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The problem with AI is that humans are unpredictable. How is BTS going to tackle the AI question? Even with fuzzy logic, having only one AI model is still somewhat limiting. I was thinking to myself in bed last night, that maybe you guys can model 5 odd virtual commanders that have different weightings for different strategies. This makes sense, since it would be like fighting against different commanders. As opposed to just having one AI "style". CCJ

Subjectively I've always thought the 88 was a better gun, but I guess I'm wrong now But it seems the 88 on the Tiger is not the same thing as the 88 on the Flak 88 CCJ

WHat does the 'L' designation stand for ? Muzzle velocity? ie 88 L/56 CCJ

I'm led to believe it has 2 USB ports for keyboards, mouse, modem etc and 2 Firewire ports (whatever the apple highspeed port is called). Admitly the developer kit is not cheap, just that to get that sort of horsepower from a PC is so expensive. I own a Playstation and am appalled at the lack of strategy games. There are a lot of japanese ones but not much else. Civilisation 2 is good, or yeah there is Panzer General 2 Maybe one day you could license a conversion to Sony KwazyDog > I could be wrong, but after working in the 3D animation industry for some time I think that statement is too good to be true Well i heard George Lucas commenting about how they had computers running 48 hours a day just to render one scene and wished he had a playstation 2 to do the job Lol , rememeber the PS2 is 128 bit and running at 350 mhhtz, and without bulky Windows. Pentiums aren't even 64 bit yet (I may be wrong), well Windows definitely ain't I have seen some real time renders from the Ps2, and I'm very impressed, its just like FMV. CCJ

Hey BTS Have you guys considered porting the game over to the playstation 2? This machine is a beast with 3D graphics and would allow you to make the ultimate version of CM. How does 6 gigaflops sound Apparently it can render ToyStory in realtime at 60 fps! Oooerr that's what I call muscle. CCJ

Which gun is better, the Large cailbre 88 from the Tiger or the high velocity 75mm from the Panther in CM? CCJ

Oeerrr your really swinging now CCJ

isn't this line+Cloumn thingie something they did in the 18 th century? Would be suicide in WW2 during and leading up to a skirmish. CCJ

Fionn, I'll have to reserve my judgement until after the beta demo comes out Arghhh - just thinking about it makes me sick, as in "lovesick" ;( I can't even write any music at the moment....and more so when it comes out! Lol CCJ

Will there be any secret super units to try for fun, seems most games have something like that, that the programmers chucked in to amuse themselves CCJ

Buildings with soldiers in them are represented by taking the top and walls off. Which makes them look a bit exposed, even if they aren't in reality. Any chances of using transparent walls with just the roof off? Like the depiction of the second story floor. I personally feel this to be more in tune with the rest of the game's graphics. CCJ

Hi Some pics on turn 3 don't load when you click to enlarge, and some show only the small version when clicked. CCJ

Steve> We do think that it gave up a wee bit too easily for the distance (about 100m) from the nearest enemy unit. While this most certainly did happen in real life, it was more common for the unit to try and run away. In this case the team would have abandoned its MG and got the heck out of there My exact thoughts CCJ

>issued, etc. The Movie files for this game range from around 200k to 800k. Turns without movies are under 30k. I assume you mean per turn - ohh pretty big. ANother idea I had, was to allow the export of each sides turns for the whole game(without movies), so people can download complete games and generate the movies on their own system. Allowing us to share good PBeM games with others CCJ

Martin Do you know how many Shermans are arriving as reinforcements, or is this part of the FOW? CCJ

yeah I think that's fine with the pause, as long as we can save a library of our most glorious Battles! :0 BTW how big are the replay files? Its just mainly data I assume, since CM does all the graphics on th fly - if so they would be relatively small. This bodes well, for an on-line area to upload the best battle movies CCJ

You mentioned earlier that you might allow all the turn movies to be joined together for one big movie Is this in the game now? CCJ

When you say a turn is 60 second, do we get treated to a full 60 seconds of 3d combat and visuals? If so cool! CCJ

I'm looking forawrd to a 3d Operational game of the whole Russian Front. Would be cool in 3d. CCJ

Will there be variable screen resolution and 32 bit color support? CCJ

Actually on a moonlight night this would be even more deadly Nice dark outlines CCJ

In this case , (something I noticed in the Panzer Elite demo as well) the tanks just cresting the hill will have their belly exposed and they won't be able to lower their guns enough to target you AT/Tanks lying in wait. Do you have belly shots and will the inability to lower the guns (for a small period of time) be simulated? CCJ

One of the fave tricks the Russians used, and mine in CC3 is a reverse hill slope deployment and hence ambush. This is particularly deady, since the enemy can't see you until he's at the top of the hill, and when he is, his troops/tanks are nicely silouetted against the sky ! Will this tatic be as devastating in CM? CCJ

Hi Martin you stated you wanted to take the town pretty quickly, which is why I didn't know why you would not use one Sherman to support the advance against the town. The Sherman would supply a mobile fire and suppression base. The 3 remaing Shermans, would still delay The Geramns long enough, while the SHerman supported attack on the town would most likely finish a bit quicker. CCJ

After looking at that PBeM game on the Gmaers net, I noticed all the Pine trees in the forested area are all the same height. I know it would be more work, but maybe more realistic with slight height variation between each pine tree. CCJ