Aggamemnon

I took my CD (version 1.0) to my brothers house to burn a back-up, and it went just fine. Only problem was on the way home I accidentally left the original on top of the car, and I ended up backing up over it.

CM2 will be about the Eastern Front in WW2. I think you might want to post your question about "jerkiness" on the tech support board, as my old computer was quite able to run the demo scenarios without jerkiness and it was a lesser machine than yours. Some of the larger scenarios in the full game caused it to get jerky, though. There are some really helpful people on the tech board. Good luck.

My favorite was Nijmegen which is on the CD. It's only 25 turns or so though.

Thanks for all the good info. You've given me plenty to think about. I definitely want something that will run CM well.

I'm shopping for a new computer and have been looking at an Athlon 900 but wonder if I should go with a PIII. I keep reading the term Tbird and wondered if that's a kind of AMD chip? Also, any suggestions about video cards to go in the system would be appreciated. Thanks.

I don't think that the problem is with the prices for these vehicles. In QB's I do tend to take too many M20's, but I think what's needed is a little bit more flexibility in the different categories for Combined Arms. I tend to play as the Americans and it's always difficult in a smaller scenario to get the right amount of support for infantry, so I usually end up getting the M20's as support weapons. I think the prices for vehicles are just fine.

How about Panzer IV's vs. Sherman 76's?

Personally, I liked the way it was done with ASL. Each vehicle had a rarity factor and you rolled the dice for availability to determine how low a rarity factor you could choose. I wouldn't like rare units to be overpriced; just more rare.

I've been playing Nijmegen PBEM and it's a great battle. One side of the map has the Allies trying a river crossing and there are two bridges to try and take on the other side. It's on the CD.

I'll give it a try. Please send it to me too.

What you're suggesting was done in ASL in a somewhat abstracted way with Experience Level Ratings. If a squad failed a morale check by more than its ELR it was replaced with the next lower squad type (i.e. Elite became Regular, Regular became 2nd line, etc.) I think it would be a good idea, but I have no idea how hard it would be to program. I wonder if this is partly taken into account in CM. Does a sides global morale affect the way it acts on the battlefield beyond possible surrender?

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Big Time Software: [b P.S. Timers will be introduced with the TCP/IP patch.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> How will the timers be affected with slower computers? I've been playing PBEM with an opponent who has a much faster CPU than I have and in larger battles my computer is somewhat sluggish. By the way, I think it's great the way BTS is supporting this game. What are we up to-4 patches? For a game that was great from day one.

IIRC in ASL, rarity factor wasn't included in the purchase price. I think you had to make a dice roll before picking your forces which determined which rare vehicles and guns you could choose.

Rohnert Park, California

I have a voodoo 2 1000 (PCI) and I get transparent buildings, smoke, fog, and no crashes. I haven't played any really big battles yet, but the game runs great on my machine.

Just out of curiosity, how many of you guys having problems have DirectX 7 installed? My system is K6-2, Voodoo 2 12meg video card, only 64 memory, and it runs the game great. I have been afraid to install DX7 just because of the problems I always read about for other games that use DX7. I have no idea if you can "downgrade" to DX6.1 but if you can it might work.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR> Should I go ahead and download the v1.01 patch, followed by the MP-1 graphics and sounds packs? DD<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> If you just recently ordered you should get version 1.02 so you won't need the 1.01 patch.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Darwin: Was King Rat from Clavell also? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Yes, Clavell wrote King Rat. It was his first book. Incidentally, he was actually in Changi (the Japanese POW camp in the book) during the war. Howardb, have you read Herman Wouk's "The Hope" and "The Glory"? They're about Israel's history from 1947-1985 or so.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by howardb: Great movie, saw it in my early teens maybe I should see it again. While we're on the subject who has read James Clavells Shogun, has to be one of the best books I've read ever.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I've read Shogun about 10 times. It and all Clavell's books are great. Have you read Tai-pan?

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Johan Brittz: The problems of Africa comes down to various factors and I think the 3 most important ones listed in importance is 1)Stupidity 2) Laziness 3) Lack of morals.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I live in the US and haven't met too many people from South Africa but I've met a lot of people from Eritrea (East Africa). Maybe it's just the ones I've met but I certainly wouldn't call any of them stupid, lazy, or lacking in morals. On the contrary, I've found them to be extremely hard working, and of very good moral character. I just had to put my two cents in.

I was billed on 6/22 and still haven't received mine. Hopefully Monday, but not counting on anything anymore

How fast can you ship it? Still waiting for mine. How would I pay for it?

Is it possible to order your squads that have rifle grenades to use them? I thought that they did that on their own. Can you do that in the demo?

I'm one of the people who got their order messed up. I'm okay with that but since I gave an address of a P.O. Box DHL won't be able to deliver will they? I could be wrong but I think only the USPS can use them. Steve I just emailed you an alternate address if that helps.

Hi. I'm new. I just ordered last week and it hasn't arrived yet. I'm not complaining; I know a lot of you guys have been waiting a long time. Besides, I just downloaded the Gold Demo and it is new to me still. Hope we all get it on Monday. Someone mentioned that they work at the post office and got their copy today from work. Wish I'd thought of asking my brother to do that for me. He works at the post office too. Oh well.