Conscript Bagger

One of the nice things CM1 does is to leave a little gap in between different types of tree tiles. If you cover a 10x10 tile area with, say, pine trees, you get a 100 tile area unbroken and completely inaccessible to vehicles. But if you were to alternate pine and woods like this: PWPWPWPWPW WPWPWPWPWP PWPWPWPWPW WPWPWPWPWP PWPWPWPWPW WPWPWPWPWP PWPWPWPWPW WPWPWPWPWP You would get a checkerboard tree pattern (obviously) with a narrow grid of open ground running between all squares. In a less extreme application, you can use this to make "forest trails" that vehicles can negotiate slowly. I really like this feature as an alternative to 20 meter highways or open meadows through rural forest. Of course, there's a time and place for those too. One other note on LOS, the last time I checked (several years ago), wire emplacements were treated like open ground for LOS purposes, no matter what terrain they were set up on. This lets your defenders extend their LOS in the forest a bit as well.

Big ol' list: http://www.battlefront.com/community/search.php?searchid=952338 NCrawler's CMBB sound map: http://www.battlefront.com/community/showthread.php?t=38850&highlight=sound+map Hope it helps!

Since you need to enter a password to view the opponent's setup, when he gets the file he won't be able to get in. If you (the hypothetical cheater) were intending to generate another file to send the opponent, it would contain new random forces that you hadn't seen. On second thought, there is a way to do it, but it's all pretty bush-league to begin with. Cheat on your taxes, if you must, but CM is sacrosanct. [ May 07, 2008, 03:01 PM: Message edited by: Impudent Warwick ]

So operationally, they fought the same way we play CM?

AOH - Specially designated artillery/army CO - Secret Service (section) From RKKA in WWII (click the Abbreviations button, then the "Typical Soviet Abbreviations" link) Not sure about the others; try the other abbreviation info on the site, or e-mail the owner (amvas) - he's helped me out in the past.

That TALACOSI game on the site looks nice, too... anyone tried it?

Jason - I followed some of the discussion on the 80mm StuG issue, but quit before the end to keep my head from imploding. What was the reason BFC gave for not changing the penetration values in one of the patches?

Nice! Thanks for the heads-up.

Dowarisch, maybe you did this first, I don't know - but is CMSF set to run on only one of your twin processors? It was unplayable on my system until I did that (although even now I don't display shadows because they flicker a bit).

I think it has to burn.

Good stuff, but nothing beats the CMBO armored clown car.

To be fair, everything the reviewer said is true in terms of gameplay. Your units move slowly, deceptively so when they're using Advance (Move speed but Run animation). Tanks are slow, especially off-road. You can shoot and shoot at an enemy squad and never see an effect, thanks to FOW. Those of us who play CM don't care - in fact, we like it - because it's all done that way for reasons we understand and appreciate. It's not the reviewer's cup of tea, but most of his favorite games are probably not mine.

If fortifications are terrain, and (AIUI) are unspotted by default, does that mean the rest of the map is unspotted at game start also? Or are "fort-terrain" and "ground-terrain" treated differently for spotting purposes?

I'll take one, thanks.

Hmm... how many polys for a flail tank?

Hmm... how many polys for a flail tank?

Nice video! I kept waiting for "We'll Meet Again" to start up on the soundtrack.

1. The kitchen sink. 2. CMx1 sales figures. 3. Lightning-quick turn resolution on my circa-1998 rig. Actually, I'd settle for just two of the above.

That design error was the legacy of BFC's skepticism toward reports of Finnish pinecones' effectiveness vs. Soviet tanks. They adjusted all the penetration stats in the game downward to bring the Finnish weapons in line with reality, and unfortunately the game was published before conclusive photographic proof was furnished that the Finnish stuff really was that good. CM's sales in Finland never really took off as a result, and I think even "Where in the Woods is Carmen Santiago" outsells CM there.

That's easy--ask your opponent, then do the opposite. Unless you think he anticipates your doing that, in which case you take his advice. Unless you think he anticipates that, in which case...

Yikes. That is really high. This is across dry open ground right? So how about roads? Would be interesting to run a few tests on dirt roads to see how often it happens. Cheers Paul </font>

http://www.battlefront.com/cgi-bin/bbs/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=recent_user_posts;u=00016504 Three threads. Four days. Fifty posts, most of them consecutive. If he isn't UserTittles, he does a great job imitating one.

And a darn fine reason to keep your tanks buttoned from turn 1!

And a darn fine reason to keep your tanks buttoned from turn 1!

1 x Tk 4 x Recce (2 Full time, 2 Reserve) 2 x APC (1 Full time, 1 Reserve) 2 x Ind Recce Sqns (both Reserve) Meanwhile back on the topic ... </font>