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Well, I think that's too bad. Personally I would rather see them as add-on packs, including the pacific. That way we'd have them all before year's end without having to upgrade hardware. BTS would make as much money and I think we'd all be a lot happier.

Yes. And that's what I don't understand. Microsoft has been writing mainly quality software for over 20 years. And they've become successful. Maybe too successful and that's what generates this antipathy.

Kept getting wiped out playing the amis in vot. Couldn't understand it. Everybody said it was easy. Well, I finally got an overwhelming victory. How, you may ask? Heh, heh. Discovered the artillery spotters and figured out how they work. Boy is my face red.

Why would anyone use netscape when the explorer is better and free?

You used to work for the postal service? Then you know how much everybody should hope his/her package isn't just "lost in the mail."

I played cc1 a couple of years ago and didn't like it much. Then last year I got cc3 for $20. Since it's the scale I really prefer I tried hard to like it but just couldn't. Then got interested in cm. The graphics looked great but the beta demo kept freezing on my computer so I couldn't try it. Finally the gold demo came out and it was love at first sight. Other than the obvious improvements, the random scenarios and ability to save during a battle make a huge difference for me. Now I'm waiting for the real thing like everybody else.

Went to the smoke setting and did a shift-I. The next setting that came up was "none" so I believe I had high quality. I have a voodoo3/2000 and have all the latest drivers including the latest dx. I'll wait for the game and patch and see how that works before emailing Steve.

Seems like I read this somewhere, but smoke in the demo comes up in squares and rectangles. Is this fixed in the real version or patch?

Originally posted by Jimmy 4 Eyes: I am glad the full version does not have the winter cami's because I don't own any. Like everyone else I sit in my fatigues with my h harness and flak jacket on while I play. Everyone does this right??? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No. As soon as I get home I take off my BDUs, throw them on the floor and stomp on them like they were some kind of deadly spider. You can really tell the difference. Us old guys still call them fatigues. And I finally pre-ordered today. And hope I don't have to wait as long as many of you have.

OK, I give up. From your posts I can see the difficulty in including the entire war. Well, I'm still looking forward to this one in a couple of weeks. ------------------ Rich

I don't understand why the entire ww2 could not be included. Steel Panthers did it. So did TOAW on a larger scale. We're talking about adding countries, terrain, weapons, etc. The basic engine is complete. The game is $45. Now $45 for each theater. I might be willing to pay (like $20) as theater add on packs but a whole new game for each strikes me as a ploy. This is typically what Talonsoft does. How much did people pay for EF, WF, EF2, RS and now a combo EF2 and WF not to mention all the add on packs. And look at all the TOAW editions. There is now one for the whole century. They could have done this to begin with. I'll buy CM because I really like the demo and am looking forward to the game. Then I'll see who comes out with mods for the rest of the war. ------------------ Rich

Mods Mods Mods I plan to buy this once the shipping rush is over. I think it is the best tactical game ever made. The only thing I don't like is that it represents only one small theater of operations. Yes, I know they'll be working on more but I think it is a ploy to get our money to continue rolling in. Hopefully, some enterprising hackers will be able to develop mods for other theaters and Vietnam and then we can enjoy the whole thing with one game the way it should be in the first place. ------------------ Rich

First, you can use dx7 with Talonsoft games, check their website for the fix. I have a voodoo 3/2000 with the latest patch and have no problems with the demo.

Sorry, but both monitors used the same plug & play driver from win 98. My guess is my other monitor was so bad it was unable to process the graphics very fast and caused a freeze.

So maybe you can explain why nothing would solve the freezing problem until I changed monitors?

I've been posting freezing problems for the last several months. Thought I'd tried everything. Well, yesterday I bought a nice 19 inch .26 digital monitor. Started noticing how much faster internet pages loaded with my dsl so I thought I'd give the CM demo one more try. And it works. No more freezing. Who da thunk a monitor could cause those kinds of problems? Anyway I thought I'd post this in the hope it might help someone else.

I've been posting my freezing problems on this board for months. Tried all your suggestions and nothing works. I also have a Voodoo 3 card. Interesting though, I can play Shadow Company, which has a similar 3d environment without any problem. In fact, I can play any other game I've ever tried without any problem except Combat Mission. How about you folks posting a newer demo so we can try it out to see if we can get it to work?

Thank you all for writing. The problem is I don't know what is causing the freezes. If I did, I could replace the offending part. But I can't replace my whole computer. The comment that makes the most sense is to try the next demo and see how that works. Anybody know when it's coming out?

Thank you both for responding. Tried reducing hardware acceleration to 25% and it made things worse. The game looked like 640x480 and didn't respond much. And I'm not going to do a special reboot for any game. Funny how this game, out of all the 3d and non-3d games I have, doesn't work. I'll check this board for another couple of days, but if the problem doesn't get solved this time - as much as I like the game - I'm just going to forget the whole thing and move on.

I run WF and EFII with dx7 with no problem. There is a simple fix posted on the Talonsoft site. It has to do with replacing a file in the temp folder during installation. It's a simple procedure and everything works fine.

I've posted before but nobody has been able to help me. Thought I'd try again. The demo freezes within 2-3 turns into the game and I have to hard reboot. I have a k6-2/400 with 160 meg ram, a new monitor, a voodoo 3/2000 video card, display run at 16 bit, a creative pci 128 sound card, all the new drivers including dx. This game looks great but I won't buy it if it doesn't work. Can anybody help?

There is some talk about why a beta demo. The reason is that the demo doesn't work on some machines, like mine. I've downloaded several times (hoping) and it freezes solid not long after starting the scenario. If I can get it to work, I'll buy it. But it needs to work first.

I am in the same boat as Regan and have already posted this problem. I even installed dx7 and that didn't help. I have a k62-400, 160 meg ram, voodoo3-2000, soundblaster pci 128 and all the latest drivers for everything.... all pretty standard stuff but the game locks up after a short while. Also, moves way too fast when using the arrow keys on the screen. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

To Slazzari....how do you assign an irq to the video card?

uh oh. Posted my problem in the wrong place. Please see Freezes as a main topic. Sorry.