IntroductionThis campaign is based on events in the Japanese invasion of China following the fall of Nanking. Following the loss of Nanking, the Chinese massed some 800,000 troops to defend Hankow, which had become the new military and political headquarters of China. The Japanese launched their campaign in early June 1938, supported by river gunboats and destroyers on the Yangtze. By the end of July, the Japanese were approaching Wuhan from the north.
Though based on historical data, much of the gameplay is dynamic due to the nature of Lowengrin’s Dynamic Campaign Generator (DCG).
Download:
http://www.mission4today.com/index.php?name=Downloads3&file=details&id=2132
The following careers will be available:
Nation Career US Volunteer P-36A Fighter Pilot
USSR Volunteer I-16 Fighter Pilot
Imperial Japanese Army KI-27 Fighter Pilot, A5M4 Fighter Pilot
Prerequisites & CompatibilityThis campaign was written and tested using the SAS Community Universal Pack mod pack. For information, see:
https://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,45222.0.htmlYou must have installed Lowengrin’s Dynamic Campaign Generator for IL-2 version 3.47 or later. To obtain DCG see the Lowengrin website:
http://www.lowengrin.comInstallation and Settings• Decompress the Hankow.zip file and put the uncompressed Hankow folder into your DCG home directory.
• Make a backup of the DGEN directory in you IL-2 game directory.
• Copy the DGEN folder from the Hankow \DGEN directory and paste it to the main game folder. If prompted to overwrite files, click Yes.
• Start the DCG program. Select File?Optional Third Party Data Folder.
• Navigate to the Hankow folder and select allcampaigns.dcg.
• In the DCG main screen, select Mode ? Off Line Career (Full Auto-Generation Mode).
• Close DCG.
• Start your IL-2 game. Choose one of the Nation/Career options listed above under Campaign Information and slick Start.
• For best results, choose the squadron that is in the same ordinal position as the aircraft you select. For example, if you choose the second aircraft type in a list of three, choose the second squadron in the list as well. This will ensure that you receive the correct aircraft upgrades as they become available.
Compatibilities
This is a large and dynamic campaign;. I have done testing, but testing a campaign of this scope is near-impossible. If you encounter difficulties, please notify me; solutions are usually available once I know the nature of the problem. Exploding planes on startup are the most common issue; if you encounter this please let me know (this is a problem that can be fixed with relative ease). I have created new Payload assignment files for this campaign, but as noted above it is hard to test all possible combinations.
CreditsThanks to the SAS team for bringing us C.U.P., and Paul Lowengrin for the excellent DCG campaign generator.
This campaign would not be possible without Agracier’s wonder Hankow map, and the custom skins I needed for a China campaign. The P-36 skin is by IMME; the A5M4, I-15, I-16, and SB 2M skins are by Archie.
I am personally much indebted to Scharnhorst and Lonestar for their wonderful tutorials on the use and scripting of DCG campaigns.
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