BFCElvis
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I have put this question out there a couple of times and seen no response. I have searched and read endless posts on the topic of PBEM. But I have yet to see an answer. I have had a ton of problems with playing PBEM. The biggest pain is I have to reboot my system almost every other email turn I play. I have been playing a game tonight via ICQ and I have had to reboot 8 times! And we are on turn 8! Can someone please reassure me that this is a known bug and has been fixed and tomorrow (
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Schrodi ..shut the **** up...dont even get started again for everyone who comes to this boards sake....i assume this will be edited by BTS..but I am fed up with this kind of petty ****
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I've been having similar things happen to me. I will download the email and when I go to open it nothing happens at all. After some conversation with my opponant I resent my previous e-mail he replayed his turn and sent it back and it worked. Now even that is not working. My question is, I can live with this with the demo, but is BTS aware of these things and have they been fixed? I ran a search to find this thread and read about 6 others but didn't find an answer to this question.
Thanks
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I got off my 1st faust saturday night. I was getting creamed by one remaining american tank. I had to run up to 30m away before it shot it off. Blew the hell out of it though. It paved the way for my 1st german win in chance encounter after 3 tries. I am very happy that I had a hard time winning that game because Ireally felt like I had to work for it. Very satisfing.
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Does anyone know if we'll be able to play a campaign via TCP/IP. I would imagine that it would be tough to design but it would be tres cool to play a continuing game against someone. Like "Red Barricades" in ASL.
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Euro players don't get unlimited local calls.I never knew that. That must suck. One TCP/IP game must cost like 20 bucks to play. There were some folks on this board that I was gonna try to hook up with for some internet play...Here's an idea....Can BTS do something about the phone companies over there so that everyone in Europe can have free local calls
). After playing this demo I have come to believe they can do anything! -
Just got done a 3 1/2 hour SP3 game with TCP/IP. For me it isn't a drag to devote that kind of time in one sitting. I have found I play MUCH better in TCP/IP and hotseat games than PBEM. It isn't because I am a high speed game player. I find for me I get more into the flow of a game when it is continuous instead of having to wait an hour or a day to play the next turn. It must just be the way I get into the groove of a game.
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I was somewhat shocked today by the number of people who posted saying they didn't care at all about TCP/IP and that they preferred PBEM. I voted FOR immediate release but playing over the internet is what I am looking forward to the most. I play Steel Panthers 3 online with a friend 1 or 2 times a week and they are so much more gratifing than the SP1 games we play by e-mail. Nothing is quite as satisfing as out thinking someone. Especially when we have been playing games against each other since the original Squad Leader came out. We have a very good feel for each others tendencies. So I just wanted to get a feel of what percentage of folks out there ARE looking forward to taking out a piece of my butt in a TCP/IP game?
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TCP/IP is THE most important part of this game to me.......but I can keep myself busy while I wait.
SHIP IT
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I would be interested on how other people feel on this subject. I have always preferred non-realtime. I like to stop and think about my next move before making it. Grab a smoke or a beer...relax while playing. I don't like the pressure of constantly checking what all my units are doing at all times. With realtime you may be sending comands to one unit and be occupied enough doing that and miss the Sherman coming in anyway. My understanding of the AI for CM is that if the Sherman was a juicy enough target it would shoot at it anyway. I also understand the AI has been tweaked and in the final version your Stug may have retageted on its own,
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I had read a post a while ago that directx 7.0 may do more harm than good. Anybody had better luck with it?
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I spoke too soon.....I can no longer play PBEM games from my home system. I try to open the file and nothing happens. I have reinstalled CM, restarted my system (the old standby fix all solution), kicked it and still nothing...That'll teach be to squawk about the selfcorrecting system.
P.S. Sorry Peter turns will come more slowly now.
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I have had an interesting (and very good thing happen). At best while playing a PBEM game after doing my turn I have had to ctrl-alt-del to get out of the game because it freezes and even more often I have to reboot my whole system.....but for the last couple of days it seems the game has fixed itself:). There has been much rejoicing. Anybody have any idea how this may have happened (on both my home and work systems, which are different)....Did you guys slip something in with Chance Encounter?
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Thanks folks (this is Elvis being a whinny bitch)
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Has a site been set up where we can download each others DYOs. I would LOVE to play a Fionn designed scenerio (I'm really not sucking up). I also have a feeling that I will tear through games pretty quickly eliminating the blind game against opponants playing TCP/IP. I have compared the game to golf. Although you have played the course many times no two rounds are alike. But still nothing beats going into a game cold..Also any idea on how many scenerios will be included in the final version?
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TeAch... I just tried to email you and it bounced back...can you email me at
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1: it was turn 3 when I 1st noticed the fox holes....were they noticable before that?...I can't say for sure. I do plan on doing just what you said Fionn if I ever see that in a real game. For what it is worth if you're trying to do this at home kids...I had the Americans hidden behind the stone stone wall in Last Defense.
2: Stevemeister, I was only willing to sacrifice a halftrack...dude you went above and beyond the call of duty with your Tiger (I love you BTS guys,man). And yes Fionn, I did have the HQ pick out the ambush site then the Baz target it.
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simon,
i wanted to send you a email but your address didnt work ..send me one and i'll just reply
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Riva tnt 16MB...runs smooth and pretty..no goofy looking things besides the edges which have already been addressed
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oh one other thing....I am on AOL (Iget it for free). If anyone out there knows a good high speed ISP can ya tip me off......when we go TCP/IP I want it to be moving as fast as I can (cable modems not available in Philadelphia yet)
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I just played a hotseat game with myself (I kicked my own ass pretty good) because I wanted to see how some of what I was doing looked to my opponant. two issues came up.
1. Although I had units hidden I saw empty foxholes where I knew they were. When playing against a human I would think this is now something I will look for because as far as I have seen the only place there are foxholes is where units are.
2. I have had NO sucess with ambushes. So I set one up and moved a haftrack into it on purpose....the bazooka team did not fire at the ambush..I made sure be fore I did this that no one would be in the LOS of the ambusher and that he would be in perfect order.
Have any of these issues come up before and are they being dealt with. I know that the bazooka/faust picking better target thing has been brought up but this seems like a different deal.
Thanks
Elvis out
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me too...i really should have ordered by now anyway but sending out another scenario to the begging masses was above and beyond the call of duty. thank you.
yakstock...i would love to take you up on the game thing but i just planned my entire saturday night around playing the new scenario, a six pack and a pack of smokes..i get the feeling i'll be chain smoking through this one. this will be very different than the 1st 2 because i already am comfortable with the interface
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Now I'm back to wondering why the PBEM was set up the way it has been. Couldn't the turn resolution be generated BEFORE the e-mail is sent then the first person to view the movie couldn't watch it again for better results because it would have been generated before he received it. This would eliminate cheating and cut down the number of e-mails to play a game. While TCP/IP will be the preferred method of playing CM, I do not have the time to play for 3 hours everyday. I do have the time to do the 5-10 PBEM a couple of times a day. This is why it has been of some importance to me.
Also, has the game locking up after you have done your end of the e-mail bug been worked out yet for the final release?
Sorry if I'm beating a deadhorse and if Steve,Charles,Fionn or Moon want to tell me to stop my whinning "it is what it is" I will.
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Tom,
I also have been getting a huge kick out of your:We ain't got no place to go,let's go to a punk rawk show. Always makes me giggle when I see it.
Plus I want to keep Simons post at the top.
) when I get the gold demo it will all be fixed and fine. Thanks folks.
In the name of all that's holy
in Combat Mission Archive #1 (1999)
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I did try to find the answer in old posts and read many of them. I didn't see an answer but in truth I didn't read them all (there are SSSSOOOO many). I have noticed a lot of new names on the board and figured I might not be alone in my problems.
I think your advise about waiting for the gold demo is a good one. I'll just sit tight until the new demo is out.
Thank you.