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Happy 10th anniversary, Battlefront! Here's to raising a glass to a virtual toast, and wishing you continued success in the future. Cheers, flintlock

Always a bonus after downloading a 1.2GB file.

Congratulations, DeLaVega. Well done!

Yes, she certainly is!

Just don't forget take along a bottle of extra strength Aspirin.

Hi Arengada, Perhaps take a read through the thread titled "Dunkirk," in the Theatre of War Strategy and Tactics forum. You can directly link to the thread via here. Hopefully it'll provide a little insight. To see earlier threads, select an appropriate option from the drop-down menu on the top right of your screen: Cheers, flintlock [ July 15, 2007, 08:21 AM: Message edited by: flintlock ]

I believe what the OP desires is a native OS X solution. Given the required resources versus the return on investment for this market segment, you have a better chance of seeing Battlefront publish and freely distribute the source code for their CMx1 and CMx2 engines before you'll ever see a native OS X product. Short of a philanthropic gift, I just don't see Battlefront entertaining this, and justifiably so. I quite happily run a WinXP partition on my Intel-based Mac via Boot Camp, though many Mac purists loathe the thought of installing a Windows-based OS on their Mac. [ July 15, 2007, 04:08 PM: Message edited by: flintlock ]

That makes sense. Especially in light of some earlier films not having the budget or computer technology available to today's directors for special effects and other technological wizardry.

I've glanced this book over in the past, though ultimately passed it by as the majority of reviews on Macksey's work has been poor to mediocre at best. Your post is the first time I've read anyone praise this book. Years ago I read Shirer's The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich - A History of Nazi Germany, which I throughly enjoyed! It appears somewhat similar to what Macksey attempts to cover. If you've read Shirer's book, would you still recommend reading William's book?

Yeah, I too enjoyed Judgment at Nuremberg. Fairly recently I watched Soderbergh's The Good German (Clooney, Blanchett). It's not a film about the Nuremberg trials, though it was filmed in black and white and used older techniques and equipment to try and capture the look of older films. While I appreciate the concept behind the directors approach in attempting to capture the feel of WWII films from a bygone era, the film itself was terrible.

I'm not so sure an engineer unit parked in a town should have the power to prevent its leveling from bombers. Perhaps allow it to expedite the rebuild cycle.

He's referring to this site. As in an equivalent site for SC2.

Quality stuff, DeLaVega!

When this movie was originally released, I went to the cinema to see it with a GF. Within a few minutes of watching the beach landings and subsequent chaos, she asked if we could leave. Women.

I just recently had an opportunity to see this fantastic movie. It's one of the best films I've seen yet on the subject.

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Yeah, Letters from Iwo Jima is a great movie. Didn't care for Flags of our Fathers, really.

Not sure why, it's a wonderful movie! After playing a round or two of Battlefront's Market Garden scenario, I had the urge to watch it again. I seem to enjoy it more each time I watch it.

Top 5? Hmm--that's a tough one as there are quite a few quality WWII films. Though of all the ones I've seen, my five favorite may be (in no particular order): 1. Die Brücke 2. Idi i smotri 3. Das Boot 4. Stalingrad 5. Talvisota There are so many that I've seen and enjoyed (I own far too many DVDs), so it's difficult to pick just 5--but there they are! [ July 11, 2007, 08:13 PM: Message edited by: flintlock ]

DeLaVega, you should have just posted the lower picture on the that SdKfz. I'm sure you'd have had more than one person scratching their head.

This expansion is looking really good! I've never played the original, and just recently got around to trying the SC2 demo--which I enjoyed. The question I have is whether SC2 Weapons and Warfare will require SC2 Blitzkrieg, or will it be a standalone package? Expansions typically require the original to play, though there are exceptions, hence my query (I read no mention of this on the WaW page). [ July 20, 2007, 03:40 PM: Message edited by: flintlock ]

That's quite the lengthy link above! :eek: Here's one that's a little shorter.

Really well done, DeLaVega!

Excellent video tutorial, Webwing. Thank you for taking the time for developing, and sharing this with the community!

It certainly has managed to hook me quite successfully. I'm a dyed-in-the-wool wargamer at heart. I generally don't enjoy the RTS genre as I can't seem to appreciate frantic click fests, which unfortunately, I've found most RTS titles to be. Theatre of War manages to strike a skillful balance. Admittedly, whilst battles may get a little intense--I never feel that I've lost control to the point where I need to put the durablity of my left mouse button to an extreme stress test. Overall, I find the game to be an immersive and enjoyable gaming experience. One observation I've made is that some players appear not to give the game much chance. After a short time playing, they quickly decide they don't like it and simply dismiss it outright without getting to know some of ToW's more subtle nuances. With upcoming content and bug fix patches, I'm confident that things stand only to improve further.