Sgt Joch

thanks for the quick reply, I stand corrected.

I saw something last night which left me a bit perplexed. I was playing a scenario on a wide open map. I had ordered a platoon of panthers, made up of regular AI troops, to move to contact over a ridge. As the tanks came to the crest, they spotted two T-34's 3 000 meters away and started firing! :eek: I left them there and all four tanks spent the next turn happily firing off AP shells as fast as they could at these two tanks, getting few hits and causing negligible damage. I have to admit I was a bit surprised since I was under the impression that the maximum effective range for WWII era tank guns was 1 000 - 1 500 meters. I also would have thought that the TacAi would recognize on its own that the chances of killing a tank at that range are slim to none and that it would cease firing on its own. So what is going on here, were WWII era tanks that effective ? or is the AI having trouble dealing with an unusual situation (i.e. getting a clear shot at such a great distance!)

To play CMBB/CMBO, right now, the GeForce 4 Ti4200 128 mb is probably the best bang for the buck. It is nearly as fast as a Ti4600 for about two-thirds of the price and it can handle all of CMBB/CMBO's graphics. In CMBB, the CPU is more of a bottleneck than the video card. I have a Radeon 8500 and even though I find it is a great card, with very impressive image quality, it was not designed for CMBB/CMBO. The 8500(as well as the 9700pro) cannot render fog because of the way it is implemented in the game and does not support 16 bit FSAA. Kump, I am surprised you are having problems. I have a 1.2ghz athlon Tbird, 512 mb sdram, XP pro, Radeon 8500. I play CMBB at 1280x960 with max graphics and even big scenarios like "Kalinin Raid" are very smooth. A "HUGE" scenario like "On to the Volga" is a slide show, but from what I read in other posts, even users with 2.2ghz Pentium 4's are having problems running those scenarios. On your particular choice, right now the 2.8 P4 is about twice the price of the 2.53 P4 for only about a 10-15% improvement and NVIDIA is supposed to release the NV30 which will replace the Ti4600 next month. But I am in the same boat myself, trying to decide whether I should upgrade now or wait until next year.

Finally got my copy yesterday in Rosemère, Québec(pre-ordered the bundle pack on sept. 7th). It was waiting in my mailbox, no gst or extra duties. The custom declaration said it was a gift with a value of $5.00.(Does'nt Battlefront know about the severe penalties for making false custom declarations ). The cd is in mint condition and the install was quick and painless. After a quick look at the game, I launched into the "Wittman goes east" scenario...Kursk, july 1943..."Hmmm..(Homer Simpson voice)...Tigers" :cool:

Still have not received it in Montreal and I preordered on September 7th. In the meantime I tried out the Airborne Assault Demo, very interesting game.

I have preorder 80458, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed it comes in today. You never know with Canada customs.

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Did anyone get it in Canada today? I'm at work, so I won't be able to check my mailbox until tonight

18 year old single malt scotch... to steady my nerves... as I stare down the enemy

Thanks Len ... I guess I may be new to CMBO/CMBB, but I'm not new to wargames and I am looking forward to some good PBEM games.

Thanks for the welcome and welcome Superhero. CMBO and CMBB are gathering quite a following, the future definitely looks bright... :cool:

Yes ... I know ... my thread got replaced by your thread... :confused: ... hardly an auspicious start on this forum.

Well, I must have been living under a rock for the past few years. Even though I play computer simulations fairly regularly, I had never tried out CMBO. Anyway, I downloaded the CMBB demo to see what all the fuss was about and... you guessed it, I have been playing the CMBB demo exclusively since september 2nd and I have ordered both CMBB and CMBO. I just wanted to congratulate Battlefront. CMBB looks like it is going to be a great game. From what I have seen so far, it appears to be very realistic, the graphics are well done, it is very immersive and it's loads of fun to play. The AI is especially well done, I have played Yelna three times as the german and each time, the AI attacked a different sector of my line.