ParaBellum
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Ok, I again tried new drivers, but it stays the same. It seems I can't get direct3d to work with my geforce3.
Never encountered anything like that.
I uninstalled drivers, reinstalled them, formatted the harddisk, installed windows, drivers, directX, and even with the original MSI drivers I couldn't get it to run the direct3d test in dxdiag...
I'm lost...
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Thx for your help, Schrullenhaft, much appreciated.
Yes, CM runs fine at 1024x768, no software mode.
I just formatted my c: drive, reinstalled win98, installed the amd mainboard drivers, installed directX8.1, then the 28.32 nvidia drivers and still got the same problem.
When I start the dxdiag program I get error messages with the third directdraw test, and the direct3d test.
I get these errors before or after I ry a directX game, no difference.
I can run CM fine, and games like IL2 that run in openGl run fine, too.
But other games that ran fine on my GF2MX like SH2 or Jedi Knight 2 now only give me black screens. I hear the sounds so the games are running just the gfx aren't...
I guess I'll try some older drivers, maybe this helps.
[ May 12, 2002, 11:06 PM: Message edited by: ParaBellum ]
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First the good news: CM still runs with my new GF3.
The problem is that I have serious problems with direct3d.
I can't start games like SH2.
When I try to test direct3d in the directX program all I get is a black screen and an error message. Same with the full-screen directdraw test.
I have installed 23.11 drivers, directX 8.1.
I also tried the 28.32 drivers, same problem.
I tried to uninstall all nvidia drivers and delete all remaining nv*.* files manually, installed a fresh directX8.1 and then 28.32 drivers, same problem.
Sorry to post this un-CM-related thing here but I really don't know what to do...
Ah, and I'm running an 800Mhz Duron with a Gigabyte Ga-7IXE4 mainboard, 448mb RAM, WIN 98 and a MSI Geforce3 Ti 200.
[ May 12, 2002, 06:20 PM: Message edited by: ParaBellum ]
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Thx for the replies, guys.
Any information about SOP for these things? Were they usually dropped before battle and were they issued to all tanks or only to "breakthrough" formations which were expected to cover larger distances?
I also thought that the diesel fuel shouldn't endanger the tank too much, but according to this report it seems that russian tanks rather often brewed up once that fuel drum was hit.
I mean, if PaK crews were instructed to aim for such small targets like hatches or the turret ring, it seems quite probably to aim for such a "vulnerable" point, if it really was.
I agree that small arms fire usually wouldn't ignite the diesel. But what's with tracer ammo?
[ May 12, 2002, 10:30 AM: Message edited by: ParaBellum ]
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While reading Glantz' "The Battle of Kursk" I stumbled upon the following:
From the divisional history of Das Reich division.
"Russian tanks carried on their rear decks a metal drum containing reserve fuel supplies. A hit on the drum ignited the fuel and caused the tank to "brew up".
Now my question: how often did russian tanks carry these "extra-fuel"-drums while in combat.
Are there accounts of higher casualties due to this practice?
Could these drums be penetrated by small arms or arty shrapnel?
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You're really asking about the sources??
The long lost lore of a forgotten time?
Oh boy, don't you know that the process in obtaining these data involved satanistic rituals in moonless nights with Steve and Charles in WW2 gear and a couple of local virgins?
And you call yourself grogs...
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But you need red hair to do so...Originally posted by argie:Run, MG42, run!
(obscure German movie reference)
BTS; fix or do somefink!
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Hey, IMO that's a good idea.
I mean, if a HMG has already spent most of its ammo, then it should be able to run because... *booom*...
Madmatt puts back his gun...
A group of grogs take a look but quickly decide to better continue to discuss the ammo usage of units equipped with Bren MGs on tripods while suffering from diarrhoea in Tripolis in October 1942...
Move on, nothing to see here...move on!
[ April 30, 2002, 11:07 PM: Message edited by: ParaBellum ]
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I feel honoured!Originally posted by Dirtweasle:...I am now down to one PBEM and CMMC...
BTW where's my turn?
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Ah, memories of the alpha battle between Moon and Fionn...
Great read, thx for posting, Madmatt.
BTW, when are you flying again on HL?
You know, there's noone in the cess-patrol who would laugh about your landing-attempts.
Besides Harv, of course...and Rune.. and Bastables...and Speedy...and Mace...
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Oh my god!
We're being overrun by bones!
They're everywhere!
:eek:
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OK, let's start some guessing...
a.) Moon is asking if someone would provide him with pictures of finnish females in exchange for a beta copy of CMBB.
b.) Moon is asking if somebody from Finland knows a guy called "Barbarossa" in Berlin.
c.) they're looking for someone to help them with localization for the finnish market.
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Nope, since in the manual it's stated, that "Other on-map ordnance...can use TRPs as well...they gain a considerable accuracy bonus because they are considered to have "boresighted" or "ranged" their weapons to the TRP before battle.".Originally posted by tero:It also proves the Tiger is not an armoured unit but an arty unit.
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I just did some testing.Originally posted by redwolf:Aehm, guys, did somebody actually test whether CMBO TRPs increase the accuracy of guns or AFVs shooting at armor?
The setup was a regular Tiger I against a Sherman.
Distance was 1023m, the Sherman was placed in marsh so that he couldn't move.
The hit chance showed 27%.
I ran the test 10 times to see if a TRP influences your accuracy.
Without TRP it took 36 rounds to kill the Sherman 10 times.
That's an average hit chance of 27%. OK, exactly what CM shows you when targeting the Sherman.
With the Sherm sitting on the TRP the hit chance still appears as 27%, but it took only 18 rounds to kill it 10 times.
That's an average hit chance of 55%!
So, I know this test isn't very exact, I should've made more tests, but I think it shows pretty much that a TRP greatly improves your accuracy.
Hope that helps.
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The size of the map has only littly impact on the size of PBEM files.
It's the number of units, especially vehicles that will cause large files.
You can see this if you play a large PBEM with lots of vehicles. Once the vehicles start moving and engaging each other the file size becomes bigger and bigger.
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Whoa, lot's of questions.
OK, let's start...
1.) What's a BAR?
Well, usually a place where alcoholic beverages are served. Also called a Pub (in merry old England), a bistrô (in France), a Kneipe (in Germany).
In Russia there is no need for bars since everybody is drinking Vodka at home, at work or in the kindergarten...
2.) What was its purpose when conceived by Browning ?
Hmm... Difficult. Maybe get drunk, get laid, something like that. Let's call it socializing.
3.) What was its role when it adopted by the US forces (in WWI)?
That's rather easy. Motivate the GIs to fight for democracy, to bring peace and freedom to the world.
Ah, and get drunk and get laid.
4.) What was its role in World War II ?
Again, difficult.
It largely depended wheter its customers where fighting for king and country, the Führer, or the japanese emperor.
Besides cultural differences (Sake/Bourbon...) it boils down to:
...get drunk and get laid.
5.) How did it compare with "section/squad automatic weapons" in other countries in World War II ?
Don't understand the question...
Just my 0.2$:
Going to a Bar with automatic weapons in your hands usually will yield trouble.
Unless that Bar is in Texas, where even the GoGo-girls carry them...
6.) Were its advantages or disadvantages in this comparison as a result of its design, employment or doctrine on the part of the US ?
Well, US Bar doctrine differed only marginal from the other countries in WW2. The strategic goal was fairly unchanged from '39 to '45. You know, get drunk, get laid...etc...
US design was fairly identical to other countries' Bars. It was in fact after WW2 when US Bar designs changed, in order to accomodate the customers need for football-on-TV, basketball-on-TV, girls-mud-wrestling-on-TV and that stuff...
Hope that helped, beware of the grogs!
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ROFL!!!
Hail to Sgt.Slushy!
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Exactly.When I was in the german Bundeswehr we were trained to fire short bursts of 3-5 rounds when using the MG3 on bipod and longer bursts (20-50 rounds) when firing from a tripod.Originally posted by Marlow:While not well versed in the arcane mysteries of the bren tripod, I will say that in my experience, a tripod mounted machine gun is considerably more effective than one on a bipod, particularly on the defensive, where a gun with a tripod and traverse and elevation equipment can be preregistered (I don’t recall if this is the correct term or not) on expected enemy areas of enemy activity. Even when not preregistered, the tripod increases the effectiveness of the gun. A few examples: the tripod mounted gun can fire a longer sustained burst on target. This may not be all that important when firing suppressive fire at an unseen target, but when firing at a visible target in the open, the increase in firepower is dramatic. Use of a tripod also increases effectiveness of subsequent shots. If the first burst is on target, the gunner with a tripod has a much easier time of putting subsequent bursts on target as well (particularly if T/E equipment was used. Further, if the first shot missed or the target has moved, the tripod mounted gun is better equipped to make minor targeting adjustments.
It's actually very difficult to fire longer bursts with an MG on bipod and try to keep on target.
The effective range also greatly increases wuth the use of a tripod.
With MG3 on bipod max effective range was 600m, on tripod 1200m.
And to the "Rambo"-technique of firing from the hip:
Lol!
I once saw a sergeant trying to fire a 20 round burst from the hip. The recoil actually knocked him off his feet!
And where the bullets hit only god knows...
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Lates poll:
57.85%/199 votes!
Lying on the battlefield, behind a shot-up tank. Missing a leg, blood running over his face:
"I'm OK, friends... Let me rest here just a little bit...
But promise me, you gotta reach the 60%... Do it for me...
Now, move on!
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Come on, men!
I want to see the 200 fall before dusk!
It's a dirty job, but someone's gotta do it!
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Been there, done my duty...
CM leads with 46.06%/111 votes.
edited for some statistics...
[ April 15, 2002, 05:38 PM: Message edited by: ParaBellum ]
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Though I'm not Rommel22 I'll post my impressions.
First, I'd like to say that it's surely interesting to read. The book gives an account of Kurt Panzermeyer Meyer's actions from the start of WW2 in Poland 'til his release from canadian prison after the war.
There have been lots of discussions about Panzermayer as a person, though.
He wasn't only the youngest divisional commander of the Waffen-SS, a brave soldier who was admired by his comrades, he was also a true nazi officer who admired Hitler and had a pic of him in his living room even after the war, as mentioned by his son who, BTW wrote a very interesting book about his father and his relation to him and his family.
He clearly supported the nazi politics and we don't hear critical passages about the "war of annihilation" in the east from him.
Killing and torturing prisoners do, of course, only the russians...
As with all personal accounts it's interesting as long as you know what you are reading.
He gives very immersive accounts from what it meant to spearhead the Blitzkrieg and the horrible fighting on the eastern front to the battles in Normandy.
He takes you on a journey from the fields of Poland to high mounatin passes in Greece and into the icy winters of Russia.
So, I'd recommend the book. It's easy to read, full of dramatic moments and if you read it criticically you'll learn a lot about Meyer.
[ April 15, 2002, 09:35 PM: Message edited by: ParaBellum ]
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When summer lies upon the world, and in a noon of gold
Beneath the roof of sleeping leaves the dreams of trees unfold;
When woodland halls are green and cool, and wind is in the east
Then, my friend, the crowd will cheer 'cause CM 2 was released...
Expect it late may/june, or in BTS' own words:
when it's finished...
A june 22nd release may be a proper date...
[ April 14, 2002, 01:00 PM: Message edited by: ParaBellum ]
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Ah, the famous Feldrührkuchen. Wasn't there a dispute about the introduction of a super-heavy Sturm-Feldrührkuchen in late '44?
I think I read somewhere that the Heereswaffenamt opposed the new design due to lack of mobilty.
I like to use the early models in defensive battles very much.
[ March 19, 2002, 02:16 PM: Message edited by: ParaBellum ]
GF 3 problems
in Combat Mission - Tech Support
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-All settings in the directX tab are enabled.
-After installing win98 I installed all AMD drivers for the mainboard, including the northbridge drivers.
-No conflicts are listed in the device manager.
-AGP aperture size is set to 128MB, tried it with 64, same results.
-Among the MSI software there is such a 'tweak' utility, "Turbo...".
There AGPx1 is selected, and I can't change it to 4x or 2x.
I noticed that when I first wanted to install the original MSI drivers on a clean (with AMD drivers) Win98 the setup program always froze when istalling the files.
And once or twice I got error messages when I tried to install newer nvidia drivers.
So far I tried 23.11, 28.32, 21.85 and 21.83 nvidia drivers and the original MSI drivers, to no avail.
Always first deinstalling the old driver before installing the new drivers.