Erwin

Apparently there are atheists in foxholes, so maybe... https://www.worldreligionnews.com/religion-news/stop-saying-no-atheists-foxholes "Currently, over seven percent of U.S. military personnel in combat zones are officially listed as Atheists. Several armed services have stopped requiring incoming soldiers to pledge to God in their allegiance speech. Even the army doesn’t truly believe there are no Atheists in foxholes."Read more at World Religion News: "We Should Stop Saying There Are No Atheists In Foxholes" https://www.worldreligionnews.com/?p=50207

Am surprised there has been no response. Hopefully BF is aware and on top of it.

I have wondered if a factor in any sort of breakdown whether battle fatigue or just a "nervous breakdown" in civilian life is that one has people around you who witness your distress, care about you, and you know can help you. What about when one is under similar if not worse stress but you know there is no friendly face to turn to? Maybe one doesn't break down if that could make one's situation worse, but keeps going. One's personality may well be permanently changed by the experience and there may be lasting after effects when the situation is over perhaps years later. But, at the time, one has no choice but to keep going (or die).

Would the XO be close to Co CO? I thought the idea was that if the Co HQ gets blown up, the XO (who would be someplace safe?) could take over rather than getting blown up as well. Or you saying that the Co Command Post has the XO while the Co CO would be closer to the front line so he can see stuff?

lol - my sense is that it's the AI that needs the help. It can't resupply for one.

Is your toned down sewer in street mod available yet? FWIW I find the most immersion is when you have a plate of sh!t sitting next to one's computer. Cat litter box is an alternative.

How about custom portraits of CM players? I recall in CM1 someone created mods from a pic you sent him and you could have your own face on your pizeltruppen.

Gamewise that makes sense. But we discussed elsewhere what is a realistic load out (if one cares about realism of course) and it seemed that while 210 rounds is normal loadout, troops would load up maybe 400 rounds total/man plus extra if there is a MG in the squad plus a couple ATR's. More than that load should affect mobility a lot more than what we experience in the game.

That is so useful. Thank you...

If the ammo is green color like the ammo reserved for the vehicle one can never acquire that. IIRC some vehicles allow an inf unit to embark instead of the crew and acquire "white" ammo. But, other vehicles do not. So no consistency.

Yup. Good enuff. (Our new corporate slogan.)

Maybe a mod. I recall all my Syrian tanks have decals etc. Also found DTR 2b a great scenario. George's creations are reliably well made.

It's no big deal but FWIW I looked for it in my Programs list under CMSF Demo and there was no uninstall option. Deleting the program listing and the demo folder itself seems to be all that's required (I hope). What are the other demo scenarios' names in the full game? Will need to delete the demo scenarios that I copied over. Presumably that is everything that does not say "SF2 at the end of its name(?) like Breaking the Bank, Baker 1_1, Day at the Beach, Alamo, Training Scenario... Anything else? Demo savedgames will never work and one has to (re)start from the beginning, yes?

One could always d/l the latest full game. Mine was automatically at 2.01 two days ago.

Link doesn't work(?)

There is a danger of Pre-First World War 2 thinking here. They thought it would be like WW1. And pre WW1 they thought it would be like the Napoleonic era. The challenge is that a future major war between modern peers will not be fought as it was decades ago. Cyberwar and EW will almost certainly be the future dominant form of attack - with civilian infrastructure, banking systems, food and water distribution being the first targets. ie: There will be an attempt to destroy the very way our modern fragile societies function and the civilian populations will be the first victims. Ironically, the military will be the least affected as they are trained and have hardened electronics to survive such an attack.

This seems to be the crux of the matter. Life was short and cheap and death was everywhere from one source of another until the 20th Century. The idea that we are all valuable individuals and that life is precious is a new concept. It would be interesting to know if PTSD exists in the Taliban or ISIS or any other outfit where death is not seen as a big deal.

When CM2 was announced that was certainly my dream and am sure that others were hoping for that same interactivity so that eventually the game system would function more like CMBB or CMAK with the entire war being playable from 39 (or 41) till 45. The only difference would be that BF would earn a decent amount of money. Now am hoping that CM3 may be more along those lines.

I see "NATO Alamo" now. Not sure about the others. The Passage to Wilcox is not available in-game. And my saved demo games in the CMSF2 savedgame folder definitely do not appear in-game. When I right-clinked on the DEMO under programs there was no uninstall option, only delete. So I deleted that and then deleted the DEMO folder. Seems done. No problems - just curious why (most of) the demo scenarios and saved game files are not accessible.

I have Aris' Opel Blitz and Bedford. Discussing right now about if it's feasible to get my mod collection available for d/l.

That would be approx 420 rounds which is fine. It's the much larger loads that we can have our troops acquire that I was questioning.

I don't think there is an uninstall, one simply removes the item. Tried copying over the Demo scenarios and savedgames. But, they do not show up in my (2.01) install. Puzzled why the demo scens are not in the main game. They seem quite good. Thank you again...

It's like IED's. They can ruin a scenario unless the designer has calculated in the possibility that the player can lose a squad in one bang.

This all I found in my CMBN Z folder re Aris's Cromwell readme's (not sure if this is what you needed): "During the Battle of Normandy, 4th CLY served as part of the 7th Armoured Division, the "Desert Rats". On June 13, they advanced with a battalion of the 1st Rifle Brigade by road from Villers-Bocage and were ambushed by a detachment of Tiger tanks. A single Tiger, commanded by SS-Obersturmführer Michael Wittmann, knocked out the CLY's lead Cromwell and then took out the rest of the column, trapped in the embanked road. This was the prelude to a counter-attack by Panzer-Lehr-Division Division which forced the British out of Villers-Bocage. You can now replicate that battle with this decal set."

The problem is that my HD's have many Gigs of mods (probably every mod that has ever been made) and overall too large to upload in total and unfortunately I don't have time to upload individual mods to all the good folks who ask. Have offered to put em on a SSD and mail em to someone if they want to create a d/l site. It's a shame that the Repository plus the old CMMODS mods didn't get migrated in total to the new CMMODS site.