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Hi there Been away from CM for over two years, the last contact I had with the technical stuff was when I bought all of the engine upgrades for all of the titles - I checked today and , for instance, I happen to have engine 4 for FI, but I haven't reinstallewd the GL addon - some two and half a year ago if I can recall. Only a couple of days ago I got back to CM: SF and not because of the update. I had actually scrapped the idea of upgrading that before, but I guess I have just changed my mind. The thing is I don't seem to recall where I had stored my license numbers. Will that be recoverable in my BF customer account?And if I happen to have the game installed - thus licensed - currently with all of the official addons and I buy the full upgrade module - will I have to type the license at some point while upgrading or the installer is going to look for the license file in the existing game folder? I ama ssuming nothing has changed regarding the older custom scenarios playable with the engine version 4? I read at the forums that yes, they are - has anyone confirmed that?

Thanks a lot mate, I have been returning to CMA lately - it's far from being perfect, but there aren't plenty of games covering the Soviet-Afghan War, are there?

As far as I can remember it was a play that was later on turned into a screenplay. George Dzundza has a remarkably good appearance in this one, but in general as a depiction of the Soviet-Afghan War it's the same thing as with "Star Wars" being (not) science-fiction - lots of fiction and no science. Just note that moment when a Soviet tanker jumps out of a turret inside the kishlak just to take a pot shot with his RPG at a minaret there. Soviet tank platoon assaulting on its own a presumably hostile local settlement is also a peculiarity on its own. However, as a drama the movie gets a great job at portraying how a human nature and personality become devoured by brutality and cruelty of the war to the point where everyone is an enemy including Dzundza who turns on himself as a matter of fact which results in his ultimate loss. If you want to see a movie that was endorsed by Soviet veterans - "afghantsy" that is - you should see "The Afghan Breakdown" starring the Italian actor Michele Placido, known for his "The Octopus" series, as a VDV coy commander. Truly remarkabale movie featuring Rosenbaum's music form the era.

E-mail sent, thanks a lot.

That's all good, no? ... At least we happen to know what's going on and what has gone wrong?

Well, I thought I had answered to this post, but perhaps I did that via PM. So no, hex 29, 32 is Vientianne and even if vacated by the original garrison it still does not allow me to deploy indigenous reinforcements - over there or anywhere else, either in Laos or entire Indochinese theater. I concluded the turn and the situation reappears - I have two garrison units waiting to be deployed, but they can't. Apart from that still a great custom scenario which redefines the SC engine for a counter-guerilla warfare. I attempted to review that for Wargamer.com in my application.

Actually not, French Laos is so far virtually free from insurgents, Luang Prabang and Vientianne are in firm French control etc. Anyway, I was to attach the save game file, but it's to big for the upload limits here.

Well, I recruited two French Laotian garrison units in 1947, but I can't deploy them anywhere in Indochina - no land tiles are highlighted as usual when there is a unit to place it on the map.Now what? ...

Alright, no problem, I do understand, just wanted the things to be clarified for me whcih I am grateful for. Better luck next time or something.

So am I still getting my chance to command a battalion from Consthum or not? This project was supposed to kick off around September, but I am assuming we're having issues here, aren't we?

The only thing which comes to my mind then is the issue I had with CMSF at some point: the scenario files were loaded as default into a different language folder instead of the one which was to be used with the English version. I bought a Paradox disc version here in Poland and a disc version of CMA, too - actually those two are the only ones I had in hard copies ( had to rebuy a digital version of CMSF from BF again this year: i couldn't get the Paradox version to run without any glitches anymore ... ). Nevertheless - check manually if the file is physically - er ... digitally I guess is the better word - in the correct root location - if you use English version this has to be English / Game Files / Scenarios or something like that in your main game directory. That's all I can come up with.

Odd, I have never had any of such difficulties myself. What's your game version and where did you buy that? If I may ask. Can you open the scenario file in the editor? Is it available in the editor scenario at all?

Did you unpack them? You need a .btt extension files in there.

So weher are we at actually wiuth this endeavour? I am following the thread and having certain difficulties figuring that out. I am asking since I am keeping at least a sloty open and wonder what the workloads are going to be involved here.

There may be your answer - there might be feedback, but you refuse to recognize it just like here. I didn't know it's necessary to apply for advanced studies to be able to reply to a thread, especially when you refer to the general idea as per thread subject. Perhaps the thread starter should be interetsed in all of its content then, but I doubt that. So, sticking to the way of thinking displayed here, I guess I should not be commenting on a custom scenario making if I am not a maker myself? Anyway, it's futile. I am out then. Famous words from "The Bolt" - " ... by the way: huge fan. Love it, love you. Gotta go. Thank you. ..."

Absolutely yes - according to my experience I am on a constant lookout for new custom made scenarios for all of the titles I happen to have - and I happen to have all of them - and give them a spin as soon as I am only able to most often or even faster than I am able and perhaps should give - provided they have that something that arouses my enthusiasm. I used to be way more active over a decade ago as a part of "Operation >Flashpoint<" community - did reviews for missions, discussed them at the forums, got in touch with designers, fellow wargamers, read a lot about millitary history and tried to siphon some new or interesting ideas - that sort of stuff - at the height of that activity period I was invited to join the staff of one of the leading OFP sites which now is mainly ArmA one due to my contribution .. The funny thing is that I sipmply overlooked that and never responded, I guess I got a bit burnt out in a way, but mianly I just focused on the core which was simply playing - and that is exactly the way it is now, I am simply way to lazy to type in the small hours of the morning etc., I am afraid I am getting too old for that, but still do a lot of wargaming, it's just no more nights and not much time spent interacting with community guys hence - lack of feedback. I was invited to playtest a scenario lately which I never did as I didn't have time or will to play it in the SP mode after all, after playing against human oponents for years it's just not my cup of tea ... maybe that's anotyer reason, but I have no doubts there are many guys who are ( mainly or exclusively ) interested in SP scenarios.

I am, I am playing this right now as the separatists in the HTH mode, very enjoable; separatists' performance mediocre to poor so far under my command, but we're gaining ground to cathc the Ukrs in the double pincers and squeeze them out of the village or just turn their flanks that have already yielded. Keep it coming, I also have "The Boys Are Back in Town", but it's no for HTS style of gaming so had to wait.

Hi there I have just lost an opponent for that after only about 8 turns or something, he reportedly had been having some problems with loading the scenario. I don't mind the experience being higher than mine, but prefer someone who haven't played the scenario before to retain FoW for both sides. Iron or elite level, no other house rules as far as I know unless you happen to have something to put forward, I should be open as long as it promotes realism of simulation. I might also be looking for opponents for "Minsk Express" and "Gog & Magog" provided my current RT opponent doesn't want to take me on in those.

I'd be up for the Allied side - I've got both CMFI + GL module installed and working along with the Bulge custom addon amnd I am also an experienced JT operational campaigns player, been the Blitzkrieg wargaming club member so anything suits me fine, but I'd prefer the tactical level for a change here. However, might also deal with the operational side if necessary.

Thanks guys, I have followed the threads, turned out to be very formative, as a matter of fact I hadn't had any doubts there simply had to be guys smart enough to have similar ideas.

What for? From your reply I assume you have only sticks and stones. Perhaps in your armoured cave?

I decided to ask here since apparently it's the most busy forum at the moment - or just first from the top. The issue I'd like to put forwards is that if we hapen to have CM Afghanistan on top of all of the other theaters, then why there's no CM Vietnam and WWII Pacific and far East theaters? Is this a conspiracy of the heavy and medium armour faction? Yest since my times with Steel Panthers WWII and MBT I was wondering why people are so fixed on tanks whereas I have always deemed them a necessary evil? At least we could choose there, here the choices seem to be quite limited yet although apparently more and more people realize that what we need is a way more flexible approach than simply packing an armoured punch all the time. So how about that Vietnam including the French colonial war in Indochina and the Pacific theater? I guess I have sem some mods for Pacific, but haven't seen any Indochinese attempts.

I was going to give it a spin in the HTH mode against a human oponent, but when I started studying the situation from the Russian perspective I could see no terrain objectives at all and moreover no map marks to help me realize where we should exfiltrate the AO once the mission is more or less complete. I thought that there is something off in my settings, but no, no such thing. Is is possible I happen to have some older version of the scenario?

Actually as a relative newcomer I can say that despite my playing all of the titles currently both CMA and CMSF still have an appeal for me and am playing them with similar amusement than any other CMX2 and CMX2 Modern titles. Cumbersome QB generator and an apparent lag that seem to appear once in a while, in a custom scenario as it seems, being the only problems I have encountered so far and it doesn't look like it's going to fade away any time soon - penchant ( mine) for the games I mean.

Yes, I am and moreover I am a newly born convert- I had had the game on a disc for several years before i fell for it just a couple of months ago. Now I am playing all of them, but have developed a special taste for SF with all the addons available. Don't give it up.