Lmandrake

I am running CMBO on a Win98 XP2000+ homebuilt with a ti4200. Hadn't played in a while. Started a QB, starts ok but locks up my PC totally after a few turns. Come here, search threads, decide latest NVidia drivers at fault. Spend way too much time cleaning out old drivers, trying new. Settle on 30.82 version. Start to play old scenario. All is good. Leave computer to attend to some random bleating by girlfriend. Come back 20 minutes later. Totally frozen, have to hard reboot. Later finish another saved game. Run 30 turns no problemo. Next game, locks. PC is watercooled. Heat is not a problem. Does not lock up when running Prime 95, Folding at home, or other "burn in" torture test proggies... Is there a consensus on what is a bulletproof driver for Nvidia cards? I also did a repair reinstall of CMBO. Did not help. Can anyone think of other things to consider? Thanks.

This is a bit of a moronic thread, but I would like to hear some tips about what to do when the terrain you get in a QB just plain s*cks.. For example, you have a M.E. and aside from one or two pockets, your start line is pretty much a plateau while your opponent gets at least one, if not two back corners with high ground. My instinct is to spread my armor out, if nothing else, but I am beginning to think that if I get crap terrain, I should put everything I can in a place where I can at least move to some cover and work from there. Playing the Amis, as I habitually do, I hate to do this, as allied armor concentrated in one spot makes such a nice bonfire.. I also hate commit to one line of attack, that is usually a mistake as well, even against the AI. any input would be appreciated.

If I try to set up a quick battle against the AI and select more than 1000 points when setting it up, if find that if buying my own forces that I am getting 750 more points than I should. All my settings are, to the best of my recollection, at default, so I am mystified. If anybody as any ideas about how this happened and how I can fix it, please let me know. BTW, I would RTFM if I could find it. Thanks

I upgraded to Iwill KK266 and a 1.2 gig Tbird after my bx board died. Kept my Voodoo 5 and started playing CM again. Using the last set of "official" V5 drivers I get weird vertical bars passing from right to left across my screen after exiting CM. The "normal" V5 anamolies are there too - mouse droppings, corrupt text, etc. but nothing I can't deal with. Of course, the moral of the story is that you should never need to do anything with your computer after playing CM - Just get those 4 hours of sleep and try to get through the work day...

Now using NVmax build 2053 and this database option is still not there. Does anybody know if there is a registry key that enables or disables this option? BTW, using the latest Det drivers - 12.41.

There are a number of NVmax builds available at this site: Linkage Purportedly, build 2053 is right here [ 06-21-2001: Message edited by: Lmandrake ]

I loaded NVmax and do not have a database options dialog box. Got it from M3d and installed the update, so I suppose this option only exists for certain cards and drivers. I am running an mx card (though I could hack it to a quadro if I was as brave as Wittman25) I am running the 12.41 drivers. Does anybody know if this fix is restricted to 98SE and 2k, the cards used or the drivers? I would like to have some FSAA.... Had a very hard time choosing between this card and a V5 and, of course, one week after I pay 60 for this card, someone offers me a V5 for $75 (grrr...).

You can add me to the list of people with a similar problem. I have flickering houses and trees. I am using the 12.41 Det3's from Nvidia on an Asus MX card. My OS is Win98 and I have not applied or installed any "tweaker" progs or played around with any of the default settings for my card other than using the reference drivers noted above. System uses a BX board with a 700e, 512mb RAM, aureal vortex 1 sound, and play at 1024x768x16 on a 20' dell trinitron. :confused:

I am playing a large QB and, as usual, am struggling to keep track of my units. In doing a census of MGs to collect with jeeps and move up, I found an immobile .50 cal. It is next to a half-track that got knocked out by arty, so the only thing I can figure is that it got pulled off the half-track. Is this correct? Or can a .50 cal become immobilized somehow? Thanks :confused:

Brick and Mortar stores have been dumping PC100 so it is worth it to look at flyers and ads for memory, but usually you should never buy memory at one of these places. Go to this site: www.pricewatch.com to search for memory prices. Beware of the vendors with the lowest prices, as they gouge on shipping to make money. To check on a vendor's reputation, go here: www.resellerratings.com Off the top of my head, I would suggest trying www.accessmicro.com or www.mcglen.com. I have never had a problem with either and if you can wait for UPS ground, their shipping is reasonable. It alwasys amazes me how some vendors can charge $15 dollars to ship a memory stick. Theirs must be made of depleted uranium. [ 04-25-2001: Message edited by: Lmandrake ]

I must be a masochist, as I usually play as the Americans. Playing on the U.S. side means carefully moving your tanks so they are only exposed at the right place and time. I have, however, lost many tanks when I lay out a route and the tank, presumably because the path I chose for it is unsuitable or impassable, decides to take a waltzing route to the selected endpoint. Of course, when this waltz takes the tank out of cover when the route I chose was safe, I get to watch it burn... This usually happens when I try to snake through clear paths in and around trees or in towns. What I don't understand is why this happens when I lay the route in what the program tells me is open terrain? Is there any way for me to tell when this will happen? Is it a matter of the path being too narrow? :confused:

Ahem.. (embarassed throat clearing noise) After reviewing my original whiny sniveling post and picking forces for 1500 point scenarios from both sides I surmise there is nothing wrong with the picture. I wrongly assumed that a Panther A and the Stug's were more expensive than they are. I just got beat... I lost 2 hellcats right away trying to take advantage of his exposed flank. Got the Nashorn and then should have fled. Unfortunately, they engaged other targets once the surprise was gone and got wasted. It is clear to me now that if my tanks are engaging a target they will not back away even if ordered unless the target is cancelled.... The troops were all of the same quality. I don't know exactly how many panzergrenadiers he had, but it was more than the 72 engineers I started with. (In all his gleeful taunting, he did not reveal what he had) I certainly would have not picked engineers. No zooks, no heavy mgs and those totally useless flamethrowers.

My son and I played a TCP/IP tonight. I hosted and went for a 1500 point QB ME. We were in a hurry to start so I let the computer select equipment. Here is what I got: 4 Hellcats, 1 Stuart, 1 Jackson, 1 Command Car, 1 Jeep, 2 Engineer companies, 3 Flamethrowers, 1 81 mm spotter. He got: 3 Stug III's, 1 Panther A, 1 PZ IV, 2 Pumas, 1 Nashorn, 1 105mm spotter, an 81mm mortar, and mucho Panzergrenadiers with schrecks. Needless to say, I got whipped good and don't think it was all my fault. Is it possible that there is some setting that gave him a points boost or is the above really an equal allocation of points? Save me from further humiliation!

As noted above, you should be fine with that setup. You did not mention what size monitor you have or will have. If you play CM at monster resolutions, a 16 mb card will not be enough. Also, be aware that if you like to use a lot of hi-res mods, you might run into probs with a 16mb card too. You can get a 32mb TNT2 at flea bay for $60 to $70 shipped (Don't get a TNT2 M64) or GeForce2 MX for $100 to $120 at some online vendors. Voodoo cards are a good choice, but beware that 3dfx has gone under so support for the product is gone too - including new drivers. The 32mb Voodoo 5 5500 is a great card for CM and goes for around $125 at some online vendors. Don't get a card just because it has 32mb of memory. Cards with the S3 Savage4 chipset have 32mb and they are pretty bad cards.

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