Erwin

This will be really welcome. I never play CMSF, CMA or CMBN without the useful range and ammo type info your mod provides. The ammo type is most useful as without it, it's often confusing what resupply to take from vehicles.

The uniforms look great, Nik. Especially the ones in the first image. But, I do have a question re the following images... did combat troops go into combat with their shiny medals, ribbons and rank flashes?

I am not a victim, Mord, just one of the very few people here who give any feedback or thanks at all, and am not initimidated by the rudeness and unpleasantness of VSB's who seem to enjoy dumping on posters when they offer an opinion that differs from theirs. You interprete everything in the most negative way, even when someone is trying to be helpful. I don't know where your thin skin, bitterness and mean replies originate from. But, in my experience you must have some awful personal, professional issues or problems at home that motivate the mean and intolerant posts that you make simply to make yourself feel like a "big man". I enjoy playing the game. Nobody needs to provide feedback, say thanks, or acknowledge the work of others. Maybe you should consider having your own forum where you can say what you want and nobody else says anything. Then you would not be irritated so much.

If this is your first attempt, it's very impressive.

Wow. This will really be great. Thanks...

Very cool...

The Brit Javelin... This is different to the ATGM Javelin, or...? Bit confused...

Well unless your idea of feedback is "yes, you're brilliant, great job, you are wonderful, don't change a thing" then yes, useful feedback has to be critical in some way BUT should also be accompanied with practical suggestions for why and how the issue can be improved. In this instance feedback was requested. You interjected yourself into the thread when it appears that you hadn't bothered to even play the scenario, and you didn't add anything positive or helpful to the discussion. Seriously, Mord... I get private messages from people here who are scared to post messages publicly cos of VSB's (Venom Spewing Bullies) who they fear will dump on them. The thing with VSB's is that they make themselves feel better when they can humiliate other posters or make them feel like crap. I believe we all have a duty to monitor VSB type activity and call these nasty jerks on their behavior whenever it happens. Hopefully, they will start behaving a bit more maturely, or go away and bother someone else. You, me and all the other frequent posters here have to be a bit more tolerant of each other and focus more on eliminating posts that offer nothing but bullying insults like this one: "If you didn't bitch or have a passive aggressive comment for just about everything anybody here ever does, designers might be apt to consider your viewpoint more openly. You are one of the most demanding dudes on this board. Everything with you is "work"...CMX2 is work...the scenario is work...loading mods is work. Thing is, you aren't doing any work...you are benefiting from the WORK other people do...and apparently nobody can do any of it well enough to satisfy you. It gets f*****' old."

There are some good mods for terrain available now.

I like the simple operational level that Achtung Panzer and the Close Combat series have (and wish CM could have something like that). Unfortunately, their tactical levels are not as good as CM.

+1 The CM series is a great entertainment bargain when you consider what people spend on movies, a meal, alcohol... or other computer ganes.

http://www.freetranslation.com/translate-english-italian.htm hope this is helpful...

Another great phenomenon to watch is when you order an AT team to FAST MOVE from a building (from which they can never fire) to another location, and the zook/shrek/faust man stops (purely on his own/AI initiative), aims at the tank and kills it before continuing (FAST!) to his destination. Because ATR's can't fire from inside buildings I have started using this technique as a deliberate tactic... and it seems to work. Hope someone more knowledgeable than me can comment on your ammo issue. I don't recall ever seeing that in my games.

"it is possible for me to see X location, but it won't necessarily tell me I will definitely be able to nor will it tell me I can actually fire on that location." This is the crux of the LOS issue. As I have mentioned before, there is no point in a game having the 3rd ammo donkey able to see a target if it's impossible to get a weapon to fire at it. When your buddy, a few inches away, can see a nearby target it is nothing but frustrating that one can't get a weapon to move a few inches so it can fire at it. And this is what happens a lot, not just once in a blue moon. Whether you consider CM is primarily a simulation or an entertainment product, this is one of the greatest challenges.

Just downloaded all 7 xnt mods. (That's everything so far, right?) Thank you Aris and GAJ (and "benefactor".).

And better coffee as well!!!!

I used it yesterday and just did a test and was able to successfuly d/l again just now. I believe you have to register at CMMODS. They are not connected officially to BF site.

I think someone did tests and apparently he concluded that the attributes do make a difference statistically. But, they have a much more subtle effect in CM2 vs CM1 where they had a very noticeable effect. Maybe it's the way I handle my pixeltruppen, but I haven't noticed any difference in CM2 even with no HQ at all. Wish the effects were less subtle.

The lowly jeep has always been one of my favorite modded vehicles in the game ever since CM1. So, thank you...

Thanks mate...

That's nice of you SLR. I was thinking the same.

I am impressed you're really doing a perfect job on this!

Well it seemed to d/l ok - seemed like a small folder actually. But, when the password window appeared those windows on my computer froze up and I can't do anything with em. Fortunately I can still get here. I will now have to reboot and hope this d/l hasn't done something malicious. Use CMMODS mate.

Oops. I didn't read the earlier part of the thread. I just thought there was a side discussion mentioning Ayn Rand. Wasn't attempting to make any argument vs anyone who posted here.

Apologies if this is a bit OT but I just happened to have completed Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand and was struck at how the situation she describes re the virtues of unfettered free enterprise is almost exactly the opposite of what we're living thru today. In AR's world the heroes of industry were men of iron who invented and built things, made railways run etc. What would she or her characters have thought of Wall Street bail outs, failed executives of failed companies being rewarded with huge bonuses, outsourcing to other countries, the biggest rewards to gamblers/financial manipulators who produce nothing...? I think she and they would have been appalled - hence the lack of any AR material being used by right wing politicos today.