Allan Wotherspoon
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I can do at minimum 1-2 turns a day
. I have all the modules and patched to 1.32If you're still looking for opponents, email me at radamanthine@gmail.com. I have CMSF with all the modules.
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I just got around to opening up CMSF with the 1.32 patch (been too busy with CMBN), and I noticed that the 84mm Carl Gustav still has only HE rounds and no AT rounds. Was this a deliberate decision or am I missing something?
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AFAIK it's a Win 7 issue.
The easiest cure is to install the game to a new folder elsewhere than under the Programs folder. eg: C:/SIMS/BATTLEFRONT etc.
Then the PBEM and SAVED GAME files go where they are supposed to and not to the obscure VirtualStore folder.
Did that and still have the problem under Win 7 64 bit.
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Anybody feel like a short tutorial for those of us brimming with enthusiasm but short on knowledge?
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I figured it was something like that, now if I can only figure out the whole layer thing...
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Having been encouraged by the excellent work done by Angryson, I was trying to modify some of the floating icons. My first attempt was to create a floating icon for the ZSU-23 using APP-6a symbology.
I took the stock icon and modified the art in the red diamond. I did not touch anything outside of the diamond. However, when I put the icon in my Z folder, it shows up in the game as a red diamond in a black square.
What am I doing wrong here? I have tried using both paint and paint.net for the modifications. The icon I created is attached.
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Just noticed something strange, the deploy weapon command is missing for the Canadian C6 HMG.
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I've just run into this. I saw my opponent's ZSU-23 take two hits from Eryx ATGM's with no apparent damage.
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Canadian LAV III still has 2 Carl Gustav's (should have one) and only two HE rounds for said weapon.
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Are you talking about the automatic grenade launcher mounted on the jeeps? Because it works fine with me.
No, the ground mount ones.
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I first noticed this back when the UK module came out and I have now seen it in the NATO module. When given an area fire order, the UK and GE automatic grenade launchers never seem to fire. The only way I have been able to get them to fire is at an identified target, thus they can never be used for suppression against suspected targets. Has anyone else noticed this?
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With regards to ammo sharing.
I had a dutch recon team jump in a APC to go fetch a Panzerfaust missile, there was another recon team on the roof of the building the APC was hiding behind. Then the second the recon team dismounted the faust missile instantly jumped from the dismounting team to the team on the roof. I thought ammo sharing wasn't supposed to work like this?
Musical Panzerfaust's anyone?
I suppose this is an example of unintended consequences when implementing a requested feature...
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Given that my knowledge of German is pretty much limited to "ein Bier bitte" and my knowledge of Dutch is even less, I sometimes have trouble with the radio messages between the FO's and the artillery. Can anyone provide a translation guide for the German and Dutch messages?
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It would also be nice with a "LOS" movement order (ie move from current position in a straight line until the unit gets LOS of target).
Doesn't the "Hunt" command do that?
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Did you look at what everybody was doing? It says it in the lower left corner. I bet someone of the surviving crew shows as 'driving'. The speciality only tells what they're specialized at, but eg. if a vehicle has lost its driver and gunner, it doesn't mean that others can't drive and, eh, gun.
You're right, it shows the commander as driving. That still seems strange though, I would have thought that the loader would have moved to the driver's seat and the commander doubled as loader.
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Playing Halt! Hammerzeit PBEM. AT-5 hits one of my Leopards and kills the driver, but leaves the tank otherwise operational with only minor damage. Crew panics and dismounts from the tank. When their panic subsided, I was able to recrew the tank and happly drive off, eventhough it appeared that only the commander, gunner and loader stations were manned. As far as I could tell, it was operating with a full turret crew and no driver, but still moving about.
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We tried to figure a way to support dismounting a weapon from a vehicle by someone other than the vehicle's own crew (support added for that in v1.20), but it was not easy. Since this is the only instance in simulating 7 major forces we decided we wouldn't likely need this functionality again. So we decided not to invest the time into making it possible to dismount the MILAN from the Marder.
On the attack, which is what the Germans are supposed to be doing in the CM:SF setting, it is highly unlikely that the MILAN would be dismounted and fired by the infantry. More likely the Marder would take care of things. Especially since there is a 400m minimum range (IIRC). If enemy armor is getting closer than 400m the infantry should think about leaving
Steve
A workaround, that would admittedly be a bit of a kludge, would be to add a MILAN launcher to the Marder that could be acquired by the troops. That would give the player the option of using the MILAN ammo for the dismounted launcher or the mounted one.
I seem to recall somewhere that only the platoon CO's vehicle was supposed to have the MILAN mount, but I could be wrong on that.
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Noticed something strange with the Canadian LAV 3 infantry section vehicles. Each carries two Carl Gustav's, with two rounds of ammo. I wonder if one of the CG's shouldn't be an Eryx. As far as I know, the Eryx was intended to be a section level AT weapon. It doesn't appear, as far as I can tell, anywhere but the light infantry company weapons platoon. Shouldn't there be an Eryx in each ISV, along with some ammo for it?
Also, I noticed that the Coyote carries LAW's and AT-4's. Canada doesn't use the AT-4.
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And a thought on the AT weapons dilemma, the platoon AT capabilities could perhaps be upped a bit by pulling the Carl Gustafs and their tiny allotment of HE rounds from the section vehicles to be replaced by an equal or greater number of LAWs, then adding more ammo for the Platoon weapons section Carl Gustaf, including some AT rounds.
I second this.
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If the lack of HEAT rounds for the Carl Gustav's could be fixed, that would be great.
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OK, some answers for you guys:
1. Yup, Dutch Engineers are portrayed correctly. And yes, they DO have a lot of firepower. I checked some old Beta Forum posts and found that I specifically asked if the AG-36 (grenade launcher) count was correct and was told it's correct. I did, however, find that one type of Grenadier had too much ammo so I knocked it down.
2. Dunno how the Canucks lost their Rifle Squad M203 (grenade launcher) guys, but they did
I've added them back in. This should go into the Canadian Campaign seamlessly.3. We never have added speculative weapons purchases to any nation. Canada does not field the Javelin now, so it shouldn't have access to it in the CM:SF timeframe. The fact that it would be nice to have them, and Raytheon would love to sell them to Canada (I'm sure!), isn't relevant.
4. Some issues with low level radio allocation have been fixed.
Steve
No worries about the Javelin, but any chance of some ground mount TOW's for the light infantry at least?
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I see a couple of apparent holes in the Canadian light infantry TO&E.
First, there used to be a version of the Iltis with a TOW launcher. Although the Iltis is, as far as I know, gone, I can't see them going into a situation where there is a threat of heavy armour without a replacement, most logically a mount on the G-Wagon.
Second, once again if they were going into a area wiith an armour threat, I would susepct that there would be a quick off-the-shelf purchase of a medium range ATGM such as Javelin to supplement the Eryx and TOW.
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Agreed: The command/status should change to read that the vehicle is transferring ammo from stores to ready rack. This will hold true even more so with the larger loadouts with WWII tanks and how rounds were stored all over the hulls.
The turret traverse/reload should be AI controlled with player override. Imagine your Bradley taking itself out of the fight at the wrong moment. Something along the lines of the infantry crew served weapons DEPLOY command.
???
Ken
I believe that you can override the AI turret traverse using the Cover Arcs command.
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So, Battlefront, any chance of some Canadian engineers making it in to the game in a patch? If not, can we at least give the Assault Pioneers demo charges?
. I have all the modules and patched to 1.32
I've added them back in. This should go into the Canadian Campaign seamlessly.
Looking for CMSF/CMBM Opponents
in English
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I have CMSF with all modules and CMBN. I am flexible with the pace, multiple turns a day or one every couple of days is fine with me.
If interested, email me at radamanthine@gmail.com.