ianc
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OK kind sir, how about letting the rest of the undereducated rabble in on the secret? Or should I make up my own?I had a nun in 5th grade, Sr. Alice Marie, I believe, that would go absolutely BALLISTIC if you used that.ianc
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Yes, a unit navigation screen (or roster) has been asked for (fruitlessly) for years. Steve has PROMISED that it will be included in the engine rewrite. Hi Steve!
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Quite fine by me. At least it's only one line...
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Andrew Hedges,
I quite enjoyed your post and commend you on your knowledge of the language. I wish my technical prowess with it was as great as yours, but alas, I must rely instead on 'what sounds good', having sadly fallen asleep in High School.
Why not count it as a spelling error? This example of 'internetese' (along with 'ur' for 'your' or 'you're') annoys me almost more than any other, and it is nothing more than sheer laziness...There are three spelling errors (not counting "u" for "you")ianc
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During a QB I had a 38(t) hit and KO a BA64 and the explosion of it killed another that was within 10m.
Does that count?
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Sytass,Remember me to mock you all whenever I catch you typing/talking German.Sie Konnen lachen an mir als Sie wohlen uber mein slecht Deutsch und buchstabieren. Ich kan dass sehen in zukunft und es ist gut. Ich kan vielleicht dass so besser lernen.
Yes, I agree. I'm not laughing at him per se. I just found the phonetic combinations produced in his missive to be so wacky that they provoked a rather uncontrollable mirth in me. Forgive me,In a post on another thread Fire-fox apologised for his appalling spelling and said, if memory serves, that he could not help it. It is possible therefore that he labours under some form of disability. In which case to take the piss would be shocking bad form, rather like kicking a puppy.ianc
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Ha... That has got to be one of the funniest posts I've read in awhile. Whew...can u get the toud AAA/ATG's to re-lumber after u have diploud themianc
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Not too experienced with XP although I've played with it a bit. It's a bit bloated and slow, but it's still light years better than that POS 98, so stick with XP.
Does XP come with DirectX, or must this be installed separately? Have you installed SP1 for XP on your machine as well?
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You are not surprised because you recognize the basic foolishness and nonsensicality of your post. The question is; why bother to post it to begin with?But why am I not surprised?!ianc
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??? Explain please...Very simple my Microsoft using friend.ianc
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Yes, but with more propellant, wouldn't you get a greater force behind the projectile, thus causing a greater acceleration as it travelled up the barrel?Loading up a short gun with lots of porpellant doesn't do much because once the shell is out of the muzzle the excess propellant no longer accelerates it - it just produces an almighty muzzle flash!!ianc
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Exactly, friend Sitzkrieg. That's why most intelligent UI designers have learned over the years that it's a bit cleverer to allow the user the option to configure the interface and controls to his\her own liking rather than force them to eat crow. Nothing against BFC, but I think what they really need is for a good UI person to come on board. They've certainly got the historical accuracy and gameplay factors nailed down tight, but...Until the telepathic user interface is developed, the one that guesses everything you wanted in a piece of software and performs it exactly in the manner you invisioned, not everyone will be satisfied with what a piece of software can and can't do.ianc
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I'm working on a scenario depicting Albert Ernst's contribution to the defense of Xanino described in Kurowski's 'Panzer Aces'.
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That fellow is, ah... highly unusual. I don't think I'd care to meet him.
And his writing... I'm dying here...
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*bump*
I suggested this shortly after CMBO's release as well, but it appears to have gone the way of the roster...
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As a particularly rude and nasty friend of mine was wont to say (rather nonsensically I might add), 'If it was up your bum you'd know, wouldn't you"?where did my arty go?!ianc
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The PzKW I to deal with the nasty infantry, and the 38(t) to flay the Russian armored hordes with red hot shot! I'll meet you on the ridge; if I'm not there, start without me!
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Yep yep yeppers! Make us mousewheel happy!
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First link to Steppe grass is incorrect and points to CMBBsnow.zip. Please fix or do somefink!
Thanks for making these available for D\L guys; you rock!
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Damn, no one stepping up to the plate?
Send 'em on to the bald one, maybe he'll post 'em for you...
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Skinachey:
And as for you sir, I'd ask you for another game, but the way in which you wield artillery is a crime. How could you do that to me?I've played games against ianc, and found him to be a good and witty opponent. I have noted with interest his many postings, both now, and in the past, asking for changes to the user interface, and on such issues as 'the roster'.And I say, we nail him to a large piece of wood, dowse him with kerosene, and set him on fire.
Deanco:
Ha! Right on. I had played MoHAA for awhile last nite, then switched to CMBB. I was sitting there for about the first ten minutes with my fingers unconsciously on WASD, pounding the keyboard wondering why the damn thing wasn't scrolling my view!If a guy has played 15 previous games and all 15 used the WASD keys to move, I could easily understand why he might want to remap the keys to his liking.ianc
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Priest:
So you're one of those "I'll take what they give me and like it" kind of guys huh? Spent some time in the service have you? Seriously, you've never thought to yourself "I wish I could use x to control y"?Since no immediate action is taking place that you must react to, there is no need for customization. I mean really why would you change the Hide command off the 'H' key?Panzer Leader:
Um... Actually, I think the Mac hasn't quite caught on to this. Does the Mac even have two buttons on the mouse yet?I would love to use the mousewheel. Is it some kind of MAC thing?I'm a bit of a rude bastard, but beer'll do that to you...
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Edited because I can.
[ September 26, 2002, 12:55 AM: Message edited by: ianc ]
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All this would be moot if BFC would give us the ability to custom configure our own controls instead of being forced to use the hard-coded ones...The second is the rotate vs slide problem. Why was this done? It doesnt add anything to the game and will be even more annoying when you want to go back to playing CMBO and have to unlearn and relearn the systemianc
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In addition to the roster screen of course.
1) Give us what every first person shooter on the market has had for years; the ability to custom configure your own controls with a configuration screen instead of forcing us to use the hotkeys, which definitely won't please everybody...
2) Incorporate the mouse wheel as much as possible into the controls, and give the player the option to configure it as a control. This is also needed for scrolling scenarios, mission briefings, moving up the list of units in the purchase screen, etc. within the UI. Imagine using this to zoom in the view, or raise\lower it.
3) Scenario\operation lists need to be sortable by different parameters as in the standard Windows list boxes. You should be able to sort by date, size, name, etc.
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Panzer Aces: tailor-made for CMBB
in Combat Mission Archive #4 (2002)
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I've designed some Steel Panthers scens from it. One of my favorite actions is Albert Ernst's support of the attack on Xanino. I did an SP scen on this, but am working on converting it to CMBB now. Slow going...
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