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    CM:N for Mac!!!

    in Combat Mission Shock Force 1

    Posted

    Hi Battlefront

    Now that one project, CMSF Nato, is out of the way, thus completing the family of games for CMSF, can we be assured that Battlefront is doing something about the Mac OS version of CMSF?

    We've been told several times in the past that a native Mac OS version will eventually come out but so far nothing has happened.

    Will it be released soon, or only after the entire CM Normandy family comes out, or is it "nope, sorry guys, we've dropped plans for Mac OS, you're gonna have to use Windows"

    Anything please!

    Thanks

    Danny

    Heh... well, it's Afghanistan that is out of the way. We're still working on wrapping up NATO, though it won't be much longer.

    Normandy will likely ship for the Mac on the same day as the PC. Other plans for the Mac are not yet fit for consumer consumption :D

    Steve

    This got lost in another thread

    (I plead guilty to being a hijacker)

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    Ahem, now that CMSF Nato is finished...

    in Combat Mission Shock Force 1

    Posted

    Good thoughtful reply I will answer this question

    Wiping a machine is always very easy. Especially since their is not too much to re-install on a mac. Why is this?

    I didn't wipe the Mac I did an install of the OS without losing anything including all programs and documents.

    I have done installs where I updated the old system

    and installs where I installed a completely clean operating system

    The Mac OS doesn't have DLL's, Autoexecbats, and other Windows Files

    So to move change a system or other software doesn't involve them

    Installing a program often is just dragging its folder into the applications folder

    to uninstall a program doesn't involve an uninstaller most often you can just put it in the trash

    The other night I had to move a program from one Mac to another

    I copied its folder over from one machine to another using a firewire cable

    it started and ran flawlessly

    I will admit this has nothing to do with Operating system installs

    but just offers a reason I use Macs

    I agree that maintaining the PC sometimes is a little like keeping a high performance motorcycle or the millenium falcon working. Where the stylish MAC is really a blue collar workhorse simplified PC in fung shwe clothing.

    OK since you used a motor vehicle analogy I will offer one as well :)

    I often compare Windows Machines to Trucks with really cranky clutches

    While the Mac is a more like a BMW

    Each Tool has its function

    I wouldnt want to drive a truck on the AutoBahn

    nor would I want a BMW as a transport vehicle

    NOW can we MAC Folks go Back to Celebrating the News that CM:N is coming to the Mac :D

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    Ahem, now that CMSF Nato is finished...

    in Combat Mission Shock Force 1

    Posted

    I have been both a Mac and a PC Tech in various capacities

    I bought a PC laptop in 2005 because it was cheaper

    I spent more time on Maintenance & Support on that PC laptop in the 3 years I owned it

    than in my 25 years of Mac Ownership

    Yes, I had to reinstall Windows several times and it was not a simple "Safe Mode & Undo"

    I also have done Mac Operating System reinstalls and find them much easier

    Why would I buy a $500 operating system when I already own a license for it?

    (The PC Laptop Died but I still had the WinXP License)

    I have no distaste for PC's but I prefer my Mac

    because having used and worked on both

    I find the Mac a better experience

    My question for some of the PC users who dont care for Macs is

    "Have you actually worked with a Mac recently?"

    A PC person who doesn't like Macs and hasn't worked with one lately

    is just about the same as an anti-PC Mac fanatic who hasn't worked with a PC

    I know of more than one PC tech who has a System Admin job with PC's

    but their own computer is a Mac

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    CM:ETO ? No, it's not the ETA

    in Combat Mission Shock Force 1

    Posted

    CMSF stand alone Game had the 3 Modules; Marines, UK & NATO

    IIRC

    Normandy is a stand alone Game with 3 Modules planned; Brits, Market Garden & Catch-all

    Bulge & Eastern Front (Bagration?) will also each be stand alone games with their own modules

    As far as naming is concerned, thats anybody's guess

    other than the First two words of it

    CM

    My guess is if BFC follows the same "Naming convention"

    they will have separate names for each stand alone game

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    Old Wargames: What are they Worth?

    in General Discussion Forum

    Posted

    Moms selling her house and so I am cleaning out the cellar

    These old Games have to go; anyone have a clue what they are worth?

    i am thinking of just selling them in a single lot

    Stalingrad WW II Game

    D Day WW II Invasion Game

    Wacht Am Rhein A Historical Simulation

    Gettysburg

    50 Mission Crush

    Balance of Power

    The Arab Israeli Wars Tank Battles In the Mideast 1956-73

    Feudal The Game of Siege and Conquest

    Rise and Decline of the Third Reich

    BI Nuclear Bomber – Microcomputer Games Division of the Avalon Hill Game Co.

    Squad Leader Game of Infantry Combat in WW II

    Panzer Leader Game of Tactical Warfare on the Western Front 1944-45

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    Visual Bone

    in Combat Mission Battle for Normandy

    Posted

    I just took a picture showing trees up to 2km away, will see if Steve will let me post it.

    Rune

    Sorry, been too busy with creating a scenario. Will follow up today.

    Rune

    No Doubt an "Evil" scenario involving an American Airborne squad's attempt

    to attack a German Defensive position across a 2km open field

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