Custom Campaigns are currently bugged

[steevodeevo]

Hi, sorry for the shout-out, but its a bit frustrating and I'm just looking for an acknowledgement of the problem from the Devs. I appreciate they have a lot on their hands, but that a patch is on its way, so its worth mentioning..

As with Battle of Britain (BoB) which is pretty much totally broken, the Modified Finnish Campaign is similarly broken. The intro screen has the blotchy screen instead of an image, as with BoB, and the explosion animations, again as with BoB, are huge and stuck in a loop, so that the explosions of tank shells look like Nukes and are stuck perpetually on screen, even beyond turn refreshes.

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I sincerely hope this problem is known and that it will soon be fixed. I have been looking forward to playing BoB and the Mod of the Finnish campaign for ages, once I felt I was a decent enough player to attempt them.

[bru888]

BoB is the responsibility of the Artistocrats, if I am not mistaken, and we are looking forward to that campaign being restored in the next patch. I believe the other one to which you are referring is FINLAND IN WORLD WAR 2 (1939-44) by Uhu? That would have to be fixed by Uhu himself; it may be as simple as running it through the new campaign editor like Erik did. Or, perhaps the component scenarios need to be uploaded and saved in the 5.2.3 scenario editor as well. I checked and saw that Uhu has been around recently; perhaps he will notice this thread.

[steevodeevo]

Thanks Bru, I was aware that the Finnish mod was a player made one. I had assumed, probably wrongly, that the errors, identical to BoB, were in the game engine and therefore from 5.2.3 or the 64 bit upgrade. It would be great if Uhu could run the mod through the new Editor and I can give it another try.

[Horst]

If a campaign-mod uses new units, effects or only changes old unit stats, it's possible that later official content collides with id-numbers and other entries. Some units have also been renamed, like "Gloster_Gladiator" to "Gladiator". If an old mod's units.csv still uses the old unit names then bad things happen like missing units, screwed up scripts or even crashes.
With the continous releases of new official content throughout the years (thank you for that!), custom-mods still have to be constantly maintained.

[steevodeevo]

the campaign mods have issues with graphics and animations, which seems to be the primary problem with playability, as well as (I assume) units.

[bru888]

Thanks Bru, I was aware that the Finnish mod was a player made one. I had assumed, probably wrongly, that the errors, identical to BoB, were in the game engine and therefore from 5.2.3 or the 64 bit upgrade. It would be great if Uhu could run the mod through the new Editor and I can give it another try.

It's worth a PM to Uhu to request an upgrade. Any modder appreciates constructive feedback, especially if it reflects appreciation for his handiwork, and what better way to say so than to ask him to make it available again? At worst, he will say no or ignore you. I would not pester him; one message ought to be sufficient.