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Thanks, I was looking at the wrong one

Thanks I guess I have to get used to the differences between this interface and cmbb/cmbo/cmak Im very frustrated with this interface I cant figure out how to control the toatl points on quick battle forces either. Am I missing something? The manual doesnt mention a word about quick battles.

Just tried a quick battle with a gift for guderion map as germans, figured I was attacking town troops got jumped by armored cars , that were setup adjacent to my troops at first turn. Doesnt make alot of sense to me. Is there a way to make soviet force start in town and defend bridges opposite german deployment area? I must be missing something, any help is appreciated.

nevermind I figured out the map implementation

My next questions is how do you load a map into a quick battle? Should I place downloaded maps in a particular file so that it becomes one of the maps the quick battle editor sees?

Thanks for the replies. looking forward to implementing suggestions tonight.

I am used to the old cmbo cmbb and cmak games and just bought red thunder because my old favs dont run on my new windows 10 laptop. My favorite ways to play were small quick battles usually company level or smaller with a few vehicles on small to tiny maps Looks like in Red Thunder you have to buy big units and delete down to the allowed point value. I read this thread but still can't get down to one tank or one platoon: My questions are 1) how to just get one tank or one platoon of infantry, I can't seem to pare down that small. 2) is there any way to randomly generate maps like the old games? 3) can someone point me to map that I can download? Thanks,

I am a cretin. I figured it out.

I have the computer ability of a two year old and cannot get maps downloaded from the scenario depot and saved in the quick battle map directory to be used as quick battle maps. Could someone run through how to do this for a two year old? P.S. I have read page 162 of the manual 100 times. Thanks.

When is the patch available and where do you download it from? Thanks.

In the preview scenarios the tanks had a platoon leader but in the various qb's I have played to date I have only seen independent tanks like in CMBO. Is there an option I need to turn on and if so how? Thanks.

Where the heck is the order number? I chucked everything except the book.

Whtas the deal with getting on the list to get a new CD due to the missing files? Is posting my message here enough or do i have to Email Matt whose address I don't know. Help because this game is going to make me buy a new computer to run it better because it is that cool.

Has anyone taken out a halftrack with a MG42 or .50 caliber MG? I don't think I have ever actually observed this occurring. Any tips on doing this would be appreciated. Thanks.

Yankee dog, you are totally right about the "pretty certain" aspect of indirect fire and long range units on kills. I just completed a QB w/ 228 casualties and 58 KIA. Most were inflicted via 81mm and 120 mm mortar fire on Ami infantry in a wooded area. After action report KIA for the 3 mortar teams was two. This is an awesome game!

I just wanted to let you know how this saga finally ended, I hope. I spoke with ATI downloaded newest non beta driver and went into safe mode and eliminated monitor, standared video driver and went into regular mode and changed refresh to optimal ... and the game still didn't work. ATI said you should have a patch. After contemplating what I could destroy, I tried to run install again and the drive couldn't find the install program. I unleashed a string of profantites and tried to install again and the gd thing installed. No cab.3 BS. Oh happy day there are burning armored vehicles on my screen again! I believe that this makes no sense at all but i wanted to let you know. Please eliminate this cab.3 crap on CM2. Thank you for all your help, I really appreciate it.

For what its worth the game is locking up in software mode and in primary display Driver.

I downloaded new direct x 8 again and got new driver from ATI 7115. I loaded game it locked and ATI phone support closed before I could talk with them again. I still think I am making some dopey mistakes because when I look to delete C:\Windows\temp directory it says I have 479 files. Needless to say I am a little nervous about deleting this mauch info. When I look for C:\program files\CMBO\combat mission bynd Ovr prefs file it says it is located in the shortcut. I'll admit that what I know about computers can be fit on the head of a pin but at this point I am getting really frustrated. It seems like the game should install itself without all this hassle. It sure was easy before I deleted it. Is there any light you can shed on finding exactly what it is I'm supoposed to delete? So far flight sims are running OK like Mig Alley and Microsft combat europe and Pacific. So is talon Soft east and West. Please Help! You can see what I have been reduced to playing. I plan on trying to get off work early tomorrow to speak with ATI again.

I actually got the game to run a QB with a small map and 1000pts of material. Next I got greedy and tried to run with a medium map and 2000 pts in a QB. After selecting units and scanning the map, it locked while on an arrow button. Like any well trained lab rat, I attempted to try agin and got an interesting message- Unhandled exception: C0000006 At address:0055fa10. What the *#@! is that all about? Anyway, I'm not sure if I am running off the cd or hard drive although I am under the impression I have performed a manual install because the game absolutely refuses to install without the cab.3 nonsense. I should mention that it takes a much longer tome to initilize 3d graphics than with my old ATI 16mb rage pro. During this time the light is on on the cd drive which makes me think it is taking info from there and not the hard drive. If any of this makes any sense please let me know and I will definitely update you on this so nobody else has to endure this particular form of tortutre. I intend to have a chat with ATI tomorrow. Thanks for all your help.

I am a little nervous regarding the whole betea thing. it seems like I have everything so screwed up I want to limit the possible existing problems. I will talk to ATI tomorrow. In the meantime I still can't locate this mysterious prefs file. The CMBO directory appears to be a shortcut to run the game. How do you find this prefs file? In the spirit of screwing up I completely deleted the whole temp directory even though it was empty and the regular install won't run and now i can't manual install because it won't read the disk. I am going to try to clean it. I am losing my mind.

I am using Windows 98 with Ati radeon 64mb sdr card driver file version 4.13.7109. It is supposed to be the latest version. I have also updated to Directx 8. MaddMatt is working with me and I am trying to follow his instructions but I am a technical idiot and can't find the prefs file. I had a search run for it and it looks like it is there but I can't open it to erase it. I also had to manual install the game because it is looking for a cab.3 file which doesn't exst. I tried to erase the Temp file but there was nothing there. Anyway, it looks like the CMBO directory is merely a shortcut to open the program because every time I try to open it, the game wants to run and asks for a resolution of 800x600, which I accept and it locks. I haven't blasted a tank in a week and am getting itchy.

I am attempting a manual install to address some graphics trouble with a new ati radeon 64 sdr card. However, i can't locate the prefs file to delete it. Can someone clue me in on where this is? Thank you.

Does anyone know why paratrooper sguads are not equipped with this weapon? It seems like a really cool hybrid.

What's up with tanks receiving damage to main gun armament? It seems like at least one tank takes a gun hit every game. Is this suppossed to be a perforation of the barrel or something else? i have seen relatively light guns 20mm. infilct gun damage on Shermans and Churchills.

What is this I see about downlaoding a patch on the new game? Will this fix long range firing slit penetration on bunkers and pillboxes?