Fat Dave

great stuff John, cheers

Excellent find Mies some would think you were working in IT and had some time on your hands today.... cheers for that

I agree 100% Schrullenhaft, thanks for all the techie stuff over the last 10 + years

ParaBellum...bloody hell! You are still sniffing around! Good to see you make a re-appearance. I recall a certain deep snow scenario you made me slog through before simply leaving it as the world was running out of time Hope to see you in Normandy. David

Thanks for that, very interesting

Yes, I have had to roll back these new drivers recently. Still flickery at night.

Hi SSG, For play against the AI or a real tricky heart stopping live game - try A Fistful of Doodads. MOUT action with a great map and many many possibilites to tear your hair out should you forget about the balconies or not recon the building entry and exits Channeled kill zones in the form of high walled alleys, doors to execution cells and nasty LOS surprises makes this a scenario where a victory or draw feels thoroughly deserved. For head to head play, give Blue to the less experienced player so to allow for a little more forgiveness when that first rocket flies in Great scenario. Cheers David

Hi Nick, Hmmm, so you managed to connect in the past, interesting. Sometimes, the IP address changes...especially at home with a local network. I found that checking the local IP address's via cmd/ ipconfig, against the IP address entry in the port forwarding table was a good place to start. It has happened to me a lot, so if there are any connection issues, I check to see what my internal IP is currently (ipconfig) then open up the router and check to see if this IP matches the IP number I have port 7023 mapped to Frustrating, but once you learn to check for it, saves a lot of head scratching. If this all matches on your side, get your mate to check his side too. Let me know if this is the case Cheers David

hi Nick, OK, a few things to check here. Have you 'opened up' the CM port (7023 or something) on your router via the port forwarding section? Simply add an entry here if not. The next trick is to find out your 'real' IP It took me a while to figure it out but I was using the internal IP assigned and not the outer world IP address...so my opponent was unable to connect. This outer world IP address can be found in one of the many router tabs/pages, check them all and use the IP address which looks unlike the internal one Hope this helps. David

Hi Kyle, I guess you will have to wait for Normandy. Unless something miraculous happens, major changes such as movable way-points will not be in the Shock Force genre of titles. Again, for me, the way it is now is manageable, and certainly not a game breaker, I am comfortable with the 'backspace' key to rid myself of unwanted way-points quickly, but each to their own I suppose. David

35 US dollars for a module is a steal in my books. The fact that such a complex and incredibly detailed military simulation such as CM:SF can be actually sold for less than a 100 bucks makes me very happy indeed

'Outmanouvered' is definitely one of my favourite H2H scenarious, good balance of forces and great map Fun to play as either side.

Hi pkjsmith, would that happen to be the details of a Red HQ unit by any chance? I think I can just make it out. If yes, then it is indeed a bug and is being dealt with Cheers

Great scenario!

Hi bflyblue, I have played TCP loads, either via the internet or via a LAN, and I can't say I have had any issues. In fact, considering the amount of data being pushed it plays smooth and seamlessly This won't help you with your current problem though I have experienced a network pause - and this usually un-paused itself and the game kept going. However, when playing via the wireless - this pause would usually mean a crash and game over. Are you getting this problem all the time? Are you playing over a wireless? David

OGSF, it's been a while since I found myself trying to pronounce/understand what you are trying to say Ever since CMBO. Good to see you are still about.

Hi Sivodsi, I had a similar experience to yours. Hidden red sniper teams, on a roof with a low wall around it - wiped out from range. I tried to put this down to IR optics from somewhere...but still, it felt a little 'weird'. There were changes done to the way spotting worked on rooftops...I just hope it didn't take it too far. I am sure there will be others seeing similar things. Will be interesting to keep an eye on this David

sorry dude was meant in jest. Let me know when you want a re-match, got laid off today, so I have a bit of free time available, let me know

Hi Ali-Baba I played 'Outmanouvered' as Red, H2H against a fellow beta tester and won. Now Elvis will be the first to admit he just plays to see things go boom, but even after all his toys went up in smoke he commented that this scenario can be won by either side. I agree.

perhaps the new mixed weapons code for Normandy slipping in? I lke it

Hi John, This scenario can be won by Red I haven't done it myself, but I saw a good friend of mine beat it eventually. Admittedly it took him countless restarts to achieve this. His main tactic was to somehow get in behind Blue, and he did this by going over both of the flanking hills. Using the BMP-1's main gun and missile he took out an Abrams from behind this way. If the BMP didn't do the killing (their chances are VERY slim indeed) his re-postioned T-72's would be in a better position to get off a few shots while the Abrams is distracted. He basically used the BMP's as bait. As it happened I played this last time and lost every bit of armour for only 1 Stryker killed.

Hi Cabal23 I guess people will see things differently for sure. Adam often reported what he saw as bugs and this sort of (groggy) dedication is what can help a game progress. What I objected to however, was the way he chose to go about this. His resulting implosion was not a real surprise, but sad in a way. He can tell me to do anything he likes, it's the internet after all, but if he upsets the moderators by stepping over certain well drawn lines in the sand, then he get's what everyone else would get. Actually, for the most part, this forum is by far the best for open, polite and balanced discussions, people who are perhaps too sensitive to critique, perceived or otherwise, should be aware of what open discourse can bring.

Damn Adam, you're talking as if you are the sole recipient and benefactor of all this hard work. Dude, you need to just get over it, accept things for what they are sometimes No offence meant of course, but the way you go about airing your dissatisfaction forces me to come out of lurker mode to ask you to show some respect here

How anyone would want to continue playing with an outdated version, void of all the new fixes and improvements beats me.

Ali-Baba the wait is well worth it Awesome demo.