Publius Cornelius Patton

Hmmm.... I've got a dual-core Intel iMac, 21.6 GHz processing speed, and have tried to run the demo on the Windows side of my computer with Windows XP... it wasn't pretty. So, what kind of settings should I set everything to so that there's no "flashing" (such as when troops are mounted in a Stryker, for example), the mouse doesn't flash over the battlefield whenever I want to zoom a little, etc. I dunno, I just know that when I tried to play the training scenario, it ... I might have to wait for the Mac version (but maybe not.) Any advice?

Well, I'm set to get a dual-core 2.16 GHz iMac, so I hope it will be able to play CMSF and the other add-ons. And I'll be able to play the PC version, I hope! (At least I will be theoretically able to play CMBO again. )

I know, I know, I haven't posted in ages, but... What will the system requirements be like? I know it's great to include so much detail and such, to have such fine graphics, but how powerful a machine will be needed in order to run the game? I'm wondering because I've got a 1.6mHz, 768 MB iMac and given the tendancy for game designers to design for the highest, most powerful top-end models out there, I'm not sure if I'll ever be able to play CM again. (My iMac is MacOSX native, so I can't play CMBO (whose CD seems to be lost) or CMAK.) Having enjoyed CMBO and AK immensely on my old System 9-native iMac, I'd much like to be able to play the game you are now designing. God bless, "P. Cornelius Patton"

Recently, a problem has arisen in my playing of Combat Mission. This week, I had to restart my computer and re-install Mac OS 9 onto my iMac. When I did so, I tried out Combat Mission (both CMBO and AK), everything worked fine, except all the 3D-screen text is black! What do I mean by this. I'll show you. First, look at this screenshot. See how all the text is colored ("SETUP PHASE": yellow. "TIP, etc": white. "100%", "-", "25%", "0%": white. "July 1943, Mid Day": white. "Citadel Schwerpunkt": white). Now, if that screenshot had been on my Mac after I "restored" the hard drive, than all the aforementioned text would be black. Yep. That's right. Black. With the dark texture of the menu, and the "shadows" of the text intending to make the white and yellow text appear sharper make the black text even more hard to read. Not to mention the black outline of "landmark" text. Can anyone please help me? God bless, "P. Cornelius Patton"

Well, there are a few things CMBO as over CMAK... 1. Pershings. 2. DD's uniform mods. 3. Little US flags on the US paratroopers. 4. The original Data files readily accessible on the CD, so you don't have to reinstall the whole game once you want to revert from a mod to the original stuff. Other than that, CMAK is a better game. God bless, "P. Cornelius Patton"

Just wondering... would anyone be willing to make a map for me? More specifically, I'd like a map of the Berlin area around where Hitler's bunker was- for CMAK and/or CMBO? Would anyone be willing to do this for me? God bless, "P. Cornelius Patton"

Well, some things I'd like to see... *More multi-tile buildings. I hate making a "big buidling" of of many buildings, than forced to watch my men "leave" one section of the building and go to the other because the two sections are technically different buildings! *Put howitzers for all land-based available howitzers! If I can get off-screen artillery up to 240mm, then I should get on-screen howizers up to that caliber as well (ships are, of course, a different story). *Western Europe theater vehicles and units, just so I can do a hypothetical "US/Brit & co. attack on Berlin" scenario. *Ability to customize the weapons of my infantry units. While this could be abused so that some n00b would make a "Fast" squad full of MG42s, I think it would be a great feature- what if you had a squad with M1s and Brens? And of course, no "What to do in CMX2" thread would be complete without something like... OMG teh neXt cOmbat Mishun should look liek this! God bless, "P. Cornelius Patton"

NO!!! As a cash-strapped college student with a 500-mHz iMac, I say NO! God bless, "P. Cornelius Patton"

Well, I use a ton of mods for CMBO. (Maybe too much- I'm reaching the point where it says the ResEdit file can't be written or something? :confused: ). The CMAK graphics are good IMHO. No mods needed there. (Except for a US "portrait" mod, but I can't seem to replace a mod with the original stuff w/out re-installing the whole thing) I would like the shockwave graphics to return, though. God bless, "P. Cornelius Patton"

Hmmm, Syracuse. I know in the movie "Patton" the Germans thought "Blood and Guts" would strike there. I'll have to look at those sometime. God bless, "P. Cornelius Patton" P.S. Theike, my email is in my profile- feel free to send me the map/pic.

Well, could you do please do a map for me? I've got a secenario idea, but I'm not that good at map design. Basically, it's a US assault on a secret Nazi base in South America. A little more detail- the Nazi base is found off a branch of the Amazon river. It's surrounded by forest/jungle. The base consists of several parts- living quarters, a seaport (for U-boats), a small (but advanced) airfield, and possibly an HQ. God bless, "Publius Cornelius Patton"

Just wondering, why didn't Battlefront.com include these airborne tanks ? They did see some action (especially on the Rhine) They were used at D-Day, but supposedly got tangled up in the pataroopers' chutes. But if they hadn't... who knows? Why aren't they included in CMBO (I can understand why they're not in CMAK, to much regret), and what can I use to simulate them? God bless, "Publius Cornelius Patton"

Well, I had answered "fuel convoys." As the saying goes "Amateurs talk tactics, professionals talk logistics." I guess you're right about the fighter bombers- let the big bombers blow up the fuel, have the fighter-bombers take out the grunts and tanks. Amen to that. At the end of the program, it remarked that the Germans were tired of the offensive, surrendered, etc. So wouldn't they have surrended quicker if they had been cut off? God bless, "Publius Cornelius Patton"

BFC does support ancient technology. TacOps (which BFC still makes and supports) is still able to run on a PowerMac with MacOs 8.5. Not to mention you only need at least 300 mHz or so to run it. Sure, I'd upgrade to a newer, more powerful Mac in a heartbeat, it's just that I...can't...afford...it. So, I humbly ask Battlefront to keep us (relatively) low-enders in mind. God bless, "Publius Cornelius Patton"

</font> "Minimum Requirement: [Anything above 500 MHz] or faster"</font>Arwen at Omaha Beach</font>Cheat software that allows indiivdual soldiers to carry "Anzio Annie" on foot and fire it with sniperlike accuracy</font>Inability to play as the Americans</font>System that requires you to watch every single unit "firing" one at a time instead of all at once</font>Lightsabers</font>Nudity</font> God bless, "Publius Cornelius Patton"