Hi everyone,

The SEOW Development Team is proud to announce the release of SEOW v7, which is fully compatible with the recent TD 4.12.2 release and with HSFX7.

SEOW is a rich and immersive coop campaigning system for IL-2. SEOW campaigns are run around the world in a range of styles, from small coops to full-blown online wars with 100+ pilots and commanders.

One of the interesting new features in SEOW v7 is the Combat Effectiveness Model for ground units. This was enabled by the TD4.12 skill feature for ground units, and SEOW builds upon the TD feature to construct a complex combat effectiveness characteristic for every ground unit, depending on morale, supply, fatigue, skill and command influence. This translates into in-game performance profiles for all ground combat units, making the IL-2 world beneath the pilots' wings more complex, dynamic and credible than ever before.

SEOW players and commanders have full command over air, ground, sea and rail units, with a major boost to planning efficiency with the new SEOW v7 workflow engine.

For more information:

SEOW Official Forum
SEOW Wiki

Cheers,
4Shades
SEOW Development Team

Woohoo!

I saw that you made a single player version of seow called operation detachment, is that senario compatible with seow v7 ? Have you thought of making more single player/ one side coop campaign? Preferably one on the eastern front?

Hi Skoop,

Operation Detachment was actually a single-sided SEOW campaign against autogenerated AI opposition. The campaign was based on the invasion of Iwo Jima and was designed to be played from the US side over 13 consecutive 1-hour missions. Players can elect to play by themselves or with any number of humans on the US side.

The autogeneration logic was scripted in PHP, and Operation Detachment was meant to demonstrate the reasonably simple steps required to build scripting into SEOW campaigns. Feedback I had from several squads was that it was a great campaign, with demanding conditions for level bombing, CAP and ground attack missions, especially in later missions as carrier operations dominated. There are spectacular ground actions as the IJA forces emerge from their caves to contest the US Marines beach landings. I don't know of anyone who actually satisfied the victory conditions!

Operation Detachment is not compliant with SEOW7 or HSFX7, but it would not be too difficult to retro-fit it accordingly.

I have thought about doing other scripted campaigns, but I have a long list of priorities that I am juggling. I was hoping that others in the community could look at the Operation Detachment script and feel empowered enough to bring their own ideas into existence. Someone with PHP skills and reasonable SEOW admin knowledge could build their own campaign in a couple of days, less for the second campaign etc.

Cheers,
4S

Thanks for the reply 4 shades, great work you are doing with seow. It's hard for me to commit to time requirements for online play, that's why a single player possible version of seow really peaked my interest. So if I wanted to play op detachment today, I would have to use seow v6 ? What version for il2 is needed for seow v6 as well as the hsfx version ?

Yes, SEOW6 and HSFX6 I think.

But it would make sense to update Operation Detachment to SEOW7 and HSFX7. I might have a look at that.