HSample

That makes some sense. Thanks.

Sorry if this has been asked and answered before: When I give a troop unit or vehicle a movement order and require it to rotate a certain direction, the "rotate to" line appears purple. But sometimes, for some reason, it appears red. Can anyone tell me why it turns red? thanks :confused:

voila!!! (the vehicles actually ended up in the northeast corner, but they're there! thanks.

I am playing CMBO, and the mission is called Meyer's Decision 3. Location field says "on map." I have 6644 total points listed, comprised of 1515 infantry, 510 support, 0 vehicles, 3514 armor, 1105 artillery and 0 fortification. I'm trying to add several halftracks to give the axis troops more mobility. I've added the vehicles on the "chosen" list but as I said, they don't show up either in preview mode or when the game is played. thanks for the help!

Actually, the halftracks don't show up in the preview mode either. It's weird. They're listed under "chosen" in the units section, but they don't show up in the maps section or when I actually load the game to play. I'm wondering if by adding halftracks i've gone over my points allotment, but there's nothing telling me that or giving me an error message. And there doesn't appear to be a way to increase my points allotment. I'm stumped! :confused:

I am trying to edit a battle to give the German forces more mobility by adding some halftracks. So I loaded the game into scenario editor and went to the units section, and then added the halftracks into the mix of axis forces at the beginning of the game. Then I saved the game, giving it a new name. But when I opened that new game, the halftracks didn't show up. I've tried this three times, and I've read the manual on the subject backwards and forwards. But I can't figure out whether I've "purchased" more halftracks than I can have or if I missed a step. I also can't figure out if I can change the total points so as to allow me to purchase more units. Can someone help? :confused:

Schrullenhaft, memory allocation was preset at minimum, 37609 and preferred, 43609. I'll increase the minimuim to 42000. Also, I'm using 9.04. I could upgrade to 9.1, but I thought I read somewhere tht CM was unstable in 9.1. Heard anything about that? :confused:

When you said lower resolution, I presumed you meant changing from 800x600 to 640x480. But that only produced a blotch of pinkish purple that resembled a rorschach test gone awry. And the game would not play using 1024x768 resolution. Now, I'll try 800x600 and use 256 color depth instead of "thousands."

I am using an IMac with lots of RAM. I'll try the resolution fix first and see what happens. thanks :cool:

Thank you!

I'm in the middle of a battle and my keyboard and my mouse have beenf reezing at separate points. It's very dismaying. If I trash the CM preferences file, will that help but will it also erase my saved game? thanks :confused:

thanks mucho!

Frequently, when I LOS or target a building, one or two asterisks appear next to the building type, ie., "light building*". What does that mean? I can find no explanation in the handbook. thanks :confused: [ 04-14-2001: Message edited by: HSample ]

I bought a lot more RAM, and just as many of you predicted, CM is a lot more stable. I've also limited the extensions I have running when playing CM. Thanks for the suggestions!! My faith in humanity has been restored!!

Thanks for those ideas. I will buy more RAM and do as otherwise suggested. Maybe there is a future for CM in my world!!