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  1. I haven't seen any threads addressing this yet, so I'm going to post it. Recently, I've been experiencing some horrendous load times. Understandably so on the larger battles, but my biggest concern is with the first screen. After I click 'Play Game', to go to the list of scenarios, it gives me the msg 'scanning disk for scenarios' FOREVER! The only way to advance past this screen is by clicking the mouse. However, after doing that, every mouse click is one behind where it should be. i.e. I click on the 'page down' tab in scenarios list, it does nothing. I then click the fourth scenario down on the first page. The screen advances to the next page of scenarios, and the next mouse click puts the highlight on the fourth game down, second screen. Has anyone else had problems with this? As I said earlier, it really became an issue only recently, seems to have slowed down considerably. I haven't done anything to my machine to make this change, either. Please help! ------------------ "NO! There is no try..DO..or do not!" ~Yoda, Empire Strikes Back 1980
  2. I don't know about the rest of you, but I've grown quite fond of using MG Jeeps. These little boogers are quick, quiet, and pack a nice punch. I'm playing a pbem game now, got a couple of these when setting up, and had a great time with them. I used them in a pair, the first one was on a 'fast' moving setting out doing recon, and the second, I had moving between 'fast' and 'move'. Jeep #1 didn't last too long, came too close to an enemy firebase located in a heavy building. However, Jeep #2 took out 2 half tracks and double digit enemy infantry casualties before being demolished by friendly artillery fire. BTW, if anyone wants to start an email game w/me..please feel free! ------------------ "NO! There is no try..DO..or do not!" ~Yoda, Empire Strikes Back 1980
  3. Can't say for sure, Ben, but.. I figure that, for a jeep, and most likely for a halftrack, as well, any round from a Tiger, Panzer, or pretty much any German tank for that matter, would mean certain doom. Think about it. You're driving a half track along, say, at 20 MPH. Scenario one: An AP round fired from a Tiger rips through your vehicle, killing a crewman and injuring two others. Time to bail out! Scenario two: Again, driving along nice and smooth, and a Tiger lets fly with an HE round, and connects with your vehicle, say, in the rear quadrant. This not only paralyzes your vehicle, but quite literally blows it apart. Either way, you see, the tank's job is done! ((Poster's note.. all of this is, of course, IMHO! )) ------------------ "NO! There is no try..DO..or do not!" ~Yoda, Empire Strikes Back 1980
  4. Well..I am using Win98, but your ideas didn't help me. However, I did find out a way to accomplish what I was shooting for. All I have to do now is press F5, and that is the 'refresh' command. I guess it's the one that checks for new mail, and sends everything in the outbox. Thanks for trying! ------------------ "NO! There is no try..DO..or do not!" ~Yoda, Empire Strikes Back 1980
  5. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Lane: Do you have to stay with pow ? If you move your troops away what happens? will they stay in POW status? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I don't know about having to stay with them, I do know, though, that whenever I capture troops, I send them to the back of my lines. I figure that if they're behind my troops, even if they're not being guarded, they have a much slimmer chance of escaping. Nobody's ever gotten away from the clutches of Vanilla Thunder!! ------------------ "NO! There is no try..DO..or do not!" ~Yoda, Empire Strikes Back 1980
  6. Okay, this message might not really belong on this board, but I'm hoping that some of you guys can help me out here. I recently reformatted my HD, and, admittedly, was in over my head. It took me a long time to get things back up and running. Now, I've begun to try PBEM'ing. However, my email program (Microsoft's Outlook Express) has been acting funny since the formatting. Now, even when I'm connected to the 'net, if I want to check my mail, I have to click 'Send and Receive'. Instead of just contacting my server with the connection already established, the program hangs up, and redials. I know it's not a really big deal, just quite frustrating! Again, my apologies for posting this here, but many of you seem to be PC gurus! ------------------ "NO! There is no try..DO..or do not!" ~Yoda, Empire Strikes Back 1980
  7. I've experienced some problems with sparkling grass, but it's only a spot here or there, not the entire screen. Don't really have any ideas on how to fix it, just wanted to let you know that you're not the only one with sparklies.. ------------------ "NO! There is no try..DO..or do not!" ~Yoda, Empire Strikes Back 1980
  8. Saved games, at least for me, are in the actual games (scenarios) screen. For example, open the game, go to 'Play game', the screen with all the different scenarios on it, and towards the top, under 'quick battle', should be your saved game(s).. hope this helps! ------------------ "NO! There is no try..DO..or do not!" ~Yoda, Empire Strikes Back 1980
  9. A full game playback feature..woah, could there be such a thing?? Then we could all post our victories on the board for bragging rights..could become the next fad! I'm all for full length playbacks..even if it's on hold until CM2! ------------------ "NO! There is no try..DO..or do not!" ~Yoda, Empire Strikes Back 1980
  10. Wow, this frightens me..I've just started trying to play EM games, am in the process of beginning one (almost as I'm typing) ... have had great results with AI games..am hoping to take it to the next level with PBEM games..hoping not to experience any probs! ------------------ "NO! There is no try..DO..or do not!" ~Yoda, Empire Strikes Back 1980
  11. I believe that's right..I downloaded the .05 patch, then opened 2 windows with the different versions in each one. Shift+drug the new version to the old version's window, was prompted if I wanted to replace..yep, that's all!
  12. Movie?? Didn't even know such a thing existed.. hmmph..guess I need to get out of my foxhole more often..
  13. I, too, am having problems getting 1.05 over my 1.02 version. All I have to do is 'shift + drag'..but shift and drag what?? I've never done these things before, and want to enjoy the game to the fullest..please help the newbies!!
  14. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Philistine: Charles has indicated that this is probably video card related. What is your main video card (and what type of voodoo do you have? (i.e. 1, 2 or 3?). <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I don't really know, to be honest. I will say that since reformatting my HD, CM runs fine..all menu's and drop downs work great now. I can say with SOME degree of certainty that my voodoo is of the first edition. Was bought with my system in Feb. of 98..don't think VuDu 2 was out yet. Anyway, thanks for the input guys!
  15. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Shatter50: I just bought this computer a few weeks ago from Dell and didn't waste any expense to enhance my never ending craze for games. So I thought maybe others are playing on older computers because my old computer was so slow and had problems with games.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I wouldn't be too concerned, Shatter. Sounds like you're ready to go into the future of gaming! I, on the other hand, am running on what seems like a dinosaur (although, 2 yrs ago it was top of the line!) My computer struggled with the demo before I cleaned up the HD, now it won't even RUN it! I think I'm going to have to buy a new PC myself..anywho..best wishes to you and your new comp!
  16. I've been having troubles lately with my PC, so I tried to clean out the HD recently. Unfortunately, I had to re~download the demo of CM afterwards. After doing so, I can't get the game to load up properly. I am a newbie at unzipping and extracting files, perhaps I'm doing something wrong. The errors I get are: 1)Pop up window reading "Unhandled exception c0000005 at Address 004bf538" 2)Pop up window reading "Unhandled exception c0000005 at Address 004c2b95" 3)The ever~popular "This program has performed an illegal operation and will shut down" screen.. Can anyone give me any pointers on these problems? I've had the demo once before, really don't want to have to download it all again!! (My copy should be on it's way to me, I just can't keep away from this game!!)
  17. I failed to mention my system specs..there's the newbie in me shining through..uhmm.. PII 400 mHz, 96 Megs..standard mouse, came w/ the system..3DvoodooFX.. a bit dated, but should be able to run this game, i think.. Recently reformatted my HD, refreshed and updated all hardware..is there an update for my video card available anywhere that you know of?? Thanks for any help!
  18. I don't know about the movies; I, too, have the one little square that simply doesn't fill in throughout the setup screens.. I only have the demo, though..was hoping it would go away when my copy arrived..Oh well, as you say, it's more of an annoyance than anything..
  19. Alright, everything you guys said makes perfect sense. One last thing, though. It seems like the Com lines to/from the individual unit's HQ squads change at random. Is there any way to keep them all in operation, or are they going to be black sometimes??
  20. Well, I've looked in all the forums and haven't seen this problem addressed anywhere, perhaps it's just me..anyway, here goes..I've ordered the full version of the game, but as for now, I've just got the demo. My main problem is on the screen where you choose your side, what kind of handicap, if any, you want (axis + 50%, allied + 75%, etc.) the fog of war, and all options like these. The problem is, my mouse (I'm assuming it's the mouse) won't select the drop down menu's right. I pull the selector to an option, click, and the screen just sits there. I click out of the box, and it goes back to default! Sometimes, the highlight won't move at all..The machine I'm running on should be adequate for the game, the actual combat scenes run fine..it's just this part that frustrates me..can anyone help??
  21. Hey guys, I don't know if you've thought/seen this, but, I too had a mouse 'pause' problem, and fixed it very simply. You can't use any windows themes ..i.e. desktop themes/mouse pointer prefs, etc. with CM. If you reset these to default, (at least for me?!) the mouse works fine.. give it a try!
  22. Ahhh, yes, Red Devils, I see that I wasn't the only one to see the dreaded dance of death! I had a German Platoon HQ targeted with a bazooka team, they had 2 guys left, 2 guys dead. The bazooka round exploded on them, the HQ team stood up, turned around 270 degrees, then fell over backward..was hilarious!
  23. Hello and good day to you all. I'm eagerly awaiting the arrival of the full version of CM, should be here any day now! The demo I have downloaded is AMAZING! I'm a true WWII buff, and this game accurately depicts so many things...I'm sure I'm not the first to praise it..anyway, on to my question! It seems to me that my infantry, rifle squads and bazooka/panzerschrek teams, become shaken/panicked/routed very easily! I'm aware of the varying levels of training (i.e. regular, veteran, etc), but all of them seem to run away from combat. Is there some way to keep them in the fight? Also, I've had real problems using my rifle squads to knock out enemy vehicles~tanks, mortar teams and so on. Finally, what is the best way to use artillery? I've based my spotters on hills, in buildings, everywhere they can get a clear LOS to the enemy, and my artillery has yet to knock out an enemy tank, it only seems to suppress their infantry squads! Thanks in advance .. and to the developers, a big thumbs up!
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