[Ronald Speirs dead]

Originally posted by Blashy:

Better you rent the whole set and watch them all in one day.

Band of Brothers is the must see WW2 cinema.

Haven't seen it, quite likely,

Never will.

I'd recommend:

Cabaret and Night of the Generals.

[Ronald Speirs dead]

Originally posted by Moonslayer:

Cheers, Dave, and you are quite right, of course; there are many vets still around and most are suffering still. I was referring to WWII vets specifically as one of the two last ones I know personally died recently... only my Grandfather is left now (he was a tail gunner in a Wellington).

As for band of brothers I will look out for it on the movie channels (Wouldn't want Normal Dude to quit making mods!).

All the best to your Grandfather,

He served in one of the few

"Good Wars."

Haven't had many of those since,

Exceptions being

Gulf War I,

And Afghanistan

(... from American perspective, and

ONLY in my opinion - who else's should

I have?).

ALL the others, and

I DO mean... every other one,

Were notso good.

My point was, and remains, that

Our fat-*ssed politicos

PROMISE these kids - MOSTLY

Poor, with not enough "connections,"

And so - unable

To "buy" their way out of it,

Yea verily, they

Get out the jingoistic, chavaunistic

Flim-flam and sham machismo rhetoric

To promise those

Great! War glories, and yet,

Once maimed or O/W ripped all apart,

Well,

They just can't seem to find enough $$$$$

To pay for the rehabilitation necessary.

THAT's the crime

I was referring to, and, IMHO,

We should see LOTS of our past

AND current politicos

Wearing prison garb.

In a REAL prison, not enny Country Club,

So - that way they can REALIZE

The extent of their crime,

And,

Like the pot-smoker caught with

A couple joints,

Do the time, eh?

[Ronald Speirs dead]

but there are precious few veterans left these days so to lose one is sad indeed.

Come to America M8,

Take a tour of the VA Hospitals here,

LOTS of Vets,

From old and new wars - torn all to shreds,

Physically, mentally,

Or worse,

Living and dying on the street,

Nope - don't get much

Accomplished medical attention, as,

RE: recent developments revealed

About Walter Reed there in D.C.

Like in that Movie,

Which I'd recommend you see,

Once or a dozen times,

Don't matter,

You'll get the PIC, M8.

"Coming Home"

With Jon Voight

And that true,

Red white & blue American

(... who is great enough

to admit past mistakes, unlike WAY

too many who cannot - EVER get over it)

Jane Fonda.

Every week I see 'em,

When I go out there,

Help out a little, as I can,

And,

Ride on out in the Gov't Van

Friday or Saturday night,

Sometimes when it is below freezing,

TRY to talk them... home, come in

Off the street.

Some still in fatigues,

Beaten, weary, drug-stricken,

Carrying bad memories

Like empty ammo clips

Hanging off their ragged clothes.

Cartoons are one thing.

What it IS, brother,

Is... another.

Fat, tired old men

Who NEVER were in any war,

Nor their own sons neither,

Sending the young ones

Off to do their insanely

Inspired - dirty work.

It's a crime, a shame.

[AAR, Jollyguy (Allies) vs. Terif (Axis)]

More randomness is good in my view... the more random the better. War is random and so should games be.

Couldn't agree more, Jeff,

And I will continue to work diligently

With manifold suggestions

For more random/variant events,

Rest assured.

Within reasonable "historical framework,"

But of course,

And,

Also work to eliminate as many

Of those - yet existant - "gamey exploits"

As possible.

There IS a huge difference between

Random and Exploit,

Literally or figuratively.

[AAR, Jollyguy (Allies) vs. Terif (Axis)]

Myth das ist Terif:

Nevertheless bad luck can have a huge psychological influence, especially on how you continue a game (aggressive, passive, with rage in your stomage... ). But as long as you don´t let yourself throw off track, random effects only change the strategies under which you can or should choose, not the outcome of the game .

Cold as Ice.

To the devil!

With the suprising!

Sides of the dice.

I'll internalize the scripts,

Will - tantalyze - the Lion

With a dazzle

Of mein whips,

With... the... gift

I was lucky enough to get, IE,

A sweet & complete set of brains.

That other - yip & yowl Cat?

He can do the back & forth flips.

LOL,

Well, it's as I've ever surmised:

Terif wins - since the other guy

Chooses to lose.

[AAR, Jollyguy (Allies) vs. Terif (Axis)]

Liam:

Instead of a pure focal point on Mediterreanan supply on Gibraltar and Malta, how about Eastern Med supply from Crete??? It was bitterly fought over for that purpose, and could abstractly make the Mediterreanan war a little more intrigueing...

And,

So that the Allies could not base

Long-range heavy bombers

On Crete so to smash to smithereens

The Ploesti oil-fields.

I agree... could have a "Crete Effect"

(... similar to, but less effective

than "Malta Effect")

And I have supported that very idea

For a couple years now.

[AH Advanced Third Reich Mod]

- (Bug?) Once Egypt falls, there is a message that comes up after MOST turns: "Naval Units Proceed to South Atlantic"

There is an AI event to evacuate Allied naval units so that's probably what you're seeing. Multiple units would take a couple of turns, generating a message each time.

Bill... IF you are using a Fleet script (... and not a "naval loop script) similar to the one that follows:

_______________________________________

; UK evacuates fleets from Red Sea

{

#NAME= UK Evacuates Fleets from Red Sea

#POPUP= UK Evacuates Fleet from Red Sea

#FLAG= 1

#TYPE= 2

#COUNTRY_ID= 1

#TRIGGER= 100

#LEVEL= 0

#SIZE= 1

#BUILD_LENGTH= 0

#LENGTH= 10

#GOAL_POSITION= 123,40

#GOAL_POSITION= 36,33

#GOAL_POSITION= 44,17

#GOAL_POSITION= 52,11

#DATE= 1939/09/01

; Set friendly positions:

; 1st Line - Glasgow Port

#FRIENDLY_POSITION= 61,13

; Set variable conditions:

; 1st Line - UK politically aligned with Allies and not surrendered

#VARIABLE_CONDITION= 1 [2] [100] [0]

; Set tactical conditions:

; 1st Line - Jerusalem not tactically threatened (dummy condition)

#TACTICAL_CONDITION= 119,34 [3]

; 1st Line Set activate position (Axis unit in Alexandria)

; 2nd Line Set activate position (Axis units approach Cairo)

#ACTIVATE_POSITION= 111,34 [0,0] [1,1] [1]

#ACTIVATE_POSITION= 114,37 [1,1] [2,2] [1]

; Set dummy cancel position (single neutral unit at position 0,0). This is not possible as no

; unit can occupy tile 0,0 so event will not be cancelled due to #CONDITION_POSITION

#CANCEL_POSITION= 0,0 [0,0] [1,1] [0]

}

___________________________________________

THEN - what you have to do is "instruct" the evacuating fleet (... which would NOT appear when FOW is off since it has already gone)

To go BEYOND the 2nd Goal Position.

IE, send it up towards mid Atlantic, or as in the above example, near Ireland.

What is happening is this:

There is no "transit DELAY" so the ship is immediately and constantly going back & forth in a loop.

Try that and it should work... it did for me.

[Sprite Replacement Package for SC 2]

While yer at it,

How about?

The long-barreled 75mm PzIV

Without "track skirts?"

As is,

They look too much alike, can

Hardly tell 'em apart,

Like it was in the old-days funny papers

With them - Katzenjammer kids!

[Sprite Replacement Package for SC 2]

Ack and alack! :eek:

Out-voted 101 to 1!

[... here, as in Beta, Hubert gets 100 votes

to each of our one]

However, I STILL say the Panther

SHOULD arrive before the Tiger.

(... which was a "birthday TOY" for A Hit,

who gushed over them rush-job wonder weapons,

the un-holy, evil-dreaming - fool!)

BECAUSE:

1) It was in service and effective

FAR MORE than that lumbering fast flash one

and done done! crash-machine, AKA: Tiger.

2) Agree that it was, for the most part

THE best Tank, oh, until the mid 1950's,

AND ipso - should be ON the battlefield

sooner than the Tiger.

I say again,

Panther should be ON the battlefied

by July 1943 at the latest... if it remains

at L-5, it may not even be available

in most games to help turn aside the red tide

at Orel/Kursk,

[... especially for TaoJah, who NEVER has

ANY luck! Seems impossible, but,

he insists...) and so

Da-Da Cabaret in Berlin will be demolished

and turned into a humm-drum

Soviet tractor factory

too much sooner!

Well,

No big deal, I've been out-voted MANY times.

Last time,

It was 7 billion to one.

See,

I had proposed a World wide requirement

That ALL humans (... and a couple animals)

Might ONLY use 1963 Schwinn 3-speed bike

For transport to & fro upon the earth.

[... no need to rely on dinosaur sediments!

and too, Ozone layer will remain somewhat intact,

thereby reducing 'em horrendous skin cancers!]

THIS time I only lost by 100 votes!

But it's not over 'till it's OVER,

What does ennybody else got to say?

Panther first, or that... fast

Flash & crash machine?

[ April 11, 2007, 05:00 AM: Message edited by: Desert Dave ]

[Sprite Replacement Package for SC 2]

GErman tank production during WW-2:

Panzer I... 1,500

Panzer II... 1,000

[Czech T-38... 1,400]

Panzer III... 15,000 - primary tank from 1940-42

Panzer IV... 9,000 (Guderian recommended many MORE)

Panzer V ("Panther)... 4,800 - 1st used at Kursk in July 1943

Panzer VI ("Tiger")... 1,400

Panzer VII ("King Tiger")... 500 - 1st used May 1944

Whichever sprites are used (... Fernando's are the best by far, IMO), the Panther should - whether by date or number produced,

**PRECEDE the Tiger on the battlefield.

T-38's could very well be omitted altogether. Instead, I would combine I & II,

Then - III, IV(early & late), V and VI,

In that order.

___________________

BTW: Shouldn't this thread be over in the "mods" forum?

[ April 10, 2007, 11:38 AM: Message edited by: Desert Dave ]

[A warning from Goran Hrvatkovic]

Modern Times, more dangerous than any worn out 1890 Ideology

Some things never change.

The closed eyes you are born with,

The surprised eyes when you

Die.

First knowing not.

Perhaps, happy day, knowing how.

The fraction was Creation.

The Golden Age of Greece.

Charlemagne's Gual.

The Beast in the labryinth,

A myth received - about Crete?

And,

Not least,

You,

A leap-for-joy school-boy,

Released,

In a bell-ringing hall.

That was the day - recall?

1511,

1622?

1733?

1890? ANY date and, all,

Is... now!

Nope, some things just

Never change.

[A warning from Goran Hrvatkovic]

Originally posted by John DiFool the 2nd:

I think the phrase "WTF?" :confused: applies here...

A couple strange days later,

It still applies.

It's not always what something is WORTH,

It's what it does to your soul.

Sometimes a fetish is a fetish

IS a fetish, and can

Lead to really weird dreams.

Yeah,

I used to see that kind of stuff

When I lived in Germany.

Down broken cobble-stone roads,

In hidey-holes where there were cobwebs

In all 4 corners of the narrow window, or,

Poor German kids from poor families

Would ask me if I would like to have

Such & such a thing.

For a price.

Not knowing what else to do

About this new intrigue,

I had asked my Old Man about it.

He said that if I brought ANY of that

Trash into the house,

He would throw it - and me,

Should I insist on clutching it - out.

Collecting is alright, but, personally,

I think I'll stick to old

Baseball cards and comic books.

To each their own sort of totem

I guess is how I'd say it.

[Can this game run in a window?]

Originally posted by AZGungHo:

Hey Dave,

Ah - Kid Colt! I remember him well - not to mention the Two Gun Kid!

There sure were a lotta kids running around the old west shooting people weren't there??

My favorite Comic,

I couldn't put it down hardly! :cool:

Well,

STILL are folks shootin' each other

All over the place,

Only now,

Some gangsters and punks

THINK usin' an Uzi is cool.

Gone are the days

Of straight-shooting,

Each man with equal

Chance at - slap-holster

And fastest draw.

Liked it back then,

A WHOLE lot better.

[Can this game run in a window?]

Lookin' out my gaming-room window

About now,

This is darn near

Dead-on what I see...

Yep, WAY too

CROWDED, but,

You can walk a few miles in any direction

And set yerself - free.

Better have sturdy

Worked pliant boots,

A scarf of some sort,

Broad-brim hat,

And - a snake-bite kit

Though; nope,

It's no easy as

Apple-pie! Go.

[Can this game run in a window?]

Originally posted by Canuck_TAR:

DD.........you ever write a complete sentence??

Used to, old hand,

In high school and Army tour

And at University, but,

Time went by,

Fast!

As you probably full well realize, and

Time got... COMPRESSED, so to speak,

And so,

Decided to CONDENSE things

A little more.

On forums anyhow.

When I'm tendin' the Garden,

I'll speak with the shrubs & trees

And the Yucca and Gila Monsters

And Road-runners and what-not,

In more, ummm... flowery prose.

[Can this game run in a window?]

This is that great Comic I was

Talkin' about...

Guess I'll have to look around on e-bay

(... yard sales would be one in million

chance I suppose)

And see if any are still out there.

Usta trade 'em back & forth,

Same as the baseball-cards,

Wish I would've kept a couple

Of these, tho.

[Can this game run in a window?]

As originally proposed by SM:

Wise words DD and what fun you can have creating that "man".........ehh? :cool:

I'll respond over here, maybe

No objections?

(... could be? some ain't liken

'at great Gestalt - is Daffodils

before the torrents of Spring?)

Since THIS thread seems

To have run outta steam?

I reckon we'll see on that

There, but,

My words ain't enny iota "wiser"

Than what you've mentioned

Over these many years, yep,

I ALWAYS read yer posts, SM,

No matter WHAT is tropic or topic,

Nuts & bolts,

Or - RE: "Kid Colt"

(... do you happen to remember

that FABULOUS Comic Book? I can't find

NOBODY who does! :confused: )

O/T even, or maybe a bit about

Them Alamo kind of Guys,

Travis, and Bowie, and Crockett,

Who'all, IMO,

VERY LIKELY learned stuff

For themselves, as well.

Can't imagine enny a' them

Plainly American

Pioneer sorts of Cats,

Then the going got awful

Wrack & ruin tough,

Twistin' 'round - backwards,

And askin', forlorn-like: "Hey,

What do I... do... NOW!" LOL!

[ March 21, 2007, 08:04 AM: Message edited by: Desert Dave ]

[Help with operation Barbarosa!]

Originally posted by tunatamaker:

What?! I am sorry, i dont see how that helps me!

Skip it then.

Wait for something you like better! :cool:

BTW, WRT the topic at hand,

I would do this:

Learn things MOSTLY for yourself.

Trial and error.

Play and play and play.

That way,

You are your OWN man,

Not somebody else's creation.

[Help with operation Barbarosa!]

AH darn...good all SC1. Damn do I miss the days or what...

_______________

The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,

Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit

Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,

Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.

--- O Khayam

______________________

Hey, Life,

She just ain't fair ; sit

Beside me - here,

And relieve your weary

Writing-wrist, and compare

The following pair:

One is pummeled with a cudgel,

Often, woe, often - and for no

Apparent reason; an other

Fares better - and some would insist!

It's surely due to wile & grit,

A sturdy, brute, dilligence, and,

That brawn, or wit, you are born with.

But, it's

Mostly - just... being - a lucky duck!

Nothing to do about that,

Except - simply, exist - under

The mid-day sun, enhuddled

In nocturnal shade and - yes! Refresh!

In a gifted drifting of mist.

--- the newly bloomed Daffodil!

on the hill-side in my back-yard

___________________________________

[Should SC2 be played by kids under 18????]

Originally posted by jon_j_rambo:

The Lizard Man is the dead one, Jim Morrison.

That's Lizard King, jjr,

Not Lizard Man

Nor Lizard Dude,

Or Lizard Wizard

Has got sulphrous talons

'Stead of only bony fingers, neither

Either, eh?

My kind of abnormal Cat, @-Man :cool:

I had the - ummm, pleasure of knowin' 'im

(... sort of, say, in the way

you ken actually

KNOW a Bengal Tiger, for instance)

When he lived in my neighborhood

Here in Desert City,

And also out at Big LA's

Whiskey A Go Go

That one time, LOL, he was not

So far ripped out and gone, baby, gone!

You could NEARLY understand

'Is X-tremely lively jive kinda

Mad-hatter patter.

Yep, jjr, MORE flat-out charisma flyin'

Every witch-a-way offa

That ACTUAL Bad Cat than ANY

Person I've ever known, uh huh,

(... tho, Bobby Kennedy had that same

outrageous stuff, only different,

whiter, so to speak)

It was akin to... standin' alone

In midst of mighty ferocious thunder

And lightning storm!

BTW... once did a 40 page research paper

For an Abnormal Psych class

On - WHY In tarnation!

Are the really great "Show-Folks?"

[... as you coulda been, IF only... ]

Almost always... umm,what is ordinarily

Considered by the crowd, as - freaks,

Clowns,

No good-niks,

Slap 'em 'n smack 'em sorts of

Anti-social disordered dudes?

IOW,

Crazy *ss flakes, man, and too,

Drivers of rods or

Moto bikes - ain't got no brakes! :eek:

Anyways,

This here "thesis" included

A couple other back alley Cats

That you would know:

Jimmy Swaggert,

And Ted Turner.

[... I only considered characters from

roughly, oh, 1963 to 1983]

I would send you a copy of the treatise,

Except,

You had PROMISED me

One a' them there Camp Rambo

T-shirts,

Only I never did get it.

Maybe IF I should join?

One a' them there tree-house clubs?

THEN I'd finally get mah cut-off T? :confused:

(... gettin' closer to "The End," here,

so not to worry O/T dis-liking Kin )

[Should SC2 be played by kids under 18????]

It is possible to believe white American's could have partaken in such a past time. It's in their blood...

Well Liam,

I'd have to say it's notso much

"In the blood"

(... though I think I understand what

you are intending)

As it is,

In the brain.

That ancient... Lizard Brain.

The kind you find in this old creature

Common hereabouts

Where I live.

Covered over with sheerest veneer

Of ol' Huck Finn's

Adolescently despised - "Civilization."

And, IMHO,

It ain't limited by skin colour,

As Conquistadores and Idi Amin

And Genghis and recent blood feud

Between India & Pakistan

Among VERY many other "races"

Has amply vampirely proved,

Over and over and over,

All throughout the Ages.

Whole clans have gone "mad."

Are now.

Will again.

Though, I am optimistic.

One day... a kind of "collective

epiphany" shall occur.

A "common and unspoken" agreement

To QUIT!

All the scratch and snatch & grab,

That "base" sneer and ice

Cold command.

Proof of that?

Have none,

Empirically speaking.

Instead,

I'll say... it NEEDS to happen, and

Fair soon.

Perhaps that is the ONLY impetus

Necessary?

[ March 15, 2007, 06:50 PM: Message edited by: Desert Dave ]

[Have you seen this?]

P.S. Hello to Desert Dave. It is me again. Are you happy to see me?

Hi-ho, vveedd.

What you say?

Sure,

Given my isolated place and state,

I am - once in a while,

Happy to see almost ANYONE.

The Beggar Man,

The Tax Man,

Flim Flam Man,

Mad Max the anti-cop,

Rag Man in 'is fly flop shoes,

Pale Rider on plodding

Plow Horse,

And, of course,

Even - this guy

Who is,

THIS time... I soon find out, savage!

As a crazy radio talk-show host,

And toting a sawed-off shot - e's after

My 19 and 56 model... washer machine!

Turns out 23 straight payments!

PRECISELY - on time,

Ain't gonna cut it.

... I had asked for - 3 day

extension?

They say - NO way Jose!

[... BTW, my name ain't Jose, they

seem... a bit flippant, eh?]

The TidePool

Mega-Corp (... which is based

in Bermuda, like so VERY many another

USA - USA - USA!

Kind of Corps - so to avoid paying ANY

Taxes - hey what! Lucky ducks!)

Anyway,

They have NO interest

In... EXCUSES,

They are like Saint Peter

At the Gate, in that way,

Oh say,

As in THIS case - due to exorbitant

Cost of gasoline - driving

The (... coughing) VW Kamper Wagen

Across Desert City

So to visit a dying

Friend... from days of Old,

When it was

We'd tripped the kaleido-light

Out of sight... clear to Death Valley

California,

April of '69 it was,

In search of Fool's gold,

Well, why ever not?

We ain't around for very long

After all, as many right here

Will soon enough learn, and so

TidePool MegaCorp sent Repo

Dude

So to yank the in/out-flow hoses,

which he did proceed to do

With a mighty crass alacrity!

It's alright,

I got this crick? Runs across

The gulley-wash back yonder.

Couple times a year

I carry the heap on down,

Then it rains a spell up

In them Watermellon Mountains,

And there's a couple flat rocks

And!

A Lime deposit close to hand, so,

Knock-knock on green wood!

All's right with the World,

I am good!

To go!

You?

[1941 Unternehmen Merkur - Battle of Crete]

The map is done, just need to do the unit placement, balancing and scripting.

One of the critical features

Of the board game

Was the "drift" of the Para units

(... ack! Even into the Sea!)

And the size of the landed troops.

I guess you'll have some of the "engineers"

At reduced size... what would be

True cool,

IF we had a script

Where AB would become incapable

Of further Air Assaults

(... perhaps - "AI instructions"

of some kind or editable ability to ONLY allow

Air Ops within certain time frame?)

Which would allow you to use the right sprite

Throughout the game. :cool:

[1941 Unternehmen Merkur - Battle of Crete]

Have played the Avalon Hill

Board game many times,

Quite a challenge

For Axis player, but great fun!

Your early version

Is lookin' good! :cool:

**Should you need any help with testing

(... you may not and would

prefer to get it mostly done

yerself, and that's Cat's Pajamas)

O/W... post up

When it's ready.

You'll likely get plenty of offers

To lend a hand,

Myself included.

[SC2 Blitz display problem]

I have these,

Even with VERY latest patch,

But,

ONLY on the far right side of screen

Where the Xtra row of half-tiles are.

They go away when I right click

Anywhere on the screen.