USS Essex CV-9 campaign released by Shadow Wolf 07!

Shadow Wolf 07

Shadow Wolf 07

SOH-CM-2025
This one is on a back burner until I publish the USS Saratoga CV-3 campaign and my testers for the Desperate Battles do their work. I have already started the revision/modernization with new readmes and downloads list. It will encompass the WW2 history of this ship from Marcus Island to Truk to the Philippines to the sinking of the Yamato and Okinawa - a total of 50 missions out of 168 possibilities. :dizzy:
 
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This one is on a back burner until I publish the USS Saratoga CV-3 campaign and my testers for the Desperate Battles do their work. I have already started the revision/modernization with new readmes and downloads list. It will encompass the WW2 history of this ship from Marcus Island to Truk to the Philippines to the sinking of the Yamato and Okinawa - a total of 50 missions out of 168 possibilities. :dizzy:
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This is One of the best Campaigns for CFS 2 ^^
 
Finally, with the others out of the way, I can get started on this one... I have finished the downloads and installation readmes and am starting on the missions themselves. I will keep you posted on progress. :running:
 
Progress report:

I've had a lot of distractions, but I've completed 13 out of 168 missions, almost finishing the Wake Island raids of OCT 43. I still have a way to go to the end of the war... :running: I am updating and fixing the downloads and installation READMEs as I go. I've been replacing/substituting a lot of ships and planes with newer, better ones. :dizzy:
 
After a few days off, I'm back in action modernizing and redoing the missions. I just finished up the Tarawa set and am moving on to Kwajelein (November 43). It's a long war... :running: I've completed 31 missions so far.
 
Thus far:

I have completed 55 missions. I have incorporated some of Stuart277's new transports and a lot of other newer ships and planes. I am sailing off the Marianas right now, bombarding Tinian and Guam... :running:
 
Weekly Update

So far, after a few days off, I've completed 98 out of the 168 missions to be revamped. At least 10 of them have to be totally rebuilt due to corruption errors. :banghead: I will go back and do those after I finish the rest, then there will be flight testing. :dizzy: I am hand editing in the new planes and ships and mission briefings, then opening the missions in MB to adjust speeds, courses, targets etc. I am also adding wind to many of the missions rather than adjusting the .cfgs for the carriers to allow for a more aft takeoff position.

In the sequence, I am pounding bases in Okinawa and Formosa now before returning to the Philippines for the Leyte landing engagements, Ormoc Bay (thanks to Talon for his help with these originally) and Manila strikes. Then I'll be heading back to Formosa, Okinawa and countering "Operation Ten-Go" (the last sortie of the Yamato). I'm currently working on missions dated 12 OCT 1944.

It's tedious work, but I'm getting it done. I'm cranking them out at anywhere from 3-5 missions a day. I am using UncleTgt's airfield backdrops for the Maskrider Philippines, Micronesia and Formosa airfields to give them more distinct visibility - user optional downloads. Thank you UncleTgt, they are nice. :applause:
 
A massive under taking But it will be well worth all of the effort.

Then I will offer you a bribe for only a few missions in the Vietnam project.

:ernaehrung004:
 
Weekly progress report:

Well, I'm back in the Philippines working on a convoy strike mission. I've finished all of the other Philippine missions and will move on to Formosa and Yokohama next. After finishing this series of 5 missions tonight, I will have done 150 missions with 18 more yet to be done. I'm beginning to "see the light at the end of the tunnel..." :applause:

The total now is to completely rebuild about 15 of them because of file problems I can't fix with hand editing. Then I'm going to randomly select about 80 for full flight testing and then do the campaign .cmg file and supporting readme documentation. Lastly, I'll ask for beta testers.

I may try to get Rami to do his auto-install thing for me as the downloads list is rather long, if he has the time and inclination. I'm not using different, assorted "skins" and am only using two US destroyer classes to try to keep the number of downloads as low as possible.

Moving on... :wavey:
 
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I have finished all the missions I could. I am going back to re-do the corrupted missions (about 25 of them) that I couldn't fix and save. I've already done 11 of those. Currently I'm working on the first Formosa missions, then back to Manila... Next, I'll review the readme files and ask for testers - probably in a week or so. :jump:
 
Im ready to be tester again for you. The Essex Campaign is a very Beauty, long Campaign on of the best i ever seen in CFS 2.
 
ElsnerMarkus said:
Im ready to be tester again for you. The Essex Campaign is a very Beauty, long Campaign on of the best i ever seen in CFS 2.
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Thank you for volunteering. I also have to do the campaign .cmg file. That should be less than a day's work. I will send it on to you by email when I finish. :applause:

Greg
 
Almost done... Whew!

I finished the last of the missions this morning. I decided to go back in and substitute Allen’s “Frank” for the stock “Oscar” in some of the missions from 10-10-44 on, just to give Allen some play. It's a great plane and should give the player some trouble when encountered. :applause:

After that, I'll work on the .cmg for the 168 missions I have. You, the player, will fly a random choice of 50 for the campaign.
 
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