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    Red Thunder or Fortress Italy?

    in Combat Mission Red Thunder

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    Greetings, ladies and gents.

    I've played CMBS and it is one of the best games I've ever played. Now I'm going to step into WW2 CM, and I don't really know which one of these two to choose.

    I know, the question is going to have people shouting at me "Do you have any idea how different they are?!". Yes I do. I've played both demos, and I like both, despite the fact that their greatest similarity is both of them being called Combat Mission. :D In CMBS, I liked both combined arms missions and infantry only missions, probably preferring combined arms missions (involving armour and mech infantry) by a rather small margin. I want to hear your opinions about these two games. I really like the Ostfront atmosphere, but recently I've developed a liking for CMFI after reading through the forums.

    And by the way, are there any user-made Soviet campaigns for CMRT? I've looked at the mods section and at TSD, and all the campaigns I've seen have been German.

    Thanks in advance. I figured that the CMRT forums were more active, and that's why I've posted it here.

    Having both games I'd say the Italy one has much more variety.  Especially if you go for the GL option as well.  The RT game is good as well but for me it lacks something that I can't quite put my finger on where as FI has a whole varsity of Axis and allied units.

     

    It really does depend what your into most, big tanks or smaller more unusual units and vehicles.

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    Thinking about getting Black Sea or Red Thunder

    in Combat Mission Black Sea

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    Thanks John, you seem very gracious.

     

    I have been playing like crazy since I got the game, played 5 scenarios, many QBs, started the Russian campaign, and designed two small and quick scenarios, (although I cannot get printscr to work, so I only have text briefings, and started making two of the QB maps larger.  Like I said at the start of this thread, I started messing around with Shock Force again after updating it with all the latest patches and was impressed with how much it had improved over time, so I decided to get this.  So far I love this game!

    Hi mate!

     

    Its been a long time since we spoke, glad to see your still playing.  I've recently come back to it myself, been playing CMRT this past few weeks and was toying with getting Black Sea but not sure if I want to return to modern warfare for many reasons.

     

    Geordie

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    why is the game so expensive

    in Combat Mission Black Sea

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    Hello,

     

    can someone tell me why is the game so expensive for a game so old and still 60 euro

    Honestly, if your a fan of the CM series then the price is not exorbitant for the amount of hours you get back.

     

    I played the CMx1 games for a decade and have played the CMx2 games since 2007.  

     

    If you think of the costs as a through life gaming experience then it works out to be one of the cheaper forms of entertainment around.  Try taking 4 folk to a cinema on a Friday night with Hot Dogs, drinks and popcorn.  You will pay more than 60 Euros for that one evenings entertainment.

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    Is CM dying?

    in Combat Mission Battle for Normandy

    Posted

    This is an affect of QB working a bit 'too' well. Instead of laboring for hours to create the perfect standalone scenario people are just going into QB, selecting the maps and necessary units they want and hitting 'go'. CMSF had a (if I may say so) crappy QB system and they got lots of 3rd party standalone scenarios as a result.

    CMSF didn't get anything in proportion to the previous CM games. While there is a lot of good stuff out there for CMSF it failed to reach anything like previous efforts.

    The reasons for a lack of modern CM content are many I suspect. For one, those guys doing great work previously have been signed up by BF to do operations and missions for new games. Some, like the mad Russian, who made excellent CM scenarios have disappeared. And more tellingly, the system isn't as easy to do as it was formerly. Scenarios are much harder to design today than they were historically.

    Compared to previously there is much less user made content and there are far fewer places to get that content, which is a shame. I thing CM has shifted from what it was before to a more single player experience. Also, there just seems to be a lot less people playing multi player out there, which always drove new scenarios and tournaments and stuff.

    I'm not sure it's dying though, perhaps just refocusing a wee bit.

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    Windows 8 and Combat Mission BFN

    in Combat Mission Battle for Normandy

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    I have the entire gambit of games and

    Win 8 works fine.

    Win 8.1 borks everything. Do not update if you do not have to.

    Win 8.1 plays CM just fine, but in had to submit a ticket to have the DRM recognise it again.

    Win 8.1 does Bork loads of things in windows, including Microsoft products for me. Outlook and IE don't work properly, not to mention half my other programmes. I would have thought that microsoft products at least would have worked! Needless to say I haven't updated any other PC to 8.1.

    CMBN does work OK though, although my performance seems to have dipped slightly over win 8, especially in the larger scenarios. Not sure what's going on there. Strangely my 8 year old laptop gives decent results with the game, occasionally eclipsing my 2 year old PC. Weird.

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    Uber Tank crews?

    in Combat Mission Battle for Normandy

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    I've had mixed results from bailed out crews, sometimes they get out and run for cover but others they go down fighting with considerable loss to the enemy, or my forces depending on the side played.

    I'm not sure what's possible to implement but I'd like to se a system where if the crew is near to enemy forces then they are panicked and will immediately surrender. If they are far enough away then they should try and retreat to some cover in the rear.

    Ideally I would then like to see them not take any further part in the battle, unless later they are confronted by enemy forces and they would take self preservation measures.

    I think that in real life the process of being in an armoured vehicle and being knocked out it's extremely traumatic and that if in proximity to the enemy self preservation would be paramount to taking even defensive action let alone offensive action. If this means immediate surrender then I think it's more plausible than taking on a whole section or more of infantry. However, thinking of the Eastern front I would imagine that surrender might not be a viable option in most circumstances.

    I do think the balance needs to be adjusted somewhat to tone down the effectiveness of bailed out crews but realise that this needs to be balanced against the use of dismounted crews in a Recce role. I've often used half track or Recce vehicle crews as foot Recce and think that having them immediately throw in the towel at the first sight of the enemy would spoil that option.

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    Well - I was wrong

    in Combat Mission Battle for Normandy

    Posted

    And Im not afraid to admit it.

    Yesterday, after BF sorted out my Windows 8.1 DRM fankle (thanks Martin) I though, 'what the hell' Im going to buy MG, just for the German Airborne so I can play them in Normandy.

    Well, I was wrong, not only is MG a very, very decent addition to the CMBN club, it feels much more polished than the others and the maps are excellent.

    I had a 2 hour battle with a Fallschirmjaeger Recce Company against the AI (US Glider Inf Coy) and had an absolute blast. I played it over one of the new MG Bridge maps. I did a proper advance to contact recce, fix the enemy, flank by Platoons and everything. I did have a couple of Stugs as a back up and 2 x 75mm Inf Guns, one of which I even managed to get into action (not often I manage that against AI mortars in CM).

    Those Para recce Squads pack a punch, 2 x MG42, 2 x MP 40 and 2 x Kar per six man section and you get six sections to a Platoon. No real need to split those babies.

    I put the AI on defence and chose the force myself as I think that if you let the AI choose it always goes artillery daft and has an uncanny ability to choose just where my set up zone is. This happened just the other day when I had spent literally 40 minutes planning 1st moves and Blam, the AI hits my whole Inf Coy with Rockets. Game over in 30 secs.

    Anyway, after a great and glorious struggle, I managed a Major win against the US force which as I said, I chose myself (does spoil the surprises a wee bit but does make for better QB in my opinion).

    So yes, I was wrong and the MG module has quite a lot to offer, some very interesting and well made maps and of course the German Airborne, to mention just 2!

    Strangely though, no Brit Campaign? I was looking forward to being Michael Caine and yelling 'Start the Purple'!

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    Mord - UI Portraits

    in CM Normandy Maps and Mods

    Posted

    Yeah I too was wondering about this...

    I updated a couple other mods to MG compatibility for personal use but haven't messed with this one yet, I was hoping for a "real" update.

    These are the two that I "updated" on my own.

    Juju's floating icons v2.0 (added and formatted missing icons)

    http://www.battlefront.com/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=314&func=fileinfo&id=2481

    CMBN & CW branch icons w/ flags (created and added missing branch flag backgrounds)

    http://www.battlefront.com/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=314&func=fileinfo&id=1773

    Thanks for those links, I think I got one of them the other day when I was upgrading to newer Mods.

    Im just missing the Para portrait now, not ultra important would just like to complete the set!

    Cheers

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    Wish list?

    in Combat Mission Battle for Normandy

    Posted

    Foolish me! I hadn't realized BF had enabled voice commands! Gotta to remember to patch up.

    Yes but Ive also had numerous instances of vehicles behaving rather erraticly that in Real Life Im sure they wouldn't. A traffic Jam would be acceptable but when your vehicle suddenly reverses towards the enemy then Id say that's pretty bizarre.

    Voice control would be pretty good, Im sure the wife would wonder what I was muttering about though.

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    Wish list?

    in Combat Mission Battle for Normandy

    Posted

    Yeah that would be fun - to see how the forum explodes when everyone finds out that BFCs priorities do not match his.

    :D

    They are working to their plans whatever we do, why just not get those plans out in the open, publish a framework perhaps? Wouldn't bother me finding out their roadmap for the next few games, even if it wasn't my cup of tea I'm sure I can handle the knowledge without going berserk, or my eyes starting to bleed.

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