Strat

I have found the gold demo to be very good. The AI seems to be easy to win against. How does the AI work? Is it based on a predefined model or does it have a learning function? Strat

It works on a P166 w/Riva TNT. It was a little slow but not unplayable. I have since upgraded my cpu to 333 MHz. Next year maybe the 1 GHz machines will be out with the 233MHz or better bus speed. I will upgrade to a new system, then. P.S. If you need to upgrade that slow pentium machine, try Evergreen. They may have a CPU upgrade for your system for just a couple of hundred dolllars. Strat

Fionn: I am not offeneded by MantaRay's post. I can see that this thread is rapidly turning into a troll. Strat

Kraut: Just a brief scan. I didn't study it. It came to me that you didn't write it after my first post on this topic. Anyway, when will be the release date for CM. Will BTS be able to keep up with order demands? I don't plan to order till the game is released. Hope there aren't any major bugs that weren't caught before release. Strat

I don't know how to paste a quote. This is in reply to Kraut's post. Kraut said: So strat, if the military "offers much better retirement benefits than any civilian equivalent occupation", then why doesn't anyone want to re-enlist and serve another 20 to 30 years so they can get all these "wonderful" benefits you talk about? The following may be a few reasons for non-reenlistment: 1. Vaccines against biological warfare. a. If the biological weapons don't kill ya the vaccine probably will later on. 2. Women rights movement. a. What does a woman do in a combat situation? Fall down and spread their legs? 3. Having to comply with general military bull****. a. Being ordered to do something by some moron that thinks he is a god because he was promoted first. 4. Actions with no reason. a. Action: Being sent to do some brainless task. b. Reason: None Military personnel have been used as guinea pigs for everything from nuclear radiation to LSD exposure. An example: During the Vietnam war numerous helicopter pilots were ordered to fly troops into areas that had been sprayed by a defoliant(sp?)i.e. Agent Orange. Most of these troops developed cancer from exposure in later years. As for what does the military of the 70's have to do with todays military, not much. It doesn't appear to have changed much. Unless there is a specific project generated by politicians, as an attempt to boost thier prestige among the voters, they have no reason to shovel money into the military sector. Strat

I don't know what the requirement is for someone to enter the military as an officer. I assume it is a bachelor degree or someone working on a college degree, not finished yet but will finish up in the service. One difference I have seen is, the military offers much better retirement benefits than any civilian equivalent occupation. All that have served in the military for 20 to 30 yearsand retire, retire with a substantial income that they will receive for the rest of thier lives. They retire with free, full medical benefits, can purchase discounted food and other items at military facilities to name a few. In the civilian sector if an employee is not in the upper managemnet and retires, they receive whatever money that they have saved in the form of a 401K and/or company profit sharing plan. For most companies the amount drawn for retirement is substantially less than an equivalent military occupation and usually runs out before the employee dies. If the retiring employee decides to have medical benefits he/she can continue making payments to their group health plan. So, don't complain. You are much better off than most. I was in the US Army in the early 70's and I found it to be a very bad experience. Shoddy equipment that didn't work, bad troop management, 0 Morale. Management that didn't have a clue about anything. If the Soviets had decided to invade Europe at that time, they would have pushed the US Army into the Atlantic within days. Strat

I am 44 and an avid wargamer.

I have a P5 100 that has been upgraded to p166 MMX overdrive. The bus is page mode PCI. I want to upgrade again. I don't know what socket 5 or socket 7 means. I assume my system is socket 5. If I upgrade to 333Mz with an evergreen cpu, AMD K6, by the way, will my EDO RAM work fine with it?

I have been trying out the demo for the last week or so and all I can say is "Excellent!". I plan to order as soon as a completion date is posted. In the mean time I have a few questions about the final version. Will it primarily be for PBEM or will the single player AI be made more difficult? What I mean is, will there be different difficulty settings? I have noticed that the scenarios are very easy to win using the AI. In a campaign game, will squads be allowed to withdraw from the current scenario being played, to be used in the next scenario? This would simulate troops falling back from a rapid advance or prevent troops from being captured. Can the scenario maps, in DYO, be made larger than 800m X 800m? I realize the Campaign maps will be about 5000m X 3000m. I have some ideas and may need a large scenario map. What will be the max number of platoons and armoured units that can be deployed in a scenario?