jdevlin
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Interesting - thanks a lot Normal Dude!
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Hi Normal Dude-Originally posted by Normal Dude:Problem is, enemy tanks can overrun/kill infantry up to ten feet away from them, without touching them. Case in point: Had a Piat gunner waiting in a bush on the side of the side and a Panther drove by on the road, a few feet but no way in contact. Next you know the PIAT gunner is faling over dead (Not enemy fire)
Could you make a video of this, or maybe post a save? I've been working through the campaign slowly and haven't seen this behavior yet - If this were CM i would have just created a simple battle to test it.
It seems to me that its related to that earlier issue whereby a tank driving near to friendly troops causes them to panic and dive out of the way - like the unit bounding boxes are huge or something. Is there a reason why, a technical limitation, or was this a design decision?
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Joe
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using the same assets, i got:
polish casualties:
17 men
0 tanks
german casualties:
99 men
13 tanks
amazing what a difference those 75mms made, although a majority of the casualties were from the ranks of the AT gun crews.
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the tab key ( and shift tab i believe ) cycles through available units.
found that if you left click on an enemy units "targeting bubble", or double right click on a friendly unit's schematic drawing, you can focus on a unit.
i wish they'd make that an assignable hotkey - it really helps to control the camera.
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what about the third one?
the second wave pf Pz 38s and 35s at extreme range makes a turkey shoot of my 7tPs and my 40mms, not to mention the fact that theres a Pz IV mixed in there with them. its kinda scary.
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Chazman is the anti-shill. or the bizarro-shill, depending on your tastes.
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Wow, Chazman - 28 people have voted.
28 whole people.
Thats like, the entire world or something.
How many times did you vote? I haven't voted yet, myself.
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Spoilers below!
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I think its also important to note that in mission 2, you recieve a third wave of reinforcements consisting of about 7 tanks and tankettes. taking the hill is not a requirement for recieving these reinforcements. very helpful.
*edit* - i forgot - you can sneak your squads close to the guns on the hill using the tree line along the road. Just have them crawl and hold fire. It requires a bit of patience, and you may draw fire from the guns if individual soldiers stray from cover ( which *does* happen ) but it can be done.
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what good is an intellectual battle with you, chazman? its all emotion.Originally posted by Chazman:Usually when those whose intellectual ammo clip is empty, resort to the asinine spell checker mode.
cool. so do I. just picked up 46 in fact.Originally posted by Chazman:I have every version of CM and IL2 including Pacific Fighters.
[/QB]Originally posted by Chazman:I fully expected this game to be a winner, hence my pre-purchase excitement when I posted on my gaming clans forum
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you're guilty of hogging the road yourself, chump. but somehow i dont think that you are possessed of the self awareness to be able to determine this.Originally posted by Krull:]Yea, I get it. You're a victim. Honestly, I resent being called a 'whiner' for daring to see the faults in this game along with what's ok. If there are problems with pathing or LOS it doesn't follow that it needs to be scrapped. Also, those that have been very vocal in big-upping this game give themselves way too much credit if they believe that they are responsible for patching. Spare me.
Strewth, another guy who thinks he's driving down a one way street with all the traffic going his way........
but its all in fun, right? you're just here for the entertainment to be found in stirring up a mess. you've said *that* about five times too.
you're tiresome.
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Yes they have stic. man. Ghost 1 got banned.Originally posted by Krull:</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by stic.man:
Krull no one has been banned or threatened to be banned. Seriously, slow your roll boss.
And at least 3 others are under threat of such.
What i'd like to know is if i flag a moderators post who reads that flag? </font>
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EDIT: you know what, never mind.
[ April 29, 2007, 05:30 PM: Message edited by: jdevlin ]
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that didn't really answer my question.
chazman has never been mobbed - he just showed up in every thread to complain. just look at his posting history.
i'm pretty sure i'll see a similar pattern in yours if i had the desire to look.
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Where is your call for manners when Chazman posts?Originally posted by Krull:Why the need to be so rude FaxisAxis?
Chazman has paid good money for this title & is entitled to air his conclusions/disapointment here as this is the ToW forum is it not?
Where would you suggest he takes his views?
Outside the back of your gaff?
Chance would be a fine thing
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hah - well I would have been sarcastic, anyway.
but seriously, you are aware that these two companies have also produced or released other styles of games, right?
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uh, i think he was being sarcastic about the forum request..Originally posted by Clip:I would suggest that if you start reading a thread and you don't like where it's going, that you simply hit the back button and move on. Easy and more realistic than having a new forum created. What you will and will not tolerate is ultimately in your own control, no?
would that be a track record of reading your mind?Originally posted by Clip:You have valid points, all of them. What you are not seeing is the big picture. I, like many here, was anxiously awaiting this game. In spite of some disturbing information in the forums (namely, the lack of the ability for infantry to enter buildings), I preordered mostly on faith in the track records of 1C and especially BTS.
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Because his posting history consists of 29 posts worth of putting down this game and the people who play it.
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Well, the only impression here is that you need to take your meds, Chazman..Originally posted by Chazman:We do it to give a Caveat Emptor to the other unsuspecting people out there who maybe under the false impression that just because it's from Battlefront, its got to be good.
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To beat this one I brought the two 75mm guns forward on the crest of the hill - they could see the enemy tanks from their starting points. I ordered them to hold fire until the panzers had cleared the tree line and then concentrated all AT gun fire on one tank after another, prioritizing targets.
Afterwards, had two decorated 75mm crews and a decorated TKS crew.
So how does one survive the second battle?
*spoilers?*
I'm able to take the hill and the german AT guns, but then you are counterattacked by about 10 panzer IIcs - by that time I'm largely out of ammo, as are the german AT guns, and my poor little tanks don't last long against a constant barrage of 20mm fire.
I'd like to actually see some of my soldiers advance in level rather than get wiped out in battle, no matter how glorious their last stand.
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troll much?
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Funny, thats how I'm beginning to feel about you, Chazman.Originally posted by Chazman:"Could you be a bit more constructive you freggin' looser?"
Kind of hard to be constructive of something that is completely busted, loser!
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And yet, later...Originally posted by maniac_mat:I agree with most of what BillyBob is isaying.
Thanks for calling me out!Originally posted by maniac_mat:and jdevlin, you sound like just as much of an idiot trying to sound smart, so it doesnt work for you either.
If you agree with BillyBob, why do you here state that "its not going to work for me either"? This suggests that you actually *don't* agree with BillyBob.
Anyway, the real point is that, yes I am an idiot - if only for arguing on the internet with my fellow idiots, especially ones for whom a coherent paragraph appears to be a challenge.
No one made any grammar flames.Originally posted by maniac_mat:trying to use good grammar or not,
"Realistic" is a flexible definition.Originally posted by maniac_mat:this game is junk, the pure fact that there is basically no LOS should be enough to stop people from calling it "realistic". and thats no even counting the other problems.
The real problem is that its not the game you wanted - and thats not the fault of the game makers.
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Please - if this is a kick in the nuts, then you have your perspective out of whack.Originally posted by BillyBob:It's not about hate, it's about being led up the garden path and getting kicked in the nuts at the door.
I don't feel like anyone owed *me* anything, and I'm having fun playing the game.
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Again, fair enough. You *do* have a forum.Originally posted by BillyBob:Posts here and posts at Sim.HQ, the majority opinion is that this game is a turd.
Wait until Magnum's review (senior admin at Sim.HQ), that'll tear your "predictions" all the way to hell and back.
I'd like to remind you, however, that it wasn't me making the predictions, explicitly.
Have fun hating the game!
just wanted to say good job
in Combat Mission Shock Force 1
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I'm enjoying the hell out of this game. Thats all I really want to say about it.
Oh, and for some reason, the US Forces remind me of warhammer 40k space marines. They're tough, specialized, high tech, with lots of good gear. Maybe its that mk19 that makes me think of it. I'm not going to go into the other implications that such a comparison would draw, I'd rather just finish my note here.
Thanks again for the great game, and keep up the good work. Looking forward to future patches.