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Battlefield - Airborne - Tactical (BAT) => BAT Missions and Campaigns => WAW (World at War) => Topic started by: KevinHoggard on September 10, 2018, 09:00:18 PM

Title: Huge project
Post by: KevinHoggard on September 10, 2018, 09:00:18 PM: While trying to figure out a good ending mission for the Guadalcanal Campaign, I have started on a USS Enterprise 41-45 Campaign.

I'm going to try and be like 80-90% accurate with these missions. In to it with 6 missions so far midway through the Early Raids. Attacking Wake now.
Title: Re: Huge project
Post by: anitek on September 11, 2018, 09:43:19 AM: Sounds like you are "Tokyo Bound"!
(https://s22.postimg.cc/ue6mfg6m9/image.png) (https://postimg.cc/image/wiqzgj88t/)
Title: Re: Huge project
Post by: Peter Lynn on September 13, 2018, 03:18:12 AM: Hi Kevin,
Well you have certainly set yourself a task this time! ....but such great news!
I had been working my way through the double Enterprise compilation that has been on M4T for some time, revising and updating what I could. I edited many of the missions and fiddled around with ships etc, and by doing so converted the accumulated rust around around my memory and did a certain amount of research on the Big E and her colorful career to try to get things as as right as my computer abilities would allow. It was a great campaign in two parts that always hoped could be rewritten. Thank you for taking it on. In a word, thank you, and looking forward the heat and mosquitoes of Cactus Air Base!
Title: Re: Huge project
Post by: David Prosser on September 13, 2018, 04:07:03 PM: Good luck with it. I'm doing a RAAF 'what if' campaign there for the later part of Operation Cartwheel. Player will fly the Vengeance and Boomerang.
Title: Re: Huge project
Post by: KevinHoggard on September 18, 2018, 01:34:38 PM: I didn't really realize how many ground attacks the Big E's Air Groups made. Currently researching the combat logs and writing down the possible missions. Currently I'm at the Raids st Formosa right before Leyte Gulf, and it's well over 40 missions.... Hahaha
Title: Re: Huge project
Post by: KevinHoggard on September 19, 2018, 01:24:57 PM: Still writing down missions, it's late October 1944, Battle of Leyte Gulf ended and I'm at 55 missions. Still have numerous missions for 1945.

Will this be too big? I don't want people to get bored with it.
Title: Re: Huge project
Post by: Flying H on September 19, 2018, 01:40:04 PM: Itsounds huge but there was once a campaign that started june 22 1941 and ended in may 1945, I don´t remember the name of it (could be Ostfront or Barbarossa) but it was extreamly long, involved missons from Ukraine, Belarus, Moscow, Murmansk, Finland and more. I think some 600 missions altogether! I flew them all in a few years time. I think this was around mid 200x! So I don´t think we´ll get bored!
Title: Re: Huge project
Post by: KevinHoggard on September 30, 2018, 11:32:38 AM: A little screenshot from the USS Enterprise Campaign.... Battle of the Eastern Solomon's 24 August 1942. The Big E is hit...

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1929/31138215738_6410abbabf_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/PrzuGA)Battle of the East Solomons (https://flic.kr/p/PrzuGA) by Kevin Hoggard (https://www.flickr.com/photos/159588802@N05/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Huge project
Post by: whistler on September 30, 2018, 12:26:14 PM: Dear Kevin,

Really looking forward to this! Thanks in advance for your efforts

Quote from: KevinHoggard on September 19, 2018, 01:24:57 PM
[...] I'm at 55 missions. Still have numerous missions for 1945.

Will this be too big? I don't want people to get bored with it.

My opinion is that such large projects should be presented as chapters, parts, phases... you name it. Finishing a 10 or 15-mission campaign and moving on to the next adds that sense of accomplishment and progress you require to keep players engaged.
Title: Re: Huge project
Post by: KevinHoggard on September 30, 2018, 02:03:21 PM: Thanks Whistler,

Currently finished mission 18 in the FMB.... Battle of Santa Cruz...

Wondering where I should make these "chapters"... So far I have the Early Raids / Doolittle Raid / Battle of Midway / Invasion of Guadalcanal / Battle of the Eastern Solomon's / and Battle of Santa Cruz
Title: Re: Huge project
Post by: KevinHoggard on October 03, 2018, 03:15:44 PM: Enterprise... mission 23 - America on the Offensive 19 November 1943 Battle of Makin

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1947/44172086865_0cbd6e1bd2_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2aikuuz)Big E (https://flic.kr/p/2aikuuz) by Kevin Hoggard (https://www.flickr.com/photos/159588802@N05/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Huge project
Post by: KevinHoggard on October 18, 2018, 09:44:20 PM: Just finished mission #34 Battle of the Philippine Sea...... 19-20 June 1944

Whew, this is tough

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1918/44652935494_3d0d8535e8_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2b2PY3b)Task Force 58-3 -1 (https://flic.kr/p/2b2PY3b) by Kevin Hoggard (https://www.flickr.com/photos/159588802@N05/), on Flickr

I tried to have all of Task Force 58... but FPS was unplayable for me, so I decided to just have the Task Group that the Enterprise was in.
Title: Re: Huge project
Post by: Ceslaus on October 19, 2018, 03:37:06 PM: Quote from: KevinHoggard on September 18, 2018, 01:34:38 PM
Currently researching the combat logs and writing down the possible missions.

I'm sorry but where did you find them? Can you give me a link or something?
Title: Re: Huge project
Post by: KevinHoggard on October 19, 2018, 04:42:24 PM: Here you go

http://www.cv6.org/ship/logs/default.htm
Title: Re: Huge project
Post by: KevinHoggard on October 20, 2018, 12:26:00 PM: Raid on Mindanao

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1918/43636705740_0d4599be38_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/29u2wkw)Over the Philippines 9 Sep 44 (https://flic.kr/p/29u2wkw) by Kevin Hoggard (https://www.flickr.com/photos/159588802@N05/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Huge project
Post by: CDS025_DOGO on October 20, 2018, 02:42:57 PM: It looks great, so Kevin continues.
regards :)
Title: Re: Huge project
Post by: KevinHoggard on October 21, 2018, 10:32:36 AM: Direct Support to the Marines landing on Palau 15 September 1944
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1936/30533914187_f1df22f2f2_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/NwbhUk)Invasion of Palau (https://flic.kr/p/NwbhUk) by Kevin Hoggard (https://www.flickr.com/photos/159588802@N05/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Huge project
Post by: KevinHoggard on October 29, 2018, 07:23:15 PM: Battle of Leyte Gulf... 25 October 1944... Sinking of the Zuikaku

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1902/30684313017_241b496d82_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/NKt8eB)Sinking of the Zuikaku (https://flic.kr/p/NKt8eB) by Kevin Hoggard (https://www.flickr.com/photos/159588802@N05/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Huge project
Post by: Cycle on November 10, 2018, 09:49:48 AM: Hi,
If you do not know this site already, she was a great help for my Pacific DCG campaigns:

http://www.navweaps.com/index_oob/OOB_WWII_Pacific/index_OOB_WWII_Pacific.php

All the best for your projects!
Title: Re: Huge project
Post by: vonofterdingen on November 10, 2018, 01:18:06 PM: That is a very useful site. Thanks!
Title: Re: Huge project
Post by: KevinHoggard on April 10, 2019, 08:37:37 PM: Hey guys... I had to take some time off. I'm back again and trying to figure out how to end this campaign. Right now it is at 52 missions early 1945. Just wanted you to know I haven't forgotten about this. Fly from the Big E for the entire War
Title: Re: Huge project
Post by: KevinHoggard on April 24, 2019, 03:23:49 PM: I am currently finishing up mission 50, of 61. I’m figuring a few more weeks to finish the missions then getting all the knee board photos done up. Took a while to research the last few months of action of the Big E, but I think I have a nice ending to it.

Stay tuned
Title: Re: Huge project
Post by: Peter Lynn on April 24, 2019, 08:36:48 PM: Hi Kevin,
This has been a monumental task for you, and I think congratulations of a premature nature are most deserved. I have played the old two part packaged Big E campaigns and where possible carried out small mods, mainly to ship types and aircraft skins to correct as much as possible and have really enjoyed them, but judging by your earlier and most recent efforts, your Big E really has me all fired up and ready to launch. "Bring her into the wind and all ahead flank!" :)