jKMkIII
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I don't think halftracks can be bought as platoons like tanks, so they can't be HQ/independent.
But they can be bought as part of infantry battalion, so they can be part of infantry OOB.
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I have used different kind of boats in real life and still can't figure out what kind of boat CM boats are trying to represent.
2hp motor and required passenger to move doesn't really mix.
Such horrible turn rates on ground doesn't make sense. Any similiar sized boat I can think of are actually quite quick to turn if boat is in water and people turning are outside either in water or on shore if shore is too deep.
And only boat I wouldn't move backwards is sailing boat, every motor I have seen can also reverse and if passengers have to paddle then it shouldn't be problem either.
And about RD tournament scenario. When I first saw scenario I thought what an interesting looking scenario, now I don't have very positive view of it. Unfortunately using game element that is seriously flawed makes scenario also seriously flawed. I for example lost battle already in setup, if would have knewn how badly boats are modeled I would have chosen very different strategy.
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Surely you will make this CMMOS compatible?
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This is efficient work. Flaming thread where both sides are same person ...split personality at work
Unfortunately I now risk my self for collateral flame damage
Oh, almost forgot. Dude, get a job
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In that battle I had troops near those flags, but they were about 80-100m away from flags because wanted my mortars to have LOS to battle area.
But anyway I won the battle. Could say enemy was annihilated and luckily my losses weren't too high so won anyway even without those couple flags.
Perhaps in this battle is just would have been better if wouldn't need troops sitting on flag. Map was huge and mostly open and just so damn big for our troops.
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Funny. I always thought you kept control if enemy didn't move troops there. During battle flags were of course shown as question marks because you couldn't be sure, but in end I thought you would control flag if enemy wouldn't have been even close to flag.
If it has always been so I wonder why I haven't heard anyone complaint about it because it is really stupid. If I annihilate enemy and clear all important locations (flags) and can be 100% sure enemy can't move there it doesn't make any sense that I would have to leave one man standing in middle forest just to keep some magic flag occupied.
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Hi,
I just finished game and noticed something about flags which I thought was different.
I was attacking and attacked through 2 small flags and when secured them I moved my men forward. Next to both flags I had some men perhaps 100m away, but defender never had any units closer than this after I pushed them away.
But when battle was over I noticed flags weren't in my control, I was 100% sure enemy couldn't have moved troops there but just didn't have anyone sitting next to that flag.
Wasn't this different, control status didn't change unless enemy moved troops there. If it has been so and it was changed when did it happen and why?
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Have you tried using Shift-V? Remove vehicles and it is pretty easy to see who is riding where..
But your idea would be nice.
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Could someone tell me where I can turn autoplay off on WindowsXP?
I am quite sure I didn't have it earlier, but then had to reinstall and now can't find how to turn it off.
All I found was AutoPlay tab on CD properties, but even I have on all types "No Action" still get that stupid CDV autostart.
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Funny. I have had my guns damaged twice in CMBB.
1st my Marder III was hit by T-34 from distance of 500m(?) I think they got couple front hull penetrations first.
2nd my PzIV was hit by 76.2mm AT gun from distance of 200m(?)
Sure my crews were happy that they only got gun damage
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Yes, you need unit in boat to give it orders.
If you don't have unit in all you can do is check LOS. Used them first, or at max seconnd, time and plan was to drop first load and get back for more ...well had to improvise
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There was problem with program dropping "-" I had just before numbers, so of course it couldn't find turn file because it was looking for wrong name.
But everyone go to get newest version, movie replay is easy. And there is new log feature in menus that you can use to find out what is wrong
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My game was played at normal speed, opponent didn't have PBEM helper.
And anyway with other opponent fast mode didn't seem to work.. I think it complained for example about my resolution (1400x1050) and just couldn't get damn thing to work long enough to do single commands.
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How it is supposed to work?
When I select Program/View movie I first get that help screen, press NO because game was QB. Then I press OK to accept value 2. So far it works way I supposed it would.
Then I get normal file dialog to select turn file, here I was expecting it to select game from game list or something. What file should I choose? It would make sense to have to just select directory or something because in earlier window I gave enough information where to select right numbered file.
Anyway when selected file program just tries to open that turn normally, so on second time I selected 007 file in games subdirectory.
But function buttons do nothing, turn file is opened just normally. Tried while in playback and also tried after had pressed done.
I am using XP Pro if that might cause something.
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What are you wondering? You got 779 points when enemy got 1016 points, why should it be draw?
Both have same number of flags in end. Allied lost 20 men more than you. But you lost 2 vehicles and from points I would believe they were tanks.
Capturing hill or some building is not always worth casualties it takes and in this case your casualties just weren't worth it.
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Remembered this issue because had to reinstall windows last weekend after finally got bored because XP wouldn't remember any configuration settings (explorer related) after restart. Haven't yet had energy to try to remember where that autostart system was hidden...
Also combined with fact that I had to reinstall many other stuff I also had to use CD drive ...and of course sometimes have to burn/read photos from CDs.
Basically just thinking best for my fellow men
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About fitting strategy guide to shelf, and real manual in future releases, you could take a look at for example Ghost Recon Complete box.
It has neat little box that contains 2 normal DVD cases and takes pretty much same space as 2 normal DVD cases ...so it isn't huge like those old time retail boxes.
So you can put those in same shelf as normal DVD case sized boxes, but you could fit real manual/strategy guide into it. So wouldn't get complaints about not including real manual
And about whole retail thing. I think it is good idea, I have friend who I talked into ordering CMBO&BB pack some months ago and he accused me after he got hooked too much and took too many PBEM games
If game would have been on shelfes earlier he propably would have bought it long time ago, and I am sure there are still lot people like him out there in US. -
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Just little request, or hint, about retail CD autostart. Now when CMBO and CMBB are coming out on retail in US I hope Battlefront make one thing clear to CDV. Of course if it was done by Battlefront crew then request goes to you..
Do not use that damn stupid installshield system as autostart for CD!!
Every time I put CMBB CD in it will ask me if I want to install or play game, and if I press Cancel it will confirm if I want to cancel installation.
And to make things better if I click play it will say that exe doesn't exists (it is looking for xxxxx.exe
1) if you use autostart do not use wise installation system, basically all games I have played had more professional looking autostart
2) if I do not want to re-install game do not make me click ok too many times
3) if I want to play game from autostart, make it actually work
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I really don't care for idea 1. But second one is excellent, actually I have been wondering if it would be good idea to make tree mod where they would be partly transparent because I always have to play with trees ..even with lowest option there are too many (or they are just too big, whatever) for me to see what is happening in forest. It would be great to have more trees (more realistic view) and have trees transparent, perhaps only area where are troops just like buildings.
4th is also good one. I like it, have been hoping for it earlier..
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If you leave captured enemies unguarded they might escape, also it seems that if enemy has troops close they are more likely to do so.
I always gather captured enemies to one place and keep some troops close. Perhaps reserves or squads that have run out of ammo.
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Both of my games were draw, with soviets little ahead. As axis got 48% and as soviets 53%.
For a single play, or against person if other haven't played game from other side, scenario was quite good.
But for tournament play where other player possibly has played same scenario from other side there are couple problems:
1) reinforcements arriving to positions where they are going to die before they have time to move
2) reinforcements arriving to places where they have extremely limited advance possibilities (if they survive that long)
And don't know if it was just me or why I had extremely hard time to get my reinforcements to combat area, just barely got there as soviets and as germans my right flank attack didn't get there at all. Of course as germans my right flank reinforcements didn't head straight to battle so they used couple extra turns..
In my opinion map should have been longer to soviet rear area and reinforcements would have been placed there and then player would have had little more opinion to where to move them.
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So if your HT had 20mm AP and MG to choose from. Both go through AC without much problem, so only reason why don't get kill is that those solid shots do not hit anything important. And with MG it would seem more likely to hit because you get more shots.
Perhaps if your HT would have had 20mm HE ammo it could have been more usefull to use it.
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Just remember to put WWW into link, unless you like BMW Z3
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Also yesterday noticed same 0% exposure when enemy squad was in open. Only cover they might have was snow and perhaps hill that gave my tank hull down status. It was infantry next to tank that saw that 0% exposure (I think, could have been that tank too..)
Again it was PBEM game so have it saved..
Anyone know if it is intentionaland what it actually means. Like in my case when enemy was in open and not in foxhole or something.
I Just Did A Stupid Thing...
in Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin
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Only way to get them from CD is to reinstal, at least only way I have figured out.
But I think XP has undo mechanism for such thing, at least if it was done through GUI. At least on some cases I have thought I was in program and pressed Ctrl-Z and windows asked if I wanted to do ..something.. to file I had just deleted or copied. But this propably should have been done right after you had replaced them...
And things like this are reason why I refuse to install any non-CMMOS mods. It is just hard to make up your mind before seeing mod in the game.