109 Gustav

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by redeker: This doesn't have to do with armor protection, but I seem to recall reading/hearing somewhere that T-34's were issued with a large hammer as standard equipment to "encourage" the gearshift lever when needed. Can anyone confirm or deny this story? <hr></blockquote> I've heard this as well, but I can't remember and don't have the source. The T34 transmission wasn't very darn good, I've seen pictures of captured T34s with spare transmissions strapped on the back deck. Another example of bad quality I just thought of- the turret traverse motor was overloaded, and frequently shorted out. I'm hoping damage to the traverse motor will be modeled for all tanks in CMBB, it would be a great way to have a tank suffer damage from hits other than gun damage or armor flaking. Then there was the corner cutting of only having a four man crew, with the commander doubling as the gunner. Should be really interesting when the commander gets blown away by a sniper. Oops, I mean sharpshooter. [ 01-25-2002: Message edited by: 109 Gustav ]</p>

I was wondering how you kept Microsoft from buying you guys out. I hadn't counted on Madmatt bouncing them out of your office. Glad you got the job, Moon. Since you're the prez, you can hire me, right? A nice box of chocolates might be headed your way if so...

Height differences are modeled, so it's possible that grenades are being thrown longer. Also, German grenades are modeled as "potato mashers," which could be thrown further, but didn't have as much blast as Allied grenades. In regular combat, there isn't any advantage to being on the second floor. In fact, I usually try to avoid it, since if the building collapses, units on the second floor will take more casualties than units on the bottom floor.

It's happened to me in both a TCP game and a pbem turn. Both times I had to quit CM, that cleared up the problem. I'm on an iMac with an ATI rage card.

Dorosh, there's a set of gun and Marder mods on The Last Defense. I agree, the mod community is shrinking, especially the websites. Manx's site and SuperTed's Forward Observer got folded into CMHQ. I'm losing interest in running The Last Defense, since hardly anyone sends me stuff and I always put it off for two weeks before taking the time to post it.

Of course, if you want to be historically accurate, you would use the PSW 234/1 carpet. Puma carpet is gamey since only fifteen were made, and just three of those saw action on the western front.

My guess would be the hellcat that came with the game. Somebody, don't remember who, modded the M18 Hellcats in the beta demo, and BTS liked them so much that they were included in CMBO. Good thing, because the beta ones were ugly. There should be quite a contest for the first official CMBB mod. [ 01-17-2002: Message edited by: 109 Gustav ]</p>

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Radar: Something else you don't get to see in CMBO is sealed off and/or booby trapped buildings, made by the defender to ambush attackers. Hopefully with the engine rewrite more detail will be included such as this.<hr></blockquote> If you want to simulate this, place a field of mines where you want the building to be, then add the building in the map editor. Use multiple fields for really booby trapped buildings.

You can't do that! I'm supposed to be the only one who actually goes and runs tests in CM!

Should I type out "Hi Mom" on my Mac, or should I go to one of the computer labs and use a PC? Either way I'm sure I'll get flamed for it.

I have set up some battles like this for other people- I call them Capture the Flag battles. It's basically an ME except that the flags are on opposite sides of the map, so you have to attack and defend. They're kind of fun, except that you have to have a lot of flags to make it worthwile to attack. Letting both sides have foxholes would be a nice twist on this, except that it might encourage both players to sit in their dugouts gaurding their flags and not going after the enemy's. [ 01-17-2002: Message edited by: 109 Gustav ]</p>

You can always use the hardware solution- tape a piece of paper with a hole in it in front of your monitor and use view 1. I'm gonna have to try that.

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by jeffsmith: Ehhhh?? What did he say ??? Somethin' about Math ?? I'll bet he used some calculator thingy !!! In my day we used an Abacus !!!<hr></blockquote> Wow, that is old. I'm probably the only 19 year old on the board with their own slide ruler. I can use it, too.

Well, I know a nice one that Mao Tse-Tung's communist army used to teach soldiers the rules of discipline and attention. It's eleven verses about always marching in step, obeying orders, never steal from the peasants, etc all to a catchy tune. Might make a good startup .wav file. Interested? Learned it off an Arlo Guthrie record. (True music of my generation, eh Slappy?)

Cos sent this one in. "In my last PBEM game I encountered this situation. I didn't know the Germans had started to issue anti-gravity devices to their soldiers. Needless to say I lost the fight to such a superior foe." If the image didn't display as usual, it's right here. http://www.angelfire.com/ak5/TheLastDefense/imagehostingpages/imagehosting.html

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Iron Chef Sakai: Is this the same Fion who made the Fion rules? i'm pretty new here so i don't know. Also i noticed in one of the archived posts that someone mentioning he was banned? Is that true?<hr></blockquote> Yes, it is the same Fionn. He's a great CM player, and did a bunch of AARs on CMHQ. They're kind of old now, but still great reading for anyone who wants to improve their CM skills. Fionn was banned almost a year ago for being too rude on the forum one too many times. He's been unbanned recently, but he still doesn't post on the forum.

The Last Defense wouldn't exist since it was also built on a Mac. Madmatt wouldn't have Mac users to taunt, so he would be forced to bounce PC users out the door instead if he wanted to vent his frustrations.

If you mean the flak halftracks with the 37mm or 20mm cannon, they are generally considered to be gamey when used in games against other people. The reason is that they aren't armored at all, so tanks don't shoot AP rounds at them, they shoot HE rounds under them so the blast kills them. However, this makes them a lot harder to kill, giving them an unrealistic advantage, especially against zooks, 57mm ATGs, and similar units with very little blast. The 20mm will take out the M18 without any problem, and I think it might be able to kill the M10 as well.

My base is getting fairly sore. I think I need to stop using the college-issue chairs and get a comfy one. It's where I spend most of my day. As for units, I've found that the best ones are Red Devils, followed by SS Rifle 45s.

At first I thought NoncombatantGeneral was too stupid to possibly be gunny bunny, but now I'm beginning to wonder. The style of posting and then leaving the thread to flame itself to death seems about the same. Hi mom! Be back home in five days. What's gonna be for dinner?

I think somebody's been watching too many "Army of One" commercials.

Engineers can clear daisy chain mines without satchels. The mines are just laid on the road, not bauried, so it's a bit safer to handle them. They are meant to simulate a minefield laid in a hurry. [ 12-10-2001: Message edited by: 109 Gustav ]</p>

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Captain Wacky: My uber-Combat Mission skills go beyond mere mortal surveys, you fool! You might as well compare "Beowulf" to "Dude, "Where's My Car?"<hr></blockquote> So, what you're trying to tell me is, you only got two points?

Very good post. Did they ever use their guns in direct fire? Did they ever use indirect arty fire to kill tanks?

Good questions, everyone. Keep sending them and I'll make an updated list with all (or most) of them and put the whole thing on The Last Defense.