HijackGMH

Can someone please remind me how to find the incoming and outgoing e-mail file directories on a Mac OS? Long ago, I set up my games with desktop links to start each one. When my opponent sent me a file, I deposited it in the incoming folder from a link I saved for each game, in Finder. Last night, in an unthinking blur of foolish efficiency, I decided to re-name those Finder links to more accurately describe the games. Now the games cannot find the incoming file folders!?! I dimly recall some magic in originally locating these folders, but I can't remember just how to do it? Something about hidden files? GMH

Any idea where the save game files go on a MAC??

Michael, can you give me an idea of how you intend to go about running the CM1 games on your IMac? I has one with OS X and the only way seems to be running VMFusion and using PC versions. The problem is, I'm haveing some gross screen problems with the display, when the games run. I have not tried to run Shock Force on it yet, so I don't know if that will be problematic as well. HijackGMH

I recently built a new computer and installed Vista Home Premium(32bit). The system is an Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q6600 @2.4GHz with 4GB RAM and the GeForce 8400 GS card with 256K. This video card had worked fine for all four Combat Mission games in my previous computer under Windows XP. However, on initial load of Vista, CMSF and CMBO worked great but CMBB and CMAK had cascading video in the background and were painfully jerky and slow. I read the numerous posts about Vista and NVidia and resigned myself to tweaking the NVidia Control Panel settings. Eureka! Setting the Antiailasing mode to "Override any application setting" eliminated the adverse video effects! The two games are still somewhat slow and jerky so I continue to monkey with Anisotropic Filtering, Antialiasing-Gamma Correction, Antialiasing settings between 2x and 16x, and Antialiasing-Transparancy settings. Has anyone got the magic combo for re-gaining smooth program action?

I've been playing PBEM for several games now and have yet to have CMSF end a game. Even when one of us has been totally decimated, the game engine will continue on. Is this a change from the earlier games...that is, does CMSF not measure when one side has had enough or has achieved enough of the objective points to have won?

I recently purchased an Apple Ipod. To load stuff on it I had to install ITunes. With the ITunes install comes a Quicktime load. Now, with those installed, my CMBO hangs on startup. I hear two beats of the drum (I hit a key on startup to bypass the movie) and it hangs after that. After puzzling with it for a while, I found that by uninstalling Quicktime, CMBO runs fine. All my other Battlefront software (CMBB, CMAK, CMSF) work just fine with this Apple program installed. The problem only occurs with CMBO and Quicktime. Has anyone else had this problem or found a solution? I have Windows XP, Version 2002 service pack 3, Pentium® D CPU 3.0GHz, 2.75 GB Ram. Thanks, I love these games!! Mike

I've answered my own question! I tried the obvious and removed Quicktime from my system. CMBO now boots normally. I'm not sure what caused it to start interfering as I have had Quicktime forever. Schrullenhaft, thanks for taking the time to help!

Schrullenhaft, thanks for your patience! I did do a full install, to no avail. I didn't try the compatibility mode, since CMBB and CMAK continue to work just fine. The error box reads: AppName: combatmission.exe AppModName: quicktime.qts ModVer 7.4.5.67 Offset: 00b1d49b There is also a text file (a012_appcompat.txt) that was saved after the error. It contained the the data above, along with 74 sections of data for the modules opened, then a whole bunch of lines of hex code. With the .prf file deleted, I am asked to specify the screen resolution each time. I do so, then I get the initial drum beats, then it hangs. The .prf file never gets written as I'm asked for the screen choice each time. I've tried with my anti-virus on and off, but again CMBB and CMAK run just fine. Any other suggestions?

AK and BB play just fine and nothing was changed with the video or sound drivers. They are all on the same computer. I tried playing off the CD, but it hangs as well. I'm using XP Home, Version 2002 Service Pack 2. The game is installed from a Battlefront edition.

I've been playing all three CM Games as well as CMSF since they came out and just recently I've run into a problem with CMBO. When I attempt to start the program I get about 1/2 of the initial drum roll, then the program hangs. Eventually, I get the Microsoft window asking whether I'll send the error report to them. There is a great deal text in that message, but I don't know enough about the info to make much use of it. I deleted the .prf file and even tried deleting the installation and reinstalling, but to no avail. Any suggestions? Mike

I've been playing all four Combat Mission games since they came out. About a week ago, my CMBO stopped working? The other three work just fine. For CMBO, when I start the program, I get the initial drum beat, then it hangs up. After a while it asks to send an error report to Microsoft, then returns to my desktop. I've tried deleting the .prf file, deleting the movie file, but still no luck. Any ideas? Mike

In our PBEM games, my opponent and I are only seeing one end-game screen. By that I mean, one of us sees the screen but there is no file saved to send to the other guy so he can see the final results. It has happend for both PBEM games we've played. Is there something, different from the CMx1 series, that we have to do to generate the second screen? Mike

My search didn't show this as covered, so I ask: has anyone else had trouble with splitting up a unit? I had done so several times, all successfully, until now. In my current PBEM game, the system hangs when I try to split a particular unit. To whom should I submit this possible bug? I am using patch 1.04. Mike

Thanks Ian, I'll try the diagnostic. I may have to get the office to buy me a new laptop!

I'm trying to get CMSF to run on my laptop Fujitsu T Series LifeBook Pentium® M 1.6 GHz 504MB Ram Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 Ver 2002 Service Pack 2 When trying to click "OK" following a battle briefing I get the following error: The instruction at "0x00f64f0b" referenced memory at "0x8017d984". The memory could not be "read". Any ideas what I need to adjust? Mike

Mystro, if you want an opponent, I'd be happy to try a game. HijackGMH

Has anyone had success starting a PBEM? When I go through the normal menu steps, all seems OK until I enter the name of my e-mail save file. After entering the name and selecting OK, I'm sent back to the main menu with no sign of the saved game and no apparent way to begin e-mail play? Am I missing something simple here? By the way, my compliments to the Battlefront team. I'm sorry to see all the whining but I imagine it will fade, as it did in the days after CMBO came out, as the community gets used to the new game. I, for one, appreciate the landmark effort CMSF represents!

Rune, I would like to try your scenarios, thanks for the effort! Mike

Having played these three games non-stop since they came out, I owe much to BFC for their pioneering efforts. While I play PBEM exclusively, I can see why the extension of this pioneering effort might render PBEM, as we know it, un-supportable. Perhaps operating a server which functioned as an intermediary between players, would allow a PBEM-like effect without having to e-mail between individual players' e-mail servers. I'd be willing to pay for such a service, if it let me continue playing these marvelous games!

I flew fighters during Desert Storm, so my view of the battle field was somewhat akin to Views 4-9. The dust clouds were huge and persistant! I, for one, think the mechanization of dust in CMAK is a very reasonable simulation, given Martin's words on coding challenges.

Does McMMM work with BB and BO, as well as AK?

I have all three and they are the only ones I have any more!

I can't think of many purchases that have given me more hours of pure enjoyment than CMBO and CMBB. My thanks and congratulations to the Battlefront team for their accomplishments!

I use VirtualCD and have no trouble running CMBB, CMBO, and a third program without any switching. My original CDs sit safely on the shelf.

Schrullenhaft, here is what I have done since my last post. I have swapped out the SB Live! card for a Hercules Game Theater 6.1 card. I have reduced the AGP size in the BIOS program from 128 to 64. The sound card is in the first slot and my network card is in the 3rd, and my video card in the 4th. I reloaded Win 98 which seems to have cured the VXD VREDIR and VXD MCSCAN32 problems. My current setup is as follows: AMD Athelon processor 1.0Ghz VIA KT133/A Chipset Lucky Star K7VAZ(S)-A2 motherboard Microsoft Windows 98SE 4.10.2222 A DirectX 8.1 (4.08.01.0881) Hercules GameTheater 6.1 sound card WinFast® GeForce2 GTS/GTS Pro Video Display Adaptor 64MB Video, 127MB AGP Main Driver nvdisp.drv (ver 4.13.01.2183) What I see now, when playing CMBO and CMBB, is that the first round or so of a game runs smoothly. However, after a few cycles the sound starts to stutter and lag, eventually resulting in a freeze. It seems to be the same problem as before, but it happens at a more gradual pace. Also, if I exit out and restart CMBO I get a few clean turns before it happens again. Any suggestions? By the way, thanks for the heads-up on the SANDRA program. I am going to buy the full set, I am learning many new things by going through its modules. I am learning enough about my Win 98 that I am holding off trying to convert to the Win XP Pro I just paid $299 for!! I sure would like to take it back for a refund! Thanks again for your patience and help. Any ideas you have about the sound slowdown would be much appreciated.