speedyglides
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Professional pilots make mistakes and not-the-right-thing when under heavy stress or panic situations (many time killing themselves and passengers as result). These things that seem plainly stupid when quietly sit down at home. I will not go in cognitive models, but the same happens in battle situations. Training tries to overcome some of this reactions, but it is not perfect.
I don't know whether this is something modelled or the TAC AI could not cope with it, but this specific situation would not be unusual in real life.
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That is what it represents. If you find fading icons near some of your guys, usually if you select the units that are right there with the fading icons they disappear. This is because those are your men that know there is no enemy there anymore. Everyone else has not heard the news that the enemy is gone yet. Sometimes they really linger and I think that is usually caused by a disruption in your C2 chain. I have CMFI fight going on now where ghost FOW icons have lingered around one of my platoons for really long time. I have not bothered to figure out who's not talking to whom because I am to busy - they will fade away soon enough
Yep, that's the kind of things I ask when I have a break at work. The battle it is too stressing to stop and consider that
Thanks!
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The FOW icons will fade with time.. and you can have echoes of old icons that stay put for quite a while.. you have to be on your toes to ensure you keep them separated.. the less transparent they are the fresher and more accurate they are. The fresh ones are the only ones you can rely upon to be accurate.
Thank you, Bil. I know more or less that. What creates confusion to me is all those icons that stay despite of having passed through that place with my troops, therefore adding to the visual noise. Is it that Comm has not spread out to all units?
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I never ever reload. I can abandon if I feel it is all lost, but I go with whatever happens during the game, as I would have to in real life. Dealing with uncertainty, overcoming blows, changing the plan as you go, etc. is what makes tactics so exciting and this game so great. For example, it does not makes sense to me reloading if you have been ambush. Just deal with it.
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This problably not the thread, but I can not resist to ask: what is the difference between FOG (possible contact, something there) and those residual icons almost transparent overcrowding our screens?
P.D.: by the way, excellent mod. The one I am using since it was published. I love it
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We all love this game. After all, that is why we are registered on this forum.
In most of other game forums, you have legions of people claiming about quality, playability or other things upon game release. It is not the case of CMBS which says a lot about the work done by Battlefront. I have played most of it and this is the best one.
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Try my mod located in the maps and mods sub-forum, thread "Vin's Mods". It does not make them go away, but makes them recede into the background with use of subdued color giving a more clean, organized look.
It looks great. Thanks!
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In the middle of a battle you usually end up with tons of previously detected icons of enemy units which never disappear, even when your troops have explored or passed through that area. This adds a lot of unnecesary noise to the battle picture.
Is there any particular reason why they stay there? Any way to remove them? Or am I interpreting something wrongly?
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US tried it in the Irak war and it was a failure. Helos are not a good weapon non supported assault. They are usually too exposed and weak against light AA fire.
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Same here, but mods appeared to be the problem in my case.
It could be as mine appear after mods instalation, never before.
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I have had that problem too, only opening a specific scenario (into the Breach) and only two buildings. It has not shown up again in any other scenario.
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We-Go between Warrior and Iron
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Can someone explain in some detail how iron level works. It looks like more "informative" than actually adding a layer of difficulty in the game system beyond interface.
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I am up for PBEM, any side, any size but the largest ones.
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What has been commented in this forum is completely true: lethality is brutal. In CM WWII games things are cooked somewhat slowly. You have some surprises, but usually you need some turns for getting results or being kicked in the ass. In CMBS things get solved in just one turn, sometimes a few seconds. This game is for impatient people who can not wait to see the result of their actions
. All in all, good technical quality and good stability just after launch. Extremely fun to play. Very educative to update our WWII mental models.
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Even not know for sure, I thought that yellow "rectangle" means delay or any kind of negative bonus to obey orders in a proper and timely manner.
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Vote for Spain
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Do both following the same order that they have been recommended, including the battles offered in Battle Drill so you can practice some of the basic learnings.
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I've had a few CTDs, mainly when traying to setup a Quick Battle. Maybe the new installer solves the problem?
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14012015 12:00 EST
US soldiers act like cowards ingame
in Combat Mission Black Sea
Posted · Edited by speedyglides
I recommend you to read "Men Against Fire: The Problem of Battlefield Command" from S.L.A. Marshall. It is very interesting to read to better know reactions of soliders to contact with the enemy and being under fire. It has some real description of battles and encounters and what soldiers did that will challenge your logic.