Artmann

Ok, if static defense is a term that could apply both to large scale front (WWI) and more tactical battle (siege castle), then Waterloo can be considered a static defense that worked. Wellington hold the line against the french assault, until reinforcement change the history. ARn

Ok, if in the future the smelling card is reaching the market, I suggest to sell every simulation with a gaz mask, and they will be a very hard lobbying against the WWI simulation. ARn

Ok, CM is a good game, a good wargame with a good viewing effect, at least for the beta demo. But ... : there is when playing German a near permanent swatiska, because the german flag uses is red with a swatiska. So I remove it by putting a dark filled rectangle in the two following files : 420.BMP and 440.BMP. I have seen past messages on that subject, they were mainly linked to the remote possibility of not being able to sell the game in germany. Don't you think that by just making such an alteration you can make your game better ? I don't really know how to handle this : I just can't supported to see this permanent red flag. ARn

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Big Time Software: Artman, However, I think you will find that the things you mentioned are going to be harder to do in the full version. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Ok, and that was exactly what I need to heard : you made such fool moves harder to made, and you teach poor little AI how to take care of such fool moves. Thanks ARn

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Schrullenhaft: As for the ex-SS unit; were these French nationals that were once SS or were they German SS (or other nationalities for that matter) ? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Engagement in Foreign Legion were made (and still are made) on an anonymous basis, that is history is forgotten for the new recruit, and this new recruit is only known and called with a new name. This lay a door open to many soldiers of any nationalities, which in the 50's often means german. ARn

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by tss: Also, I think that sacrificing tank crews gives the enemy a hefty victory point bonus. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Ok, so why should we have a total control on something which should be totally out of control in many case ! And yes I can sacrify a crew if the price to pay is to sacrify the crew, and I have nothing else to bargain, mostly in a stand alone scenario of course ! Just imagine that, you were in a tank, then Clank ! Boom ! Woorf ! and the crew just manage to get out. Do u really think that you will be OK and with the behaviour to obey order from an infanterie lieutnant ? I wander how fanatical I will be in such a case. ARn

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Fionn: This makes sense in CM since all you really want to do with crew is run them off the map and into a safe area so they can't get themselves all killed.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Ok, I'm sorry Fionn, but I have found some other uses for crew : 1) fire pistols to the nearest ennemy if in range, this is enough to catch attention of an ennemy bazooka team ; 2) run wild in the open to the objective, this magnet all mg in the world and allow u to make the real move with the real squad untouch 3) in general confused AI, what are u doing human, this is not programmed ! I try this in challenge#1, and for more than 10 turns I have hold a wood with 2 dismounted sherman crew. AI finally launch 2 MG and 3 squads at them, this allow me to pinned them with the real threat : a lone .50 MG ! One suggestion may be, such crews in CM should have their own status (like permanently broken) unless Japanese, or some very fanatical or desesperate unit (partisan or commando). ARn

Ok, for the A7V ok, and now the realistic question : - when such a large crew tank is destroyed but crew survive, do u have a bigger crew (three man squad) ? (remember these ASL rule about large crew, in these case u got 2 crews and not only one). ARn

Ok, <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Fionn: Hell, I think the minimum I've ever seen in a tank is 3 in an old captured French tank ( The R-39 IIRC) and the maximum is 7 ( in Priests and stuff like that<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I suggest you to have a look to a Russian Early War Ob (yes I know it will be a CM2 issue), and look at the T35 Tank, a very big one with multi-turreted feature. This can hold a crew of 10 or 12 if I remembered well . Regards ARn

Ok, <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by crossfire: CM is not really infantry game. Pacific war was mainly infantry. Rarely AFV were used.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Do you know when CM becomes an infantry game ? After all AFV are blowed up. ARn

Ok, I think that a pacific CM may also include some other events of interest like : - the war in China (Communist, Nationalist and Japanese) ; - the Birman (English vs Japanese) ; - Russian vs Japanese by late war. ARn

Ok, I have just seen that old "passive simulation" dating 1962 : "the longuest day" from Zanuck fame. And in this "passive simulation", there is the assault on the "Pointe du Hoc". The question is : do we have Climbing in CM ? So can we have the rangers starting from the beach, try to climb the heights and then take the bunker at the top ? Regards ARn

Ok, If that was the case, someone should tell the French that. God, I have never seen a language where the actual spelling of a word is just a "suggestion" rather than the rule on how it is prounounced. For example, Benoit? I'm not a dedicaced linguist but what I could say is that the so call "suggestion" may comes from these : - French have many voyels, you know a e i o u, but you also have an, en, on, etc ... They are called 'nasals' (from nose) if I remembered well ... - some voyels are composite (I think they are called diphtongue ) when you say them, oi is for something like "oo aa" ; - French use a lot of mute letters, for a lot of reason, some historical("étymologie"). So in Benoit you dont care to tell the final t (but also you care to write it, unless you are very very low in french grammar and spelling). - and also there is the accent (those little signs over some voyels, which made for brand new sounds from the original). So 'e' 'é' 'è' and 'ê' are not heard the same way. BTW, they were some tries to 'simplify' the spelling of french (accent removing, less mute letter and so on). It was a complete failure. On the contrary, they were law enforcement on the public use of french in commercial products, like software and game software. This was a success. And moreover, they are not so much english talker, and about german it's worse. Regards ARn

Ok, Thanks for the links, I know them, but thanks anyway. I appreciate your sense of humor, to call the first CM module "Beyond Overlord" and not "Beyond Valor" deserve a great LOL. ARn

Ok, there will be only two good reasons to buy CM, I had absolutely no time to play ASL the way it should (say face to face) in three years ; and worse my 9 months old son is very fond of wargaming pieces ! ARn