GerryCMBB
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Hello, anyone have a list of the scenarios that came with the game originally?
Thanks.
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Hello:
Just started not working, same in CMBO, CMBB. Hitting forward/back 10 secs just makes it go to 60 seconds so the turn is done. Cannot replay it then.
No idea why this is happening now as previously it was fine.
Thanks.
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Sorry, very late here. But there are still playing (just a few) on the Blitz forums. They arrange some CMBB/CMAK tournaments.
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Hello All:
In CMBB you can TAB a unit and then rotate around that unit. In CMBO, this works too but only for Level 3 and higher. In Level 1 or 2 when you try and rotate (moving cursor to side of screen), the unit will eventually move off screen. Any help appreciated.
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3 hours ago, LtJoker said:
I have a very simple question here. How do I check the line of sight from a point other than a unit's current location?
I thought I did that by marking a waypoint and then hitting L for LOS, but that doesn't work, neither does T for targeting. I was somehow sure I had done this once, but I haven't played CM:BO in a while and I'm not 100% sure this was even a feature. Can anybody tell me if this ever worked and if so how, or am I missremembering things?
Thank you
I don't think that was ever a possibility. IIRC some recommended using the Rotate tool over the terrain and it would show you where a LOS could be blocked based on the contour of the line? Maybe that doesn't make sense...
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On 7/24/2020 at 12:22 PM, ray smith hargreaves said:
Sadly my near neighbor and friend Edward Reiger a sargeant in the begliet battalion reichsfuhrer ss passed away. He had many stories of his time in Russia, to the defence of Berlin and eventual breakout and surrender to Canadian units west of Berlin. He married a land army girl working next to his prisoner of war camp in Leicestershire and never returned to Germany.
An interesting story. Recently I watched the movie Keeper which is about a German POW in England, Bert Trautmann. He played in goal for Manchester City and married an English girl as in your story.
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Hello All:
Wondering if anyone knows where to find gridded mods for CMBO or has some they could share?
Thanks.
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Are you thinking of McMMM?
That JSGME I mentioned will also do it.
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On 4/6/2020 at 1:58 PM, Bubba883XL said:
i've just purchased the game from GOG.Com and it comes with its own installer / game manager similiar to steam... i would assume the folders are still on the pc so you could still mod them i would think
There is a second option and that is to download and install a local copy (they say no auto updates then but I cannot imagine any updates are coming).
Then you can mod it using JSGME for example. Mods at http://cmx1mods.greenasjade.net/mods even though sometimes I have got error messages there.
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If not, the other possibility is that there are cheap versions of the cmx1 games on gog and these do work on Windows 10 for sure.
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2 hours ago, Erwin said:
Sorry, not familiar with this scenario. But, FYI: Bikes are not in any of the CM games. I think the idea is that they are dismounted. Eg: One can buy mech or motorized troops that come with no transports.
Thanks Erwin.
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Hello All:
This one has Hungarians trying to ford a river and they are supposed to have a platoon of bicycle infantry. Now they are named Hungarian Mechanized Rifle Squads but I do not see any bikes and they do not seem to move faster than foot infantry. Any thoughts on this and how to win this as the Hungarians?
Thanks.
Gerry
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9 hours ago, GerryCMBB said:
plus at least one is an operation - Sunday Dance.
Sorry, that is not one. But I think there are operations in there.
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Another site to check is the Blowtorch one:
http://www.blowtorchscenarios.com/Newest Scenarios/newest scenarios.htm
Lot of themed scenarios by George McEwan and a colleague plus at least one is an operation - Sunday Dance.
Haven't played these as they seem big? But found the site as Jason from the forums has his Russian Training Scenarios posted there:
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I bought CMBB a long time ago and never played much. Bought it again and did the same. Now I bought CMBB and CMAK on GOG but life is very busy for the next year unfortunately so I am only dabbling with small scenarios vs the AI. So unfortunately I haven't got into operations yet. Maybe in the future.
We used to play Squad Battles some years ago I believe.
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3 hours ago, landser said:
Over the weekend I dove in head first and played through three or four CMBB Operations. Good stuff. Running CMBB in 1920x1080 seems like witchcraft. But it all plays great, runs great.
It brings back so many good memories, starting a battle or operation and seeing the map and reacting like "I remember this one!".
It plays differently than CMx2 of course, and some things are missed as CMx2 spoiled me in some ways. Spotting, as mentioned, is the biggest difference for me. What I wouldn't give to transpose relative spotting in to CMx1!
Command delay is a great feature I think, especially on the East Front, where it has a telling effect. I miss the more robust artillery mechanics from the newer games too.
On the other hand, I like how you can plot indirect fire on areas of the map with no LOS. It was one of my first complaints when playing my first CMx2 game. In CMx1 you can drop rounds for instance anywhere, regardless of LOS. See a crossroads on the map that you want to shell? Have at it. Accuracy is affected as the fall of shot is unobserved perhaps. But it can be done. In CMx2 it's tied too strictly to LOS.
A perfect example is an AT gun poking through a hedgerow on the other side of a field. You place a mortar in a hedge with LOS to the opposite one and call for fire. Round after round drops 5 feet short. You cannot place the fire just behind the hedge since you cannot see it.
Mortar fire for example should be allowed anywhere within the weapon's range, with of course accuracy penalties for unobserved fall of shot. As it is I can't shell that crossroads on my map because I can't see it through the copse of woods. But it's right there on my map! Can't I transmit co-ordinates or something, like over the radio? Any object should be considered an aiming stake for indirect fire. Even if I know that place is full of enemy, I can't get mortar rounds in there unless I can see the spot. I can't lob rounds over that barn to hit troops behind it if the mortar squad or a spotter cannot see that ground. In CMx1 you can, with varying degrees of accuracy, and that's good in my view.
Can anyone point me with a link to the best places to grab Operations for CMx1 games?
See http://www.the-scenario-depot.com/ (scenario depot 2 so to say; 3 is for the newer games).
Scenarios link near the top allows you to search for Battles or Operations with a ton of filtering criteria.
Gerry
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On 7/24/2019 at 2:35 AM, Wicky said:
I did a mod of that many moons ago to a more conventional symbol to represent Italians.
Not sure I can find it after almost 2 decades!
Thanks for trying Wicky. I think I recognize that avatar from an ASL forum?
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5 hours ago, KenMech said:
Here you GerryCMBB, I am pack rat and have a hard time deleting anything
KenMech
Ken:
I am glad you are a pack rat!
Would you have them for CMAK and CMBO too?
I am getting blank sheets by the way. When I select all and go to change to a black font I can see the data is there but when I actually change the font then it is a blank gray screen. I am using Excel 2019 so maybe a problem with old workbooks?
Thanks again.
Gerry
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Hello:
I have not used boats but would it not be the same as if they were passengers in a half-track? As in give them a move command after they land?
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Hello All:
There used to be Excel files with data for all infantry, tanks, etc. Maybe Chris Hare did them? Anyone have them or know where one could find them?
Thanks.
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I think I may have experienced something like this (and even posted about it here). So the resolution was awful.
Bought the gog.com version and it seems better.
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Thank you both.
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On 7/12/2019 at 6:48 AM, Thewood1 said:
I am assuming you saw I bought them on Gog. They are fully patched. Why not just go there and take a look? I am not sure your point.
Thanks for letting us know about gog. I just saw now in a comment that it is patched only to 1.03 which should be fine they say. I bought it. Thanks again.
The reason I asked about patches was, if you see the other threads, people have trouble getting it patched depending on how they acquired the game.
Original Scenarios?
in Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin
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Great. Thanks very much.