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    what country do you like to play as when wargaming WW2

    in Combat Mission Archive #2 (2000)

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    Actually, Marcus, I would venture to say that it matters much more for those Grandmasters. If you or i make a mistake playing black, we can often recover. Those guys, on other hand, cannot recover as easily. By default, Black begins the game behind in momentum (tempo). Any mistake increases White's advantage significantly (the opposite situation - White making a mistake - generally neutralizes the inherent advantage of playing White. Less dramatic than a Black mistake). Give a GM a tempo or 2 and the game is over. For this reason - among GMs especially - Black requires much more careful (and often subtle) play.

    IMHO.

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    Really screwed now

    in Combat Mission - Tech Support

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    Well, i uninstalled and reinstalled the game. I reinstalled the 1.01 patch as well. Now the game will not run at all. I keep getting unhandled exceptions and page faults with combat mission.exe. I have had the game since Monday and it has performed flawlessly until now. I can't even uninstall it now because it won't let me. And, when i CAN get it to reinstall (again), it defaults to C:\Windows instead of C:\Program Files\Cmbo. Will not let me change it either ??

    Please help

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    CM Crashes!

    in Combat Mission - Tech Support

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    I have experienced my first CTD with CM. I set up a test scenario in order to test Fighter-Bombers and American 240mm arty (heee). Each time i went through the "scenario," it crashed at about the same place. Right as a 240mm shell hit the earth i got a Windows error beep and BAM - teh game locked for 5 sec or so then crashed to desktop with the following message:

    DDHELP caused an invalid page fault in

    module DSOUND.DLL at 015f:beb14908.

    Registers:

    EAX=25ef1faa CS=015f EIP=beb14908 EFLGS=00010202

    EBX=83fd1834 SS=0167 ESP=00bffee4 EBP=00bfff04

    ECX=843d100c DS=0167 ESI=83fd1b1c FS=3dd7

    EDX=00bfff00 ES=0167 EDI=00000001 GS=0000

    Bytes at CS:EIP:

    ff 90 80 00 00 00 c2 08 00 8b 49 18 ff 74 24 04

    Stack dump:

    00000001 00bfff00 beb14382 00000001 00bfff00 83fd1b1c 83fd1b1c 00000001 00bfff40 beb14333 00000001 83bd124c beb11121 00000000 83bd10c8 83bd105c

    I have a p3-600, 128meg, Elsa Erazor X (SDR), Vortex sq2500 sound, DX 7.0a

    Oh, i also continue to hear the last sound from the game when back in Windows (IOW, i am listening now to the hum of Panther and Tiger engines). Can't turn it off without a full reboot.

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    Immobilized=abandoned?

    in Combat Mission Archive #2 (2000)

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    In my experience with CM, crew experience makes the biggest difference. Mobility effectively enhances protection. Lack of mobility greatly reduces that protection (and the crews know it). Unless they are quite safe (hull down, defilade, etc), not many crews are going to stay in an immob'ed tank. Maybe that elite/heroic crew will...good luck in finding one of those smile.gif

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    Is there a campaign mode???

    in Combat Mission Archive #2 (2000)

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    There are several "Operations" that consist of 3-9 battles (editor allows creation of operations that last up to 20 battles). Losses carry over from battle to battle. Front lines are determined. Units can be isolated. Vehicles can sometimes be recovered/repaired. Etc, etc.

    So, in effect, yes - there is a "campaign" feature.

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    National D-Day Museum

    in Combat Mission Archive #2 (2000)

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    The wife and I just returned from spending a few days in New Orleans. We were privileged to be able to enjoy many of the festivities surrounding the grand opening of the National D-Day Museum. I cannot begin to describe how incredible it was to rub shoulders with thousands (yes, thousands) of WWII veterans. It was truly wonderful seeing those sweet, stooped old men shed tears as thousands and thousands of people thanked them for the work they did almost 60 years ago.

    It was truly an unbelievable experience. And the museum is awesome, too. I highly recommend it to anyone and everyone.

    God bless America!

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    What does AFV mean?

    in Combat Mission Archive #2 (2000)

    Posted

    Funny story about this...

    Was driving down I-20 (through Atlanta). After passing through town I saw a sign on the inner median that said 'AFV lane.' Being an avid wargamer, particularly ASL, I slowed down so as to be able to catch a glimpse of some sure-to-be-seen tanks in the far left lane. Much to my chagrin, however, my brother (who does not know what AFV REALLY means smile.gif ) informed me that AFV stood for 'Alternate Fuel Vehicle.' Harumph.

    Oh well.... rolleyes.gif

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