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9 hours ago, mirekm61 said:
Russian books from the 1970s contained a great deal of propaganda and few facts
Quote: 'Armies belonging to the agressive NATO alliance devote much attention to night operations, the defense in particular...'
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11 hours ago, BFCElvis said:
I did catch a break. @Aragorn2002 you finally got to see a screenshot of the SPW 251/21. Now here is one of it blowing up and one of it burning.
And the Sherman is high tailing it out of there while it still can.
Even now it looks good. Well, thank you for chosing this beauty in the first place. Much appreciated.
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If I recall correctly the 'ideal' frontline for a German division in WW2 was something like 7 to 8 kilometres, but it usually was a multiple of that. Not sure about that number, so if anyone wants to correct that, please do.
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On 7/10/2020 at 3:08 PM, Ithikial_AU said:
All for now. There's less than 30 mins left on the clock. I see Elvis' thread is getting all the views and replies. <sniff> Probably last call for questions before this is all over.
Believe me, I'm following your thread with the same interest as that of Elvis. Great battle so far.
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14 hours ago, BFCElvis said:
Back down by Jagermeister things aren't quite as rosey. @Aragorn2002's SPW 251/21 is proving to be a pain in more ways than on. In ONE shot it completely eliminated a Maxim MG team. Also, related to the SPW 251/21 I tried to move an AT Rifle team into position to take it out and one of the guys in the team got hit. Wanna guess which one?
As my parents always told me: praying helps.
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7 hours ago, t34577685 said:
good job!
6 years after the cmrt come out,I have been waiting for the dlc
You still are.
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That is indeed great news, MJ. For me your mod is offering great comfort during the long wait for Fire & Rubble.
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On 6/25/2020 at 8:23 AM, mjkerner said:
Have internet access for a short while...Aragorn, no, not annoyed at all. There usually isn't a lot of feedback for mods or scenarios and campaigns. It's just the nature of the beast. Thanks everyone, glad you like it.
Can you see how many downloads you had for this superb mod until now, MJ? Would be interesting to see and to compare that to only a handful reactions on the forum.
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3 hours ago, Majick said:
I could although I prefer to play against the AI if I can.
But you can switch between AI and playing both sides yourself, right?
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7 minutes ago, Vacilllator said:
This is fair enough for me, having only recently bought the BN big bundle and not long before that RT. Haven't even got FB or RtV yet, so my spare time is already pre-allocated for quite a while to come. Of course I'll jump on Fire & Rubble when it comes along, but I for one am happy that @BFCElvisdoes actually respond in the forum rather than having the tumbleweed roll past . Forgive me if I sound like I'm kissing somewhere I shouldn't, this is not my intention...
That's okay, in your case I can understand. But Red Thunder was released in 2014, so it's about time this module will finally compliment it. It may not have been worked on for 6 years, but it has been a mighty long wait. And still is. Apart from that release estimate after release estimate has been broken, so just 'ride the wave' doesn't cut it anymore.
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7 hours ago, Majick said:
From having a quick read I think lack of AI scripting in the CM side might be a problem. And also not sure how you can predict an enemy assault is going to happen in PzC, although I guess I could live with just playing my assaults,
Well, you can play both sides, so that's not a problem.
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13 hours ago, Majick said:
Were you toying with me or didn't you know about this post either?
I wasn't toying, Majick. I must have noticed that post, but never read it. It's only since a couple of months that I become trully interested in the combination of PZC and CM. But I'm going to read your post. Looks very interesting, so thank you for pointing that out.
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On 7/8/2020 at 11:27 AM, Aragorn2002 said:
I'm sure the community would appreciate an update on the current status of Fire and Rubble. Can we expect a release in the autumn?
It's a simple enough question. If the answer will turn out to be a 'no' I can only conclude that F&R has become a sideshow, like R2V was. I don't buy all this 'we don't even know ourselves, things have become so complicated, so how dare you to ask' talk, followed by the usual declarations of support, understanding or even indignation.
All of this doesn't bode well for the future, so yes, Wade, I'm pretty agitated about it all.
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6 hours ago, wadepm said:
Hmmm. I am going to assume that you are trying for humor...but failed.
I did.
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On 7/8/2020 at 9:08 PM, RepsolCBR said:
Although the battle for Berlin has not really been on the top of my list as far as reading or playing goes... the upcomming CM release has sparked my intrest in this period far more...
I'm really looking forward to the game
Me too.BF never disappoints. After all is said and done these guys are simply the best developers of wargames in the world. The module will be breathtaking, of that I'm sure. Although I also have a wishlist like everybody else (Eastern front 1942-1943, Finland 1939-1944 and North Africa 1940-1943), I will have everything I could possibly wish for when Fire and Rubble comes out. I have no idea what the future will bring after this module and we should prepare ourselves for even longer development times, but of one thing I'm sure: it will be stunning and second to none.
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9 minutes ago, Majick said:
We need some technical guru to tell us how to edit the save file. now that would be something...
Indeed. I'm studying the editor at this moment and it's not as limited as I at first thought. I found out it's possible to use the Kursk oob in combination with the Charkow 43 map in order to recreate the Fourth battle of Charkow in August 1943.
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20 minutes ago, wadepm said:
Indeed. I have rescheduled my entire summer around a 21 Sept release.
In your case I can understand that.
More useless comments are welcome, so please don't hesitate.
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1 hour ago, Commanderski said:
My opinion on all this is that's it's ready when it's ready. It's better to have people complaining about when it's going to be released then complaining that it's buggy, uniforms aren't correct, why did they release it so soon, etc...
Thank you for sharing this wisdom.
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12 minutes ago, BFCElvis said:
Yes.Yes they do. And I won't add to that.
As far as I'm concerned it's on schedule for a summer release. But I thought that with Rome to Victory last year and it came out in November. How's that? Does that answer the question?
It does. I know by now such statements are not written in stone, but it's something to hold on to.
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1 hour ago, Majick said:
That sounds interesting.... How do you feed back the result of the CM battle into Panzer Campaigns?
Well, that's a problem I haven't solved yet. Depending on which site is victorious, i withdraw units and don't use them for several turns. But if one uses one's imagination it's still fun.
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3 hours ago, MikeyD said:
The fly in the ointment, so to speak, was the Ministry of Defense's unexpected interest in CM, as has been mentioned elsewhere. That's workproduct that y'all will never see in detail and nobody's going to talk about but it shouldn't be a surprise that a few of us were kept pretty busy for awhile doing stuff that wasn't Fire and Rubble. BFC has the luxury of telling the discussion board "It'll be finished when its finished". For government work the proper response is "Deadline? Yes SIR! We'll do it SIR!" Fire and Rubble has been very close to being done for a very long time but BFC has been tied up with too much good fortune lately.
Yes, and downplayed the consequences for the release of Fire and Rubble to keep the community happy. That's all rather obivious. We could indeed face another RtV drama, let's prepare ourselves for that.
I'm far from bored. Yes, there's always enough content in the other CM games to play with. Lately the superb Goumier mod by mjkerner for instance gives me the opportunity to play a series of great quick battles. and yes, there's so much more still to explore, but that's not the point. It should be possible to inform about a very general period of release (Autumn) without the usual indignant reactions.
Btw, people, John Tiller Software (Panzer Campaings) has a sale going at the moment. Nothing spectacular, but it might be worth to pick up a couple of titles. I enjoy using playing Panzer Campaign in combination with CM by making small quick battles. A dream team.
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3 hours ago, BFCElvis said:
Live in the moment, man. Have you wrung everything out of Rome to Victory that can? I still haven't played out all of the original CMBN. Keep an eye on progress if you're interested in the module but ride the wave, dude.
I wonder sometimes if it's an inside joke that once something is released people start asking about a release date for the next thing in the pipeline. Let's play what we've got. There is an enormous amount of content at this point.
Really don't understand your attitude. I'm not asking for a release date. I'm asking whether everything is on schedule for an autumn release. Not such a strange question, given the fact the AAR is upon us already. Autumn means still another four or five months. You could answer by describing the development of the scenarios, campaigns, artwork etc. like you did some time ago, instead of telling people to 'ride the wave, dude...' You can tell that at the start of the development of a game, not after a wait this long.
The only 'inside joke' I can see here is the unreliability of BF release dates. Gaming sites like Wargamer most certainly see it that way.
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16 minutes ago, BFCElvis said:
How well did I predict last time?
But seriously, Elvis. You guys are game developers, not weathermen.
Exciting news about Battlefront and Slitherine
in Combat Mission - General Discussion
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Not sure what this means for the future of CM, but it sounds good.