phil stanbridge

Surprised nobody has yet mentioned this, but get modding! Grab CMMOS from cmhq and the mods - ok, it will take an eternity to download everything but it is well worth it. I've just applied the latest set of mods and I'm telling you it's like a new game, and this is two years on..

wow. That is very impressive.

ok thanks for the time you have spent on this. I will double check a couple of things you mention, but I do know for a fact that I have made sure I was out of CM when I applied the textures, and reloaded after, without success.

For some reason I can't change the bmps via the cmmos utility for the Sherman tanks. The icons are available for me to select, and I am pretty sure I have all the Sherman cmmos mods installed, yet they only appear in game as the camo variant with the low visibilty markings. It doesn't matter if I reselect a different type or reinstall my mods and rulesets (which I have tried!). It's got me baffled!

I thought I'd have a crack at an infantry v german combined to see how I fair. I chose a tiny 300 point ME British Airborne v the rest of the world and set my men to work. I was quite amazed to see that in the first turn my regular sniper took out what was spotted as a "light tank". The crew clearly bailed at the end of the turn and the vehicle is reported as abandonned. I've never seen this before in all my years playing CM. It's likely that is was just a HT rather than a light tank, but it's still impressive. I have a screenie taken just after the turn if anyone would like to see.

I don't know so much, I had this problem recently and it was to do with my ISP.

Yeah nice new axis uniforms too, now all we need for perfection are some new allied winter uniforms??

Agua - nice system.. Pretty similar to mine apart from the memory What does the R133 signify on the mobo? Curious as I use the TH7-II as well. I'm using beta bios at the mo to get the most out of it.

Jesus mate, I feel for you.. Really I do.. If you live in the UK you can have my second rig. It's a Duron of some sorts (haven't fired it up in ages) but it's a whole lot quicker than yours.. I think it's about 600mhz or something.. Sorry buddy just ready your' profile. It was a Celeron by the way, not a Duron.. [ July 06, 2002, 07:44 AM: Message edited by: phil stanbridge ]

Just curious really. I'm using a Pentium IV Northwood overclocked to 2.54ghz, 512mb PC800, and a Geforce 4 Ti4600 Ultra partnered with a lovely 22" Mitsubishi monitor. CM rocks on this rig. Can't wait to see how CMBB fairs.

Whilst on the subject of mods and cmmos I was wondering if there is a current mod list doing the rounds. I'm looking for an M18 now. I have found one as part of Tiger's pack but I was wondering if there are any more?

ok thanks for the heads up. I look forward to using the new version.

Maybe it's because they're not released, but I've spent a absolute age now installing CMMOS and all the mods. I can't find the A27 Cromwell and A30 Challenger and what about the allied uniforms?

I'm building a machine based around a 900MHz Duron. Unfortunately the graphics card is the weakest link - at present I think I'll be using a PCI 8MB S3. I know it will run but I'm not sure how badly.. Does anyone know how the fog emulation works with the S3? Oh, I will be using 128MB PC133 ram as well for the time being. It's a DDR motherboard but I can't afford the DDR memory at the mo. [ February 22, 2002, 05:28 AM: Message edited by: phil stanbridge ]

Yep, I use it religiously.

Marvellous stuff.

..and just to confuse matters.. In some night missions you can target your own side. You find yellow lines emanating from your units, targetting your units. I've seen this a few times and I thought it was a bug originally.. It's the small things that really make this game..

It seems a tad unfair, especially if you didn't know he was going to pick his selection. However, it's only a game, and wouldn't he be surprised if you actually beat him. It's certainly possible. Try using your afv's in pairs (or larger groups where possible), and try flanking the Panthers at close range.

I'm playing CMBO on an overclocked XP1500, running winXP. It's currently running at 1.43ghz . Still more to come I think, there's a lot of scope with the old AMD stuff. I'm running that on an Epox 8KHA+ motherboard with 512mb PC2100 ram. OOhh and don't forget my Coolermaster ATCS 101 case - it cost me £250. All that in conjunction with a Sonic Fury sound card, DTS2500 speakers and a Sony G400 19" monitor. A pretty good setup IMHO.

FGD ?? I forgot about the old Gunnergoz stuff. classy terrain too.

Yeah - agree that Magua's Normandy mod is the best looking *summer* mod overall. However, come Autumn it looks pretty pants. It needs different treebases I think. DD's terrain is better for the later seasons. DD's winter terrain is excellent - although look out for the upcoming winter terrain by Tom. It looks the dogs. There is also a new winter terrain by JuJu and Tanks, which looks fairly splendid too. Try Tom's subdued grass with Magua's Normandy for Summer terrain. A great combination.

The implication is that most surrender after the battle. I had 6 surrender to me in my QB, but I didn't take any physical prisoners at the time.

Talking of the machine gun being under modelled, has anyone here played Close Combat II? - The mg onboard an afv was absolutely lethal.. at almost ridiculous ranges.. Taken to the other extreme. Made attacking them with infantry almost impossible.

Still anxiously awaiting this release.. We should be getting the other cmmos compat. terrain through soon as well. Can't wait.

I've come across this twice now, pbem. On both occasions, my opponent received the reinforcements and I got the message. I think somewhere along the line the pbem had been corrupted - or we corrupted it. Either way, I don't think it's a bug as such.