Rebus_Badger

Done and done.

Well done, that was quite fun.

Well, I was doing my bit to keep web sales going, ordering a replacement copy of CM:BO this Wednesday. The next morning I see the "special edition" retail announcement.... Yikes, I've never had good timing...

I threesome, err, I also second that obersvation: arty may not always be as effective for me as I want, but I've never had it land more than a few meters on average away from expected.

Sounds like BC is more closely a competitor for Hidden and Dangerous 2 (if that is still in production on), than for CM.

Hey, for those of us that got hooked up on CM with the release of BB (or who lost CM:BO like me) can you guys have a discount purchase option for a combo pack not only of CM:AK and CM:BB, but for CM:AK and CM:BO? Presumably you'll do one for all three together as well... I wish I'd ordered the CM:BB and CM:BO pack but forgot I'd lost CM:BO. Boohoo.

Thanks all. This will get me started. It wasn't a particularly serious discussion, but it seemed my duty to correct his "impression." Interesting that Encarta bit's "Only the United States was spared..." Hmm, what was I saying about forgetting the other "Allies"? [ December 22, 2002, 11:08 AM: Message edited by: Rebus_Badger ]

Actually, he does live in the boonies - year round cottager! I don't really agree with you, though, about general knowledge in North America. My impression is that among non-military history types the general belief is that the East Front was a minor distraction. This fellow, not a willfully ignorant person, for instance, thought Barbarossa started "just before" D-Day... part of this, I suppose, is the result of nationalist history teaching in North America, in which even the terms "Allied" or "Allies" often goes missing.

This is a bit embarrassing: I'm up at my cottage and don't have any of my reference books handy. My neighbour skied over for a drink and saw me playing CM:BB, and couldn't believe anyone would simulate the "minor" East Front. I think I convinced him of the sheer relative scale of the two, but he won't be truly convinced until I can give him the rough German casualty figures for each front (or % E v W). Anyone got a quick figure/ref for me, or a good url?

Thanks for the info - that must have been what happened. There is so much still to learn about CMBB, I'm enjoying myself immensely.

Are there false positives with regard to minefield spotting (similar to the overestimation of tanks)? I just played a new scenario and several minefields were spotted and marked by my lads. About 10 turns later, I was reviewing the area now behind my lines so I could move some heavier assets forward, and noticed that some of the fields had now disappeared. Would pioneer units de-mine a field without specific orders to do so? They seemed to adjust and walk around them at the time, rather than work on them.

Never mind that T-34, that field kitchen is great...

Bah!

Great. Yeah, I emailed avault about having more clarity on their dl page, and they have done so right away.

Bah! So avault mislabelled the beast? Nothing on the patch "screen" when I try to run it indicates cdv.