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I know the reason why we don't get snow/winter - it is because they have penciled in a module called Northern Storm featuring Finland, Sweden and Norway I know, pipe dream... CW is becoming my favourite modern CM game so any new things to play with is most welcome.

Great stuff @Ithikial_AU you just made my day. Needed something to look forward to. I bet this BP will be a great marketing tool for the Steam crowd. Also like the fact that the Vehicle Pack gets some love.

I ran some tests using @kohlenklau 's Firefly mod for FI - the one that raises the TC to a normal position (slightly vulnerable) from the completely lowered position (stock model) where he can't be hit by fire, but probably can't spot much either. I used this for a proof of concept for all mods that changes the TC/HT gunner position by changing the model in Blender. In single player mode, the mod loads and the TC is easily hit while in the stock version he is near invincible. In PBEM - if the player that starts the scenario HAS the mod but the oppo doesn't, then the mod IS NOT loaded and doesn't affect the game. In PBEM - if the player that starts the scenario DOES NOT have the mod but his oppo DOES, then the mod is loaded in in effect. My guess is that the second player who inputs is moves/orders is the one that triggers the simulation of the coming turn and his 3D models are used. This testing is pretty tedious so I can't say with certainty if this applies to all cases, but it is what makes sense to me, unless Battlefront chimes in on the issue. So, in conclusion, if you have any of these mods and plan to play a PBEM, let your oppo know. Problem is that fog of war etc means that you'll never know if a tank will appear in the scenario or not so maybe the prudent thing is to only use these for single player games.

I have had some weird interferance from CM Helper. Earlier it recognized a game called "Round 2" but not more than that, so I let it be. However, after completing the most recent turn and was about to save it, the file save name changed from the usual "Scenario name ###" to this: The suggested save file was "Round 2 013 ww1" so I deleted the last bit and it seemed to save properly. Have notified my oppo and asked for verification that all is well. I have no idea why this happened now as I have had CM Helper open all the time before as I have another game going.

You probably get points for non exited Soviet units, this is for the US side right? But I'm just guessing...

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Cool, where can I find mods for it?

Thanks for the feedback. I suppose once the PBEM is underway its all good. It is starting it that may be bugged. A ticket is opened but no conclusions so far that I know of.

Double post.

Thanks for trying to solve it. All CM installs and files are on a SSD, but the game not on Steam (could that be the problem)?

Nope, not at all larger than I usually play. It struck me how incredibly slow it was, to the point of thinking it was bugged. My PC and internet connection upstream/downstream can handle much heavier CM stuff so for me, for some weird reason, it is the fault of the PBEM system. Unfortunately

Indeed worth checking out. For the about total of 15 turns I have played I'd say on average 5-10 times longer upload time compared to Dropbox using CM Helper. Downloading a trun is also much, much slower.

State of the art servers I have a 200 Mbit upload service and it takes several minutes to upload a medium sized battle... Not exactly the gaming experience I wished for. Hope it can be improved.

But the briefing states objectives that are related to friendly/enemy losses. Are those counted twice? And the objectives are worth 100 p according to the briefing which isn't much compared to the points awarded so far. I wish Matrix would have explained the scoring system better (at all). If it differs too much from the briefing then you run the risk of chasing objectives too much/too little or not caring enough about losses.

My oppo is MIA as well. Does Matrix moderate the tournament at all? Remind players to keep the turn pace? I think players who sign up for tournaments and not keep their commitment (unless valid reason) should get some kind of warning. Three warnings and you can't sign up for tournaments for six months or so. I hate being left hanging. Waste of time of getting involved in the battles.

That was fun Never seen anyone make a video from one of my scenarios and I least of all thought this one in winter setting would be the first one. Looks like you played it well. IIRC there was more reinforcements from the German side, did they cause any problems?

I want to know too. The scoring set in the scenario doesn't match what I see on the scoreboard. Even stranger is that I have a lot of points despite only being less than 10 turns into either match.

Suspecting my VPN client messed things up. Not a problem before. Haven't received another turn to test if it was the problem or not.

Anyone else having trouble downloading turns today? It tries to load the save for more than two minutes and I click "continue" once more and the game crashes. No problem with internet connection otherwise.

Thanks for making these, definitely adds to the atmosphere.

I have no turns from my oppo yet. Noted that there is another player with almost the same name on the scoreboard. Maybe he entered twice and won't play me

I came up with a simple test that I think proves that the position of the TC matters a lot and thereby that the 3d model for infantry/TC is also the hitbox. I went back to @kohlenklau's fixes for FI and used the Firefly one. Unmodded the TC was barely visible and if my hypothesis was right, he would be impossible to hit with rifle-fire. I put 10 Fireflies at 50 m range from sniper and scout units (submachine guns). I ran the test with modded and unmodded. The unmodded variant suffered no casualties in one turn. What would be an easy target. With the modded visible TCs, they suffered 5 casualties in 7 seconds. So I don't think much more testing is needed. It would now be interesting to see what else can be modded in Blender. Can optics be blocked? Can the breach to the gun be blocked. Can armor be made full of holes? Back to my earlier statement about if this makes cheating in PBEMs possible - it seems like it might be (unfortunately) but that needs to be tested as well.

I got one email that said I would be notified again when it is my turn, and when I go to the section you stated I get some kind of log in register window and not a list of turns. Should I wait for another email or fill out the register thing to gain access to my turn?

First time with the system for me, what is the "In progress box"?

I got matched up with RooksAndKings, not known on this forum for what I know.