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    And now.....

    in Combat Mission - General Discussion

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    18 minutes ago, Megalon Jones said:

    Cluster munitions fired by off map arty.

    That can only mean one thing!

    YUP!  Take my $$$ now.  That time frame was extraordinarily interesting as NATO and the East Bloc were (more or less) 'balanced for gameplay.'

    Can NBC be simulated?  I know that literal nukes are overkill, but having contaminated terrain type where MOPP suits degrade pixeltruppen speed, stamina and spotting capability would be a nice touch. 

    Space Lobsters!

    BDH

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    CMRT Unit Names Remain Stubbornly Hosed!!!

    in CM2 General Tech Support

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    7 hours ago, MeatEtr said:

    If you have to do this with other modules/games then I'm guessing its a setting in your file manager software. I use 7-zip on Windows 7 with no problems, what are you using? Seems they are being auto-renamed.

    That could very well be it.  I switched to a different program when I was having problems unpacking an update for a Fields of Glory mod and that resolved the issue as well.

     

    Thanks

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    CMRT Unit Names Remain Stubbornly Hosed!!!

    in CM2 General Tech Support

    Posted

    12 hours ago, IanL said:

    ?? The patches are are shipped as an install so you should not be renaming anything.

    Any package you get from BFC should be unzipped into a clean empty folder. Then run the setup program in that new folder. For a patch make sure it has found your install and let it do the work.

    I hear ya.  I downloaded the RAR files and extracted them into their own folders.  I then put the update itself in another folder.

    Those files had the name of the installer file as a pre-fix to the .brz and did not match the various version .brz in the data folder for the games.

    Every time I installed the patch before I caught these erroneously named .brz were in copied to the data folder.

    What fixed the issue was to edit the file names to match the name in the current game data folder and then install the patch .exe

    Each module I followed that process worked just fine.  No more foxholes labeled as Wolverines.

    I do have to put in a ticket to help resolve the activation issues I am having for CM:FI and Gustav Line though.

    Of course I need more time to play but work is the curse of the gaming class.  

     

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    CMRT Unit Names Remain Stubbornly Hosed!!!

    in CM2 General Tech Support

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    It's the patch! :angry:

    When I extracted the files from the RAR the file name for the .brz had "CM Red Thunder Update 202" in front.  So I changed the names to make the brz files uniform and copied them over to the data folder.  When I went back into the game, the unit names are now correct.

    That took too much work but I feel I learned something today.

    Now let's see how the rest of these go.

    BDH

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    CMRT Unit Names Remain Stubbornly Hosed!!!

    in CM2 General Tech Support

    Posted · Edited by Barrold
    Update

    4 hours ago, Schrullenhaft said:

    Make sure that the installation directory where the CMRT installer files are at has ONLY the following files (once they've been extracted from the .zip format that they are downloaded in):

    CMRT_v103_Setup.exe

    red thunder v100a.brz

    red thunder v100b.brz

    red thunder v100c.brz

    red thunder v100d.brz

    red thunder v101.brz

    If there are other files present in the installation directory it MIGHT corrupt the installation in the manner that you're seeing.

    All righty

    I am installing version 2.0 and patching to 2.01

    I have these files after a fresh extraction of the file I downloaded in May from my Battlefront account
    CMRT  v200 installer.exe

    CMRT v200 installer-1.bin

    RT v100a.brz

    RT v100b.brz

    RT v100c.brz

    RT v100d.brz

    RT v101.brz

    RT v104.brz

    RT v200.brz

    Is that .bin the potential problem?

    Thanks for the response.

    BDH

    ****UPDATE***  I just did the install without patching to 2.01 and the names are correct!

    Previously I did have my other game folders with installation files extracted and I deleted them before doing this install.  When I extract those I am going to make sure I keep them well away from my RT folders as a precaution.

    Now to patch to 2.01 and see what happens!

    BDH 

     

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    CMRT Unit Names Remain Stubbornly Hosed!!!

    in CM2 General Tech Support

    Posted

    After some time away from CM, I am trying to get a good install of all the products on my PC.

    I downloaded all the updated files and did appropriate extractions. 

    After installing CM:RT I am getting mixed up unit names.

    I have gone through and ensured there is not a single trace of the previous time I installed.  I even went through the registry and deleted every single instance of "combat" related to the CM games.

    When I do a fresh install...the unit names are still hosed.

    Where can that @#$%%* file still be?

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    You know you play enough CMRT...

    in Combat Mission Red Thunder

    Posted

    I have not been above occasionally sticking out my index finger in the familiar 'gun' pose, pointing at a copse of trees and making a "ptchew! ptchew!" firing sound as I passed it. Sometime' a guy's just gotta 'area fire' to be on the safe side. ;)

    ....on a road trip with my brother, he was on the lookout for wild turkeys in the brush and woods while I commented on why one patch would be where I would drop a couple mortar rounds...just in case.

    B.

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    Air Strikes

    in Combat Mission Red Thunder

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    It was interesting to me when I learned that there existed a "donut" of invulnerability to the enemy's ships. Closer in and they could penetrate the hull's armor. Further out and their shells would drop from above and penetrate the deck. It put the pre-battle maneuvering into a new context, going beyond the classic "crossing the T".

    Mmmmmmmm.....donut of invulnerability....

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    IDing terrain?

    in Combat Mission Red Thunder

    Posted

    Technically, "Canola" refers to a particular strain of Rapeseed that was originally cultivated in Canada and is more suited to human and livestock consumption than older cultivars of rapeseed. These days, at least in North America, the vast majority of Rapeseed grown is of the Canola type.

    The name Canola (a mashup of "Canada" + "Oil") was deliberately chosen because it was better for marketing than "Rapeseed Oil." In the plant name, "Rape" comes from Latin "Rapum" simply meaning "Turnip", but brings obvious negative connotations in English. :rolleyes:

    Since rapeseed oil makes a very good lubricant for e.g., industrial and nautical steam engines, it was actually a pretty important industrial crop in WWII.

    Rapeseed Grog

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