hammelman

No, i'm using the BFC provided maps only. I do have the NATO skin mod installed and the plain russian vehicle skin mod installed, though i dont think they would have an effect like this. I'm also using 1.08.

Right, but. So i switch to the other team and i can give orders to this team, and so can the AI. Its' really strange and it happens at the most randomn times, such as 5 mins ago.

So, i've finally after many months gone ahead and reinstalled CMSF. I've played a few rounds, and everything is good to go for the most part. The last three times i've started a map (quick battle) i've chosen red to defend, set up my troops and hit the go button, and then when the rounds starts i'm switched to to the other side and am playing as the other team. Whats going on here? Am i missing something?

Then if i screw up and hit i on the C screen i get to press i 3 more times to get a unit to unpause.

Just wanted to say that you have created a gorgeous mod! I use the plain one, as it just strikes me a well fit for immersion. Thanks a lot!

Thats a great way to get in trouble in these forums.

This thread should be called, Flame Wars need a lot of work....

Is there a way to implement in the AI somewhere that the squad enters the closest entrance to the last waypoint it receives. For example i say Squad A, dismount and move to the south entrance of a building and instead of making complex calculations it just defaults to the nearest door? I know this sounds simple, but i understand its not as simple as it sounds.

I download games pretty exclusively now - as i just got tired off all the boxes. i keep all my needed files backed up on my second computer and i also back them up on a portable HD which i keep turned off when not in use for an extra layer of protection. I put all my game keys in an excel file which i have backed up in all those places. I dont keep games i'm not playing installed as i dont like the clutter on my desktop, or on my HD for that matter.

I played until 1.07 and i was actually trying to defend you with saying there is no magic fix, but in my own way. Did i need to add the comment, no, but i did. I kept the game off my HD cause it frankly got boring for me - thats certainly not BFC's fault, i think its a great game and i am excited for the WWII version to come out. And if my post was irrelevant why did you comment on it? I formatted my disk and didnt it put it back on, again not because i didnt like the game - i'm an avid fan of the series, i just got bored with it, why would i keep something on my disk that is idle. Did you keep a copy Doom on your computer this whole time? it only took up 3 megs of space. On a further note i like this forum a lot, i love the banter and the updates to the games, and i love the way steve is involved - thats why i stick around. The game is irrelevant in my eyes. I'm sure in a few years i'll get back to it, but right now i've moved on - I dont see a crime in that. [ May 22, 2008, 02:30 PM: Message edited by: hammelman ]

Welcome to Battle Front, you are wrong! Yet so right. There's about 10 Billion threads that relate to infantry behaviour. I assume you got the game recently, and if my assumption is correct then i can tell you it used to be a lot worse. It seems they've gotten better infantry AI step by step, but there is a lot of work still needed obviously. Either way, i dont think there is a magic fix or it would have already happened. Though who am i to talk, i uninstalled CMSF months ago and don't plan on putting it back on my computer in the near future.

I play ARMA as well sometimes, it seems that multiplayer isnt very dynamic unfortunately.

I'm pretty sure this has been discussed and will not be implemented if i remember correctly. Move along citizen, nothing to see here.

Maybe this will be a wakeup call to join the rest of creation in a thing called "life" This is a forum for ideas, not slander. Least thats how i see it.

Perhaps this should be the lesson taken away from all of this stuff. Know your sources.

Man, Big Duke has this way of coming into debates and seriously shutting them down with his great writing skill. I am in awe. Duke, did you get your handle from Wing Commander - loved that character, such a bad ass. But seriously, I think Clavicula_Nox is on the right track with the above statement, of course none of us want to see injustice done to just people, but when you start dragging in everybody because you "think" or someone who got paid a bounty says they might pose a threat we have serious moral issues to deal with. There's always going to be dead enders, and unfortunately there is no way to stop these people from executing their mission. All we can do is work our best to get to them (in a non-violent way) before they turn into these people that would do these horrible things. I'm no pacifist, and i think that some people get whats coming to them and rightly so, but to condemn people without process is very bad for us.

Maybe i should get you locked up, you seem like a threat to peace loving people all over the world. How do i know you aren't going to take the form of a mushroom cloud if you're not agreed with on the forum? See the problem? Probably not.

Does it really matter that he blew himself up though? If not him, surely someone else would have done it. I also completely agree with Steiner on this one, you dont just go imprisoning people because you want to - thats what Saddam and his ilk did. Ironic isnt it?

Question Steve, Is there ever going to be a way to mix modules, i.e. British, Marines, and Amer Army units all in the same mission? I guess i'm thinking of something like a joint mission, or convoy - British convoy comes under attack, Marine unit is in the area to help, and Air force F-16's fly cover?

Why not base one on Kosovo breaking from Serbia? The Russians have half heartedly threated military action. Imagine if it really happened? I know there was some tension in the forum last week as a result of it, but who knows? Any thoughts?

Wow thats really great, now we can massacre non-combatants too. I love it.

Why did you have to bring AbbA into this? What kind of sick individual are you?

I do think we need a little bit of humor in this thread, its gotten a little more serious than it needs to i think. I agree though, this thread needs to be locked after said humor.

Really who cares? You nationalist types are on your way out, this is evidenced by the creation of the European Union. People will decide what they want. Serbia is a backwards old country with nothing left but what they didnt burn in the 90's. This is a result of Serbia's ridiculous assertions of power in a region that isnt powerful. Eastern Europe has been the bane of Western Civilization for several hundred years, yet they really have nothing to offer the world but Dracula. On that note, i'm a dual american/german - this is because my family was chased out of europe by these same people on both sides of my family. Get back to your farming, tend your sheep, make some semi-good quality pistols. Enough with this whole national "pride" thing.

I agree with a fundamental flaw being the AI for sure. I guess at this point it seems like the AI just doesnt do anything except whats scripted. In many missions they, if you are defending for instance they just kind of come at you and dont really do much. Sure the tanks fire and they move around and such, but it is all so linear. The infantry is god awful stupid, they just walk into defenses most of the time without firing a shot, and as your positions are cleared by tanks they dont move in the direction of your other troops, they just kind of continue on their course as id there is nothing else going on around them. I like this game, and i think the engine is awesome, but i just dont see myself playing it for very long, it really doesnt have that replayability that i am looking for - even with the the new mission editor. All the mission editor does is send a fresh wave of dead infantry against your line, period. It makes it easier to create battles yes, but findamentally noting in the battles changed.