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Bump for Aragorn. Mord.

Cool! Mord.

Hidden/spotted Bone: We now have 10 storey buildings in Black Sea. And looking in the RT editor their are blank spots that go all the way up to 14 stories. Mord.

He is correct. Here's a zip file. Load up the file in the scenario editor and you can see that single chosen Fireflies come up with three crew, and the formation chosen ones come up four. http://www.mediafire.com/download/qst9d2f4ezs4txy/Firefly+Bug.btt And I am using the latest and greatest version...3.11. Mord.

Here's a Mjkerner EZ collaboration for US. http://cmmods.greenasjade.net/mods/4511/details And here's the stuff Darknight was working on for the CW but you'll have to rename files...actually not sure even after you rename them if they will work 'cause I think he did some hex edits that may not be compatible with 2.0-3.0. http://cmmods.greenasjade.net/mods?author_id=393&game_type=5 And then there is this for the portraits. http://www.battlefront.com/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=314&func=fileinfo&id=2923 Mord.

My guess is he means the Stackpole book seeing they have a bunch of "Aces" books. Mord.

Thanks for the pics, pzrldr. Mord.

No Twitch today? Been hanging Christmas lights for the old man for the last five hours and was looking forward to kicking back and hopefully watching some Black Sea stuff. Mord.

Thanks for the recs thus far, fellas. I am gonna obsess on this list for a while so keep them coming. LOL. It's pretty much a tradition I go through every year when making my Christmas list. I have Armor Battles of the Waffen SS, The Forgotten Soldier, Panzer Warfare on the Eastern Front, Blood Red Snow, In Deadly Combat, Black Edelweiss, Soldat, Steel Storm, Steel Rain, and Panzer Commander for EF German perspective books. But if you have any really good ones other than those feel free. Yeah, those would probably even fall under what I am looking for anyway. As long as there's good descriptions of the actual fighting. I am guessing "tactical level" would be along the lines of No Better Place To Die? Mord.

Pretty please? Mord.

Very cool, Bil. I love when you include the videos. Mord.

I am making my Christmas list and need some ideas for some reading. Yeah, I know there was a thread a while back but I have a particular criteria for what I am looking for. I am interested in reading some first person/memoirs from the Soviet side, infantry or armor. Any books that have lots of fighting/action. I haven't been able to find many on Amazon and the ones I have didn't have very good ratings as far as what I am looking for. Also I'd like some recommendations for some books on battles/operations but not anything stuffy. Something "readable" that gets into the big and little picture without being stale. In essence an East Front version of The Longest Day, The Day of Battle, or The Germans In Normandy (which I am reading now), they have nice accounts at all levels seasoned with quotes and anecdotes from infantry and tank crews. I've enjoyed them a lot. So, whatever you guys can come up with would be great. Thanks. Mord.

I've been watching all the Vice dispatches on Youtube (up to #30, April, right now) and I've taken a couple of things away from them, thus far. 1.)The Russian government was lying through it's teeth. Plain and simple. Anybody that denies that is being willfully ignorant. It reminds me of the same stuff Hitler did to get into Czechoslovakia and Poland but much more devious and subtle. It's like they went through the Eukraine one area at a time and "liberated" it through referendums after doing what they could to disarm the military/police in the area. And it's pretty funny how as soon as the town or military bases got taken over by the "people" the first thing the guy in charge says is that they need Putin to send men to "keep the peace". It was a rinse and repeat tactic. It's was like invasion by invitation and it insults your intelligence that they think you are that stupid to buy it, though, fools and shills surely have. It's also funny how about 80% of the time the "not Russian soldiers" were trying to make sure nothing got filmed. Because you know, people with nothing to hide always do what they can to stifle information. 2.)The Eukrainian government royally screwed the military and left a lot of their soldiers and sailors completely in the lurch. The utter incompetence at the highest levels was pathetic. Those poor b*****ds sat around for weeks without any orders from anyone while the scheming went on outside their walls. I couldn't believe how much equipment, vehicles, ships, and actual man power Russia was able to annex with nary a shot fired. I can't say I blame many of the soldiers, marines, and sailors for going over to Russia considering how much of a joke their own politicians were. But I was actually laughing at the promises that were made to them if they did go. They definitely made a deal with the devil and he won't live up to one thing he promised them. You'd think after 60 some odd years of Communism these guys would know the score. Putin's nothing but an X-Commie trying to relive the dream as far as I am concerned and everyone else is the stepping stones to the destination. LOL. Yeah, I know, I may not be as versed about this stuff as you guys, but that was my take on it. Mord.

You're welcome, my man. Mord.

Been quite a few Thanksgivings where I uploaded some mods. So, in that tradition I figured seeing that some of you guys were anticipating some RT portraits, I'd give you access to a couple of the basic ones so you'll have something to use until I get the mod finished. Download link is below. http://www.mediafire.com/download/77depcqi405h2kp/Basic+RT+Portraits.zip Enjoy them, and happy Turkeyday. Mord.

How far we've come. I can remember seeing those CMSF guys for the first time and going, man they look cool. But these new dudes blow them away. Great job Webwing and Vein. Mord.

I'll be playing it eventually, but right now I have one PBEM going in CMBN and I am modding the RT portraits so, my time is limited. I did finally load it up and check it out and was blown away. I hope that we'll get something like this from BFC when they get to Berlin. The atmosphere is the best I have seen in any mod. It actually looks like WWII ruins. Mord.

You could rename all the French voice files from CMBO. That's all most of the vanilla voice files are from CMBB to now, just recycled CMX1 voices. Mord.

If you play CMFI or like reading WWII memoirs regardless of theater, I highly recommend Murphy's book "To Hell and Back". It is one of my favorites. And as decorated as he was I don't recall him mentioning one medal that he was awarded.—seemed like a fairly humble guy. Mord.

It's been requested a hundred times, so, it's not just me. That and sometimes I can't tell whether they are coming or going because there is an optical illusion effect. Mord.

Why is it after 14 years we can only have one set of tracers? What is the issue that prevents BFC being able to code a set for each side? Mord.

You'll get your Finns at some point. I'll put money on it. Mord.

Gotchya. Wasn't sure if you meant wires going into the houses from power lines and all that. That sounds cool. Mord.

If you listen closely you can hear my brain breaking. This is gonna be a massive mod. Excellent work Fizou, you are probably shaving a month off the time it would've took. Mord.

Yeah, I like this style too. I actually had written some of an AAR for CMFI that jumped back and forth between the tactical situation and the experiences of the individual units but the game got aborted. I stole the idea from reading Henrich505's very cool Pz Command AARs. It adds depth and immediacy to the battle, so count me in. Awesome stuff, pnzrldr, I am looking forward to more. Mord.