AlexUK

I’m with the not retiring+military contracts=CM3. I hope I’m right.

The Dina’s campaign is often mentioned as the favourite CMSF campaign. I never played it (always hoping for a remake for CMSF 2 - and here it comes). I’d be interested to know why you prefer the Syrian theatre?

I was worried they may have been fixed. Still bugged after all these years….

Is it just me that has a problem with the LAV TOWS not seeing anything in second mission?

ChrisND definitely matters, working for Battlefront, and has already answered several questions super quickly. if only someone would answer my question on the LAV TOW variant thermals/night vision not working

It is pretty frustrating. Looking back at the 2023 plan and seeing how little of new things were actually introduced, with no real updates in the interim. I’m crying out for the Engine 5 update as I can’t really play CMCW at the moment. Also the promised patches didn’t fix some big issues with the games (my particular bugbear is the TOW Stryker). Underpromise and overdeliver would be preferred. But also more regular updates.

Great news, a fantastic reason for playing this campaign again, thank you very much indeed

Im kind of dreading the new Hell in the Hedgerows but as long as a defeat is the historical path I guess I’m ok with that. I fear there won’t be much left of the attackers at the end though - I remember many a slaughter on my previous playthroughs.

Probably my favourite campaign. I've played through it several times and really looking forward to playing it again!

Sitting here it seems fairly obvious. If it is the jammers that are killing the drones, then go after the jammers. Presumably wait until they light up and then get them with whatever can reach them. Rinse and repeat. if AD is being used, do the same thing. once no more jamming/AD, use mass drones to swamp the area where you plan to attack, using thermals wherever possible. Once ready to attack, have loads of drones in the air and as soon as anything is spotted trying to defend, take it out. im also assuming the US satellites can spot where the helicopters are operating from? HIMARS them. I would be recruiting 1000s of drone operators, instead of forming new battalions of troops (or as well as). I am sure I’m missing something though.

That was a very memorable mission. Replayed the campaign recently. The first time that counterattack freaked me out! Loved the map and the forces. PzII are great for anti personnel work and clearing buildings.

More time would definitely take the pressure off a bit, yup.

Repairing being more generous would help as I was being very economical in the second mission with the Abrams. In the second mission too, I don’t think the Stryker ATGMs are working (thermals on that model are still broken I believe). In the second mission my force was too worn down (I thought) to push on much beyond the main ridge. i hope to have time to have another run through the campaign in the next month or so.

But very limited patches. Lots of things still not fixed.

Is that a fact that CM3 is being worked on? It would be good to have another update from Steve. Only getting news every year or so is too long for me. On an M1 Mac and most scenarios in CMCW are effectively unplayable for me due to performance issues. I was really hiding out hope for an engine upgrade that would solve this so I could enjoy the game I purchased.

One thing others thinking about getting a Mac should be aware of, is that you can’t participate in the tournaments/use the improved PBEM.

It seems like forever since there has been a DAR - great that you are doing one

This used to be a bug in some of the games for sure. I can’t remember if I saw it recently.

What if it was at night? The drones overfly the main trench lines at speed and high. 2 or 3,000 say, with lots of dummy ones mixed in.

This I’m struggling with. How much is a storm shadow? How much is each Ka52 destroying in terms of equipment and lives? Or is it not a question of cost but availability of Storm Shadow? i don’t know why that video (and the one of the Ukrainians in the minefield - I have had nightmares about that one) has affected me so much. It is such a terrible waste of lives. Why hasn’t Russian civilian population started large scale protests - how many mothers without sons anymore? Just horrific. I can’t rationalise any of this.

Horrific. Seems like a slaughter. Satellite imagery to find the helicopter bases, storm shadow the individual helicopters while they are on the ground?

It does seem like a problem to me. Isn’t it advised tactically to place your armour within the tree line when setting up ambush positions? If CM current setup means this is penalised then it would be a problem. Intuitively you would expect the opposite to occur. The ambusher spots the moving target in open ground much easier and the ambushed having a very hard time spotting the stationary, in shadow, and partially concealed by foliage ambusher.

For someone about to retire, you are reaching your peak! Going out with a bang? You will be missed!

I don’t plan to get the steam version but I do have the vehicle pack so it would be good to get a link to the versions if that is possible

If… and this is a huge if, western countries had not supported Ukraine with ammunition, arms and training, I can’t see how Ukraine could have got to now without capitulating. I assume they would have run out of heavy munitions long ago, based on latest US leak, and they wouldn’t have been able to disable anywhere near the Russian equipment/forces that they actually have. They wouldn’t necessarily have been able to conquer all of Ukraine militarily but the damage inflicted would have led to Ukraine’s surrender. Am I wrong?