Vanir

Oh, come on. Nobody's flaming you (well, except for Rommel22 who was acting more like Rommel15). I would bet my last dollar that "luck" incidents happen in more than 25% of real battles. They probably happen in more than 25% or your CM battles as well, but most of them are of the less significant type that you don't notice. I get the impression that our explanations of why this is normal and good have not been entirely understood, but I don't know how to explain it any better so I'll have to leave it at that. ------------------ What a bunch of horsecrap. -Steve [This message has been edited by Vanir (edited 03-16-2001).]

But you should call it luck, because that's what it is. This is something that's has been bothering me for a while. So many of the complaints you see here about the game are from people who come to believe it is rigged because they see very rare or unusual events more frequently than they think is right. I think you should read Jason's post above carefully. And to that I will add this: Although the odds of any given rare event happening in any given game are by definition (very) small, the odds of some rare event happening are much larger. The larger the number of possible events, the larger the odds become of at least one of them occuring in a given time frame (a single game, for example). There are a lot of rare events that can take place in most CM games. Rare events happen all the time both in real life and in the game. If you see the same rare event (shrecks hitting moving vehicles at 200m, bogging on dry ground, whatever) popping up a lot, then you may have a problem. But that is not the case. As far as there being a hidden modifier in the game to favor one side or the other, that is plain rediculous. Why would BTS sabotage their own product like that? There is no evidence of it. If such a thing existed then one side or the other would be "unable to hit anything" in every game. This is not the case. Having games now and then where everything goes wrong for one side or the other is normal and is to be expected, just like we all have days where nothing goes right for us. As Jason pointed out, randomness does not appear to be random until you zoom out and see the much larger picture. What appear to be meaningfull patterns are just an illusion, like flipping a coin 10 times and getting heads 7 times in a row and saying "something is wrong with this coin". It is not until you flip it a 100 times that you see it for the rare event that it is, and realize the coin is just fine. Anyone who sees an event like a shreck hitting a moving vehicle at 200m (quite rare but not impossible) and then becomes disgruntled with the game is simply showing that they have no understanding of how probability works (or is a sore loser. Take your pick). ------------------ What a bunch of horsecrap. -Steve [This message has been edited by Vanir (edited 03-15-2001).]

Well, the Tiger rotates its hull at the same time its turning the turret, so it actually does get its gun on target faster than the hummel. Otherwise a good post. ------------------ What a bunch of horsecrap. -Steve

ROTFL! ------------------ What a bunch of horsecrap. -Steve

Ah, ok I found it. ------------------ What a bunch of horsecrap. -Steve [This message has been edited by Vanir (edited 03-14-2001).]

Actually Claymore posted a blurb a couple of weeks ago that they were on turn 29, but that he was having trouble getting turns back from Fionn, or something to that effect. He also claimed he was wiping the floor with Fionn, but who knows. He didn't say why there have been no updates on CMHQ for 5 years running. ------------------ What a bunch of horsecrap. -Steve

Erm, I think you may have ment Pillar I do enjoy most of Jason's posts, at least the ones I make it all the way though on. ------------------ What a bunch of horsecrap. -Steve

I will just say that what Pak40 said above is what BTS has said is one of the main reasons there is no hunt command for infantry. A little more info from the link David posted: There is more. Click on the link in David's post. ------------------ What a bunch of horsecrap. -Steve

Weird. I've never seen anything like this. You may want to consider sending the movie file into Madmatt for review. ------------------ What a bunch of horsecrap. -Steve

In an attack/defend QB against the AI I will be the attacker with a -30% points penalty. This gives me about an equal force but I'm the attacker. I also like to use random weather, heavy forest map and give the AI VG SMG squads or Fusiliers. In turn I take vanilla British troops. It can be a challenge. ------------------ What a bunch of horsecrap. -Steve

? CM gives 76mm a blast rating of 33, 75mm blast rating of 39. Or were you suggesting the difference should be greater? ------------------ What a bunch of horsecrap. -Steve

I think someone is interested ------------------ What a bunch of horsecrap. -Steve [This message has been edited by Vanir (edited 03-09-2001).]

It's at Madmatt's site at www.combatmission.com in the Allied tanks section. The M10, M18 and M36 are all there. ------------------ What a bunch of horsecrap. -Steve

HERE is the mother of all hull down command discussions. There are a few other smaller ones. Do a search for "hull down" in the thread title only to find them. ------------------ What a bunch of horsecrap. -Steve [This message has been edited by Vanir (edited 03-09-2001).]

Well as Simon says (hey...) they probably did it this way so that snipers would work like other infantry units. I can only assume that it would indeed have been a pain in the ass to write special code for that one unit. Maybe they just ran out of time like with the M16. I disagree that a TC would necessarily button up after the first shot. During the noise and confusion of battle it is quite possible, maybe even probable, that he would not notice a single bullet buzz past. Or he may assume it a stray shot not intended for him. In any case I think the end result is fairly realistic. ------------------ What a bunch of horsecrap. -Steve [This message has been edited by Vanir (edited 03-09-2001).]