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  1. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by PeterNZ: send me a pic.. and if i like you, you can choose =)<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> That was quick, what the hell time is it in NZ right now? And no pic, as you can see I'm only a Junior Member and you don't want to contribute to the corruption of a minor. And I'll have to remember that tank riding is a good way to get your troops dead.
  2. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR> I'm just gloating cos in the last game he took my ass, painted it pick and nailed it to the wall :> O, i can send ya the movie files if you want, makes for good watching! <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Peter Would that be a movie file of your ass nail to the wall or of your troops in action?
  3. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Germanboy: Err, no. But using the edge of the map to screen your troops from flanking attacks is, I would say. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Any advance benefits from the fact the game has a limited map size, a unit which is closer to the edge than range of deadly fire (for example; 1 km or more for tanks) receives flanking protection. Limiting attacks to areas at a distance of 1 km from either map edge would be necessary to get around this "GAMEY" tactic.
  4. IMHO the graphics are very marginal, esp the infantry. While the combat simulation portion of game engine appears to be impressive both the interface and the graphic need a lot of polish. But I don't see either of these items getting much additional work so I'd vote for releasing the games with the graphic as is.
  5. Oh no, it's like one of my favorite characters from a soap opera has just died. [This message has been edited by Peter Western (edited 12-09-99).]
  6. Not a WWII movie, a Vietnam documentary film Hearts and Minds Dir. Peter Davis
  7. Madmatt Thank you for informative post on copyrights and pirating. But I would like to add that your interpretation of US copyright laws may be leaning bit to the conservative side, IMHO hacking in itself is not an infringement the current US copyright laws. And its nice to know that your company can keep that many lawyer busy and off the streets. Peter W
  8. I vote YES Reasons: 1. I think IT IS technically feasible from what I understand of the coding. 2. I think cheating will happen either way. ------------------ Peter Western A Minion of Fabled Answers
  9. Fionn, Thanks for the additional info on what nations will be included in CM. I don't think I have seen anything from BTS that states this that is why I assumed only Germans, USs and Brits would be in the first release of CM. If you could point me to where BTS list the OOBs to be included that would be great. Your point on the game being "a rigidly historically accurate wargame" is a draw back on some levels IMHO. This rigidity prevent gamers from exploring alternative, I might feel that the game might be a good model for running Spanish Civil War engagements, but the I'm limited to the period that CM is originally designed to portray. I have no doubt that the OOBs that will be include in CM are and will be some of the most accurate OOB provided by any wargame, but I do doubt that they will be exhaustive in terms of the whole of west front must less the whole of WWII, and for you and I to argue about that is also moot because I don't not have access CM OOB data base. Also I'm not fully aware of what is CM editors are capable so some of my concern may be addressed by it. And as for recoding the game, that would be a game stopper and BTS could simple end any further dialog on this point by simple stating this fact. As to concerns over cheating I think that there are several ways to solve this problem without encoding the data info, some are as simple as bit counting and other might include more complex methods. But perhaps BTS has explored these ideas and rejected them, but I do not recall seeing them comment on this. LOS How about a BFG for your inf squads and Jump Packs ------------------ Peter Western A Minion of Fabled Answers
  10. Good point about OOBs there Fionn, BUT there are no Russian, Finns, Canadians, French, Italians, Japanese , Spanish, . . . And as for an unbalance games, why do you care if another gamers (my) games are unbalanced. It is MY OPINION that the encoding unit data to maintain some sort security that players won't cheat limits the potential of the game, and that the arguments for the encoding data do not out weight limiting that potential. It is also a moot point as BTS has made it clear that they won't change the way that the unit data is encoded. In fact it looks like they are going to encode the data further. Peter [This message has been edited by Peter Western (edited 11-16-99).] [This message has been edited by Peter Western (edited 11-16-99).]
  11. Good point on the fact that many hacks are done to correct game flaws, but there are plenty of game hack that were done to enhance the game. Hacking may diminish the global game IYO, but my hacks enhance my gaming experience, so I will most likely continue to do them. Peter Western A Minion of Fabled Answers [This message has been edited by Peter Western (edited 11-15-99).]
  12. I've already hacked some of the tank data in the game, it's not really that hard. I'm sure that there will be 3rd party files that change some of the data and or build new unit that were not included by BTS. I've started work on a basic T34.
  13. Fionn You misunderstand what I meant. Any modified or new units would be submitted to BTS and they would decide whether to add it to the game. I could see the whole Eastern front, North Africa ..... being done by third parties. The game data will be hacked there is no doubt about that, IMHO there might be a benefit to providing modeling details, perhaps even facilitating this aspect to augment the game. That is ONLY my opinion though. Peter W Minion of Fabled Answers
  14. Thanks, I did a search and got all the info I think I need. The Tiger crew hate the paint job but the Hellcat gunners love it. An added thought, if you were to post the info need for the vehicles including modeling data you might get quite a few people that would build additional vehicles for you. [This message has been edited by Peter Western (edited 11-04-99).]
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