Cueball

You can choose the experience level for each unit. Select "Regular", and any units picked with be Regular. Then select "Veteran", and any further units you purchase will be veterans. Switch back and forth as needed. FYI - I have found that veteran AT guns are worth their weight in gold.

>>Unless you've got a Mac. Then you can image the CD to your hard drive and play with that mounted. Can't stand the wait as the CD spins up/down for some things, so I do this with all my games. Also means I don't have to go digging for the CDs all the time (a significant problem given my lack of organization). ------------------------------------- I tried that with CM. Didn't work. It's a pity, because it's so much more convenient.

Regarding the armored cars -- Keep them moving, and watch for flank shots. The American .50 can kill them from the side. The 234/1 (20mm) is quite adept at killing half-tracks other lightly armored vehicles. Because it's main armament is in effect a heavy machine gun, it can hit moving targets while it's moving better than other vehicles firing single shot weapons. The 234/2 (50mm Puma) can kill almost any tank from the side. Use it's speed to get flank shots. The 234/3 (75mm) is good for infantry support. Keep it slightly behind your infantry lines, and use it's speed to provide support where needed.

I had a German AC with a flexible mg fire outside the main gun arc just last night. IIRC, the Hetzers turret mounted MG is "Remote Flexible", which means it's operated from inside the vehicle.

Lindan is correct. A squad will fight better if held together.

What would be great is if you could hit <enter> on the setup screen and get the same information on a unit as you can when it's on board.

The problem is that your comparing one tank vs. one tank and making the assumption that points costs being equal, the tanks should be able to square off each other evenly. I disagree. The Tiger is a much better tank killer than the M4A3+. However, the M4 is a better utility vehicle against softer targets. If I had 4 halftracks that had to cross a field, I much rather my opponent have a Tiger shooting at them than the M4. The Tiger's ROF and turret rotation are slower, and the M4 has *three* MG's, one of them being the dreaded .50 cal. The blast effect of the 88 on the Tiger is greater, but the M4 can bring more rounds to target in the same time period. Look at the Wirbelwind. It costs around 107 (?) points. Would it be able to square off against a M24 Chaffee? Heck no, but which would you rather have when an aircraft showed up? If you've never tried it, see what a Wirbelwind can do against a group of halftracks and trucks. It's truly frightening. There's more to point value than which two units can kill each other. Overall usefulness is often not reflected in mere statistics.

Not that I'm aware of. The Pupchen cost has been increased, and the SPAA dance has been fixed. I'm not sure what else. I hope the 1.02 patch comes out soon. It's difficult to use the SPAA's right now.

Is the new batch 1.02 or 1.01?

Steve has said this is fixed in the upcoming 1.02 patch.

But G4A, you only have to do it once before the start of the scenario. Personally, I think it's a great idea.

Thanks for the update!

Me too. No joy here either. Oh well, maybe tomorrow.

Well, it's Wednesday. Mail showed up. CM didn't. I pre-ordered in November. <sigh> Ain't impatience a bitch? I feel like such a little kid.

I ordered the Mac version in November. Still waiting, but have high hopes it will be here on Wednesday. The cool thing is my buddy has a PC, and PBEM works great. Kudos to Steve and Charles!

I don't have the game yet, but use of the Hummel in a direct fire mode intrigues me. I mean, it's got a 150mm gun! Need a house leveled? Plop it (carefully) in LOS to the house...BLAMMO! No house. .50 cal on a hill bugging you? BOOM! It has it's uses. Just beware of marauding tanks and armored cars.

I pre-ordered in November, my credit card was charged on the 13th, and I still haven't received it. I wish I had a tracking #, but that's just my impatience talking. It'll get here sooner or later. It's the waiting that's the hard part. Captain, I hope it's waiting for you when you get home. Good luck.

Married, 40, 1 and 8/9th children, 1 dog and 4 cats.

They indicated there might be a "Vehicle Pack" somewhere down the road. They had only so much time to do the models. IIRC, not many of the beasts actually saw action on the Western Front. However, there are several vehicles already included (Wirbelwind, Puma, "Super Pershing", Churchill AVRE) which didn't either, but were likely included because modeling them was quicker due to chassis etc. already modeled. I'd still like to use one though

I have to go with the Brummbar too, even though it didn't make it in CM. I'm actually looking forward to using a Wirbelwind, just to ruin some Hellcat commanders day

Of course they won't release it today. Isn't the title "Beyond Overlord" [This message has been edited by Cueball (edited 06-06-2000).]

Well, the Gold Demo is out, and it's still an issue. Is it possible to tell CM that I want it to run in 640x480 with RAVE? I can't set the resolution, as the Rev 1 Wallstreet is fixed at 1024x768. I would be happy to have it run in a smaller window, much like other software (Starcraft for example) does to get the frame rate up. Currently, changing views is painfully slow. If you have any ideas or thoughts on the matter, let me know. Don't make a big deal of it, because it runs just fine on my B&W G3/350

Thanks dude! It worked! Where did you find it?

Thanks. If you can find it before Friday, that would be just wonderful. I'm going on a trip, and would like to take the demo with me on a G3 Powerbook. I've given a cursory look around the web, but haven't found it yet.

...will not be able to run the demo (and presumably the final product). The demo requires that Navigation services be installed, which is only present in 8.5 or higher. Does anyone know if it's possible to get "NavigationLib" (part of navigation services) for 8.1???