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Steve, while the one thing I "wouldn't" do is drive a half track out in the open, I'm sure in the beginning I will do other things just as foolish. Thankfully, though, those options you spoke about in reply to my message above will help even things out for me. Mike

Steve, yes, those options you mentioned will make it just perfect to learn the ropes. To have the "option" to turn off Fog of War, so I can see AI Units & also be able to set the AI to "DOH" setting would definitely help me get going. I'll worry more about realism when I get better. And as Fionn said, I'm sure I'll have plenty of chances to enjoy getting my butt kicked in the beginning even "with" those settings. Mike

Yes, thanks for mentioning those suggestions too, KwazyDog. I had forgotton about those. I know the recently released Steel Panthers WW2 has the ability to turn off or on a whole bunch of realism choices. And, that comes in handy for those of us who are new at this. I get zapped in a game when I have the aid of features like that. My gameplay would be a joke if I "only" had the option of 100% realism. And, then it would stop being fun. Mike

Thanks, KwazyDog & Steve, for the answers. There's one other thing I forgot to ask. Will there be an option before a game, to setup an: Easiest, Easy, Hard, Hardest, game, or something like that, similar to Age of Empires? Or, is that the Ai feature you were talking about? That we could set the Ai to be easy, medium, or hard? Mike

I am very new at this. Will there be any options in Single Player mode to turn off Fog of War, and Reveal the entire Map, like in many other games? Also, & I'm not looking for flaming here, but, will there be any cheat codes for "Single Player" in CM? Again, I'm talking about for us newbies. I'm sure you veteran gamers don't need this stuff. Mike

Charles, thanks a lot. Even that option would be helpful. Mike

In Combat Mission, will there be any kind of option to setup a Computer Player Vs. Computer Player game? This isn't something I'd do often, but, it would be interesting once in a while to setup AI against AI & see how they go at it. And, if this is possible, is it also possible to adjust the weapons for each side? I realize that even CC3 doesn't allow AI vs. AI, but, I was just wondering if Combat Mission will. Thanks in advance for any info. Mike