von Khan

I used winace. Was great to unload a huge list of zips. And you wont regret modding - unmodded CMBO will look horrible to you.

Fionn, I've read your AARs and combatmission.com, and found them excellent. Is there anyway I could get my hands on some more of them?

but I have to ask.. How do you purchase a company without its supporting weapons and unnecessary baggage?

This has helped me a lot in large scale MEs against the AI. Thanks! Edit: Can anyone point me to some more sources for AARs? I've read Ron's and those posted on the '75 tourney site. Would be glad to get my hands on a few others. [ March 20, 2003, 07:20 PM: Message edited by: von Khan ]

Is it CMMOS compatible?

Hello, Im sort of a newb too. And here's my mod story: I was apprehensive about the mods at first but I applied MDMPs from combatmission.com - it made the game look prety nice - but I still wasnt happy with the look. I didnt want to do it out of some stupid fear of change, but I set up CMMOS and downloaded everything the latter site had to offer for this. The vehicles and uniforms are absolutely stunning. I can recreate clashes between various unique Heer formations with uniquely 'dressed' Allied formations. I also downloaded Tom's winter mod and a relevant building mod (cant remember the name but its there at cm.com) - this is a must have, it makes the winter scenarios look amazing. So dont hesitate, download now and enter a world of zen like wargaming bliss.

Thanks for the advice guys. I've been going through AARs, forum archives, the excellent CMBO oracle. Sucking up as much stuff as I can. I have 4 PBEMs currently going and have started to notice the mistakes I made, ie using light armor as recon, throwing in the mobile reserve without scouting, letting the armor out before knowing what he was sending, and learning to hate the usless offensive capability of Stugs... Currently I have also started to play 3000 pt QB MEs against the AI and have tried to apply Ron and Jason's excellent OOBs + tactics. Instead of charging in with recon armor, I've started to rely on my inf to give my his tank locations so that I can reveal my kitties when the time comes. (Avid Axis fan). I'm going to try a couple of morelarge MEs and assaults against the AI before I try large battles against a human opponent. Just cant wait to try my learnt theories. ps. I'd also like to add how much I've been kicking myself for being asleep the past two years. This game is awesome! I've applied the long series of CMMOS mods and thrid party addons, and everything looks gorgeous. Its amazing how you can dress your troops for battle, complete with unique divsional uniforms, emblems and vehicle camo. Makes it so historicalm I abslootely loove it! [ March 20, 2003, 03:32 PM: Message edited by: von Khan ]

When I got CMBO, that was the first scenario I played.. much to my chagrin - that is the way it is. I believe it was fixed in CMBB with the arc command. I guess you're stuck with an exceptionally stupid Wittmann, unless someone else here has any other ideas.

Aaaah... Time to buy some Panthers.

Yes I was rather surprised as to what happened to Tiger Is that werent used properly. :eek: But I still cant understand why those dratted Tiger drivers cant shoot straight, whereas their adversaries in Fireflies can. :confused: I think I should take a picture of my face and post it next time I see an ambushing Tiger miss, a Firefly turrent turn, and blast it with shot # 1. :eek: :mad:

Hello, bear with me please, I'm a bit of a newbie. I was wondering what movement commands you prefer to use when attacking enemy infantry head on, without armor support. The enemy could be dug in, inside a building or in woods even. Do you get your troops to run, move or sneak towards their positions? I have been using run, and it seems to get them mowed down quite a lot. And when assaulting a platoon of EI, what kind of numbers on my side are advisiable? Sending one unsupported platoon against another is suicide, correct?

Hello, I'm a relative newbie to the game but have completed quite a few operations against the AI. I cant seem to understand the accuracy of the Sherman Firefly in this game. In the Villers Bocage operation, they frequently outshot my elite Tigers, thrice knocking them out on the first shots. Whereas, the Tigers seem to hit mostly with the second shot. In quite a few other games, I had hull down Tigers shot away by first shot Fireflies ranging from distances of 300 to 700m. It seems that my Tigers cant even ambush these damn cat killers. OTOH, the Panthers perform admirably, getting 17 pdr shells ricocheting off them sometimes. They also seem to hit more often. Is there something wrong with the game engine? I mean, werent Tigers reputed for excellent Zeiss optics?