bigred

I third that.

Dandelion; Well, not quite my friend. )

It is amazing, isn't it? And to think the majority of those people are at least high school graduates (assuming we're talking the USA here). I guess there is a reason public school grad math/english and other scores have been in a free fall drop for decades now.

Just wanted to state my appreciation of the, imho, superb and extremely insightful posts here by such prolific and knowledgeable posters as Jacobs_Ladder2, blue division, BigDuke6, undead reindeer cavalry, JasonC and many, many others. As a WWII enthusiast and relatively newbie to CM, the rewards of reading the posts of these people regarding the history, tactical and strategic decisions and the debate about why they were made during WWII are simply immense. Not to mention the detailed explanations of the endless nuances and mechanics of CM. Priceless. Anyways....thank you. [ May 02, 2005, 02:26 AM: Message edited by: bigred ]

Andreas; "The original poster can not even tell us what kind of T34 he is talking about, and I beg leave to doubt that they were really in such a great position as he claims they were too." As there is simply no way I can prove that what I stated in my original post is not a lie, then indeed feel free to discredit me in any way you see fit. Enjoy....

Kingfish/Fredrock1957; Thank you both so very much! Geesh, I could have sworn I used the "m" command before in the 3d preview map. I must have lost my mind. ) Thanks again!

Lt. Beavis; That was precisely my impression. The combination of being hull down, a much higher position, a five to one tank ratio and the advantage of being stationary waiting for a German target to come rumbling along....well, I was just amazed they wouldn't even take a shot. [ April 13, 2005, 12:30 PM: Message edited by: bigred ]

How does a guy move the flags around when creating a new map with the map editor? Thank you!

wow....simply superb reading here. What a goldmine!

JasonC; " The right procedure would be for the tanks to check the threat's facing and/or targeting. When it saw the gun within 30 degrees of arc of itself, say, it could check morale or reverse. Also, they should only undergo this check if their own readiness reads "reloading" - that way they would first fire the round in the tube. That is all one would need for realistic teamwork tactics, hail fire against stronger enemies, etc. . " Well said, my kind sir. That's precisely what initially blew my mind the worst. To not even shoot when that lone Panther casually strolled into view (easily within all five's 30 degrees of arc) was....frustrating. Also all five had been just sitting there for at least five turns doing nothing so reloading certainly wasn't an issue. Good point regarding the "shoot and scoot" scheme. As it's at present all that's available I'll definately use it. It certainly beats the alternative! Thank you once more!

Schrullenhaft/JasonC; Aha! Thank you both so very much for your informed and knowledgeable replies. I understand now that I could have had 500 T34's on that hill and quite possibly they all might have run away. Hopefully in the future there will be some type of option available that gives one the possibility of increasing the unit's willingness to "stand and fight" as this hill was simply critical for this scenario. As three or four of those T34's (I honestly don't recall for certain what version of T-34s they were) were under one command I "assumed" there would be some type of group calculation. Of course, we all know what happens when one "assumes". Once again, thank you both so very, very much for sharing your expertise.

I was playing an email game a while back and this is what happened.... I have five t-34 tanks sitting on a top of a hill (3 in the hull down position)waiting to see if/when some German armor comes rumbling along. Excellent visibility and sunshine. Finally, one lone Panther rolls into the open at about 900 meters and....to my shock and amazement, four of my T34 imediately (without even taking a shot!)going into reverse and proceed back down the other side of the hill and "one" T34 takes one shot, misses and then immediately goes into reverse back down the other side of the hill. Now....what in the heck is that??? Five T34's setting there like an ambush waiting for something to shoot at..."one" Panther casually strolls into view and all five run away?? Surely, there simply "must" be something wrong with the AI files or something else? Help!