Donan

I want to say 'no', but just to verify with those more in the know... Thanks!

I have the original CMAK and was just wondering what additional scenarios and etc. the 'Special Edition' (CDV) has. I've looked around and can't seem to find a listing. Anyone happen to know and point me in the direction to look at it? Thanks.

Has Battlefront offered the manuals on .pdf yet on this site? If so, where?

I definitely wish there was some WTO operations. Like Cobra!

O.k. Thanks folks

Greetings folks. Been gone awhile and now have a hankering to play some CM, but in Europe. I was going to just load my old copy of CMBO up, but was wondering (after perusing the forum with no luck)if there has been any conversion of CMAK to the Area of Operation that CMBO had? Or mod's etc. Particular interest in Cobra, France/Belgium (or for that matter anything that was in CMBO's realm) would be appreciated. Thanks!

Greetings. First, I searched this and didn't find a question of this sort. Second, been playing CM from the beginning and have all three (and demo's:) But I don't play these all the time, so I always do the tutorial's to 'freshen' up (although a friend of mine wanting to pbem goes nut's I take the time to do this instead of sending him a game turn:) My question: in the CMAK 'Quick Reference Guide' tutorial, p.21, 2nd paragraph, it states that if I have a good HQ LOS to target and the mortar team is within command (and the HQ is not hiding), it can (i.e. the mortar team) target the OPFOR target and an 'orange' line' will extend to target after placing the fire location. O.k. But the CMBB manual say's (p.129-30) that the mortar team can fire, but the line will still be black and it will be 'area fire'. Is the CMAK tutorial wrong? (it's the same in the .pdf manual too). I've tried it to see if I can get that 'orange line', but what I get is what CMBB manual say's I should get. (can't find my CMBO manual to compare btw. But I think this type of Indirect fire had changed since then (oh! I guess I could of checked the CMBO .pdf file of my newly purchased CDV copy. Sorry)) Thanks. Donan

Seattle, WA. here. I got a 'shipped' notice today, thinking I would get it mid next week. Nope...JUST got it this afternoon! That is what I call priority mail Thanks! Donan

I'm one of those one's that prefer Western Front over Eastern. CMBO was great to me. CMBB was interesting because of the cool additional refine- ments (fire arch etc.). CMAK will bring back the Brits/Americans(!)and not only have Africa, but Italy in the mix which is great. But even of more interest's to me is that from what I've read, many of the cool CMBO battle's will be able to be coverted/made using the new tools introduced in CMBB. Very nice indeed if true. Donan (Toxie) p.s. Plus I must admit I play all types of games all the time. Addiction to say the least And with so little time

1.2 AMD, GeForce 4, 512ram. Everything looks good. Donan (Toxie)

This is why I enjoy these forums. You can read it as a WW II historical in one thread and in another a humorous take on whatever. One quite informative and the other the break one need's to clear the head. Thanks folks! Donan

You folks have been awesome! Great work in so many of the wargames I dearly love. Best of luck and a big(!) thank you to you and all those dedicated troopers that were under the Raider Flag(!!). Donan

Just finishing up a B&T 'Hitler's Son' regarding one of the small actions of Korsun Pocket. I saw an amazing throw by a German Pioneer. He lofted a demolition charge about 24 meters(!) at a Russian squad. This is a bit hard to believe unless they carry sling's for launching these babies This while under fire too. As a side note, I'm amazed at how quickly the AI can turn their armor units. I had an STUG VI coming up on the rear of a SU-85 straddling a fence and heading away from the STUG. Within in a minute it had done a 180 and got me in two shots. Amazing! (obviously new 'spin top' technology Donan

You know (and I'm sure I'll bet 'banged' for this I don't quite get the immediate slam folks put on what appears to be a 'newbie' or just someone that doesn't visit the boards very often, when they put a post forward that doesn't fit. What's with that? Can't we just say, 'this really needs to go to the 'General' or 'CMBO' or 'Tech Support' or wherever. Instead of jumping all over the person. I bet we beat some folks off this game/forum/ etc. by being alittle too unpatient. And why? Our loss in the long run. Donan (p.s. And yes...I can be a 'grognard', but not in this sense)

Yes, not many tree's, but in Italy a few. But I think his concern is with the 'dust' and such taking a cpu bite. But if I remember correctly (always! a chancey thing), someone in another thread with this concern had a reply that the dust doesn't take a hit on your cpu. I can't remember the short, technical reply, but if you do a search you might find it. Donan

Thanks folks. Seeing how no one has had this happen I could log it to definitely having a 'senior moment' I'm not double-clicking tho' and this has happened in several games. I must being doing something odd that is 'locked and blinded' by a mis-firing synapse :eek: I can live with it (well darn, I have too!). It just takes a bit more care (space bar versus right-click) and to remember to cycle twice. No biggie in the realm of things. I can't remember wether this occurred in CMBO,but I'll find out soon enough Donan p.s. And I have to thank Franko for an excellent Korsun Pocket scenario, 'Hitler's Son' I'm having a blast as the Germans. I want to give CMBO SE a whirl and haven't been able too 'cause of this 'knock down' (in my limited gaming time).

Thanks Moon for the clarification on what the 'extras' are in the initial install of SE. Donan

As I mentioned before, I bought CMBO when it first came out. Modded it to the max (thank gawd for the mod installer and have enjoyed it ever since. But I bought SE because I thought it would be nice to have many of the mods on one cd and the minor tweaking that was done etc. (especially when I changed machines I play CMBB for it has some very nice additions to CMBO. But really I prefer the Western Front (including Italy and North Africa So I looked forward to finally getting around to installing the SE. What all this leads up to is the great html page it installs on the desktop that not only allows many, many great links. And not only because it has the mod's easily accessiable, but that it even(!) has pic's of the mods in question. Anyway, I think this was a very nice touch and I appreciate the added effort to this product. Donan p.s. I do wish tho' that it explained more exactly what the initial install has added to the gaming system. I'm assuming that the mod's one see's listed are additions that one can use, but other mod's or tweak's to the original system are what exactly?

Greetings. I've searched around but can't quite find the answer's to these. And for all I know it could be just 'me' and my machine or whatever). On several occasions I've had this two particular things happen. 1)I will be 'plusing' thru my troops checking them out and will come to one I want to do something with. If I right-click it and do a command, I invariably end up doing it for the previous unit. If I hit space bar, no problem. 2) I will again be 'plusing' around and I have come to realize I need to cycle around more then once to get all my troops. I.e. I will cycle thru and end up with my original unit to cycle thru again, and I do, for I know I have some other troops. And low and behold I indeed get to them on this second cycle thru. What' with that? Is this just some strange happening's on my part of the universe or are other's noticing such occurrences? Thanks. Donan [ August 27, 2003, 01:59 PM: Message edited by: Donan ]

Welcome back. The enjoyment is still there (I come and go too, but usually a frequency 3 month' or so) and a fun as ever. And yes, CMAK has everyone's blood running a bit quicker:) Donan

British Tommy. What is this 'Blitz' site you refer to? I tried to google, but too common a name. Have you a URL? Thanks, Donan

I have just quickly looked thru the CMBO forum, but I didn't notice anything like BCR or ROQC for CMBO. I remember back when the CMHQ had such a thing, but is there anything more current and easier to handle? Thanks! Donan I haven't had a chance to look at the CMBO SE I bought. Is there such a device sitting in those mode files?

I was just thinking, should one be put in place?Because with the screenshot's and the discussion that will create (among other things that already have )is going to really heat up:)

Again, thanks much BFC for taking the time to post things. Oh man, looks great! Donan

For those that don't check the CMBB forum, there's a kind link by Gordon to find it in a thread over there.