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MajorMagee
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It took me a long time to find the WW1 train mod. What a pain it is to not have a search function in the old Forum...

Download Of French Crewed Weapon Assignments For WW1 Train

This requires the previous mod to be enabled or it will throw a luascript error when the mission loads.

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CzechTexan
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Very impressive for one (?) week of work!

Maybe we could get some WW2 Soviets and Germans too?

Stonehouse
Posted (edited)
1 hour ago, MajorMagee said:

It took me a long time to find the WW1 train mod. What a pain it is to not have a search function in the old Forum...

Download Of French Crewed Weapon Assignments For WW1 Train

This requires the previous mod to be enabled or it will throw a luascript error when the mission loads.

Sorry, hadn't had enough coffee lol. I should have put in a link. It is here in the new forum too under [MOD] AAA mod and mods relating to AAA - Mods and 3rd Party Apps - IL-2 Series Forum

 

The messages are for when the new units get damaged/destroyed. You should be able to just copy the message for the source unit and then adjust it to suit the new one's name. I still haven't found how to include the new units in the end of mission debriefing totals. eg sink one of the new ships and you get credit for the guns but not the ship under ships destroyed. If you figure out how I would be interested to know so I can add that feature to my mods.

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MajorMagee
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55 minutes ago, CzechTexan said:

Very impressive for one (?) week of work!

Maybe we could get some WW2 Soviets and Germans too?

I did that first.

 

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MajorMagee
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If you have both sets of new Infantry Detachments installed (WW1 and WW2) you will want to use this version of the blacklist file instead of the one I included in the download above.

It's installed as DATA\GUI\EditorObjectsBlackList.cfg

 

EditorObjectsBlackList.cfg

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12 hours ago, MajorMagee said:

AI - New WW1 Infantry Rev 2

The intention of this Mod package is to create a mod with new AI Infantry variations (Austrian, French, and Romanian) that expand what's available for Mission Builders to select from.

DetachentAus5
DetachmentFrn5
DetachmentRom5

These are created from the existing US Infantry (Aus and Rom) or UK (Frn) Squads, so unfortunately the helmets and equipment are not modelled properly. The French helmets have been reshaped into the Adrian style by masking edits in the alpha layer.

***The detachment sit and run versions are used for the AI in the game as the troopers get killed, but should not be selected in the STEditor.***

There are 5 new AI Artillery pieces provided with crews dressed in French uniforms (versus the original WW1 British crews).

French75fr
Hotchkissmle14fr
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QF13pdr6cwtfr
QF45infr

I've also included the original British units with their character's specular reflection reduced from 7F to 50 hex.

French75
Hotchkissmle14-aa
QF13pdr6cwt
QF45in

There are six new AI Vehicles provided with crews dressed in French uniforms (versus the original WW1 British crews).

Crossleyt5FR
QuadFR
QuadFR-ambulance
QuadFR-searchlight
QuadFR-winch
Thorny13pdrFR-aa

I've also included the original British units with their character's specular reflection reduced from 7F to 50 hex.

Crossleyt5
Thorny13pdr-aa

 

I've turned the link back on again.

Download New WW1 Infantry, Artillery, and Vehicles Here

Great! Thank you very much!
All tested and working (Infantry,weapons, vehicles, train cars).

I will map these new units to the units / objectives defined in the EMG Generic Template.
So if possible please try to avoid changing the names of these units.

 

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@E69_julian57@MajorMagee@AndreiTomescu@Stonehouse@Enceladus828@SYN_Vander

IL-2 Great Battles WW1 Romanian Front 1917 Mod Test-Demo Mission
-alternative AI WW1 French / Romanian Troops by MajorMagee
-Plane skins by E69_julian57
-Map Mod / EMG Mod by Kraut1
-Mission Generated with Easy Mission Generator (EMG) by Vander, modified for WW1 1917 Romania Missions

In the video some experiments are shown:
The Infantry units were added in the EMG Generic Template in Stronghold objectives (trench systems), tank columns (changed to some AAA trucks + 3 squads of infantry), armor objective (tanks replaced by infantry quads).
After the implementation in the EMG template the missions shown in the video were automaticly generated by EMG.
In the very last sequence you see a test Albatross DII strafing attack and I was wounded by the rifle fire of the Romanian / French infantry.

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MajorMagee
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I wonder if I should reduce the specular value for the German crew served weapons and vehicles as well. Their skin looks pretty washed out.

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MajorMagee
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This mod pack includes improvements for all of the default vehicle and artillery crews that had their specular values set too high. It includes some of the ones I included in the previous mod pack to make this one complete for someone not using the new AI units. It's fine to combine them without causing any conflicts.

 

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EMG Mod Romania 1917 Status:
-Front Line and Frontline area defined
-planes selected and new skins by E69_julian57 selected
-Generic Template with alternative AI WW1 French / Romanian Troops by MajorMagee overworked
-Preliminary target objetives placed in template mission to generating / flying test missions of all missions types.
-6 Additional Improvised Airfields with smooth surfaces in Map Mod and in EMG created and tested
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Stonehouse
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Typo in object name in Austrian troops

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No idea of what you can do with a repaint - is a WW1 German troop detachment feasible? Or just use the WW2 German detachment you created near Christmas?

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AndreiTomescu
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Braila ~ 1900

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Tulcea ~ 1900

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AndreiTomescu
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Around WW1, Brăila was still a small but very cosmopolitan and quite rich city.

In the half of the 19th century a "Danube commitee" was formed, formed by representatives from all the major powers interested in transporting/exploiting the Danube River.  And so they did. Control of the corresponding part of the river by Bulgaria/Romania started only after ww1.

So....the headquarters of this commitee was at Galati, but many offices were also in Brăila. This ment alot of people ( officials and their familys) from all over civilised Europe came here! They brought culture, knowledge, fashion, money into our still underdeveloped country.

And thus around ww1, Brăila was a small town, but top notch in terms of development!

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MajorMagee
Posted
9 hours ago, Stonehouse said:

Typo in object name in Austrian troops

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No idea of what you can do with a repaint - is a WW1 German troop detachment feasible? Or just use the WW2 German detachment you created near Christmas?

I'll incorporate this fix into my All In One AI Mod that I'm still working on.

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9 hours ago, Stonehouse said:

Typo in object name in Austrian troops

image.png.8542064af23ea7f05c91a34498224f4e.png

 

No idea of what you can do with a repaint - is a WW1 German troop detachment feasible? Or just use the WW2 German detachment you created near Christmas?

From my point of view the current 5 grey "Austrian Infantry Soldiers" are suitable to be used as German WW1 soldiers too.
Seperate German and Austrian WW1 units would only make sence for me if the Uniforms and Equipments (backpack, belt,..) would look significantly different.
But we should not forget that the overall appearance is very US (helmet, M1 Garand)....

MajorMagee
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It would be great if the developer would create a few dedicated models for these detachments, but until then this workaround is all we have.

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Here the current status (WiP, but already working) for testing and quick mission generation:

EMG Modification:
https://www.mediafire.com/file/biaapqufwybabpb/Romania-1917-EMG-Mod-v0A+WiP.zip/file

Map Mod:
https://www.mediafire.com/file/f43em1f26r0r6te/Odessa-1917-Map-Mod-v0A-WiP.zip/file

@MajorMagee@E69_julian57@AndreiTomescu@Stonehouse

-The Skins by E69_julian57 and MajorMagee are considered and required for usage of the EMG Mod.
-For handmade mission design without EMG: static objects for new towns and airfields are included in the:

CoopTemplate_ODESSA.Mission ind this folder:
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Next weekend I will complete / close my part of this project to reduce my stress level /workload..

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From my side completed now, I have to cease my work on this great projekt, altogether seen too much stress with work & hobby
(Of course this does not mean that this common project is completed, this is only my part)

Map Mod, with additional airfields and the towns Braila, Tulcea, Sulina (simplified, not historical): 

https://www.mediafire.com/file/aa2e6da8pgdoehw/Odessa-1917-Map-Mod-v01.zip/file

-Sorry, without mapstiles, no time available)

(contains additionally a small Romanian / Bulgarian gun boat Mod, created today, intergrated in EMG)

 

EMG Modification:
https://www.mediafire.com/file/gx48zauq6upd0ja/Odessa+Romania+1917+EasyMissionGenerator-Odessa-v01.zip/file

Hi @SYN_Vander, thank you very much again for your great EMG!


 

Mission Pack:

https://www.mediafire.com/file/9upyw7i96k3y9sx/Odessa+1917+Romania+1917+Missions.zip/file

 

@MajorMagee@E69_julian57@AndreiTomescu@Stonehouse@Enceladus828

-The Skins by E69_julian57 and MajorMagee are considered and required for usage of the EMG Mod.

Skins by E69_julian57:

https://forum.il2-series.com/topic/1158-potential-re-use-of-great-battles-maps-for-flying-circus/page/2/#findComment-5842


I have packed the great Romania 1917 related mods by MajorMagee temporarily in a modpack (link will be replaced later by link to official Mod by MajorMagee when it is released)

https://www.mediafire.com/file/t54evniorz93mqf/Odessa-1917-AI+-+New+WW1+Infantry+Vehicles+Train+by+MajorMagee-v3.zip/file

-For handmade mission design without EMG: static objects for new towns and airfields are included in the:
CoopTemplate_ODESSA.Mission in the template folder of the EMG folder.

Screenshots:

Romanian Gun Boat (Flag only from 1 side correct, sorry)
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Bulgarian Gun Boat:

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Romanian, Russian and Austro Hungarian Skins:
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Easy Mission Generator GUI Map:
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Moving Columns (in EMG tank columns)

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Strongholds, with Infantry and Artillery, implemented in EMG:

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@Flashy @Nerpo

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Enceladus828
Posted

Thank you, kraut for all of your work. Well deserved!

Who says WW1 aviation (in significant numbers) is reserved for just France and Belgium?

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On 2/3/2026 at 9:18 AM, Enceladus828 said:

Thank you, kraut for all of your work. Well deserved!

Yes, despite the stresses and strains, kraut has come up with the goods. He's a good chap.

On 2/3/2026 at 9:18 AM, Enceladus828 said:

Who says WW1 aviation (in significant numbers) is reserved for just France and Belgium?

Precisely. There was other stuff going on in the Austro-Hungarian empire, for instance.

lloyd FJ

Lohner AA 111.01

 

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