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    in Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin

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    Welcome to the best tactical lever wargame currently on the market.

    You can buy digital downloads directly from battlefront.com. I suggest buying CMBB first then CMAK, though I might be biased. CMx2 will be a very different product, and isn't about the ww2 era.

    You'll find plenty of user made scenarios, but the game will ship with about ~30 scenarios and 5-6 campaigns.

    As I recall the user interface and the performance of the demo is almost the same as the real version. This is an old game, your config must be enough for it. Don't worry about the strange user interface, soon it will be natural to you smile.gif

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    Preview @ Out of Eight

    in Combat Mission Shock Force 1

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    Originally posted by allenj7:

    You are correct about WEGO. My only issue with it is that you watch the same thing twice (once when it is resolving it in real time, and again when it replays it automatically). In this sense, playing WEGO could take twice as long if you choose to watch the replay.

    Actually (for me) it's not a problem, I usually watch a turn several times. At least I never skip it without seeing it once.

    A time multiplier would be useful in this case, so your CPU could work on the turn at full power, shortening the 60sec period to its fraction. (It's also easy to implement) That would be comparable to the 'blue stripe' phase in CMx1.

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    Preview @ Out of Eight

    in Combat Mission Shock Force 1

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    Originally posted by Steiner14:

    Since this wouldn't make any sense and be a huge step backward in the WEGO-system, and because i trust in Battelfront, this can't be the case.

    So i guess you mean, that the VISUAL representation of the turn is not calculated prior, but the results are ofcourse.

    So we have to watch the action turn in realtime, the graphics engine receives and stores all data, and afterwards we can rewind, ff how we like it. Is that correct?

    In that case I don't understand the huge pbem files.

    I don't mind staring at the ceiling for a minute before every turn, but I really hope the animation replay works the same as in CMx1. Or better.

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    Please FEED US

    in Combat Mission Shock Force 1

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    Originally posted by C'Rogers:

    </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />everything that releases after StarcraftII 2007 release date will go straight to forgotten trashbin

    I don't think Starcraft and Battlefront share the same core audience (I can barely compare the two in my mind). That said I believe Starcraft II is a 2008 release. </font>
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    What must i do to make a decent assault/attack?

    in Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin

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    What Misereor is talking about is the military decision process revolving around a single decisive point. You analyze your mission carefully, then you come up with a decisive point. Then you assign purpose and tasks to each and every unit of yours. You can read more on this in the armchair general, Tactics 101. (Written by army professionals, not fellow wargamers)

    Basically, every unit has to serve the Main Goal, no random actions. But they have to attain that via sound tactics, and they should be given the appropriate tasks. Knowing proper tactics advised by JasonC and others is a must.

    I think there are other decision methods as well (not decisive point oriented), but probably this one is the easiest. Basically, your units have a job to do, they don't just kill enemies in the field whenever they have the ocassion. IMO this not necessarily means 'controlling' the battlefield or having always the initiative.

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