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OK- just installed latest (Jan 15, 2008) catylyst driver set and can now open and run the demo. Although my mouse doesn't seem to be working very reliably now. But Ill see how that goes. Rick

Downloaded the new demo last nite. I installed, and ran configure, then tried running the demo. When I click on the demo shortcut, the screen refreshes, then the cursor changes from stad window default to a stylized cursor (bronze looking). Then screen refreshes couple of more times, and then cursor goes back to normal. I tried the following instruction in the troubleshooter about DEP setting. What are the minimum specs for this. 1 only have 1.5 Gb memory. (actually System reports 1.37Gb). Also embedded ATI Radeaon Express 200 video adaptor. Any thoughts? Rick

JasonC put together a set of tutorial scenarios to show how to use Russain forces in the game. Some of them are hard to win, but play through them, then read the discussions on the forum about them and play again. I played a few of them many times before being able to do what was described. I think they helped me understand some things, though they haven't improved my armor game at all, they have helped with my infantry game. Rick

I'm fairly new to this, just starting my 3rd PBEM game shortly. Never played TCP/IP though. I'm also doing a campaign using RobO's quick campaign system. Rick

I was mainly wondering how to use the spreadsheet, if I didnt have the toolbar button for rolling the dice, but I see that I do have the macros, and I can simply run the die rolls from the menu if I need to roll them. Thanks, Rick

OK, first question on the ROQC campaign generator. I'm using Office 97 (Excell 97) for the worksheet. However on page 13 of ruleset, it indicates there is a customized toolbar named ROQC (which contains access to two die rolll macros. This does not appear on in my spreadsheet. I tried double clicking and left clicking. I did get the menu showing the available toolbars, but ROQC was not listed. Any suggestions? Or can I do this without this toolbar? Thanks, Rick

Blazing, Not sure why you bumped this thread, but thanks anyway. I'm relatively new to CMBB but the idea of campaign is always a draw for me. I've gone to the Robert Olesen site (quick campaign), and I've downloaded the info there. (spreadsheet, rules, campaigns, and maps). I skimmed over the rules, and will read them in more detail later. Sounds like a pretty neat idea though, and it looks like it took quite a lot of work to put together. Do you know if ROQC's is still being supported by Robert (or anyone else). In any event, thanks for bumping the post, else I never would have seen it. Rick

Havent heard anything from him yet, I'm not really expecting to at this point. Shame, I really wish CMBB covered the 1939 Polish Campaign. Rick

Sounds good, maybe by the time youre all the way ready, ill have a little more experience. Rick

I'm a fairly new player of CMBB. I looked at your site yesterday, and have read most of your posts here. but I couldnt find info on how to actually play the war you described. I decided I was probably too much of a newbie to particaipate, since I didn't really understand just how it would work. I actually came in today, and was going to post some questions about it. One thing I think I sorted out was that the play would "live", rather than PBEM. I'm sufficiently new to the game that I dont know how to do either of those. So maybe there are more out here than you realize. I also read through the forum you set up. Another forum of course it the Strategy Zone online forum that also seems to be somewhat active. Rick

Thanks Mike, I dont have CMAK, but if it covered Fall Weis and France 1940, I might get it. Rick

John, THanks for that link. I posted a note in that thread and emailed patboy as well. Rick

I'm another who would be very interested in this project. I have no experience modding CMBB, but would be glad to help if ther was something I could do to help implement this. Rick

Subject kinda says it all. One of the things I've missed with CMBB, is the opening campaigns in the war. Does anyone know if any mods were done for this? I see it's going to be in the new ToW game, but I'm still interested in seeing the Polish campaign in a CMx1 operation. Thanks Rick

Just finished Russian Trg. Scenario 112. I made the mistake of not calling for artillery until I saw the trench appear. this was turn 7 or so. The delay indicated for the spotter was 23 minutes. Needless to say, I had to go it without artillery support. It actually turned out ok. I suppressed with HMG on the trench, along with mortar on the trench. When I recieved flanking fire from machine, I switched morter to area fire at the sounds. knocked out or routed most of the German Platoon around T15-T18, MG was pinned by then. Rushed trench on T19-T20. Won on T20. After I finished the scenario I went back and re-read the artillery scection in the manual. Needless to say, I hadn't quite absorbed it the first time I read it, but now I think I understand. Question - Is the delay a constant value for a given combination of spotter experience, organization level of artillery, and los? i.e. does a Russian conscript calling corp level artillery on a los site target always have the same delay? Follow-up question, is a listing of these delays available anywhere? Thanks, Rick