Upcoming Mod - New Generals, 7 day turns & Other Hotness! (Shameless Plugging)

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I'm still plugging away on this. Getting nearer and nearer to a state of (not absolute) completion though

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Crikey... you could hear a pin drop in this forum these days. Breaks my heart

[deguerra]

I'm still here Was on holidays, but very much still following this with interest. That said you're not wrong about the level of activity here.

-deguerra

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I'm still here Was on holidays, but very much still following this with interest. That said you're not wrong about the level of activity here.

-deguerra

Ah yes my old friend, there you are! I was (yet again) beginning to get that 'empty can rolling down the street of a long deserted town' feeling but you've gone and restored my faith in this place. Somewhat
I'm sure there'll be a resurgence someday. We must persist

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Have just about finished this...

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This mod has been finished. For now
See link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sX5dOW ... sp=sharing

[Seydlitz69]

Thx alot. Iam loving this Mod.

[Blood and Thunder Brigade]

Thx alot. Iam loving this Mod.

Thanks for your feedback and support! I'm thrilled to hear it

Did you get the latest update?

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Thx alot. Iam loving this Mod.

Also, what about the mod are you enjoying the most? I'm curious

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To install the latest update, simply download the zip file, extract the contents, then open each individual folder and copy the files and then overwrite the existing files where necessary. If you have any problems let me know and I'll do my best to assist you

Changes include:
- An extensive variety of new brigades. The greatest beneficiaries of this makeover are the New England states who up until now had very little presence or identity within the game. That has been corrected and thoroughly so.
You'll now see infantry brigades available in Rhode Island, cavalry recruitable in Vermont and artillery coming out of Maine, etc, etc.
Sharspshooters also make their presence felt in states where they were ignored before.
- Horse artillery and militia have been given an extensive facelift. There just isn't the abundance of either that there was before (in a number of states militia and horse artillery have been removed altogether). You're going to have to think about where and when you use them.
The reasons behind these changes were/are an attempt to make things look and feel much more historical.
In the case of horse artillery I found during my research for this mod that very few batteries on either side served specifically and only as horse artillery. More often than not regular field artillery was attached to cavalry units as needed. Again, there isn't the abundance of these units that there was before but they are still there.
In the case of militia, some states, particularly Confederate, used a lot of militia. In others, particularly Union, they used very little. The changes I've made reflect that.
- There are an abundance of new cavalry brigades available to nearly every state involved. Not to mention regiments in states in which there were previously none. I also fixed that issue with Indiana cavalry coming out of Iowa. That is no longer a problem.
- I replaced the portraits of a few generals with, in my opinion, better ones. Not a lot has changed here but the changes that were made look a lot better.
I also brightened the portraits of quite a number of generals and they now have a lot more punch and impact.
- I provided a greater selection of colored brigades. The 2-regiment colored brigade remains, but is now supplemented by 3, 4 and (I think) 5 regiment colored brigades.
- Florida now sees itself much better equipped than it was before. A new 3-regiment infantry only brigade appears there, as well as cavalry regiments and battalions, not to mention artillery.
Florida isn't going to furnish the Confederacy with a lot of units, but it will provide more than before.
- I added about 100 new generals on top of those I added in the previous version which makes an already ridiculous amount of generals even more ridiculous but I wouldn't want it any other way
- All generals are now promotable to 3-star general, except for the most recent additions of generals who are (thus far) only promotable to 2-star major general. I will likely rectify that in the near future.
- I altered the stats, seniority and abilities of large number of generals. Some generals came out of that far better off, others far worse.
- Some of the units graphics have been shuffled around. Not extensively but just a little more to my liking. The units graphics and just how awesome they look is the work of my good friend @Stratman. He has made a mighty and invaluable contribution for which I am forever grateful.

I'd like to extend my thanks to @AACW3plz for his help and advice. The bloke is like the fount of all knowledge and wisdom with anything CW2 related. Top fella, too. Muchas gracias, amigo!
To @deguerra, your support has given me faith when my faith was faltering, and for that I am very grateful
And last but not least, my good friend @Durk. There's much I could say about this absolute gem of a bloke, but I'll say only this: You killed Reynolds, you bastard!

[Blood and Thunder Brigade]

Link to the latest version of the mod below.

To install, first delete all old CW2_AltaroMod files from your CW2 directory, download the latest zip file, extract it to the same CW2 directory, enter "CW2_AltaroMod" into your Modpath File and away you go

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mn34AX ... sp=sharing

[Seydlitz69]

Thx alot. Iam loving this Mod.

Also, what about the mod are you enjoying the most? I'm curious

I like the whole package. Gives me more immersion. Keep it up

[Blood and Thunder Brigade]

Thx alot. Iam loving this Mod.

Also, what about the mod are you enjoying the most? I'm curious

I like the whole package. Gives me more immersion. Keep it up

Well I'm truly grateful to have your support and feedback. It really does mean a lot to me and I thank you sincerely

Durk and I are going through a test PBEM as we speak and seeing what we like and what we don't like, what works, what doesn't work, as well as spotting and correcting any 'clerical errors' I might have made (and there are still some, much to my chagrin) so I can safely say that even the latest version of the mod will not be the final version. There's also a couple of things that Durk and I have discussed that might make the final cut which if successfully implemented would be quite radical changes for CW2. We'll see...

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While I'm here, does anybody know where I can find (presumably in the events files) the Confederate 1st Reserve Brigade that pops up in Richmond around May of 1861? I'm wanting to rename that particular brigade but can't find it for the life of me.
Many thanks in advance.

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Perhaps one of the fine members of this forum can tell me how if I want to add Union Kentucky units to the April 1861 full theatre campaign into which event file/s am I adding those units to? I've managed to do it with the CSA but adding them to the Union has me a bit stumped at the moment.

I'd be very grateful for your help

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Anybody still out there?

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For those that are interested, Durk and I are still testing this mod and thus far, with the exception of a number of minor things that need to be fixed, the mod plays beautifully.
Your interest and/or feedback would be greatly appreciated as I'm beginning to think that I'm singing to a completely empty room

[Seydlitz69]

I come regularily here to look if theres an new Version of your excellent Mod available

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I come regularily here to look if theres an new Version of your excellent Mod available

With some luck the next (and far more complete/finely tuned) version of this mod should be ready around mid-March. I'd like to say it'll be ready far sooner that that but thorough testing takes time, and that time must be drawn from the 'spare time reserve', which, as a man with a busy family and work life, there just isn't an abundance of. Having said, a great deal of my spare time is spent testing and improving this mod with Durk, whom aside from being a tremendous fellow that I regard as a good friend, has the patience of a saint. Anyhow, by the time I'm finished I believe I'll have created one of the most comprehensive mods ever attempted and completed for this game. It might all prove to be an absolute exercise in futility but I'm determined to push on regardless.

Thank you kindly for your support and feedback. It means a great deal

[Seydlitz69]

I come regularily here to look if theres an new Version of your excellent Mod available

With some luck the next (and far more complete/finely tuned) version of this mod should be ready around mid-March. I'd like to say it'll be ready far sooner that that but thorough testing takes time, and that time must be drawn from the 'spare time reserve', which, as a man with a busy family and work life, there just isn't an abundance of. Having said, a great deal of my spare time is spent testing and improving this mod with Durk, whom aside from being a tremendous fellow that I regard as a good friend, has the patience of a saint. Anyhow, by the time I'm finished I believe I'll have created one of the most comprehensive mods ever attempted and completed for this game. It might all prove to be an absolute exercise in futility but I'm determined to push on regardless.

Thank you kindly for your support and feedback. It means a great deal

Good to hear youre still working on this great mod. Cant wait till its March

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If any of you have a pet idea you'd like to see included in this mod go ahead and post it here. And if like it enough and am able to implement it easily enough then I just might. Fresh ideas are always welcome

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While I'm here I'm hoping that someone can enlighten me on a question that I have.
To explain, I created a new general (among many others), John E. Wool. I also created the necessary Models & Units files for him to be promotable to 2-star major general. Having gained the requisite amount of seniority points to then be promoted I did so and all appeared to work just fine. There was Wool with the 2 stars on his portrait and a notification in the games messages saying he'd been promoted. I then went to form a corps under his command and found that I could not do so, even though Wool had Rosecrans in the same region commanding an army. That was/is perplexing. Even more perplexing is when I promoted other brigadier generals after I'd promoted Wool I saw game messages notifying me that Wool was 'angered' at having been passed over. So the game is still thinking of Wool as a 1-star brigadier general and not the 2-star major general that for all intents and purposes he appears to be. Does anybody know why this might happen?
Interestingly, I created a third model file for (base game general) Phil Kearny (again, among many others) so that he could be promoted to 3-star lieutenant general. Again, having gained sufficient amounts of seniority points I promoted him to lieutenant general. Again, he appears as 3-star general, again I'm notified that he has been promoted, but upon going to form an under army under him I see that there is not an option to do so. What gives? Does anybody know what I must have missed?

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I believe that I have solved this problem, though it does mean that quite a laborious project awaits

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Work on this continues...

[Seydlitz69]

Work on this continues...

Iam still eager for the next release

[Blood and Thunder Brigade]

Work on this continues...

Iam still eager for the next release

Good to hear from you again, my friend

I'm still hoping from an April release but I wouldn't be surprised if I have to push back that release date until May or June, sadly enough. Having said that I want to be sure that everything is as good as it can be so I won't rush the testing process. I like to be thorough and exact.
'Final' version should see, among many other things, a more polished and refined force pool; some generals entering the game much earlier or later; a major reworking of the seniority system so that the seniority of a general corresponds to their entry into the game; updates portraits; etc, etc, etc.
I'm really looking forward to getting started on it but I just want to be sure that I leave no stone unturned before beginning work.

[nadia911]

Following the progress

Thanks

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Following the progress

Thanks

Thank you sincerely for your interest, and do bear with me. We're not too far away now

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Work on the 'final' version of this mod has begun. I'm hoping to have it finished by mid-April or thereabouts. Changes I'm working on include:
- Revised entry dates, abilities and ratings and seniority for included generals. Some generals will appear much sooner, others much later. Some generals abilities and ratings will much improved, others will come out of it appreciably worse off. Seniority will be almost always relative to when a general enters the game. The latter is the most complex of the issues to solve, and while I feel that I have come up with the fairest system possible I'm sure that it will induce some grumbling. We'll see how it goes.
- Mixed brigades will almost certainly cease to exist. I've never liked the mixed brigades and now that I can do something about them I intend to. What I'm thinking is 3, 4 and 5 regiment brigades for states that furnished reasonably large amounts of regiments and 2 and 3 regiment brigades for states that provided relatively few. Whatever the case, I don't think that cavalry, sharpshooter and artillery units attached to infantry brigades have any future in my mod.
- Confederate divisions will take on the name of their commander as opposed to being numbered. This will look and feel more historical. I've yet to come up with a solution for Union divisions which, if I'm not mistaken, traditionally were labeled '1st Division, 2nd Corps' and so on and so forth. I'd very much like to introduce something similar though doing so may be quite difficult. I'm giving this some serious thought but if you've any suggestions...
- I'm contemplating giving considerably more flavour, scope and availability to guerilla units. I don't see the changes I'm considering being so great that guerillas are going to win you the war or even be of potentially major impact, but if they can force a player to be mindful of their rear areas, railroads, etc, then I think I'll be well satisfied. Think of a mosquito buzzing around your ear at night just as you settle down to sleep

Enough for now, but while I'm here does anybody know if it's possible to max out the size of a division to around 13,000 men? If it's feasible I'd like to give the player the option of creating a few of these larger divisions in the style of A.P. Hill's famed Light Division.

Cheers!