Mr. Clark

Do you have 56k like me? If so, once you "click to play" you have to sit there for about 15 minutes while it loads, then press PLAY button. (Psssst... pick the small movie size!)

Finally, I HAVE to post links to these two screenshots of an upcoming PS2 wargame called Kessen 2. It features SHOGUN style mass battles, w/ japanese wizards thrown in. These are two screenshots from actual battle (zoomed in) Supposedly, up to 500 troops will be able to appear onscreen at one time... EDIT: AAARGH! Screen links not working! Here's the full article: http://ps2.ign.com/previews/15355.html Page waaaaaay down and check out the BATTLE FOR A BRIDGE pic! [This message has been edited by Mr. Clark (edited 01-14-2001).] [This message has been edited by Mr. Clark (edited 01-14-2001).]

Just some interesting clips from PS2 articles: From an article about PS2 export problems w/ Japan- "The graphics chip, developed specially for the PS2, runs at an astronomically high 6.5 Gigaflops (floating point operations per second, a measurement used to gauge the power microprocessors), while today’s most powerful home computers only run at around 105 Megaflops. Obviously, this is a huge advancement, allowing PS2 to whoop ass in the graphics department. " From an article about PS2 export problems to Iraq- "Most Americans don't realize that each PlayStation unit contains a 32-bit CPU [i.e. the I/O processor] -- every bit as powerful as the processor found in most desktop and laptop computers," said one military intelligence officer. "Beyond that, the graphics capabilities of a PlayStation are staggering -- five times more powerful than that of a typical graphics workstation, and roughly 15 times more powerful than the graphics cards found in most PCs." Snips taken from www.ps2.ign.com and www.playstationcenter.com NEWS Articles. [This message has been edited by Mr. Clark (edited 01-13-2001).]

Has anyone else seen Hunt For Red October? The director used a little trick in that movie... the Russians begin the movie speaking in Russian (with subtitles). After some time, it zooms in on Connery, and he begins speaking English, but you KNOW it is still supposed to be Russian. It was VERY effective. I wish others would have grabbed that technique up.

Damn! Here I was thinking I have my current PBeM in the bag. You guys have to go and remind me of the Grey Whale manuever... I fell right into the trap. Damn!

Yeah, I noticed the Babe thing too. Always a love story, just like Pearl Harbor... which is going to try to be Titanic in my opinion. Ah well, I'll see 'em both anyway.

Like the typical "training" movie that has been DONE TO DEATH, GI Jane ultimately leads up to a "real" conflict. Ridley Scott uses a bizarre and irritating camera shake, while at the same time zoom in and out real fast technique which makes it impossible to tell what is actually occuring. Worse, the technique is so obvious (like the highlighting seen here) as a gimmick, that you don't CARE what is happening. Thank god he got his head straight before turning to Gladiator.

I don't like the "highlighting" special effect AT ALL, it reminds me of the terrible look of the combat scenes in Ridley Scott's GI Jane. (I normally love RS movies, but he apparently took a hard blow to the head before filming that one.) Pleeeeeeease don't let the actual movie look that way!!! Other than that, the movie looks EXCELLENT! (which makes it even sadder if the annoying effect is left in.) [This message has been edited by Mr. Clark (edited 01-13-2001).]

UGH! Here's an unhappy side note... I don't have Excel! EDIT: Never mind! On a happy side note, I just found the Excel viewer link! [This message has been edited by Mr. Clark (edited 01-13-2001).]

Excellent post! Thanks for all the facts!

Great site! However, I cannot find the database... I know it's probably right in front of me, but I swear I've clicked everything I can...

Thanks a ton!

Is there such a thing somewhere? I was going to compile a basic one, but if there is one in existence somewhere, it would save me the trouble. Also, is the vehicle list on this website completely accurate/ up to date?

Seems like the M5 corresponded more to the M3, except for 6 cylinder International Harvestor engine, etc. "Due to the non-standard nature, many of the M5 half-tracks were allocated to Lend-Lease stocks and most went to the British Army." - British and American Tanks of WWII

Thanks!

I have to agree. (and I'm not even an EAST FRONT fan.) Besides fixes for any major bugs that crop up, I really don't think we need any more tweaking to CM. It's NEVER going to have everything possible in it. But that's OK, because it's certainly the very best thing out there right now. Right? Let's all just have fun playing it now, while we wait for the best Eastern Front game ever to arrive... (I still don't really know what Moritorium means... and I'm a writer...)

Great ideas! Hope some fools.. er.. uh... people sign up for the challenge!

Shatter should be able to answer that Q for you, since it appears he just made that change. E-Mail him if he does not check back here. I'll probably need to get a V5 next year for CM2... he he...

Fired a copy out to all who wrote me!

Send me E-Mail and I'll send it to you, it's very small.

YAY! I finally got my 2 books today! I can already say I HIGHLY recommend them to anyone who plays CM or has any interest what-so-ever in WWII AFV's.

ROFL! That sounds right TAILZ! On a positive note, I finished the Whitman scenario tonite. I had one Tiger left, and a bunch of sorry-ass infantrymen trying to hold a house. Using Rexfords new advice, I took out nearly ALL remaining Allied armor with that one tank and won the battle! Wheee! Maybe I'm starting to see the fun in playing German armor.

Do they actually sink/disappear when hitting wateR????

Thanks a TON for that very interesting and useful post! (Although I'm an Allies player... @#%@#$#@@!!!) I need some Rexford advice on keeping my freaking Shermans alive!!!

Ah, several reasons for the V3. Mostly because of money. It was REALLY cheap. I only really wanted a graphics card for CM, since I have a PS2 for my other gaming enjoyment. Also, I have an AMD, and voodoo cards just seem to be more compatible with K6-2's than any other brand. It IS definately Hi-Res grass that eats up a system the fastest! Did some testing... Oh, and I THOUGHT that maybe it was actually the de-bug stuff that was slowing everything down, but then realized that I was playing the slideshow Whitman scenario ON VERSION 1.1, before doing my fps changing re-install. So, it was definately SOMETHING about the re-install... no idea what... probably my selection of MODS, but possibly it just cleared out the right thing for my V3 to take off.