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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by The Commissar: Really wish I had the manual Fionn, as well as the game that comes with it Thanks for the reply though, Cheers! <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Sorry - but am I missing something in this thread? Does The Commissar own a copy of CM, or is he simply playing the demo? If he is just playing with the free demo, how is he justified in writing such demanding messages? ------------------ -- Toad Ontario, Canada

Contextual Menus *does* have the option to turn the feature off in any application via the "Help" menu. I think this is what bsoplinger was trying to say in his original post. http://asu.info.apple.com/swupdates.nsf/artnum/n10064 Of course, CM doesn't have a "Help" menu to allow you to do this from ... ------------------ -- Toad Ontario, Canada

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by MajorH: Ty using the desktop Edit/Preferences menu item. When the prefs window appears, check the box labeled 'Simple Finder'. Easier than doing a special extension set. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> That was a good suggestion! Thanks! I didn't know that switching to "Simple Finder" would turn off Contextual Menus in the Finder. I am also using a G3 with OS 9.04. Unfortunately, the Contextual Menu still pops up when I try to Control-click in CM. It could be because I have added some Contextual Menu modules to my set - the extra ones are the options that appear in CM. BTS just chose the wrong key! Any other key except "Control" would work fine! ------------------ -- Toad Ontario, Canada

In the past, I have also raised the question about Contextual Menus. Control-clicking is how CM enables you jump quickly around a map. Unfortunately, it's also the key-combination for Contextual Menus. So, with Contextual Menus turned on, you can't use the control-click feature of CM to move around the map. It would be great if a different key - such as Shift, Option, or Command - could be used in CM. ------------------ -- Toad Ontario, Canada

I have an idea to help improve PBEM exchanges. Often, a PBEM file is simply 60 seconds of movie. As soon as you're finished watching it, it's time to send your reply back your opponent. Sometimes, however, you also need to plan your turn moves before sending the file back. I have developed the habit of using the fast-forward button to race through PBEM movies, just to learn if it ends with an immediate return send, or if I need to enter my next moves. There's no point in making my opponent needlessly wait for my reply, if there's nothing for me to add. I can watch the movie as much as I like, planning my next moves while my opponent starts working on the next turn. Of course, after I race through the movie, I always have to re-load the file to watch the movie properly. Either right after sending an immediate reply to my opponent, or because I need to see it and then enter my next moves. It would be nice if CM could tell you in advance if all you need to do is watch the movie and reply, or if this is a enter-your-moves round. Toad ------------------ -- Toad Ontario, Canada

My suggestion of the day ... I'd like to see a "Back" button added to the scenario creator screens. There have been a few times when I wanted to return to a previous screen to change something, but you can't. You have to start the mission, wait for the graphics to load, abort out, and then start again. Thanks! ------------------ -- Toad Ontario, Canada

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by TankDawg: Hi, Need some clarity here. What is the big deal about TCP/IP? This game is not real-time. If you want to play the game against a human opponent quickly, just do what I do: <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I agree with TankDawg. I don't see the big deal with live network play in an turn-based game like Combat Mission. You have to wait for your opponent to finish his moves, and he has to wait for you. What's the difference if you're connected live to each other, or if you're exchanging turns via e-mail? Maybe I can see value if both opponents will be able to plot their orders simutaneously and watch the resulting movie at the same time. But one of the players will always finish his moves before the other and need to wait. And the movie contains a wealth of information that often needs to be re-played over different views of the battlefield. You need way more time than 60 seconds to learn everything you need from it. More waiting for the other guy. (Or him waiting for you.) Where's the fun or value in keeping an Internet connection going with the other side just to wait and wait? ... I say just sent 'em an e-mail then get up go have a sandwich ... ------------------ -- Toad Ontario, Canada

Maybe I'm just being picky. But, why do all the landmine markers have German writing on them, regardless of which side you're playing or who's landmines they are? ------------------ -- Toad Ontario, Canada

There's been lots of postings about what unit is great or what unit is a favourite ... But what about great combos? What are some unit combinations that people have found worked great as a team? ------------------ -- Toad Ontario, Canada

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This happened to my brother while playing the game, too. It sounds frustrating as Hell, but it's not unbelievable. I imagine that something as continually stressed as a tank's suspension could break at any time. The chain of my bike has come un-cogged while riding a perfectly good road. I'm sure the same can happen to tank treads. Personally, if I were a tanker, I would be nervous about ever locking one track to rotate my tank. The idea of twisting the suspension with several dozen tons and a few hundred horsepower just pleads for trouble - in my opinion. Doing that on a dry road would be even worse than in grass or dirt! ------------------ -- Toad Ontario, Canada

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR> The same thing applies to heavier weapons, such as tanks. If they fire, say, every five seconds, they'll fire on the same second. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I don't think CM events follow such a measurable timing. I played a game of Chance Encounter in which my STuG was knocked out *after* destroying the opposing Sherman. I watched the movie very closely. My STuG fired. The Sherman then fired just a hair before the StuG's shell hit. The Sherman's shot knocked out my STuG - but the Sherman was dead by the time it arrived. ------------------ -- Toad Ontario, Canada

This has been addressed by Big Time Software in previous messages. Try searching for it. ------------------ -- Toad Ontario, Canada

I am genuinely interested in hearing from anyone who can describe how WWII era tankers hit moving targets. I have target-shooting experience, and I know how to "lead" a shot in front of a moving target to fire at where the target is about is to be. But how do you do this in a tank? Do you aim the gun well ahead of your target, and wait for the right moment? Could you actually traverse the turret to match the speed of your target? And how *do* you aim a tank gun from inside a blind box, anyway? I would be very interested in hearing about the way WWII tanks aimed their guns and how they fired on moving targets. Thanks! ------------------ -- Toad Ontario, Canada

My Powerbook G3 333 runs Combat Mission just fine! From the Apple System Profiler: Software overview Mac OS overview Finder: 9.0 System: 9.0.4 US Active enabler: PowerPC Enabler 9.0.4 QuickTime: 4.0.3 File sharing: is off Multiple Users: 1.3 Memory overview Disk cache: 4 MB Virtual memory: 129 MB Used on volume: OS9 Built-in memory: 128 MB Location Size Memory type J3/BOTTOM 64 MB DIMM J1/TOP 64 MB DIMM Video memory: 8 MB External display in use Backside L2 cache: 512K Hardware overview Machine ID: 406 Model name: PowerBook G3 Series Keyboard type: Apple USB Keyboard Attributes: DVD decoder not present Processor info: PowerPC G3 Machine speed: 333 MHz ------------------ -- Toad Ontario, Canada

Milo_20: Why are you replying to yourself? Maybe you should not involve yourselves with anything that involves guns. ------------------ -- Toad Ontario, Canada

Using a Sherman with a load of HE & nothin' to do, I was able to eventually sneak a shot through the vision slot of a MG bunker. ------------------ -- Toad Ontario, Canada

Combat Mission uses Control+click to let you move quickly around a map. This is a bad choice for Macintosh users, since it interferes with Apple Contextual Menus, which also "listens" to Control+click. Could future versions of CM for Mac please use a different key combination, or even better, allow this to be customized? ------------------ -- Toad Ontario, Canada

Please run Apple System Profiler (Apple Menu) Run a basic report. Save the results as text. Post the results here. ------------------ -- Toad Ontario, Canada

Are there any plans to add a "Save Movie" feature? I, for one, would like to have this. It would be invaluable for sharing stories and tactics in this forum, as well as for bragging purposes. I have tried re-playing the auto-save files, but the combat results turn out differently each time. Obviously, the ability to export movie information is present for PBEM. Can this ability be enhanced to save movie data on-demand? For comparision, the Myth series games save your entire game as a movie, allowing you to save and watch it from start to finish. ------------------ -- Toad Ontario, Canada

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Buckeye: I'm wondering if anyone else has seen this: In a couple PBEM games, using my Mac against PC users, I've seen an odd flickering of ATV sound contacts all over the board...this is differnt from what the game usually does, at least in my experience. And it's very distraction. Unless it's some odd manifestation of "Oh my God, they're everywhere!" But I don't think so. Has anyone else seen this? Charles? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Hi Buckeye, The CM manual talks about this on page 81. Sound contacts aren't definite. All that your troops can tell you is, "I think I hear something over there." I played a game where my troops were convinced they were being fired on by a Tiger. The graphics for the tank were drawn in all their complete Tiger glory. Half-way through the game, I got close enough to see that it wasn't a Tiger after all - and the graphics for the tank changed before my eyes. ------------------ -- Toad Ontario, Canada

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Antonio: In some of the drop down menus, instead of the word "Germans" there is the phrase "Apple Greyscale." I have this problem on both my Powerbook and my iMac. Both are running OS9. Has this problem been seen before? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I see that on my Macs too. I think that it less of a "problem" and more of BTS just having some fun. The joke is quite clever, if you're a Mac user from the days of black & white monitors. ------------------ -- Toad Ontario, Canada

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Cory: I have a rev.b imac w/ a voodoo 2 card by microconversions. I have tried many things to get it to work w/ combat mission including: turning my ATI extensions off, using 3dfx reference drivers, turning all extensions off except my rave driver, and various other things that i can't remember right now. Does anyone know how to get this card to work, or if it is even possbible to get it to work? BTW i have 160 meg of ram, if that's important.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Hi Cory, Please post basic report from the Apple System Profiler. (Apple Menu) ------------------ -- Toad Ontario, Canada

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Bill: hi all, i have a G4 mac with 192 ram. i played the senario "All or Nothing" yeaterday with no problems up to turn 50 and then quit for the nite,today i tried the sernario with allies at 200% at about turn 35 (i was about to moblize just about the whole army!) as soon as the loading was done and just before the action phase the computer quit to the desktop with no error message or freeze up it just quit out of the program! i tried to reload the auto save and the same thing happened .Any advise on this strange behavior or is this a bug?BTW this a terrfic game! bill<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Hi Bill, I recommend leaving your computer alone, if the problem only happens with that one saved file. If you try to make adjustments, you will likely just introduce more problems. However, if it happens again, I would post the problem, along with a basic report from the Apple System Profiler. (Apple Menu) ------------------ -- Toad Ontario, Canada

Joy in London, Ontario! ------------------ -- Toad Ontario, Canada