russellmz

when in map preview i'd like to be able to choose the options for unit, like vet, reg or shaken, etc. going back to the unit selection menu is good for the first setp but after i put my troops in place i dont know which unit is which it was annoying trying to name one unit in particular because it had no identifier to begin with so i had to choose a unit i thought may be it then goback to preview see i was wrong, go back to unnit menu, etc, ------------------ russellmz, Self-Proclaimed Keeper for Life of the Sacred Unofficial FAQ. "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by aka_tom_w: Then the round would not be able to travel THROUGH Live and dead AFV's that are not burning.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> i thought any knocked out afv's were able to be used as cover ------------------ russellmz, Self-Proclaimed Keeper for Life of the Sacred Unofficial FAQ. "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show

freaking hell, ok finally got it correct [This message has been edited by russellmz (edited 12-11-2000).]

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hey bloodybucket, did u get your name from that pennsylvania unit in the hurtegen forest? ------------------ russellmz, Self-proclaimed Keeper for Life of the Sacred Unofficial FAQ. "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show [This message has been edited by russellmz (edited 12-11-2000).]

remember not to save the game WHEN U R PLAYING under the same name, it overwrites scenario and u can't modify it... ------------------ russellmz Self-proclaimed Keeper for Life of the Sacred Unofficial FAQ. "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show [This message has been edited by russellmz (edited 12-11-2000).]

whoa, i thought us was better at long range(didn't germans have a bunch of units with single shot bolt action rifles, compared to the m1 semiauto?)...this explains a lot... is artillery really that effective in such a small game? i remember once i left my vet troops in some heavy forest, fairly close together. the germans tossed some arty onto my troops. i left them there since: a) i knew there wouldn't be much of it in a 500pt game my hq unit was bad-ssed in the morale dept c) if i ran they would have to either expose themselves on a road heading toward the enemy, get out in the open on the flanks, or retreat through the arty. in the end i suffered 4 casualties, which i thought was light ------------------ russellmz Self-proclaimed keeper for life of the sacred unofficial FAQ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show [This message has been edited by russellmz (edited 12-11-2000).]

how do i take and hold a victory location as the americans? i usually ask for meeting, combined arms. most of the time it's my fault that i lose but sometimes i can't help it as my squads wind up with LOW or single digit number of ammo left as hordes of enemy rush in. plus on some games i THINK i face 9 german squads vs. my 6 american ones.(not quite sure if that's true but it seems like it) usually i buy my 2 platoons(always veteran now since i learned u can only get 6 squads max, may as well get the best possible) one sherman, usually vet, and spend my other points between zooks, arty, and mmg's(usually can afford only 2 of the 3) i keep my sherm in reserve or far away to engage any enemy armor if it attacks my troops or use a hill to protect it's flank and give it a lane to send fire down. usually it gets toasted or negated by the presence of an enemy tank before end of game.(only once did i get it to destroy an enemy tank, and that was with a lucky lower hull penetration on a far off hetzer that had me bracketed) i usually tell my guys to grab and hold a vic loc because if i let the other guy hold it he has time to defend it, move mmg up, etc. should i just say screw it and choose as many mmg's and mmg equipped scout cars as possible instead of wasting it on a tank? should my tank be more aggressive? ALMOST any comments could be really helpful for me, thanks. ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show

generally u set the height of terrain as 5m in parameters(?) instead of 2.5. next, set the dam height as 19 or what ever height u need and make a line of 19 height pavement tiles. on the next line of tiles set the height at 10 or about half the max height. at the next set the height at 0 or ground level. ie, ergo, ex) 19 19191919191919191919191919191919191919 10 10101010101010101010101010101010101010 0 00000000000000000000000000000000000000 add some water tiles(maybe the ford type?) and voila! hope that's helpful ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by joeski: Can someone tell me if tanks fire there main gun while reversing? The last pbem game I played I set a few Churchill to fire while reversing into cover. I know I told it to fire the main gun, but in a couple of instances it only fired the machine gun. Had about 15 rounds of HE & 10 rounds of AP at the time. What's your experience? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> if they have a shot they'll take it, but it may have lost scquisition as it moved back...next time click the unit as it moves backward. if a red line appears it is trying to aim, if it disappears it lost the target. use view 1 and you can probably see the gun barrel move a little as it tracks... ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Maximus: And "just clicking of the flags to make them go away."? Com'on, can we try to be any lazier? That's what the HOT KEYS are for. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> actually it might be a good idea to be able to click the keyboard items in the hotkey list...that way everyone is happy from mouse lazy lewis to keyboard jock and me, 1/2 lazy 1/2 keyboard jock ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show

a termite walks into a bar...asks, "is the bar tender here?" ba da bump!

yeah, but those four yellow and one red lines are from my FRONT line where the comp knew i had some guys and a stug and PzIV a behind the wall...dang sneaky i say! ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show

i actually like the metal finish ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show

first it drove up into the compound, which distracted my stug momentarily, which got nailed by a priest which the stug saw at the last second for what reason did it do that? did it know my stug would be distracted for that crucial half second? ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show [This message has been edited by russellmz (edited 12-09-2000).]

nooooooooo...no default center please! i usually give orders AFTER i selected the proper camera angle that shows a bunch of units and where they'll be going...might be a good option though, like the suggestion for an option to get a "are u sure u wanted to hit go?" confirmation. ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show

the chess mod for CM! great idea! where do i get it? queens: KT/Super Pershing/Biggest Churchill pawns: squads anyone tink of any others? ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Dr. Brian: I don't "hit" hit myself, but you know what I mean. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> i'd be more concerned about the enema error, but that's just me =) ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Schrullenhaft: Another interesting note is that a lot of footage shot in Normandy by American cameramen was lost when it was gathered on shore and then transferred to one of the ships offshore. All of it dropped into the ocean while climbing aboard. Most of the surviving footage was either shot by Coast Guard cameramen (a number of the Higgin's Boat/LCVPs were driven by the Coast Guard) or one cameraman who was wounded in the 1st day of action and didn't get his film picked up by the clumsy Col. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> one gnaws their teeth at frustration at hearing of all the lost footage from d-day: not only that but one photographer who went in with the troops shot like 100 pics, only to have the developer at home be so excited that he rushed and ruined all but three...argghhhh... ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by jshandorf: LOL! You wouldn't last 5 seconds against Fionn! Silly little boy CM is for men! Anyway, who would I want to play.. Hmmmmm... How about Stephen Hawkins! Yeah! I would kick his skinny, whellchair ass any day of the week! Bring it on roller boy! Jeff<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Stephen Hawking: ...let's...go...punta... ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show [This message has been edited by russellmz (edited 12-08-2000).]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by stevetherat: What about the Brit's friend, Monty? Well, before his head became inflated after the desert campaign. I saw a TV prog, one of those spooky ones like Twilight Zone. It had an interesting take on the future of war: In about 300AD, or whatever, wars WILL be decided with computer games. By then, all our resources would have whittled down and we would have nothing to build the tanks with! Plus, all the poeople would have been redesigned by modern office work to thin straggly alberts, and wouldn't be able to GET to the battlefield, let alone FIGHT in it. So, they play games and the loser has to kill the coresponding comrades in his country, and the winner wins his argument or takes a bit of land, whatever the fight was about. Anyone see it?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> is this star trek: the original series, a "taste of armageddon"? kirk blows up the central CPU controlling the games so as to force the aliens to experience the horror of war, instead of the sterile: "u lost one thousand citizens" then sending them off to be exterminated in the extermination chamber. ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show

after i saw a question on how to take a screenshot, i figured i better do a <big>BUMP</big> [This message has been edited by russellmz (edited 12-08-2000).]

the british generals from the somme...ten minutes on cm could have saved hundreds of thousands of lives from being ruined. that'll be cool to put on the box, if there ever is one... ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Maximus: See my "One bloody tough M4A1(76)" thread. I hit one of those 3 times with a Tiger's 88mm cannon and it still lived to EXPLODE my Tiger in one hit. 2 hits were track hits, the third was a front penetration in the hull I think and it survived.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> u bitter? what about me: puma scout CAR, buttoned, rolling backwards hits my sherm in the front turrent on the first shot and kills it. freaking 50mm gun i think... ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show [This message has been edited by russellmz (edited 12-07-2000).]