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On 4/30/2021 at 6:39 PM, Kevin2k said:
I am on a roll... US infantry lower-detail models have no helmets on. In other words, you zoom out a bit and their helmets disappear. As observed with "balanced" graphics setting.
Edit: sometimes the helmet disappearance is very obvious and close, like 15 meters. Other times it is distant and harder to notice. It depends on framerate I recon.
Yup I also noticed this.
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On 5/1/2021 at 1:51 PM, IICptMillerII said:
These are what I list in the designer notes in the scenarios. Good starting point, at least for the Soviets:
FM 100-2-1 The Soviet Army - Operations and Tactics (1990 version)
TRADOC Pamphlet 350-16 Heavy Opposing Force (OPFOR) Tactical Handbook
FM 100-2-3 The Soviet Army - Troops, Organization, and Equipment (1991 version)
AFM Volume 2 Part 3 - Soviet Tactics
I'm also planning on doing a more detailed write up for the training scenarios and including them as a PDF, but I did not have enough time to complete it before the game was released. I figured it was better to get the game out the door than hold it up for a pamphlet no one is going to read!
Thanks for these.
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"Once we did all this we came back to Steve like proud children that had just performed surgery on the family cat." @The_Capt
Seriously, you should do standup.
I am particularly impressed with your depth of research...this is also my era of service...and I remember pouring over books about the Soviet military when I was a wee midshipman...This is gonna be great.
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43 minutes ago, AlexUK said:
Something to think about is the apple transition to the apple silicon chips. The current models are probably the last generation of Intel chips. For future proofing may be worth waiting?
Ahhhh. Good point. Forgot about that.
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I am an old Mac guy as well and have had no issues running CM on my trusty ol' iMac...I guess my bigger concern is does the latest Mac OS Big Sur do anything to CM?
I stopped upgrading from Mojave cuz I heard some guys had issue and I remember when Apple broke CMSF1 a few years ago...but my iMac is also getting long in the tooth so am thinking about upgrading this year.
Any issues @Panzer Lehr with your OS?
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HEY, so just in case no one else asked...can we get a crack at that scenario?...I've always wanted to have a gunfight over OBJ Coffee!
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Congrats...I know you probably can't share much, but would love to hear more about your work with the military...I think the CM games would make excellent training tools.
In any event, sounds like a good arrangement as you head into the next generation of games.
HOPEFULLY still on the Mac as well as PC.
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3 hours ago, MikeyD said:
I was reading a translation of a 1970 Russia tactics book the other day and it discussed how the width covered by a battalion shifted over the course of the war. The question is, will I be able to locate that reference?
... Ah! Not only did I find the book, the relevant passage was fortuitously bookmarked!
I think that was numbers for a major offensive (the book is literally called 'The Offensive'). Jan'45 would be the Vistula-Oder offensive, I'd guess. Would august 42 be the battle of Stalingrad? I cannot fathom placing 4 battalions and 30 tanks on a 1km wide CM map
So what book was this and is it online?
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2 hours ago, Benlore said:
Hi all, I have the PC versions of CM1 CDs of Beyond Overlord, Barbarossa to Berlin and Africa Korps, right now in my garage in a box. Only problem is I want to get back into these games but now have an iMac. Does anyone know if the originals cover both PC and Mac installs? Or do I need to go hunting for an old CM1 Mac CD or just simply buy the latest CMBN for Mac?
Hi, sadly the old CMBO, CMBB, and CMAK will not run natively on OS X...you would either need to get an OLD Mac that has OS 9 or get some sort of emulator.
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More importantly...THANK YOU for supporting CM on Macs for so long...yes Macs have always been less than supported by the larger game community but Battlefront has been steadfast in supporting Mac even when Apple screwed them over a couple of times...yes I've been here all 20 years and remember when Apple abandoned Quickdraw for OpenGL so the old CM games don't work on OS X and when Apple broke their Mavericks OS X and forced BFC to do an emergency patch to CMSF 1...
SO THANKS THANKS...CM series is the ONLY game on my Mac for almost 10 years now...
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On 4/28/2020 at 2:48 PM, danfrodo said:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07WYZKX8W/ref=kinw_myk_ro_title
As preparation for F&R, I picked this up, only $2 digital. I view it on computer monitor. Great pics from the Berlin / Oder fronts.
WOOT! Thanks for the heads up..I also downloaded this.
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That is so cool.
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Yes indeed. Thanks for this. Very cool cuz I play a lot of QBs
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Another one is Italy's Sorrow by James Holland
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So since you already have FI, I think the next module will be very cool with a variety of forces.
The Red Thunder module is likely going to have MASSIVE urban combat in Berlin if you like that sort of thing.
If you liked CMSF2, then CMBS is that on speed with a lot more lethality all around.
Final Blitzkrieg will likely have some cool stuff ported from CMRT..and hopefully M26 Pershings...anyone remember the old CMBS scenario with Pershings versus King Tigers? I can't remember the name.
So you can't go wrong...although like @Sgt.Squarehead said, if you want something totally different CMRT may fit the bill.
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Woohooo. This looks very cool.
Love CMSF2 campaigns.
Looking forward to this.
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18 hours ago, dragonwynn said:
Ill see what I can do. Still got to get SF2 lol but soon hopefully
Well if you can you should.
You will not be disappointed.
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On 3/28/2019 at 4:58 PM, dragonwynn said:
Hi guys I am still around and follow the threads from time to time. Just havent been able to devote any time to CM of any title for awhile. Lot of other projects and work happening. But glad to see people are still cussing my campaigns lol, even noticed a few on youtube from different titles. Maybe soon I can put something together for SF2.
If you just updated Heart of Darkness to be fully CMSF2 compliant that would be awesome! I still have never finished that 3rd scenario. You know, the one assaulting into the village.
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WOW...just WOW...I am speechless...
I can't wait to get my hands on this...
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Cool. I am play testing another campaign right now so a few more weeks is perfect.
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So any schedule update on this?
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HOLY MOLY, how did I miss this for so many years.....I dropped one of the awesome Stalingrad mod scenarios in my CMRT QB folder and BLAM...instant urban combat....
WOW, this is gonna be fun.
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I read this in the manual...yes, I read the manual. Is this true?
"Any regular scenario can be turned into a Quick Battle Map. In order to be picked for a Quick Battle, the .btt file needs to be placed in the Quick Battle Maps folder in the game directory. Theoretically you can simply copy an existing scenario into that folder and see what happens. Unused settings or features (such as any units on the map) are simply ignored. Practically, there are a number of additional points to consider when copying maps or when creating them from scratch."
This could be a game changer for me...there are a lot of really excellent scenarios that I would love to play as QB maps...
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