Claytonious2

My friend and I have noticed that this ding of death in TCP/IP games only occurs on our computers that use ATI graphics cards. Could the rest of you guys please post what kind of graphics card you're using (on the computer that gets the ding) so we can see if there's a common thread here?

Same problem here. Windows "ding" noise and then the game is hosed and the autosave is sometimes unrecoverable (but not always.) There is definitely no correlation with size of battle - happens on both small and large battles, and I think the "captured" theory is hogwash but I can't prove it. Here's my system specs: Pentium4 1.4GHz 128 MB RAM (never changed since CM installed) NVidia Geforce2 MX (so, yes, I have the usual CM transparency and text bugs too ... what fun...) Windows2000 A frequent opponent of mine also gets the ding of death sometimes, and his machine is an Athlon 800 MHz. Nowadays, we save the game on every single turn so that if the autosave gets hosed we only lose a single turn. Big pain in the butt. I just assumed that everyone on Earth already knew about this problem until I saw this thread. Jeeze. We have encountered the Ding of Death on many different machines, including various machines at work and on a LAN, so you can rule out the following: 1) Internet vs. LAN 2) Specific CPU 3) Specific amount of RAM 4) Specific graphics card I do believe all of the machines have been Windows2000, though. Ah, well, CM is damned good, but ever since 1.12 bugs never get fixed. NVidia players - go pound sand. TCP/IP players - go pound sand. Hopefully these will be fixed with CM2.

"where a JpIV and a jeep collided head on and as the tank pushed the jeep backwards the little jeep fired away madly with the MG and somehow killed the JPIV." So it sounds to me like the guys in the jeep did the right thing. If they had run off they would have been cut down, but being elite Jeep Tank Hunters, they knew the best thing was to cling to the AFV like moss on a rock and slowly wear it down with the trusty MG until it burst into flames. Seriously, if you think that kind of thing makes you mad now, wait until this happens to you: on the first turn of the game, your buttoned up sherman is driving and, because of no fault of your own, but only because of that notoriously goofy pathfinding AI, collides with another one of your shermans and they are both immobilized. You will probably lose the game now because something stupid happened that you had no way to prevent. Is that fun? Is that historical? Do you want to play Car Wars or Combat Mission?

Looks great, Magua. I particularly like the improved sky and the subdued colors. I would love to see you finish this mod!

The single biggest improvement I would like to see is the ability to replay an entire battle as a single, long movie. Especially after I play TCP/IP with friends, we would love to just sit and watch the entire battle as a single movie and hoot and holler and laugh at each other's mistakes and surprises.

You guys should read the novel "Easter Day: 1941" by Borden. It is an excellent novel about the crew of a captured M13/40 trying to make their way to Tobruk. You won't be able to put it down!