Gyrene

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr> I don't think Christie had any say in the sloped armor. In fact, everything but the suspension was original Russian engineering.<hr></blockquote> Commissar, I don't know if Christie had any actual say on the design of the T34, but most of his early tank designs (Pre WWII) had very sloped & streamlined armor. It would not be a stretch to say he was among the first (If not the firts) tank designer to used sloped armor in his tanks. Many other Christie prototypes here. Gyrene

Individual pictures?? That must have been a lot of work! That also explains the too fast frame rate. Not bad, really. Gyrene

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr> I was thinking of Valve's movie <hr></blockquote> Kurtz, I was wondering the same thing, but I think my attrocious German scared Valve away Gyrene

The Me262 looks like a shark with two vaccuum cleaners stuck under the wings. And that is not a good thing. I'll agree with the Mosquito and the P51 (Esp, the D) and the FW190 is not bad. The P38 is also one sweet looking bird and don't forget the PBY Catalina & the Corsair. Ugly planes? Any German WWII twin engine bomber/night fighter and any Russian biplane.

Tom, I got his video to play on my Mac, click on this link to get the Divx Codec you'll need to see Valve's video. You'll need to drag the codec to your extensions folder and reboot. Kurtz: Which capture job do you mean? Mine or Valve's? Gyrene

Goanna, there are several different ways to splice your movies together, the cheapest way would be with QuickTime Pro & iMovie. Here's one I put together with After Effects & Snapz Pro. Gyrene

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr> The really sad part was the engine blowing up during a trails test just before handover. <hr></blockquote> It's is an accurate restoration after all. Gyrene

I used Altavista to write all that Germanese, so it's bound to be hilarious to anyone who actually speaks German. Goanna, I've used Snapz Pro with CM with good success. Gyrene

Ich verwendete Altavista für diese Übersetzung, also klingt sie vermutlich sehr lustig. Der Film schaut gut, aber er spielt zu schnelles, Sie muß die Feldkinetik unten drehen. Was Software pflegten Sie, den Bildschirm vom Spiel zu erfassen? Gyrene

Stoffel, I only have the TacOps demo and I haven't figured it out yet. When this Onion Wars bit is done I can give it some attention. Gyrene

That was a pretty good video capture job, but the frame rate of the movie is too high, it looks a lot like those early B&W movies from the 1920's. Not bad overall. Glad to see someone else is trying to make movies out of CM. What software did you use to grab the video? Gyrene

"Christmas is the time of year the Marine Corps sends you somewhere nice." Semper Fi and Semper Gumby! Gyrene

Swift, you should only need to forward port 7023 if you are behind a firewall (Software or hardware) and it's not something you ISP handles. You should be able to play games if you are using dial up or if you only have one computer connect to a DSL/Cable line. (I.e. no router) Gyrene

I'm 30. Whoopee. Gyrene

I know what one of my first mods will be...That 3D rubble. It's pretty cool, but it looks like a stack of firewood. Gyrene

Man, it looks cold out there! Good job! Gyrene

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr> Those tubes at the very front ontop of the fenders. Are those machine guns? Get real. No tank I know mounted "co-ax dual hull-mounted machine guns". <hr></blockquote> Those are called mufflers. Smoke comes out of them. <blockquote>quote:</font><hr> Who would mount a barrel traveling lock to the right side rather than directly in the center? (see illustrations of the PzKW V and VIB) <hr></blockquote> That is to save space during shipping. <blockquote>quote:</font><hr> Where is the driver hatch? <hr></blockquote> In the front. You are looking at the rear of the tank. Notice the fuel cap. <blockquote>quote:</font><hr> The drive sprockets are all wrong. As is the entire suspension. <hr></blockquote> Considering you don't know what kind of tank this is, that is a bold statement. <blockquote>quote:</font><hr> The stowage at the rear of the turret isn't anything realistic; especially the gas can at the very rear. <hr></blockquote> Why not? <blockquote>quote:</font><hr>What are the large things in front of the turret hatches. Pre-mounted binoculars? <hr></blockquote> Lights. <blockquote>quote:</font><hr> The commander's machine gun- a very poor modelling of a .50cal. Also, very interesting mounting for his hatch- unfortunately, it would be an engineering nightmare. <hr></blockquote> Looks like a good model to me. What's so "interesting" about that hatch? <blockquote>quote:</font><hr> This is just what comes quickly to mind. This thing is a model of nothing that has yet been developed (nor probably ever will be). Anyone else want to add discrepancies? <hr></blockquote> I'll have to go tell some Korean War tankers that their tank didn't exist. I'll be right back. Gyrene [ 12-17-2001: Message edited by: Gyrene ]</p>

I hate it when an opponent asks for a Cease Fire after I kick his ass for 25 out of 30 turns. No, you don't get a Cease Fire, but I'll let you surrender. Cease Fires should reserved strictly for games where both sides do not have any real offensive ability left. Gyrene

Hmmm...Never noticed this before, but it seems that the explosion debris in CM is composed of flying W's (or M's). Neat. Gyrene

What app are you using? With Photoshop I set the magic wand tolerance to 30 and uncheck all options (contiguous, anti alias, use all layers) then I set the background color to 255,0,255 zoom in and use the magic wand to select & delete the pixels. Have with with your Pink Pixel Hunt™ Gyrene

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Whatever side I'm in, it's the evil one. <hr></blockquote> I'd agree with that. Gyrene

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr> ...asH endoff dawurld. this town, is famous for its contribution to cm. here,... <hr></blockquote> ...Was the first place that the question "Why didn't the Germans win the war? After all they had all the cool stuff" was asked creating such an upheaval in the historical community that pieces of the community were broken off by the shock wave and those pieces became known as Grogs. Now these Grogs relished in repeatedly asking questions like that and also asking questions like.... Gyrene

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr> He then appeared a lot as a guest on talk shows in the 50s and 60s and died peacefully in his sleep. <hr></blockquote> ...At the age of 190. He lived to be that old because he travelled back in time (Via his magical sauna) to defeat the Soviet invaders another 4 times. Gyrene

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>by Michale Dorosh: I am looking forward to the mod where the Germans wear their white underwear overtop of their wool uniforms as a form of expedient winter camo (41-42) <hr></blockquote> Stains will be visible in the high res mods. Gyrene

150F? Jesus H, that's hot! You need to get some fans going in there. Gyrene