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Me too, please ! dimastep@home.com

From game manual I understand that choosing Stick to Scenario Defaults will make game easier than Free to Place Units. Hovewer to me it seems that Designer knows best how to place units and letting AI do it will make it worse for him. In one of the missions with lot's of PillBoxes as a main goal I chose "Free to Place..." and was able to totally avoid them and then hit from behind with no losses on my side. So which choice makes game more difficult ?

Madmatt, This is exactly the same problem that I have described in my e-mail. Obviously it happends on GeForce 1/2 on Win2K. Quite possibly it is not a problem of CM, but something else( Win2K, Det 3) so maybe you guys can "make those responsible" to fixing it. Microsoft regularly releases Compatibility patches with hundreds of games in the list, so it is not something unusual FSAA does fix the problem but as you know FSAA on GeForce looks ugly and it slows framerates quite a bit even FSAA 1x2. [This message has been edited by dima (edited 11-06-2000).]

I have the same problem on my GeForce 2/Win2k setup. The solution I found - ENABLE FSAA, even 1x2 and make sure to check "Force FSAA in all applications."

What is your primary Video Adapter ? Do you have drivers for it installed, then you may be able to play the game. In case you are using Win2k - Voodoo 2 under Windows 2000 doesn't support D3D. Only Glide/OpenGL.

One more suggestion: try installing PowerStrip (latest). Not only it lets you tweak your GeForce, but also it tries to handle resolutions by itself, so it may help. I am running GeForce 2 on Win2K, so it works there.

On more thing - Win2K is faster and more ( A LOT MORE ) stable than WinME, so even using it with one CPU is better.

True, CM has to use internal multithreading to take advantage of dual CPU's. But even if it does - what's the point ? Having even one 1Ghz Athlon will give you more than enough power. All in all CM isn't really a CPU-hungry game. Yes, framerate while scrolling may be a bit slow ( at least on my Cel 450 GeForce 2) but second CPU won't help here, since rendering is not a multithreaded process (at least in games like CM). Falcon 4 is another matter - it uses realtime campaign engine in the background so dual CPU's do help a little. If CM was updated to use DX8, then on cards with T&L we would get faster framarates. hopefully CM2 will support DX8 so it in fact will be faster than CM. I am sure Madmatt can correct me if I am wrong. [This message has been edited by dima (edited 10-29-2000).]

Thanlks, Schrullenhaft, I'll give it a try !

Here is the problem I am having. My desktop resolution is set to 800*600. I want to play game at 1024*768. But when I start it, it won't let me use 1024*768. So I make desktop resolution 1024*768 and then run the game at 1024*768. It is suppose to save settings, yet when I restore my desktop to 800*600 and launch the game again - I get only 800*600. System: GeForce 2 GTS, latest drivers, Windows 2000 SP1. Any suggestion, guys ?

I am pretty sure there are a lot of native russians that can do sound recording.

That's all I wanted to know. I am not an investor/broker or any of that crap - I am just dedicated to combat sims gamer. And in light of latest events when lots of companies are dropping combat sim products in order to have resources to make "Who wants to be a Millioner" type of games - I don't think my question was that weird. You want example - Falcon 4, says it all. I just don't want to come one day on this board and read: " Combat Mission 2 is cancelled due to lack of customer base"

BTS, I wonder with such unusual business model like selling on the Internet only, I wonder how many people actually have bought the game ? Of course if it is not classified

As a russian it is a releif to find out that at least some americans here realize who played major role in defeating Hitler. It is funny how many professional and educated people in this subject realize it and are not "ashamed" to say it, yet common folks angrily claim that US defeated Hitler. Dima.

20 days to get to Canada. I thought I'll go nuts before I got it!

I have Win2K and GF2 and the same problem occurs in the latest DEMO (1.03 i guess). The solution I found - enable FSAA even the lowest, but make sure you select "Force FSAA in all applications ". Just received retail game, will try it soon

It's a shame they are not selling CM in the stores. They are loosing so much potential profits. Added costs would recover 100 times. Or at least sell it on well-known sites like Amazon. I was very lucky to ACCIDENTLY find out about this game. But what about other gamers !

I've searched the forum but couldn't find straight answer to this question: Is TCP/IP multiplayer working now in full version of CM ? Or is there only PBEM

Hi ! I've discovered this wonderfull game, tried the demo and it seems challenging (not tha I ever won though . But since I am new at this type of games, I hope to learn it. My question is: does the full version come with good manual, so that I don't have to read tons of other books about basics of strategy ? Thanks !