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On a related note - I think one of the best improvements for quick battles AI design is if you could designate an AI group as Tank only, Infantry only or AT/HMG.

thanks! @Frenchy56

@BFCElvis I still don't hear South African voices - (PC version)

Thanks for the maps @Freyberg I've only played 1 map so far but it looked great and was a fun battle

Great topic, however I can't see the jpg's Freyberg posted? I'm quite keen to try his suggestion so would be nice to see the suggested AI plan

Does anyone have working South African voices (*.wav files) for R2V module? I exploded the .brz file and found many of the *.wav files for the South African voices were misspelled and/or were stereo files (only mono files seem to work) and the *.wav files that were o.k. were very quiet and needed to be amplified. The artillery confirmation voices were missing entirely. Pretty weird since one of the R2V campaigns includes the South African army. I raised a ticket on the help desk about it over a month ago and was corresponding with @BFCElvisbut the ticket has been closed now without any confirmation the issue is fixed. Is there a patch or somefink?

Yeah - the larger bit rate 1411kps files I have checked are stereo which I need to convert to mono otherwise I get the white noise too

Using Rez explode I have looked at the SA *.wav files ( e.g 'south african move fast 00.wav') and they are definitely quieter than the corresponding Indian and Brazilian files. I amplified one of the file so it is similar to the Indian file and renamed it with just one zero not two ( 'south african move fast 0.wav') and I can now hear it - though it still seemed quiet compared to the sound file of the feet on grass and ambient sound etc. So getting rid of the extra 0 in the name seemed to be the difference for me being able to hear the voices. Also I noticed the file structure, number of files and naming is different for the different nationalities - maybe this is deliberate. Also there are spelling mistakes such as 'burning' spelled wrong in the file names. eg 'south african hit burnung vehicle 00.wav'

Regarding the missing S.A voices. I exploded the brz file and the S.A files are definitely there. So I loaded up the S.A files into an editor and can confirm the amplitude is way lower than the Indian or Brazilian voices. I wonder if the sound card is supposed to 'normalize' the volume and my particular sound card isn't doing that? My sound card is a Realtek that is built into the motherboard. What I might try when I get home from work is to increase the volume and save the files into the z folder and see if I can start hearing the voices.

Yup no S.A voices too and blinking unknown contacts. I have created a ticket so Elvis is aware of it.

Yeah I noticed the Archer has to be reversed into a firing position because it has a fixed turret which points to the rear - so probably not a bug. . Not sure if Hull down command will work (probably not??). Not ideal but I don't use the hull down command so not a biggie for me. On the plus side I guess you can do a fast retreat if need be!!

Cool!

I'm sure Jimi would have loved Combat Mission too!

Too soon?

c'mon! - Refresh Monkeys Away!

I can concur, anecdotally I am still seeing this issue occasionally in multiple titles (though still most frequently and obviously with the bocage of CMBN). As RockinHarry stated: 'many unit "retreats" in fact are self applied "evade" commands' and to me they sometimes occur without much incoming fire or notable decrease in morale. I've seen it in real time games where if you spot the evade command been auto-generated you can grab the command line and move it's end point back to a more suitable location rather than the auto-generated one. On a positive note I just tried 18 platoon scenario against the AI (again) and had to chase the last enemy squad from one side of the map to the other as they kept retreating away from my 3 squads who were chasing them and putting constant fire on them! So the TAC AI generated evade command can work amazingly well sometimes. BTW the last enemy soldier surrendered in the end (I think he go tired of running)

Always learning new things. Keep up the good work Bud

Smoking bunkers - is this a new thing or have they always done this?

Nice cliffhanger

I would just try and activate it if you haven't already. Or just contact the help desk and they can help 're-activate' you if you can't activate CMBN. https://battlefront.mojohelpdesk.com/

@RedmarkusI think in Engine 2 and engine 3? of the game that is pretty much what happened when teams/squads were under fire behind hedgerows etc. And they would pretty much get close to been wiped out before running backwards. So I am confident that battlefront will come up with a solution with the current bug

I believe the Archer is in the new CMFI module 'Rome to victory' .

Just in normal play (so anecdotally) in CMBN bocage maps I've played on I've seen no problems at all. When you flank the enemy they have no option but to sometimes go toward your forces which is understandable. But I had many instances where in 4.01 my troops would have run forward from bocage with limited suppression but with 4.02 even under light or heavy enemy fire run backwards or to better cover so I'm happy. So thanks for the quick fix

He said 'very'!!

thanks mark! looking forward to playing these.