Graviteam Mius Front - Operation Star EP 2: Ordivka Meat Grinder| Full Campaign + Mortar Tips[ |4K|

[@Mares1113]

Excellent as always, our thoughts are with the mg teams defending Ordivka in the foxholes !

[@InikoMonkoya]

Love the story-telling us usual ! And adding these little tips and even tutorials during the battle is amazing, thanks a lot !

[@Warsimulation1997]

Of course! Thank you for tuning in!

[@Warsimulation1997]

Timeline: 0:00 - Briefing 1:45 - Deployment 2:30 - Black squares and their meaning 2:52 - Soviet Snipers spotted 3:10 - Soviet detachement ambushed 3:35 - Soviet ATs spotted heading to Podkopay 4:20 - Ordivka defense collapsing 5:25 - Operation: Mortar 7:30 - Orders and Modifiers Tutorial 10:40 - The Ordivka Meat Grinder 14:35 - Debrief

[@0v3r666]

That was super immersive, gotta give it to the Soviets, they’ve made great progress getting to ordivka and beating your defensive line.

[@mr.apsylone9191]

Hello, I discovered your channel couples months ago and I'm loving it !! You even made me boot up Mius front again. I still struggle a bit to understand all, so thanks for the tips in the video

[@Warsimulation1997]

I’m glad to hear I could help out! Thanks for supporting.

[@sunbather1576]

I fully agree with InikoMonkoya! In addition, these videos really help me since I've just started this DLC as well. Curiously though, I am doing much worse than "The Operationist", haha.

[@Warsimulation1997]

I’m glad you find them helpful! Don’t worry about doing “worse” it’s a learning experience!

[@jmurkz]

as a new player and subscriber to your channel , would you please consider doing a beginners tutorial campaign, where you go more in depth on what and when to do things.

[@Warsimulation1997]

For sure. I’ll be uploading one next week.

[@russellhall1756]

Another well made episode, those MG-42s were really putting in the work.

[@Warsimulation1997]

Thanks, and yeah they been tearing them apart!

[@arkadiy9321]

A trivia tidbit: while the mortar bomb fuse may not trigger in the deep snow, it was too sensitive such it was possible for it go off in the rain. And the game has that simulated.

[@Warsimulation1997]

Wow, i didnt know that. Many thanks for letting me know!

[@BrorealeK]

Wait, so if it rains later then random mortar bombs might go off? Also, I wonder if the bombs might explode like mines if infantry step too close to it.

[@arkadiy9321]

@@BrorealeK yes, for German 81mm mortar, the rain may trigger a premature detonation. I don’t think the “mine-like” is modeled though.

[@Warsimulation1997]

@@BrorealeK I would assume so, as the game saves all assets from the last battle.

[@spiraling69]

I discovered your channel just a couple week ago and I'm very impressed with your content covering Graviteam tactics! It's such an amazing game and it deserves more attention than it gets. Although there already are a few vids explaining how to play, I think it would be a really good idea for you to start making your own tutorial vids. You are good at explaining whats going on in the vid and I feel you would make really good tutorials.

[@Warsimulation1997]

Thanks and I’m glad that you find them entertaining. I am planning on making some tutorials soon. Currently I am in the process of moving so I won’t be posting anything for the time being, but be on the look out for tutorials soon. Especially for artillery.

[@mapl12]

Hope your defense beats them back! Great vid 👌

[@Warsimulation1997]

Thanks!

[@mr.apsylone9191]

Can't wait for the next episode, it's been a bit since you posted anything. I hope you are alright !

[@Warsimulation1997]

I will be uploading a new video on Thursday. Also with a few tutorials otw. I will be making a few anouncements on Thursday!

[@dogukan127]

So sad this game does not get more attention

[@Warsimulation1997]

Yeah, I believe it’s intentional by the devs, they seem reluctant to any sort of idea that could elevate their game to a new audience.

[@Synchronizado]

0:47 - Really liked that smooth zoom 1:30 - Nice use of google maps 1:50 - I suggest you use a different font, its not making good contrast with the background, you can see the characters almost blend with the ugly boxes gt uses, it could be hard to watch on phone 3:50 - Do you use manual target designation and hold fire commands?

[@Warsimulation1997]

Thanks for the feedback! As for mortars I manually assign targets by putting down a fire designation. Then I follow the normal procedure of allowing fire control and fire at will. If I wish to hold fire, I’ll just uncheck those options.

[@dontcareaboutthatok7565]

Your videos are great, do you plan on doing other games besides graviteam?

[@Warsimulation1997]

Thanks, definately going to cover more games but for now I'll be focusing on Graviteam. I will be adjusting this channel to you the viewers as I want to record what you guys want to see. But Graviteam will always be the main content of this channel.

[@hilol724]

What cool details of this game have you noticed?

[@Warsimulation1997]

Most of my favourite is how infantry picks up other weapons from the ground when they run of ammo or find better gear. I love how that also carries over in future fights!

[@hilol724]

@@Warsimulation1997That sounds awesome! I might buy this game

[@InikoMonkoya]

Quick question :) How do you set up your mortar platoons ? Do you start with the mortar commander near them, and then move him close to the frontline to have visual on the zones you want to shell ? It seems that I always struggle with having visual on target with my mortar, and even more with artillery :/ Thanks in advance !

[@Warsimulation1997]

So first of all, you need to see if you have a battery commander with a phone crew. This will allow you to place the batter commander and phone crew in a riskier position, rather than having your firing commander and mortars in a risky position. This will allow you to have better visual as the battery commander and the cable connection will allow the battery commander to relay coordinates to the firing commander. As for the placement, you can place the battery commander wherever with the phone crew beside him. Then place the firing commander and mortars / howitzers wherever you deem appropriate, make sure that the distance between the firing commander and the mortar crew is 1 to 2 squares only. This is the shouting distance threshold. Also if you’re defending, cable connections are already done, so you done need to worry about the crew placing them. Beware though, cables can be damaged during battles and the phone crew will need to place them again, they do that automatically. If you do not have a battery commander then you will need to place the firing commander and mortars in a position where you can see the intended target area, but this will most likely leave you exposed to enemy troops or counter battery. You can check field of view by pressing Ctrl + ~. If you press ~ you can see the line of sight. Hope that helped. I am planning on doing a dedicated artillery tutorial in the future.

[@BrorealeK]

I love watching people play Under the Cruel Star. I notice you tend to prefer the German side, and while I find them more satisfying to control, I was wondering if there's an operation you like for the Red Army? I mean from a gameplay narrative point of view more than difficulty.

[@Warsimulation1997]

I love playing both sides. I made a poll before starting this campaign and it seems like people wanted to see Germany again, although I was expecting Soviets.

[@sotemot]

Are those ducks that we keep hearing?

[@Warsimulation1997]

Seems to be haha.

[@fogellmclovin3740]

Are you planning on completing the Fateful Strike episodes?

[@Warsimulation1997]

Unfortunately my save got corrupted, let’s hope that the devs will be a help out with corrupt data. Then I’ll happily continue the series again.

[@kosiara_twoj9427]

Start the new one. I enjoy watching!

[@sunbather1576]

Please allow me one more question: in 00:16 one can see that you moved both of your HQ units, i.e. the empty flag and the flag with the mechanized symbol on it. In my game, both of them are in the shaded line and I can't move them, not in turn 1, not in turn 2, not in turn 3. Why can you move them and I can't? Is there a special command or setting to allow for this?

[@Warsimulation1997]

That could be because I have direct control on. Try that and let me know, beware that resets your tactical game so make sure you don’t have a tactical game going on.

[@sunbather1576]

@@Warsimulation1997 I see! As I understand though, indirect control simulates the operational phase "better" since both sides go at the same time like in a WEGO system. So I'll leave it on for this campaign. Kinda strange that you can't move your HQ units at all though, not even give them an indirect order, since supply range suffers from it. Anyways... I have restarted the campaign this noon and I am already doing significantly better. So many mysteries solved in the past few days thanks to you and the great community of this game!

[@Warsimulation1997]

@@sunbather1576 of course! No worries.

[@pawelsawicki1750]

Where is second part? How did it go???

[@Warsimulation1997]

Will make it at some point, I’m in the process of moving out. Soon you’ll see part 3!

[@pawelsawicki1750]

@@Warsimulation1997 Thanks

[@markcorrigan3930]

Could you try a campaign in a modern setting?

[@Warsimulation1997]

Certainly, look out for those in the future!

[@RangerJahu]

8:50 you turned off smoke grenades not turning them on as your subtitles suggested. I also find that your videos are very boring and sparse without voiceovers and I highly suggest that you find someone to do voiceovers for you if you're not capable of doing it yourself.

[@Warsimulation1997]

Yeah that was a mistake. Thanks for pointing out. Fair enough, I can understand why you might find them boring, I am guessing text based narration isn't your type of watching? I know a lot of viewers here were attracted to the text based narration, and that is what the channel originated from and seems to be working pretty well so far. Voice overs are definately on the roadmap, but I think that is too soon. thanks for your feedback though!

[@Kevin_-mx5hd]

i can barely watch any other graviteam tatic youtube vidoes, but the way you edit them keeps me so intrested dont listen to him@@Warsimulation1997