RSColonel_131st

Oh I'm terrible sorry, you typo-searching Git. Did I hurt your feelings with that awfull grammatical error of mine? If you want to debate about the virtues of correct grammar, how about we do it in german? Of course, dont bother if you can't speak 5th grade german at all. Sublime, I'm gonna accept your little-bitty challenge because SgtOOdy alone ain't going to keep me busy anyway. Send me a setup with everthing 'xcept the russkys in it - I dont play em. How about something original - hungarian vs romanian late war? Make it 1000 to 2000 points, I dont care what type of battle, you will lose anyway. SgtgOOdy, nice try at talking tough, but your tank crews (the few that survived the last match...very few indeed) are bound to remember the outcome better than you. I'm surprised they didn't desert and run away from a commander who slaughtered them better than I ever could. As for Senachais Lederhosen Fetish...the mental picture prevents me from answering at all. OF course, him being a Minisodian, I'd expect nothing better. Maybe some day I should open a Lederhosen Store over there, guranteed market hit.

I'm off to nightmare land now, seems the Sarge is still hiding somewhere in Bavaria. If you (yes, I mean YOU) see this challenge drop off page 1, please give it a bump till tomorrow. That should also make the Cess Poolers envious for they never manage such simple tasks with their own challenge threads.

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Let it hereby be know that SgtGoody send me a revenge for our last PBEM (and he DOES call me Wittman now). Also, let it be know that I challenge him for a signature line. The loser of our new battle will bear a line of choice by the winner in his signature for 8 weeks (2 Months for the Cess Poolers who might not figure it out themself). So, SgtTwoShoes, you accept? Otherwise I'll just proceed to kill you less enthusiastic, but still with a vengeance. [ February 24, 2003, 04:16 PM: Message edited by: RSColonel_131st ]

Wow, I'm already a geek and half a Mc Gyver, but you guys must be uber-nerds and Thomas Edison Clones. Kudos for such a clever idea, and for making it work without going into the programm code itself. What are you using to automatically manipulate the CMBB interface (replacing mouse clicks?)

Two questions present themself: A) Who let that idjit Schöner out of his box? Why dont we put him back there?

Schoener, sometimes you scare me...

What about crew casualitys? If you have the driver and the commander unbuttoned, and both eat a bullet, the tank is out of the battle.

Well, going flat in the bunker wasn't going to safe the crew if they have a slit penetration...running away ain't a good choice either, so shooting back seems a resonable reaction.

Strange enough, I now got the action turn (previous was a pure movie turn) and my tank still has LOS. I dont understand then what made him break the visible target line, and stop shooting. But he did, and I attributed it to a different shilouette in the frontal view.

I take it advanved copy protection also means I can't make a copy to waste? Well, maybe I'll keep 1.01 then for now.

I'm not talking about tracking every shell, but that smoke thing could be used to block LOS trough other vehicles. Once LOS is blocked we dont have the problem of firing trough them either. Of course, it could really be a problem when tanks become 40 meters tall. But it would put so much more emphasis on combat formations and tactics.

Interesting, kinda related tidbit. Since switching to FSAA 4x I can see my in game FS2002 Menus again. This had been bugging me ever since going to Windows 2K. There is definitly some weird error in the Nvidia drivers that creates problems with overlays in 3d graphics and such. In both games, the menus and buttons are there, you can click them, but you can't see them unless you switch to 4x.

I think I read about this happeing here recently. IIRC it had to do with a CMBO building mod (bmp 301 and 300?) which isn't suited for CMBB because around 300 are the tracer bitmaps. If you do a search on mod, tracer, building you should find some info. I'm pretty sure it comes down to having replaced the wrong bitmaps.

Currently firing at one of SgtGoodys Tanks, one of my tanks lost LOS when his T-34 *turned*. Neither did move, the T-34 just turned in place. I guess what I saw was shiloutte being taken into account. That seems to mean when you are on the edge of visibility, it really does make a difference. Just a cool little detail I wanted to share...

Before I get flamed...I'm not a pirate or somefink. You can test me by asking questions about the CD Design, Manual Quotes, whatever you please - I have the real deal, bought in shop from CDV. But, my usual gaming evening involves BF1942 (yeah, yeah, arcade...but fun) and CM. Trough constant switching of CD's I almost scratched the CM Disk once when I dropped it. No CD means the good stuff can stay in the DVD Package and goes unharmed. I wonder, nowadays, of the CD-in-Drive Check is really usefull anymore, anyway.

A few points... I'm not a long time CMBB Player, but I'm getting better, and for my understanding infantry always is supposed to support armor, not the other way round. Infantry is usefull for holding ground, but you really need tanks to get them there (unless you have a map with so much wood that vehicles are useless anyway). I usually do okay with a squad riding on each tank, and any additional vehicles will be used for HMGs, FO's, and other support staff. I could imagine that in small games without lots of tanks, or in huge battles without armor, that infantry in HT's has a place...but as soon as you bring armor in, HT's are not really usefull. If I had to convert my tactics for HT's, I'd have them follow the heavy first line of the attack, ready to dismount and surpress Anti-Tank Stuff or scout for the heavier units. The German Infantry Squad Tactics book sold here on the site is supposed to have a chapter about mounted and unmounted infantry tactics in cooperation with HT's. I'll fetch it from my parent's home this weekend, can tell you then how usefull it is.

Its kinda funny...as soon as you blow up a vehicle and it's burning, no more LOS trough it. Wouldn't that offer itself as a quick fix?

I dont really need the new patch urgently, but if Boo or SgtGoody start upgrading our PBEMS will run into problems.

I'm not totally, but fairly sure I run on 30.82s? Well, if not, a downgrade might be in order. 4XFSAA is to much for many faster games.

I finally gave in and set my GF 4 to 4XFSAA in order to avoid the treaded black screen bug. Usually I run on quincunx to save resources. As an additional bonus, the textures and writing looks so much clearer now.

Sounds like a bug then...if possiple send a savegame to BTS.

Only today I found out that indeed there is a quit a lot of kill info avalable in every unit stats, even during the game. However, dont think that is "gamey". It's simple the fact that the unit and usually especially the gunner know what they did hit.

Talking about the Tiger B & W Print...it arrived over a week ago, but since I had it shipped to my parents adress it was only yesterday that I could have a look at it. The detail is amazing. Best example is one of the dirt-stopper panels (above the tracks) missing on the right side of the tank. Looks like it was blown off during combat. There's also a small something dangling down from the Muzzle of the Radio Op's MG43. Have yet to find out what that is, but at any rate the detail on the tank looks really cool. As do the burning wrecks and advancing tanks in the grassland behind the tiger. If there's one change I'd suggest is that the posters could be even bigger. 24x16 is a nice size already, but the picture fills only the center, with a noticeable white frame around it. Of course that looks better when mounted on the wall, but I'd like that thing to be big - maybe even huge. Say 32 x 27. Of course, that's for people like me who can make a Tank Poster the dominant picture of their living room. I see why for "normal households" you would want smaller sizes. The handwritten signature and limited edition numbering make it perfect. Quite a bit more luxuriously than any home decoration bought at Ikea. Two thumbs up from this customer. Still waiting for my german squad tactics book, though

Nah, that's good stuff I'm smoking. Very powerfull. Sometimes it's even powerfull enough to make your posts look somewhat intelligent. Really!