I'm still popping in from time to time Greg.
I have abandoned the video AAR of Knock on all Doors for the time being. The learning curve was too steep for the video editing programs I was using, for the time I had to dedicate to it. It's a very big scenario and I don't have the free time at the moment to do it justice.
I am thinking about finishing the St Vith AAR, as I am already quite proficient in the programs I use to do that, and its a much smaller, more manageable scenario. I still have the game save of the last page I did.
I never managed to overcome the problem of finding WW2 images for commercial use, that I was able to edit and manipulate to my liking though, so I won't be going down the route of a Command Ops Magazine like I was hoping to do a while back. I'll just produce content as and when I have the time, and the will, on a non professional/free (because I enjoy it) basis.
I also got distracted by the release of HOI4, but when it turned out that the HOI series is not going in the direction I wanted, I shelved it. I have been dabbling with other games, but can't really find anything to get my teeth into.
The evenings are starting to draw in again here in the UK, so I feel more inclined to sit in front of my computer than going out, so hopefully I'll be able to get back into some AAR's soon.
Finishing some of the ones I have already started will be top of my list, before starting a new one, and the more manageable sized scenarios will take priority over the larger ones.
St Vith first
http://forums.lnlpublishing.com/thr...r-alert-for-those-playing-as-axis.1196/page-9
then move onto the Ordeal at Overloon part 2
http://forums.lnlpublishing.com/thr...ns-spoilers-for-axis-players.2245/#post-12742
Something I would like to ask the community is if they want me to finish the St Vith AAR? One of the main reasons I stopped was because I got a bit embarrassed about the beating I am giving the AI.
I set out to demonstrate how the game can be played, if you have the odds stacked against you. The problem is they are not stacked against you in this scenario. If anything, they are totally in the US Favour on the normal settings. Consequently I have been giving the AI a severe hiding so far and it doesn't reflect well on how good it actually is.
If you look at my last page in the link above, you can see I have wiped out the entire German reinforcements for day two, before they even got away from the map edge where they entered.
All I can do to reassure people is, the first time I played this very scenario, on these settings, I lost quite convincingly to the AI. Also when I played it with favour Axis settings it was a very tough fight.
My managed use of the major artillery units also gives me a very big advantage over the AI, something I won't change in my games, as its an aspect of the game I enjoy and the friendly AI controlled artillery doesn't do a good enough job for my enjoyment.