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link thingieOriginally posted by Retigade:Please could you tell me that has battlefront got somekind irc channel and is it in gamesnet quakenet or irc.net...etc.. please reply
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Humm, looked in at the db structure.
Not the best structure but it's possible to do a BB site with "only" 2 changes on the cmak db.
Now it's only the time and data problem left
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Congrats.
My daughter who is 3yrs just like to zoom, pan and turn around the battlefield at this point.
She thinks the Trees, "Green,Blue and Red" dots are cute. :cool:
So I guess that it will take some time before I can meet her in a H2H game
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It's a great idea.Originally posted by Herr Kruger:I have a suggestion. Pardon me if you are already planning to implement it at some time. I didn't review the whole thread. But just looking at the German Infantry section, it may be a good idea to further subdivide the units into their "Division Type". So we would click on German Infantry then SS Mechanized then the specific unit, as an example. Good idea or no?
We talked about it before, but there are a great deal of data collection before it can be done.
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I thought of that, but I dont own BB..Originally posted by junk2drive:now that cmoutpost is gone, maybe you can do one for cmbb ?
So if I made one I could not get the facts right.
But who knows what happens in the future
There are a few more things to do with AKdb before I can go to the next project.
The code should be the same and the db structure too. But some of my coding must be redone to cope with BB.. humm... well, now it sounds more and more interesting.
Is there any interest from the BB players to have a similar like this for BB?
[ September 27, 2004, 01:24 PM: Message edited by: folke ]
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Well after some time the menu is updated.
And some other stuff too.
Look at the Changelog in the About page for more info.
I really like to thank all the people who have written down their comments and thoughts about the units.
Thanks!
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I'm going to Bovington next week.
When I looked at their website I saw that they
had books for sale.
So I guess that I pick someone up when I'm there.
What should be really good is a book that covers
small unit tactics and maybe AAR's.
I shall see what I can find "over there".
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That sounds great.Originally posted by John Kettler:folke,
I glanced through a copy at Borders and was mightily impressed by the content, but depressed by the sixty buck price. Fortunately, I have a brother who lives near a HalfPrice.com store (Dallas, Texas area) and I belatedly discovered an uncashed birthday check. As soon as it get here, I'll be glad to let you know my detailed impressions.
Regards,
John Kettler
And while am at it mabye I pick up
Panzer Truppen: The Complete Guide to the Creation & Combat Employment ..
By Thomas L. Jentz
from Amazon also.
Anyone knows anything about that?
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Hi I am thinking of buying:
The Encyclopedia of Tanks and Armored Fighting Vehicles
by Christopher Foss.
Is it any good?
Or are there some other books that you can recommend
that concentrates more on ww2 scope?
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Updated atlast.Originally posted by Wolfe:I can understand that. The ones I think are the most unnecessary are the Light/Medium/Heavy Machine gun categories and the Howitzer/Field/Infantry Gun categories. I think these six would be better off as just two: MGs and Infantry Guns.
I also don't think there's any functional difference in the game between a Howitzer Spotter and an Artillery Spotter, so those two might be better off combined as well. There are indeed in-game differences between the Mortar, Rocket, and Arty FOs, so having them in different categories is probably a good idea. But I wonder if they might be renamed so that they're all listed together in the Menu. Maybe something like:
Artillery FO - Guns
Artillery FO - Mortars
Artillery FO - Rockets
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There was some fixing of the db to get this to work. But now it's easier to work with the different categories (types).
If you see some more ways to streamline the menu, pls tell me
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Whee I'm not a Junior Member anymore
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The upload script is sorta messed up for the moment, and I'm working on to get it fixed.Originally posted by folke:</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Pheasant Plucker:
Cheers folke, and the voting seems to be going my way as well
.Can I ask another question. I would like to upload some Brit CMAK images to the database for the units. How do I do this? I notice Wicky has already started, but I think I have taken my extra stupid pills today and I can't see how it's done, or indeed if you really need it.
So if you want you can mail me the images and I will upload the manually.
But by the end of the working week I think that the script are up and working
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The upload script is sorta messed up for the moment, and I'm working on to get it fixed.Originally posted by Pheasant Plucker:Cheers folke, and the voting seems to be going my way as well
.Can I ask another question. I would like to upload some Brit CMAK images to the database for the units. How do I do this? I notice Wicky has already started, but I think I have taken my extra stupid pills today and I can't see how it's done, or indeed if you really need it.
So if you want you can mail me the images and I will upload the manually.
But by the end of the working week I think that the script are up and working
When everyting do what I think it should, there is an upload link right over the comment link on every unit page.
There it will be possible to upload the images, and they will be resized to the right size.
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Well it's movedOriginally posted by Pheasant Plucker:Moving the ratings script to the comment form would be an excellent idea IMHO. It would keep the star ratings to sensible levels. It would also provide more relevant information to a units CMAK performance if people explained why they were so good/bad. Plus it would also encourage people to add comments rather than just clicking on stars.
Another example I see is that at the moment Elefants are getting 5 stars, and they are totally inappropriate for most CMAK battles, but sure they are quite cool.
Just my 2c
Now after you have finished writing the comment, the rating process shows up.
Lets try this out for awhile, and if no one raises the voice it's permanent
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I've sent you a mail.Originally posted by Wicky:Didn't see the e-mail - most probably gobbled up by my spam filters - could you send again to my profile address.
Uploaded all the pics again via your interface (fingers crossed:)
Noticed that the US Lee Med tank is mistakenly classed as a British tank
Looks like some more script error hunting tonight
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Originally posted by Wolfe:
I can understand that. The ones I think are the most unnecessary are the Light/Medium/Heavy Machine gun categories and the Howitzer/Field/Infantry Gun categories. I think these six would be better off as just two: MGs and Infantry Guns.
I also don't think there's any functional difference in the game between a Howitzer Spotter and an Artillery Spotter, so those two might be better off combined as well. There are indeed in-game differences between the Mortar, Rocket, and Arty FOs, so having them in different categories is probably a good idea. But I wonder if they might be renamed so that they're all listed together in the Menu. Maybe something like:
Artillery FO - Guns
Artillery FO - Mortars
Artillery FO - Rockets
That seems like a good start.
I test it out later tonight
BTW, I hate to ask as I suspect it wouldn't be easy, but is there any way to get the database to recognize that 75 is actually less than 105?
So things are a bit more in order?Well just like you thought..
I think it's not so easy to fix this.
But who knows...
Hey, never underestimate the little thingsAnd just to be anal, the categories themselves should probably be capitalized (e.g. Antiaircraft vehicle should be Antiaircraft Vehicle). It just looks neater, IMO.
Thanks again!
- Chris
Again, fixed tonight
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I haven't thought of that scenario.Originally posted by Pheasant Plucker:One comment I would like to address to folke - would it not be better to restrict the 'star' award facility to those people who have made comments about why they think the unit is useful or not in CMAK?
I ask because the big 'glamour' units are already appearing with top ratings (Firefly, Tiger, 17pdr AT, 88 Flak etc.) but with no explanation. I think some of these units underperform in CMAK, and that they are probably just getting top votes from people because they are 'cool'.
If you are going to persist with the 'star' rating - which I quite like - then it should be only available to those people who are prepared to say why it is good (or awful) in CMAK. Otherwise we'll get Jadgpanther fanboyz making people think that in a typical CMAK battle a Jadgpanther is a really very good idea.
Maybe if we moved the rating script to the comment form, so that the only way to rate the units would be if a comment was written the same time?
What do you think about that idea?
Well isn't that the ultimate fighting machine still in the twentyfirst centuryOriginally posted by Pheasant Plucker:I would also love to hear the reasoning from whichever joker gave a Marmon-Herrington the top star rating :eek:
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Sorry, it was a typo in my code. The pictures where not uploaded, only added to the db.Originally posted by Wicky:I've uploaded a while back some screenshots for US M10, Hellcat, M4A1 and early but nothing has appeared :confused:
I wrote a mail to the address you left in the post.
If you try again with 1 screenshot, it should work now. ( i hope
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Nice site. I enjoy reading the comments. Spotted a few errors, mostly typos.Originally posted by Wolfe:Yepp looks like me
The German Puppchen is listed under Rocket spotter; it's an AT gun, and it has no penetration stats listed.
I will fix that asap..
Armored car and Self-propelled artillery are misspelled throughout the Menus.
Same here.. fix asap..
It might have been better to combine the extraneous support weapons (like anti-tank teams, flame thrower, mortars, and sharpshooter) all into one category. It seems odd to have a whole category for one or two units. Same for the Heavy/Light machine guns.
Likewise, German tractor and transport would probably be better off in one category instead of two.
The German 88mm Flak gun cannot be used as an AA gun, so should probably be in the AT gun category instead.
Calling the different infantry guns by different titles (Field vs. Infantry vs. Howitzer) makes it difficult to quickly find them among various countries; a bit of consistency would be helpful. In other words, call all of them Infantry Guns across the board to avoid confusion.
I also think it would be better to combine the Brit Scout Car category into the Recon vehicle category.
The Brit Flame tank could go into the close support tank category.
I had many thoughts about the menu, and when I had a poll out on the page the,
Country -> 4 categories (same as cmak) -> sub units -> units,
won.
But the backside of that is that there is alot of menu jumping before getting to the actual data.
I think that it is best to have just one category menu then get straight to the data. But mabye less categories than I have now.
So if anyone here could figure out a good category system I would be all ears
Thanks for all the hard work.
- Chris
It's me who should thank you!
Without your excell chart and huge work of collecting data, I never would have started the site.
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Cool idea..Originally posted by Michael Dorosh:Maybe you can add an asterisk by the unit names in which comments have been written?
Added to the todo list
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I choosed this font beq I thought it looked good.Originally posted by Redwolf:The font is much too small to read.
I can elarge it for that session, of course, but why do you have such a tiny font?
And if I used a bigger font there would be side scrolling in the single unit page.
Is it totally unreadable?
What screen resolution do you use, and what browser?
I've checked with Firefox(the mozillas) and IE, but I haven't checked with Opera for some time..
Perhaps in the "future" I can make some sort of option to choose different css, like size and stuff. But that is pretty much work I think.......
Well just added it to the todo list
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First of all I must say that your posts at the page are great, So much knowledge!Originally posted by Dandelion:Ok, so if I find an embarrassing spelling error, how do I edit?
I am really happy that ppl uses it so much.
Thanks!
If you mail me we can fix it, the adress is in my profile.
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At the top, under the search button.Originally posted by junk2drive:i just tried the usa list for troops. i don't think i've seen anything like your site before.
good job.
how do i get the country menu back? refresh worked, or is there another way?
There should be a link with the name of the country on.
If you click there you should go back to the menu.
And thanks for those words.
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Oups, forgot that there was scrolling="no".Originally posted by Europa:Hey! You need a scrollbar for the unittype list in case someone on a low res. comp. tries to use your site! (I can't reeeeaaach)
Now it should be fixed
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Thanks for the kind words, and yepp it had no type in the db..Originally posted by securityguard:I just wanted to say this site is EXCELLENT. This should be stickied, i've been waiting for a site like this for awhile! Hope you do one for CMX2.
edit: You seem to be missing my favorite unit: 150mm Infantry gun for germans! I think.
All the Inf guns were in lost in cyber space, now it's fixed
So things are a bit more in order?
Armor book question .
in Combat Mission - Tips and Tricks
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Well now I have been at Bovington and looked at their store..
Lots and lots of books, there were so many that I could not choose one
But it was nice to have a look at them..
So I guess that Amazon will be the place to order
And from what John Kettler wrote the I will wait with the The Encyclopedia of Tanks and Armored Fighting Vehicles..