Brian Smith

Just don't call them cookies....

Thanks Ned - I'll mark it down.

He's just mad because the Yanks lost WW2! And because of President Gore's environmental legislation....

Found a copy with a damaged box in Australia here: http://www.vortigern.com.au/g70.htm hope this helps. smith

Spontaneous combustion?

Thanks for the replies! I have usually just had my victorious forces sweep past them and ignore them (after frisking them for lugers, watches and hitler jugend daggers of course).

In a recent PBEM, my guys captured an AT gun crew. In the next orders phase, I clicked on the enemy crew and found that I could give them a limited number of orders, including move, wait etc. Without thinking much I gave them a move order off the edge of the map, but I wondered - what use could the captured enemy be put to? Should I move them or leave them be? Will I lose ant points by moving them off the map?

Thanks Schullenraft I only just updated to these drivers. They do everything else really well, including the IL-2 demo and Operation Flashpoint. At present I'm happy to turn off FSAA when playing CMBO, but I will take your advice and check out the beta ones at Guru - see what the word is about them.

Hi all I am using the 23.12 drivers for my Geforce2 Ti running under Win 98 and DirectX 8.1 (I had seen similar problems documented but for Win2000). With FSAA enabled, I am getting graphical anomalies in the 3D screen viz: * text in the status screen (such as unit type, ammo, turn number etc) not showing up, leaving blank black boxes; * text in activated hotkeys box not showing up (same when hitting Alt-A - blank box shown); * black, blurry text for labels on Line of Sight tool etc. The problem seems to be solved after turning off FSAA and rebooting. My system: P3-500 upgraded to 1.2Ghz Celeron Tualatin @100Mhz FSB 256Mb RAM Leadtek Winfast Geforce2 Ti 64Mb with 23.12 NVidia drivers Turtle Beach Montego II soundcard DirectX 8.1 [ February 07, 2002, 10:16 PM: Message edited by: Brian Smith ]

Aussie Sydneysider here. Prefer to play PBEMs though. Currently dealing sternly with several board members.

Bump. Great stuff.

Smith here. briansmith@optushome dot com dot au Sydney-based.

I look forward to reading it - I am trying to learn more about defence, particularly siting AT gunds and using terrain to help my disposition of forces. I think the hardest thing is keeping some manoeuvre in defence - on smaller maps it's often hard to move your troops into supporting positions in response to your opponent's tactics, without exposing them and getting them clobbered.

Stormhouse - check your email. I'll be in touch again in a few hours.

Stormhouse This forum is a brilliant place to find info on tactics etc - use the search function on this forum and the tips & techniques forum. Also, look at some other CM sites - there are some great sites with Boot Camp articles (someone with more time might be able to post the appropriate link - I can never remember whose site has it) and look for AARs (After Action Reports) - I used to print them out and read them avidly at home to learn and understand tactics. Now I only get beaten most of the time! And for a real blast, play VoT against a human in PBEM!

Jeez, I reckon that's a good idea. What might complement it would be a database of unit stats on the CD. You get some of this info in the unit selection screens, but it would be really useful to research the speed, guns, ammo etc of units (especially tanks) in CM. It'd help stop me from buying a Churchill AVRE without knowing what the hell it is....

Keep at it mate! It's that frustration and learning the limitations of the forces at your disposal that make CM so rewarding. VoT is a real eye-opener for beginners and you can learn heaps from it. With regard to flamethrowers, I haven't been able to use one effectivly yet. What they are great at though is drawing fire. I tend to use mine by exposing them - just about any enemy unit with line of sight to a flamethrower will go crazy trying to kill it, so you get a good idea of what the bad guys have. Many times I have been trying to order my units to kill a real threat, but time and again they will switch targets to a bloddy flamethower! Good luck and stick with it!

I fired one in the 70s in the army cadets! Thirty round mag, but we only ever put about 20 rounds in to save the magazine spring, we were taught to fire 3 round bursts, so as not to overheat the barrel (so they weren't for spraying) and they had a tendency to 'walk' forward on the bipod. I'm left-handed, but because of the magazine on top of the weapon, the sights (rear sight like a big dial) are offset and I had to fire it right-handed. Never felt comfortable with it because of that, but lots of fun to fire. We learnt to strip them and change barrels too. I was quarter-master sergeant and had two of them in their boxes in my Q-store and in 1975 they were dumped at sea (tragedy). I can still smell the oil and the cordite...

You're right Heidar about this being a dangerous issue - how long before it ends up locked?

After reading Abbott's post I say kudos to troops of all nationalities. Anyone who has to stand up under fire is a brave man (plenty of soldiers in my family, including serving folk now). Some more about Aussies from my information: My old man, who was in the 6th Div AIF and served in the desert and New Guinea (rest his soul) told me that when they were shipped to New Guinea, they passed through what they termed 'chockos' (chocolate soldiers or CMF - Citizen's Military Forces, the equivalent of Army Reserve these days) on the way up from Port Moresby and that they had been pretty badly beaten up and some had run. The CMF were probably what you would term 'militia' and had no expectation they would be used overseas when they signed up. They got thrown into New Guinea as a poorly trained stop-gap while the regs were brought back from the desert at our PM's insistence. My old man's mob stopped the Japs above Moresby (still not yet equipped in jungle gear apparently) and then pushed them right back over the Owen Stanley Ranges. My Dad's last campaign was Aitape-Wewak (across the top of New Guinea) towards the end of the war in 1945, where they had to winkle Japanese forces out of caves in nasty close-quarters fighting and where they existed on captured Japanese rations (balls of rice). He weighed 6 stone (84 pounds) at the end of the war. He wouldn't talk too much about the war, but when he did loosen his tongue, what he told me sent shivers up my spine.

Ahhh, Plank, This would explain why our PBEM has slowed...

My nomination (with patriotic influence): Best infantry - Australian soldiers. Silent and crafty in the jungle (deeply respected by the Japanese whose arses they kicked), tenacious and inventive in the desert (deeply respected by the Germans who feared their night patrolling). Mostly volunteers with great bushcraft and ingenuity and mostly excellent shots. smith

Gremlin Great work - fascinating stuff. And it's great to see Boot Camp back again!

Rune Thanks for the email - got em and can't wait to try 'em out.

Run, I'd love those two scenarios please - I have been playing a few guys at PBEM with the demo and it's reminded me how good VoT and CE are! Cheers Smith briansmith@optushome.com.au