John1966

It was either that or take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. While it was the only way to be sure it seemed a bit ahistorical. Actually, thinking about it, that would be a good way of doing urban assaults with the Brits. It'd only be slightly ahistorical.

Well shiver my timbers. Just reloaded from my last save and both bridges are now fine! The one that had been stuck on the second bridge for about five turns suddenly started to move (as I hadn't cancelled the order). Everyone going nicely over the first, either direction. Didn't load properly? Good to know a reload cures it.

It's v2.11

Searched the forum and haven't come up with anything on this but I'm playing Ritirare! as the allies and none of my vehicles will cross the first bridge (the ZO01 objective, if I recall). Infantry are fine but vehicles just get about as far as the third support (or first if coming the other way) and stutter like a glitch in the matrix. You then have to reverse them off. Tried various movement commands (even hull down) but they won't cross. Searched the forum and nothing coming up despite lots of people having played it so I assume it's not a bug (unless no-one but me has actually tried driving across the bridge - you can win it like that but it's still annoying). Any ideas? (The second bridge was also a bit funky but it had two wrecked tanks on it so put it down to that - but it let my vehicles cross one way and not the other)

Can be quite fun though.

In ASL or CM? In ASL, I honestly don't remember (in fact I don't even remember ever using overrun - hardly ever saw infantry stopped in the open near a tank and if tried on an ATG it usually got you first). In CM, your tank gets KO'd. I always try to keep my tanks a long way from infantry. Too dangerous at close range. If you spotted them in the open, then you'd probably get them with the MA/MG long before you got close enough to "overrun". (I put that in inverted commas as I'm pretty sure overruns aren't modelled other than short range firing at them) If you get close enough to call it an "overrun" and the infantry are still in some sort of order, they'll chuck grenades and then you're in all sorts of bother. If I recall, in COD, early war tanks used to force a morale check just for getting near a squad. If they failed they had to shift out of the way. (Early war because they were less familiar with tanks - which is ironic considering early war tanks)

Ah, right. That explains their reluctance to bail. Didn't know that either. I suppose it depends on how they got immobilised. I always assumed it affected morale because often they were under fire. But thinking about it, they don't ever bail when ground conditions cause it. I must pay closer attention to the morale status when that happens. Cheers

But wouldn't they be a bit more inclined to bail if they come under fire? Or maybe that's only if the immobilisation was the result of in-game enemy fire. Yes, I suppose their morale would still be unaffected.

I was looking for a Private Walker one but couldn't find one with his suitcase full of dodgy tax free computer games.

I don't really know how digital downloads work as far as imports go but everything on Steam is in pounds when you're in the UK. But then wouldn't it be subject to VAT anyway? In which case, you're right, they must be just doing their own pricing.

I wondered whether the price had changed on Steam. But the prices on there are in pounds. So Steam's CMSF2 is £46.49 and Battlefront's is $72.00 (in the UK). So Steam's is cheaper (I think). But is that just because it was cheaper anyway (hadn't looked before) or does it avoid this tax (for whatever reason)? Was it £46.49 before this week?

I was trying to work out how you do spoiler text. Failed. So put a big gap in instead. Apologies.

Yes, but see my post above. Looks like the tax has appeared between Monday and today. (For the record, I don't think there are any positives )

$95 (for CMFI, GL and RV) Hang on! Update: Just checked the price in the store and it's now $114 (reduced from $156). Don't tell me I purchased it just in time! Bought it on Monday. While that's a good thing, it's slightly annoying as I'd have got everything I don't have had I realised it was about to attract tax.

This is odd. I bought the CMFI bundle the other day and didn't think I'd paid any tax. Just checked and I didn't. In fact it says "Not taxable". I'm in the UK so that's weird. Mind you, the current value of the pound makes these purchases more expensive than they once were.

Er, yeah. Just checked. *SPOILER* Frankly I'm surprised they stayed in the tank long enough to start the scenario. And who put them in charge of a Tiger?

Actually I should load this up as the Germans just to see how crack that crew is.

Checked the designer's notes but for some reason this one doesn't have any. So no idea how they made sure the crew didn't bail.

Ah, I was going by all the manuals that appear on my desktop. I'll have a look. Cheers.

They are magic aren't they?

While I'm normally petrified of Panthers (they always seem to turn up in larger numbers than Tigers, for a start), this evening I fired a frontal shot at one with a PIAT and the damn thing blew up. I actually jumped. I was so surprised I swore out loud.

That's sort of what I was wondering. An engine hit is more likely to get an immobilisation but, of course, it was already immobilised. But like you say, I've no idea if it's modelled to the extent that the crew and other functionality of the tank are protected. 10+ rear hits at point blank range and apparently no effect (although I don't know what was going on inside and the AI can't tell me). So perhaps it is.

That'll be something to do with the scenario design. It's immobilised right from the start (so it'd ruin the game if they bailed). Don't know how the designer arranged it though. Because it occurred to me they might just bail if I dropped some HE on them. (They didn't.) I guess they were crack. Actually, it might say in the designer's notes. I'll check.

Yes, I've seen morale improve when a squad is split which makes a certain amount of sense. If some of them are getting a bit panicky then it'll affect the rest of the team less if you split to panicky ones up. And it works the other way when you recombine teams too. They always seem to revert to the better of the morale levels the team had. But I assume tiring/tired etc. relates to physical rather than mental state. When I split the squad and noticed one was "ready" I assumed the other team would be "tiring". I'd just split the knackered guys from the less knackered ones. But no, they were both "ready". Which seemed odd. Not complaining though. Worth knowing, in fact.