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Hi John, I've just downloaded the file from the repository and it loaded fine for me. Did you try loading it more than once or downloading the file again? In any case, I've made a view changes and uploaded version 1.3, which should be available sometime tomorrow, I should imagine. Thanks for your interest and hope it works for you next time. Holdit

Well, my version control was OK, just my ability with the scenario editor let me down. I set objectives alright, just one each and covering the same area: the village. What I forgot to do was add labels and point values. I've done that now and uploaded the corrected file (v 1.3). From experience, it should take about a day to be approved and made available for download. Some other changes: - Added some landmarks - Removed a badly-placed roadside sign - Added one or two openings in the bocage in the Axis setup zone. Apologies for any inconvenience, and thanks for the feedback. Holdit

Hi James, I set just one objective, which covers most of the village. What's more likely is that my version control...ahem..."system" let me down and I've uploaded the wrong version of the map. Did you see any AI plans? I'll check myself when I get home and re-submit the correct version if necessary. Thanks for the heads-up. Holdit

Newly returned to CM, have CM:BN with CW bolt-on. Have only played a few games against the AI so far. Results...mixed... Will play any side. Preferably on this map: http://www.battlefront.com/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=314&func=fileinfo&id=2139, but it's not critical. Holdit

Glad to hear it. Here are a couple of screenshots: Looking from the northwest: Looking from the Southwest: I've already played a QB on it. I started messing about with Fraps yesterday and recorded a couple of quick movies... Holdit

Amazing. I don't usually care for GUI mods but in this case I think I'll be making an exception. Holdit

I took a break from Hougoumont to try to put together a serious map. The result is here; http://www.battlefront.com/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=314&func=fileinfo&id=2133 It's what you might call an "intimate" setting, not even a square kilometre in size, but with lots of little details and, I think, interesting scenery, giving plenty of options for attacker and defender. The village is in the northern half of the map, surrounded by gently rolling bocage country and with some small farms, orchards, etc. It's set up for QB with setup zones and 4 x AI plans for both attacker and defender (version 1.2 which has been submitted but may not be published yet). The Axis player is the attacker and attacks from the south. I would be interested to hear feedback from anyone who happens to take a look at it. Holdit

Hougoumont it is, and you're right about that building. I think I'll close that gap where the south gate was too. There are a few more details to tidy up - mostly elevations. I wanted to do a Waterloo map but the size limits won't let me cover the area I want covered. I might do it anyway, keeping the main features but reducing the distances between them, which would probably make it more suitable for WW2 at the same time. For CMBO I also did Quatre Bras, Borodino, Agincourt and Stalingrad. I might redo the first three for CMBN with some modifications to aid WW2 suitability. Do scenario designers look for pre-made maps or do they tend to do create their own? Holdit

Hello all, I'm just getting back into CM map making after a very long absence, and here's a screenshot of my first work-in-progress...does anyone recognise it? If nobody does, I've done a very bad job... Holdit

I've downloaded your doodads and Captain Wacky's low-res terrain and the game seems a lot more playable now. Many thanks for the help! Thanks also to illo for the DIY tip. Paul

Are there any low-res mods available for CMBB? I'm thinking paricularly of terrain. My system runs CMBB too slowly for it to be fun. TIA etc. Paul

Louie, Where you the author ? I hope you didn't misunderstood me, when i said very interesting, it was not ironic at all. I found the map really good, i spend time studying them, not playing though, just imagining the cuirassiers brigades assaultings the russian or english strongpoints, the lightning of hundreds of bayonettes, the roar of the 12pdrs batteries, and wishing there was a Napoleonic CM... Especially they looked relatively small to me, knowing the number of men who fought there. Men density was probably extraodinary on those battlefields. An excellent work. </font>

In case you were unaware, at www.nir-project.com you can download maps for umpteen different Napoleonic battles. I have Austerlitz, Eylau, Auersdtaedt, Marengo and Montebello so far, and I'm just scratching the surface. I play them with the AH Napoleon's Battle tabeltop rules instead of the BGW engine, though.

Unit & combat aspects apart, I think the map/terrain system is just about perfect already (apart from needing larger size limits, perhaps).

Heh, heh. I already did htat with CMBO only the other way round.

Thanks for taking the time to make that clarification, Dan. I'll still get the US one, because it's going to involve sending dollars to the US one way or the other. Regards

Bump!

Hi Gary, Hope you're getting better weather up there than we're getting down here. You're right, I didn't "hold it" for very long (groan). Good self-control - even if I say so myself! I agree with you on the trust issue, and the additional wait and extra effort required to get it from the US will be worth it, I think. All the best, Paul

Hi Gary, Hope you're getting better weather up there than we're getting down here. You're right, I didn't "hold it" for very long (groan). Good self-control - even if I say so myself! I agree with you on the trust issue, and the additional wait and extra effort required to get it from the US will be worth it, I think. All the best, Paul

Short version: I need a US forum member to accept and forward two copies of CMBB to the Republic of Ireland. The rest of this yarn is mere background and optional reading! Long version: Dublin, yesterday: I popped in to see if it had arrived, but there was no sign of it on the shelves. At this point in the story of CMBB's European release, I was hardly surprised. But I persevered. "Any sign of Combat Mission 2* coming in?", I asked the sales floor chap, who informed me that they had a few copies down in the storeroom. "That'll guarantee bumper sales", I thought. So much for bringing CM to the masses. To be fair, though, the delivery had only arrived the day before and they hadn't had time to do what ever it is they need to do before putting it up on the shelves. Helpful fellow that he was, he fetched me a copy and told me the price. Then I realised that this wasn't what I wanted at all - having previously decided to get it from the US (probably). Decision time! Aaaaarghh!!! But I put it back, even though it wasn't easy to do. The reason? Not the Waffletruppen thing - that doesn't really bother me. Mainly it's the potential for problems with patches. Since a CM patch is effectively a replacement exe. A CDV CM installation patched with a US exe is going to look for a US CD. I know this already because when CMBO eventually hit the shops, I bought it too - mainly for the mods CD but so I would also have a backup CD. I tried using it not too long ago but it wouldn't recognise it. So I'd be left with trusting CDV to issue patches promptly - I don't think so. I also reasoned that to get the manual I would have to organise payment to the US. But then, if I'm sending money to the US anyway, I might as well be sending it for the real thing. Not to mention the problem I have with my hard-earned going to support a company that gives me a substandard package for the full price and denies me the right to make a backup copy. And that's when I put it back. (See short version above for punchline). Like I said, a difficult thing to do, which is why I'm posting this now in case I weaken and run in and buy it on Monday! So, if anyone can help, my e-mail address is in my profile. Thanks in advance etc. *You have to use language they understand.

Short version: I need a US forum member to accept and forward two copies of CMBB to the Republic of Ireland. The rest of this yarn is mere background and optional reading! Long version: Dublin, yesterday: I popped in to see if it had arrived, but there was no sign of it on the shelves. At this point in the story of CMBB's European release, I was hardly surprised. But I persevered. "Any sign of Combat Mission 2* coming in?", I asked the sales floor chap, who informed me that they had a few copies down in the storeroom. "That'll guarantee bumper sales", I thought. So much for bringing CM to the masses. To be fair, though, the delivery had only arrived the day before and they hadn't had time to do what ever it is they need to do before putting it up on the shelves. Helpful fellow that he was, he fetched me a copy and told me the price. Then I realised that this wasn't what I wanted at all - having previously decided to get it from the US (probably). Decision time! Aaaaarghh!!! But I put it back, even though it wasn't easy to do. The reason? Not the Waffletruppen thing - that doesn't really bother me. Mainly it's the potential for problems with patches. Since a CM patch is effectively a replacement exe. A CDV CM installation patched with a US exe is going to look for a US CD. I know this already because when CMBO eventually hit the shops, I bought it too - mainly for the mods CD but so I would also have a backup CD. I tried using it not too long ago but it wouldn't recognise it. So I'd be left with trusting CDV to issue patches promptly - I don't think so. I also reasoned that to get the manual I would have to organise payment to the US. But then, if I'm sending money to the US anyway, I might as well be sending it for the real thing. Not to mention the problem I have with my hard-earned going to support a company that gives me a substandard package for the full price and denies me the right to make a backup copy. And that's when I put it back. (See short version above for punchline). Like I said, a difficult thing to do, which is why I'm posting this now in case I weaken and run in and buy it on Monday! So, if anyone can help, my e-mail address is in my profile. Thanks in advance etc. *You have to use language they understand.

I thought the Waffletruppen bit was hard coded? BTW would any helpful individual be prepared to accept and forward two copies of CMBB to the Irish Republic?

It would be even better if you could implement folders.

I never realised it was so important to get it into retail. You'd never have thought it from the manifesto. Whatever happened to the wargaming revolution? It seems that for European customers at least, it only lasted for one game. Now we get CM in a shop (eventually/hopefully/TBA), just like all the other games; it comes with unduly restrictive copy protection, just like all the other games; and you don't get a proper manual*, just like all the other games. All that's left that makes CM so special is the game itself and this forum. *That's not ignoring BTS's admirable workaround regarding the "CDV manualette", for which they should be congratulated and serve as an example to others in the industry.

Nothing wrong with that, except that it was a decision that their European customers would be highly dissatisfied with.