iggi

Flight sims will reach thier hey day when we have full wrap around screens availabe for home use. Think of yourself in a bubble. Until then, they're good procedure trainers. I actually have an idea to make one. Imagine an umbrella where you are sitting on the inside. The dome is opaque. A projector on the outside projects an image on the dome. There you go. Problems to tackle: Can the image be focused on a curved dome? The image must be distorted so that when it falls on a curved surface, the image is coherent.

I'm not for an 'are you sure' notice but I'll throw in a suggestion for options. Have two go buttons. This way if you press both one after the other, well... We can call it the senile patch

Here's a suggestion Kman. First off, thanks for you initiative. Great work. Do you think it is possible to have the upcoming movie start loading and put itself in pause before the current movie finishes playing? Once the current movie finishes, the new movie is instantly unpaused creating the illusion of a non stop movie.

Madmatt, I have zone alarm. When I shut down zone alarm, I did get to the host screen waiting for opponent area. With zone alarm on, the screen did freeze,(well I was able to move my mouse but that's all.I could not escape back to my desktop.), without an error messase. I did see an IP number with zone alarm shutdown and it was the IP number of my 56k modem not my cable modem. However, after reading the readme again, closely, I understand that should not be a problem as long as the other player enters my cable modem IP number. Thanks Problem solved

I have a 56k modem and a cable modem. I read in the readme that you might not be able to host a game. I tried to host a game and indeed my screen froze. I had no trouble connecting to someone else's game. Will this be fixed in the final patch or should I just disconnect my 56k modem which I am not using anyways?

From the README: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>In order to get the correct IP address you may need to manually run Winipcfg in Win9x/ME (from a command line) or ipconfig /all for Windows 2K Advanced Server (also from a command line).<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I pressed start, then entered "Winipcfg" in the command line and pressed ok. The readme has more info too.

A neat aspect of TCP/IP is that you can rotate and zoom the map around while you are waiting for the data to transfer or while waiting for the other player to finish his turn.

TCP/IP is great. Got a game done in about an hour or so instead of weeks. Very exciting and relaxing at the same time. Meaning there is no frustration like in the RTS mouse clicking frenzy. Easiest way to meet someone is at Madmatt's chat site over at: http://cmhq.tzo.com:8000/

Roma Victora! Sorry I just saw the film Gladiator Thanks

For all you c++ guys, how about... You run 2 CM games at the same time. One game gets the even turns and one gets the odd turns. While one movie plays, the other one loads.When one movie finishes, windows swithes you to see the other odd CM movie view. There would be no waiting. what am I talking about??? Is it possible?

Rollstoy, your 3D like map is very nice. Do you have a site with other picturs like that?

Nice looking utility. I tried some files at Madmatt's site but they were for the old version. Madmatt, do you have any AAR's that work with the latest patch?

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Kind of disappointing, I don't believe Shermans were supposed to be that good<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> It goes to show you probably why either side won *most* of the time, shear numbers. Sure technology had the advantage at optimal conditions. However most places, most of the time, battles were determined by what? Numbers. That's my feeling. [This message has been edited by iggi (edited 11-21-2000).]

Didn't know that cube. Thanks!

Another aspect is what is considered control? Does having a bazooka team in a VL be considered control?

Why not give a player points for controling the victory flag each turn? You can even go further than that. You can give more points for certain turns. Thus you can focus where and *when* a player puts thier effort. If you want to allow leeway, spread out points over many turns to allow manouver. Allowing players to rush at the last moment and profiting from it leads to and encourages the tactic. Worse of, players start feeling cheated and the gamey tactics logic starts to rear its head again.

I can play the real video and download the zip file. If anyone wants an example I can email the ziped file, it's about 9megs. A shame some of you can't see this , cause there's so much to see.

kipanderson I see what you are saying. You feel that more 'rules' would give more weight to HQ's and thus would take away from the freedom you have with squad tactics which you feel the game is more about. Logical.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>What would the difference be between a change in a unit's status from 'rested' or 'ready' to 'alerted' and the C&C line beginning to flash?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> The flashing line would tell you that the HQ is having trouble coordinating because the units radius is shrinking. If you don't do some thing, the line will turn from red to black. There would be no change to a rested or ready status. The flashing is a sign of impending loss of control. What differentiates this from the system that is now in place is that an HQ unit would have to move closer to units if needed. One position for an HQ will not promise control in all situations. Would we want to get 'bogged down' in moving the HQ constantl? Would it make the game more fun or 'old'. Questions that I can't answer.

Go check this out now. You want to kick ass in CM?, see this free sh*tload of training war real videos. http://call.army.mil/call/homepage/video.htm Enjoy!

If you want to go down memory lane, try this: http://www.bigtimesoftware.com/wwwboard/messages/

Here's a link to the old board: http://www.bigtimesoftware.com/wwwboard/messages/2674.html

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Hey iggi was it worth the $29 ? Tell us about the vids<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I bought it today so it has not arrived yet. What interests me is that the films are "five original Nazi newsreels from 1941 to 1945." So there won't be the allied slant to events. Of course there should be a German slant but that should give the film a little omph . We'll see.

I rarely stop by this thread. Here is something funny. It is appropriate for the thread. www.joedean.com/abc.htm

Bought "German wartime newsreels" video. from: http://store.yahoo.com/ihf/341.html