H&D Deluxe; the ultimate mod; Mission overhauls

[p.jakub88]

Not much seems changed; tanks now die with one shot, (AT mine, panzerfaust), which is better than a tank that is invincible.
Everything looks good.

Glad to hear that!

As for the changes: grenades are weaker now in comparison to the stock data.dta archive (you cannot blow a tank or armored railway car with them).

You could now blow up parked planes with light machine-guns and mounted machine-guns (i.e. in Poland 1 mission).

Plus other changes to the item inventory list that i made before (added weapons from FFF expansion, etc).

[p.jakub88]

Don't talk like that. You are the smartest Pole I ever met.

So, you actually know other Poles? Lol, i thought that all Polish immigrants in the USA are located on the East Coast and Illinois (Chicago) not in your state. Maybe i am wrong.

[Myron]

Don't talk like that. You are the smartest Pole I ever met.

So, you actually know other Poles? Lol, i thought that all Polish immigrants in the USA are located on the East Coast and Illinois (Chicago) not in your state. Maybe i am wrong.

Well, you are also probably the only Pole that I remember meeting. I may have met another, but he was 100% Americanized.

But here in America, at least in the big cities, there is a bad stereotype city-folks like to pass around about Polish people. In fact, those big-city a-holes have even made up a nickname, based off a rather tasty fish, (the Pollock).

It's even here in this educational song video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXnM1uHhsOI

Let me know if you would rather hear the censored version.

[p.jakub88]

A Broadway's show, nice.

I didn't find any offensive words in this (there is too much political correctness in the world in my opinion and people nowadays get offended for whatever reason).

To be honest, Poles in general don't have a good reputation abroad (not only in the USA). In Germany for example they call us "car thieves". However, in most cases we earned for that reputation.

I heard also from foreigners, that Poles drink too much alcohol and are quarrelsome .

For the other hand, Poles are considered hospitable, hard-working people and polite to foreigners (well at least for those from the "Western countries").

[Myron]

A Broadway's show, nice.

I didn't find any offensive words in this (there is too much political correctness in the world in my opinion and people nowadays get offended for whatever reason).

To be honest, Poles in general don't have a good reputation abroad (not only in the USA). In Germany for example they call us "car thieves". However, in most cases we earned for that reputation.

I heard also from foreigners, that Poles drink too much alcohol and are quarrelsome .

For the other hand, Poles are considered hospitable, hard-working people and polite to foreigners (well at least for those from the "West countries").

Oh yes, Avenue Q likes to use puppets to lash out at controversy, sometimes point out ugly truths, and get people to laugh. NOT for children.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBDCq6Q8k2E

Yes, too much and too many. In America, we call people who are so sensitive that that they are just waiting to be offended "snowflakes".

Sad; people think of you Poles as criminal type, I didn't know.

I only heard of Russians drinking too much and fighting all the time.
Though their women seem rather lovely and feminine; something that is rapidly disappearing here in the USA.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgZNo2HEFgg
I've heard of your beef-based sausage though, tried it myself, and found it tasty.

I have heard of the last part though, that the locals are friendly to visitors, and you know better than to allow assholes from the Middle East to simply walk over you. Plus, you might be a good place for an American bachelor to go hunting for a wife.

[p.jakub88]

We are starting both to go off topic here, so i will conclude with those words below.

Poland is a relatively poor country in comparison to i.e. Germany, so we don't have many immigrants from Middle East. As they were promised a financial grant from the German chancellor (Angela Merkel) upon arrival in Germany - there is no surprise why they go there in such quantity, lol.

Modern time Poland is rather mono-ethnic. The situation between WWI and WWII wars was much different: we had many Jews, Ukrainians, Tatars, etc. Many races and religions. All lived in peace together (of course conflicts existed, but didn't result in ethnic cleansing like this happened in former Yugoslavia in the late XX century).

Thanks to comrades Hitler and Stalin (years of Nazism during WWII and Communism after WWII till 1989), the Poland is composed mostly from Poles (more than 95% or even more). We have a relatively small Vietnamese minority (compared to all of the Poland population), some Ukrainians working here and Gypsies. We have also some foreign students (i.e. from student exchange), but only in big cities like Warsaw, Cracov, etc.

As for the Polish women (and Slavic women in general - Russian, Ukrainian, etc.) - they are considered one of the most beautiful in the world, but this is a matter of taste. People cannot be judged by stereotypes and generalization.

[Myron]

We are starting both to go off topic here, so i will conclude with those words below.

As for the Polish women (and Slavic women in general - Russian, Ukrainian, etc.) - they are considered one of the most beautiful in the world, but this is a matter of taste.

Indeed, but I refer to more than just looks.

Attitude, femininity are also important.

Here in America, I have (at best) only a 50% chance of having my life destroyed by my "bride"; where she ends up using the court to rob most of MY money, steal the house that I worked for, and take away my children, and MUCH more, MUCH worse. Hence, why I must go abroad, find a good woman, and bring her back home instead. My mother was a foreign-born wife.

P.S. You get promoted from "General" to "Commando"?

[p.jakub88]

Well, i heard stories that in the USA you could charge anyone for anything in the court (good job to be a lawyer). The price paid for Democracy (it is not perfect, but nothing better was invented yet).

However, it is the same story in Poland and i don't want to disappoint you. You will marry a "wrong woman" and you are finished. It seems, that women have more rights in courts - especially who will take care of children after the divorce (parental rights).

Yes, indeed i was promoted to Commando.

[Myron]

Democracy?
You MUST watch this video. MANY Americans definitely need to learn this for sure.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdS6fyUIklI&index=12

It's not easy anywhere, but there are places where my odds of being financially raped are much lower.

It is a weird promotion system.

[p.jakub88]

Democracy?
You MUST watch this video. MANY Americans definitely need to learn this for sure.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdS6fyUIklI&index=12

Interesting video, thank you for posting.

Yes, indeed i was wrong - the U.S. government type is Republic (just like in Poland).

However, that doesn't mean, that the politicians could be fully controlled in that political system - if they could introduce a law i.e. "any man taller than 1.8 meter need to be killed" who stops them from killing those men? Constitution? United Nations? European Union? Vatican? I don't think so. People (even the judges) could tell politicians, than a particular law is against the Constitution, but who cares anyway? That is how it is working here in Poland with our actual government (legitimately chosen by "majority"). Our president even broke our Constitution few times by signing unconstitutional laws, but again who cares? Maybe the situation in USA is better - i really don't know.

However, this topic wasn't created to talk about politics, so did you play all my modified H&D Deluxe missions? Any more request for changes in them?

[Myron]

Still testing; standby.

UPDATE: Warning: BIG bug found.

Prague 1: Starting from the spawn point, the buildings on the left can be accidently walked through. I "fell in" and died.

Plus, do you know where the Prague 1 picture is located? 3 Germans with green backpack uniforms behind sandbags?

[p.jakub88]

Prague 1: Starting from the spawn point, the buildings on the left can be accidentally walked through. I "fell in" and died.

I recently edited the buildings collisions in this mission - i must overlooked some of them, sorry for that.


OK, i edited the Prague 1 mission once again.


Beside already implemented changes i made few new ones:

- all buildings and terrain should have now a properly static collision assigned (even those seen far away on the other side of the river),

- the attack of the Russian infantry through the stone bridge delayed by 5 minutes (previously by 2 minutes only),

- more dense checkpoint grid to make the AI navigation easier (in front of the cathedral and in few other places).


Please download and test this mission again.

[p.jakub88]

Plus, do you know where the Prague 1 picture is located? 3 Germans with green backpack uniforms behind sandbags?

Yes. See picture below taken from HDD Editor. Notice the sign on the building - the same as the one from the Prague 1 mission picture.

However, the location looks a bit different, than shown on the original Prague 1 mission picture (less sandbags, missing boxes and MGs added).

P.S. I was on a trip in Prague few years ago and i saw the cathedral that you could find in this mission (as well as the river Vltava). I am not so sure, if i saw the same bridge as the one seen in the Prague 1 mission. There are actually few bridges in Prague.

[p.jakub88]

Today in Poland we have the "All Saints Day" - we visit graves of loved ones, light the candles, etc.

However, this is not a completely sad celebration (at least in my family), because we will meet together with my aunt and my cousins, recalling those family members who are gone, with funny anecdotes.

[Myron]

Today in Poland we have the "All Saints Day" - we visit graves of loved ones, light the candles, etc.

However, this is not a completely sad celebration (at least in my family), because we will meet together with my aunt and my cousins, recalling those family members who are gone, with funny anecdotes.

Mexico, and the Southwestern USA, have Dia De Los Muertos (Day of the Dead). On paper, it's supposed to be a dead that honors the dead, but in practice, it's more like Halloween, except there is no begging/demanding/blackmailing for candy, and only skeletons are allowed entry. No vampires, werewolves, or ghosts allowed in.