rwcanuck

For old farts like me I cannot keep anymore with the AI in real time games. Whereas in Close Combat games I can because of the option to slow the real time speed down. Any chance of an option to slow the real time movements down in CMBN?. With multiple units it is just impossible to keep up with the AI.

Well done Patrick. Ranks up there with the simulations used in the "Greatest Tank Battles" series on the History Channel. CMx2 is a great engine to work with.

Doing a random QB, WITH THE LATEST PATCH, I got a mech force including halftracks and Stuarts. Weather was pouring rain. Moving slowly on the road 8 out of 22 AFVs bogged and then become immobilized in the first 8 minutes of the game. I off loaded the rest of the Halftracks. All infantry is now on foot. Even 3 out of the 6 Stuarts bogged and became immobilized on the muddy road. Haven't seen so many AFVs bog and become immobilized since the demo game of CMBO.

I vote yes. Similar way to Close Combat pause where both sides agree and where both sides hit the pause button. Usually in emergency situations. It did not happen too much in CC.

They say football (soccer) is the beautiful game. It has competition as the Battle for Normandy (CMBN) is also the beautiful game. I showed the game to my friend who has been depressed for some time. With his precise military knowledge of WW2 I took a chance and played CMBN with him and now he is in love with the game. You can now see the twinkle of joy back in his eyes. Thank you BF. Well done!

I have the same trap error when I installed ToW on my HP laptop using the imbedded Mobile Intel 965 Express Chipset. It looks like their is Open GL support with the graphic card when I installed the GPU Caps Viewer v1.5.2. which displays the main OpenGL capabilities. Oh well, it worth the try. A bummer I cannot play the game when I travel though. Rob

Maybe keep it simple for ToW1 like in the Close Combat series and CM. I think most of us can live with that and the designers work on the true realism for ToW2. I agree, if we support ToW well the chances of a Tow2 will be enhanced greatly cheers Rob

My Congratulations to the Battlefront and IC staff..the wait is nearly over. Now I know what my Wife can get me for my birthday in April cheers Rob

I just tried the 1280 x 1024 screen and I get more stretch on my Dell 22in Monitor than the 1400 x 1050 screen. My desktop works great at 1680 x 1050. Again, just wish Battlefront would dp something with their resolution preferences to include 1680 x 1050 if the monitor is setup that way for maximum performance. Rob

It seems 1400 x 1050 pixels is the highest resolution CMBB and CMAK offers. My 22 inch Dell Monitor is set to 1680 x 1050 pixels and my windows graphics look great. Just wish Battlefront can update the resolution preferences to 1680 x 1050. Cheers Rob

Regarding Radeon Cards. I recently purchased a X1300 Card. It is nice and fast but disppointing that still there is no fog-table emulation and no foggy games. I downloaded an ATi Tray tool tweak and using advanced tweaks I ticked off Fog-table but still no fog in my games. Rob

If I remember Customs was into a Work to Rule Slowdown when CMBB was shipping to add for the lengthy delay many of us got the game. Let's hope it will faster this time with CMAK but then the Post Office will probably delay the delivery this time since they are in a contract hassle. Just keep your fingers and toes crossed fellow Canuckies that it will arrive in a week. Rob

I have the same problem with my Athlon 1100 using XP recognizing my Celeron 1000 that is using Win98se but bot the other way around for LAN networking. The one good thing is that my Linksys router does give each computer a DHCP IP address. I have 192.168.1.100 for the Athlon and 192.168.1.101 for the Celeron. Of course, both computers have their own hostname. I am glad CMBB works well with the LAN connections and CMBB recognizes the IP addresses, but still puzzled why I still cannot do other forms of networking even with full sharing capability on. Rob

Howdy! Got my 2 copies of CMBB yesterday. Luckily I had the $25.68 the postman wanted from me. Exact change or no package. Outrageous how much the government slaps on for duty and taxes. I got this note inside my package which explains why it is taking so long for our copies to arrive here in Canada: "YOUR PACKAGE HAS BEEN EXAMINED because a declaration was not found on the outside or because the declaration was incomplete. To expedite future shipments, please advise your exporter to provide a declaration that includes the value and complete description of the contents" I will have to let Battlefront know about this. Hope the rest of you guys get your copies soon... Rob Vancouver

With the Canadian Customs Officers slow down starting today any CMBB games stuck at the border will stay stuck there I am afraid. I think that is mine is at gathering dust. I hope not but that is a fear I definitely have. RW