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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by pucker: There is already a game on the market that has a turn based campaign move intergrated with real-time 3d battles. Okay it is not WWII, but feudal Japan - Shogun Total War -However, it does show it can be done and I have read they are planning further game releases. Pucker <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Yeah, I had heard of that game before and thought it would be worth a try. The only article I read about it din't focus much on the campaign element as much as it did the 3D combat. ------------------ "There is nothing more exhilarating than to be shot at without result" - Winston Churchill

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by russellmz: i first read about it in some UK pc games magazine in the local B&N. It sounded so realistic and cool, i bought CM right away. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> A guy I work with had a PCGamer mag that he was finished reading and I had to go to the men's room for a meeting with mother nature. That's when I read the PCGamer review and the excellent rating it received. I was hooked from that point on. ------------------ "There is nothing more exhilarating than to be shot at without result" - Winston Churchill

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Dilger: I have been asking for a campaign format ever since I started playing CM. There has been a large number of posts on the subject (which indicates that a large group of people are interested). However, BTS has not made any statement (that I'm aware of anyway) as to the future of campaigning in CM2. I'll keep my fingers crossed. Dilger<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I think it would be interesting to hear from BTS... you guys at BTS reading this or what? The two basic types of games are already out there... it's really just a matter or putting one on top of the other. Of course, in theory it sounds easy, but who knows how it could be done? I for one can't code to save my own life. ------------------ "There is nothing more exhilarating than to be shot at without result" - Winston Churchill

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Pvt. Ryan: Solution: Wespe, Hummel, or Priest. In a current PBEM I targeted infantry inside a building with a few 60mm mortars and managed to light the building on fire. That wasn't my intention, but it does clear out the defending infantry rather nicely.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I usually just lay into the building with some heavy duty firepower. Eventually, the building crumbles and you no longer have to worry about your enemy. Heck! I've played games where I had three Tigers blasting buildings out of the way so I could get a better shot at my enemy.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Pillar: That is basically what I did for the CMRPG. www.geocities.com/cmrpg The battle is hypothetical though.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> D'oh! The page won't load!!!

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Jadayne: Member A: You're lame and I can kick your ass. Member B: No, YOU'RE lame and I can kick YOUR ass. Now, repeat 1300 times <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Exactly why it's not athread I care to read. Is there any way to block a thread I don't want to see anymore?

What does everyone think of this? If you took the top-down/hex based tactical wargames of old (the ones which allowed for large scale campaigning across a whole country or continent), and combined it with CM. Let me explain further. The campaign portion of the game would involve moving units around on a map in a turn based fasion, and then when ever combat had to be resolved the game would revert to the more familiar CM segment where combat would actually be fought out as opposed to generated and the results displayed. Maps for the CM battles would be generated based on geograpic info from the larger campaign maps. The units available in the battle would again be supplied from the larger campaign maps based on who is moving which unit counters, where. Let's say in campaign mode that player A checks his intel and decides that player B can't possibly attack on a particular flank so he decides to move only a platoon of old men in wheel chairs to the top of a mountain range to cover that flank. But player A's intel was all wrong and player B actually has his "Elite, Killer Hamster Company" already poised to attack from that flank. Next thing would be for combat to be resolved, so we switch over the our CM view and the battle is generated like so. The map would be large hills (It's the mountain's), and perhaps even some snow (Again, it's the mountains). The units involed would be the old me versus the hamsters. Is this idea making any sense? Anyone think this is a good idea and want to elaborate on it. If it is a marketable idea, I give BTS full permission implement it in CM2... provided I get a free copy!!! ------------------ "There is nothing more exhilarating than to be shot at without result" - Winston Churchill

Ok, then I must be the only one... There goes my idea for an Ottawa based CM club.

I'm just curious if there are any players from the Ottawa area who play the game... or Montreal, or Toronto. Anyone out there, or am I the only one? ------------------ "There is nothing more exhilarating than to be shot at without result" - Winston Churchill

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by The Commissar: Wouldn't it be great if CM sold as much as Starcraft and/or Half Life? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> You know, although I wish CM would sell as many copies as Starcraft, realistically it probably will never come to pass (yes, yes, it's sad I know). If they did, it would be the shot-in-the-arm that computer wargameing needs to boost it's popularity within the industry. I mean, if you think about it, every genre of games had one that significantly changed the way people develop games. First person shooters had "Doom" for example, and we all know popular first person shooters have become. If CM ever got the recognition of Starcraft or Diablo, think of all the bandwagon companies that would suddenly develop games to people like us. The choices would be endless. But of course the first choice would always be Combat Mission. ------------------ "There is nothing more exhilarating than to be shot at without result" - Winston Churchill

29, married computer professional. I spend 8 hours a day on front of a computer screen, then I come home and spend the rest of my day in front of a computer monitor playing CM. ------------------ "There is nothing more exhilarating than to be shot at without result" - Winston Churchill

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Joe Shaw: Russians! Joe<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Agree. ------------------ "There is nothing more exhilarating than to be shot at without result" - Winston Churchill

I saw this thread started in another forum, under a different topic, but I liked it so much that I'd like to bring it into a forum of it's own. Basically, people were giving "testimonials" of some of the coolest things they've witness during a replay. As a new comer to Combat Mission, my only fix is playing the demo until my full version arrives, but even this has revealed some pretty cool moments. I was playing "Valley of Death" as the Germans. The Americans were calling in some pretty heavy artillery on one of my squads in a house. The shelling was intense and their will broke so they fled the house and ran up the hill for better cover. The shells followed them, and I watched their numbers drop from 5... to 4... to 3... and then finally the last 2 literally dove into another building for cover. They had no sooner entered the building when a shell hit the building square... destroying it and the last two remaining men in the sqaud. I must have watched that one over about a dozen times. Anyone else have a story to share? ------------------ "There is nothing more exhilarating than to be shot at without result" - Winston Churchill

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Mr. Clark: Now then, when I get into a game as much as I am into CM, I like to read books on the topic and rent a few good movies... to make it a learning experience. I plan on renting my favorite, Guns Of Navarone... but besides that, I have no ideas. Can I get some book (fact or fiction) and movie ideas from you guys? Thanks in advance!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> My favorite... A Bridge too Far. It's got Cliff from Cheers in it (only a small role though)!!! THe way the British Soldiers a portrayed is awesome. The Brits steal the movie in my opinion.

I just placed my order for CM moments ago. I have the demo and play it over and over and over. It's everything I ever wanted in a combat sim. It was like someone got inside my head and designed the game of my dreams. Great work to everyone involved in the creation of this truly amazing game. And my wife thanks you for all as well (not!)