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Oh, I forgot :confused:

Hello! In CMBB, certain locations together with certain dates and clear weather (ex. Finland+december+clear) produced snow on the ground with clear skies, wich of course permitted air support. In CMAK I have been trying many combinations but I havent managed to produce a QB with snow on the ground and clear skies. If I set the parameters to snow/blizzard I get snow on the ground but also in the air (including in july, august etc!), wich means no air support. Even in Italy, in the northern part at least, there is a possibility of this weather condition happening. I can get what I want by designing a map/scenario in the editor. I can not, however, import that map into a QB and still get the same result, because the paramters of the QB overrides the parameters of the scenario design. Or is there a trick wich you can use here, that I don´t know of? Now, has anyone found a combination of location, date and weather wich produces snowy ground AND clear sky? Please, people of Battlefront, when you design the next engine, and if it still has a QB option, please include parameters for ground condition in the QB setup. I very much like to fly my Stuka over a happy winter wonderland!

The key as I see it is speed outflanking and overwhelming numbers. Get close and swarm, swarm, swarm! Of course it´s difficult on maps with open flat terrain

Oh, started writing an answer, got distracted, didn´t update the page, so now there are two allmost identical answers

Hi, I Don´t know if there´s a downloadable manual somewhere on the internet, but in the directory where CMAK installs there is a complete manual in PDF format. /Henric

Hi, GreenAsJade, yes I can confirm that it´s not the demo causing this "different version" thing. And it has happened in normal secure mode games aswell as in a trusted mode game (a scenario, not a QB). I got the tip from my partner to extract the .txt file from the .pbm file (with WinRAR), save it in the My documents\Pbem\cmak-folder and run it again. That solution has worked so far. Maybe the pbemh buggers the file up when it extracts it from the .pbm? I too saw that strange .txt file only containing one line of text.

Hi, Thanks for the help guys. I will not give up on this because it has great potential, as I´m sure Dieseltaylor would agree to. Windsor, I´m sure you´re right. My opponent switched too soon (I´m afraid I told him to ). In the readme of PBEMH there´s a description of the order of the phases (view, plot, view+plot) and of who sends which file to whom. It states: "A turn is generated when there is a separating horizontal line". I think this is what pbemh really means by "turn". It also states: "In Quick Battles there can be two extra unit selection turns in the beginning, if both players buy their units, so the fast mode starts in turn 5 instead of 3". So, in a QB, the switch would take place not in "turn 5 (= file 005)" (as you would be led to believe from the message boxes), not in "turn 5" of the game itself, but in "turn 5" of the "pbemh order". The switch will be made by whichever player recieves the 011 file. I will test this next time. I´m hopeful it will work. Another thing, both my opponent and I have recieved a message saying something like "The file is for a different version of CMAK". It seems that by simply extracting the .txt file from the .pbm file and saving it in My documents\Pbem\cmak and playing it again, it works (strange...) While I´m at it, I always get "E-mail adress different than directory. Do you want to copy?" when recieving a new file. And then after hitting OK: "DO YOU REALLY WANT TO COPY?". I hit OK and it works just fine. I´m just curious, different than what directory? Ok, thats all for now, stay cool, /Henric

Hi, Does anyone know when to change to trust/fast mode when in a QB? I started a QB with a friend and named the file "2-name_001". The "2-" is the same as trust mode as I understand it. I buy units, he buys units, I set up, he sets up, I plot. At this stage the file number is 005. I send it to my opponent, he hits "play" and gets a grey message box that says that if this is a QB, he should change to trust mode in turn 5. At the top of the message box it says "turn: 5" so he hits yes and everything seems to work until I get the file (006) from him. I do my view and plot alright but the program halts at "skip view". The program can´t find the files 010 and 011. Now, are we changing to trust mode too early? should we change in turn 5 of the battle? I don´t understand what the program means by the word "turn". I hope anyone understands my rather confused explanation.

Hi, again! Found the name of my broadband company SMTP-server. Tried it out sending files to two different e-mail I have. (One Yahoo and the other on the server of the broadband company) Really confusing, and I still don´t understand it 100%, but think I got it working now. Cheers!

Hi! Ok, thanks. I´ll keep trying. To play in trusted mode semms to really speed up the game!

Hi! I have looked around the forum for this but couldn´t find anything answering my questions. (Sorry if there is, and I didn´t find it). I´ve been trying to get the pbem helper to work but I´m having some troubles. Can I use it in combination with yahoo mail or hotmail or does it have to be Outlook? In either case, what do I tell the program when it asks for MAPI or SMTP? And the further on when it asks for server (POP3 etc.)? I have cable (LAN). Please, anyone?

At the end of my military service we had unspent ammunition wich we had to spend (who knows why, it was the army). We loaded the machinegun with almost only tracers (lot of them left too). It was like spraying water with a hose. And, yes, I had the impression you could follow the rounds with your eyes, reaching the target and ricocheting away up or down or to the sides.

He shoots and scoots and sees a...it´s a.........rock!

I think you have missed nothing. I tested Squad Assault and I share your impressions: It is indeed a crap game! And the controls are even more crappy! I didn´t even play it 5 minutes. There is another game similar to it on the market as well. I can´t remember the name now, but it too is CRAP! The Combat Mission series still reigns supreme IMO.

I think you have missed nothing. I tested Squad Assault and I share your impressions: It is indeed a crap game! And the controls are even more crappy! I didn´t even play it 5 minutes. There is another game similar to it on the market as well. I can´t remember the name now, but it too is CRAP! The Combat Mission series still reigns supreme IMO.

Sweden had, you could say, a very pragmatic approach to the war. Selling iron ore to Germany, exporting Bofors AA-guns to Britain, letting German troops go by train through Sweden to Finland. They also had volunteers in the finnish army (though not many I think), and even a few aircraft. As the German war machine began to run into problems Sweden began to lean more to the allied side...

And rotate the vehicle so that the towed gun faces roughly the direction you want it to be in. Then unload. Saves you time, I think.

Thanks! Worked like a charm!

Hi! How do I make a screen shot of a nice scene in a CM-scenario and save it on my computer?

Come on, calm down. The price difference is like 1500 "pelas". The dollar is cheap right now so it might even be lower than that. Besides, buying from Battlefront sends the money where it should go, to the creators of this beautiful game. Just skip a few kalimotxos next weekend and your balance sheet will be ok again!!

Hmmm. I´m sad to hear that. I´ll get the grid pronto, though! Thank you, over & out

Is there someone out there working on a mod for mortars, bazookas, panzerschrecks, etc.? I just think they look rather plain compared to other weapons wich are highly detailed. Just thought it would be nice with a mod :cool: Also, I like the gridded terrain (IMO it´s not gamey ) so I installed the mods made for the CMAK demo. They work fine but only for the type of terrain featured in the demo. Anyone working on this as well?

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees. Nice one! Ace work Battlefront!

Yeah, your right. I´m just a bit impatient. Maybe if the Baltic was frozen solid all the way out to the North Sea they´d get here quicker.