Erwin

Really enjoyed the dynamic nature of this campaign. If you lose you get pushed back. Wish the briefing said how many missions are in the campaign. I may go and redo and deliberately lose to get some of the defensive missions and see if I can turn the tide. Some may say the campaign is too easy. But, it's fun to use forces as they were intended rather than have every mission or campaign be a desperate fight merely to survive. The challenge is to do the campaign with fewer casualties. I wish we had more entertaining campaigns and scenarios like this one (and the ones in CMSF) in CMBN and CMFI.

IIRC games are being developed in reverse chronological order since they already have a lot of the late war stuff done (at least for the Germans on the East Front). It will be a little weird since one of the most fun ways to play CM1 was to start with Poland and work your way thru the war. It will be interesting to see if there is a large enuff market for the more obscure early war units and battles.

You are certain that you have no mod in your MOD folder that could be interfering?

IIRC it was also an economy issue. The Brits felt they had better results when a man carefully aimed a shot rather than the spray and pray methods we see elsewhere. But that was when engagement ranges were expected to be many hundreds of meters, not the relatively short ranges we see today. It also required more training - so it's like the Crossbow vs the Longbow. Reducing weight of ammo was also a factor.

If BF is still keeping the source code for CMC under lock and key, then they may see it as fallback security in case the CM2 series peters out due to it becoming so complex that the audience base/market gets too small.

It's probably some girl you p'd off...

In Mission #3, one gets two new fully supplied aircraft and 2 mortars, one fully supplied, the other a little less. However, only a few of the tanks' shells have been resupplied. I don't think the BTR's have been resupplied (much) either. Damage to vehicles seems to carry over. I think some inf losses have been replaced in the HQ units (not the regular grunts), but still not the 1st platoon HQ which was lost in Mission #1. Really fun and interesting situations and campaign. But as I said previously, a little more info on resupply and timing of reinforcements would be good.

This issue with MG's is interesting as I find I am only deploying and using em when absolutely needed. They are mortar magnets and per the above, don't seem to have any sort of dramatically useful effect compared to a squad or even a team with an LMG. When I have armor, I'll use them and leave the MG's behind in safety. So, if there is a flaw that makes em less effective than they should be, it would be great to correct that. The other related issue is that it would be great to enable crewed weapons to immediately run and hide when mortar shells start falling nearby. In these situations, ESPECIALLY with WEGO, there is no time to undeploy. The crew needs the ability (either auto or per orders) to FAST move a safe distance away and hit the dirt and HIDE. They should be able to return and recrew when safe.

Gorgeous map. Hope someone has time to design a scenario. Personally, I find the design process way too time-consuming and intimidating compared to CM1.

Beautiful. Thank you... (But, couldn't find the splash screen pics your instructions mention.)

Loving this campaign so far (mission #2). However, I wish the briefing had been a little more precise on when reinforcements would arrive. I can understand vagueness if they are half a day away, but if they are within 30 minutes, you would think the CO could expect arrival "within X minutes". In both mission #1 and #2, I wasn't sure when reinforcements would arrive so I was a bit more aggressive than maybe I should have been and lost both initial 1st platoon inf squads and the HQ in the hilltop houses, when it may have been better to hunker down and wait. But, it's no fun waiting an hour or more, (which I have occasionally done in other scenarios!), and now I just try and get on with it - which is not always advisable. I did win the first mission as the two squads sacrificed themselves taking a lot of muj with them, and an arty strike killed off the rest. The other thing is that there was no indication in the briefing that there would be no resupply of the 81mm mortars between missions #1 and #2 (and in the next missions???). Please make sure that players have that info as it may be critical in future missions. I am debating with myself now where I should restart or soldier on (with maybe no arty or air support left). The briefing also also doesn't mention if the tanks and AC's etc will be resupplied. Players need to know this stuff.

I tried it b4 I saw your post. Shame...

Am on mission #2 and really enjoying this campaign. I wish we had campaigns as interesting as this in CMBN or CMFI. For some reason the character of those two newer titles is very "claustrophobic" and nearly all available scenarios and campaigns seem to offer very conventional frontal assaults. Am really starting to appreciate CMA and CMSF all over again.

Wonder if it will work in CMA???

People seem to cream when someone duplicates that grayscale look for a CM pic, so maybe...

That is a very vaid point ASL Vet. However, I do know that in the 40's that sort of touching up would be quite crude and noticeable compared to the magic that can be done these days. I was in the movie biz for many years before becoming a military contractor. So, am used to looking for altered images. The thousands of hours of docs that I have seen do not show that sort of blurring out. And as I repeatedly say, this is not an all or nothing issue. Simply that in the majority of images, insignia are hard to see. I did not say that it is impossible to see insignia in all pictures. Also, the reason I asked the original questions was that in CMBN in particular, many of the uniforms (CW especially) seemed to have sported rather bright "brand new" insignia. Altho' I have only played Axis so far in CMFI, I think the uniforms (esp German) in CMFI are a big improvement on CMBN.

Rocketman... Like many, I still enjoy playing CMA and CMSF, and the bushes in CMA in particular make play hard. Any chance you could do a translucent version for CMA? It would be much appreciated.

Actually, the pictures reinforce my take that the insignia are subdued, not bright and colorful sniper targets as they are sometimes in the game. But, as I said "it's not all or nothing" as you guys keep insisting. You clearly don't watch many WW2 documentaries on the Military or History channels. But, you should as the thousands of hours avalable give a very good picture of what uniforms, insignia etc looked like in battles and it would be a good education for you.

Yes, the variety of Brit soft vehicles are fun. I highly recommend ROYAL MUD MARINES as a full game scenario that is full of them.

Hard to believe that you could get even better. Thanks!

Wow. Thank you!

This is awesome Mord. Can hardly wait to get home from trip to d/l and try out.

Really good looking graphics!

I understand that the poor bastard picked up out of the water got shot at the landing literally fresh off the boat. As I still maintain, troops that survived to be in combat for days and weeks, and that is what CMBN and CMFI covers were pretty dirty and hence you can't see insignia easily. It's not "all of nothing". It's fine that you like insignia visible in the game. I am merely pointing out that newsreel and documentaries from that era of combat troops who have been in the field for a bit show a different picture - of dirty worn uniforms that do not have obvious distinguishing marks. How you want your CM game to look is completely up to you. I am sure you can find exceptions. But, when I google for WW2 Combat pics the majority (am not claiming 100%) show images of combat troops in which it is hard to see any insignia. Take a look at these: http://www.dogfacesoldiers.org/ http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/pacificwar/index.html http://www.lonesentry.com/photoalbums/S16_79thinfantry/index.html However, I really recommend that you watch HISTORY CHANNEL and MILITARY CHANNEL for WW2 documentaries and newsreels as those are the best source.

Amazing accomplishment LLF... and anyone else involved.