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    Campaigns,H2H Ever?

    in Combat Mission Battle for Normandy

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    I think that the closest we would get is if somebody designed several related scenarios on a Huge map or several maps of the same area. If X side wins go to scenario A and if Y side wins go to scenario B. You could put in the surviving forces to start the battle and have new units as reinforcements. It would be a lot of work and probably why there aren't any that I know of.

    On 9/26/2020 at 1:52 PM, IanL said:

    The majority of people only play against the AI. Of those that play PBEM many of those avoid long scenarios because it can take months or years to play them. Playing a campaign H2H via PBEM would take n times longer. So, the number of people who want to play H2H campaigns may be all the people on this thread and no one else.

    I found that I like playing H2H better as people are unpredictable although reliable opponents can be hard to find.

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    Fire and Rubble Update

    in Combat Mission Red Thunder

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    Earlier this year in BF's Year Ahead Bone post they said "The inevitable question is… when will it be ready?  Winter 2020 is as specific as I think I can be at this point.  "   That was in January and was really in Winter 2019 and Winter 2020 hasn't arrived yet. In the meantime there are still lot's of scenario's and battles to play in their other games.

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    Fire and Rubble Update

    in Combat Mission Red Thunder

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    37 minutes ago, Anonymous_Jonze said:

    Yikes. Here in Lake Oswego were still at the Hazardous level. Playing Combat Mission is usually a good way to escape from the world but that's hard to do with such ominous skies. Glad you're safe!

    Here in New Hampshire the daylight is a dull orange from the smoke from the fires in the Western states. Kind of an eerie twilight all day.

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    Fire and Rubble Update

    in Combat Mission Red Thunder

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    23 minutes ago, BFCElvis said:

    Your timing is perfect. I was just thinking that it had been a while since I posted here (and I still haven't finished my side of the AAR) and trying to think of what kind of update would be useful or interesting information.

    Most stand alone scenarios are marked as "Final". Which, for us, means that they are done done. The artwork is in, they've been tested and tweaked all that they are going to be tested and tweaked (unless something very unexpected comes up in a build that would break the scenario).

    The campaigns are close to being wrapped up.

    There is one fairly big TO&E element that has not been added to the module yet. Once that's in I would expect for things to move along extremely quickly.

    Thanks for the update! 😀

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    Fire and Rubble Update

    in Combat Mission Red Thunder

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    3 hours ago, Jumpete said:

    Good luck Aragorn2002, I asked the same a week ago. I'm still waiting the answer.

    They still haven't posted for pre-orders yet so it would be several months after they started taking the pre-orders.  More than likely Fall/Winter before module comes out.

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    THE PANDEMIC CHAT ROOM

    in General Discussion Forum

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    They are telling people to stay home. So what do the people do when they stay home, they watch the news on either the TV or the internet. That increases their anxiety and they start to panic and go out and buy up everything for no reason. In a few weeks or however long this lasts they will have an over abundance of what they stocked up on and the store shelves will be full and stores will be empty for a while because nobody needs to go shopping.

    A lot of people are taking the recommendations too literally. You can go outside for a walk or do gardening, yard work...etc.. Just stay away from other people. It's just too depressing to watch the new all the time.

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    The Year Ahead Bone Post

    in Combat Mission Red Thunder

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    15 hours ago, Battlefront.com said:

    Another kinda bone is that CMRT's existing TO&E is getting a major redo.  Back when the TO&E was assembled there were a lot of very big gaps in Soviet TO&E research materials and, believe it or not, even German stuff.  Remember, 99.9% of the world's population couldn't give a fig about if a Kübelwagen in the late 1943 Hampstertruppen Company's mortar platoon had a guy with a rifle, a SMG, or a rubber ducky.  The lack of incentives for fame, glory, and profit apparently limits the resources devoted to digging up this sort of stuff.

    Unfortunately for all of us, this low level data is critically important to have this depth of information AND to have it be consistent with how things worked in the field.  For example, official US TO&E's references to M3A2 Halftracks as standard equipment would be fine if they were ever produced :D  For some crazy reason we actually care about these details and that means when better information comes up we go back and revise existing game TO&E without hesitation.

    For the Soviets things have gotten VERY interesting VERY recently.  The Russians have decided that it's about time they allowed their source materials to be published.  Better still, published on the Internet for free!  NONE of this was available to us back when CMRT was originally under construction.  Well, not in any systematic way and certainly not without someone else's interpretation and sense of what level of detail was important to document.

    One very good example of this is the overloading of units with SMGs beyond their original authorized strength.  Based on information we had on hand at the time, and logic of how things worked in other forces, we simply bumped up the number of SMGs in units where appropriate.  Well, turns out that there was an official order from STAVKA to convert one platoon in each company so that it had no normal rifles or carbines, only SMGs and sometimes LMGs and Sniper rifles (where already present).  The remaining platoons remained at roughly authorized levels of SMGs.  Very different than what we had before!

    What does this mean for CMRT players?  Whenever we release a Module we release a patch for everybody.  If you don't purchase the Fire & Rubble Module you'll still get all these TO&E updates less any newly introduced equipment (in particular Lend Lease stuff).  If you do purchase the F&R Module you'll get all that plus later versions plus all the new equipment, winter environment, terrain, and whatever else comes along for the ride.

    So there you have it... another bone while you patiently wait for preordering.

    Steve

    +++1😊

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    Thought some of you guys would like to hear this

    in Combat Mission - General Discussion

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    21 minutes ago, Bulletpoint said:

    It's actually a good band if you are able to look past their old "village people" image. At least this song makes me feel grateful to be born in peaceful times.

     

     

    I liked that one and never heard about it until this song. Must have been an awful site to see but kind of humorous to have seen that many Germans flee in terror to that few amount of Soviets.

     

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    Thought some of you guys would like to hear this

    in Combat Mission - General Discussion

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    Although we are WWII, I thought some of you, especially the Brits would like to hear this. 

    The rock group Sabaton is considered a heavy metal band but they sing mostly songs about the various wars and battles throughout history.  They are actually quite good, you can understand what they are saying and are not obnoxiously loud. Plus they are generally all historically accurate.  Their latest album is about WWI.

    This one is probably the best ever: Flanders Fields and isn't what you would expect.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQmMqZlLFVc
     

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