ScouseJedi

Hmm. I was going to post a link here, but its for a site selling ww1 knives so I won't. It looks like a boker ww1 knife from the knifecenter site. Other than the area of the blade just above the guard, it looks the same. There is one on sale in us ebay called a : Boker Damascus Fixed Blade Trench Knife 121918DAM New Are we allowed to post ebay links?

Wow - real dwarven battle bread. Saw some US troops on a cooking program in Afganistan recently. BBC - Cooking in the dangerzone I think it was called. A later program went to S Korea and he nearly age dog. Anyway, while a local was preparing ram testicle and rice the US troops he was with opened their ration packets (like A4 jiffy bags) stood them against a rock and they self heated and seemed to be mighty fine. Anyone tried them?

wiki on light bulbs I think that a wiki link is a little bit more specific than

I might be thinking of WW2 Shermans exterior radios but its a vague feeling and not something I could even hope to reference.

LOL John - I have his entire AFV Interiors site on CD I realised I was just using up his bandwidth continually checking pics on his site so I just d/l them all over a few weeks. Vehicle maintenance manuals are useful. I bought the Horsa Pilots notes so I could make an accurate cockpit for the I44 cockpit (OFP again) - something I could not have done otherwise. As regards phones on tanks - It was my understanding that they were commonly disabled by tank crews to prevent them 'brushing' against crunchies.

Nice find John.... its inteesting to see that every development of the M1 appears to give it a higher profile and extra weight. From a developmental point of view there are a lot more references for modern equipment than WW2 stuff. I've just started making IDF armour (for OFP) and you can actually get video from inside the vehicle. Getting pictures for WW2 stuff internals is virtually impossible. Similarly the numbers of high detail photos of US troops give the artists of CM:SF lots of detail to work with. And I am learning about modern equipment slowly.

I hope we will be able to place empty / immobilised tanks on the ground before a scenario starts. I think it was on this site somewhere that someone started a destroyed Merkava was only imobilised due to its internal fire extinguisher forcing the crew to abandon. I assume what followed was an immediate attempt to send assets to said vehicle until it could be moved away. Sounds like a nice scenario for CM:SF

I know that Battlefront have said previously that they would like to keep .3ds models and such in house to maximise their follow up module capability but surely when it comes to animations, models and textures there is a community there desperate to contribute. For instance, if you allowed community members to contribute Im sure that there would rapidly form an OOB for Canadian troops 1914 - 2006 complete with textures, models and animations. I can see the argument that if the community comes up with a CM:SF-USMC mod Battlefront will have problems selling their own version but I think you give the community too little credit. Would Battlefront ever produce a Spanish Civil War module, a Finnish Winter War WW2 module. The community might - it will come up with all kinds of non commercial nonsense. We are looking to Battlefront for an engine capable of charging our minds, not a set of artwork.

Its taken me some days to overcome this slur on my character..... By posting, I use bandwidth and money, by lurking I do the same. I am a proud owner of CMBB and am very happy with it, although it gets used less and less as I get older and more addled - or are there less hours in the day these days. I would not presume to occupy such bandwidth without making a contribution to the company hosting it. If CM:SF = CM:BB++ then I know roughly the type of game I'll be buying, the topic (which has transferred to a Peng thread name **beams pride**) was more a reaction to the threads in the forum which are quite frankly scary. I don't know if I'm typical but here's a list of the games I've bought over the last few years..... OFP - from demo / Lustypooh - **waves at Hellfish ** CM:BB - from forums and AARs Airborne Assault - coz it was published by Battlefront. Ironically when I got home and checked for forums I discovered a sorry truth DOH! - same day it was announced. Victoria - Paradox, AARs and forum again HOI2 - ditto and thats about it over the past years, every single game I have bought. If I had never bought a Battlefront product I would not buy CM:SF. Simply because the content of the forums is so, well, grog intense. I know that the PR machine is still in the cellophane wrapper awaiting batteries but the forums give out the message: 'If you don't know what an M1A1yadda yadda you not only are you a fool but it is not worth you even posting here.' This is just a heads up in case Battlefront want to target the game at 12 year olds who want to slot some towel garbed bar stewards - the people who buy 90% of games and boast of penis size rather than people who boast of..... (OT: for some reason the term mannikin ownership leapt to mind here - strange) complete ownership of every book ever written and buy 2 games a year. ............ Back to the Wiki point. If a game has an active and voracious community providing support it is a huge advantage in helping me part with my money. An up to date Wiki is a huge plus here. As an example, BIS (Operation Flashpoint Creators) have produced a wiki for their games which is already providing useful infomation and creating debate prior to the release of another title. If there was a section of the Wiki called 'People who still only beat the AI after 6-7 timesplaying a scenario I would be happy to add to it.

But does your innate knowledge give you an advantage - its like a foreign language to me and I cannot see sitting in front of a flickering monitorwith '2007 Military Jargon for dummies' on my knees and a blank expression on my face being fun. Paradox's Victoria was a commercial flop due to its steep learning curve. Atm, having seen about 3 limited screenshots I worry about CM:SF I know the net is a great resource and all the info I need is out there a few clicks away but you have no idea how intimidating this forum is. Shock Force looks like a military trainer rather than a game. The game might be fine but I never fork out money on software without a good look around forums and this place will terrify the casual gamer. Can I suggest splitting the CM:SF into 2 sub forums Fluffy and Grog so I can stay in my comfort zone. And don't worry about revenue, Ill be buying it as a WW2 version would be cool so I dont mind paying for its development.

EDIT - edited this post and it got doubled - ooops see above. EDIT2 Im going for a lie down Does the inability to post a thread exclude me from understanding the game. If this doesn't work I may even qualify for a Darwin award. [ September 11, 2006, 12:47 PM: Message edited by: ScouseJedi ]

EDIT uber messed up the thread but here goes I think the straw that broke the camels back was the uber abrams thread discussing TUSK and stuff Heres what Steve said: Heres another one from page 1 photos of the day, also from Steve.. Huuuuunh????? Now, I have never served and my military interests lie more towards WW2. I understand what a PzIV is. I know what a MG42 is. Moving tanks and infantry around - no problem. .......... When it comes to CM2:SF frankly my eyes glaze over in these forums. From the recent Israeli/Hizballah conflict I understand how the objectives can be challenging but how the hell am I supposed to know what is going on. Will the 'grog' factor be under the hood. Will I have to comprehend that there is more than 1 type of RPG round? Basically, I've rambled and Im sure that more experienced posters would have conveyed the same meaning in fewer words but how much will a player get from the game if he knows about as much about hardware / tactics as a news reporter. I await Space Lobster hardware as we (grog and !grog) should be on a level playing field. [ September 11, 2006, 12:46 PM: Message edited by: ScouseJedi ]

EDIT - the edit button is not the one marked with quotes. DOH ! [ September 11, 2006, 12:44 PM: Message edited by: ScouseJedi ]

Well you have to admit there are a few things correct in this post. I know this might get me the reputation of a nutter but I too can confirm some of this. Extensive research carried out yesterday - a coincidence as I did not know this topic would be brought up here. While in Borders I found a whole section of Science Fiction books. I can confirm that Science Fiction is real. Any time I run with a riotous mob I am going to bring along a light bulb sitting in a glass of water. The second that thing starts to flicker I'm outta there.

Why not have an option - export save game in open txt format. Then you would normally have a secure file but in special situationswhen required you would also have access to the relevant data. Of course a text output would be greatly beneficial to anyone trying to hack the save format.