BadgerDog

I had that exact kind of event happen to me a few times and it drove me crazy. :mad: Now I not just stop the move, but directly target and I haven't had a similar problem since. (Crossing Fingers) .. Regards, Doug

Hmmm ... I just play Panzerlied and turn the speakers way up loud, then charge my tanks in "line abreast" against everything in site. I've wondered why I've been taking a beating for years ... Regards, Doug

Here's a link that will help with official markings. It's a site provided by one of our moderators with some good information to bookmark for the future. Lee Enfield Rifle Markings (click here) The "M" on the butt tang with the serial number most likely means it was made by R.O.F. Maltby, Yorkshire Regards, Doug

Interesting.. your No.4 Mk1 has the early war "rounded" cocking handle... a bit rare .. any EFD markings on the cocking piece? Nice collection ... Regards, Doug

To be honest, a FULL WOOD No.4 Mk1(T) is most effective within 300-400 yards. At 600 yards, the hit % drops a lot. Even as an expert shot, I think she only managed 50% hits on a 12" steel plate at 600 yards and it got worse as she fired more rounds. Even at 300 yards, the biggest problem was the barrel heating up after the 2nd or 3rd shot and that caused it to press against the forestock wood, screwing up the barrel bedding and related harmonics. MoA groups opened up a LOT when that happened and accuracy on a 12" plate suffered greatly. A combat rifle built to be a standard infantry weapon doesn't make for the best sniper rifle in it's original manufactured form. It's the main reason you see so many hunting rifles are sporterized by cutting back the forestock, so the barrel "floated" from crown to receiver, to improve accuracy. Even in WW1, the Canadian snipers cut the forestocks back on their issued Ross built sniper rifles, to improve accuracy and offset the effects over heating caused by standard rifle construction. 1915 M10 Ross MkIII* Sniper Rifle Serial #223 I guess what I'm saying is that I'm not sure that CMBN modeled sniper rifles are far off, at least on all shots subsequent to the first few. I also understand that they aren't really supposed to be sniper rifles, but rather designated marksman rifles, which aren't the same. Look at the K98k-ZF41 (click here) as a good example of that. In my opinion, the cold bore first shot is the best one that comes out of an unmodified standard sniper rifle contemporary that period. Regards, Doug

I'll be sure to tell this one Michael ... The first one didn't like guns and tanks either ... This one's hung around for over 30 years now, which is a good thing .. Regards, Doug

Well, I wish they were, but my kids are 40 and 38, so they're from a generation that doesn't like guns and thanks big government protecting us is a good thing. On the other hand, my generation from the 1950's and 1960's believes in self reliance and personal accountability … So, my wife and I are serious collectors of both modern hand guns, sniper rifles and old milsurps as a hobby (she does Enfields and I do K98k's .. principally Oberndorfs from 1934-1945)... it's an expensive hobby... We own the collectors site I mentioned in the earlier email. We're also both recreational pilots and firearms qualified under IPSC (International Practical Shooting Confederation), Black Badge, PPC (Police Pistol Combat) and IDPA (International Defensive Pistol Association ). We both took our sniper training and we qualified out to 1,000 meters. Milsurp Sniper Rifles at 400 Meters (Range Video) ... click here Milsurp Sniper Rifles at 500 Meters (Range Video) ... click here I'm ex-military (retired) and was commissioned an Officer in the Canadian Armed Forces in 1970 and awarded the Canada Decoration on July 21, 1978. Currently I'm the Vice-Chairman and Managing Partner of a Private Equity Investment Fund. I started out training on M4 Shermans when I was 17 and we were still carrying and qualifying on Sten guns, Bren guns and Browning 9mm pistols until they started replacing them with Centurion tanks, Sterling SMG's and FNC2's. Footnote: My wife doesn't understand why I love CMBN (and previous generation) games, but she does stand over my shoulder and cheer loudly for my side during the video playbacks. Regards, Doug

My wife knocking down 12" steel plates at 600 meters with one of her 1945 Enfield No.4 Mk1(T)'s from her private collection. Regards, Doug

Some minor graphics glitches and a dive bomber sound playing constantly with old 1.01 games running under 1.10, but it goes away with games stared under 1.10... All in all, a terrific Mac implementation ... I'm very grateful to BFC for programming their series of games for both PC and Apple platforms. Not many organizations have had the foresight about the ever building market share of Apple that BFC has shown over the years. Without that support, I would have never been able to continue playing BFC products after we switched our entire family over to Mac based technology. Thank you BFC ... Regards, Doug

Great site for research comparing old milsurps .. Military Surplus Collectors Forums - Knowledge Library .. but, I'm biased .. Regards, Doug

I can confirm problem on my MacBook Pro running OSX 10.7.3 as well ... Regards Doug

Yes... At ranges like 2,000 yards, it's almost impossible to see much with of anything through the narrow tube affectionately called a "sighting telescope", with a lot of markings and gradients (mils for lateral corrections) getting in the way of seeing. Also, the glass itself is not like looking through a modern 35mm camera lense that's bright and clear, or a modern rifle sniper scope. The glass was milky in spots and to be honest, not that great a quality, plus it had imperfections you could see in the glass itself. We used to swap the sighting telescopes around between tanks like musical chairs, hoping we personally wouldn't end up with the "crappy" one. For the gunner to get a spot before the LO (loader operator) or CC with bonos did, the bad guy would have to drive into your field of view, with the motion being what triggered you to spot him, as opposed to using "shape, shadow, surface and silhouette" to see him. The CC always called targets after spotting them, at least in my experience back in the 50's and early 60's.. I'd love to see these exact tests repeated with hatches closed and also a set with the CC out of action (dead or whatever), so the gunner was on his own. Regards, Doug

Video card settings in previous post and yes to ALT HOTKEY thingy ... Pic attached of in-game settings .. Regards, Doug

Absolutely correct... no contest... in an M4 the bino based CC made the best spotter ... Regards, Doug

Me too ... Alt Key Set Regards, Doug

Model Name: MacBook Pro Model Identifier: MacBookPro5,1 Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor Speed: 2.53 GHz Number of Processors: 1 Total Number of Cores: 2 L2 Cache: 6 MB Memory: 8 GB Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz Mac OSX 10.7.3 NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT: Chipset Model: NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT Type: GPU Bus: PCIe PCIe Lane Width: x16 VRAM (Total): 512 MB Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de) Device ID: 0x0647 Revision ID: 0x00a1 ROM Revision: 3437 gMux Version: 1.7.3 Displays: Color LCD: Resolution: 1440 x 900 Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888) Main Display: Yes Mirror: Off Online: Yes Built-In: Yes Regards, Doug

Amen .. At 2,000 yards sitting in the gunner's seat looking through that narrow tube, it's nothing but a dot on top of a speck of dirt, so you need at least 3 rounds to get "on target", unless you are very lucky in your manual range estimation, or your CC (Crew Commander) was, whomever made the initial target call. Here's some 45+ year old pics from my very first day on the tank ranges as a fresh young Crew Commander. Two of my first few engagements (different tanks) at 1,500 to 2,800 yards were captured in the color pics below. What the second one didn't show was the result of the 76mm back blast spinning me around in the turret, blowing my beret off my head and over the back deck, plus burning (singe effect) my eyebrows and hair bad enough that it crumbled to the touch. Of course, I straightened myself up and tried to look "very cool" to all of my buddies watching. Regards, Doug

Roger that ... Thanks for your follow up .... Regards, Doug

I had a similar problem until I found out my playing partner had upgraded from 1.01 to 1.10 CMBN (CW) ... I had not as yet .... Once I did my upgrade, his return move suddenly appeared for me ... Regards, Doug

I noticed this as well on my Macbook Pro .... I was wondering if it was some new game indication of some sort of action taking place, but what I couldn't figure out... :confused: Regards, Doug Edit: By the way, all my Allied floating icons only flicker when I select one of them. If I un-select it, they don't flicker. I also get the constant dive bombing plane noise in our 1.01 current match

Has this been fixed in 1.10? Thanks .. Regards, Doug

Thanks ... I knew there was a reason I converted our entire household over to Mac's .. CMBN ran smoothly on my 2009 MacBook Pro with 8Gb memory and 500Gb SDRAM drive (all options ON) .. Regards, Doug

I'm confused ... :confused: I have a MacBook Pro with 8 Gb of RAM. You mean it doesn't use all of that RAM now? Didn't know that. So, do I have to run a patch on my Mac after I install my CMBN (CW)? Regards, Doug

Thank you very much ... appreciate the response ... Regards, Doug

Hi .. I currently have these sound type mods in my Z directory ... Mord's Immersive American Voices Mod V_1.0A Dietrich's_CMBN_German_voices_v1.0.brz Mike's Vehicles of War Sound Mod.brz zSmall_Arms_Sounds_V3.brz Will these be affected and if so and I'd prefer their use insteda, do I understand I should change the prefix in front of them to "zz"? Thanks for your work ... Regards, Doug