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I haven't really played multiplayer yet, but I find the AI quite challenging. In fact, I prefer CMBB over CMBO.

Having just quit playing CMBB, I perused the MSNBC site to see any stories on the SF Giants, I noticed a story about computer gamers. As I opened the page - lo and behold...their is person who appears to be playing CMBO or CMBB - and it's also referenced in the story...check it out: http://www.msnbc.com/news/812423.asp?0dm=B11LT

I had the same problem. However, as the disc would spin, I would open the drive tray, a dialog would pop up stating that the disk is missing, I closed the tray - and it then installed completely. Go figure.

I had the same problem, however, I was able to install the game by a work around. The CD would not autoboot, so I double clicked the installer. The DVD ROM Drive essentially just spun and spun with no result. I then tried to install it from the CDRW and had the same result. I opened the CDRW tray, closed it and the install routine began, files started to copy, but my box blue screened. The next time, I tried it from DVD drive, it spun, I opened the DVD DRive and received the message that there is no media in the drive. I closed the drive door and it completed the install routine. I imagine there is something wrong with the CD itself, but this did work. I'ld like to get my CD replaced though once a fix is found and created. My System: Win XP Pro Toshiba DVD ROM Sony CDRW 256MB 40GB Drive- FAT32 ABIT KT7A Mobo

I'm running Win XP Pro (Not to be confused with the home version) RC2 Build 2526 on my home machine, with ASUS 7100 with the 12.41 drivers and had the transparent text issue, the work around is to minimize and then bring back up, and the text is okay. However, it kind of a pain in the arse. Will try the new drives though.

In this OS debate, I'ld seriously consider Win XP, granted it's not out in release format, but you can get from the MS Website, and it is very stable, and has better support for games/multimedia.

Hello: I'm running Windows XP RC1 Build 2505. CM loads find, however, I am noticing on the splash screen that all white text is transparent and text in the mission desc./obj is either blurry or transparent. Once you select a scenario, and start playing the in game text is fine, that is to say descriptions of penetrations and unit types are very clear. This is my hardware: Athlon 900 ASUS 7100 GeForce MX Nvidia 12.40 refernece drivers This same config unders WinMe worked without any issues. Thanks for any suggestions.

Jeez man, I better brush up on my English and to think I graduated from the University of California system...I meant "Won" not "One" :eek:

Here's a tangent to the thread... I would say that those powers that one the war had the advantage of logitics. The US Military was/is the KING of logistics. The US is the only power that could have waged two wars ETO and PTO successfully. The PTO was waged over vast physical geographies and the US was the predominant power in bringing Japan to it's knees. In Europe they also played a large part (The USSR - shouldered most of the burden for much of the war). What do you guys think?

Welcome to the club. You'll spend countless hours of enjoyment - or should I say explicatives - when you lose your value armored assets

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Skipper: > by late 1945 the Kwantung Army (IJA in > Manchuria) was a shell of it's former > self. Yes, but I am talking about what soviet officers thought about their opponents' tactical skills in combnined arms warfare, not about their numbers or anything like that. And basically, after five years of fighting germans, japanese did not seem up to par. To clarify what I meant, by Aug. 45 the units that were stationed in China were 1)Exhausted from previous offensives in China 2) Poorly equiped/supported 3) Not prepared to stop a Soviet Offensive 4) units in the pacific and other areas were drawn from the talent pool in China. > My uncle in fact was captured by the > Soviets and spent three years in the Gulag > near Lake Baikal. Baikal. Not the worst place of them all. If you take a look at diesel vs petrol thread, I lived in a house built by Japanese POWs. Very good house, by the way. Double walls and everything. Btw, Gulag was Department of Camps, NKVD. Your uncle should have been a client of a different organisation, namely Department of POWs, NKO. > Didn't sound like much fun to me... I guess so. At least, he survived.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Thanks for the clarification on this point...All in all probably not the best place to be for three years. He is indeed lucky as many of the POWs died in those camps.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Skipper: I was talking about August 1945 operation. By all accounts, japanese were quite far from being in the same league as soviet, or indeed german troops. In 1939, it was a different story.[/QB]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> A couple of things to remember is that by late 1945 the Kwantung Army (IJA in Manchuria) was a shell of it's former self. Japan reinforced it's forces in the Pacific with units from Manchuria/China. Japan launched major late war offensives (44/45) to capture B-29 Airfields in China and also the Imphal Offensive (Border of Burma and India). My uncle in fact was captured by the Soviets and spent three years in the Gulag near Lake Baikal. Didn't sound like much fun to me...

For the Japanese (Navy) that is: Savo Island - Probably one of the worst defeats for the US Navy in its history. Showed Japanese Naval skills in night action. 4 CA's in the course of the evening to no IJN losses.

I think the F6F was the most important plane. It was produced in such numbers with well trained pilots. Midway was not good for Japanese aviation, but the Solomon Islands were disatrous. Japanese planes and pilots were operating at long ranges and suffered heavily from attrition. (poor logistical support, non combat losses, parts and trained crew to fix them) Towards the end of the war there were Japanese planes that were superior (Ki-84, Shiden/Shiden Kai, Ki-100)to the F6F, but were not produced in large enough quantities, with sufficent QC and of course the trained pilots to make them effective. ------------------ "Lack of weapons is no excuse for defeat" - Lt. General Renya Mutaguchi, Commanding General, Japanese Fifteenth Army, 1944-1945

Tora Tora Tora on DVD is the only movie. Considering this was made in the early 70s, it doesn't have the level of crap jingoism. You got both perspectives. There has been no other movie made in the US (although Tora Tora Tora was a joint production) that shows the Japanese side fairly. Most other movies are propaganda bs Somebody made a comment about the "cowardly" act of the attack on Pearl Harbor - is it the moral equivalent of firebombing Tokyo or Dresden? All those defenseless civilians (women and children)...Hmm...War is a horrible thing. No side is immune from "dastardly" and "cowardly" acts. ------------------ "Lack of weapons is no excuse for defeat" - Lt. General Renya Mutaguchi, Commanding General, Japanese Fifteenth Army, 1944-1945