guachi
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Hit Shift-c to make your units big and you should have no problem spotting the "Attack of the 50 Foot Bazooka Team"
Jason
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It's like a KTMA episode of MST3K!
I'm surprised you guys haven't surpressed these incriminating images like the Best Brains gang did!!
We need to start a CM Fan Club. We could get a special autographed letter from S&C when we join (I still want my manual autographed
), a pin denoting our grognardness, and a secret handshake!!Jason
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Check out: Late May Release!!! for a list of the vehics/equip on the movie
The only word on the board by Steve about number of Shermans has been "Shermans of all types" Possibly because listing all of them would take too much space, or not all of the textures were done yet, etc.
I see things written in books about how the Germans were resourceful in upgrading tanks and reusing old tank chassis, but the Sherman was a mighty customizable vehicle what with almost 50,000 built.
I couldn't even begin to list all the Sherman variations(cuz I don't know them all) but I shudder to think how long the list would be.
Gun changes, armor changes, different engines, field mods, multiple uses for the chassis...
Apparently Hunnicut's Sherman book will tell you everything you ever wanted to know about the Sherman. It costs about $70 which is why I haven't gotten it yet.
Jason
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I couldn't find the exact thread that mch was referring to (it's there somewhere. hiding from me in the clutches of the search function)
But these two threads may give an idea as to how scenario size will affect turn resolution/frame rates on your machine.
http://www.battlefront.com/discuss/Forum1/HTML/003533.html
http://www.battlefront.com/discuss/Forum1/HTML/003630.html
Jason - it's a bird, it's a plane, it's SearchingMan!!
Able to leap a tall list of search results in a single mouse click
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The movie is a minute and twenty-five seconds of coolness!
Check out the thread "Late May Release!!' for a list of what you see in the movie!
Jason
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Fie on Fionn playing with FOW off. Fionn should play with FOW on! Frankly, it would be more fun if Fionn played with FOW on.
(it's funnier if you pronounce FOW as if it is a word that rhymes with cow)
Jason - alliteration is peachy!
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NO FAIR!!
I had my http ref posted before chaos did!
He just went back and adeed it in!
:Welcome, Chaos!
You are now part of the Dark Side of the Search Function!
Jason - Some say using the search function and finding the right thread is better than sex. Try it, I bet you'll agree.
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A LONG time ago (early '99?) I came to the BTS website to check the game out. With pictures like the above, I can't say I was particularly impressed...
Anyone can say they are the most realistic or the bestest with the mostest. It takes about two seconds to type it. S&C (et al.) have actually taken time to back their statement up.
And it's not just the graphics that have changed, I've been reading for months and I've been amazed at all the little things that BTS keeps adding to make the game better.
I don't think I'm objective about this game anymore. I've become a CM sycophant
Jason the Searchonaut
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Not that I know of.
Presumably, scenarios are something that could be added fairly late in the process, but maybe they have been finalized.
Jason
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Training them one by one!!
Join me at the yahoo chat, Simon!! http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/combatmissionclub
Jason FA'Q!!
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I believe that the 57mm was a little better AT wise than the 75mm that was mounted on the Sherman.
The 75mm has a vastly beter HE shell, though. I think that is why many cehicles were switched from the 6pdr (57mm) to the 75mm gun.
Jason
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Naming the vehicles - -
Shot 1 -
M4A3(76)
M3
Jeep
Shot 2 -
British infantry
M3??
Universal carrier
Sherman??
Shot 3 -
American Airborne infantry
Shot 4 -
SdKfz 251
Running Germans carrying 2 K98s and an MP40
Shot 5 -
Panther
JagdTiger??
Shot 7 -
Running British paratroops
Shot 8 -
M4A3(76)
Jeep
(from shot 1)
Shot 9 -
American Field Artillery (75mm, 105mm??)
Shot 10 -
German infantry under arty fire
Shot 11 -
Tiger
Tiger
Shot 12 -
Tiger
Shot 13 -
Wirbelwind
Shot 14 -
Flamethrower!!
(Watch the heads in the foreground - they turn as if they are watching the flame!)
Shot 15 -
JagdPzIV with PzGrenadiers riding
Shot 16 -
150mm sIG33 Infantry gun
Shot 17 -
American troops taking cover in the snow
Shot 18 -
M10
American infantry
City Fighting!! looks great
Shot 19 -
American infantry running
More City Fighting!!
Shot 20 -
JagdPanther
Shot 21 -
JagdPanther meets bazooka shell
As Cartman would say "Sweeeeet!!"
That was helli-cool!
Jason
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The 'Finding Out More About Combat Mission' section is exactly why we need a FAQ.
Let's get moving PeterNZ! We got work to do!
I do have aquestion, though
I assume that Late May is when the CDs start shipping and not when they start duplication, correct?
Jason - Huzzah!! Huzzah and kudos!!
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Must... refrain... from.... posting... link.
Been... discussed .... before.
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In response to Mark IV -
In order to head off nitpicking and criticism of FAQ answers, I am culling quotes directly from BTS (and a few other posters). Extremely laborious wading through 37,000 posts (10,000 done so far) but worth it to find an 'official' answer.
This way people can't complain that my answer to 'no dead bodies' is wrong if I have full documentation of every Steve answer (and there are lots of them).
Jason
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That's why the FAQ is a fan-based effort.
PeterNZ and others, be on the look out for list of good link/books/movies. If we can, the FAQ can not only be used as a resource ABOUT CM but also a a place of information FOR CM players.
This board is not just about CM, it is also about WWII and I think the FAQ should reflect that to some extent.
That being said, I think we should get the standard questions finished first. I have been going through old posts (that's where I get the links from...) and I have a vast amount of quotes to use for 'long answers'.
I also have a repository of links - but I'm unsure how extensive it should be. Someone recently posted a bunch of books and I think we should have those divided up by category.
I'm stiil unsure how to divide questions up by category. So far I have about a dozen categories and maybe 50 questions.
Jason
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To head of 'running panzerschrecks' at the pass check out this link - http://www.battlefront.com/discuss/Forum1/HTML/001926.html This thread gets a bit nasty and even has Schrodi!! Ignore the flames and check out the reasons schrecks can't run.
Also, try http://www.battlefront.com/discuss/Forum1/HTML/001950.html for a little more technical information on the schreck and Puppchen provided by yours truly and Fionn.
After reading the above threads it is astonishing how nasty some of the pre-Christmas threads were. Partly why I'm posting links is to prevent threads from degenerating like the the first one did. Ugghh! I don't want to see that kind of behavior again.
Jason - third degree black belt in link-fu
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Yes, 13mm aircraft guns (MG131)were used by ground troops as were 15mm guns (MG151/15).
Typically, they were pedastal mounted and used in AA defense. Pedestal mounting allowed the weapon to be fired while standing. The firing characteristics (high ROF and electrically fired) made these weapons a poor choice for ground applications.
The 151/15 (15mm) and 151/20 (20mm) aircraft guns were also mounted on the SdKfz 251 halftrack (designation: 251/20) mostly because there were guns with no aircraft in which to put them. 387 of these vehicles were produced late in the war.
Jason
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And I so wanted to post a link to some discussion.
Jason link(less) lad
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M2A1 (pineapple) 1.31lb, 21oz, .6kg
M3A (cylindrical) .84lb, 13.4oz, .28kg
Too lazy to look up weights of German grenades.
Baseball characteristics per official rules:
"1.09 The ball shall be a sphere formed by yarn wound around a small core of cork, rubber or similar material, covered with two stripes of white horsehide or cowhide, tightly stitched together. It shall weigh not less than five nor more than 5 1/4 ounces avoirdupois and measure not less than nine nor more than 9 1/4 inches in circumference."
Jason
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If only we had a FAQ...
It's coming, it's coming!!
Short answer: no
Long answer:
http://www.battlefront.com/discuss/Forum1/HTML/001375.html
Beware: the thread gets a bit nasty, but it explains the running over of infantry.
Jason - dispensing urls since 1906
Member FDIC. All rights reserved. Not valid in Guam, Puerto Rico, or Seychelles. May cause upset stomach and nausea.
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If BTS avoids consecutively numbering various versions of CM, then none of them will seem particularly out of date
Instead of CM1: Beyond Overlord they just call it CM: Beyond Overlord. The next installment isn't CM2, it's just CM: Barbarossa to Berlin (pretty catchy title, huh?
) That way later installments don't make the earlier ones seem out of date.There might need to be some rejiggering of names if earlier titles get retrofitted with new enhancements.
Jason
After CM 1...
in Combat Mission Archive #2 (2000)
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Jeepers, Simon!
Even a Searchonaut needs a little sleep now and then.
http://www.battlefront.com/discuss/Forum1/HTML/001003.html
http://www.battlefront.com/discuss/Forum1/HTML/001837.html
http://www.battlefront.com/discuss/Forum1/HTML/003171.html
http://www.battlefront.com/discuss/Forum1/HTML/003039.html
http://www.battlefront.com/discuss/Forum1/HTML/002717.html
This is probably THE most asked question on the board. After when is the game coming out, of course.
Jason - and the Searchonauts were all snug in their beds with visions of Search functions dancing in their heads...
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