thetoad

Nice review. But I'm pretty sure BigTime existed prior to CM. Didn't they do Flight Commander 2?

The CD protection is a pain in the rear. I have to put it in, start up the game, and then take it out to put in a music CD for atmosphere (grin). The thing is, there are tons of sites that tell you how to bypass the protection or supply utilities, or patches, that accomplish the same thing. Any good developer can simply run the game from a debugger and figure out how to hex edit the .EXE so that the CD is not required. CD protection is not overly difficult to bypass. I am glad to hear that the CD stops being required after awhile (I assume it works like it did for Flight Commander 2). I can live with playing "CD swap" but I question the point of adding protection that, with the right tools or knowledge, can be bypassed with a little effort anyway....

Thanks guys! There's nothing like having great, reliable allies. Tom from Chicago

Ouch! That almost hurt. I hit enter just as I realized I should have done the search first. Forgive me.

If you double click on the leader all of the units will be selected. You can then give the leader a move command and the rest of the guys will move with him. Before I do this I usually position all of the units in the group into the formation that I want them to be in. This will accomplish what you want but it takes a little setup before moving the group.

I was wondering if CM considers the extra damage done for arty exploding in woods terrain. I've read in multiple sources over the years that arty hits in woods creates massive amounts of extra shrapnel due to the trees being blasted apart. The game doesn't seem to take this into account, but since I've only played about 12 battles or so I'm not sure. Thanks in advance.

Great job on a great game. In my opinion, CM is the best wargame I've ever played. This sends a great message to the major game makers about the demand for wargames--they haven't sold because most of them weren't very good.

Yeah, if I had to pick between defending and attacking, I find I have a more difficult time defending (in general) in CM. This is a little odd since this is the first game I've played where that was true. In the Steel Panther games I'd rather defend than attack since I did better on the defense (ditto TOAW1 and 2). Overall though, I agree that it really depends on the scenario. I have to say that this is probably one of the best games I've ever owned. Thanks bigtime BitTime! (grin)

I think it depends on the scenario. I've been the attacker and have had some easy wins and some crushing defeats, ditto with defending. When attacking, I like to move a couple of small teams forward until they contact the bad guys. I then pound the area with artillary and/or mortars as I reposition my other units and move any armor up into good firing positions. After a few minutes of pounding the enemy, I usually rush the enemy positions with lots of infantry. The defenders are usually overwelmed. For defense, I like to use a lot of HMG and MMGs and setup ambushes with bazooka teams in buildings (if there are any). I then wait until the enemy probes my defenses. After they do I reposition my other units into good flanking positions, etc. The best part of this game is that the use of real tactics works as it should. It is also great being able to generate random maps and or battles and then saving them and later tweaking them into custom battles. It's easy to do and works well. Darn game! I can't stop playing it....

I'm using the Mods too. They work great. My guess is that they would slow down the game a bit (the replacement WAV files are bigger as are the BMPs). I'm running on a 600 Mhz Dell though, and didn't notice any speed difference. Toad

Freeport? You lucky dog. I live 25 miles west of Chicago and still haven't seen it. I guess Rockford must have a bigger distribution center than the Windy City. When did you order it? I pre-ordered last winter. Have fun!

I pre-ordered over six months ago and still don't have it. People in Milwaukee (just an hour drive north of Chicago) are getting it. I'm surprised that Milwaukee would get it before Chicago. Sigh. Why bother pre-ordering if there is no advantage to doing so?

UGH! I pre-ordered months ago and it still hasn't made its way just south of you to Chicago. Next time I won't bother to pre-order since it many people seem to be getting it sooner who just ordered it. Anyway have fun with the game.

As of today (Wed 06/21/00) it's not in Chicago yet (sob!) I ordered last winter and was hoping to start of the summer with a game of CM. Sigh....