chris talpas
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6 minutes ago, Seedorf81 said:
Well, nice to see that your not spiteful anymore..
Wow, man, chill a tiny bit, please.
I'm not sure how 'chilled' I would be if I were in Ukraine now rather than in safety in the west.
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Interesting analysis on how Russian civil aviation is set to implode due to sanctions looking at aircraft leases, maintenance facility access and eventually spare parts.
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An interesting panel discussion on the current Russian Military Campaign in Ukraine put on by Center for Strategic & International Studies:
I thought it had a lot of good analysis and interchange between the panel. The panel itself was pretty impressive.
Chris
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Long time lurker who harkens back to the original beyond overlord days.
Thank you Steve and BFCElvis for letting this thread go on, and your reasonable moderation policy. Thank you as well Steve for the insightful commentary; I find it a very useful and informed source of information -Your background in Soviet and Russian military history and the time spent beforehand in scoping out the backstory around CMBS which has turned out to be prescient. Thank you as well for the countless hours of enjoyment I've had over the years playing your creations!
To the contributers -thank you as well for the information and commentary. It makes for a good sanity check against the other sources of information that bounce around out there.
To Haiduk -I wish you all the best for success and safety in defending against this onslaught driven by one man whose actions right now do not seem rationale
To the people of Ukraine: Slava Ukraini!
To the people of the rest of the world -keep pressure on your governments to continue to help Ukraine with meaningul aid and punish Russia till they withdraw.
Finally to the people of Russia: I hope that Vladamir Putin's days as your leader are short and that you have a real democratic opening. I think the west bears no ill will to Russian people. I think most of the world would welcome a democratic and economically thriving Russia.
Chris
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How about operations with persistent destructable buildings and vehicles? Enjoyed that aspect when I played Close Combat 2 years ago.
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Thank you very much John. That did the trick.
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Not sure if I am doing something wrong but I was fiddling around with the scenario editor using Canadian Club and was trying to add an additional vehicle for the Canadians. While in 'units', I cannot purchase either single vehicles or specialist teams for Blue (the purchase button at the bottom of the screen is not present). It is like this for Reinforcements as well. Strangely, the purchase button shows up for Red forces both for purchasing units and reinforcements. Formations however works as it should.
I've tried loading in a few other battles and run into the same problem. I have all the modules installed and have no problem playing the battles.
Any help or suggestions would be much appreciated.
Edit: Just tried it in a new battle (just starting scenario editor and not loading anything into it) and I am able to purchase teams and vehicles once one formation has been purchase. Seems to be specific to already made battles.
Thanks,
Chris
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I mourn the loss of a truly great man. His sense of personal integrity and putting the interests of the nation above petty partisanship will be sorely missed. My condolences to his family and many friends.
Chris
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Would adding independent buildings and some urban maps be possible as an add-in at some future date similar to the vehicle pack or battle pack that was sold for CMBN?
Chris
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On 8/15/2018 at 1:12 PM, chris talpas said:
I personally prefer nebulous shipping dates with quality products released rather than firm shipping dates with buggy releases requiring endless patches.
Chris
That certainly could be the case. As St. Paul said "For now we see through a glass darkly.."
neb·u·lousadjectiveadjective: nebulous-
(of a concept or idea) unclear, vague, or ill-defined."nebulous concepts like quality of life"
synonyms: vague, ill-defined, unclear, hazy, uncertain, indefinite, indeterminate, imprecise, unformed, muddled, confused, ambiguous "nebulous ideas"
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I personally prefer nebulous shipping dates with quality products released rather than firm shipping dates with buggy releases requiring endless patches.
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Bil,
I think you are simply the victim of a scenario that has a serious force imbalance. You are not fighting at just a disadvantage, you are facing overwhelming opposition.
Personally as someone who has loved your many beta battles, it would have been far more enjoyable to watch you from a position similar to C3K after you wiped out his tanks in Market Garden. Watching the interplay between you two as he engaged in nearly wreaklous heroics which actually succeeded in thwarting you which was reminescent of the 1st Airborne amazing resistance to the German counterattack.
See saw battles are so much more enjoyable.
I truly appreciate all the effort that you put into making these battles so enjoyable to follow (and make us all want to buy the game). Whatever the outcome, there is no shame in losing against a stacked deck.
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I think Bill's aggressive attacks are driven by his temporal superiority of forces. Before the reinforcement, he is superior, however unless he destroys a substantial number now he will be ultimately be at a disadvantage numerically and in danger of being flanked (or attacked from multiple directions).
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It would appear that he is a victim of his own popularity. Serves him right for making such an entertaining AAR.
I'm generally a lurker but have been thoroughly enjoying your efforts!
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Outstanding.
Any chance for Commonwealth + MG bundle ?
I would like to second that request.
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With respect to reverse engineering project to decoding the .btt files, would there be any willingness on Battlefront's part to simply add a "Save as" functionality whereby an unencrypted file is output? Key assumption is that some form of output file exists in memory that is then sent through the encryption algorithm.
It certainly opens up the option of cheating, but perhaps the community could live with that until there is demonstrable support.
There would probably still be a need to elucidate the structure of the data file, but at least you wouldn't be fighting against the encryption. Figuring out the meaning of a plain text message is orders of magnitude easier than making sense of cypher text.
With all its limitations, CC2's operational layer really added to my gaming experience.
In terms of this project being on a mobile device, that doesn't do a lot for me.
Chris
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The Canadians were there too. 2nd Battalion of the Princess Patricias received a Presidential Unit Citation for their action at Kapyong.
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The Canadian Battlefields in Normandy: A Visitors Guide, 3rd Edition , ISBN 978-0-9783441-4-6, Terry Copp and Mike Bechthold, softcover, full colour photos, 18 maps, 128pp. (newer version)
Brief description:
For those who plan to visit Normandy or just wish they could! This book contains full touring information, solid history, never-before-seen 1944 colour photographs, original maps and colour air photos of Normandy today.
The Canadian Battlefields in Normandy: A Visitor's
Guide, 3rd Edition is based on Terry Copp’s 1994 guide to the battlefields in Normandy. This new and revised guide is based on ten years of experience in leading battlefield tours.
Much has changed since the last edition and this guide offers up-to-date information on the new airborne museum at Pegasus Bridge, the Juno Centre at Courseulles-sur-Mer, the Canadian Battlefields Foundation’s battlefield viewing areas or belvederes at Point 67–Verrières Ridge and St. Lambert-sur-Dives as well as many other developments of the past decade. There have also been changes in the road network and Mike Bechthold has drawn new maps that will help you find your way.
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You might consider picking up Terry Copp's "A Canadian's Guide to the Battlefields of Normandy"
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I too would recommend Devil's Descent. Missions are not too hard but are nice and varied. Good opportunity to improve your infantry skills.
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I really enjoyed it as well! The narrative added nice atmosphere linking the missions and providing context. The ability to make choices as to what your next battle will look like was really engaging.
I also think this is a perfect campaign for a beginner to CMBN once they have completed the two tutorial campaigns.
My thanks to Field Marshal Blücher.
Chris
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Still nada in Windsor Ont. Hope tomorrow with postal strike looming come on lady luck.
I imagine it should come tomorrow for you based on a day's travel down the 401 for the Canada Post truck. I got my shipping confirmation Thursday May 19th, so just over a week.
Good luck in Windsor! (spent the 1st 28 yrs of my life there)
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I've had a couple of times where the fire for effect order is given and the rounds are landing several hundred meters off target. I've even tried doing a mission adjustment and that didn't help. In the third battle of Task Force Raff, where this had occurred, I cancelled the mission, chose an area about a hundred meters to the right (it was an area fire mission) and the spotting and fire mission went fine.
I haven't played a huge number of games but would saying where I have had a problem represents at most 10% of missions.
It may be as some have suggested visibility issues for the spotter team.
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Anyone in Ontario, Canada receive their Steelbook yet?
Mine arrived yesterday in Milton, it is making its way to Ontario. Arrived duty/tax free to boot!
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How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?
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I agree that Haiduk has been showing more restraint. Not meant as a big criticism of you but I'm not sure how forgiving I would appear in the heat of the moment but would hope to show more of the Haiduk behavior. As I had posted earlier in the thread, I hope the end result of this is eventual regime change in Russia and their reintegration with the world community.
We'll leave it there