Crockett

I need some help for good friend of mine...That's his question : Are you familiar with the OS issues? I experience difficulties with my PC, as it returned now from the lab, for the second time. I have a P166MHz as CPU together with OS Win98. Also I saw there are many programs running in the background, and I tried to identify them and close them. In my 'System Tray' - 'Close Program' dialogue box - I have few Unidentified programs, running in the background, (probably consuming system resources), and when I clear them, I find difficulties in operating the OS Windows 98. These Unidentified programs are: - Fppdis1a - Poproxy - Hgcctl95 - Csinject - Systry Would you happen to know what are these Unidentified programs? Please let me know. I have identified all the others, and closed the unnecessary ones. And still I experience difficulties as a very slow performance (in simple matters as opening folders and files in the Explorer, and in opening programs). Thanks,

To late you do not need me anymore [ 06-25-2001: Message edited by: Crockett ]

Try this link http://www.combat-missions.net/units/allies/sherman.htm Maybe a search under Sherman And of course a lot of QB where you use Shermans Try to PBEM some tank battles Crockett

What a coincidence ! Two days ago I opened a thread in this forum,asking people about 2 other books about the Eastern front and someone recommended me Guy Sajer's "Forgotten Soldier " http://www.battlefront.com/cgi-bin/bbs/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=019707 What he did not know is that I read it long ago when I was a teenager in France Guy Sajer's book is maybe not the last word in scholarship,.but if there are some books that I will remember all my life this one is among them...I remember that I read it almost without being able to stop.In school , I was only thinking at the moment I'll we be back home to go on my reading and when I went back home I left the supper on the table and ran to my room to go on reading .It was a long time ago...This evening I ordered it and I am very impatient to discover it again( together with 2 other books about the Eastern front) Do yourself a favor...get it Crockett [ 06-20-2001: Message edited by: Crockett ]

Sorry for wasting your time : problem solved [ 06-20-2001: Message edited by: Crockett ]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Mark IV: Some great stuff there. To save others some governmental grief, here's link right to the Military History section: GPO Military History Publications <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> With no success I tried to find the link...You did it ...Lot of great stuff there. Thanks

This guy makes some fine models http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/1167/emodell.html

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by John Kettler: Crockett, I remember with fondness from my junior high days the two East Front books by Paul Carell (later found to be the nom de plume for Paul Carl Schmidt, a Nazi press official). The books were HITLER MOVES EAST and SCORCHED EARTH... Another favorite of mine is THE FORGOTTEN SOLDIER, by Guy Sajer. Sajer was an Alsatian (French national) drafted into the Wehrmacht, who ultimately wound up in the elite Grossdeutschland Division. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Thanks John, Damn,that's a lot of good books (I begin to believe in a possible BTS and Amazon conspiracy ) By the way I saw in Amazon an other Paul Carell's book : Invasion! They're Coming!( The German Account of the D-Day Landings and the 80 Days'Battle for France ) About Guy Sajer THE FORGOTTEN SOLDIER which maybe is not the last word in scholarship,I read it in French when I was living in Paris as teenager ( which means long ago! ).If there are some books that I will remember all my life this one is among them...I remember that I read it almost without being able to stop.When I went back home from school I left the supper on the table and ran to my room to go on reading this book.I certainly will buy it again Crockett [ 06-19-2001: Message edited by: Crockett ]

It looks great and very realistic at first sight. These last days I replaced my very long time prefered DD's high resolution grass with the OldDog hr grass. I still prefer the more pastel colors of DD's grass but the OldDog shows more easely the different elevations of the terrain and that may be only a minor contribution to the ease of playing but still a contribution. Both pics look great but I know from my experience that only while playing I may be able to see if the mod gives the feeling of the different terrain elevations. I hope that your mod will be what I think that a realistic grass/terrain mod should have:realistic colors and the ability to give easely the sensation of different elevations .

There you will find the OldDogs Subdued grass http://www.afv-uk.net/cmoutpost/Terrain/Misc/misc_terrain.htm Try also the Richad Tremblett Subdued grass at the CMHQ http://www.combatmission.com/mods/grass.asp

Thanks for your recommendations Glantz and Werth are on their way .Guderian will be next Cheers Crockett

One of the reason that I so much enjoyed CM is that I had a good knowledge of the Western front history and since I was born in France and lived there for long years I traveled a lot and visited many times many of the places I meet in CM battles -- from Normandy to Marseille and from Bretagne to Belgium . I am sure that some knowledge of the Eastern front history will be part of my pleasure when playing CM2. Today my knowledge on this front is close to ...zero Too bad that have not the time to visit Eastern Europe but I have time to read. Among all the recommended books about the Eastern front ,two of them have attracted my attention: David M. Glantz's "When Titans Clashed" ( 384 pages ) Erickson's "Road To Stalingrad" and "Road To Berlin" ( 1400 both books ) I need your help to make my choice before ordering... All these books received excellent reviews and both authors are covering the same period.Is the Glantz's "When Titans Clashed" with 384 pages missing something really important that Erickson's 2 books with 1400 pages are covering ? What is your opinion about these books( or maybe other recommendations )? Crockett

Cool link for stuff on the Tiger Tank Battalions Lot of information and some pics ( not so eye candy as the pics in the previous links but still OK ) One of the pics is a Tiger I, late production, sPzAbt.505, as it appeared in Russia,in February 1944.( good for a CM2 Mod!) http://www.fprado.com/armorsite/tigers.htm Lot of information here too : http://www.panzerdiesel.com/eng/e200.php [ 06-15-2001: Message edited by: Crockett ]

No matter how long it will take...1 day or 3 weeks,it will be like Eternity

I know, this post should be in the scenario talk.But may be not ...I do not talk about a scenario but about an operation Now seriously since there are more visitors here and I want to begin a new BPEM game today,I gave myself the liberty to post this one here and have a chance for a rapid answer: My opponent and me would like to play an operation as a PBEM I have played Any Port and my opponent is going to play the second Patrick Ware operation No Rest for the Wary with an other opponent . So we are looking for a balanced operation for PBEM but with one important condition : because of my computer limitations I cannot play large battles involving a large number of units on large maps ( I gave a try to Task Force Rose operation and also to August Bank Holiday and I had in both really HUGE loading time...).I myself prefer operations with 5 or 6 battles with up to 30 turns per battles Operation Arnhem-The Red Devils ( from the CD ) looks OK for my PC , but is it a good choice for a PBEM game ?? Maybe Operation Carentan is a good choice for PBEM ?(by the way what the difference between Carentan and Carentan v2 ? ) Any recommendations? Please if your recommendation is an operation which is not on the CD, be kind to give the link from where to download . Thanks