Mord

Niiiice! Seeing how you are in a major state of mod making rapture...might I suggest...a nice SS Feld Grau and maybe some new skivies for the poor old Volksturm..ahem..HIRES of course! Great work my man Keep'em coming! Mord. [ 06-11-2001: Message edited by: Mord ]

Your very welcome. I have tried to do some modding and I know how hard this stuff can be. We are a demanding lot on here at times but most mean well even when it sounds negative. We have been VERY spoiled. So I know it's nice to hear something encouraging! Just remember most of the critcism you get will be for the betterment of your work and is only meant to help. Send me what you have if you'd like. I wouldn't mind testing it out. Anyway it's looking good. Mord [ 06-11-2001: Message edited by: Mord ]

MATT! MATT! MATT! PLEEEEAAAAASE post these soon! I beggeth you on bended knee! Mord.

ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL! Great work Marco as always! I have been anticipating these for a while now EXCELLENT! Mord

Very nice. I say just a touch more brown to the water and the grass and it'll be a real beaut. Great Job! You are really comming along Tanks. Your mods are getting better and better each time around. Keep at it. Your work is appreciated by all. Mord

Did anyone ask how much detail the AARs would have this time around? Mord

Reckon all the modders must have their heads buried in AFV reference books doing research on Ostfront camo schemes. - Manx That is a semi fear I have. I am hoping we can get all the CM vehicles and what not in before the CMBB stigmata sets in. great looking ones coming out now it just is lacking in comparison. -ICM1947 The one and only problem I have with mod collecting is that everytime you think you have the best of the best a beautiful set comes out and ups the standard leaving everything in it's wake looking drab by comparison. Which ain't so bad 'cause the guys only get better at their art. But it's hellacious when you need that fix! I am hoping we can get the rest of the Commonwealth vehicles before the Red Storm hits. (ie) HIRES. I found it very refreshing that there was a lesser vehicle trend goin' for a while. The Truck Mod and the Scout Car in particular come to mind. I'd really like to see a jeep mod get the German Armor (Star of the show)treatment aswell. BTW Manx You have a kickass site if I never mentioned it to you before. Mord.

It never ceases to amaze me at how this company goes out of it's way to be obtainable to it's customers. It feels very good to know that your questions/fears/dreams are being listened to, considered, and/or counted out...in short actually heard and cared about. It's the difference between Artists and a bunch of scumbags just out to make a fast buck... (did someone say Hasbro?). Mord.

I'd say 7 to 14 days. It took about 14 for me in FLA. Mord.

It has been one dry couple of weeks fellas. But it seems we are on the verge of some real goodies. We have the Normandy Mod comming from Magua. Who also stated he would be tackling the respective uniforms of all combatants to add to his beautiful Tommy set as a follow up to his DDAy set. Marco's fine ass Greyhound is seconds from going gold. Pawbroon has a diamler up his sleeve somewhere. There is that sexy Sexton from Mathew Peterson (whatever happened to it?). Maximus and company are doing up winter truck versions. Makejager's got a Fernando based tricolor Panther..ahem.. brewing. And we have a few members who are firing up their respective paintshops and Adobes to give Modding a try for the first time. The future is surly paved with the beautiful modding toils of our CM brethren. I can't wait. And I hope Tiger is doing fine in his semi retirement. Mord. [ 06-08-2001: Message edited by: Mord ]

Great responses. Now Panzer Leader has to get his butt working on the FAQ. Mord.

I wasn't all that interested in an Eastern Front type game until people on the board started touting it's gaming virtues. Now I am highly anticipating it. It will be great fun learning about the conflict and blowing things up. As I have stated before in other posts, CM is just as much an educational tool as a game, and I am very happy to be back in school! Mord.

Glad to hear you are feeling better. My Girlfriend had a bout of something really nasty last week that put quite a scare into me. She had to be rushed to the emergency room twice in two days. The only thing they could come up with was a bad stomach virus. Maybe there is something menacing going around. Well she is better and glad you are getting there. We are all awaiting your Mod with much enthusiasim as you can read. Mord. [ 06-10-2001: Message edited by: Mord ]

Hi Steve. I was wondering if any graphical changes have been made to teams? Like two guys per MG instead of the one. And will there be different forms of water this time around? Such as a brook or stream besides just the river/pond. Actually I have been wondering a ton of stuff but don't want to ask a bunch of questions that may sound stupid to everyone else. Thanks! Mord [ 06-07-2001: Message edited by: Mord ]

BIG GIANT BUMP. Any closer to release? I didn't have this much anticipation for my first sexual experience. Mord.

I am talking new engine new everything. All that is learned and gleaned after all games have been released with plenty of hindsite thrown in. I am talking something along the lines of how SPWAW is as far as having all units and terrain types. Can it even be done? Seeing that each theater poses it's own problems to be solved, having been solved, could the engine be written to function with all the little idiosyncrasies of each. Or would it be too unwiedly? Be great though if it could be done. Mord [ 06-06-2001: Message edited by: Mord ] [ 06-06-2001: Message edited by: Mord ]

I am not really a proponent of CMBO being retrofitted (though it'd be nice) nor any of the other games they will make. What I am suggesting is that when all is said and done that maybe down the line they create an all encompassing CM that will cover all theaters. I'm not talking a rehashed conglomeration of what came before but a new game (maybe engine). Each theater has it's own problems and kinks to be worked out and each additional game will tackle these problems. Once all has been relized and accomplished why not apply everything that has been learned into one great mega WWII game that covers all fronts and theaters. This I am sure will be many years down the road and alot will have been learned by then and computing power will be higher. Can it be done? It would definately cover the problem of retrofitting. I posted a topic on this anybody wishing to discuss it please do so. I am interested in what people think. Mathias, Steve made a statement in a thread before the BB crashed, that work on the new engine would start immediately after CMBB. I can't remember which but I read it and burned it into my brain. Whether that has changed I do not know, but it was stated. Mord.

ColCoolJ are those panthers in the Combat Mission Pics on your site yours? Very nice either way! You should definately be modding more the Lynx is a beaut! Mord

Ok I just got this idea from our posting in Colonel Deadmarsh's thread about CMBO becomming obsolete here is the question that Iam posing: Do any of you guys here think it would be viable, possible and/or profitable for BTS to make an all encompassing Combat Mission after having done all the Theaters that they are going to do and having worked out the snags and grog bitching for each? Mord.

Ok... let me rephrase...smartasses stuff that was left out due to time constraints, or was forgotten about or just was not considered at the time, AND IS WITHIN' THE SCOPE OF THE GAME. HA! LOL! I guess the Pygmies, M16's and Dobermines will have to wait for Combat Mission:Beyond Overboard. Mord.

BTW out of interest are rice cookers common in the States? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- They are pretty popular where I work in Fla. Mostly with PR's and Asians. We have a ton of ethnic groups down here and you get alot of different buying trends when it comes to cookware. I have discovered an excellent Puerto Rican Spice called Adobo. Very good. Sorry about the intrusion on the topic. I guess this conversation popping up in one about Fuzzy Logic would be more along the lines of chaos theory? keep it going fellas very interesting. Mord.

This is what I have been dreaming about and hoping for: After BTS finishes off it's scheduled plans for the various theaters, (Pacific hopefully will be added for sure by that point. Where's Bruno and Wild Bill?)and they know all the changes that they'd like to make to each one having gone through the Groggy Gauntlet, They will do one Huge God Almighty COMBAT MISSION WORLD AT WAR! All theaters filled with all units from previous games and a few more that surly will be bitched about having been left out of the other games, like the Royal New Guinea Pigmy Airborne or what not. All added features from previous games, and new ones that will surly be bitched about having been left out of other games, like the poop boomerang of the Royal New Guinea Pigmy Airborne. And it will have one helluva a map editor with terrain for every enviorment this side of Mars and even a few huts for our fecal throwing buddies above. This in turn would cover all the upgrading of old games we'd ever need and give us that all in one product that would make everyone piss theirselves with glee, no matter how theater specific they are. It will be BTS's penultimate triumph, work of art, game to end all games (add any cliches and or adjectives you feel would fit). If THIS version of CM is ever made I for one will be buying a box of adult sized Huggies upon its release! Mord

JuJu, Adams died about two weeks ago. Yes very sad. Mord

Stay away from the ATI cards I loved mine but it couldn't emulate fog. I bought a Voodoo 5500 and I like it what with the 4x Anti Aliasing and what not but there are glitches with it. Maximus will no bestow upon you the virtues of the Geoforce. I'd try for one of those (Geoforce) if I were you. You could probably pick up a 32 megger fairly cheap now. Hope this helps. Mord [ 06-02-2001: Message edited by: Mord ]

Was Last Defence the scenario before they had walls on the buildings in game? I downloaded a demo waaaaay back where only the floor of a building and the roofs were visible, I had no idea what was going on or how to do anything in the game. that was my first experience with CM! Mord.