jdmorse

Felicitations and holiday Greetings you two. Like a bad dream I resurface Yes its about Mac Mods and the managing there of. Don't know if you have moved on to CMBB, but the resource file method was dropped. We now have open .bmps in a folder. Like 7,370 in mine at last count. It occurred to me that either CM MacMod or Mac CM Mod Manager could, with a little snip and tuck be updated for CMBB. Hey I'm an idea person, not nuts and bolts! It would be nice to be able to at least quickly have the new .bmps on one side to compare with what we have, rather than opening up the folder everytime. Under OS 9.2 it's a bit slow and subject to long pauses. Also if it could backup the ones we are changing (not the whole data folder) , a least temp. we would not lose them if the mod wasn't to pur liking. As the two Mac Mod slut Gods.... I your humble beta tester beseech you for Mac users to again descend from Olympian heights and bless us with your gifts. Also, if anyone else wishes to investigate this speak up.

CMBO is a blast. Yoou will have a great time with it. The difference besides the theatre of operations, time scale and units with CMBB is that CMBB has been tweaked to make it more realsitic. CMBO will give you all the heart pounding, bloody screaming to FIRE! FIRE damnit, and persperation (usually when your units decide to do something you weren't planning on - it's called self survival) that you could want. There's a ton of mods and sceanrios available anda number of people have liked CMBO better. Then when you are ready, CMBB awaits, better order one for your father too. It's addictive all around. Welcome and don't hesitate to ask. Note there is a tips and tricks foum, tech help forum and a separate CMBO based forum. Sorry if we left anything behind, we camped out there for a number of years Any question you have should be covered in one ot those places as well as here.

yes it seems to.

Okay this is my BIGGEST pet peeve. It irked me in CMBO and now in CMBB. It is the propensity of tanks to be assigned a smoke fire mission and then willy nilly fail to carry it out because some other target opens up. Now I am not talking about self preservation here where the Tac AI sees a threat. Example (from 15 mins ago) German tank given orders to fire smoke which will support and make possible infantry advance towards VL over open ground. It is a crucial order. Without it my guys are exposed and vulnerable to both target and enfilading fire. Meanwhile, a suppressed russian squad which has been getting pummeled by other ground troops and another tank, finally breaks and runs for it. My tank, forgets its orders to put down smoke up ahead to work with COMBINED arms and flails away at the russkies fleeing for ther survivial. Meanwhile my attacking guys either charge into crossfire, or the attack is aborted. Fix of do sumfink! Actually a fix of "do this order except under the most direst of circumstances" would be appreciated or perhaps a "convene summary courts martial and execute accused" order in the following turn?

One way is to plunge right in, and once you get used to basic commands trolll for a 'training pbem' one where up front your opponenet knows you are still learning, then they can make comments and suggestions, deconstruct what went right and wrong and you can see how they handle things. ' The games I earned the most from were ones where my rear was carved up and served well done. There are thousands here and there that started like you. Experience, the simply playing makes things clearer. A bit of advice. Think 'real life'. Often the gamey tricks of other games ain't going to work. Ask yourself what you would do realistically in a similar situation. many folks read WWII boioks and actual unit tactical manuels to get an idea. Battlefront has a tactical Library available at reasonable prices that is helpful, also the stategy guide. Perhaps try the CM: Beyond Overlord demo as a way of getting used to things. It is a bit more forgivingand many people like it better. Welcome and Good Luck

The doodads are fine, it's the steppe grass, sort of pinkish with those blue specks

DD They look great except for the steppes, they are sort of ....well werid. Do you know if we can put back in the orig's ...are they shared? If so with what and what are the bmp's for steppes. Other than that...Hog(modslut™) Heaven [ December 18, 2002, 09:21 PM: Message edited by: jdmorse ]

Dl'ing as I write. My thnaks ot you all, DD, Matt Cog and all who work together. DD, I must say I am happy beyond belief. i have used your terrain in CMBO and have been looking for something like it. You've made me a very happy man. that and cable modem

Not necessarily. Why would Puma reverse if not sure where shot came from? Any place might be just as exposed. Also the AI maybe more attuned. An example, I had a PzIVD hunting, spotted a KV2, takes a shot and starts to back up, the a second KV2 shows up and AI puts pedal to metal, goes forward, because ground and terrain were more favorable up ahead than behind. So backing up may not have been the best course, and esp if your unit is unsure where the shot came from.

Not necessarily. Why would Puma reverse if not sure where shot came from? Any place might be just as exposed. Also the AI maybe more attuned. An example, I had a PzIVD hunting, spotted a KV2, takes a shot and starts to back up, the a second KV2 shows up and AI puts pedal to metal, goes forward, because ground and terrain were more favorable up ahead than behind. So backing up may not have been the best course, and esp if your unit is unsure where the shot came from.

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Are you saying you can actually play CMBB in classic INSIDE of OSX? If so how? I thought this wasn't possibe with standard issue iMacs. I have an iMac G4 I use OSX 10.2.2, when I try to run CMBB it goes thru the scenario selection screen, but then nothing and then it seems to hang. Whats your secret? We'd all kill for it. Ahh to play without rebooting! The Holy Grail! who cares if it is rendered and 640x480? [ December 09, 2002, 05:39 PM: Message edited by: jdmorse ]

Not yet, more's the pity

My greatest FT adventurewas in CMMC, a bat size scenario. The British are hold up in a place called Chateau Villettes, in the upper left of this pic I had manuverd FT up near one wall and angeled the flame so the defenders could not get a bead on my unit. Burned them out and set the place ablaze . The battle was the inspiration for this bit of literature written by my opponent

You must make it ................. a ....SHRUBBERY !! {Ni} [ November 27, 2002, 02:54 PM: Message edited by: jdmorse ]

....and then when they arrive, they are likely to be WAY off target. With rockets a pre-plan fire mission is the only way to use them, imho. They still cover a big area but will be as accurate as those buggers can be, esp since you usually don't have LOS initially [ November 27, 2002, 01:48 PM: Message edited by: jdmorse ]

Was watching the Stalingrad segment of "The World at War" , a Thames/HBO prodction from the 70's... Believe I saw one being moved amdist the ruins, just a brief flash of film

My prayers and wishes Abbottt. My neice is 1 yr post op for tumor as well, so AI have a bit of the sense your family is feeling. Know we as a community support you

For Mac users, just put an * or anything after CMBB v 1.0 or do anyhting to rename it. Then both orig and v 1.01 can co-exist in same folder. Just launch as needed

To be a little clearer, the mac uses bmp' like the pc. No more resources like cmbo. You simply copy the new mod bmp's into the bmp folder in the data folder. Note, they then overwrite what's there, so if you may want to make copies of the textures you are replacing. I usually open up the bmp folder qand compare what I have there side by side with a few of the textures on the new mod, to determine if I want to go ahead. Some times I duplicate the whole bmp folder if say i am testing snow or grass textures and I do not like the result. There is no CMMOS for the Mac and the mac Mod programs for CMBO do not work with cmbb for the reason noted above. At least there no longer is a 15mb limit on the resources.

Old modders never die, they just lose their saturation.....best to you Gordon, and we'll be looking forward to whatever you do as your contributions will not totally vanish, of that I am sure....

Keep me posted, the last was fun , but NO MORE valleys of death!! Or traffic jams

Having that funky need login and password barrier again.

From Mr Butts closing comments Q.E.D.