Elmar Bijlsma

There shouldn't be any fuel in the doors. They are supposed to be filled with sand before they go into action.

Does turning down the graphical quality help at all? Might just be that it's too high. Turning off shadows is my favourite for getting a smoother game at minimal eyecandy loss. Dialing down anti-aliasing is good too, especially if you are using a high resolution. Also, try controlling the camera with the mouse by pressing down the left or right button to move the camera. Hope that helped a little.

Erm, the Serbs had a VERY recent history of violent oppression and genocide when the Kosovo conflict began. The Georgians are pretty tame by comparison. Note also that in Georgia it were the separatist that started ethnically cleansing their eras. The Serbs were complete douchebags for almost a decade. And then the chickens came home to roost. They had themselves to blame. Not that I won't admit NATO got suckered by the KLA. But it took very little convincing. Believing witnesses? Hell no! Not in a politically charged environment like this. Remember, that Romanian mass grave during their revolution? Random people dug up from their churchyard graves. Babies dragged out of their incubator in Kuwait? A lie told by the daughter of their ambassador. And I wouldn't believe any news from the Palestinian Territories if I were you. People are playing the long game for high stakes. Shoving a few persons with a tale in front of the camera is childsplay. Ask yourself: All that destruction and mass death yet even Russian propaganda can't get images of it, does that sound right? Georgian democracy and human rights record not so hot? Try the Russians! No? How about the South Ossetians? Abkhazia? No again? Gosh! Saakhasvili is a serious improvement on Shervernadze, though that's not hard by any standard. He seems to be setting news standards for the region though, from what I hear. And with the Russian bully next door, I'd want to be in a powerful defence pact too. Almost every neighbour of Russia does too. and why is that a problem for you anyway. NATO members buy their own guns btw.

Came across a link that you might find informative. Saves me a lot of typing. Separatist have themselves to blame for allowing themselves to be used as pawns in a Russian bid for dominance. Show me pictures of 1500+ dead and a completely levelled Tskhinvali. I'm more then a little inclined to believe these claims are grossly overblown.

There's a world of difference between shipping a CD and book/DVD. You'd be amazed. Also international shipping is pretty expensive. Compare the price BFC charges with the price this large Dutch website charges. Notice the difference between CD and DVD/book shipments. And the big jump in price when it needs to cross a border. If the biggest Dutch media story (with access to the top notch Dutch infrastructure for international trade) can't do better, I'll give BFC a pass too.

Sorry, that post was more aimed at Red Rage then you. I still hold that Russia is pulling the string. The Russians and their proxies kept needling till the Georgians reacted. Rather crudely and short-sightedly I might add. As for the amount of dead in the shelling... There are about 70.000 people in the entire region, probably even less. With that in mind killing 1400 in one go seems like l33t skillz. Haven't seen images of the town that shows widespread devastation either. Oh, I don't deny something ugly just happened, but I scoff at the claims of 1000+ dead. Not even close, I reckon.

It's not just that it is, if the report can be credited, very good. The ease of use seems better then any system I've ever seen. That's a big plus when distributing water to ignorant villagers and Marines.

I reckon it is why the friendly FOW is the way it is, for future co-op play. Because for one player per side it's just an annoying PITA that doesn't add anything. Looking forward to it to. Hope it gets here soon.

You could ask BFC if they can help you. IIRC there is a special e-mail for dealing with e-licence questions/requests. May I also recommend to you and anybody else to create a Gmail account (if you don't already have one) and email such licence numbers to yourself? Store them in a separate Gmail folder and you can wipe your HD every day of the week and you can still access those registration/licence numbers.

Huh, pretty cool stuff. If it can be made relatively cheaply it's a license to print money. I had no idea tech was so far advanced on this.

Still playing too. Is it me or is the AI somewhat prone to picking on the player? It just loves to sit idle in a corner of the map, saving up dice and not exploiting any opportunities an AI rival gives it, and the second I border it the 8 dice stacks go to town on me, and only me. I hate it when games pull such stuff.

Really? If the Russians are there on behalf of the UN, the UN are keeping quiet about it.

Uhm, the Russian forces in South Ossetia have to my knowledge never been part of a UN force. There's UNOMIG in Abkhazia which is a few observers only. No large scale deployment of forces. Flag in the picture doesn't look like UN flag, too dark and lacking the logo. And hanging below the Russian flag? Big no-no. Nor are the troops displaying a UN logo. Good to see the good old propaganda machine of Mother Russia hasn't unlearned it's lessons. If you think Russia didn't pull the strings on this conflict you are incredibly naive.

They'll probably sneak a few Red vehicles in with every module. But I think you vastly underestimate the anticipation for Brits and colonials to re-fight old battles with new gear.

IIRC the Canadians were indeed one of the three frontrunners up for inclusion. This because they, like the Dutch, aren't afraid of getting their hands dirty on the international stage. And between the three of them they share a lot of kit. FN MAG, C-7 and C-8 used by the Canadians and Dutch, Leo's by everybody and the Dutch and Germans share the Fennek, Fuchs and PzH2000. And remember that the Canadians are major LAV users, who'll enter the CMSF fray with the US Marines module. BFC would be fools not to include the Canadians.

Why would they want that? I don't think that's a major Russian concern. I think they are more interested in letting the Ossetia situation continue, thus nixing Georgian NATO membership. Probably also why Georgia took the bull by the horns. If the Georgians get the South Ossetia issue sorted, they'll find doors open at NATO HQ. Once in, they can finally tell the Russians to go feck themselves. Or the Russians might just go whole hog and try to take back all of Georgia. I wonder what the Ukraine will do?

Wiki has that info here. If you look at the equiment and that in CMSF it's almost like they are having this conflict for our benefit.

The pre-order is only for the combo. You get the $10 discount on that. If you want download only, you'll need to wait for it to be released.

Since it won't matter who is wounded unless the crew take a walk I have no great problems with this being displayed the way it is. It is somewhat unclear, true. But also completely irrelevant. Mountain=/=molehill.

I guess random funny stories not situated in Houston go here now, right? Sex on a park bench can be quite hot. With a park bench... not so hot. Link doesn't work right because of the damn censor. Get rid of it FFS! http://www.weirdasianews.com/2008/08/07/man-almost-loses-p3nis-humping-steel-bench/ Replace the 3 in P3nis.

And that's perfectly fine. But if you don't want to pay for the stuff that comes with the pre-order physical shipment, then don't ask for it to be given to you for free next time.

Did you look at the crew status on the left of the screen? It tells you who is doing what, including being a casualty.

Were those A-20s I saw? Don't see those very often! Must say I'm very pleased to sea TOW 2 is progressing so nicely. It's looking really, really well. And the NA setting is right up to my alley, though only Tunisia is a bit of a pity. PS In the video the 20mm Flak Vierling was noticeably misaligned with it's tracers.

Kudos to Paris Hilton, the video* was hot. Like, totally. *the recent one, not the other

Heh, interesting to see a sniper do better without a HQ then with. I wonder if it was intentional.