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    tank/turret AI

    in Combat Mission Archive #2 (2000)

    Posted

    I think it should be possible to turn the turret manually...OR to have the opportunity to ignore targets.

    In the game Im playing now I have 4 Shermans advancing along a road when they spot a Tiger 1000m away on our flank.

    These "old" Shermans dont have the punch to knock out a Tiger so I just want em to advance as quickly as possible, so I set one to fire smoke at the Tiger and the others to advance in "fast-mode" up the road.

    Problem was that i put the "smoke-Sherman" in Hunt mode along the road AND to fire smoke...so it ignored my smoke-command and started firing at the Tiger again with AP-rounds...sigh...

    And the advancing tanks were still firing like mad against the Tiger as they advanced!...rotationg the turret 90 degrees away from the front, and beeing extremely prone to ambushes further up the road...

    I dont want em to engage the Tiger!

    (Maybe I can use the area-fire with MG to prevent it, but I belive they will cinsider the Tiger a danger and still fire at it(?), even if its impossible to take it out).

    What about an ignore target command or something?

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    Ambush bug!

    in Combat Mission Archive #2 (2000)

    Posted

    Im playing a PBEM game (La Gleize) against a friend of mine (Heinz).

    I heard a target move which was taking position along the road, so I send a Bazooka-team + HQ to outflank it.

    Before I have ID'ed the vehicle properly I press on it and I can actually see that he has placed out an ambush marker on the road!

    I've noticed u can see enemies' target lines, which is OK as I should know what units are firing on me...

    But to actually see enemy ambush lines -before it has fired AND not beeing properly ID'ed must be a bug!?!

    http://www.geocities.com/buzzer1972/CM-BUG.jpg

    (Im playing as allies and have spotted this Halftrack)

    [This message has been edited by Buzzer (edited 10-23-2000).]

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    Hetzer too cheap? (Or "Shermans seem overpriced")

    in Combat Mission Archive #2 (2000)

    Posted

    Howardb...I think I did refer to some data about the Hetzer, didnt I? Read the post before...etc... wink.gif

    Even though it was made of second hand material (like all the Marders) it was, quote: "one of the most advanced tank destroyers during the war...

    *Improved recoil mecanism on gun...

    *Modified P38(t)chassis...widened..

    *Widened and reinforced tracks...

    *Enhanced armor...

    *Small size...

    *remotely controlled machine gun... w/360 degree rotation...etc"

    Have to agreee with Schugger though, but as I said, in CM maps/as RL its not always easy to outflank each other.

    S.Clinton(think I said UNDERpriced, not OVERpriced wink.gif), also heard err...read the Hetzer wasnt very popular by its crew, but that shouldnt make it chaper or...?

    To me it just seems like a damn good (though unpopular) and cheap tank destroyer...

    Anyway, I havent tried it that much vs allied tanks, so the responses are appreciated, as always in here wink.gif

    Maybe I should try some jabos against it... wink.gif

    [This message has been edited by Buzzer (edited 09-23-2000).]

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    Hetzer too cheap? (Or "Shermans seem overpriced")

    in Combat Mission Archive #2 (2000)

    Posted

    This is a bit in the same line as Slapdragon's "Shermans seem overpriced" thread...

    Played a PBEM game where I was German, and had a cpl of Hetzers in my force.

    My opponent with his M4A3s couldnt take out the Hetzers at all in head-on shots(due to the sloped armor), and all his shots ricocheted(right speeling?) away...Of course I didnt tell him to check gun vs armor chart wink.gif

    The map made it very difficult/impossible to outflank the Hetzers, and soon both his Shermans were burning...

    So, is the Sherman too expensive or is the Hetzer too cheap? wink.gif

    I know the Hetzer was relatively "cheap" to produce/had its limitations in RL: based on the Panzer38(t) chassis, it had limited gun traversal, was slow, had tight compartment etc...

    But it was also one of the most advanced tank destroyers in WW2 (according to the book im reading wink.gif), with its (relative) light weight, small size, gun with improved recoil mecanism, widedned 38(t)chassis, widened and reinforced tracks, enhanced armor etc...

    In CM a Hetzer costs 75 points while a ShermanM4A3(75)W for instance costs 152 (using a list here, which might be incorrect, but I guess the relative prices are correct).

    Should a tank which CANNOT TAKE OUT the Hetzer AT ALL in a HO shot be twice as expensive? I find this a bit odd...

    I know the Sherman has other advantages but a 10 Hetzers vs 5 Shermans seem a bit unfair to me...

    Summarization:Is the Hetzer too cheap?

    (Yes I did search on "Hetzer", "cost" etc... wink.gif)

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    PBEM Sequence?

    in Combat Mission Archive #2 (2000)

    Posted

    If everyone in the world was as honest as you and me it could have been done that way wink.gif

    Point nr 2 is a problem.

    If defender(2) isnt satesfied with the result/movie, he can reload the file he got from the attacker(1), replot hes moves, watch movie...

    Repeat until satesfactory results are achieved.

    [This message has been edited by Buzzer (edited 09-17-2000).]

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    Friendly Fire?

    in Combat Mission Archive #2 (2000)

    Posted

    Is there friendly fire in CM I wonder?

    Have had squads positioned in a line like:

    X-------A--B

    Where squad A and B have been firing at the same target(X). B have been shooting "through" squad A, with no penalty at all...at least thats what it looked like to me.

    Also did a test with a flamethrower tank which did some area fire. Then I ordered some infantry to walk through that area...and guess what...thay walked right through the flames without twinkling an eye.

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    1 sec = 1,7 sec...?

    in Combat Mission Archive #2 (2000)

    Posted

    Why dont they increase the countdown time for no-LOS spotting then?

    They must still know when the artillery will start firing even though the target is not in LOS???

    1sec should always be 1sec imho.

    Not a big deal though...just a bit irritating when u expect to have artillery support for a round, but it never arrives...

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    1 sec = 1,7 sec...?

    in Combat Mission Archive #2 (2000)

    Posted

    Uhhh? Nothing to do with accuracy?

    Its a countdown to when they are starting firing right?

    When my spotter tells me they will start firing in 60sec, I expect em to start in 60sec...not 100sec. Now hes constantly counting down at half rate, so its not like hes correcting his aim or something like that.

    Must be that battle worn watch wink.gif

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    1 sec = 1,7 sec...?

    in Combat Mission Archive #2 (2000)

    Posted

    If this has been adressed before Im sorry...

    Just noticed spotters are counting down at a very slow rate.

    Had artillrty comming in in abt 35sec...ie according to the spotter.

    But it took almost 60sec before he had counted down to 0...

    Just watch as he counts down while watching the "movie-clock". They are counting down at almost 1/2 rate.

    Game bug, or just simulation a battered watch? wink.gif

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