Phoenix

Oh god PLEASE do somefink about the "instant bail out" issue. Holy crap, while playing RT I have done that ALL too often.

No need to fast forward. Just hit the red button.

What do you consider "close"??

I'd like to read about the best way to use specific units the "right way". Like the fire support stryker. Can it spot better than other units? Where/how should I use it?

Had no problem getting them to wax the bunkers with the Javelin. And the Mk19? Wow, that thing is devastating. In fact Im amazed at how fast they react to my orders to use it, area fire, enemy targets etc. Hell I've used other units to spot specific enemies, then used area fire from the 19 to wipe them out. Very impressive. Some have mentioned that the Javelins may not be fired at bunkers that are empty. Dunoo..

I'd give it a 2 so far. I've got a 4 year old computer, P4 something or other with 1gb of memory and a Gforce 6600GT. Played a good 10 hours now, and have had no crashes, freezes or anything else bad happen. Found myself stuck in front of the screen again this morning..and before I know it, 4 hours are gone. So clearly it's entertaining the hell out of me. And I haven't played any of the previous CM games for at least 2 years. The experience so far is very close to what I went though with CMBO. Im sucked into the game and I loose track of time. If that isn't a sign of a game that has my interest I don't know what is. Some niggles though.... Keeping track of squads that are inside multi story buildings. Holy crap, that is a royal pain in the ass. Very confusing. What happened with being able to turn off roof tops? Oy, this is the biggest gripe for sure. Vehicles that are hoplessly lost in city streets. I have a screen shot at home I should post... just bizzare behavior at times. And yah, I don't think vehicle path finding is much better than it was years ago. Bummer. Tac AI? Depends on the scenerio I guess. But it seems to suffer the same problem that previous CM games did when it's on the attack. Especially in QB games. It doesn't do much at all sometimes, and often leaves a vehicle(s) sitting in the back...That said...I had my ass handed to me in game one of the campaign. I have no idea how I'll conquer that particular scenerio.... but that's part of the fun isn't it? So this is D-day +1, so Im not too worried. This is a special group of game developers and I know they are already working on improving stuff. Looking forward to user made scenerios, please make me some that don't have cities!!! Thanks! Oh yah, and I almost forgot, as someone who HATES RTS games, I find I am playing this in RT more often than Wego. I never though that would happen....but once I found out you can pause the game to issue orders it wasn't so bad. Yah, I don't always know what took out what..but oh well, Im playing Veteran level so I don't know a lot about what's going on...I can't even imagine Elite level. [ July 28, 2007, 05:01 PM: Message edited by: Phoenix ]

Ah, 350 mb sounds familiar, most excellent!

I can't remember what size the download is...but will it fit on a standard CDR? Would love to download it here at work where I get insane download speeds.

:eek: I see your Benny and raise you Gunny Bunny. lol.

Mucho thanks!

Anyone care to comment on the whether or not getting a Quad core (Q6600) is a better choice than the Duo E6850? Both are the same price now. (@ $266) I realize CMSF doesn't take advantage of multi-core (or so I think I've read) but if Im putting together a new machine, should I just get the Quad? Be gentle, Im not an uber geek. BTW - does software have to be specially written to benefit from a quad core? IE - I've got an older version of Sony Vegas. Would my video rendering benefit at all? Or would the dual core be just as good.

Would love to get this clarified. Im on the verge of ordering a new desktop (mostly for CMSF) and am on the fence about getting Vista.

This topic was beaten to death 7 years ago. Same answer now as then.

They have already said "no" to this in another thread. The one called "will there be a MAC version".

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Yes. Been explained by BTS many times. It was hoped to be done for CMBB, but was not something they could make happen at this time. Look for it when the engine gets re-written.

Well...go figure. I am getting my ass beat routinely in Quick Battles where I have to attack. Over and over again I loose. Doesn't matter what side I play. But on this scenerio, I scored a major victory.

I got frustrated very quickly with Borisovka. Why? I am terrible and trying to manuever my tanks without the never ending @!#$@!# traffic jam, pile up, loss of contact. Then as soon as I bring a tank up to hull down, bang, it's dead. Then the next one dead. Screw it, I quit.

Do a search on "motorcycle" and "horse" BTS has explained why neither is in the game on several occasions.

I would love to, but it says bandwidth exceeded.

I'll stay with Full for awhile. The AI is still giving me hell on Full, no need to turn tactical defeats into Major ones!

Ah jeeze......Well I guess that's likely in the MANUAL somewhere...but who wants to read that? I guess this had something to do with why it was going to take 37 MINUTES for big assed arty to arrive on target? Or is that just because the Russians are slooooooooooooooow when it comes to arty fire?

I tried to load a spotter onto a big ass Russian assault gun. Nope, no can do. I could embark a 9 man rifle squad, but no spotter. Oh, and an AT rifle team loaded up fine too, as did an MG. Uh...what's the deal? [ September 25, 2002, 05:18 PM: Message edited by: Phoenix ]

With CMBO, I don't think I've lost ANY Quick Battle to the AI since...well, since I can remember. But that changed yesterday with CMBB. I was handed a tactical defeat. Ugh. How embarassing. Things were going very nicely thank you. I couldn't wait to get my Brumbar into action. I was moving my men up nicely (small town) from building to building. Had smoked a couple of T70s that were foolish enough to show up. Then the LaGG showwed up. I saw it fly by once and thought, oh hell. The next time by it dropped SOMETHING that destroyed my Brumbar, shocked my flampanzer, and leveled a two story building that I had about 4 sqauds in, and a couple of leader. In essence my entire attack went to hell in one second. Oh, the LaGG came back and then immobilized my PZIV. Thanks a lot. The remaining T70s and some crappy little armored car wrecked havoc on my squads after I was out of armor. (A gun hit on my Stug ended that) In the end I lost all my armor and basically got my ass kicked. This ain't your fathers Oldsmobile! ------- Well, I just lost AGAIN. Jeezus. Played the Finns in a meeting engagement. Had one flame tank, it got toasted. But jeezus, in 1941 the Finns have SQUAT to stop T34s, and KV1s. The AI picked 4 tanks and I think the Cannister rounds elimated 50% of my forces in one area. The rest ran. Ugh. [ September 25, 2002, 02:48 PM: Message edited by: Phoenix ]

The reason the sounds are so good is that they're recorded in dubly.