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I've tried searching the archives but the scenario depots referenced there seem inactive. Where can I download extra user created scenarios for CMBB? What came with the game is pretty small.

Madmatt, Ok - Jeez why do Microsoft and NVIDIA have to make things so damn hard. I'm REALLY impressed though with your very quick response and it's comforting to know you (and Battlefront) are still out there for us! Respectfully, Bob

Think I posted to the wrong NVIDIA forum: Ok - You're dealing with a dunce here. Just got a new computer with the Nvidia 8800 and I'm experiencing the exact same problem as the very first post. Can someone please explain to a dummy what this entails step by step: Troubleshooting note: I have tried different refresh rates I have tried turing all graphics options to off in my NVIDIA control panel. I have uninstalled my display driver and reinstalled. Current as of 2.20.07 I have updated all of my mother board drivers (Nvidia 590 chipset) I have updated my bios. I am not running SLI I have tried compatability mode I have defraged my hard drive. The NVIDIA control panel doesn't exactly match "refresh rates" or "all graphics off". I have gone there and turned everything "off" as best as I could determine. I have the latest Jul 2007 driver update installed. Since this computer is brand spanking new not sure about the 590 chipset or bios updates. Don't think I need to defrag just yet. What's "SLI"? What's "Compatibilty Mode"? Very frustrating - was looking forward to playing CMBB.

Ok - You're dealing with a dunce here. Just got a new computer with the Nvidia 8800 and I'm experiencing the exact same problem as the very first post. Can someone please explain to a dummy what this entails step by step: Troubleshooting note: I have tried different refresh rates I have tried turing all graphics options to off in my NVIDIA control panel. I have uninstalled my display driver and reinstalled. Current as of 2.20.07 I have updated all of my mother board drivers (Nvidia 590 chipset) I have updated my bios. I am not running SLI I have tried compatability mode I have defraged my hard drive. The NVIDIA control panel doesn't exactly match "refresh rates" or "all graphics off". I have gone there and turned everything "off" as best as I could determine. I have the latest Jul 2007 driver update installed. Since this computer is brand spanking new not sure about the 590 chipset or bios updates. Don't think I need to defrag just yet. What's "SLI"? What's "Compatibilty Mode"? Very frustrating - was looking forward to playing CMBB.

I apologize in advance for not spending more time searching this forum. I purchased this game recently (I had played CMBO and had loaded most of the mods available at the time) and quickly found myself overwhelmed in trying to find and choose mods for CMBB. Where are the best sites for CMBB specific mods? Do some of the original CMBO terrain and sound mods still work with CMBB? I need advice in sorting through the gazillion mods I've seen available for all of the CM games.

Some of the current (excellent I might point out) AARs notwithstanding, I can't help but notice that a great number of these AARs never seem to make it out of 1940 or at the latest, 1941. Seems that either the Germans are way ahead of history and have such enormous strength that the Allies give up then and there. Or - the Allies bullox up the German time table to the point where Adolph calls it a day. I haven't gone through every AAR, but are there any where the Allies and Axis actually went into 1945 and played down to the wire (granted, if I've read the manual correctly, given the all or nothing victory conditions, I guess there's not much incentive to play all the way through to '45, is there?).

In some respects this is still clear as mud. I'm a visual kind of guy, so if someone is willing to put in the time, some actual 'picture' examples of various supply situations with HQs (and supply values annotated per hex to show the dynamics) would be enormously appreciated! As a quick aside, being a relative newbie here, I'm finding the dynamics for HQ and unit attachments to be extremely frustrating and aggratvating. I really feel I should be allowed to influence this, even if it means more work.

OK - Now I understand the confusion although the question still remains: When I have repeatedly gone to the War Room turn after turn and look where the US and USSR flags are, instead of a readiness percentage number, instead immediately to their right is "Historical" and "Neutral" for the US and USSR flags respectively - which are the settings I clicked on under "Options". When I was at work I downloaded the demo and lo and behold, there were percentage numbers by those two flags. I've loaded the most current patch as well as the "Elite" mod, so I'm not sure why I'm not seeing percentage numbers (didn't see them before I loaded the "Elite" either).

Well, I've printed these replies out and I intend to look real close at that war map tonight. The thing is that after looking at the war map and its associated other screens over and over the last several evenings, I just don't recall seeing a percentage number adjacent to the USSR flag(s). I recall a screen that shows industrial and resource numbers (by a "X-10" figure or something like it) under the major countries - so that's why I'm groping here to understand just what I'm supposed to be observing.

Bill, OK - I don't believe I'm phrasing this question correctly. Here's a quote from your strategy guide regarding the USSR: "If you don't have enough units on the border the USSR war readiness goes up about 10% a turn. If you have too many units on the border the USSR war readiness will increase greater than 10% a turn. Insufficient Axis garrisons or large buildup of Axis forces along the Soviet border will increase USSR war readiness, so keep an eye on the war map and make adjustments accordingly." What exactly am I keeping an eye on in the war map to indicate to me that I've got too few or too many Axis units along the USSR border? BTW - Your strategy guide has been an enormous help. Although a simple looking game at first glance, I don't know how much time I would have had to invest to learn things the hrad way and then subsequently start over again. Your guide helped significantly narrow what otherwise would have been a rather steep learning curve on my part.

As I've been pouring over the manual and that excellent strategy guide one point made often is to keep an eye on a neutral country's readiness level, which is always expressed in terms of, "After declaring war on such and such, said neutral country's readiness increased by 10%". The guide then states to keep checking the war map for these readiness levels. That said, where on this war map are readiness percentages (levels) shown?

I have only just very recently begun playing this game and have been naturally reading every post, FAQ, and guide on this forum that I could find. Despite that, some HQ functions still baffle me. It's been stressed over and over to check your units for attachment to HQ. It seems to be implied that attachment can be manually done - yet I've not been able to discover the procedure for this. Can units be attached to a HQ manually? Second, I'm still confused over using HQ as a supply chain. The patch narrative says that this function has been added to the game. Yet a post I read says the opposite. Where is the ground truth?

"GunnerGoz I must respectfully disagree with you. Read this book and you will understand why. The Sherman M4A1 was NOT designed to fight tanks. The greatest shame of it all is that we could have seen the Pershing in numbers must sooner in the war. But Patton did not want them. He feared they might slow him down. Patton was succesful because he used the speed and mobility of his forces. But this could have been done just as effectively and quickly and with A LOT less casualties using the Pershing". I've read that book as well and recall that part. What's not mentioned is that at that demo in England (I believe around Jan/Feb '44), Patton and company were shown a film of a prototype Pershing on an Aberdeen Proving Ground test track - I believe no factory had really been 'ramped up' to go into full rate production yet. So this was somewhat of a case of 'a bird in hand worth two in the bush'. As it turned out, the Pershings that arrived in the ETO had mechanical problems right until the end of the war. Those problems followed the Pershing to the Korean War, where US tankers often preferred the 'Easy Eight' Sherman to the Pershing. Lastly, given the Pershing's slower speed, bigger gas-guzzling engine, and the aforementioned mechanical problems, would Patton have gone racing thru France in Aug '44 like he did with Shermans? Cooper's book is a must read but it struck me that he had some axes to grind in writing it.

Excuse my ignorance Grisha, could you explain the term "maskirovka"? I'm guessing it's something like massive build up of force at one point but it's purely guesswork on my part and I don't own a Russo-English dictionary. I don't know the exact translation, but the word refers to deception operations, something the Soviets were arguably the best in the world at in the '43-'45 time frame.

I don't know if this is doable, but I really miss from the Raiders scenario site were the 'star ratings' for each scenario, where I could tell at a glance what scenarios players had thought were good to excellent (4 or 5 stars) or were just average (3 stars) to poor (1-2 stars).

I have to agree - this new format sucks.

Can regular infantry/hq/machineguns spot anti-tank mines, either from some distance or by moving onto or over them?

Yes, different tank employment tactics abound. IIRC from the 'Panzertaktik' book I purchased months ago, the Germans stressed to their tank commanders to move their tanks "like the water flows". The risk of moving down a road was apparently viewed as a much greater evil than the risk of bogging in a ravine.

Just a quickie comment. I too fall in the category of 'I'll go see it no matter the reviews'. I read the book many years ago but bought the paperback version at a airport bookstore before flying home today. In it there's a picture of Chuikov and Zaitsev (sp). I know this is Hollywood, but the Zaitsev in this picture is literally a boy who looks years away from his first shave!

I also saw reference to this story on some History channel show. The way the story was described, it was too late to return the stolen British truck b/c the German soldiers had already "off loaded" its cargo. The next morning von Luck requested permission to have a battalion replace his on the line while he conducted a recon further south. von Luck's request was somewhat of a ruse b/c he knew what was coming next. That night, the battalion that replaced von Luck's had two of their trucks stolen!

"I've had games where the AI has mounted a well-executed combined arms attack, with armor supported by infantry. I've had the AI hit multiple points on my front and where it broke through." I haven't played all of the CM scenarios and/or operations by any means, but what I have played has certainly not shown me an AI attacker that you describe above. What scenarios/ops did you play where the AI actually attacked in a reasonably coordinated manner?

With some exceptions, if you're going to play against the AI, you're almost always better off playing against an AI defender. My overall experience against the AI as attacker is that the game is too complex for it to mount any kind of coordinated attack. I've seen platoon HQ's leading attacks; I've seen tanks leading attacks with nary a soldier in support; as stated above, when the AI can spot only opposing tanks, it fires arty smoke and not HE; and even when I've increased the AI by 50% or higher, the AI attacks invariably come piecmeal, which has allowed me to pick off AI attackers one by one. As was also stated above, if the AI has to move infantry thru rough/wooded/scattered tree type terrain, it can take forever to move even just a 100 meters or so. So in short, if you play against an AI attacker, expect to be disappointed more often than not.

Blades, I'm actually not that new. I did save the last turn of the 1st battle. The way you worded your post though, I thought that maybe there was a "special" way that I wasn't aware of to set up my forces for the 2nd battle in Bulligen - but I guess not. So I'm putting this operation on hold b/c I just don't like the way it evolves from the 1st battle to the 2nd battle in terms of where the US is forced to set up. Thanx for your help though. Sincerely, Bob

"My advice to both you, if you can, start from a saved game (hope you saved at end of 1st battle) and set up your army where you want to from the set up screen..." Blades Blades, Can you expand on the above - I've never been down this particular CM road before. Sincerely, Bob

With big apologies in advance because I'm obviously missing something here and probably not doing the spoiler format right to boot: SPOILER * * * * * * * Started as the US. Read and re-read the briefing. I understood that my mission with the engineers was to hold Bulligen (no mention in the briefing about protecting flanks in the initial battles with the engineers - just hold Bulligen). I guess I should have surmised from the initial deployments that that was a big hint. However, I redeployed all of my forces and spent the initial beginning turns moving them into and around the immediate perimeter of Bulligen. By the end of the firt battle I had stopped the germans cold (or so I thought). Comes the 2nd battle setup and to my surprise and chagrin, my engineers are setup hundreds of meters outside of Bulligen! I figure this must be like the 1st battle and that I'll have to move in and reoccupy Bulligen. But no! I move about 10 meters towards the town and am confronted with what seems like the whole German army deployed in front of me. I oocupied and held this town with nary a casualty, inflicting big losses on the Germans. Why am i summarily "kicked" out of it and redeployed? I saw above that others have played this operation (particularly as the US) and enjoyed it. So to cut to the chase of my ramblings here - what am I missing? Sincerely, Bob * *