Sgt.Squarehead
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3 hours ago, wlmiv said:
This is why I say the developer's should have an override button whereby the driver will not drive off and allow the Truck to dismount. Instead if he feels threatened by Annihilation he will bail out of the vehicle while the dismount order is being carried out.
Nope.
With all due respect, if you are driving softskin vehicles full of men into places where they can be shot at, you need to worry more about your tactics than you do about the game engine.
PS - @chuckdyke Score one for the Sherman!
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On 1/21/2022 at 12:11 AM, gabsihihi said:
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How does 'Bugger Off!' sound as a counter-proposal?
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Just occured to me.....Can you rescale something like a turret before using it? A smaller version of the T-34/76 Turret might work for later production T-26s:
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Is the Ukraine paying for these or did Boris just donate them out of the kindness of his heart?
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It occured to me that Panic was the wrong word as it is one of the game's morale state.....'Imminent Fear Of Anhilation' would probably have been a better choice.
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1 hour ago, kohlenklau said:
I don't see that. I see 75 but not 75/18.
I'd guess that's the one, it has the correct Horstmann Suspension:
I really couldn't suggest anything better than @Suchy already has.
Absolutely fascinated to see what you come up with.....I feel another install coming on.
BTW - I'm still playing with your Italian Partisans. @Freyberg has kindly given me permission to take advantage of his map portfolio.
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On 1/18/2022 at 4:03 PM, wlmiv said:
My question is why would it do this? What triggers the AI to override one's orders? What triggers the AI to act against what would have been a safer decision to stay put?
Panic!
The truck driver is reacting to his perception of the battlefield not yours!
He doesn't know what you do.
If you want to know what he knows, play in Iron Mode and click on him during the replay phase.....You'll discover that his view of the battlefield is rather more blinkered than the one you normally see.
I suspect that you'll find that some time immediately prior to the truck starting to act silly from your perspective, a very prominent red contact icon became the primary & pressing concern from his perspective.
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4 hours ago, Rinaldi said:
I think posting an entire thread for my own blog would be a bit presumptuous.
Dude, it's a quality blog and as I recall, threads are free!
The CM community needs more content & commentary from folk who actually understand the game.
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6 hours ago, Drifter Man said:
Not dedication, just automation. It's about 200 lines of code.
I'd love to know how you did that.....Probably wouldn't understand a word of it if you told me, but all the same!
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8 hours ago, John Kettler said:
And that generosity, mind, is in an environment of other likeminded countries who have antiarmor systems of their own to send as gifts. Also, having to combat multiple antiarmor threat types greatly complicates the difficulties of defending against them.
You appreciate that works both ways, Russia has 'export opportunities' too?
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9 minutes ago, Benjamin Ritchie-Hook said:
Should have happened IRL
IMHO including 'wishful thinking' in one's planning is never terribly wise.
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8 hours ago, John Kettler said:
Have some great close-in pics of the Mi-2/HOPLITE, a fully restored one. Will post them if you and or others would like to see them.
I'd certainly be interested to see them.....I think I have all the bits I need for the Mi.2 now.
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2 hours ago, Vanir Ausf B said:
And the Baltic states just sent their most advanced weapons to Ukraine.
Will they turn the gas back on?
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17 hours ago, Drifter Man said:
Sorry, I forgot to answer this question.
10,000 trials for each spotting test - that means loading the test save 10,000 times, calculate the action phase, let run for up to 7 seconds (until the first spotting action) and collect data of which enemy tanks (in which position) were spotted.
1000 trials for the duels.
OMFG!
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45 minutes ago, John Kettler said:
Also, a quick search surprisingly showed no statement at all. from the Kremlin on this major upgrade of Ukrainian antiarmor capability.
Gee.....Sounds like they are probably not expecting their tanks to face this fearsome weapon.
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7 hours ago, Warts 'n' all said:
I think that this "what - if" scenario.....
Ah.....So XXX Corps might actually turn up after all?
Well that makes things much more interesting.....I shall make myself a cuppa and pull up a pew.
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On 1/8/2022 at 9:10 AM, George MC said:
Small armoured group tasked with reccing the main body’s avenue of approach takes a tactical pause in a small unnamed (on their map) Polish village.
Would that be taken from a certain large map with a prevalence of long narrow fields by any chance?
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Scratch that, misread your post.
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1 hour ago, Jumpete said:
Will the battle packs come with new toys long time awaited such as KV's for RT or Stug IV for Normandy?
Unlikely.....Battlepacks are usually just scenarios, campaigns and maps.
Bit surprised to discover CM:BN doesn't have StuG.IV.....It was the primary AFV of 17 SS PzGr. in that period:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_SS_Panzergrenadier_Division_Götz_von_Berlichingen
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4 hours ago, kohlenklau said:
If you are on the ball, A.J. Squared Away, you might ask about the ammo of the Pak36. If I set ammo as limited it just issues out the HE and AP rounds, none of the HEAT rounds that project out the barrel like something out of Buck Rogers.
IIRC if you do that with a platoon of guns and then set all but one of them to Dismounted, you should wind up with an ammo dump that you can locate next to the remaining gun so that it can stay in the fight a bit longer.
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2 hours ago, cdplayer said:
Thanks all. I have sorted it. So far I have always played with level set to "Basic Training" as Im still relatively new to the game. It seems if you turn the difficulty up to Veteran or above the icons show up. You would think "basic Training " level would give the most assistance to the player. I just tested several battles and quick battles. With difficulty set to Basic training NO pre contact recon. With difficulty set to anything else contacts ARE SHOWN.
Thanks for your help
Do yourself a MASSIVE favour, set it to Iron, now.....Then leave it there (at least until you have a real need to change it to Scenario Author Test).
Doing this will have no significant impact on the actual perceived difficulty (other than artillery and buddy-aid taking a little longer), but it will help you to learn how CM works a lot faster.....I strongly recommend you read this thread (several times) and experiment with the concepts it explains:
PS - Apologies for confusing you earlier.....I assumed you were more familiar with the games and were enquiring about the mechanics of pre-battle contacts/intel settings.
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7 hours ago, Warts 'n' all said:
They are, but none of them have HE in this scenario. They don't even have any WP left, just one Smoke round in most if not all Sections.
Eeeep!
Is that intentional or an artefact of patching?
4 hours ago, Rinaldi said:The Airborne section-level mortars never have HE in any event, if I recall correctly.
The plot thickens!
That seems a bit odd to me! Now I must emphasise that I have no particular knowledge of Para TOE, but it doesn't jibe well with various accounts of paras running around Arnhem with 2" mortars, blowing stuff up!
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Are they not integral to some of your squads?
Ukraine military 2020-21 order of battle and equiment
in Combat Mission Black Sea
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