ciphrix

ATGs in buildings would be so nice, adds a whole new way of hiding ur ATGs not to mention wreck up new headachs for tank commanders. Oh well

Now I'm not a war buff or anything, but I keep having the idea that it is possible to hid a small ATG in a building? Is this true or am I off my knockers? If its true, why isn't it possible in the game?

Maybe their gernades are magic...

So what have we learned here? Keep your tanks well away from anything that resembles a enemy HQ. 5 German tanks may not kill that Kv2, but a bunch of dudes with nades (or whatever the hell else they got) will... [ January 17, 2003, 11:54 AM: Message edited by: ciphrix ]

Really? Thats kinda dumb ain't it? A tank hiding behind another dead tank still gets shot at like his in the open? Are u sure, a game with such high attention to detail screws something so obvious? Or was that how it was? Who knows, not me obviously, I'm just another dumb noob.

Dude, HQs knocked out 2 of ur KVs? Jeus, I've had up to 5 tanks on 1 of my Kvs and the Kv won, ur telling me the same (model) of tank got knocked out by HQs? Was it knocked out or abandoned? I've never actually used KVs against infantry, I leave that to the light tanks and armoured cars, but on a tank to tank basis, german tanks (in that period) couldn't hold a candle to the KVs.

Damn right, being a noob, I don't even make some of the dumb mistakes the AI does (some what to my delight). It was 2 Panzer 38s vs my 1 Kv 2, I backed it up behind a dead tank and out of LOS, I thought it would do something like come around from both sides of the dead tank and therefore make me having to change the greatest direction to shoot both of them....not so, not only do they not follow me, but turn 180 degrees (showing their pretty rears) as well as bunch up.....now I'm no expert at this game, but that seems to be a pretty dumb thing to do, and they paid for it. Umm, out of sight, out of mind? If this was a "improvement", I'd hate to see how it was like before.... So yeah, if anyone is tired of getting their butts kicked by such as Fionn and JasonC and would like to dish some out, email me I'd be happy to get my arse kicked up and down the map.

Or you can stare really really close to teh screen.

I play both Civ3 and CM, and both are very different, just because they enjoy Civ3 does not mean they will enjoy CM, but they ur friends so u should know. For one thing, CM has a pretty steep learning curve which may weed out the weak minded (not implying ur friends are that, but just that it may prevent them to really getting into the game). The best thing would be to hotseat a game or two and explain to them how the game is played out and assit them in teh basics of the game which can be quite confusing to one whom never played a game such as CM. Or, if they finding CM too confusing and too much information to take in at once, introduce them to Close Combat, which is similar but much easier to master and many aspects are very similar to CM, once they get a hang of that, then CM won't seem as difficult to understand and play. IMO anyway

Was wondering if anyone is having problems running CM on XP? Or maybe slows down teh game or watever?

Don't forget to place good HQs next to those units, it really does make a big difference. I've had german tanks 50m away (buttoned up ofcourse) from my 45mm hidden in a forest with a HQ that is [?], drive right by and I managed a rear shot. Also, if you use MGs to button up the tanks, wouldn't that give ur MGs position away and well, would that mean they will get cut down like hell? Is there anyway to avoid this?

Maybe they all just needed to pee and what better place then the woods? No? Probably a plane then

Yeah, that and cut down on the vodka supply to the Platoon. That will teach them to miss, thats if they survive in the first place...

Its abit hard for me to tell higher ground from lower, from some screenies I found some grided terrian but its for CMBO, was wondering if there is such a mod for CMBB? And if so, where can I get it?

Fionn: Yeah that would be real helpful if u can buddy, but not rush, so send it whenever you feel like it, and thanks dude. Also, I haven't got teh chance to test this out, so this is going on basically nothing. If say you have a ATR dude shooting at a turret tank from the flank (tank that has a turret that can turn without the body turning), and assuming this tanks sees nothing else on teh map, would he turn his whold body (front facing ATR dude) therefore putting his thickest armour to bare? If so, wouldn't that make a good ambush tactic? Have the tank turn to the ATR dude and maybe the 45mm can take it out from the rear. Like a distraction and then kill. Thanks