Chupacabra

Goofy - your opponent will only see the minefield markers after he discovers the minefield, which is often only after he's in it. Infantry seems to be better at finding mines than vehicles. ------------------ Soy super bien soy super super bien soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super

Heh, here's a story for you. About a month after this all started happening, I called ATI's European Tech Support line and told them the problem. Their response was that there were no reported problems with ATI cards running D3D-based games. I have to wonder what some of these guys get paid for. Oh well. Thanks for the update, Matt. I've gotten used to playing at 1024x768 so I'll probably try to muddle through, but I appreciate the help ------------------ Soy super bien soy super super bien soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super

Okie dokie - I've had this problem for a while, but hopefully now with 1.1, CM's code will be as final as it's gonna get, so I'd like to take another whack at it. I'm going to be as brief as possible. Problem: At seemingly random moments during gameplay, CM locks up. I can still move the mouse cursor, but I can neither scroll the CM battlefield nor click on any of the units or buttons. If ambient sounds are on, they continue playing. I can neither quit CM normally, alt-tab, ESC, or alt-F4 out of it. The only thing I can do is to restart the computer. My System Dell Inspiron 3700 laptop Celeron 433, 96 mb RAM, Win98SE ATI Rage Mobility-M1 AGP 2X with 8 mb VRAM Maestro Direct Sound Driver DirectX 8.0 Things I've Tried (sorry I couldn't come up with a snappier heading ) -Updating my video, sound, and mouse drivers -Playing CM with sound off -Playing CM with smoke effects off -Playing CM under different resolutions -Changing my default desktop resolution -Playing different versions of CM -Using EndItAll to kill programs running in the background before running CM -Disabling AGP texturing in dxdiag -Reinstalling Win98 None of these solved my problem. I have had this issue with every version of CM after 1.04. I don't have this problem with any other application. I've tried everything I can think of, except to format c: and rebuild, but that's something I would really rather not do if it's at all avoidable. Any advice would be greatly appreciated ------------------ Soy super bien soy super super bien soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super

The card powering the Xbox is Nvidia's next-generation card, called the nv25 or something like that. It, or something similar to it, will be coming out for the PC. ------------------ Soy super bien soy super super bien soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super

The pause command only affects movement orders, not firing orders. So giving a pause command to an artillery spotter would have no effect on the timing of his barrage. ------------------ Soy super bien soy super super bien soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super

According to the New York Fed, the exchange rate as of yesterday was 1.477 Dollars to the Pound. Bear in mind that that's the official rate, and in practice you'd be paying a changer's fee on top of that. ------------------ Soy super bien soy super super bien soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super

IIRC MT shells aren't modeled in CM, and all VT shells are true VT. ------------------ Soy super bien soy super super bien soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super

Nrg. While not as sick as Peng, I have still spent the past two and a half days railing at God in between trips to the bathroom. I didn't know it was possible to have a really bad cold and a nasty stomach flu at the same time, but after all, this is the country that brought us Fergie, Benny Hill, and Hugh Grant, so they've pretty much cornered the market on annoying plagues over here. About three hours ago I coughed up roughly ten tons of orange snot, and I'm now feeling much better. Better yet, I still have three-quarters of a bottle of Robitussin left. Yep, the good kind of Robitussin. So it's party time in London, boys. Lock up your Hirams, the night is young and I aim to get loaded on cough syrup. If I can find my copy of Appetite for Destruction, none of you will be safe. In short, I will rock your ****ing face. I WILL ROCK YOUR ****ING FACE!!!! Thank you. ------------------ Soy super bien soy super super bien soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super

Pedant Attack! The line is: I know what you're thinking. Did he fire six shots or only five? Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement, I've kinda lost track myself. But being as this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya punk? and not your ham-fisted mangling of the poet's words ------------------ Soy super bien soy super super bien soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super

Oh dear. This has been much discussed. Here are some of the threads that I can recall: "Skipping" AT Rounds German 75mm HE fuses Bouncing HE Shells Bouncing HE rounds (yes, again) and smoke I believe the general consensus is that while everyone agrees it was done, no one can agree how often it was done, how difficult it was for an average tank gunner to do so, or how to implement such a feature in a way that would prevent it from being used ahistorically. ------------------ Soy super bien soy super super bien soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super [This message has been edited by Chupacabra (edited 01-13-2001).]

Try this. ------------------ Soy super bien soy super super bien soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super

Even on a low-end system, hi-res vehicles and buildings aren't going to make much of a difference. It's the hi-res terrain where you take a hit. ------------------ Soy super bien soy super super bien soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super

After its restoration, the Tiger at Bovington will be the only one in the world in running order. So I think it's fair to say that the Tigers in SPR probably weren't real ------------------ Soy super bien soy super super bien soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Germanboy: In Real Life™ you also did not have relative spotting. In CM you have relative spotting, therefore you can not have firing through smoke<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Change that to absolute spotting ------------------ Soy super bien soy super super bien soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Nathman: I still hate the american news media because of their biases and xenophobic outlook. Give me the BBC any day!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Heh, if you're trying to put forth the British news media as a model of unbiased reporting, you'd probably do well to see some of London tabloids. True, the BBC is an excellent news source...as there are plenty of excellent American news sources. Every major American newspaper is on the web by now. If you can't find one you like, I'd suggest that's for lack of looking, not lack of availability. ------------------ Soy super bien soy super super bien soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Banshee: Is "Wolfram" german for tungsten? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Yes. ------------------ Soy super bien soy super super bien soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super

IIRC sandbags actually made shaped charge rounds more effective by focusing the plasma jet. Don't ask me for sources or a decent explanation, I'm sick and hopped up on Robitussin ------------------ Soy super bien soy super super bien soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super

Immediately prior to the invasion of Poland, the British Chargé des Affaires in Berlin cabled back to the Foreign Office stating that one of the balconies in the British Embassy looked out over a hotel balcony from which Hitler often spoke, and that it would be a simple enough for one man with a rifle to assassinate him. The British Foreign Office wrote back forbidding it, saying that it would be unsporting. From 1933 onwards there were several assassination attempts which came very close to killing the man, which all ultimately failed. Pity. ------------------ Soy super bien soy super super bien soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super

Assorted wankers: I've come down with something nasty which involves a lot of waiting by the toilet and tooth brushing. Damn Brits poisoned me, I'm sure of it. I'll try to process turns as quickly as possible, but given my average turnaround time on files at any rate, you should hardly notice a difference. Now go stick your heads up your asses and wiggle a bit. I hate you all for being well. ------------------ Soy super bien soy super super bien soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super

Hrm, okay, here's a question - how's Whistler at dealing with DOS-native applications? I wanna be able to run Aces Over Europe again, dammit! ------------------ Soy super bien soy super super bien soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Jasper: I wouldn't call this a 'fact' but it makes a fun story: the space inside the initial T-34's was so cramped that the Soviets gave preference to smaller people to crew the tanks.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> ...including quite a few women. ------------------ Soy super bien soy super super bien soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super

The trouble with cut and paste is that many PBEM files are larger than notepad seems to want to deal with. And pasting them into Wordpad is A Bad Idea. ------------------ Soy super bien soy super super bien soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by mensch: drinking fine canadian microbrewery beer<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> That means, like, Molson out of a bottle instead of a can, right? ------------------ Soy super bien soy super super bien soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super

But Matt, does this mean I have to stop sending you email mash notes too? ------------------ Soy super bien soy super super bien soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super

CM doesn't model min/max gun depression. ------------------ Soy super bien soy super super bien soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super