[Sound mods, slowing game startup?]

Interesting. Would that kind of tweaking need to be re-done if a patch is released?

[Sound mods, slowing game startup?]

OK. Thanks for the info. Back when I had my first computer I had to load from cassette so I suppose I can't really complain.

[Thanks Josey Wales & Usually Hapless]

Definitely agree with shout out to the Combat Mission You Tubers. I particularly enjoy Hapless's stuff especially the tutorials. 

[Sound mods, slowing game startup?]

Hi everyone!

I use the HQS mods on all of my CM games and it seems to me that the start up of the game is much slower when I'm using the mods. It's almost like the game hangs for several seconds. All of the games are installed on an SSD. Is this something that everyone is seeing or am I perhaps doing something incorrectly? Not a showstopper by any means, but it woud be nice to be able to have the games start up more quickly,

Thanks,

Alistair

[General Combat Mission Tips]

I find Bill's gridded terrain essential for a decent terrain analysis. It may be just my eyes, but I find it very difficult to assess terrain without the grid.

[Noob question on Invasion at Gela Campaign - Bridge Assault]

Just to provide a quick update. I discovered I wasn't zooming in far enough to inconclusive spots to find the Area Fire targets. Once I got that working I was much more successful at suppressing the enemy troops. After that, things got a lot easier!

Alistair

[Noob question on Invasion at Gela Campaign - Bridge Assault]

HI MMM,

Yes, it's the first battle of the advanced tutorial campaign.

Thanks for the assist!

Alistair

[Noob question on Invasion at Gela Campaign - Bridge Assault]

I'm trying to follow along with the tutorial in the CMFI manual, and have also watched a YouTube video of the scenario. I send my scout team and sniper team down towards the overwatch position, but no matter how I try and get there, even using Slow, the teams get spotted and start taking casualties. I've place a short cover arc on both teams so I'm confident they're not firing.

Neither team is able to get a positive spot on any German units.

If I send the platoon that arrives down to the fenceline/vineyard/trees next to the overwatch position, again they get spotted and hammered but no units are able to even get a line of fire so they are unable to fire back. I can't even set an area fire target for them. I see grayed out potential spots but none of my troops can target them.

My HQ unit in the observation point can see virtually everything, but as far as I can tell, there's no way to get that information to the troops.

Any suggestions on what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks,

Alistair

[CMSF and Novation Automap]

I was having a problem with CMSF starting fine, but then the program would keep losing focus and returning me to the desktop. I was running Novation Automap software in the background (it's software for MIDI controllers) and once I terminated that, CMSF was fine.

I thought I may as well document it, just in case somebody else comes across it....

["Downfall" out on DVD--a real must see!!! BoB fm the Bunker& streets]

I saw the movie on my flight home to the US from the UK a few weeks ago. It was very good, and not what I usually expect to see as an inflight movie.

Alistair

[Strategy Guide, 2nd edition?]

It's not an index at all.

But this is.

Index

Alistair

[missing text/radeon 9700 Pro]

You can fix this problem by disabling Anti-Aliasing in the settings for your card.

Hope this helps.

Alistair