NCrawler

Thanks Fionn, appreciate it... ------------------ Jon Johnson Steel Lightning Productions

I know that in previous threads it has been mentioned that mines will be implemented in the game, but will S-mines be specifically modeled or will they all be generic AP mines? ------------------ Jon Johnson Steel Lightning Productions

As far as death charges go, listen to this one... It's around turn 20 in the 'Last Defense' scenario. My immobilized Tiger has finally taken out the last M18 and my halftracks start moving forward. They were all out of ammo and I was ferrying troops to the front with them. Guess the AI didn't like this as an infantry squad with only 2 men remaining broke from one of the houses and ran straight for one of my halftracks. As all of my infantry squads on the front were low on ammo, only sporadic fire was directed at the kamikazes. Anyways, near the 50 second mark, the 2 man squad had run about 100m and chucked a grenade into the halftrack, immobilizing it. The crew and infantry squad inside abandoned and killed one of the men and the other immediately surrendered. I thought that this was pretty cool and the remaining survivor should be awarded the Bronze Star (when he is no longer on POW status) ------------------ Jon Johnson Steel Lightning Productions

The only other thing that I can suggest is to check and make sure that your speakers are plugged into the correct place. There are usually 2 places that you can plug your speakers into on the soundcard. One is for powered speakers and the other is for non-powered speakers. If you have the Altec Lansing speaker system, plug the speakers into the hole closest to the gameport connector. ------------------ Jon Johnson Steel Lightning Productions

I have almost exactly the same system as you (Dell P3 550) and have had nary a problem with sounds. Do you have DirectX 7? If so, you might want to go to the Dell site and download the latest drivers for the Montego... ------------------ Jon Johnson Steel Lightning Productions

Found a great way to stay up late playing the demo. Just listen to 'Spiel Mit Mir' as loud as you can while locked onto your 88's, might want to wear headphones if the rest of your family is sleeping though. I've also found that 'Du Hast' goes good with it as well... ------------------ Jon Johnson Steel Lightning Productions

The sounds in the game certainly do add to the overall effect. Listening to the ripping sound of an MG42, I can see why it struck terror into those who came under it's fire... ------------------ Jon Johnson Steel Lightning Productions

If you want to open large text files, either do as Fionn says, or find you a good NotePad replacement. EditPad is a great replacement for NotePad and is freeware. You can find it on Tucows, ZDNet, etc. ------------------ Jon Johnson Steel Lightning Productions

I can attest to the fact that CM will run in resolutions higher than 800x600. It runs just fine at 1024x768, and looks awesome on my 19" monitor! ------------------ Jon Johnson Steel Lightning Productions

Just had to write and commend BTS on their FTP. When I downloaded the game from home last night on my dialup account, I was getting an average 3.3KBps download. Thought it was a bit slow with my 56k until I noticed that I only connected in at 31.2. Now, this morning at work on our ISDN, I'm getting 14.0KBps averages. This is great, the demo is great and you guys have a great FTP. Keep up the good work...

Only video related problem I've noticed so far is the screen edge flickers. P-III 550 128MB RAM Viper V770 AGP w/32 MB (latest drivers from Diamond) DirectX 7 ------------------ Jon Johnson Steel Lightning Productions

I'm sick of politically correct ****! Who cares if the name Hitler or Himmler is in the game? I guess if we really don't want to offend anyone, just leave the German names blank. I mean, the Germans killed lots of Brits, Americans, Canadians, Poles, Russians, etc. Wouldn't want to offend any of them by including certain German names in the game now would we? ------------------ Jon Johnson Steel Lightning Productions

After I download it, I will immediately forward a copy to OSCAR for his unbiased opinion... ------------------ Jon Johnson Steel Lightning Productions

TBAV for Win95 works just fine for Win98. F-Prot and AVP are much better scanners though. Steer clear of the commercial scanners and go with a good shareware one... ------------------ Jon Johnson Steel Lightning Productions

It's Sarah Connor, not Sandra... ------------------ Jon Johnson Steel Lightning Productions

Are we gonna bury them fellers? The Hell with them fellers, buzzards gotta eat same as worms. ------------------------------------------ Do you have anything to eat? All I got is this piece of hard rock candy. But it ain't for eating, just for looking through. ------------------ Jon Johnson Steel Lightning Productions

Ack, double post... [This message has been edited by NCrawler (edited 09-28-99).]

Razorback country - Sherwood, AR ------------------ Jon Johnson Steel Lightning Productions

What the incident in Somalia shows us is that the American Military is not a police force, and that we should keep our noses out of the internal affairs of other nations... ------------------ Jon Johnson Steel Lightning Productions

Well I broke down and did what I said I wouldn't...I pre-ordered the game. Please BTS, don't do a "Sierra" on me. ------------------ Jon Johnson Steel Lightning Productions

Speaking of Beta testing...do you already have a group of beta testers or will you be taking applications and selecting them? ------------------ Jon Johnson Steel Lightning Productions

Well, I think that you probably COULD shoot an AT weapon from inside a house. You will probably be leaving the house pretty quickly though, as the fire that your backblast caused starts heating up your backside... ------------------ Jon Johnson Steel Lightning Productions [This message has been edited by NCrawler (edited 09-10-99).]

Hey Fionn, has your partner on the Historical site had a chance to check out the TankInfo prog yet? SPWAW is nearing completion and I should be free in a few weeks. Let me know... ------------------ Jon Johnson Steel Lightning Productions

Turn 19 - Ack! Airplanes bad! Airplanes + 500/1000 lb bombs worse! ------------------ Jon Johnson Steel Lightning Productions

I'm sure that ANY projectile hitting a hard surface at the correct angle would "skip" so to speak. Ask anyone current/former military about firing tracers at the range. The cannon on the Bradley IFV does the same thing. ------------------ Jon Johnson Steel Lightning Productions