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    Harry Speakup got a reaction from 37mm in My first attempt at a scenario   
    Still alive, just working shifts. If I have the scenario it will be on the HD of an old (was dying) laptop. I'll dig out the charger and see if I can hunt the file out, presuming it still works.
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    Harry Speakup reacted to kohlenklau in Autographed 8x10 Glossy photos of Kohlenklau's Schwimmwagen now available!   
    Thank you to Matt A. for immortalizing me in the CM world. Getting the Schwimmwagen in the game is something I really appreciated. Thank you BFC.

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    Harry Speakup got a reaction from DerKommissar in [Music] Setting the mood   
    Early 80s Cold war atmosphere...
    It would have to be something like this
    or in an even more bleak tone this
    or a bit more chilled out, this
    or for a more obscure left field flavour this
    Bliss, utter bliss
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    Harry Speakup got a reaction from maxmaxmax in Pre-orders for Combat Mission Cold War are now open.   
    According to the info posted by Steve earlier in the thread, Battlefront will still release CMCW in April. The Slitherine release, which includes Steam has been delayed to June, as Slitherine want to test their MP system. So if you buy it from Battlefront you get the game earlier and you can get to test out the Slitherine multiplayer service before it is officially released. As I understand it the game is otherwise finished for release (or very, very close to release).
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    Harry Speakup got a reaction from Dr.Fusselpulli in [Music] Setting the mood   
    Early 80s Cold war atmosphere...
    It would have to be something like this
    or in an even more bleak tone this
    or a bit more chilled out, this
    or for a more obscure left field flavour this
    Bliss, utter bliss
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    Harry Speakup got a reaction from Probus in Pre-orders for Combat Mission Cold War are now open.   
    One thing to be aware of with Steam is updates. Sometimes updates can be unfriendly and break things. If you have an ongoing game that you would be upset about being broken by an update then back up your game folder with your current version of the game. Keep the old pre-update folder that works and run it in parallel with the current install in Steam. Start it from the game.exe in the parallel install folder and you are golden and all is right with the world. Pressing Play in the Steam launcher will give you the current version of the game or try and update the old version beforehand if you didn't rename the folder to something else to leave it untouched.
    Some games on Steam allow you to roll back updates (Paradox titles, like CK2, EUIV and HOI4 spring to mind), others don't, and you can be stuck with an update that you are non too fond of in some cases.
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    Harry Speakup got a reaction from AlbertThe7th in CMBS Steam Mods folder   
    It'll be in a sub-directory of the steamapps\common folder in your Steam directory. In my case since All my Steam games are stored in a Steam folder on the root of my D : drive it's
    D:\Steam\steamapps\common\Combat Mission Black Sea\Data
    If you've installed it in the usual Steam default game location it may be
    C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Combat Mission Black Sea\Data
     
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    Harry Speakup reacted to Bil Hardenberger in U.S. Thread - CM Cold War - BETA AAR - Battle of Dolbach Heights 1980   
    “Here, across death’s other river, the Tartar horsemen shake their spears.”
    T.S. Eliot
     
    This BETA game is being played against Warren (The_Capt), and we are very familiar with each other’s style, strengths and weaknesses as we’ve been playing CM against each other for close to 20 years now.
    CM Cold War was our brainchild and has been on our wargame design table, off and on, for eight years now, but now it is a real thing.  You’re welcome.    With that said it is only fitting that Warren and I play in this BETA AAR.  We haven’t played in public since our original CMBN BETA AAR, Not your Father’s Combat Mission. 
    I hope you enjoy the ride, and welcome to the COLD WAR!!

    Sidebar!  I strictly use the Movie Mode when I play so all of my screenshots use that feature.  I don't mean it to insult anybody, but I just think the game looks better.
    Meeting Engagement at Dolbach Heights, 1980
    When Warren and I laid out the design for this game we wanted it to be primarily and ultimately a sandbox for experimentation and reflection.  A tool to test the tactical theories that were prevalent at that time.  Time… yes, we also wanted to be able to examine the different sides from different time perspectives, and this release, the base game in the CM Cold War series, contains the years 1979 to 1982.  We also only cover the months March to October, mainly so we didn’t have to generate winter textures and models which would have been one feature too many.
    This particular scenario is one that Warren and I threw together that we thought would be fun to play and show off.  The map is from the US Campaign and when you play that you will see this map eventually.  I will start my METT-T analysis in my next post, but for now, sit back, enjoy the existence of this game, and don’t go away!
    Bil

    CONTENTS:
    METT-T Analysis MISSION ENEMY TERRAIN TROOPS / TIME Tentative Plan The Action: First Three Minutes! Fourth Minute - First Contact! Fifth Minute - Return of the Blood Board! Sixth & Seventh Minutes Eighth Minute - One Meter Too Many Eighth Minute - BDA & Some Movements Ninth Minute Tenth Minute Eleventh & Twelfth Minutes - "...damn your eyes." Thirteenth Minute - The Board is Set Fourteenth Minute - Spoiling Attack Plan Fifteenth through Seventeenth Minutes Eighteenth Minute - Relearning Old Lessons Nineteenth & Twentieth Minutes Twenty-First & Twenty-Second Minutes - Beyond Here, There be Dragons Twenty-Third & Twenty-Fourth Minutes - Saga of Tank Section 1
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    Harry Speakup got a reaction from Lethaface in Rome to Victory Release Date   
    R2V or a Black 911?
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    Harry Speakup got a reaction from purpheart23 in Rome to Victory Release Date   
    R2V or a Black 911?
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    Harry Speakup got a reaction from Sequoia in Rome to Victory Release Date   
    R2V or a Black 911?
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    Harry Speakup got a reaction from Warts 'n' all in A plea for the Biodiversity   
    Looks awesome. Might need some dock leaves tho 😉
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    Harry Speakup got a reaction from CMFDR in Program to determine properties of wav files   
    You could try Audacity. It's free: https://www.audacityteam.org/
    It will allow you to record, edit, convert and export any audio to the correct wav format used by the CM series. The background wav file can be stereo, it will still play.
    Right clicking an audio file in windows, selecting Properties and Details used to show sample rate, bits and mono/stereo for a file IIRC, but Windows 7/8 etc now just gives a bit rate, eg 44.1Khz x 16 bit x 2 (stereo) channels shows as 1411kbps
     
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    Harry Speakup reacted to MikeyD in Turkish Leopard 2A4 mod preview   
    All of CMSF2 is one big MikeyD mod.  Almost everything's been touched in the game and 7/8ths of it nobody had actually asked me to do. They'd just come in to work in the morning to find a Carl Gustav rccl gun skin uploaded or new telephone pole art. I'm surprised nobody yelled at me.
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    Harry Speakup got a reaction from Lets_All_Fight in CMSF2 Release Update   
    Same. You didn't need any other key before other than the CMSF1 Big Bundle Key. The old procedure was install Paradox CD, add Paradox version patches, install Big Bundle with all modules, patch to latest version then activate single Big Bundle key and it all worked. I've never had a CMSF 1.21 key and never needed one.
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    Harry Speakup reacted to tpr in CMSF2 demo playthrough video: German Bundeswehr defending against overwhelming Syrian Forces   
    The Alamo playthrough is now finally ready in full HD.
     
    And the link to the German Leopard 2 wrecking trough two enemy vehicles with one shot at 1:36:31: 
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAx81M54ZSw&t=1h36m31s
    Enjoy!
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    Harry Speakup got a reaction from Sequoia in Program to determine properties of wav files   
    You could try Audacity. It's free: https://www.audacityteam.org/
    It will allow you to record, edit, convert and export any audio to the correct wav format used by the CM series. The background wav file can be stereo, it will still play.
    Right clicking an audio file in windows, selecting Properties and Details used to show sample rate, bits and mono/stereo for a file IIRC, but Windows 7/8 etc now just gives a bit rate, eg 44.1Khz x 16 bit x 2 (stereo) channels shows as 1411kbps
     
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    Harry Speakup got a reaction from The Steppenwulf in They meant september of next year!   
    They could definitely do with someone handling PR and "Community Manager". It might help avoid threads like this flaring up unnecessarily.
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    Harry Speakup got a reaction from A Canadian Cat - was IanL in They meant september of next year!   
    Fleeced? CMSF2 is hardly a Ponzi scheme or similar take the money and run operation, nor is it in the league of Vapourware kickstarters. The product is near completion and has hit a speed bump and is delayed. Their communication is not the best, granted, but they've not run off anywhere with anyone's millions. You seem to be over-reacting. If you're that upset about pre-ordering for a product that's missed it's release date then simply cancel the order and get a chargeback on  your card or a refund from Paypal. It's not that hard.
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    Harry Speakup got a reaction from Mord in They meant september of next year!   
    Fleeced? CMSF2 is hardly a Ponzi scheme or similar take the money and run operation, nor is it in the league of Vapourware kickstarters. The product is near completion and has hit a speed bump and is delayed. Their communication is not the best, granted, but they've not run off anywhere with anyone's millions. You seem to be over-reacting. If you're that upset about pre-ordering for a product that's missed it's release date then simply cancel the order and get a chargeback on  your card or a refund from Paypal. It's not that hard.
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    Harry Speakup got a reaction from Snake726 in They meant september of next year!   
    They could definitely do with someone handling PR and "Community Manager". It might help avoid threads like this flaring up unnecessarily.
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    Harry Speakup got a reaction from Ghost of Charlemagne in They meant september of next year!   
    They could definitely do with someone handling PR and "Community Manager". It might help avoid threads like this flaring up unnecessarily.
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    Harry Speakup got a reaction from A Canadian Cat - was IanL in Shock Force 2 Beta Showcase Video   
    It's a video presumably made by a beta tester in response to complaints of lack of any information. It's not a promotional video made by someone who does that as a job, collects a whole bunch of footage with the best camera angles and action shots, all carefully directed, scripted and edited with a dramatic voice or music component to promote the game.
    A narrated play through like the CMFI Bear Claws AAR video of Josey Wales would be awesome, but I'd expect that sort of thing nearer release, made with the 1.0rc build of the game. Whether something like that appears remains to be seen, since BF doesn't do the promo trailer video pizzazz at all.
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    Harry Speakup got a reaction from IICptMillerII in Shock Force 2 Beta Showcase Video   
    It's a video presumably made by a beta tester in response to complaints of lack of any information. It's not a promotional video made by someone who does that as a job, collects a whole bunch of footage with the best camera angles and action shots, all carefully directed, scripted and edited with a dramatic voice or music component to promote the game.
    A narrated play through like the CMFI Bear Claws AAR video of Josey Wales would be awesome, but I'd expect that sort of thing nearer release, made with the 1.0rc build of the game. Whether something like that appears remains to be seen, since BF doesn't do the promo trailer video pizzazz at all.
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    Harry Speakup got a reaction from Dr.Fusselpulli in Shock Force 2 Beta Showcase Video   
    It's a video presumably made by a beta tester in response to complaints of lack of any information. It's not a promotional video made by someone who does that as a job, collects a whole bunch of footage with the best camera angles and action shots, all carefully directed, scripted and edited with a dramatic voice or music component to promote the game.
    A narrated play through like the CMFI Bear Claws AAR video of Josey Wales would be awesome, but I'd expect that sort of thing nearer release, made with the 1.0rc build of the game. Whether something like that appears remains to be seen, since BF doesn't do the promo trailer video pizzazz at all.
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