malfuriouspete

any plans for a revamp of CMBO or CMBB?? Would love to see it updated for modern systems as I'm sure the visuals would be stunning and you can't really go wrong with the 'we go' system and the amount of strategy and planning you have to make during a battle. I'm sure modern A.I could be more challenging too I remember seeing on here awhile ago some news about a new Western front game similar to CMBO but I think only deals with the Normandy operations with that picture of the Tiger tank but I haven't come across any news of it lately..

I was looking through the number 14 of CMBB sorted pack, at least the one I have, and I couldn't come across this 'Inferno' scenario it sounds intriguing

everyone is spot on! Looking at the armor penetration of your tank you can easily click on an enemy tank and hit enter on them to see what their armor thickness is. Using the line of sight tool, you can then find out how far away they are and if its even worth your time targeting them...although sometimes your units will make that decision themselves. Its really easy to find out information about your opponents armor and just compare it to your own tank's gun. In your pic, your PzII can probably take out light russian tanks at ranges under 400 to 500m (maybe but they probably have to be closer) but after that, they are pretty much useless against t-34s, KVs, etc.

can anyone out there recommend some battles/operations for the 1st, 2nd or 3rd battle for Kharkov? The only one I played so far is 'A morning at the Zoo' which is pretty fun but I want more!!

lucky.. I've had cases where my flamethrowers were 5 meters from a tank and they missed every shot that round. Maddeningly frustrating

If my memory serves me correctly, the game manual says that partials happen when shells penetrate 15% past the armor...thickness was it? I can't remember that part but what exactly does this mean? Like the shell is embedded in the armor or something or it actually makes its way into the tank but doesn't explode? Was does a partial penetration mean for the crew of a tank? I'm a bit confused as I've seen partials knock out tanks as well as full penetrations not doing anything. I'm assuming the full penetrations are more deadly to tanks but how can a partial knock out a tank?

its not really a big deal as most battles I play don't have fog.. but the ones I do play, its pretty stupid seeing no fog on the map, but then only being able to "see" like 50m ahead. I guess I have to abstract that the fog is really there...

first off, thanks to the guys at blowtorchscenarios for making such fun battles! Got me a question for the battle, Strachwitz at Kursk and possible spoilers for those who haven't played it yet. I am getting comletely pounded by the soviet guns. Besides the briefing which goes on about gun sounds coming from hill 254.5 which I set up a few of my TRPs on, I have no idea what to do with the other TRPs or how to attack guns from a far. I guess this is the historical point that the Russian plan was for the guns to knock out 2-3 german tanks before they were themselves knocked out but I'm definately gonna run outta tanks in this scenario!! First time I played this through I suffered a major defeat, only had my tigers left and a few panthers.. and only made it to the middle of the map while suffering very high casulties. Any advice about how to tackle this scenario?

I have Vista64 with a GeForce 9600M GT and the CDV version of CMBB 1.04 It works fine

got the patch, it works however I can't see any fog on maps that have fog.. I tried ctrl+w a few times to see if the setting was off but it wasn't. I've read in the manual that certain ATI cards don't have something called the fog table emulation enabled.. is this the same for NVIDIA cards now too? Or is this an issue created by the CMBB 1.04 patch? I'm using a GeForce 9600M GT and the driver version is 8.15.11.8603 which is the newest version available now? Also have Vista 64-bit. Can't find anywhere on the nvidia control panel to enable said emulation table so I'm thinking nvidia removed it completely Anyone got any ideas or am I sol with fog?

I'm using a geforce 9600M GT

I have the CDV version, I patched the game to 1.04 and it works fine for me. I am also running Vista 64bit I just did what the patch install readme said to do and when I played the game the first time, I right clicked on the .exe icon and "ran as administrator" to be sure. The game is installed in C:\program files (x86) directory

ya.. its there in the email. I should really read my emails for the record, I have the CDV version and the patch works for me no problem. I guess one issue is that fog graphics don't show up for me and I'm using a geforce 9600m GT

what do i do with that e-license program that pops up when i run cmbb? i have the cd in the drive when i run cmbb, the e-licence program pops up and then nothing... it keeps yelling at me to type in a licence. is this program really necessary?

Where do I get a license key for the CDV version of CMBB? I searched the box and the game manual and couldn't find any license key nor did I purchase this from a webstore or direct download so it seems I don't have one.. I'm pretty sure I bought this game at a game store years ago. What should I do?

much to my surprise and chagrin, CMBO works perfectly fine on my machine...while CMBB, even with all the anti-aliasing tweaks still messes up and is unplayable.. so I'm sad to stay that I will probably be done with CMBB...unless nvidia releases an update that allows for DX5 then I'm done with this great game needless to say, I had a great time playing this game and can't wait until the next WW2 installment of the combat mission series which I see looks like Combat Mission Normandy but until that time, I still need my fix of ww2 action.. anyone on here ever give Theatre of War a go?

i'll give that a try as well.. also, for anyone here who has gotten BB to work and are using an nvidia card, what are your settings on the nvidia control panel? or should I look somewhere else on my machine to fine-tune the card for CMBB Also I've been hearing from people that CMBO works fine on vista and I haven't tried to play it on the new machine so maybe I'll give that a go.. if nothing else works I guess I'll just concede defeat in my attempts to play this great game again!! as a more technical question.. what exactly is the problem with these new cards and old games like BB?

I tried to disable the anti-alaising through the nvidia control panel, ran the game again and the graphics were completely unchanged from before, i.e the sky doesn't appear as anything but black and when you scroll the mouse the map edges merge into the battle ground and I get a real messed up scene. I'm sure it doesn't help at all but when I run the game, I set it to XP compatibility mode but I guess the problem is with the video card and DX10... any other thoughts about this? Also, my Xmas wish.. for a new updated series of Combat Missions

turning off the AA in game or using the NVidia control panel to do it? Haven't had a chance to try that out yet but hoping everything will be fine and dandy!!

so I finally reinstalled CMBB... although the game installed properly, even with my fingers crossed the graphics are all messed up during the actual gameplay. Running the game with a GeForce 9600M GT card.. anyone have any thoughts or if I dive into the NVidia Control Panel on vista, what settings I need to be at?

Took a break from CMBB for a few months.. bought a new laptop, has vista unfortunately and haven't had the chance to re-install CMBB on it been reading through horror stories of people trying to play BB on a vista machine DX 10 cards and also read threads from people who have had no problems what so ever.. so here's to me crossing my fingers and hoping everything works out again!! I also copied and moved all my CMBB bmp, scenario and wav files from my old machine to the new one, so if everything works out I can just jump back into it from where I left off!!

Isn't it something to do with the video drivers the cards and vista uses that makes the game unplayable? I don't think any fixes are around or will be made.. but I could be wrong Or just wait until the next batch of CM games come out... which is when btw?

Anyone care to explain the purpose of a low velocity gun on a tank? I've heard that low velocity guns were used by tanks that had an infantry support role, such as early Panzer IVs with their short gun barrels and high explosive shells.. but could high velocity guns with HE rounds be used in the same role?

first off.. thanks to everyone who posted, lots of good information from both sides of the argument. and secondly, my apologies for opening up this can of worms again... I didn't realize the passion it would create, lives it would destroy or games it would ruin!!

Since this game prides itself on historical information and such, I've read from time to time on these boards that some people are disappointed with the performance of the t-34's 75mm gun, especially against StuG IIIs and their frontal armour. Is there some kind of real-world vs in-game discrepancy of the 75mm gun, or perhaps the StuG III's armor? Or is there nothing wrong and the t-34/75 couldn't really take out StuG?