Chupacabra

1) You can fast forward through the movies if nothing's happening. 2) Command delay is based on the experience level of a unit, whether or not it's in command, and the command bonus of the HQ unit. I find it quite realistic. In fact, I'd be happy if the command delay was longer. Consider this - you order A Company's commander to take a ridgeline with his company. A Company's commander then has to tell his 4 Plt. leaders specifically what to do to carry out Batallion's orders. The platoon leaders then have to interpret those orders on an even smaller scale and tell his squad leaders what to do. The squad leaders then have to disseminate this information to the soldiers. In CM, however, this process is relatively instantaneous, with only a 10 second time delay between you giving the order and the men carrying it out. Seems pretty generous to me. ------------------ Soy super bien soy super super bien soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by David Aitken: Chupacabra wrote: > Torra fy ngwallt yn Peng Hmmm... was it the Super Furry Animals who did their last record in Welsh?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> David, I think I love you. Yep, spot on. ------------------ Soy super bien soy super super bien soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super

Voodoo cards use a proprietary API named Glide. GeForce cards use the standard D3D API. Check the technical specifications of your games. If the game supports D3D, they'll run fine with a GeForce. If the game only supports Glide, the GeForce won't work with it. This shouldn't really be an issue however. I can only think of one recent game which only supported Glide. A GeForce should do just fine with nearly any game. ------------------ Soy super bien soy super super bien soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super

...slight mental hiccup, as if their brains had decided to give it a miss and go for a lovely cup of tea. "Giiirlll...?" drooled Seanachai blearily as he reached for his... ------------------ Soy super bien soy super super bien soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super

If anyone's interested, there's an excellent online source for TO&Es at the British Wargames Resource Centre . I've found the information here quite accurate as far as I can verify, and even better, it's all in one place. ------------------ Soy super bien soy super super bien soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super

That's absolutely sick ------------------ Soy super bien soy super super bien soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super

I don't especially feel like getting into a discussion of whether "gameyness" is a problem or not. Do a search on "gamey recon" and you'll have all the discussion you can handle. I prefer to play in a certain way, and I prefer that my opponents play the same way. I have no problem with people using whatever units or tactics they want in games, just so long as they're not with me. Maybe this makes me closed-minded. I have no problem with that. I have fun playing the way I do; I don't have fun playing otherwise. Pvt.Tom asked for opinions, I gave mine. He can do with that what he likes. Simple. ------------------ Soy super bien soy super super bien soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super

I prefer to play games using historical TO&Es. To each his own.

Yeah, I know it happened. Happened elsewhere as well. But wouldn't you be the least bit suspicious if, in a QB, you suddenly found yourself face to face with a few companies of American GIs supported by Churchills and Fireflies, and when you asked him what was up, he said "Nijmegen?" I'd think twice about playing that person again. ------------------ Soy super bien soy super super bien soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super

I'd personally call this gamey, yeah. It's not as bad as using, say, American infantry with British tanks, but I would probably avoid it, or at least clear it with your opponent first. ------------------ Soy super bien soy super super bien soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Croda: "Leap, under the tree there." <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> The rest of it was close enough (although Babelfish apparently has issues with the different uses of "sie") but did it really translate schnell as "leap?" That's absolutely insane. ------------------ Soy super bien soy super super bien soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super

I must say, Hanz is taking things awfully calmly ------------------ Soy super bien soy super super bien soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super

Hiram - The Firefly, the Challenger, the Achilles, and later on the Comet all have 17 pdr guns, which is capable of ruining a German tank's day very quickly. The Achilles is a dedicated tank destroyer, along the same lines as the Hellcat. But it's tough to go wrong with any of those. They'll all do just fine for Panzer whomping. ------------------ Soy super bien soy super super bien soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Marlow: "...Panzer mark IVs. That was ussually enough to set those cardboard tanks on fire." Then he would nod off into a restless sleep as far away, above the arctic circle ...<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> ...Dr. Pengenstein's monster drifted lazily through the freezing water, encased in a block of ice, thinking cold thoughts and biding his time until... ------------------ Soy super bien soy super super bien soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super

I hate repeating myself, but since you are all worthless cro-mag throwbacks, in this case I will deign to do so in the interest of maintaining a good working human/cro-mag relationship. My university ISP is free and fast and maintained by students. Which means that it is free and fast about half the time, and free and completely bollocksed up the other half. Consequently, it appears that my ISP occasionally hiccups when I attempt to send email messages with attached files. Therefore, if you believe that I owe you a file, it is most likely that I sent it but that it was lost. Drop me a line and I will resend. I am so filled with hate for you all that a million Catholic schoolgirls in a million knee-high socks could not erase my loathing. May the keening wails of Christmas carollers pierce your eardrums and liquidify your brains, every last cro-mag bastard one of you. ------------------ Soy super bien soy super super bien soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Jeff Heidman: I was wondering, does anyone else actually get butterflies in the pit of their stomach when they are about to open up a movie file from a particularly tense PBEM game? Or is it just me? Jeff<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Yeah, but almost moreso in extremely quiet games, mostly because it usually means that someone's about to walk into a trap ------------------ Soy super bien soy super super bien soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Germanboy: I am about 6 ft tall, just so that you know. Peter is a bit smaller, and Mathias a bit taller. [This message has been edited by Germanboy (edited 12-19-2000).]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Yeah, fine, don't even mention me... Punk... ------------------ Soy super bien soy super super bien soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super

I have no idea what mine is. I'm probably about even. ------------------ Soy super bien soy super super bien soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super

Any time someone starts talking about America as if it's a monolithic whole, I turn off. Call it arrogance, call it whatever you'd like, but America's a big place, with a lot of people. It's very easy for people who've never lived there to try to characterize America as all one way or all another, but that's wishful thinking. And personally, I am quite sick of these bull**** "America should do this, America should do that arguments." I'm living in London at the moment, and I assure you, if I walked into a pub and started proclaiming on how England should ditch the Tories, abolish the monarchy and stop pussyfooting around with all this European Army nonsense, I'd likely get my face beaten in. ------------------ Soy super bien soy super super bien soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super

Bruce Geryk just reviewed B17 for Gamespot.com here . ------------------ Soy super bien soy super super bien soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super [This message has been edited by Chupacabra (edited 12-20-2000).]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Mark IV: I think that's a (Cure-based)winner, myself. See the now blissfully-locked cheating thread for further references.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Blissfully?! But I had more flaming to do, dammit! It's always the way, I go out for a nice bit of dinner, think up some lovely retorts, and by the time I'm back, the padlock has come slamming down. Woe is me. And dammit, we're not naming the Peng thread after some morbid prog-rock song. No, if anything, we need to maintain the general weirdness level. To wit, it is clear to me that we should name the Peng thread after an obscure indie rock song that only I will understand! MWAHAHAHAHAHA!!! I nominate: Distance equals rate times Peng Pengunist Daughter The Peng that Bled oh! how the Pengs stack up Get me away from here, I'm Peng Torra fy ngwallt yn Peng Peng Politics Peng described eternity Peng yr romantic mind Peng chimneys Big Peng Coming ------------------ Soy super bien soy super super bien soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super

Adding dozer tanks would probably be about as difficult as adding all the other units people have asked for. I'd love to be able to use funnies in the game (mmmm...Crab...) but we probably shouldn't hold our breath for them. ------------------ Soy super bien soy super super bien soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super

Probably the site. The red x means that your browser can't find the image the page is telling it should be there. ------------------ Soy super bien soy super super bien soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super

Dear Cretins - Files have been sent to all to whom they were owed. I suspect my ISP is still screwing around, as sometimes messages seem to go through and sometimes they don't. Let me know if you believe you're owed a file from me and haven't received anything. If this keeps up I may have to switch to my hotmail account, or something repugnant like that. May you all be trampled to death by rabid Christmas carollers. ------------------ Soy super bien soy super super bien soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Apoc: Chupacabra: It's taken me years to perfect my straight, to the point, no-bull**** attitude. I'm not going to give it up now. It's a pity you result to childish remarks, when I was being to the point. Never asked for your help and I would kindly ask you never to offer me your help. Unless, of course, you were making your post to brown nose Battlefront.com? No need to answer this. [This message has been edited by Apoc (edited 12-19-2000).]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> No need to answer, but what the hell, I've got nothing better to do. In my experience, calling someone childish really means "you're not saying what I want you to say." As does telling someone that they're a brown-nose. How exactly would what I posted be sucking up to BTS? What does it do for me? They're not going to give me a job for posting on the forum, nor are they likely to name CM2: Beyond Chupacabra. Boy, if I'm really lucky I'll get a smiley from MadMatt and gee, would that ever make my day. BTS has no lack of hangers-on, but to my knowledge that's the first time I've been accused of being one. So kudoes to you, it's a first. You may feel free to keep up with your brave "no bull****" tone all you like, but a spade is a spade, and an ass is an ass. And it really is that simple. ------------------ Soy super bien soy super super bien soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super