Cpt.Kloss

If you want to decrese SMG firerate, do not forget to decrease its firepower accordingly, which - in my opinnion - even now is too high on distances above 50 m.(that is - spraying not aiming). You also seem to forget that smg actually do better with "ammo low" status then rifles. You deploy smg in close combat and in enemy's direct proximity (their optimal distance)they shoot more often then "ammo low" rifles at their optimal distance. Anyway, I would also add one more opinnion: I think that firepower values are to much spread out, making a god out of a weapon, not man wielding it. More should depend upon skill and luck. Put riflemen close to smgs and in CM they will alsways loose (assuming no surprise). In reality very often one well placed or lucky grenade decided the outcome...which never was so obvious as it is in CM.

If you set background to anything but pure black or white it will work. I changed letters to white and background to very dark gray and it looks ok.

Maybe it is time to change BTF profile from "homemakers" (resourceful and genius in a way) to software company? Clients will be more and more demanding, and programing difficulties challenges even greater.

Maybe it is time to change BTF profile from "homemakers" (resourceful and genius in a way) to software company? Clients will be more and more demanding, and programing difficulties challenges even greater.

--->Schrullenhaft: "The new engine will be programmed in OpenGL and hopefully there will be fewer problems". Great news. As for drivers and cards. I had Ti4600 and I had problemms. Now I have Radeon 9800 PRO and it gets worse. No other game I played had problemms with ANY driver either on nvidia (earlier) or ati (now). So maybe IT IS cmbb not a driver problemm? Maybe it is time to change coder in BTF? As a gamer I do not care about api and directx difficulties. What I care is that cm is my only installed game I have problemms with!

--->Schrullenhaft: "The new engine will be programmed in OpenGL and hopefully there will be fewer problems". Great news. As for drivers and cards. I had Ti4600 and I had problemms. Now I have Radeon 9800 PRO and it gets worse. No other game I played had problemms with ANY driver either on nvidia (earlier) or ati (now). So maybe IT IS cmbb not a driver problemm? Maybe it is time to change coder in BTF? As a gamer I do not care about api and directx difficulties. What I care is that cm is my only installed game I have problemms with!

I changed my video card from Ti4600 to Radeon 9800 PRO. This time (with newest ATI drivers) FSAA makes game unplayable (alt +tab does not help). I am tired with different gpu driver - juggling. And maybe some guy form battlefront instead of pityful explanations like "certain drivers have a problem with CMBB" would admit that "CMBB has a problem with certains drivers" and do somethnig about it! If FSAA, fog (ATI) etc. run fine on ANY other game maybe it is a time to admit own mistake. However, if it is truth that the game was build upon outdated verson of directx I fear nothing can be fixed now. But please Battlefront, learn from this lesson for your future releases and do not try to put the blame upon nvidia or ati drivers...because as I said : it is pityful approach...

I changed my video card from Ti4600 to Radeon 9800 PRO. This time (with newest ATI drivers) FSAA makes game unplayable (alt +tab does not help). I am tired with different gpu driver - juggling. And maybe some guy form battlefront instead of pityful explanations like "certain drivers have a problem with CMBB" would admit that "CMBB has a problem with certains drivers" and do somethnig about it! If FSAA, fog (ATI) etc. run fine on ANY other game maybe it is a time to admit own mistake. However, if it is truth that the game was build upon outdated verson of directx I fear nothing can be fixed now. But please Battlefront, learn from this lesson for your future releases and do not try to put the blame upon nvidia or ati drivers...because as I said : it is pityful approach...

You moved your mortars and can't take advantage of HQ spotting...I think this is the reason.

--->xerxes "The reality is the column was ambushed because by necessity they were moving fast to exploit. Letting the player setup the column off the road in hulldown positions would be gamey." And not letting leads only to unnecessary frustration. If they (those tanks) are meant to be destroyed scenario designer should make them destroyed before actual battle starts.

Yeah, if their transport doesn't get waxed and they are left alone while setting up...</font>

Another and cheaper solution: Bring forward 3 45mm AT guns (they are amazingly fast for that kind of stuff)and open fire from any distance <1km. With their rate of fire you have a BIG chance to immobilize Stug.

---------------------------------------- It is worth adding that 57mm ZiS2 gun was very complicated and about 10 times more expensive than 76 mm Zi3, not to mention 45 mm guns.

-------------------------------- Well, You are unjust for designers - they did very well, yet I must confirm there are some annoying things: 1)Maybe I am wrong, bur as far as I know towards the end of the war germans tended to crew their heavy tanks with inexperienced crews to compensate their lack of skill. Therefore it was much more common to meet green KT crew than veteran. 2) Designers fail to acknowledge that apart form several famous commanders german cracks died in 43 and 43 as best german pilots did. The same goes for infantry. In 1945 apart from several units it was hard to find all- veteran company. Anyway where are those green replacements? 3)Idealizing german equippement by increasing level of experience. In "tiger-tiger: scenario near Leningrad russian face veteran tigers. And where those crews achieved veteran status? - they were just learning capabilities of their vehicles! regards

Scottdt, As russian commander if there is such need you are supposed to waste all your people. It is nothing wrong. If you want WWII russian approach think about them as you are thinking about ammo. What may worry your superior is lose of valuable equipement. Worrying about this and not executing your orders will lead you to suicidal head shot - not to waste time of any martial court.