Apocalypse 31

Theater of War is an OK game, but its not just not doing it for me. I need some Combat Mission:SF WW2 Style! Question: Will dismounts in CM:N jump over walls as briskly as our modern boys in SF?

Air Weapons Teams (Apaches, Cobra's, etc) Why are they so damn weak in game? I was playing Streets of Hama. Had some dismounts on a rooftop overlooking a stationary T90. No problemo! I have air! I call it in, and much to my surprise a few minutes later the Cobra gunship executes a strafing run...merely scratching the tank...hello? How about a damn HELLFIRE? or a strafe run with rockets? Weak! In real life these things are very capable tank killers.

Reference the original post. Washington Times

Just 2 cents from someone who is on their second deployment in a Stryker Brigade. I think the Stryker is the safest vehicle on the battlfield. Hands down. It's not good offroad and definitely not good for the mountainous terrain of Afghanistan, but it has proven successful in Iraq because that is what it was designed for; urban conflict. Would you say that a Corvette is unfit or unsafe? It is if you try to mudding with it. God damn media. They know nothing.

was this based off Not a Good Day To Die? Nevermind - I went back and read the thread.

I thought the series was a little off, in several aspects. I understand the general griping among Soldiers (its natural) but I think the author went a bit too far with it. No True Glory is a great read.

What exactly are Exit Before and Exit After functions?

I'm trying to get an AI vehicle to follow a path. I set it using the ORDERS and filled in tiles to where it should be going. No luck at all.

Was messing around in the editor and trying to get a vehicle to follow a specific path (road, for example) Just cannot get it to work. Any tips?

No definitely not in game. We do have them on our vehicles in real life though.

Going back to the G36 and M4 thing..I've fired both. I just dont understand that HUGE handle on top of the rifle. Thats what makes it bulky. I think the G36C is pretty damn sexy though. Put an ACOG on that thing, and you've got an Army officer SOLD! BTW. STEVE - can I get the 'LT' changed to 'CPT' ? Been a captain for a few months now.

Stryker Brigade Officer here. That is a device called a RHINO used to defeat/trigger passive infrared devices.

Man, the Germans know how to do things right. Their uniforms have great camo Their body armor looks WAY more comfortable than ours (and protects the same) Their combat shirts look way more comfortable than our 'combat shirts' And They're allowed to grow facial hair. The only drawback is that bulky G36. Man that thing is heavy and bulky. I like my M4

You wrote exactly what was on my mind.

True. Recon by fire it is!

someone needs to release a tutorial on how to use this tool. Too confusing, and crashing too much.

Handihoc, Recon by fire is your friend here. Also, try calling in a smoke mission, then moving your scouts up to location positions. Just be careful of those ATGM's.

Yeah. They're called Commo guys

Make sure you change the options to "Run As Administrator"

Steve, In order to make this game truely realistic, winning conditions must be the following: 1- Defeat the enemy on the map / or take control of specific objectives 2- Coordinate a massive media campaign to tell the people why we came here 3- Rebuild the local Army and Police forces that you just destroyed. 4- Coordinate massive human resources drops (kids like soccer shirts) 5- Get their electricity back on 6- Get their water back on 7- Those buildings you blew up with JDAM's...yeah we gotta fix those too. IF the player meets condition #1, then it is a Minor Tactical Victory. If 2-7 are not met, then it is a Major Defeat. At this point, the in-game media would turn on him and cry out 'defeat!' , the people back home would stop supporting them, and most importantly his computer would be infected with an unfixable virus called INSURGENCY. It would corrupt everything and ultimately ruin that players computer. Once we get this all in game, then we will have realistic missions. It would make campaigns interesting!

I have Vista 64. I downloaded the SFS extractor for 64 (there's no difference, or so it seems)

It's hard for Westerners to understand the middle east attitude. I still have a hard time understanding it, and this is my 2nd time deployed. Their idea of accomplishing something is putting 20% effort into it and hoping for the 80% to magically happen. Insh-allah!

Cant get mine to work. Whenever I mount an SFS file it crashes the extractor tool. Any insight on this?

I was hoping for a continuation of the N Africa...maybe Siciliy or Italy...Nobody ever does those scenarios. Its always Normandy or Russia.

Ah ok. Good Deal.