HolzemFrumFloppen

Greets: I've been wondering about this, so I thought I'd post a question. I'm currently running in 1152x864 (or 1152 x something) and havin' a blast. However, I've noticed that the actual screen size has a black border around it; in other words, the battlefield screen does NOT stretch to the limits of my monitor's edge. Is this normal? Is there supposed to be an "edge" to the battlefield screen or is it supposed to completely fill the monitor area (aside from the buttonbar, of course). I'd love to know. My Windoze desktop size is currently 1280x1064, and I'm wondering if the difference there is why I'm having a prob. Currenly running the (in)famous Voodoo3-3000 AGP, if anyone's interested with nary a problem except for this one (if it is, indeed, a problem). If anyone has any feedback on this, I'd love to know. Thanks for the help! Regards, Holzem

RE: (from ScoutPL_ "ScoutPL I've got an Infantry in the Offense tutorial going up on Slapdragons website in a day or two that should be a big help to you! " Where is Slapdragon's site? I'd love to get this tutorial! Let us know when it's up! Regards, Holzem

RE: Navigation Buttons I realize it might be somewhat off-topic, but it's slightly related to the use of Navigation Buttons. I agree that it would be nice to have them "disabled" from view when playing CM. The reason I say this is that I use a device called the Microsoft Strategic Commander. It's actually designed for RTS/Twitch games, but I use it solely with CM & StarFleet Command. Basically, it's a rather large controller that goes under your left hand (if you're right-handed like me) and has a ton of programmable buttons. Most importantly, it moves omnidirectionally so that you can scroll/zoom/tilt the CM map by just moving your hand. Really kind of useful. I've mapped all the buttons to commands within CM (e.g., "target", "move", "sneak", "disable labels", etc.). Anyone who wants to check it out can check out the Microsoft (no tomatoes please) site at http://www.microsoft.com/sidewinder Enjoy, comrades.

Radio HQ.... I've been psychologically tormented by my mailbox for exactly TEN (yes, ten... not nine or eight or seven,... except when in counting to ten) DAYS. Each day, I peer into it after coming home after 8 solid hours of bootlicking and corporate mish-mash and what... what does it say to me? The same thing over and over. "Nothing for you, Herr Holzen. At least nothing you want... especially anything you want from BTS Software." I came home today, generously eyed the open mailbox, the porch, the deck, the flanking bushes, the roof (just in case the mailman accidentally through my precious CM package into the air when pulling it out of his bag); I contacted my girlfriend, the neighbors, the neighbors' neighbors, their relatives, the local constabulary, the National Guard... and anyone else I could find within a twenty-mile radius. And you know what I got? Nada. Zilcho. Zero. No Combat Mission package. I repeat... NO Combat Mission Package,... over! I know, I know. The confirmation e-mail BTS sent me told me I *MIGHT* have to wait this long (West Coaster here... ahem... Californian), but I've hoped and hoped it would arrive sooner. I've now played the demo so many times that the AI just immediately surrenders and the program shuts down as soon as I run it. Scenarios with titles like "Chance Encounter" and "Valley of Trouble" have mysteriously been renamed to things like "NO CHANCE Of A Surprise Encounter Whatsoever", or "Valley of You-Already-Know-What-In-Exacting-Detail", or even "Please, Please Don't Play Me Again!" It's a tragedy: one I'm sure others have gone through and will go through as long as those nitwit-free non-corporate freedom fighters at BTS continue to punch out their CDROM-based narcotics. Let me tell you, my brothers. I need CM badly! I'd walk five miles through a minefield in snow-shoes, dragging my private parts over broken glass, just to hear one of the FULL VERSION'S Rifleman fart over a field phone. Yes... it's that bad, people. Somebody... anybody... get me a beer. Regards, HolzemFrumFloppen

For PC Users: Alt-A = Abort Scenario (and return to main menu) Alt-Q = Quit Game Alt-S = Save Game Esc = Minimizes Game to Windows Taskbar (really quickly I might add, so you can hide from da boss!) Press the "HotKeys" button on any game screen to get a complete list of shortcut keys. Hope this helps!