Install The Wrench's Burma terrain targets upgrade pack 3. Drop Brain32's Vietnam Sea Tile repaint into Burma terrain folder 4. Drop CA_Stary's Green Hell 2 into Burma terrain folder 5. Copy contents of terrain/Burma folder from Burma campaign d/l pack into terrain/Burma folder in your game install. 6. In Burma campaign download pack, you will see a folder called "Use with Green Hell 2" - drop the contents of that folder into your Burma terrain folder. At each step, overwrite as requested. Sorry for not spelling that out in the readme. If you don't install the campaign d/l pack terrain files last, you will be missing out on additional target areas I have added to Wrench's list, and the ground war won't run properly. Hope that makes it clear. Anyone else have any questions, fire away. Tally-ho! Baltika

Thanks, very welcome add-on

On the subject of European unity, again from "Yes, Minister". . . [The Foreign Secretary explains the Napoleon prize.] Bill: Yes, it's a NATO award given once every five years: gold medal, big ceremony in Brussels, £100,000. The PM's the front runner this time. It's for the statesman who's made the biggest contribution to European unity. Sir Humphrey: Since Napoleon, that is, if you don't count Hitler.

I am reminded of the scene in "Yes, Prime Minister" when the British generals tell newly-elected PM Jim Hacker that Trident is necessary to deter Britains's enemy's from attacking the UK. In his innocence, the PM asks, "What, you mean the Russians?" to which the generals reply, "No, the French" in all seriousness. Jim Hacker nearly causes a diplomatic incident of cataclysmic proportions when he almost releases this information at a live press conference when asked who exactly Trident is aimed at, but slides out of it by saying, "The Fr. . . igging Chinese!!" Kevin, your CETO premise is entirely plausible when taking the long-term view of British foreign policy, as espoused by Hacker's long-time nemesis, the smooth-as-silk Head of the Home Civil Service, Sir Humphrey Appleby:- Sir Humphrey: Minister, Britain has had the same foreign policy objective for at least the last five hundred years: to create a disunited Europe. In that cause we have fought with the Dutch against the Spanish, with the Germans against the French, with the French and Italians against the Germans, and with the French against the Germans and Italians. Divide and rule, you see. Why should we change now, when it's worked so well? Hacker: That's all ancient history, surely? Sir Humphrey: Yes, and current policy. We had to break the whole thing [the EEC] up, so we had to get inside. We tried to break it up from the outside, but that wouldn't work. Now that we're inside we can make a complete pig's breakfast of the whole thing: set the Germans against the French, the French against the Italians, the Italians against the Dutch. The Foreign Office is terribly pleased; it's just like old times. Hacker: But surely we're all committed to the European ideal? Sir Humphrey: [chuckles] Really, Minister. Hacker: If not, why are we pushing for an increase in the membership? Sir Humphrey: Well, for the same reason. It's just like the United Nations, in fact; the more members it has, the more arguments it can stir up, the more futile and impotent it becomes. Hacker: What appalling cynicism. Sir Humphrey: Yes... We call it diplomacy, Minister. Check it out when you can, former PM Margaret Thatcher called it required viewing for UK Govt Ministers. And it is very funny.

Excellent, thanks very much for this one

Get your "official" release right here:- http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=10211 I have bundled it with a more traditional Blue vs Red campaign, all the USAF/ANG units from Confederacy campaign on the same side vs a South American Neo-Fascist invasion of the USA. Remember the Alamo!!!!!!!

View File In Defence of Texas: Alamo 2010 Campaign Alamo 2010 Campaign v1.1 Update Expanded ground war for two fronts Expanded number of ground units Revised Nations for Latin American enemy pilot names and aircraft markings Corrected bug where SU-39 units did not appear Confederacy 2010 Campaign Just a couple of fun campaigns for use on Wrench's ASW terrain. There are lots of modern planes, action, BVR death and mayhem. Survivability is low. These are just for fun. The backstories are not to be taken seriously. See the "Requirements" files in each of the campaign folders for , uh, requirements. Any questions, give me a shout on Combatace. Cheers all, Baltika *************** Alamo 2010 Global Terror takes a new twist with the supremacy of Neo-Fascist rule in South America. States bordering the new Fourth Reich are given a simple ultimatum: submit or be obliterated. The National Socialist party sweeps to power in Mexico, peddling a litany of hatred and racism. Blaming the country's woes on its rich American neighbour, the Mexican vassal state of the New Fourth Reich launches a blitzkrieg into Texas. Funded by world Fascism, the latest available technology is pitted against the USAF. . . As the Texicans scramble to defend their state, the battle cry goes out. . . Remember the Alamo! **************** Confederacy 2010 Against the backdrop of challenging world opinion and the continuing war on terror, and the ever-growing clamour following alleged civil and human rights abuses, coupled with growing crime and murder rates on the domestic front, the liberal and progressionist leader of the USA proposes a new Bill of Rights to Congress. Abolishing the Right to Bear Arms and the Death Penalty, the Bill provokes the greatest intellectual and popular debate on the state of the American Nation for 150 years. When the Bill passes the first stage of the legislative process, a powerful lobby of State Governors demand a referendum of the people before the Federal Government proceeds further. The referendum is held, but the result referred to the Federal Supreme Court following a "miscount" in a crucial swing State. The Bill is passed on the authority of the Supreme Court. Allegations of political interference in judicial independence are levelled, but the Washington Administration holds firm. The Federal Government issues an ultimatum: an amnesty for all citizens who surrender their weapons within 30 days, otherwise face prosecution to the full extent of the new law. The State Governors of Texas, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana and South Carolina responded: no citizen shall be required to surrender any weapon, invoking the Second Amendment as interpreted by the US Supreme Court Decision of "District of Columbia vs Heller" 2008 07-290. Washington is unimpressed, citing the authority of the legislative process of the Federal Government. Popular demonstrations in the southern states multiply. As the western world looks on in horror, the Federal Government mobilises national troops to "maintain public order in disruptive States." The State Governors protest that such an order is unconstitutional. As the first Federal soldiers cross State borders, the Governors call out the militias in defence of their citizens' constitutional rights. With emotions running high, the call is answered. . . *************** Submitter Baltika Submitted 11/10/2009 Category User Made Campaigns

Bunyap's Test Range terrain:- http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=2658

Currently being developed in WoE '08. Once my hardware gets an upgrade (Hmm... next year) I will switch over entirely to SF2 series. There is a preview version of this terrain, with mini-campaign, almost ready for release. Preview terrain CityList, Autotiling, Levelling etc and campaign done. I am slowly hand-placing targets on the preview terrain, a little while to go yet. When it goes up, it will include my enhanced tileset (many extra transition tiles) based on Deuce's WoE repaint, with expanded TextureList for terrain builders. @ gerwin, interesting, the preview terrain is a small chunk of the main map (not the bit you posted from USNF!) But it will be fun to fly and fight over

Fair enough, just a crazy idea. I can't see it really happening myself, just a "what if?" I must say, as campaigns go, it is pretty much unsurvivable, on either side. Treat it as an OTT Red Flag style scenario and leave it at that. As for Red Storm, I'm with you. Normal service will now be resumed For those crazy enough to want to try it, here it is:- Confederacy2010.rar