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isn't that the exact nature of a spoiler?

So how many people here have read Bored of the Ring?

Not sure what you are asking. You can simulate anything you want. Think they should have issues with ammo supply? Cut their ammo. Think they should under perform? Make em green. It is your sandbox. The Canadian story seems a little hype. "An Accounting error had them 20 minutes away from running out of 25 mm ammo in one situation in a 15 day battle." And how intense was the combat at the moment and what was the ACTUAL effect and how quickly could it be remediated? Don't think the Canadians should have tanks? Don't use em. However keep in mind you are comparing a hindsight of Afghanistan to a hypothetical conflict in Syria during which there would have been months to prep. You can't really draw conclusions as to what the situation should have been based on a different reality. Frankly if you want to get truly realistic, the Syrian army would be pretty much non functional with no large armor formations. CMSF is a game designed to be fun with the toys at hand. It is your choice as to what you think you want to do with it. Kind of silly to ask if NATO is over equipped and not consider that the Syrian army would likely not exist at all in any organized fashion. .

You should be able to, cmhelper is just sharing the file. CM will have no issues saving under the new name.

I believe if you follow @MOS:96B2P instructions above you can figure it out. I don’t have it handy right now to try. It might even be that cmhelper will recognize the new save as a new pbem game. I semi recall that happening. You might just need to share that file with your opponent.

I have changed game names so yeah it can be done. Just edit the actual save and then refresh cm helper with the new name file

so negative. why?

dozer tanks in a vineyard?! Sacrilege!!!!

Agreed. Love the game but it could always use just a bit more here and there on the maps. Especially on building damage. Would also be nice to see damaged vehicles on map etc. Just think of the screenshots we'd get. A wrecked tank with the treads spilling off perched awkwardly on a rubble pile.....

lol is there nothing that can't be addressed by a Python skit?

I have asked for it, but there was some technical reason why it isn’t done in CM. I’d love to be able to see a full roster of my units. The only way you can get it is by killing pretty much everyone in your unit one team member at a time.

That and it’s functional role was in real life more than likely significantly different than how they get used in CM. That is a shortcoming that applies to a whole range of recon vehicles. The kinds of situations these would normally be used make for boring tactical combat situations. There have been occasional efforts towards doing something where your goal is to spot specific units, but it is pretty rare and that more than simple map size is where it might make a difference. Recon in a standard tactical battle is something that most of us don’t do well. Recon for an operational context is something CM isn’t really gonna be that much fun to do often.

LOL okay, whatever floats your boat. As Bob Ross would say, it's your world, do what you like. Just confused me as folks were talking about the game providing too much info.

Fascinating. Have taken this back and will see what the powers that be think. I am guessing this will end up being a ticket for a future fix assuming it is something that can be changed. Nice investigative work @Oliver_88

Ah okay, yeah I mis understood.

That would decrease it for me. Hearing the snap of a sniper round when I don’t know where he is? Way cool. Rounds hitting with no sound? Weird. I don’t go searching for audio sources to pinpoint my targets but I do like hearing the rounds some folks don’t get all in on the immersion thing, true of any game. I wouldn’t let their behavior drive game development for the rest of us though.

I believe sound contacts are still variable so not sure what folks are pointing out here as different.

I am having a hard time telling if that was a joke or you are serious. Why would you play on scenario auth test mode? You get full intel on the enemy and turning icons off doesn’t help. You can still see them and if you do click on them you now get their c2 links as well showing their higher hq. Why don’t you just play iron with icons off? That would be harder. the whole point of test mode is so you can verify the ai plan is working as intended.

@Sulomon that was freakin hysterical, you made my day. Thanks!

What is “enough of your customers”? 10, 20? and Benpark stopped to give you an update that told you essentially nothing. No offense Ben. which then confirms the point of why it makes little sense for Steve to do so. He has made the same above statement before explaining why they don’t communicate more often. And no one said you were wrong for asking for it. The only thing I and some others have said is there isn’t much likelihood you will get a response until Steve feels it is time. What I do think is wrong is the suggestion that BF does not care about their customers. Giving you updates that say essentially nothing does not show they care. Patience grasshopper, when you can accurately predict from steve’s statements what the REAL timeline will be, then you will have achieved enlightenment.

@Muzzleflash1990 yeah the audio issue is something I don’t see changing. Trying to randomize it would really affect immersion and create a very odd feel to the, again and hit decals will give you clues anyway. The other one is vehicles going through fences and hedges. You can hear and see those disappear. I used to deliberately use jeeps etc to break fences randomly to disguise my movements. some things are just not able to be changed and not have a lot of unintended affects that affect the game more.

Pm me. I don’t have any pbem going so no opponent that needs be concerned.

Not a sushi fan? A little seared Ahi is a wonderful thing.

Lol nah everyone so far is good, no ranting or name calling. I can understand folks wanting more info, comes from a love of the game. I am just not sure Steve could really satisfy the desire for interaction. And who knows, Steve could start posting tomorrow on updates etc it is just good to keep perspective that they just aren’t equipped to spend that much time on community communications.

It might be doable but if they give that day up to provide little useful info then what would be the point? To make us feel gratified that they stop to say hi? And no I don’t think they keep very normal hours and let’s be realistic. It wouldn’t be just a quick news post. Folks will invariably ask questions expect responses, complain it isn’t enough info etc. it is never as simple as folks suggest here.