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I also wonder about squad formations, can you form a line or other formations. Does the squad change it's formation if it starts comming under fire from mulitple directions or the rear? Let's hope it's better than Assault Squad.

And what happens when the enemy not in your arc shows up?

Well I'm not sure of a Battallion Editor, but I would like to see an infantry editor that would allow you to edit infantry squads/crews within reason.

Think Tacops with Cmx2 Graphics, all the command and options you could ever want.

It always seem to me mine fields were spotting to easy, even at night and I don't think throwing anti-tank mines if very realistic!

I never liked the way mines were handled in CM1. I would like to see an option where mine fields remain hidden untill something goes Ka-boom!. Infantry anti-tank mines, would like to see squads be able to place mines on the ground and not throw them!

I agree infantry use of smoke grenades should be included, but at the cost of frag grenades. In other words, if your infantry squad is carrying smoke grenades they should carry fewer frag grenades. This is the type of thing that would fit in nice with an infantry editor where squads could be equiped for the mission.

Well after reading the post it sounds like you maybe able to pick one or two pre-configed versions of an Infantry Squad, too bad. I don't want a wargame construction set, but geez at lease give us the ability to edit infantry squads (number of man, state, type of weapons). In the later part of the war there was very few German infantry units that matched their standard TOE. Give us more things to edit than just the changing the color.

What will we be able to edit in CMX2? In cm1 you could only edit the color(texture)!

1. Infantry Editor Example: Ability to edit the crew weapons from a pistol to a SMG for tank crews, ability to re-name the men in the squad/crew and unit. Give more than the ability to just change the color! 2. Supply/Fuel Ammo and fuel carriers, Any thoughs on ammo/fuel supplies (re-supply), fuel rating for tanks. Example: Allow infantry to resupply from a stock pile or truck or ammo carrier. New mission types such as protect the ammo and fuel carriers. 3. Man/Unman vehicles/weapons Ability to man/unman vehicles/weapons. Example: Start a mission with the tank crews in a building down the street from their tanks. 4. New mission Types Any new mission types? raids, blow up a ammo/fuel dump, bridge, etc. Rescue mission find a downed airman, POWs. 5. New building and objects Any New building types and objects. Expample: Ports, Docks, Airfields, Guard Towers, Ammo/Fuel Dumps, docked ship/boats. 6. New Toys What about Trains, Gun Boats, Staff Cars, Grounded Aircraft, horses, motorcycles, fuel carriers, repair vehicles, command vehicles, cars.

I hope we could modify/customize a squad/team. The limits would be max size of a team/squad and man requirement for the weapon (LMG 2 man, HMG 4 man, etc). Example; Ability to edit the crew weapons from a pistol to a SMG for tank crews. 1. There was very little that could be edited in CM1 (change the color)! What will be able to edit in CMx2? 2. Any thoughs on ammo/fuel supplies (re-supply) infantry from a stock pile or truck, ammo carrier? 3. Ability to man/unman vehicles/weapons? Example: Start a mission with the tank crews in a building down the street from their tanks. 4. Any new mission types? raids, blow up a ammo/fuel dump, bridge, etc. Rescue mission find a downed airman, POWs. 5. Any New building types or objects. Expample: Ports, Docks, Airfields, Guard Towers? 6. What about Trains, Gun Boats, Staff Cars, Grounded Aircraft, horses, motorcycles, fuel carriers, repair vehicles, command vehicles?

No, the player will not be able to modify Squad size. However, we have a lot more flexibility in offering alternative Squad compositions than we did in CMx1. This means we could have the standard organization as default and offer a special "Assault Configuration" (or what not) for the player to use. We aren't going to go hog wild with minor variations, but if there was a common alternative organization we will allow this. We also are allowing a LOT more flexibility to Order of Battle, which IMHO is the bigger issue.

There's no combat in the game demo! I was hoping to pit my tank and squad of infantry against an enemy tank and infantry. Was this asking too much for a demo of a tank combat game? Very Disapointing

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You need both the Divx Video Codec and DirectX 9.0c. Check you video drivers first, and update them if new versions exist, before installing the Codec and DirectX. I have the demo installed, so far everythings seems fine. System P4 3 Ghz 512 MB Ram FX5200 Video 128MB Sound Blaster Plus Win XP Pro

You need both the Divx Video Codec and DirectX 9.0c. Check you video drivers first, and update them if new versions exist, before installing the Codec and DirectX. I have the demo installed, so far everythings seems fine. System P4 3 Ghz 512 MB Ram FX5200 Video 128MB Sound Blaster Plus Win XP Pro

Becarefull the link to filefont points to the old Russian Demo. Filefont also have the newest demo! The way to tell the differenct is, the old demo is 510 MB the new one is 192.48 MB. downloading now!

Sounds like the AI driver needs some new commands (move, advance slow, hull down, etc.)!

The AAR was great, I find it funny the enemy tank rolled, guess they forget the parking brake!! I like small unit engagements, looking forward to the demo.

How much if any control do you have over infantry?

Shut down unwanted services (Anti-virus, AOL, Real Player, etc) before copying the CD to disk. The best way is to install Spybot 1. Install Sybot. 2. switch to Advance Mode under Menu 3. click on the tools button. 4. click on systen startup then turn off all of the startup services by clicking on the check mark in the boxes 5. reboot 6. try copying again to disk. Note: Hard Disk drives now days have their error detection & correction turned off (makes them run faster). I've see this mainly when ripping DVD's to disk files. You can find Sybot through google.

Demo this Week? Any change the demo be released this week?

I think waitting for the demo is the best bet, bashing the game for this or that is useless at this point. I for one want more that just a tank sim I want to see how much control I have using both my tank and squad of infantry using real world tactics.

Post WWII Tank Combat Glad to see some post WWII Tank Combat! Looking forward to see more of this!

Recon Missions: In the current Cm1x series you are told about forces before the battle begins. Recon Option off: Same as Cmx1 Enemy Strenght 2 X reinforced Rifle Companys Recon Option on: Enemy Strenght Unknown You launch a recon/probe mission to find out enemy strenght before commiting your forces and you get a look at the map before the battle.