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Well playtesting is going well. foid and I are having a cracking battle - a real slugging match with a lot of manoeuvre on both sides. foid has swept aside a forward defensive position, his low and fast T-72s avoiding much of my defensive fire, and is now pressing forward towards his objective in a single envelopment. My policy of forward defence has worked well so far but I can't kill his tanks fast enough... My T-62s have taken a lot of hits and have returned the punishment with a vengeance, so far both sides have lost 2 tanks. Currently I am in a 3 v 3 tank duel at 1200m that has been going on for some time. T-72s fire at my hull down T-62s while on the move - pic by foid foid is trying to outflank me through a fishing village and is gaining ground, my tanks can't draw a bead on his APCs pushing through the trees... An APC swerves off the road to avoid enemy fire If anyone wants an interesting armour battle this seems to be shaping up into one - Those T-72s are tough but my older tanks seem to be faster on the draw...

Webwing is Battlefront Or at least part of it, he just keeps his 'Senior Member' tag to confuse everybody.

+1 on the maps Stadler, they look really nice. I can see a couple of great little QBs coming out of them.

That is one nice looking map! Looks like a very satisfying ambush as well

right clicking and dragging the screen around works for me, I find it very precise when I want it to be. I use the mouse wheel to zoom and WASD to move the camera around. As for no music, I believe there is a mod by Mord on the repository or Greenasjade: http://www.battlefront.com/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=314&func=select&id=2 http://cmsfmods.heroku.com/scenarios?game_type=4&show_all=true

Well myself and toxic.zen are currently working on some stuff right now (Or rather he is working and I am making appreciative noises ). You would be welcome to join in! When I get some time I will do some writing or graphics myself as well, maybe this weekend...

Does the HQ squad have any Officers or NCOs left in it? Command tends to fall to the highest rank in a platoon, regardless of the squad IMO.

So, so true. I simply can't play single player any more. I just think 'what is the point' and give up even before deploying my troops. Playing against an opponent lets you try to see inside his head and win or lose I tend revel in the little victories. I don't think I have ever jumped up from my computer and punched the air under any other circumstance than that vital 2000m ATGM shot or that perfect little ambush in CMSF PBEM

Luckily I have a document on just that on my computer. Let me quote the relevant parts: No source unfortunately. I just pulled it off the internet in a hurry a few years ago. If anyone wants the full document PM me

In my experience it will get light during setup and then when you hit the end of turn button the time resets and the game returns to night. Are you saying that even in the middle of the game the time will permanently advance too far?

Check out the armour guide in my sig Like the above posters said, armour is more complex in modern battles but my guide can give you a clue, no kills though!

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I just checked and the mod is up and ready for download, I can even give you the link http://www.battlefront.com/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=314&func=fileinfo&id=800

The stock faces in this game needed a bit of work so let me proudly present: Faces of the Soviet Union This mod changes the faces on the Soviet soldiers to give a better feel for the soldiers who actually fought in Afghanistan throughout the war. Most of them are slightly sunburnt ethnic Russians but 20% of the soldiers are of central Asian origin. Non Russians made up a higher proportion of the ground troops in Afghanistan for a number of reasons so they are well represented here. The mod will pop up on the repository soon, enjoy!

Does anyone want to act as a compiler? If we all send one person stuff then that person can gather it all together and let everyone know what needs doing.

No worries, as long as the bugs get looked at I don't care who has the thread I spotted another issue; there is currently no way to acquire rifle grenades from vehicles

Thanks for the response Steve!

I'll just add my points in here too: http://www.battlefront.com/community/showthread.php?t=93197 I figure your thread has pictures so more people will look at it It also looks like we both spotted the lack of a driver on the Shilka

lol, I wouldn't write it off just yet. I am currently working my way through (by PBEM) a textbook Soviet style mechanised assault that could go into the strategy guide. I don't want to write it up right now though because it contains spoilers for my new scenario!

I am loving playing around with the game but a couple of things I have noticed so far, - BMD-2s contain 85mm PG-7V HEAT rockets, the airborne troops use 58mm PG-16 rounds. - The model of the RPG-16 launcher is also wrong. Unlike the RPG-7, the 58mm warhead fits inside of the launcher. - BMD-2s fire their bow machine guns even when there are no troops inside to fire them! - BMD-2s coaxial MG fires from the ATGM position! - There is no way to reload the PPSh AFAIK, there are no 7.62x25mm rounds in any DRA vehicles - Vehicles carrying Grenade launchers do not carry extra grenades for their passengers - The top hatch on the ZSU-23-4 doesn't open, the commanders model just appears through the armour. - The ZSU-23-4 doesn't appear to have a driver when his hatch opens up! The above sounds a bit negative doesn't it!? I love the early Soviet platoons with their flexibility and firepower and the new vehicles are great. When I find the time I will have to get a few PBEMs going and really sink my teeth into this game!

Hi DreDay, Welcome to the forum. In short, I agree. That said, I have not found the time to play CM:A to really get familiar with the game. The only thing I would take issue with is the BMD-2 issue. The more units the better, hang the realism!

Try putting these through google translate (in Russian): http://army.armor.kiev.ua/hist/takznaki.shtml http://army.armor.kiev.ua/hist/takznaki-2.shtml It would be a pretty awesome way of increasing immersion IMO!

You are correct. As fun as it would be to try and do coop play, apparently it is too hard to code at the moment - BFC just dont have the time. There are lots of people asking for it though!

Any volunteers for a Soviet icons mod? I actually find them more intuitive than the NATO ones

Well, there is the CMSF FAQ by Stikkypixie and myself, I also am still working on the community strategy guide. The only reason why that wasn't published 'officially' was because of the lack of a good example of a mechanised assault. I would be happy to join forces and make a mega guide with chapters dedicated to FAQ, glossary, newbie tutorial, basic info and strategy if that is what people want. I have a very nice, professional looking cover page waiting to go and I can provide a certain amount of graphic design to finish it off. Would anyone be prepared to do something like that? I could finish the strategy guide, provide the FAQ and glossary and do the graphic design, we would need volunteers to finish and compile a basic info and tutorial chapter. I suppose the info would also be relevant to CM:A as well so we could have a cross game mega guide