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I also have a Voodoo 3 but not this problem. in fact I have not had any problems with the graphics sincing upgrading to DX 8 and the corresponding driver late last year. Mike

I am using both of Tiger's recent Tan hi-res mods. Not because they are the best, just because they are new! And these tanks are fairly common so i like changing the look every now and then. Mike

OK, maybe this is normal but again it is a first for me. I had a Sherman with a gun damaged in the last turn of a battle in an Operation. Next battle, the Sherman shows up as abandoned in my setup. Proceed to movie phase to watch the first replay, and the damn thing is rolling forward from its last position, then it stops! Did the guys jump out in between battles and I just see it come to a stop like when it is normally knocked out on the move? I'll say this, it scared the heck out of my opponent and I thought Gen'l Sherman's ghost was in there driving that thing when the movie started. Mike

You are a college student AND a salmon fisherman in Alaska? With time in between for a CM website. In the words of Keanu Reeves "Whoah". Mike

Wow, i have a much smaller sample of course, but of the pbem games i have played a much larger % have ended as draws. Of 30 or so games my guess is I'm more in the range of 30-40% draws if not more. I wonder if this could be inflated because I tend to play with the same group of people generally? Not to change the subject, but what are others personal experiences with this? Mike

I suspected some kind of rodent at first, but then I saw they seemed to be crouching more like monkeys instead of standing on hind legs like rodents. That, and I saw one was in the trees.

Necessary? No, but many like to use them. I find them too much trouble (yes i am lazy) and prefer to play in snow or rain to prevent the purchase of most of the heavy stuff. Or I just let the AI select for both sides. In over 30 pbem games I've never had a problem w/o using them; of course others find them a good compromise so there is obviously merit to them. I should also add i have a pretty good group of pbem opponents (more good ones than I have time for games at the moment) so we don't really need them. Playing new partners often via TCP may be another matter. I also don't participate in any ladder play - they may be useful there but I obviously can't comment on that. I still like the snow or wet field idea for limiting the heavies though... Mike

Hey, that looks real good! A bit different than the DD stuff I am using but I will give it a try - be sure to let us know when it is available. What are those little things on the grass in the right foreground of the last pic? They look like little 3 legged monkeys. BTW the direct link you posted does not work, but it is ok if you back off the "index." at the end (to get to the Last Defense main page). Nice work. Mike

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You only think you're free dude, we can all see you are obsessed with the hedge bmp. Go ahead, make just one more final version, dontcha want to make just one more tweak?? Oh BTW, looks nice. Except for that bright green grass along the bottom...

You only think you're free dude, we can all see you are obsessed with the hedge bmp. Go ahead, make just one more final version, dontcha want to make just one more tweak?? Oh BTW, looks nice. Except for that bright green grass along the bottom...

A pretty mod, but man I can't but think that is one ugly tank. Did the Brit's have some 90 degree rule, where all the armor had to be straight up and down? On a more serious note, I wonder if this armor was easier to produce, because it was "flat"? Mike

Good idea to show off other author's mods you are using in screenshots. I already got the Kubelwagon after seeing it in Marcus' post and him posting the link to it. Now I'd like that flag too, come to think of it, I'm a bit tired of the big "?" I have been using for seems like forever.

I like the snow covered versions as well.

Amazing how much different it looks in the game! Nice job, thanks.

Another thumbs up from here. It looks really good with the Gunmetal interface. Thanks Deanco!

Looks real good Mr Clark! I especially like the 3d look of the large snow one. I'll be trying these out right away. Mike

Sweet! Thanks to all involved in creating them and getting them out to us. Mike

LOL you guys are brilliant! Anyone who even has the game loaded at work obviously has a better job than me. Does it run on NT? thanks to Hawkmek for the Alien "Game Over man" wav; it is really appropriate. And makes me want to watch the movie again. Most encouraging of all is the way BTS named these wav files - do the multiple zeros in front of the number mean they plan version 1000 of CM eventually, or just that many different sounds?? Mike

He and I just finished up a pbem game a couple weeks ago. He said he was going to take a break from playing CM for a while. I have not tried to email him since but his address should the same AFAIK. How long have you been trying to contact him? Mike

"Really, mayhaps we have nothing to say?" Heheh - you think that's a requirement for posting here! LOL!

Thanks - I knew that immobilized vehicles were sometimes abandoned, but had never seen it happen to a gun-damaged unit. Mike

For the longest time I couldn't figure out why anyone would buy Hellcats or other Allied TDs. I tried a couple here and there in pbem games with no luck - they all died before getting a kill. But, recently i did a quick battle pbem where the AI bought, and I got 3 Hellcats. These guys have taken out 3 Stugs and a whole army of HTs. I now am wishing for more enemy armor as I only have AP ammo! You play this game long enough, you will see it all. Mike AP not HE for the edit [This message has been edited by MikeE (edited 02-11-2001).]

I am playing the "Misfits at Wiltz" Operation pbem. Towards the end of the 2nd battle (turn 9 of 10) I had a Priest get its gun damaged by artillery. On the next turn I backed him up out of danger, hoping the gun maybe would get repaired later in the Op. Instead, when the 3rd battle started i found my poor Priest abandoned. I've only played 4 or 5 ops all the way through, not enough to know if this is something that happens or should happen at all. I'm not sure why the crew would abandon it in between battles. Is this normal or just a case of "**** happens"? thanks. Mike

Well I can't speak for others, but shyness, fear of being flamed, ignored or etc. is certainly not a concern of mine. I just prefer to read rather than write these days. Where people find the time to write the dissertations you see in some of these technical threads or serious flame wars is beyond me. (Not that I don't enjoy both.) I'm only posting twice in two days because I can't get over that damn smiley legend. Heck I'd be up to over a hundred posts by now, but before asking a question I always do a... well you know. Mike