Erwin

Maybe you can just take off 10 weeks? Can't imagine facing these forums without your wonderful input and work to alleviate the horror.

Is it accurate in a 1:1 ratio regarding distances and elevations? It looks like a wonderful map. But, am curious if you had to shorten the RL dimensions/distances to fit them into the max map size, but left the elevations as is. The slopes seem very steep. It's hard to see how AFV's could make their way thru it.

"9. Next turn Slow entry team into building while other teams Target light." If this works best, it's a game issue - not quite a RL tactic.

I looked at Op MINIMISE and the map doesn't look like the one shown here earlier. However the scenario is about the 1 LOAMS. So, not sure...

History shows that most fears are never realized. It's way too early for panicky reactions. Wish we could recall this thread a year from now and compare with reality at that time.

Looks v interesting but it's so large am having a hard time with situational awareness.

Yes, amazing map. How many man-hours did that take?

Schwimmwagon etc. would make a nice pack.

We were all hoping for stock Brit voices with very bad Russian accents...

Good question. Am interested as well.

I recall that very similar things were said and there were demonstrations when Reagan "a mere Hollywood actor" got elected in a surprise upset vote. Obama got it right when he predicted that tomorrow the sun will rise. Don't worry, be happy...

In this case there are only 2 bmp's for this halftrack graphic in Aris' mod folder. There is the vanilla m3-hull.bmp and m3-hull 2.bmp ONLY. IIRC one should not number any .bmp variant as (say) m3-hull 1.bmp. Am not sure if that "xyz 1.bmp" would simply not appear, or if it would prevent any higher numbered .bmp in the series from appearing in the game.

"Elite troops are no more bullet resistant than Regulars in CM. " More importantly surely is that the higher experience troops will aim better and obtain more hits.

Found it. Didn't realize I already had it. Question: Following my own advice, I copied the "blank" fuselage and named the copies to m3-hull 3/4/5.bmp etc. so I would only have maybe one red cross version in a scenario. I note that there is no mod called xyz 1.bmp. Is that true for all CM2 mod variants - that there is no variant mod called "1"? Thanks...

You could always waste the unwanted 4th missile in a "training" exercise at the start of the scenario...

You should be comforted that Trump has a large family of his own plus huge business interests and is "very comfortably off". Why take the chance of losing all of that? Am not sure what Putin's family or business interest are. But, he may have much less to lose. Remember, Hitler had very little to lose and one wonders if that enabled him to be such a gambler with the lives of others and his whole nation..

The game is very good and certainly not broken. However, the game has some very irritating aspects/features which hopefully will be addressed in future versions. In the meanwhile it's hard not to agree with Nefron;s point re: "...if a minute detail like an individual soldier being one meter to the right or left can affect the entire situation in a big way, then give me control over those details. ... This aversion to micro, and the distinction between what is and what's not micro management seems completely arbitrary." One specific example is the dysfunctional targeting system used by support weapons units. It's very common that the 3rd ammo bearer can spot an enemy unit, but neither the AI nor the player can move the HMG or gun a few inches so that the gunner also has LOS and can fire at the target. This makes no sense and ruins the immersive/realistic feel of the game.

We had a discussion about indirect artillery vs moving targets. The opinion was that if the FO can still see the target, the arty would adjust to the target's new position automatically. In the game at least, it's likely to be the same for a drone functioning as the FO's eyes.

Am pretty sure it will be one of those halftrack fuselage "options" for a halftrack. Presumably if you have (say) 5 options numbered 1-5 and option 6 has the cross, then approx 1 in 6 of one's halftracks will have the cross.

I liked the halftrack and gun mods. I have never seen one with the red cross marking. Anyone know where that can be d/l from?

My cousin was a major in the Finnish army and ico a military museum. I visited some years ago and the Finns have tons of WW2 stuff lying around. If you are interested in communicating send me PM.

It's a misspelling of Googol.

Wow, Koh. This is exciting. Do the Finns replace Germans, or who? Thank you...

Ok... my current versions doesn't have a fixed wing asset. I will restart (again). Thank goodness this is such an entertaining first mission!

FWIW I find it hard going from WW2 to modern as am more used to WW2.