Thomm

With regard to the Tweaked Textures: How is the mood at BTS about this mod. From what I can tell CoolColJ's work is, ahem, a little bit better than what I see in the POTDs. Some of it, like the church or the buildings I would simply call perfect. Does this not put a lot of pressure on the BTS artist? How do they feel about this? Curious, Thomm

Is that the Totality engine? Thomm (laughing heartily about his own joke)

Flags look great! Nevertheless I disapprove that long (bright) beam which is showing in both BTS and your rubble texture. There is no such continuous beam in a real building. Hack it to pieces, please! Regards, Thomm

Incredible!!!

Hmmm. What we already have is the shockwave and flying debris - both in 3D. These are the major constituents of an explosion, I think. If you add enough debris polygons and make them smaller and smaller, you will get a particle system that comes closer and closer to the real explosion. So how could you squeeze something similar to the bitmap smoke into this scheme? I do not know. Personally I am waiting to see the explosions in B17 II. They seem to be the benchmark at this time.

It will become increasingly harder for you to top yourself. Congratulations, Thomm

Colin, 10000 sold copies are cool, but it is 20000 sold copies that make you really happy

Dear HowardB! Download the CC IV patches, set difficulty to veteran or higher for the German player and voila: Wurfrahmen gone forever from your game! I think you can also make your own battles with infantry battlegroups only (I am not sure, though). Also play the city maps where every destroyed vehicle will block the paths of all others, so you have to protect your armour very well. Rushing vehicles forward without infantry cover almost always results in its destruction. That ain't that bad, is it? Regards, Thomm

Lets put it like this:<table border=2> <tr><td>Copies Sold</td><td>BTS</td></tr> <tr><td align=center>1000</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align=center>3000</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align=center>5000</td> <td>:| </td> </tr> <tr> <td align=center>10000</td><td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align=center>20000</td><td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align=center>50000</td><td> </td> </tr> </table> Good luck!!! [This message has been edited by Thomm (edited 02-22-2000).]

I have bought Close Combat IV and I do NOT regret it! I will buy Combat Mission and I know I will NOT regret it! Since there are Demos you can play I do not know why people are buying games they do not like any more. I did not like the CC4 demo at all, but then the battlegroup mods came up for the demo and I had some of the best Close Combat battles of my life (including CC2). If you accept the limitations of the game system it is a very beautiful and intense game. I think that CC and CM are complementary. I do not want to miss either of them. Regards, Thomm ------------------ Some stuff at http://www.fortunecity.com/olympia/simpson/870/

For those who are (still) interested in Close Combat IV: go to my little page to find a brand-new 3D visualization of the "Clerf" map in section 2 ! Regards, Thomm ------------------ Some stuff at http://www.fortunecity.com/olympia/simpson/870/

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>F.U.!!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Hey, English is not my native language ! Can somebody tell me what that abbreviation means ? Is it something nasty?

Dear Cpt. Manieri ! I bet that if a group of people decided to fart in your face on a regular basis you would try and wear a T-shirt yourself. Other peoples smoking might not be a non-smokers business, but the air, that we breath sure is.

You could add a (moving) dark spot on top of the wheatfield "roof" similar to shellholes on the ground ... You could also make the "roof" transparent as it is done with building walls already ... [This message has been edited by Thomm (edited 02-13-2000).]

Just read a statistics that smokers have 50 % sexual intercourse frequency of non-smokers ! ... and then they die from cancer ...

Well, but does this make any sense, game-play wise ?

Some Remarks on these GREAT screenshots: 1) Has anybody noticed that the RUBBLE has obviously turned truly 3D ?! 2) The ground in winter woods should be much darker ! 3) The snow beside roads does not blend in with the bump-mapped snow fields, yet ! But congratulations to everybody involved, anyway !! And thanks for the info ! Regards, Thomm

Dear CoolColJ !!! Man, you have got some output !!!! The StuG provoked a honest " FU.K ! " full of amazement from me ! And it is quite rare that I use English four-letter words to describe my enthusiasm . I also noticed the roof shadows on the house, ! Works out, doesn't it ?! Keep 'em coming, keep 'em coming .. Regards, Thomm ------------------ Some stuff at http://www.fortunecity.com/olympia/simpson/870/

Ah, , I was not aware of the peak ! Way to go, CoolColJ, way to go ...

re: Paint Program: GIMP (GNU Image Processing) under Linux !

Since you mention the tank crew: Is it not disturbing that the tankers do not have helmets which could throw shadow over their eyes ? I thought that this might be the reason why BTS did not paint shadows over the foreheads. Actually the original textures seem to be lit from below ... A pic of a (unbuttoned !!) tank would definitely answer this question, by the way ! Regards, Thomm ------------------ Some stuff at http://www.fortunecity.com/olympia/simpson/870/

Ahhh !!!! VERY interesting mod !!! Something like this I had in mind, too !! So this is what it would look like ! Hmmm. Waiting for more of that good stuff, Thomm

Dear CoolColJ ! Very nice work you are doing here ! Do you think that you could add the shadow the roof is supposed to throw on the wall ? I feel the stone (?) walls are too patched ! They look a little bit like camouflage ! It would be nice to see some grass and flowers to smooth the interface of the lower edge of the wall and the grass. Also, there should be a smoother transition between the wheat field and the surrounding pasture. ... just a few comments! I really respect your work! I tried to tweak the faces to give them more contrast, but I failed miserably so far! Computer painting seems to have its own rules! You have to try for yourself to appreciate the quality of the work done here! Regards, Thomm ------------------ Some stuff at http://www.fortunecity.com/olympia/simpson/870/

I tried, but I got this message: "Sorry, but only forum leaders are permitted to delete posts."

Can anyone please delete this posts !!! ------------------ Some stuff at http://www.fortunecity.com/olympia/simpson/870/