Homo ferricus
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Let Chaos rain until our demands are met !!!
In the interest of semantics, should it be "rain", or "reign", or can either be used in this situation?
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So, just being a bit of the Devil's advocate, but...
Would a game in '39-'40 even be fun for anyone but the most hardcore enthusiasts? I'll be the first to admit to not being an early war grog, but I don't imagine there were many tactical instances of French, Dutch, Belgian, or Polish units not getting steamrollered by the Germans.
If there are, I'd be fascinated to learn more about them.
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In general, one of the interesting things about the preview was seeing how others approach the game, it was fascinating.
Fascinating, huh? I sense that you don't approve of my Sherman-rush tactic...
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I can tell you the sounds are positively better than CMSF (especially small arms, but then again it shouldn't be that hard to have better small arms sounds than what stock CMSF had
), but the build we got to see still had place holders from CMSF (or so it seemed), and I believe sound is bound to be polished even more for the final product. -
Lost like, a dozen Shermans to one cornered Panther, for the win.
In any case--my impressions? Looking good all around; bocage is a totally new element and I think it's great, vehicles looking nice and shiny, etc. one thing that stuck out to me (in the limited space of combat that actually occurred) was the way combat played out. It's completely different playing CMX2 in WWII, and I felt realism when I watched stuff play out, almost like actually seeing the combat you fantasized about in CMBO. It was really fun and felt distinctly different from CMSF. I'm a buyer now for sure, if I wasn't already.
I'm very satisfied with the product I saw, and it's only going to get better as progress on the game continues.
I'll post more later, I'm in a rush and just wanted to kick off more feedback
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That wiki page needs an update! It doesn't list the NATO module as having been released yet.
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I had this error until I finally, no thanks to HP, managed to get different video drivers installed. This proved to be completely curative.
Oh, really!? What exactly do you mean by "different" video drivers? Older? Newer? Alternative?
I've got an Nvidia GeForce 260GTX, I thought the driver issues were all smoothed out when they fixed the shader problem (thanks a ton for that btw, BFC).
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So now the important question is, will there be strippers? Strippers dressed in 1940's French garb...
No but really though, I'm in
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Oh, right. Totally didn't bother reading the next 10 or so pages. There goes that nanosecond.
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...I have to ridicule you lot to get an answer[.]
That's how it works around here, as I understand. Have a go! It's good fun. Just be warned that once you commit to staying here, you also surrender your right to claim membership with the human race.
You wanker!
oh... I needed that.
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I figure a classic Russian wave ought to do it. We just need the bodies...
Bring your thermals!
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I tried lowering the graphics to minimum but still can't load the save game without an "Out of memory" crash. But thanks for suggesting. I'll try playing with slightly lower graphics from now on and see what happens.
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I know its not helpful to you but I'm pretty sure this qualifies as jumping the gun. On the counts of...
CMBN isn't exactly imminently releasing.
Battlefront doesn't have a history of elaborating on module content, especially this early on.
Battlefront especially doesn't have a history of elaborating on more-or-less distant release dates.
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I'm playing a turn-based hotseat game of CMSF; medium-large size (two Marine companies with armor take an insurgent-held urban area with a rural/suburban perimeter).
The game unexpectedly crashes, citing some sort of memory error or another. Upon trying to boot my most recent save, the game crashes--Fatal Application Exit window reading simply, "Out of memory". I'm unable to do anything besides hit the enter key and return to desktop. It does this every time I try to load the savegame now.
Is the scenario somehow salvageable? Is there something I can do in the future to help minimize the chance of this occurring? Why does it happen?
Thanks in advance.
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Holy crap! Was that guy for real?
One more question: Did his invention work out?
That's what I've wanted to know!
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Also, I once again invite coolbreeze to attend and finally elaborate on his ultimate tank defense invention:
http://www.battlefront.com/community/showthread.php?t=73538&highlight=coolbreeze
Seriously, I'm still curious.
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I am definitely interested. Once again it depends on the exact date of the event, but I expect I'll be able to make it unless it's on my brothers birthday (feb. 21) or somefink.
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Do I hear the possibility of a San Francisco Bay Area CMBN party, anyone?
Maybe coolbreeze could come up from San Jose and finally tell us what his ultimate ATGM-defeating invention is.
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Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord II???
Or how about, Combat Mission: Waaaaaaay Beyond Beyond Overlord.
Combat Mission: Normandy Force
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It makes you wonder if the writer is a CMSF fan?!
Seriously; "Casey said that American soldiers... are now engaged in urban warfare with guerillas after defeating the Syrian national army and conquering the capital of Damascus in 2008..."
I bet the author spearheaded that very attack sitting at home on his PC
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To piggy-back on this thread--does anyone know to what capacity the M32 is being fielded by the Marines today? I wouldn't expect it's in the numbers we see in CMSF (M32 for every team leader, 3 per squad). I've been wanting to investigate but haven't come across too much information about how and in what numbers it's being deployed today.
Just curious.
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Mmm, nothing like getting 20 YPR engineer vehicles vs. a company of Marine Abrams!
What good fun.
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About "Hogs in the Shadows", it was a great read, but the copy I picked up at the store had some sort of strange defect; about 50 pages before the end of the book (let's say page 200, for illustration purposes), all of a sudden I flipped that page and it went back to page 76! Which is to say, where I should have been reading pages 200-250, I was instead re-reading pages 76-126!
I have no idea how widespread this defect is for the production of this book, and neither did the cashier I returned it to, but if you buy it in person, flip through and make sure that you don't see page 76 or sumfink towards the end of the book.
I'd love to contribute to the library of CMSF related books being discussed here, but I'd only be echoing what's already been said. There are some interesting semi-tactics related books that I can vouch for, like "My War: Killing time in Iraq", by Colby Buzzell (it's actually quite non-tactical, mostly about how much it sucks to be in the Army/Iraq), and the ever popular "Generation Kill".
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I generally agree with you hcrof, and I was never naive enough to consider this leak to be as substantial as wikileaks makes them sound, but it is still very interesting to read through all those articles about specific engagements and events, like the ANA/ANP friendly fire incidents, the stories about corruption that US civil affairs and mentor units have to deal with and try to correct, the special forces night raids. Interesting at least, but to others it is completely essential to understanding the nature of the war.
Yeah it doesn't surprise me either about the MANPADS, seeing as most other guerrilla/insurgent groups seem to be using them as well, from the Philippines to Chechnya.
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This thread makes me feel so warm, I can almost hug Emrys!
Almost...
Ok fine, not even close. But I had you for a second, didn't I!
STILL, I'd like to pitch in my 2 cents about the forum... I've been a-lurking since my pre-teens (CMBO-era) so unlike many of you, I actually have a childhood-nostalgia thing going on with Battlefront, but unfortunately I can't spare $70 for awesome collectors CMBN. That said, simply being able to read and interact on the forum, to me, is priceless.
NOTE: this is not an invitation to give me your money, I'm a spoiled suburban kid as it is