more thoughts for making the historical mod.
excution..
1. need a better 2d map, with clear national border.
2. check and fix road system..make sure the main red route and auxillary yellow route open. - TerrainView
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3. re-link key objectives if indicated, use THR creator to create no-river THR.
4. change all obj in Afghanstan into BLUE color. ( current one has one half blue, one half red) - TacEdit
5. add russain, Afghanstan, Pakistan air/land units.
-Basically Russia will have lots air/land units advancing along red route, and some paratroops can be airmobilzed by helo to Kabul ( as DoctorX's tip).
- Afghanstan forces could be minimal in the begining, then have some reinforcement poping up later, at given intervals to slow down the advance of russia ground units.
- Pakistan, only need minimal guard forces and pure air-air fighters.( Pakistan will join the game as russia captures border town -Fasisabad/Jalalabad..)
6. tweak obj priority, to guide the red army moving along red route, one from Kushka down to Kandahar, the other from Termez -Kunduz-Kabul- Kandahar. if possible, branch of red army should be guided to capture jalalabad or Fasisabad, to trigger Pakistan joining the game( only A-A fighter working).
7. Apart from defensive, minlmal Afghanstan forces since the begining of war, some reinforcement infantry units/spec op units with stinger, can be placed as resistance, along the red route.
8. simmers only play for russia only..mainly strike/CAS/S & D missions in su22/24/25, mig23 air cover, and tu22.
9. the win condition/TRI edit is very simple, red units capture all key obj on red route. if the route is ok and afghanstan resistance is minimal, the campaign can be ended in 7 days.
10. As the red side is destined to win in this historical scenerio, the playability will depend on the scale of afghanstan ground resistance.. more reinforcement, more resistance, slow down the advance of red army.. and the earily PAF join the game -sending F16 sorties for CAP -will reduce russian air-ground strike sorties, add more AA engagment. so, the stalemate can be set in TRI if red army can not reach Kandahar in given days.