hoolaman

I guess this is why the standard answer is usually "When it's ready"

Isn't the transport rating of vehicles also related to towing capacity?

If SC is beer and pretzels, and HOI is some hard to cook exotic dish which may or may not taste good, bring on the beer! I personally got much more replay value out of SC1 simply because it is so easy to start and easy to finish.

Yep I just bought CMBB for $10 AU, and bought CMAK about a year ago for $20 AU. Interestingly, CMBB is not the "sanitised" version, but comes with SS runes and unit descriptions. Not sure about CMAK (not installed at the moment) but it could be the same. I can't imagine BFC gets much of a cut from games at this price.

SO your ideas sound like the "Clash of Steel" approach to naval ops where you sent you fleet to a region and set them to patrol or raid commerce or whatever. Given that SC is already a "Clash of Steel" clone, I don't think that this idea will be implemented.

thanks for posting moneymaxx! Some nice vids there. The mission impossible theme is a nice touch too...

From what I can tell, the Absurdistanis would do well to buy a whole pile of SA-18's or other man-portable missiles, possibly along with their complement of fixed and mobile 23mm AA guns, with upgraded fire control systems. But what about a modern SAM network? How do you shoot down an F-16 these days? What about a B-52? I don't know anything about this stuff, but I am looking forward to playing with some spiky Shilkas.

We can safely assume that the Syrian airforce will not get off the ground in any US invasion. This gives the US total control of the skies during CMSF. With this in mind, does Syria, (or any other nation on earth) have any ground based anti-air assets that could seriously hinder US air supremacy? Do they have weapons that could deny attack helicopters a free reign? Would it make a big difference to survivability of Syrian vehicles if only fixed wing aircraft came in for ground attack duties? Do they have weapons that could make life difficult for fixed wing aircraft? If you where the Czar of Absurdistan what mobile and fixed AA assets would you buy to prevent a NATO force from bombing you and your glorious force of T-55's into submission?

Does anyone know if the Stryker would go into conventional combat with the slat cage on or off? Do you think it might provide a false sense of security against threats other than an RPG? Is the Stryker a one trick pony developed and specialised to fight guerillas in Iraq, because by all accounts, that's not what we (the collective who chooses to buy CMSF) will be using it for.

Your last is an interesting point Peter. Everybody is still assuming that this game will be like CMX1. It is not neccesarily true that there will be points values, or even quick battles as we know them. An interesting concept will be if the US victory conditions for a scenario are highly restrictive. You may be able take the hill easily, but can you do it without getting private Homer all shot up? Perhaps your victory conditions will only allow you to fire Javelins at specific high value targets. Perhaps you fail your mission if you fire over $60 million in ordnance. We really have no idea, but these sorts of possibilities would make things very hard for a US player.

Hmmm, I find this one intriguingly possible. There is so much real gear in this game with varying degrees of top-secretness and even brand name infringements, that it wouldn't take more than a threat of legal action by the military industrial complex to scuttle the whole concept.

Still waiting for the website due out with the October 2005 issue of "Computer Games" magazine.

I happen to know the M stands for "Make-up-your-own"

This is a pretty good point. I am not sure in CM that either level of AI really knows where its opponent is unless it actually sees it. More important would be for the AI to recognise areas of likely enemy activity so it can come up with a cohesive battle plan. A human player will extrapolate what they see into into blobs of possible enemy activity even based on an infantry sound contact. If the AI "thinks" in these terms, it might make a lot of stuff work better, including the problems with a lack of unit spotting memory

No, all I can tell you is that it was not insignificant, since it co-incided with the expansion of the W-SS and the heavy losses of the late war that needed to be replaced. But if you are really interested, you can ask the question on the AHF. </font>

Or you just blow up the manned leader vehicle and the rest of the convoy sits there immobile with all its goodies for the taking.

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I can't argue with the fact that the Iraqi horizon looks far better now that she is under the protection of the US "empire" (for want of a better word). I agree things went downhill in late 80's, but I think it should be kept in mind what the current reconstruction is reconstructing. That is, the things US and allies destroyed in gulf war 1 and 2, and the period between. I can't disagree with Steve's sentiments either really, except to say that the living conditions in Iraq during the last 10-15 years have been directly related to economic sanctions imposed and maintained by US political will, for better or for worse. [ON TOPIC]I also think that if BF.C can do what they did for the previous Combat Mission titles there will be no problems with "unforseen" circumstances. If all the physics and real world stats are modelled correctly things should just "work". Maybe no-one on earth realised how a capture H39 Hotchkiss would fare against a M4 Sherman either.[/ON TOPIC]

Would you care to justify the statement that Iraq has seen more good and more improvement since the war? Before both the gulf wars, Iraq had an excellent education system, modern health-care, and opportunities for women. Sure the potential is now there for a thriving democracy, but standards of living are clearly almost universally worse over the last two years than they ever have been.

That is an interesting example, as it puts the US in the Syrian position. Sometimes its good to put yourself in the other guys shoes. What if the US tried, but were unable, to track down these mexican rebels? Would the Mexicans be better off to cooperate with the US forces and try to cultivate a spirit of friendship, or to be bellicose and make unilateral incursions into Texas.

Just had to drop in to let you all know that the November and December issues of Computer Gaming World are available for immediate purchase at the following link. In fact the november issue has been available at this site for nearly two weeks. Zinio digital delivery I couldn't be bothered wasting the money on the magazine, but was hoping somebody would do so and spread the word! FWIW there is no mention of anything combat mission related in the contents/cover of either issue. Now I demand that CMSF website goes up within the hour!

lol nice one

How about Enter Sandman by Metallica.... On a related note, anyone seen the documentary "soundtrack to war" by Aussie artist George Gittoes? Very interesting.

Falco, if you had posted what you posted at the start of this thread in your first thread you may have gotten a better response. Not great because what you have written is still redundant, but not so hostile. After all plenty of BFC froum "old boys" have made similarly redundant posts . Instead you posted this: Which doesn't make you sound very smart because it is: a) based on your imagination and not facts and Asks no question, does not leave any room for discussion on a particular topic. So your posts are indeed [ October 12, 2005, 10:14 PM: Message edited by: Hoolaman ]

Bombing terrorist training camps means the terrorists win.