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There was in fact a mine, Michael. And sburke and I were walking, arm in arm, down that glittering path. Tragically he pranced ahead to smell a rose. BOOM. Sburke, we hardly knew ye. I've had some PM inquires about my avatar. Who is that guy? His name is Mikhail Illarionovich Golenishchev-DiCaprio,( Russian: князь Михаи́л Илларио́нович Голени́щев-DiCaprio), Field Marshall of the Russian Empire, Hero of the Radetzky Redoubt and womanizer extraordinaire. His end was melancholy. He perished when his troop transport met an iceberg in the Gulf of Finland.

They's sell more of these packs if they bundled in a couple of scenarios featuring the new content, me thinks.

Breaking news! The 1 Warning Point(s) has been removed, At last, I feel whole, no, make that reborn. Through the mist I can at last glimpse the glittering path. I will walk carefree and unencumbered upon it. I assume this is due to the groundswell of support from sympathetic forum members. Thanks, boys.

Probably not. But excellent question. Starting a Sherman appears to have been a rather time consuming procedure: http://www.8th-armored.org/misc/36-start.htm

There's a reason Battlefront why didn't include any get-off-the-beach scenarios on release. And not because they didn't want to go to the trouble of including landing craft.

Thanks, Ralph Waldo, for the edifying comment. I 'think' your entitled to three transgressions. A sum surely attained or surpassed by the of the more, uh, incendiary posters on this board. After three you get paratroopers rapelling down from the roof into your bedroom.

Well, then it's my- and sburke's- permanent and private stigma. A chastening reminder that once we sinned. It may well make us better men.

Hmmm, I see this: Members(sic) 2,058 posts 1 warning points(sic) Apparently it's forever. The sin can never be washed away. Like blood stains. In fact, your son may inherit it. Prepare him.

O/T: I just noticed. Why is my nick still encumbered with '1 Warning Point' blot? That (exceedingly trivial) event occurred months ago. What is this? The Mark of Cain? Hester Prynne's 'A'? Where do I got to get my dignity back?

There's a scenario in FI, Primosole Bridge, iirc, in which British paras battle Italians reinforced by an arriving German force. Historically the near totality of the low-morale Italians surrendered before the Germs arrived. A not insignificant fraction of the British was then detailed to POW herding. Thus the CM battle plays out in never-never land. You have, for example, situations in which an attacking squad assaults into a house defended by a wavering enemy team. The latter typically fights to the death. Unlikely given average motivational factors. Perhaps, the AI needs to be aware of the precise grand tactical situation, their troop's distance from supporting units. That may require cheating on its part. Not to mention the player's frustration as bleeding chunks of his force are removed from his control.

Yes, it would be very cool and 'wet work' did occur most commonly on the Eastern front but also in other marquee battles like Arnhem. And, yes, one questions whether the additional animations are worth the effort given the coding complications. What CM needs, imo, is a better surrendering algorithm- which is also challenging to implement due to the situational nuances. The solution may not exist.

Because the loader was fumbling with the shell? One of the charms of CM is the unaccountable even bizarre event that surfaces from time to time. There's also the spotting sequence. But if this happens too frequently then, yes, it's a flaw.

Yes. To my knowledge there's no extant board game that can compete with the depth, originality, graphics and, yes, charm of the CM product. So any grand strategical, hex-based overlay sim is going to suffer in comparison. The Command Ops series enjoys a strong reputation but it's computer based and real time.

Wise policy. Much greater box office potential. Less Soviet steamrolling and no dreary wind up of the Italian campaign that was becoming a sideshow. And you'll have *most* of the 3D models. Stand alones or modules?

Correct if I'm wrong, but I believe but it's doubtful any WW2 division's non-auxiliary formations could be classified 100% Crack in CM terms including elite airborne units and divisions like the GrossDeutschland. Certainly not the majority of composite inf squads. That's Conan the Barbarian territory, you end up with a strange battle. Tiger crews, etc, may be another matter. They got the cream of the cream. Thanks for the campaign.

I downloaded your campaign. One notices that in the opening scenario the entire German force is rated Crack. Even down to the Kubelwagen drivers. Is that what you really want?

Unmodified scenario:

You sneaky Pete!

Are we in the midst of a glut of WW2 internment camp/horror flics? Will the Japanese lawyer up and sue for libel? The Railway Man came out in 2013. I saw it last night. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2058107/?ref_=nv_sr_1 Not bad, but all the POWS were clean shaven for the duration of the movie. On the other hand, the British internees did appear appropriately emaciated. Makes one curious to read the casting calls for extras.

This guy goes to great lengths to debunk the alleged superiority of German tanks versus Soviet tanks. Yet you have the documented gross disparity between kills in favor of the Germans throughout the war. This, imo, can't be entirely attributable to superior crews and tactics. From the Operation Barbarossa series: Quote: According to the head of the Armored Directorate of the Red Army N.Fedorenko, the average mileage of the T-34 to overhaul during the war, did not exceed 200 kilometers. This was considered adequate since the T-34’s service life at the front was considerably less. For example in 1942 only 66km. In that sense the T-34 was indeed ‘reliable’ because it was destroyed before it had a chance to break down on its own. Quote: The T-34 is possibly the only weapon system in history to be rated by most commentators as the finest all round weapon in a century of warfare, and yet never consistently achieved anything better than a one to three kill-loss ratio against its enemies.

That excerpt implies that troops were indeed commonly transported on tanks, at least to the staging area. Oh, and welcome to the forum.

You sure about that? I'm noticing, at least in CMRT, that Hiding troops seem to have better awareness than previously. The blue LOS line appears to extend a bit farther. And, unless behind am obstruction, they can perform an decent ambush while hiding. Might be worth testing. The ideal situation is that Hiding troops spring into action via the signal of a non-hiding unit- like an HQ- in close proximity. But likely tricky to program.

For a mammoth battle add to that 4-8 reliable, I mean really reliable friends. These guys should be free of distractions, ideally unemployed and living alone out in the woods in a Uni-bomber type cabin with (unlikely) bullet-proof internet. A developer supplied MP lobby would be helpful as well. And voila!

The news of Fury killed the script I and my writing partner had considered developing. The concept was noirish in tone- lots of murder, betrayal and twists. There's a Holocaust scene. Here's the opening to the- now deeased- treatment I had begun playing with: The Masterpiece New York City, 1995. A well-dressed man in his seventies, Louis, stands watching as workmen remove the furnishings from a once palatial office. A young man, Aaron, also in a suit, raps on the open door and walks in. They shake hands formally and make small talk. We learn Louis is selling his investment business. Aaron is the son of the new owner, a member of the city’s Jewish banking aristocracy. Aaron notices a single painting, well secured behind glass, the last remaining object on the empty walls and expresses curiosity. Louis explained he acquired the work, a genuine- and priceless- Corveggio, many years ago and could never bring himself to part with it. Aaron, curious and clearly well educated, presses Louis for details. Louis recounts that he discovered the painting during the war in a destroyed church. He explains that as establishing the chain of ownership proved difficult selling it in the art market would be problematical. His success in business made the money superfluous anyway. But there’s more to the story…. Louis goes to the window, gazes thirty floors down on the busy streets of Manhatten. A reflective moment. Anzio, 1944. Sounds of artillery, detonations, men yelling, screaming. Through the gaps of drifting smoke one glimpses the carcasses of tanks, many burning in the rugged Italian countryside. The hatch of a Sherman, still intact, flies open. Four men scramble out and flee from their stricken vehicle. They drop and hug the earth. They realize they’re missing Mario, the gunner. The Sherman takes another shell, flames sprout. A brave member of the crew runs to the doomed tank, about to explode, and pulls out the barely conscious gunner, tells him he’ll be okay. We close in on the face of the rescuer. It’s Louis, aged twenty-five.

Oops. You're right. But it's got Shia LaBeouf!