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What about the Carl Gustav for US infantry http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2016/05/18/us-army-approves-m3-carl-gustav-recoilless-rifle-general-use/

Oh, yea, that's one of my BIGGEST reasons to want CMSF upgraded....I play a lot of QBs and the original system in CMSF SUX...there's no polite way to say it...it SUX. Which is why I thank the Gamer gods that BFC when back to the roots of QB in the WW2 series and allowed the player to purchase units...SO much better.

I thought I remember asking the question about all the content built on the old CMSF engine and if it would port or if EACH scenario/campaign would need to be rebuilt from scratch (A HUGE and unlikely to happen undertaking). I though someone told me it would port, but without any of the advanced AI features of (at the time) ENG 3,0 or obviously now, ENG 4.0. STILL, I am also in the group that would happily pay for an upgraded CMSF...I still play it a lot on the ol' CM rotation, and there is SO much potential for new content as more histories of the Iraq/Afghanistan wars comes out.

So started the second mission (and now going to restart the second mission as I am getting my ass totally kicked.). Wow, what a freakin' map. I mean, wow, that map is going to be MUCH harder than I thought. Clearly you have down your research, man, I would have HATED to be an infantry guy having to slog through that map. Probably one of the finest and most challenging infantry maps I have seen in CMSF. Anyway, this scenario will take a great deal of tactical finesse...not my strong suit. Can't wait to see how I do against those PRESERVE STRUCTURE victory points as I just want to call in TACAIR and blast the hell out of everything. Oyyy, back to the mission.... Thanks man

SORRYYY... I did say small spoiler....don't worry, I'm sure there's more I missed.... @dragonwynn Just really glad someone is still working good content for CMSF...I have played a couple of mixed force scenarios with ANSF...they are always challenging....

SO, finally got around to the first scenario...yea, I know.....wow talk about economy of force...WOWZA...I do love blowing stuff up with the demo charges. My first opinion is THANKS for making those first two compounds touch objectives...what a maze there... Small spoiler...just got through a little Charge of the Light Brigade to take out the recoilless rifle by the mosque...pesky little thing..took out one of my attack Jackals...dang it. Now the trick is to use my little band of pissed off Brits to finish the rest of the objectives without TOO many more casualties.... Nicely done...can't wait to try a scenario with a blend of Brit/American/ANSF forces...grabbed the latest CAM file, so we shall see...

Ahhh, man, can I have that? I mean I am about 4 missions in, so don't know if it will make a difference right now as I am plowing through, but I always like to have the latest version..you know...just in case I get my butt kicked and have to start over...

Wow, another awesome campaign to be sure...would love to know the sources you used for this...will try and download when I can to test....

Yes. OS9.2 was the last Mac to run CMx1. Apple abandoned QuickDraw in favor of OpenGL as I recall and yes Apple did something funky in the last version of Mavericks that was fixed in Yosemite for CMSF. In the meantime BFC did offer a hot fix for Mac users as I recall. I have seen several PC games that were poorly ported to Mac. Not from BFC. We are a small but loud community. .

I completely agree. As one of those guys who pestered them (politely) about the 36% fix I thought they stepped up to fix something that was clearly Apples fault I have also found them to be just as supportive of us Mac guys as they have the PC players. And I totally agree with @sburke that CMSF is still an awesome game and one I play as much as any other title.

Howdy, I did play this scenario in RT Veteran (very nicely done BTW) on my Mac and the CIA guy and agent did show up at the safehouse at the appointed time. I got totally whacked heading to the LZ but that's because I blew through too much ammo making sure Osama and his mama were dead, dead, dead and then ran into those pesky Pakistanis without enough heavy stuff to blow through them.

For the Ukrainians and Russians you have FORWARD OBSERVERS and AIR CONTROL TEAMS. They BOTH have the binoculars icon, you can only tell the difference by actually clicking on them to read the unit type. It takes a bit of clicking sometimes, but make sure you find your AIR CONTROL TEAM...if I recall from the Ukrainian campaign, you usually get ONE per scenario, usually by the MAIN HQ unit for that scenario if I recall, so don't get them killed.

Hi, so here's one thing to keep in mind about artillery and air support. ONLY certain Russian or Ukrainian units can call for them. For air support only AIR CONTROLLER teams can call for it. Same thing for artillery, only HQ and Forward Observer units can call for artillery. Drones are also limited to HQ units For the Americans, it's a bit simpler, almost any unit can call for air or artillery support, although HQ and Forward Observer teams are best. Drones are usually tasked by a HQ unit AND, of course, if you have on map mortar teams, they must be deployed before you can call for support from them. Page 40 of the PDF manual is a pretty good reference for all things support fire.

@snake_eye Thanks very much!

Oh, it just needs some tweaking....I am still getting used to the fact that Russians/Ukraine forces need FOs to call in CAS...VERY used to US giving everyone that ability... And the whole touch/hold thing was a lingering issue from the Stalingrad Mod and scenarios I remember discussing with those guys...touch versus hold for urban buildings was VERY wonky with the victory settings....it was DAMN near impossible to get credit for occupying a building if there were ANY enemy forces nearby. Don't stop now man, this is gonna be a great campaign when it's all tweaked...or twerked..whatever.... I am very afraid of what awaits me in the next scenario, but ready to go...

SIGHHHH, yes air controllers are ESSENTIAL for Assault of Haya Yurt...there is a LOT of open terrain to cross. SPOLIERS Ok, this mission was TOUGH, in spite of the heavily mechanized Russian OOB. Map: This was another great map, but pretty darn big. Now that gives the Russian player some leeway in how he does his initial setup, but wowza, there's a lot of killing ground to get across. Those crazy Chechens have a damn good defensive works with a lot of interlocking fire and a fair amount of heavy weapons. This, of course, I woulda pounded the crap out of with my CAS/ARTY, if I coulda. Without the tanks, I don't realistically see how the Russians punches through. OOB: The Russians are very mobile, which I tried to use to my advantage to put a three-sided attack on the defender and stretch out and overlap his lines. WELL, crap, those bastards were dug in almost 360 degrees so that didn't quite work out as planned. But I did finally punch through a weak spot that I pounded with my tanks and make it past the perimeter and started to work my way down the trench line. Overall: Another challenging combined arms battle. Air support will definitely restore some balance...more arty would be nice too, should there be organic mortars perhaps? I fought my way to a draw. Took too many casualties crossing that terrain and looking for soft spots in the perimeter. NOW onto the Battle of Kosmorov or whatever it is....urban combat....hmmmmm, but LOTS of objectives to take...I wonder if there will be the old issue of HOW much you have to control an objective to get the points...remember that issue? Wonder if a mix of touch/occupy might be better? I will let you know.... Cheers

So, when you say BATTLE PACK, do you mean a Battle Pack like the one for CMBN or a MODULE with new forces and campaigns? I thought CMBS was getting a new module?

ahhh... @snake_eye it's time for the quarterly, how's the map going question....

Hi Michael, Sorry I took so long to get back to you. Just finished first scenario...I agree completely with SLR...this was all over in the first 30 minutes...brought the mortar and infantry gun love and just hammered those poor bastards. The map and use of the Stalingrad mod is just first rate. Outstanding....I wish there was some way to port this mod and such over to CMBS...damn, that would be awesome modern weapons in that rubble...hmmmm, like chocolate and peanut butter, BTRs and Bradley wondering around that terrain...but I digress...... I think this could be really shortened to a 45 minute scenario as kind of scene setter...nicely done overall, just a tad too long....got a Major German Victory, mostly by holding the key terrain.... Well done, off to scenario 2..first chance to play with German air support...I tried to zip past SLRs review since it had spoilers...give you my unbiased opinion...

The store says that CMBN now only sells new versions with the 3.0 engine. Which is a good deal.

So Operation Scythe was a TOTAL Russian Victory . Wow, there are some awful weather and terrain conditions to be sure. However, the night time aspect really worked in my favor as I was able to sneak my forces almost into the barracks and first group of buildings before the firefight broke out. CLEARLY drones are of little utility finding infantry hiding in buildings...and not much utility telling trucks from IFVs..which was not unexpected, I just wanted to make sure nothing snuck up on me....and I made sure my guys riddled all the trucks to eliminate them as getaway vehicles. A basic fire and maneuver sort of scenario...clearly some players would just want artillery and airpower to flatten everything (hey why use a bullet when a JDAM will do right?), but in reality infantry have to go in and make sure the right terrorist is dead, eh? Took surprisingly few casualties for me...was able to use a lot of flanking and crossfire of enemy troops...I DID however notice there were a lot of enemy forces that I didn't engage before the end of the scenario...just not enough time to inflict more enemy casualties so took the hit on those VP. But got the enemy leaders, and that, after all was the objective, yes? NOW onto Assault of Haya Yurt...lots of open ground to get across...in daylight....hmmmmm

WOW, another masterpiece. Loved the book Rattenkrieg, by the way a very good novel about the battle and the famous sniper's duel. I was fortunate enough to test out some of these mods and early scenarios, so you have definitely done all this fine work justice. Damn, at this rate I may retire before I play all your campaigns....! Thanks very much, urban combat is one of my favorite mission types...hopefully will get some time with this after I capture those darn Chechen terrorist leaders....

This was spot on...IFVs are fantastic against infantry and can be deadly when dug in...but I really like the M5 Stuart analogy...very accurate depiction of the relative firepower and survivability of any of the IFVs against modern tanks OR ATGMs...think Panzershrecks on sterioids...IFVs can take maybe one hit from an RPG or ATGM if it has ERA or APS, but that crew is going to back up really quick if you know what I mean...and then they may panic out of the fight for a while...essentially a mission kill even if the vehicle isn't knocked out. And of course, spot on relative comparison of the Bradley to its Russian/Ukrainian counterparts...other than that darn 100MM gun on the BMP-3, I'll take a Bradley over a BMP any day...

Hmmm, I am waiting in great anticipation for what you might do with the Stalingrad/Winter Mod...have been SLOWLY making my way through David Glantz's stupendous 4 volume set on the battle...all of them 1st class door stoppers with a LOT of detail. In the meantime, working my way through this with my current limited playtime...sadly, have not had time to play your new CMBN campaign...soooo much content...sooooo little CM time. Cheers.

Ok just finished Mission 2: Valley of the Wolves. Map: As usual, a superb map....lots of terrain features, outstanding use of the winter mods...could almost feel the chill in the air. OOB/Force Balance: Per typical SOP, I underestimated the ability of motivated dug-in infantry with ATGM to hammer the crap out of my armor. Should have used my mortars to rain steel down on every foxhole I saw in addition to using the awesome 100mm auto cannon. The Russians had enough firepower to give me a Tactical Victory, but it was sloppy and had FAR too many casualties. If I was a real Russian commander I think Putin would sack me. Very fun chance to use Russian forces. They do pretty well over all. Playability: This is a good scenario to practice Combined Arms on a large scale. Almost three engagements at once. I had a challenge not only managing the entire battle, but shifting forces around as needed....once you take the village on the left, it is hard to move forces to overrun the supply depot. Fortunately I took the hill first and was able to swing forces down to the left to attack the smaller village, which was an unexpectedly tough nut to crack. OVERALL, nicely done. The Campaign story is playing out very nicely. Now to mission three, the Spetsnaz assault to capture the terrorist leaders. DAMN, now it's snowing even harder. Hopefully those NVGs will help.....