meade95

While I would agree, and suspect we will have UAVs in any CMSF-2 that comes out - The way it is now, without them......the only way to address the lack of UAVs is perhaps within the "intel %" at the start of the scenario for BLUFOR. Give them a higher % if on that scearnio you think they would be in play...

Nevermind.....figured it out...

There is going to be a CMSF patch 1.31?? Great news. I thought 1.30 was pretty much it -

I did not know this - Regarding the Before / After was NOT per turn but within the total game time.....

I see. Huh. It would still be great though, sense all a campaign is, is a group of stand alone missions (correct). It would be nice if each of the standalone missions could be released as just that....Stand Alone missions for people within the community to try in different ways.

Much appreciated - But I understand about never having enough time -

Normal Dude - Love your Uniform Mods - Any chance you could create one with your Urban Outfitted Units to replace say the current German or Canadian units?

Is there any way to take the already created campaigns and break them out into individual scenarios? - To where one could add a different mix of BLUFOR units to see how they could play out under somewhat different circumstances?

Polish 2nd Special Operations Forces battalion Haven't seen this add-on yet? Is it in the Repos?

This would be fantastic -

Thanks for the tip -

As LongLeftFlank has pointed out - With regard to the new naming requirments since patch 1.30, there are workarounds......and as I mentioned last night...after more playtesting with NATO. While name changes aren't as they use to be.....Changes to squads names do appear within the Icon box, they just do so in a different place, smaller format and takes a little more time when playing to recognize these edited unit names. There are also some additional C2/HQ element situations that will now pop up now, I suspect. As one will have to create / use complete new Platoons more often than needed as was prior (at least with how I was using the name edited units).

Yes. I get the welcome "meade95" in the top right corner. However, when I go to post, it will direct back to the re-log-in page. But again, once I am logged in....I stay logged in (that is not the problem, staying logged in once I finally am). The problem is just at the start, when I first come to this forum for the day. It will take several log-ins, including a refresh a time or two for the site to recognize fullly that I'm here (even after giving me the "welcome meade95", top right corner message). It is not a huge issue and I've worked around it since the big crash awhile back, whenever that was....I just finally brought it up the other night ago to see if there was an answer. But I am certain it is only with this site, that I am having such an issue with.

I have noticed after some more play testing with NATO - while changed names do not show up like they use to (as a header on units Icons) they still do show themselves within the incon box (though limited in size and length). So that is somewhat decent news!

Is there a way in the editor to say take the entire "purchased red" units of a given scenario and cut and paste that into a newly created scenario?

No. This isn't exactly true. I just did it. Came here. Was not logged in. Logged in as usual.... was told to wait or click here....waited....it booted me to the relogin page....I chose instead to refresh (nada)....Still not logged in. Next. Logged in. Wait for the blah, blah click or wait here....Same thing. It takes my UserName and Password and boots me back to the log in screen. I this time click the "Battlefront Forum" link top LEFT corner. I hit refresh...(as is always the case, things look great, I have the "welcome, medade95" up in the top right corner.....yet without fail...Go to post and BINGO I'm not logged in, I am sent to the log-in screen page (nevermind that up in the top right corner just prior to trying to post this forum shows me logged in). Yes, it is, specific and entirely ONLY with this forum. I'm on a computer 10-15 hours a day with my job. I go to various forums routinely throughout day. This is the only forum in which this happens. I know how to work around it....but the notion that it isn't specific to this forum just isn't true. It most certainly is. It is not a cache or IE issue (unless one that is directly and only related to this forum).

Thanks......

Yes. That is exactly what I'm saying, taken seriously by BFC or not. And having the ability to name squads as we see fit, I wouldn't exactly call it a "bug" or "flaw".....It seems it was more or less a long established feature you did not want the customer to have. But they did have for well over 2 years with CMSF, that has now been taken away / declared a "bug" because of situations involving another game "Normandy". On all the threads of "bugs / fixes needed" for CMSF. I don't believe I have ever seen the need to NOT allow us to name units/squads as we see fit being on any of those lists. My gameplay with CMSF does not need the use of Germany, Cananda or Norway (?). So yes, losing features of CMSF that I became use to using, that I found very valuable not only as an in-game reference but in a small way for "quasi-modding" of CMSF that otherwise BFC doesn't allow for......was not worth gaining units I won't be using. I was simply purchasing NATO as support for BFC ($25) and grabbing the updated patch instead of the Free DL version that is coming. Obviously a bad choice on my part. I'll be sure to rethink my concern of commitment on future BFC purchases with that being the case. No bad feelings. Best regards.

Yes. I understand that, regarding once you clear your cache.......You are required to log in again... The problem starts from there. Once you are logged in (you really aren't) once you go to post in the forum. You have to re-log in again several times or hit the refresh until it is recognized. I will go with the F5 option from now on.

Trying logging out - For security reasons I clear my cache once a day - Once I'm logged in for the day I'm fine.....it is the next day when one goes to "re-log in" for the first time that the problem starts. Then once you are re-logged in....it is fine for the rest of that day.

No. You can only remame the unit (within the editor). For Fireteams, for example. But once in the game....It will only show up as "first fireteam" to whichever leadership unit. It will not show up as the name you have given it within the editor. Only the units Leadership unit has the name change once on the map. There is a huge difference here as is now.... as to how it was prior. Before, you could rename any unit at any level and that is how it would show up on the MAP (not just within the editor). I would like the option to switch it back, as it always was. Or for me at least, it wasn't worth purchasing NATO. I would have been better off just waiting for the 1.30 patch to come out. And to a point, now....regardless if this is how BFC first wanted it laid out.....this isn't how it has been....and thus it is another option being taken away from the customer who was otherwise satisfied with what he had.

Looks great!

It simply makes no sense to take options away from the customer, here. There was no ground swell of threads on the forums here to make it so we couldn't name units as we saw / needed fit - Being able to do so...was one of the few work arounds to other issues steaming from the lack of mod ability within CMSF to begin with. This is just a silly and not needed taking away of customer options here. With us paying $25 to boot.

Yes, it is inherently to the BFC forum. I am on dozens of forums a day. This is the only forum the same exact issue happens with day in and day out. Has been this way for months and months now....maybe even a year. Was not always this way. The issue popped up after the big crash that happened awhile back on here and the forums were upgraded. But it most certainly is specific to BFC fourm.

o In the unit editor, when you rename a unit that is not a formation (e.g. squad, vehicle) the name change applies to that unit's leader, not the unit itself. I dislike this tremendously - Why can't we give names to units (and have it show up that way on the map within their icon, like before). This has completely messed up much of my prior work - Or at the least made it much more confusing for me on the map to know which units are which..... Why was this changed? Why take away options? Instead of inreasing them for the player. As was, one could change BOTH / ALL units names, including the unit squads along with the units leader.... Is there anyway to turn this feature off? Or I likely would have been much better just waiting for the 1.30 general patch to come out. As the new NATO units themselves likely aren't worth the complications the new naming situation has caused me. But wanted to support the game/BFC with a purchase.