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[vonofterdingen]

This campaign is based on events in the Italian battle-fronts from the invasion of Sicily through the end of the war. Though based on historical data, much of the gameplay is dynamic due to the nature of Lowengrin’s Dynamic Campaign Generator (DCG).

The following campaigns are available:.

•   Operation Husky, the Invasion of Sicily
•   Invasion of the mainland
•   The Gustav Line
•   The Gothic Line

Download Link: http://www.mission4today.com/index.php?name=Downloads3&file=details&id=1990

I recommend that you start with Operation Husky and let the DCG run you through the entire war.

Nation                       Plane(s)                         Sub-campaign(s)
Great Britain (RAF)     Spitfire, Mosquito           All
Italian                       M.C 205                        Operation Husky (Invasion of Sicily)
USAF                        B-25, P-47, P-38, P-39   All
Luftwaffe                   BF-110, JU-88, BF-109   All



Reference

I based the campaign parameters on the historical reference, Africa to the Alps, on USAAF.net:

http://www.usaaf.net/ww2/africa/index.htm

Prerequisites & Compatibility

This campaign was written and tested using the following mod packs:

•   SAS Battlefield Airborne Tactical (B.A.T.) mod pack. For information, see: https://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,53691.0.html
•   VP Modpack. For information see: https://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,50919.0.html

The campaign may also be compatible with other modded DCG-enabled IL-2 systems, though I have not personally tested any others.  You must have So.V-Volperossa ‘s War over Italy map installed. The map is included with BAT and VP Modpack.

You must have installed Lowengrin’s Dynamic Campaign Generator for IL-2 version 3.48 or later. To obtain DCG see the Lowengrin website: http://il2dcg.blogspot.ca/



Installation and Settings
• Select either the WarOverItaly_BAT or WarOverItaly_VPM zip file set. 
• Decompress the WarOverItaly.zip file and put the uncompressed WarOverItaly folder into your DCG home directory.
• Copy the WarOverItaly \Paintschemes directory into your IL-@ root game folder.
•  Make a backup of the DGEN directory in you IL-2 game directory.
•  Copy the DGEN folder from the WarOverItaly \DGEN directory and paste it to the main game folder. If prompted to overwrite files, click Yes.
•  Start the DCG program. Select FileOptional Third Party Data Folder.
•  Navigate to the WarOverItaly folder and select allcampaigns.dcg.
•  In the DCG main screen, select Mode  Off Line Career (Full Auto-Generation Mode) and Replace Career Generator (DGEN).
•  Close DCG.
•  Start your IL-2 game. Choose one of the Nation/Career options listed above under Campaign Information and slick Start.
•  For best results, choose the squadron that is in the same ordinal position as the aircraft you select. For example, if you choose the second aircraft type in a list of three, choose the second squadron in the list as well. This will ensure that you receive the correct aircraft upgrades as they become available.



Compatibilities
This is a large and dynamic campaign with 4 different career nationalities. I have done testing, but testing a campaign of this scope is near-impossible. If you encounter difficulties, please notify me; solutions are usually available once I know the nature of the problem. Exploding planes on startup are the most common issue; if you encounter this please let me know (this is a problem that can be fixed with relative ease). I have created new Payload assignment files for this campaign, but as noted above it is hard to test all possible combinations.



Credits
Thanks to the SAS team for bringing us BAT, VP Modpack, and Paul Lowengrin for the excellent DCG campaign generator.
I am personally much indebted to Scharnhorst and Lonestar for their wonderful tutorials on the use and scripting of DCG campaigns.
Skins. Many thanks to the skinners! Truly the campaign builders best friends (along with map makers)!
•   VP Media
•   IMME
•   Foo bar
•   Rdans
•   Dkoor
•   Goodwood
•   Bo N

[vonOben]

Perfect! 

Thank you very much vonofterdingen!

Was the CUP version directly compatible with BAT?

It doesn't seem that you had to update any files, since the latest file date is from November 2016, except for the Readme file...

Cheers

vonOben

[vonofterdingen]

The Class and Payloads files should have been updated. Otherwise I might have posted the old version. The CUP version will eventually result in the "exploding airplane" phenomena. I will check.

[vonofterdingen]

Only the payloads file has changed. It's file date is 6-7 months later. so, if you have a working CUP War Over Italy running in your BAT install, I would recommend just copying that file over and generating a mission.