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    What happened to Canada?

    in Combat Mission Shock Force 1

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    Seriously, I would prefer France instead of Canada. Nothing wrong with Canada, for sure, but the French have a lot of different toys. It would also be one of the few acceptable excuses for the rediculous long delay!!!

    Oh, and Syrian Air support...and AA :eek::eek::eek:. Where are the voices at BFC who argumented long and deep that this things are completly unrealistic? ;)

    Now I'm just waiting for the T-80 to come by...

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    More Pie in the sky questions about CM2:Normandy

    in Combat Mission Shock Force 1

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    Reichmann, I wouldn't set much store by something that Steve says about the progress of base games/modules. He usually says that this thing we are talking about is already in a very progressive state, close to release, 80% finished etc, as well as he said that they will release 1-2 base games and double so much modules per year, since the CMx2 engine is so fantastic in regards or programming and development.

    I guess this is just kind of this US-american excessive optimistic thinking and speaking. 'We are the best', 'Yes we can' and such :D

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    Syrian AA?

    in Combat Mission Shock Force 1

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    Okay, it's a bit late to come up with this, and I bet this issue has been handeld somewhere, but I wasn't able to find it with the forum search, or I found to many results....

    Anyway, what was the reason why the Syrians doesn't use manportable AA like the SA-7, 14, 16? Even if the Allied Air-supermacy isn't as overmodeled in CMSF as it would be in reality....

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    Syrian Forces OOB

    in Combat Mission Shock Force 1

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    For some reason Syria is appears to not be the most forthcoming nation out there when it comes to their military. I doubt it has anything to do with being at odds with Israel ;)

    BTW, getting detailed TO&E for the Bundeswehr was not easy either. Not easy at all. Unlike the US military, which publishes its full TO&E and operating procedures on the Web, the BW considers it's TO&E a state secret. So you have the gall to come here and ask about Syria's TO&E when you can't even give us your own country's?!? 30 lashes with long cut Sauerkraut for you! And if you cry (for example, the vinegar flies into your eyes), I'll send you to bed without your nighttime beer :D

    Steve

    Ah, yes, yes! Now force me to drink Liebfraumilch to my Eisbein... ;)

    Regarding Bundeswehr, I found this extremly secret documents: http://www.deutschesheer.de/portal/a/heer/kcxml/04_Sj9SPykssy0xPLMnMz0vM0Y_QjzKLNzSLtzAIA8lB2c76kXDRoJRUfV-P_NxUfW_9AP2C3IhyR0dFRQAWk7fz/delta/base64xml/L3dJdyEvd0ZNQUFzQUMvNElVRS82XzE2XzhCRg!! and as overview http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/de/6/63/Germany_Heer.png

    Sufficiend for me, since I'm looking primary for battalion structur. Doesn't helps of course if you want to go below company structur.

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    Concerning multiplayer...

    in Combat Mission Shock Force 1

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    Hehe, my initial feelings were much the same. I thought CMx1 PBEM was bafflingly old fashioned at first. Until I started playing it and the ability to play turns in my own time actually grew on me.

    And my play style much improved. In TCP play and even rapid return PBEM I was prone to impulsive tank charges (and on one embarrassing occasion even a StuG rush!) whereas a PBEM with a leisurely pace would be a more carefully considered affair. Some time to mull things over did me the world of good. And much of this mulling over you could do away from the computer. I'm still a seat of the pants player at heart. I'll not spend hours observing the terrain and studying every option very carefully, no min-maxing of every order or for hours on end.

    Oh, the many strategies thought up under the shower, at work or doing the grocery run. The amount of fun could really be stretched out. I've spend entire workdays being happy because I knew that I really humbugged my opponent in the turn I sent just before leaving the house. Eight hours of enjoyment out of a single turn... can't beat that with real time play! :)

    I prefer Real Time while wailing on the AI, but I finds it can quickly become too stressful to do it multi-player. No pause means I feel under the gun for the entire duration. That really needs to be made more attractive. Out of the current possibilities PBEM is pretty much the only way I'd consider playing CMSF.

    But I don't really understand GunzAbeam's beef. There's several clubs where he can get his multi-player jollies, even RT. So why do you feel it's going to waste if you like RT so much?

    I second every word of that!!!

    However, a dedicted server to support and organize both RT and PBEM H2H matches directly from ingame would be very good.

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    Congrats...

    in Combat Mission Shock Force 1

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    That's something I never really understood. Why don't they hire a second programmer? Surly easier said than done, but it looks like the logical step. Charles' physical limitations are the bottleneck in the CM development, and that's already from the beginning of time. May I quote my signature? Face the facts. Then act on them...

    Ha, finally they've listen to me!!! :D

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    Things you are most looking forward to with regards CM:N

    in Combat Mission Shock Force 1

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    ... One criticism of CMSF was that the Blue casualites could sometimes get unrealistically high (blame bad generalship for that, not the game engine). There's no such thing as 'unrealistically high' in a theater of action that witnessed NCO casualty rates of 300%!
    The problem of 'unrealistic high casualties' is partially the timeframe of a CM battle. A CM battle is mostly compressed action. A CM battle that last for maybe one hour would take in reality a half day, maybe even more. If a US/UK/NAto commander would suffer only 5 dead or heavily wounded soldiers within 30 minutes, he would immidiately stop, withdraw and call for heavy support, his mama and the pope, while in CM you continue. You never have to fear that your pixeltruppen will simply disobey your orders when facing casualties.
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    Move command

    in Combat Mission Shock Force 1

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    What the sense of the 'move' command? It might be just a personal issue but a) if I want to move troops, I usually use 'hunt' , maybe combined with a cover command, or I use quick, sometimes, but rarely I use fast. 'Move' is even slower as 'hunt' and troops are less attentiv anyway. Bad on 'hunt' is just that all further movement commands are canceled as soon as an enemy comes in viewrange. I think the CMx1 'hunt' was the better solution.

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    Pimp my icons

    in Combat Mission Shock Force 1

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    Hey Scipo, long time no play!

    I clicked your link and I get 'access forbidden'.

    I tried to search for your icons on the repository under 'Scipo' and 'Peter; (search 'author')

    Nothing!

    Are you playing hard to get?

    Hi Sivodsi :)! That's strange, I have not set any access limitations to my site. Maybe it's a temporary problem, or your internet-provider is blocking my website-provider for some reason.

    But you should definetly find me with the search term 'peter' in the repository. If nothing helps, drop me a line.

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