New Scenario for Testing - The Bridge at Alfeld, 1988

[vettim89]

Based on Chapters 29-30 from Red Storm Rising. The Sovs are forcing the Liene and they mean business! Can you as Commander of a special Air Task Force knock the bridges down and keep them down? This is a dynamic scenario where the NATO player gets reinforced as the situation grows more desperate. Oh, and yes, the Sovs will rebuild the bridges if you knock them down to don't be happy if you are successful the first time


Featuring the 112th TFS/180th TFW Ohio ANG based at Toledo Express Airport - i.e., my home town boys. They are flying SLUFFs

Edit: v1.1 - see below

[Excroat3]

Oh sweet, a Red Storm Rising scenario! Is this actually the first scenario in this game based off the book?

[vettim89]

ORIGINAL: Excroat3

Oh sweet, a Red Storm Rising scenario! Is this actually the first scenario in this game based off the book?

I would say there are several scenarios loosely based on the book but this one is meant to portray the events of the book as close as possible. It is specifically modeled to replicate the day after the 20th GTD forces the bridge in chapter 29.

[Excroat3]

Alright, I'm in the middle of this one, and I have a few notes:
add loss of points for loss of aircraft
I destroyed all 3 bridges, but still got the message that the soviets crossed over

[vettim89]

ORIGINAL: Excroat3

Alright, I'm in the middle of this one, and I have a few notes:
add loss of points for loss of aircraft
I destroyed all 3 bridges, but still got the message that the soviets crossed over

Bridging units rebuild the bridges once you destroy or damage the original - you didn't think it was going to be that easy did you? [:D] That said, you should have received a message informing you that bridges have been rebuilt/repaired. If that did not happen, I need to know

My thinking on the aircraft points (or lack thereof) is that the situation is so desperate for NATO at this point in time that aircraft losses are just accepted as the price that needs to be paid

[Excroat3]

I didn't get a message that the bridges were repaired. I guess that makes sense, and even though NATO is desperate, I still took horrible losses for the strike. I sorta forgot about the Jaguars for the first strike I launched.

6hr 5min to go, here are my losses:
SIDE: Warsaw Pact
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LOSSES:
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12x 23mm ZSU-23-4 Shilka
2x 23mm ZU-23-2
3x Bridge (Single-lane 60 Tons)
4x Radar (Long Track [P-40])
2x Radar (Thin Skin B HF [PRV-16])
10x SA-13 Gopher [9A35M2] TELAR 2
6x SA-14 Gremlin [9K34 Strela-3] MANPADS
1x SA-4a Ganef [2P24] TEL
2x SA-4b Ganef [2P24] TEL
8x SA-8b Gecko Mod-1 [9A33BM3] TELAR
2x SA-9b Gaskin [BRDM-2] TEL 2
1x Vehicle (Pat Hand [1S32])
4x Vehicle (Truck, Unarmed)


EXPENDITURES:
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157x 23mm ZSU-23-4 Shilka Burst [50 rnds]
116x 23mm ZU-23-2 Burst [20 rnds]
32x SA-13 Gopher [9M35]
69x SA-14 Gremlin [9M36]
16x SA-4a Ganef [3M8M1]
26x SA-4b Ganef [3M8M2]
89x SA-8b Gecko Mod-1 [9M33M3]
32x SA-9b Gaskin [9M31M]



SIDE: NATO
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LOSSES:
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9x A-7D Corsair II
11x Alpha Jet A
3x F-16A Falcon
4x Jaguar A


EXPENDITURES:
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12x AGM-45B Shrike [ARM]
12x AGM-65B Maverick EO
7x ARMAT [ARM]
4x AS.30L
6x BLG.66 Belouga CB [151 x Anti-Tank Bomblets]
8x CBU-52/B CB [217 x BLU-61/B Frag Bomblets]
5x CBU-87/B CEM [202 x BLU-97/B Dual-Purpose Bomblets]
20x Generic Chaff Salvo [5x Cartridges]
46x Generic Flare Salvo [3x Cartridges, Single Spectral]
16x Generic Flare Salvo [4x Cartridges, Single Spectral]
16x Mk82 500lb AIR [Ballute]
30x Mk82 500lb LDGP
60x Mk82 500lb Snakeeye
6x T.200 400kg GPB


Also, as I let the scenario run, I'm getting messages that more units are crossing, and the forces under my command are growing, but I can see in God's eye view that no more bridges are appearing and it doesn't seem that the soviets are getting any more reinforcements. Here's an example:


6/23/1988 8:29:58 AM - : Event: '0830 Bridge Check' has been fired.

6/23/1988 8:30:49 AM - NATO: New contact! Designated MOBILE #276 - Detected by No 7 Squadron #4 (Alpha Jet B1) [Sensors: ELT-156] at 71deg - Estimated 57nm

6/23/1988 8:30:49 AM - NATO: New contact! Designated MOBILE #277 - Detected by No 7 Squadron #4 (Alpha Jet B1) [Sensors: ELT-156] at 74deg - Estimated 57nm

6/23/1988 8:32:27 AM - : Event: 'Bridge #3 Repair - Bridge #3a in place' has been fired.

6/23/1988 8:32:27 AM - : Lua script execution error: A .NET exception occured in user-code

[vettim89]

OK something weird is going on with the coding here. I am reexamining the way the events are supposed to proceed vs how they are actually proceeding

[vettim89]

ORIGINAL: vettim89

OK something weird is going on with the coding here. I am reexamining the way the events are supposed to proceed vs how they are actually proceeding

Found it - one misplaced capital letter. Need to debug it tomorrow but I think it will work now

[vettim89]

Okay version 1.1 is uploaded and appears to be working as designed. One misplaced capital letter was the bulk of the problem, but I discovered two more minor errors in the process of fixing that one. All is good now.