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games, NW side of the city, Foster and Pulaski if you know the city. Salkin, waiting for those plane tickets. Axel, you actually have a chance for a preview. All I will say for now. Londoner, That eliminates Kip then. Rune

Might be the engineer version, which is basically just a plow. Rune

Bump Rune

If you are willing to pick up the airfare for 2, wife would have to come with, I can fly to Athens or Italy. Kip, same applies for you, if you have any sun. Actually some of the other testers are asking me if they can hold previews...so sometime after mine you may be able to go to one closer to you. Don't let that keep you from sending me plane tickets however. Rune

In the tradition of CMX1, I get to have the first CMSF preview. The rules are simple. 1. I live in Chicago, that is where the preview is. 2. It is at my house, so I'd like a headcount before I have everyone come over. 3. The date is 23 June 2007, the time is 1100 hours till ??? 4. I'll give out the address in email once we are closer to the time. 5. It is a beta product, not everything is complete, hence the term Preview. it is open to everyone who wants to come, as long as they: 6. Respect my wishes on what is under NDA. Why? Becuase you may see things meant to be a surprise to the player, or is not final code. So I don't want someone saying "the jagdtiger was in preview, why not the final". As the people who have seen previews at my house know, I'll tell you what not to talk about till after release. So, there you have it. I may have a special scenario made by that time for you to mess with. If you agree to the terms and can keep from whining about it, you are welcome to drop a line here so I can have a head count, and see you on the 23rd. Rune

Boo you babbling idiot, only one Peng thread at a time. I will lock this one up. Rune

Going to draw the line here, the AARs would give away too much work we have done on scenarios, that is meant to be a surprise to the player. I'll talk with Steve to see if we can cook up something for an AAR. Rune

It runs on Vista, but the Nvidia drivers leave a little to be desired. Ever try Google earth with opengl on Vista? it shows how bad the Vista drivers are for opengl. I continue to test with the latest drivers, I currently run the 160.03s, have seen if there is newer yet, been to busy making things. Rune

What kind of comment would you like? You are talking about hardware less then a year old, with a game over 6 years old with drivers that are not stable. [if you would like to see how bad the drivers are, fire up google earth in opengl mode] I have been testing the newest nvidia drivers, but I do not have an 8800 card, and I have no issues. Nvidia just released a newer driver for the 8800, i think the version is 158.45. Try that and let me know. I am currently running the 160.03s. Now if someone here works for nvidia, and can send me an 8800 card, I'd be happy to test with the older games. Rune

Webwing, Been up to my neck with CMSF, first time I saw this thread. Wanted to say great job and thanks for doing this for the fans of the game! Excellent job! Rune

Confirmed. Rune

No Sandy, we did not develop or design it. All that was done by 1C. We pubblished it. Development started by 1c over 5 years ago under different people. We announced we would work with 1c to get it out all of 9 months ago. Rune

David, Two major lashes with a wet noodle. Vietnam had quite a few air to air battles, F4s vs MiG 17s. Oh, since you said attacked, there were Libyan Migs shot down by F14s [now retired *Sigh*] Rune

Exclusively? No. Also on Jentz, and some British WOs, and John D Salt, and others. Rune

Guys, You miss the point, terra is complaining that playing normal left, his guy was a superman. I would love a saved game of it, bet it was a 1 in a hundred occurance. Rune

Hof, Thanks for the intersting read on the Shatter and the HEAT round. It is what I assumed, but glad to know I was correct. Rune

Well, since I was asked for a bone in another thread, I will give this one. Max Map Size 2114 meters by 2114 meters Max UNit Size I had a FULL division of Syrian tanks attacking 4 Companies of Abrams. It started to slow down when so many vehicles started on fire, but I do not have the latest and greatest, I have a AMD 4600, with an Nvidia 7800 video card. Rune

Plus Land Lease systems, both ground stations, infantry, and tank radios were sent by the thousands. Rune

Ok Heard back from John. A Heat round would not shatter. If the fuze failed, or the shell hit at an extreme angle, the thin wall of the shell would crush, but shatter is a specific definition which would not occur. Rune

I would tend to agree with you, the HEAT round general is lower velocity then the AP shot, I can see the rod breaking or the shot being deflected, but shattering? I would think not, but by no means do I know as much as some here. I will defer to the experts once I get home. Rune

Hmmm.. but Sir Real's findings bring up a question I don't know the answer to. I know shatter gap was to AP rounds... but can a heat round shatter? I'll follow up to some people I know, but does anyone here know? Rune

Dude, Thanks for the followup. So it is NOT the penetration model, but what is chambered and what is happening in the background. Both you and Elvis report the same thing. A key thing here is the rounds shatter...which means it was NOT a heat round fired. However, depending on the date of the scenario, the ammo could be off. The germans actually have too good of a round. Oh, and apologies, I was 1mm off on the first generation shell. It should be 45mm, not 44mm. This according to JENTZ, Thomas L., DOYLE, Hilary Louis & SARSON, Peter. New Vanguard 19 - Stug III assault gun - 1940-1942. Oxford : Osprey Publishing, 1996. I blame not having my books handy and trying to go off of memory. I have not idea why I remembered it that close. Guess too many years of researching for the CMX1 games. The A version of the shell should be 70mm and the B version should be 75mm. Sir Real, you may have found something else with the load times however. I'll see if Matt can have the guys at 1C look into this. It may be crew experience, but let's be sure. Rune

I never said they didn't have any HEAT, I asked Elvis to check since the screenshot you have doesn't show any. Matter of fact, rereading what I posted I CLEARLY ask Elvis to check the other tanks. Remember, I said I am not at home and don't have access to the scenario. Date of the battle still makes a difference. Should be in the briefing. Memory may be bad, will have to look up penetration value of the first generation of the HEAT round. Rune

Elvis, and Dude, Look at the saved game file when you get it. The tank he has the screenshot on has ZERO Heat round and 21 APC rounds as indicated to the shell to the right of the gun. The only possible heat round that one of the other tanks may or may not have is the first generation, which had an penetration of 44mm IF I remember correctly. Still not enough to take it out. Rune

After some reasearch [not at home with my library handy], the Gr.38 Hl / A did not even begin production until Summer 1941. The B did not start production till Summer 1942. Rune