EricM
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Would it be possible to mod the crew for US armor to have a least 1 SMG when they abandon a vehicle. I know that tank crews carried Thompsons at the beginning of the war and M-3 Grease Guns later. But whenever I have a crew abandon a vehicle all they carry is pistols. What about it?
Eric
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If you have armor use it to suppress the defenders. Also when you advance with your units use run.
Good luck
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If you are talking about Combat Mission HQ page I just checked it and you are right there are only about 6 scenarios. But if you go to the bottom of the page there is an option to load all the scenarios.
Eric
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I am currently playing the Westwall scenario and have had 2 of my Shermans bog down. Is there a way to reduce the chance of a vehicle bogging down in wet terran?
Thanks,
Eric
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First to time I play a scenario I go with as it is set up. If I don't like the way it goes I will position units where I want. Once I've beaten a scenario I tell the computer free to position.
Eric
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I don't know. I would like to see a Pacific version. I realize there would not be alot of tank action but I enjoyed trying my hand at assaulting a beach in SP1. The only problem I had with the Japanese in SP was they were always fanatical.
Eric
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I am playing the westwall scenario as American. I sent one rifle squad and one engineer to assault a pillbox. The assault was successful
but one of the units somehow ended up in/on top of pillbox and does not show up. The only way I know they are there is when I click on the LT. the red in contact runs to the pillbox. I tried the transparent building command but no luck. How do I give commands to this unit or get them to show up? When I click where they are all I get is the pillbox with the message it is knocked out. Thanks for the help.Eric
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I am a avid armor modeler and find it is a great break from my job. My suggestion if you want to get started on armor kits would be to build a Tamiya kit. They fit well and are detailed enough out of the box. Just build the kit following the instructions and paint guide. If you have fun and want to continue then you can start experimenting with camoflage and weathering and so forth. If you live near a hobby store, visit and talk with the people at the desk. I would also suggest picking up a copy of FineScale Modeler. It is a fairly good all around modeling mag.
Eric
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I am thinking about downloading the Operation that is on the CMHQ site. My question is I know that I copy the download scenerios to the scenerio folder but where would I place an operation?
Eric
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Just saw this scenario at CMHQ. What's peoples oppion of this scenario?
Eric
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I just downloaded SPR yesterday and played it right away. I thought it was a lot of fun. But I guess I need to play it again because the Tigers in my game were very tenitive. Never came down the street past the 2nd house from their side til the last turn.
I think the reason the 20mm throws people off is that first there is a halftrack mounting a quad 20 then this little single 20 shows up.
One scene I loved watch when I played the battle was when something (I still can't figure out what) hit the halftrack and there was this huge explosion. I watched that scene 5 times trying to figure what hit it.
Eric
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Actually the Disney film is based on a book call "Uncle Remus" I believe.
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OK I downloaded the patch and followed the instructions in the read me file as well as those posted here for upgrading 1.02 to 1.05. When I shift+drag the new .exe file (the one with the tank) to the old file I do not get a message asking if I wish to overwrite the "combatmission.exe". The game just starts up. I tried the copy and paste commands and nothing. When CM starts up it still says v.1.02. I assume that when the word drag is used, you mean the left mouse button. What am I doing wrong?
Thanks for your patience with a user of computers and not one who understands the medium.
Eric McClure
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Thanks for the help and info. No video card in future. Just had to spend around $2000 on car repairs this month.
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OK the best I can tell is that it's a Rage Pro Turbo AGP 2X (english) (what ever that means). There is no tab for enabling fog emulation (I think that's what you called it) so I guess it won't display fog except as a white screen. No big deal, though it would be nice. The other question is when I disable the fog effect with Shift-W does that units still play and "see" as if there was fog or does it become clear for them?
Thanks for your help.
Eric
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I really like this game but one thing I can't figure out is how to tell how far a unit can move in one turn. It frustrates me when I'm trying to get units to an area and see them stop after 40 sec. when they could have moved another 15-20 sec. So how do you tell when a unit has reached it's movement distance available in 60 sec?
Eric
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I'm not sure about my video card. It's probably a Ripetide card. I've looked for my DirectX files but nothing that I can really change. I'm just curious if other people only get the white screen or do they see units.
Eric
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I started to play the tiny battle (can't remember the name) in which a platoon of US airborne troops are guarding a road block against SS troops. The weather is fog. When I start the battle the screen is white. If I turn off the fog, I see everything fine. But with partial or full fog just white. Is this normal for a fog screen? My son is bugging me to get a 3-D card and says that the reason I don't see anything is because I don't have one. My game runs just fine without it.
Thanks,
Eric
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Regarding Target Reference Points (TRP's)the manual for the game doesn't mention when or how to set them. I have not had much of a chance to play the game as sharing the computer with kids limits my time and after some days I'm to tired to try and play (tried to play once when I was tired and it ended up like Custer at Little Big Horn). I've mainly played the demo and didn't find TRP in it. Do they come into play in the battles?
Eric
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Is MadMatt CMHQ the web address?
Thanks,
Eric
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I've seen been posting about an SPR scenerio. Where is this available? I haven't sat down and tried the game editor yet, so are there trenches in the editor? I thought of trying to build a WW1 scenerio. I realize that squads have more automatic weapons but I thought I would give it a try.
Eric
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Is it possible to order your tanks to pop over a ridge, engage a target and then reverse back over the ridge?
Eric
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Then replace the old exe file with the new one (the one with the tank icon). This is very important - if you don't do this you will not be running 1.05.
Do you mean I need to trash the old exe file and replace it with the new one? I have 1.02. I remember reading the readme file for 1.04 that all I had to do wash drag the exe file while holding the shift key to the folder (never had a chance to even download .04).
Eric
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Man I haven't had a chance to download 1.04 yet. I am trying to figure out one thing in 1.04. I've read some posting that tell you to add files indivually to files, yet the read me files says to just load it to your main file (I can remember exactly, been a really rough week)if you have version 1.02 and greater. Which instructions are right. Also do I need 1.03 before 1.04? Does this upgrade need the 1.04 patch?
Thanks for the help,
Eric
kelly's heroes scenario
in Combat Mission Archive #4 (2002)
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I recall someone had done a scenario based on Kelly's Heroes. I did a search for the thread but nothing came up. Is the scenario available and if so at what site?
Thanks,
Eric