Stalingrad

[wodin]

Was speaking to Russ Shulke the person who is doing the next version (4th edition) of the board game Streets of Stalingrad (Expect crowd funding start of next year). We got onto talking about doing a PC conversion when he mentioned the old Waw Stalingrad game. I showe dhim the user made scenario (hell of an amazing map) done for SSG's Battlefront. His reply was about Flashpoint. He thought this would be a great engine to do a Streets of Stalingrad type game. The more I thought about itt the more I liked the idea.
Obviously the drop in scale would really help that's expected in a WW2 version. I'd love to see a huge Stalingrad map to fight over using this engine. Though I'd love it if we had some kind of leader\officer\commander feature who gave units under them modifiers both good and bad and who could be killed or captured (do units surrender in FC?. This would add immersion and personality to units and even an emotional response to units and their commanders..

[Mad Russian]

Stalingrad?

Where is that?

No such place that I can find on any maps....

WW2? Again, what's that?

Hmmm...maybe we should look into this WW2 thing...



Good Hunting.

MR

[Tejszd]

Wodin: World at War Stalingrad by Atomic is / was a great game I still run under Dosbox

Mad Russian: Definitely looking forward/waiting for a WW2 version....

[Mad Russian]

ORIGINAL: Tejszd


Mad Russian: Definitely looking forward/waiting for a WW2 version....

Well, it's certainly much closer than it was when we started this project. The fact that the scale would be reduced by at least 50% means a tremendous amount of work to create what would essentially be a new engine. Some of the coding that's happening now is done with a dual system in mind. Things that could work for both, at a future time when we could have both, is happening as it can.

Not everything can be coded with dual purposes though and that leaves a mountain still to climb. The discussions have taken place as to what it would take for a WW2 version so maybe it will come to pass for you. We'd like for it to come to pass both for you guys as well as for us.

Good Hunting.

MR

[kevinkins]

CMRT has a Stalingrad Mod plus scenarios. The Mod is free the base game is not. It is wego. I was afraid to post on another game but figure it's different enough. And we are all gamers at heart.

Kevin

[Mad Russian]

ORIGINAL: kevinkin

CMRT has a Stalingrad Mod plus scenarios. The Mod is free the base game is not. It is wego. I was afraid to post on another game but figure it's different enough. And we are all gamers at heart.

Kevin

+1

Good Hunting.

MR

[wodin]

So do I take it as "work has started" or do I take it as "we may not see a WW2 version"?

ORIGINAL: Mad Russian

ORIGINAL: Tejszd


Mad Russian: Definitely looking forward/waiting for a WW2 version....

Well, it's certainly much closer than it was when we started this project. The fact that the scale would be reduced by at least 50% means a tremendous amount of work to create what would essentially be a new engine. Some of the coding that's happening now is done with a dual system in mind. Things that could work for both, at a future time when we could have both, is happening as it can.

Not everything can be coded with dual purposes though and that leaves a mountain still to climb. The discussions have taken place as to what it would take for a WW2 version so maybe it will come to pass for you. We'd like for it to come to pass both for you guys as well as for us.

Good Hunting.

MR

[CapnDarwin]

What he means is Southern Storm gives us a nice jump off point to develop a WW2 engine that can use chunks of SS and speed up development. Same can be said for a Modern game engine. Right now it's all Southern Storm focus. [8D]

[kevinkins]

Thanks for the +1 MR

I mentioned elsewhere in the forum my belief that a properly implemented WWII platoon/company scale wego would be a "killer" app. It has not been done before. Graphics need not be cutting edge/3D. This could be balanced by having an editor and UI unlike / better then any other in ground combat. I been learning the Lua scripting language and it opens up tremendous possibilities for game play not yet seen in ground based war games.

[wodin]

To die for my friend..to die for..

ORIGINAL: kevinkin

Thanks for the +1 MR

I mentioned elsewhere in the forum my belief that a properly implemented WWII platoon/company scale wego would be a "killer" app. It has not been done before. Graphics need not be cutting edge/3D. This could be balanced by having an editor and UI unlike / better then any other in ground combat. I been learning the Lua scripting language and it opens up tremendous possibilities for game play not yet seen in ground based war games.

[rico21]

Not sure if I should be liking it or not...Though my ugly mug on any chit isn't advised.

I do like the Hippy stuff though..as it goes with my musical likes. [8D]

[wodin]

Getting confused now rico21