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    Purchase Points For 1.01 Patch

    in Combat Mission Archive #4 (2002)

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    I was considering what the best scenario would be for purchase points. It dawned on me that instead of having preset amounts 100 then 200 up to 5000, just allow people to type in the amount. So for example if someone wants to play a QB with 8,500 points they just type in 8500. The same thing for the amount of turns.

    This would allow complete flexibility in the QB portion of the game.

    I would like to here opinions on this suggestion and in particular from BTS.

    Cordially,

    Voxman

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    Aircraft....armamet's

    in Combat Mission Archive #4 (2002)

    Posted

    We really need an English spell checker on this web board any chance for one smile.gif

    Originally posted by fire-fox:

    in the unit editer there are some aircraft that say that they carry e.g. 96x5lb bomb's (Hs-129)

    and the IL2 sturmovik (all vereants but the IL2T)

    can carry 92x2.5Kg AT/AP/insendurry bumb's this is no modeld in the game evan thowe they were use to devistating effect on the easten front.

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    Ampulomet???

    in Combat Mission Archive #4 (2002)

    Posted

    Russian Marines are in !

    Originally posted by John D Salt:

    </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Foxbat:

    It's an anti-tank mortar that shoots a flammable gel projectile (like a molotov-cocktail) over short distances... A bit like a PIAT, but worse :D

    I would have thought that the Northover Projector and the Bates Eight-Barrelled Bottle-Thrower (IANMTU) would have been nearer comparisons.

    I must say that I am absolutely delighted to know that the Ampulomyot features in CM:BB.

    Did the Black Sea Marines make it in? They are another of my favouite Russian Front things.

    Now, how long will I have to wait before I see the LMG rocket-mine and the 37mm spade-mortar?

    Trolley flamethrowers and mine dogs? Aerosans, Cossacks, mule-packed katyushas, mobile pillboxes, armoured trains and Volga gunboats?

    [Eyes go glassy, subject sings a few bars of "It's my party and I'll cry if I want to" to the tune of the Soviet national anthem, then falls into a dead faint.]

    All the best,

    John.</font>

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    What Should Be in the Patch?

    in Combat Mission Archive #4 (2002)

    Posted

    Patch:

    1) Allow 7500 and 10000 point QBs

    2) Allow 90 turns for QBs

    3) Allow Maps to be imported into QBs, with the provision, that the opponent gets a flag advising them the map is imported, to stop map fixing

    4) Graphics for planes, would add a whole new dimension to the game

    Just found out about Pioneers blowing up buildings within 30 metres. I believe this is great and will help to stop boring standoffs in towns !!

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    Nvidia Detonator 40.71

    in Combat Mission Archive #4 (2002)

    Posted

    Hello,

    Where is the Display Properties found under WinXP ??

    Originally posted by jiggles:

    Anti-aliasing is a technique which is used to reduce the jagged edges you see around the objects rendered by your graphics card.

    Another feature supported by modern cards is anisotropic filtering, which helps reduce the shimmering you see in the ground textures in the distance in CMBO/CMBB (especially when using the hi-res modded textures). In my opinion the anisotropic filtering has at least as much if not more impact on CMBO/CMBB.

    With 30.82 drivers you can alter the anti-aliasing settings from Display Properties -> Advanced -> GeForce -> Additional Properties -> 3D Antialiasing settings (on Win XP anyway).

    You can't control the anisotropic filtering from the control panel, you should get a third-party application such as aTuner (available from http://www.guru3d.com/atuner/ ). Change the Direct3D settings to 4xS Antialiasing and 8x Anisotropic Filter, and the results are quite beautiful. In particular look at the distant map as you move the camera, there's a lot less noisy shimmering with both these settings like that.

    If you play other games you should be careful to turn these off before playing, as they have a real big impact on the frame rate. It's not important in CMBO/CMBB, and your card should be quite capable of handling both these settings at maximum in Combat Mission.

    The 40.xx drivers allow you to alter anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering from the control panel (so you don't need aTuner), and supposedly give better performance. I can't get them to run, so I'm sticking with 30.xx for now.

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    Upgrade advice needed

    in Combat Mission - Tech Support

    Posted

    Your computer is okay for Office duties and the Internet but for gaming you will need a better system.

    Computers are cheap now. Minimum would be a 1.5 ghz CPU and a 32 meg video card. Depends on your budget.

    Regards,

    Voxman

    Originally posted by Ace Pilot:

    I’d like to improve how CMBB performs on my computer, but I’m not that knowledgeable on computer hardware. I’m hoping you guys can help. I have an HP Pavilion 8555C with:

    Celeron 500MHz processor

    Intel 810 chipset

    64 MB RAM

    Video memory consisting of 11MB shared system memory (I think a video card can be installed, but I’m not sure which kind. The specs sheet says “Video Graphics – PCI Local Bus” which I think means I could use a PCI video card, but not AGP – correct?).

    I’ve noticed that anything but the smallest CMBB scenarios experience jerky playback (is this the same as a slow framerate problem?), and even huge CMBO scenarios can be challenging.

    I recently installed DirectX 8.1b and the latest drivers for the 810 chipset, which improved things marginally.

    I am in the process of upgrading the RAM to 256 MB (max possible) and would like to know if I will see any improvements in CM play as a result of this upgrade, or if I will need to upgrade other aspects of the system.

    Thanks for your help,

    Ace

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    Comment on Aircraft - Nice Job

    in Combat Mission Archive #4 (2002)

    Posted

    I found the plane. It is listed under Ilyushin IL-4 and IL-2.

    If I scan the pages and save them as a .jpg is it possible to post them on this webboard ?

    If so, what are the commands to make a .jpg file show up ?

    Thanks,

    Voxman

    Originally posted by Voxman:

    Why do you feel AA couldn't handle a Stumovik-IL ?

    I looked in two books:

    Jane's Pocket Guide Fighters of WW2

    and

    Aircraft of WW2 by Chris Chant

    and I cannot find this aircraft listed. Does it go by another name ?

    </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by mchlstrt:

    So do AA assets have an effect, & has that been changed along w/ the Aircraft? I've never really understood how this aspect of CM 'works'. Could a Flak Gun ever have 'Stumovik-IL' listed in it's Kills window?

    strt

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    BFC - Whats the next big thing ??

    in Combat Mission Archive #4 (2002)

    Posted

    This poster is totally out to lunch !

    Originally posted by Midnight Warrior:

    My thought is that they might best split their forces and have the code hackers (Steve?) work on the engine rewrite while the modelers build CMBO models for the CMBB engine. Then perhaps they could turn out a CMBB'ized version of CMBO in say nine months to a year followed by a whole new engine that possibly covers a new theater in say another year. The idea is NOT to try to retro fit the CMBB code back into CMBO but rather add the CMBO units and terrain features into CMBB. That should require less coding and more modelling. I think that the reworked "CMBO" would be very appealing to the CM community even if it had no new features other than including the units and terrain features covered in CMBO with the CMBB features (I know I would like it!!) It could leverage off of the huge amount of scenarios developed and everyone could have the fun of replaying those old scenarios with the CMBB features. And not having to wait another two years for the next version would be nice for both the gamers (the last wait was awfully long) and BTS (from a cash flow perspective).

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    BFC - Whats the next big thing ??

    in Combat Mission Archive #4 (2002)

    Posted

    Originally posted by Schoerner:

    If BFC invests its manpower into graphics, combines CMBO & CMBB to a complete european war theatre with (maybe some additional strategic improvements) and videorecorder review, this would be enough for a new release.

    Your opinions?

    Great idea !

    I think they already mentioned they plan to drop the CMII engine into CMBO and CMBB after the release of CMDD. So I believe it has already been decided !

    Cordially,

    Voxman

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    Comment on Aircraft - Nice Job

    in Combat Mission Archive #4 (2002)

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    Not completely correct. When AA is targeted by the AI on the aircraft a label with the aircraft type is located where the aircraft is and the distance from the the AA gun is available.

    In addition, this provides proof that with the Shift-A command an airplane graphic would be visible. CMBB could reflect the plane, the plane being destroyed and the pilot bailing out of the plane.

    The plane crash and pilot do not necessarily have to land on the battlefield, they could crash off screen.

    Lot's of potential for improvement here for either CMBB patches or with the CMII engine.

    Let's hope BTS follows up on these issues.

    Cordially,

    Voxman

    Originally posted by rd:

    You only "see" the airplane shadow. The actually plane is not seen. However, the bombing & straffing is modeled quite nicely.

    [ October 02, 2002, 04:18 PM: Message edited by: Voxman ]

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