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My CC was also compromised 3-5 days after I bought CMSF2 but in this day and age, it is to be expected at some time in your financial life. I think it probably is connected but I do not blame Battlefront, I blame the scumbags who think it is a thrill to steal. As there are so may possible points of contact on the internet, I use a VPN so I do not think it is the Battlefront to my computer connection but rather after the purchase. I specifically have a separate CC with only a $500 limit so they will not get rich off of me. I do my Netflix, Britbox, CraveTV and all my Amazon on it so it does not have much room to steal from me. What I find annoying is that my bank will never tell me where or which business my card was compromised at, though many times it is not the business' fault. The funny thing is that Visa saw something odd and put a hold on my card when they noticed I was subscribing to Match.com. My wife got a laugh out of that. Then someone tried to buy petrol in Chicago and I am 2100 kms away. Visa seems to know me more than I know myself.

I have to 2nd Macisle's list with one addition. Korea 1950-1953 Battle of France 1940 Barbarossa/Eastern Front 41-43 North African Campaign 40-43

Steve, Just for clarification - You mentioned in the first post here that it is - CMFB 1.02 - then Engine 4.0 - then a late war module for CMFB? I read in a previous post that it was going to be either a late war module for either CMFI or CMRT that would be the next major project. Did you just get your CMs mixed up?

Yes, a heads up would be very helpful. I was scheduling my one day of the week that I go in at night to get caught up on emails and it was nice to have you playing in the background. A pleasant distraction. Thanks - Jason

Sorry *Streams not Steams. Lack of food making me drowzy.

I just noticed that Chris is not steaming any more and it says that the channel is on hiatus. Is there any reason or just that we are awaiting the next CM release? Just curious as I always enjoyed them. Jason

I am getting the blistering speed of 120KB/s. and I have a package where I can consistently get 6MB/s usually. Oh well, I guess I will go back to playing the Road to Minsk (CMRT) for the next few days. So while I am waiting to download and play this for the next few months, what is next on the horizon?

So what setting do I need to set in order for the units to exit the map from an exit point in a quick battle? Is there one? I do like your idea of creating scenarios but I wish there was more of a hybrid - reinforcements or a set of fixed units in a QB game. Say have an infantry only battle which you would pick your units (or have the computer do it) but have a tank platoon arrive 5-10 minutes in. This way, you could avoid the computer picking a terrible set of units (like all tanks or all infantry) and still have more of a balanced force. Or alternatively, have a max percentage that the computer can use towards each category.

Remember though that you are looking at this from a strictly American point of view. In Canada you cannot just spout off racist bull&%$# just for the fun of it (Ernst Zundal and his nemesis the Jewish Armed Resistance Movement come to mind). The one thing that I have like about this forum is that you do not have many conspiracy idiots lurking about (though Steve has wielded the ban-hammer on a few and I have applauded him for it). It seems to be mainly those interested in the era, like the game and just want to discuss ideas and improvements. Good on them and so I will keep coming back. I just await further expansions to the quick-battles as I would like to see the ability to add some fixed units and reinforcements to quick-battles to create a more scenario like feel. Though my time to play CMRT seems to be few and far between these days. Too many commitments and I have little time enough to spend on my hobby, and less time to spend on people that have no redeeming qualities. - release the hounds of struggle I say!

Si, I have a little better handle on this scenario design than I used to. My opponent now moves and in fact, I created a Soviet attack and it beat me. (I think this has been the first time that I have been beaten by the AI) The one condition though that I had that I have not seemed to figure out is 'exit'. I created a victory objective as exit but his troops just gathered there and did not disappear off the map and he received no points for exiting. Is there a special thing you need to do in order for the AI to exit off the map and get victory points for that exit?

OK, so I created a map, and added some AI but the Soviets just sit there. Is there a design manual that tells me how the AI design works? (I am about to read The Sheriff of Oosterbeek – A Scenario Design DAR/AAR but wanted to know if there were more) Also 1. Is it possible in a quick map to buy and add reinforcements? I want to have an all infantry Quick battle (I and the computer each have the ability to buy forces for the battle to add some uncertainty to each quick battle) but I want to have both the Russians and Germans have a platoon of tanks as reinforcements 5 minutes into the quick battle. I did buy reinforcements and assigned them an appearance 5 minutes into the battle but they never showed up.

Has a FB module including the Brits & Canadians been announced? I may have missed that.

I have developed a few quick maps in the past but I must be missing something as anything that I create does not seem to work. 1. Create map (including terrain objectives) and put it into quick map folder 2. run game and select quickmap 3. Opponent just sits there and does not move towards VP locations So do you have to do anything to trigger the tactical AI to react? I have created terrain objectives for both sides but the AI just sits in his set up zone not moving. I have looked at other quickmaps and have used those as a basis for to create my own quickmaps, adding another terrain objective and they still only go towards the original objectives. Using Open-Rough Meet 036, I am looking at the AI plan and there is only 1 for the axis but it has no relation to the actual terrain objective. Hence, it is not directing the axis units to occupy the terrain. It is just showing support targets and highlighting some of the set up zone. Does the quickmap designer need to show the AI that it needs to do something to win? Am I not doing something for a quickmap? I know that scenarios need a full AI plan but do quickmaps as well? There would be a few nice things to have for us working on maps/scenarios 1. A quick-flow showing what needs to be done to complete the map/scenario. Right now I am missing something but I do not know what I am missing and why it does not work. 2. In the editor, it should show you the name of the map you are looking at. Many times I load a map and have idea (but have forgotten the exact name) which I am looking at. I try to load a different map and and up reloading the same one. Very frustrating. (This goes for picking a map in quick battles as well - The name is not descriptive enough that I must end up trying to load a quick battle many times as I do not get the map that I want and then end up trying again and end up with the same friggen map!! - frustrating) 3. Can you add default units as a starting point for quick battle maps without creating a scenario. I would like to have 5 x PzVDs on my quick battle map for anyone that ever plays it (mostly me) I am creating and then have an all infantry choice. This makes for a better balance in scenario instead of putting mixed (which usually just chooses all tanks). Without having the abilty to set 50% infantry 20% tanks etc. It creates a better balance. But I added some default units to a quickmap but when I played it, they disappeared and I ended up with only infantry. And in scenarios, you cannot choose extra units so how can you put some fixed units and have some choice?

I installed W10 and noticed that after a while, my sound would stop for everything. It has something to do with a Win10 sound app that checks for devices "graph something or other". It kept on killing the sound for all programs that require sound. I uninstalled Win10 and now everything is back to normal.

for CMBS - happy to see a module for BS that includes the Poles and the Germans (and maybe the Belorussians but I do not know enough about their kit to say it is unique enough to warrant inclusion). For CMFI - Module to end of war For CMRT - Module for Fall 1944 CM-Bulge - Anything CMBN - I think everything is done if I am not mistaken Hopefully in some far off future (where the Wachowskis' make another good movie and I actually have some free time to watch/play anything) CM - Afrika CM - Korea 1950 CM - Korea 2020

I noticed that the ammo count for the Stryker 40mm Grenade Launcher overlaps with the title of that ammo. I cannot see the amount of ammo that it currently has for that weapon. Were other ammo types given expanded names that now conflict with the amount of ammo?

See - above 0. What more could a person ask for. I have always had a soft spot for those plucky Finns. Now Denmark . . . or Sweden. You get so used to the cold winters, after 47 years, I do not even think much of them and it gets to be -45C here last winter for a brief spell. Finland is almost tropical in comparison to Saskatoon. My wife was born in a place where Summers are +35C-40C and the women wear fur coats when it gets down to +20C in December (as I am walking around in shorts and a T-Shirt). Perhaps my wife is correct and I am crazy (though thank god she will not see me saying that).

And before anyone takes me seriously, I keep telling my wife I want to move to Finland when we retire. - She thinks I am crazy.

Except for the Finns - they always deserve ridicule

I would be happy with a new module for CMFI or CMRT. I also liked the operations in CMx1 but without some other work, that is just not going to happen. Too bad. The teaser that Steve had was not that long ago and was about the time we started talking about the release of CMBS so since we already knew about CM:Bulge it had to be something else. I knew that CMBS would not get much love for a while but I was hoping that CM:Afrika or CM:Korea would be a nice addition since both would not require a complete introduction of all the units. In fact, Afrika could start out as a Öperation Torch kind of thing and go from there. Since I would be happy to have another CMRT module that is not too much to ask is it?

Chris and Battlefront, I noticed you have not been Twitch streaming for a while so we have not yet had any chance of asking you any questions. I imagine that you all are busy with the patch but Steve mentioned about 4-5 months ago that there was a surprise announcement. So my questions are, what is going to be worked on after the CMBS 1.03 patch? Do we have any timetable discussion (even in very broad terms) of what we can expect next and will we know what the surprise is in the near future? I do not think we have seen what may be possible for 2015 or 2016 but we imagine that Bulge is next and a module/vehicle pack for one of the existing base games and perhaps a patch for the existing games but . . .? Jason

I reset my entire account in Twitch but when I go to look for Chris' channels, nothing shows up. I see past posts but when I click, it says that the video has been removed. --- OK, do not capitalize the ND as it does not show his account. Very strange behaviour for a search tool.

Thanks Bill, These are great as I tried them out and love the Red side. I may even try my hand at creating some icons for the Blue side just for the heck of it (the current NATO ones confuse me a little probably because I am used to the allied icons for CMFI, CMBN and CMRT) and may mix and match. I am just starting to play around with Greenfish Icon editor which seems to do the job, though it is fairly basic. At the very least, it will keep me out of trouble.

I have your icons but I am running 8.1 and when I go into the .exe properties there is no button to change icon (though if I create a shortcut there is a button where I can change the icon). Do you have instructions on how to change the .exe icon or do you have to use another software program to make the change?

Thanks Bill and xIGuNDoCIx. I must have looked at that graphic 10 times and just noticed the US equipment and their icons. Looking forward to when it is released.