AstroCat

I think it would be cool idea. I guess playing with army men is just much cooler than playing with orcs and dwarves for Rambo, sheesh...

I don't know anyone anymore with dialup. Even my Mom has broadband.

In addition to units on the minimap, if you could click on a unit on the strategic map and then the main screen would open positioned over that unit. That would be nice.

I knew I wasn't the only one!

I like the graphics... I want more eye and ear candy. I never can understand my some "wargamers" can't have great gameplay and great audio and graphics. It's like some kind of hang up that you can't have both. To be honest it is a total drag for me if either are missing. I just wanted to put in my little comment from the "other" side.

Good to hear! Last time it went down it was crazy to rebuild it! ... and since I've been on a CM break (gasp!), I don't have a lot of the recent mods... although I'm starting to get the CM bug back. Look forward to cmmods' return.

I have to add, being an "audio guy", I am totally looking forward to any audio enhancements that the new engine will hold... any hints or insight in to this? [ December 14, 2005, 11:46 AM: Message edited by: AstroCat ]

Wrong: ghostrecon.com/us/ and ghostrecon.net/ Totally better version coming for PC. Read and you will see. There are tons of reasons the console is not yet a PC. Don't have time to get in to it right now. (think mouse and keyboard for starters) Maybe more later. [ADMIN: commercial links edited] [ December 12, 2005, 01:54 PM: Message edited by: Moon ]

There is nothing wrong with good and fun graphics in war games. Actually I love good graphics. I've never understood why people who play wargames are often so afraid of good graphics and sound. Then again the idea of playing a board game on my computer does not appeal to me nearly as much as playing a computer game on my computer. If anything I want the best sound, graphics and gameplay I can get. Because if the graphics are too poor they totally kill the immersion for me and I know many, many others. No one is saying sacrifice gameplay for them, just have them as well.

Just a quick follow up. Was totally a driver problem. Using the latest 81.84 drivers and the problem is reduced dramatically. It's totally ok now. ... good thing too, given the recent CM news... /sigh

Well, I'd much, much rather have WW2. I will try the demo and wait for the reviews. WW2 would have been a 100% for sure buy, this is a who knows... I'm definitely not going to be checking back here like I used to. The CM series was one of the best gaming experiences I've ever had and I was as excited as anyone about the next one. But, given the subject matter and style, it is a downer I have to admit. So, I will wait and see but I don't care like I used to that's for sure. Maybe in a couple years when the second title comes around I'll see how things are going. Oh well ... good luck and thanks for the years of fun with the CM1 series ... /sigh

Couldn't agree more myself.

No, not really but until recent drivers 2d objects did not cause a FPS drop when using AA. So something now is different and seems bugged. If my computer wasn't very fast like it is, even having lots of targer/movement lines on the screen would now bog it down.

Ok tried new 78.03. Same prob when using AA. Open info box on a unit get gigantic fps drop, still playable if you dont do anything when you open the info box. It's some kind of conflict with 2d objects and AA. So strange...

I've experimented a lot and I'm sure there is some bug going on with AA and CMBB. It must have something to do with the 2d elements on the screen. When you bring up the unit info screen the FPS can drop in to the single digits from say around 50 to 8 or 9! I can reproduce this problem everytime across multiple computers and graphics cards. I need to keep using "current" drivers so I'm not sure how to proceed.

Using FRAPS... http://www.fraps.com/ Used very often to benchmark games.

Yep, I'd like to see them come back in an appropiate manner.

Ok, got a new Dell XP gen 2 laptop and a 7800GTX card for my desktop. The laptop uses: NVIDIA® GeForceTM Go 6800 Ultra with PCI ExpressTM x16 ...for the video card. Laptop drivers tried are: 77.24 and 78.11 (current) 77.77 for the 7800GTX card When I dont use AA I get 100 FPS When I use 2x AA it drops to 20 FPS !!!! Something is seriously wrong. Any ideas? I should note I lose hardly any performance with up to 16x aniso filtering. It's only something to do with CMBB and AA that is not working correctly. This is on both the laptop 6800 and the desktop 7800GTX. More info: Whenever any "non-3d" items are on the screen the FPS drops way down. Such as the box around a unit when you select a unit or there is text on the screen. When this is gone the FPS shoots back up again. Or, when you get the info screen for a unit I can go from 80FPS with 8xs AA and 16x aniso to 8 FPS when this screen comes up!! Adding AA and aniso doesn't really hurt my performance at all until I get this 2d bug kick in. This is on both my laptop and desktop computers! Any ideas what is causing this? Thanks! Jordan "AstroCat" [ August 25, 2005, 05:39 PM: Message edited by: AstroCat ]

Change/Add: 1. Dynamic Campaign System/”RPG” elements 2. Much improved graphics (Lighting, Weather, Destructible Terrain and Buildings, More Terrain/Buildings/Objects options and variance … fluff!)– I like realistic wargames and I like “killer” graphics, why can’t we have both? 3. Reworked and improved no “Borg” spotting system 4. Improved single player AI 5. Full movie playback Don’t Change: 1. Realism vs Fun equation 2. WEGO system 3. “Modability” of both graphics and sounds 4. PBEM as an option 5. WW2 setting

Been lurking quietly for a long time now, just biding my time waiting for CMx2. Perhaps this is a sign: http://www.wargamer.com/news/news.asp?nid=2484 ??? Hope so! I can't wait to restart the CM addiction in full effect!

Been lurking quietly for a long time now, just biding my time waiting for CMx2. Perhaps this is a sign: http://www.wargamer.com/news/news.asp?nid=2484 ??? Hope so! I can't wait to restart the CM addiction in full effect!

Brown Russian tanks! Can't wait hehe I've "dirted" up several of the ultra green ones but there are plenty left to do. but, really thanks for your mods!

Looks great as always... any chance of more camo and/or dirty versions

I think that's the most I've ever been mentioned in one thread! hehe I'm glad I could help, but of course the real credit goes to the awesome mod artists like Andrew and the others. Modding the CM games has been tons of fun for me and I wanted others to be able to enjoy it as well! Jordan "AstroCat"

I read that book recently and the whole time I was reading it I was thinking how awesome of a movie it would make! Turns out the author's other book about Stalingrad is the one Enemy at the Gates was based on. If it ever does get made I hope it is a little more epic/historical and little less cheese than Enemy at the Gates was. A movie about Kursk done right, CGI tanks are ok with me, would be amazing! Jordan "AstroCat"