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I like the missiles just the way they are, although different missile types (like those above) could be nice, plus a fly-by-wire turret ATGM.

The game is great. Many of my own suggestions are similar to those above, especially re. hovercrafts and general movement capability--more fluidity would be nice. My 2 cents: 1) How about a "jump" option when you get stuck (for wheeled vehicles, since tracks and HCs are probably too heavy)? I could see wheeled combat vehicles of the future have a small booster attached to the undercarriage to allow for small jumps when they are in rough terrain, or even to dodge some projectiles. Puh-leeze!! 2) an "incoming" signal, like fighter pilots have, when an ATGM is headed your way.

One,is the public beta going to be dropped (i.e. public servers taken down) any major length of time prior to the game's full release? edit: dumb question. Two, is it common not to get first-shot kills with ATGMs? I like the Shrike ATGM (obviously funnest vehicle to drive) but I am surprised to see that even against light armor it didn't always kill with the first hit. Last, could ECM jam ATGMs? I have noticed how well the base shoots down dropships--can it be jammed?

Me too, numerous times with 11/12 showing.

So that's what that was! I kept getting booted off ("server not responding") after seeing some very peculiar aerial acrobatics.

Oh wow this is cool.

I played a scenario recently where not only was lots of light armor KOd by ATRs in a single turn (different units over a number of turns, between 1-5 penetrations apiece), but area fire worked well against some of the hidden ATR units. It was just a matter of guessing the best hiding spots.

Thanks. There are some great sites in that mix, but no street maps that I could find. I can't read Russian, either, although I can read German ok (in case anyone knows some German sites). But they will definitely help with regards to the OOB of the scenario that I am building. If you want the maps I uploaded to rapidshare, scroll down the page that the link directs you to and click "free". That will take you to the link to DL the zip. There's probably nothing that great in there--considering the links you have at hand you may have seen all the maps I uploaded. Although the one of Pavlov's house is pretty cool--I spent some time editing out someone's idiotic watermarks.

What is the best book source for good city maps of WWII era Stalingrad? I have some maps that I found online but what I would like are maps with details like street names, names of railways and a lot of other detail, not just the major battle sites. I'll share what I found so far: maps via rapidshare The books I have are Beevor, Stalingrad; Hoyt, 199 Days; and Rotundo, ed. Battle for Stalingrad--1943 Soviet General Staff Study. All are excellent (especially the latter) but none have very good maps.

A German gun halftrack is not useless. A PzIV, which is vulnerable from the rear, is not useless. Veteran or better ATR teams can be a real pain. The only cure is to flush them with infantry or area fire likely hiding spots. Even then a savvy opponent will anticipate this and keep them moving. Play Abbotts "Breajout" scenario as the Germans and you will see what I mean.

Technically we're talking weeks now. edit: original announcement was Feb 23/2006.

edit: looking forward to the updates and website and screenshots. [ February 18, 2006, 12:49 AM: Message edited by: Preserved Killick ]

I was excited when I saw the announcement and the forum, but after a month beyond the date they said they would release screenshots, I became apathetic. Who knows how long it's been since they clearly said we could actually expect something. It is frankly quite irresonsible as a business to suggest anything of the kind without providing any explanation beyond of "it will arrive when it arrives...tough luck, LOL suckers ". "It", moreover, being nothing more than the website, screenshots and update, and not even the final product.

I think I read somewhere that Gatorade, the hydration king got a big boost by sponsoring the Packers way back when, but I can't find any info on it. Anyway, Camelbaks on troopers is fundamental to operating in a desert environment--it's cycling technology adapted by the military: instant access to a decent and transportable amount of potable water, or preferably water with sugar a dash of salt and electrolytes. In response to another post: soft shells can quietly do the job of gore tex in many environments: for example: rundown of soft shell tech [ February 02, 2006, 01:36 AM: Message edited by: Preserved Killick ]

Thanks very much JasonC for this, and thanks to GeorgeMc for hosting. I love playing as Russians but I find my win stats aren't all that impressive. This will be a big help.

Sup, 31 year old buddy?

Just wanted to add my thanks. I have begun the 18-game version as the Axis (in CMETO ), and the whole project looks awesome. Thanks for all of your hard work, it's much appreciated.

Patboy: nice mod.

Thanks for the pics. The Pz38(t)e is one of my favorite tanks.

With 1 to 1 representation and the immense variety of terrain that is said to be available...I agree with Dillweed. I think platoon size small ops should work very well, as long as there are a decent amount of infantry units to choose from

I'm interested to know your source.

It would be cool if we could have "technicals" for irregular Syrian forces in urban warfare (a la Battle of Mogadishu) --i.e. recoilless rifles, large caliber MGs mounted on 4x4s, etc. Ignore if this has been suggested already. edit: as per the above post, also let's see mortars or rockets mounted on technicals.

I just wish there was a TOGGLE on my keyboard so words wouldn't arbitrarily APPEAR in capital letters--oh wait, that's Caps Lock.

Speaking of CAS, let's hope we see some of this.

just to clarify, another reason that the Qur'an retains nunation is because in the formation period of Islam, there were a lot of "heretics" espousing differing interpretations of the work. What was at stake was subtle or at times drastic alternate readings of specific passages due to the lack of diacritical marks (i.e. vowelisation). So a bunch of clerics got together in Damascus (iirc, I forget when) and came up with the orthodox version of the Qur'an. Of course, there are still very rare heterodox variants floating around (tough to find, as they are buried in sacred sites, called paper graves iirc). Ok, I'll shut up now.