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Tessel - Historical Skirmish mission (German vs UK & Canada)

Tessel, 25 June 1944
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A German Skirmish historical mission by Bassmaniac
It's mainly a Sp mission but it's possible to play it in Mp (could be laggy, due to a lot of entities on this big map)
The Mp missions are possible in all modes: Skirmish coop, combat, capture the flag and Assault zones.


This map was originaly based on the exact terrain heightmap of Tessel Village (extracted with a google earth plugin), but as the real relief is very flat, i've done a personnal adaptation to increase the gameplay (some heights and i've add some houses).

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Historical context: Operation Epsom:
Since the liberation of Caen was taking serious delay, General Montgomery decides to launch the assault, and on June 23 he plans to use the forces commanded by General Richard O'Connor, three army corps: 60,000 men, 600 tanks and 700 guns.

This operation is codenamed Epsom. But on June 23, a new storm is raging in the Channel and reinforcements of food, fuel and materials are blocked on board ships or in England.

And if the allies are no longer able to move forward, the Germans are benefiting from this situation on the front line: the 12nd SS Panzer division of the 21st Panzer and the Panzer Lehr division move strategically around Caen .
In total, this number represents 228 tanks, 150 88mm cannons and different other guns.

On Sunday June 25, 1944, an armored division and two independent armored brigades belonging to the 8th Anglo-Canadian corps, composed of nearly 60,000 men and 600 tanks, attack at the west of Caen.

The 49th British Infantry division West Riding attacks Fontenay-le-Pesnel, Tessel, Rauray and Brettevillette but in the surroundings, the Panzer Lehr defends the area, like the Rauray, Bretevilette and Tessel villages, which is strongly defended by the 1st SS Armored Corps, the 12 SS hitlerJungen, the 2nd "Das reich" SS panzer Div and the Panzer Lehr, and heavy fighting begins for the control of this little towns...

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VERSION V7 (14/01/2017)
{MinGameVersion "3.260" / MaxGameVersion "3.265"}
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- Mission reworked for game version 3.121.0 (Modifications to increase stability and compatibility with the last patch).
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Changes that were already in the last version:
- some Mow models conversions for MowAS2: Sdkfz 250/9, Sdkfz8, Morris cs8, Matador Truck and Humber scout car are made by Normand (author of Valour Pack)

Squad Historical shield Icons for all Germans units:
- 2 SS "Das Reich" which was present in this area on june and July 1944
- Panzer Lehr (all Germans vehicules and crews).
- 9 SS Panzer-Division "Hohenstaufen", which was also present in this area in 1944, had been added.
- 12 SS Hitler "Jugen" changed to "Jugend" (typing error)

- Names of some UK AI squads changed to be accurate to "operation Epsom".

- New Music:
- 2 songs : main menu (snare drums) and read mission song (Lili Marlene)
- 2 original skirmish songs (made by me)
- 3 new WW2 German songs (when you win a flag / 3 differents songs)
- News AI soldiers added to follow some Ai tanks
- All AI guns are now presents in all difficulties levels
- Changes on the place of some AI units, and the waypoints of all Ai reinfs
- add new voices sounds and changes for all ambiance sounds status

- Colored labels for all player's units (blue for riffles, orange for MG, green for smg, pink for medic and tank crew, light green for Sniper, etc..)
- skins for vehicules (trucks, tanks, Sdkfz 251) with specials 3D skins "Busches camo" for a lot of German's tanks.
- German's elite soldiers skins
- New ground seamless map textures (made by me)
- A lot of new sounds : 88 gun, Tiger Maybach engine (Dowington museum's Tiger), jeep, mortar, new voices for all germans units, new ambiance sounds like animals, birds, insects, etc.. and a snare sound for the arrival of the reinforcements
- 3d characters :rabbits, dogs, roosters (3D Models by Ironweapon from "FFI" team)
- animals skins (cows, chickens)
- interface (icons, screens, menus, portraits, etc..)

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INSTALLATION:
- Use the normal installation mode of Steam cloud
The mission should be in your game "mod" folder, which is located at the root of your Men of War Assault Squad 2 game: Normal Path to my Men of War: Assault Squad2:
- DvD version: C:\Program Files\1C Company\Men of War Assault Squad 2
- Steam Version:C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\common\men of war assault squad 2

Thanks to :
- Normand, Enforcer, Cromtec, Kir the Great for their great new 3D models
- Ultimaratio (Austria) who help me to traduct the new voices for Germans soldiers, and for his help on beta testing this mission and give me suggestions to improve it.
- DjSatane (USA) to help me to debug the coop mp mod.
- Steven (USA), who did the first skirmish script (90% of this mission script). I hope he is still alive and can see that his work is really appreciate by all the players who enjoy chalenging skirmish missions..

Thank's to all the players for their comments: if you like it, don't forget to vote and to give me your feedback to improve this mission, and the next ones!

Regards.
Bass


FOR HELP, SUPPORT, TIPS, ask for use etc:
bassmaniac71 on Steam: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/profiles/76561198033309222/myworkshopfiles/?appid=244450

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Note: I tried to make a more realistic mission as possible, to simulate the famous Normandy bocage with lot of bushes, with a more lively atmosphere by adding sounds, new textures, animals, to increase the gameplay (just compare it to the original missions!).

Everything I created in this mission is based on historical research, and as i'm alone, keep in mind all that work took me a lot of my free time..
My goal is not political, dont' glorify any ideology. I don't belong to any political organization, and I do not support the ideas of the Third Reich.
I just tried to transcribe the facts of the fighting in 1944: It is not possible to understand the history of the Second World War without reference to the Axis forces, and in particular the SS divisions which any specialist admit they were great fighters, and were very present in Normandy, mostly against UK and Canadians around Caen..

I tried to be as accurate as possible : the German uniforms have the runes, the squads icons are the real germans division of the sector, and you should know that most of the villages of France during World War 2 had a "kommandantur" (or at least one house with a German military presence) and had flags with Swastikas.. Concerning the "♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥" sound, it simply means "salute to victory".

Like many, I love playing the German side, not for their ideology, but because their technology was ahead of thoses of the allies (If the man has set foot on the moon, remember that this is because the Nasa hired Wernher von Braun) and aesthetically, i prefer the design of a Tiger or a Panther much more than a M4 Sherman or a T34 ;)

I like Men of War Assault Squad game because it gives me the impression of playing with my models kits inside a good strategy game which has also a good ballistic system (although it is not perfect because the dimensions of the maps are limited by the game engine).

If I spend much of my free time to create mods, 3d models and missions, it is only for the pleasure of sharing my passion with the gaming community without asking anything in return. So a small comment, thanks or a little vote is welcome if you like my work, and, for those that mod shock (or who don't like the Germans for any reasons), thank you to go play something else ..