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    AAR Video- Punch Through

    in Combat Mission Red Thunder

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    Excellent presentation.  Been following all these videos of yours regarding this battle.  I particularly like the fact that you explain reasoning for your tactics etc., it gives the viewer the appreciation of the depth of this game.  Not just a point and click game but one which actually rewards thinking.

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    New Scenario - Der Ring der 5. Panzer-Division

    in CM Red Thunder Maps and Mods

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    I'm thinking of opening up a ticket to see if Phil C can help with any ideas: but if my problem is literally unique then it may be hard to replicate and cure? Not to mention that he may not have the time!

     

    Sorry to hear you are still having problems.  I think opening up a ticket is the best you can do at this point in time.  Two questions or thoughts if I may; one, it only happens with this particular scenario?  No others?  Two, could H2HH be doing something to cause this?  Would it be possible for you to disable H2HH and see if that does anything?

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    New Scenario - Der Ring der 5. Panzer-Division

    in CM Red Thunder Maps and Mods

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    Hi guys, I'm playing this as the Russians with Frankster65 as the Axis: looks fantastic, but I'm having a technical problem: any advice?

     

    I'm playing on a Mac (iMac), which is operating normally in general and with all CM games including CMRT for other battles: just a problem with this battle.

     

    I can appear to quit the battle - with a part-saved turn - and CMRT normally ... but my Mac thinks CMRT is still running. (A "running app" icon in the dock.)

     

    I cannot force-quit CMRT (never known that before?), nor "soft" close down my machine: I can do other things, but it will not shut down normally from this state. I have to "crash" it by turning of the power "manually".

     

    Any ideas what is going on?

     

    I know it is a (very) large scenario, but the Mac has (should have) plenty of capacity, and will play the battle fine whilst it's open ... but the above happens each time this - and only this - scenario is loaded and closed???

     

    For a three hour +/- battle, I don't really want to spend 180 turns over the next 6 months having to hard shut down my Mac after that day's installment of Der Ring.

     

    I think it's beyond my knowledge to work out how the scenario is making CMRT use my Mac such that CMRT doesn't close normally and it won't respond to the Force Quit command. Is there a way around this?

     

    Thanks in advance for any help, and apologies if the answer (or rather the question!) is really dumb ... :)

     

    This is a wild guess but are you sure you are allowing sufficient time for the turn to actually be completed?  It is (as you've noted) a very large scenario.  Sometimes with these large scenarios, I wait a couple of minutes before I hit the "OK" button in order to complete the registered turn, giving the computer time to digest this big meal.  Also something else to mention; in the past when playing extremely large scenarios, I've had the issue where the very first real turn, the turn where movement takes place, is extremely choppy and practically unplayable.  Well, if I just get through the turn, hit "OK" and create the next turn and send to my opponent, it plays smooth as silk for the rest of the match.  In other words, get past this first turn and see how the next several turns work and see if your machine sorts it out.  I have a PC by the way, not a Mac.

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