Buzz

Battlefront is not dead after all

Rank and unit badges for soldiers are not trivial when zoomed in on the units in battle.

Hello Kitty Hits are coming

Wow! This is sounding really sweet. Is there any change in selection / application of mods within the U.I.?

Lethaface, "By the way if CMSF2 comes I'm hoping CMSF content will be compatible. Would be a shame to see all that content 'lost', I for one would gladly pay full game price for a CMSF update to the 3.0 engine." Could not agree more re: CMSF update to the 3.0 engine and would be a shame to see all that content 'lost'. I set up some Syrian special forces with their RPG-29's and ran some of the NATO imagined invincible tanks past. Many of the uber tanks were... destroyed, some immobilized and a few were still in the fight. Of course I played with the RPG-29 before I just never noted what made them so potent. As for "...Black Sea battles more as a long range 'expeditionary force' ...." it could still be a bouquet of modern game time fun with the NATO 'expeditionary force' taking on the Russian invasion into Ukraine with modules developing the NATO calvary on the way Modern is good but we are about to get some RED THUNDER! to entertain us while new modern gets developed.

My weakness has passed. A taste of Red Thunder and feeling fortified

* Backpack and vehicle flamethrowers * Tank riders * Hit decals Light up some Hot Ones gentlemen

You will have plenty of game with Sir George's WWIII type stuff for CMSF. Steelers is right up there as one of the most fun scenarios in CMSF and you get different flavors!

Aye Aye, Mord Really is looking exceptional.

You are correct Sir. Thank you for pointing this out. CMSF Game Manual v1.20 page 200 re: RPG-29 ".... It can also penetrate over 1.5m of reinforced concrete and still have enough power remaining to cause casualties beyond. The anti-personnel round is the controversial thermobaric type which kills by using over pressure instead of fragmentation or ex- plosive effect. The RPG-29 may not be as sophisticated and powerful as the US Javelin, yet it is extremely lethal to even the heaviest armored vehicles." CMSF Game Manual v1.10 page 19 re: SMAW "The SMAW is a reloadable crew served rocket launcher, similar in concept to the WW2 Bazooka or modern day RPG-7V. It is a light weight launch system which can fire three different types of 83mm rockets: Mk3 High Explosive Dual Purpose (HEDP), Mk6 High Explosive Anti-Armor (HEAA), and Mk80 Novel Explosive (NE). The latter rocket type is a new thermobaric round which increases lethality within confined spaces. The SMAW is capable of defeating most hardened targets, be it a concrete bunker or an armored vehicle. It has a maximum effective range of about 500m, but is most effective in the 150-250m range." Defeating "hardened targets" should be much more effective that the historical "flamethrower" and my improve with CMSF-2 & Black Sea.

Agreed Lethaface. Banning WMDs, mini WMDs, "terror weapons" that disperses excessive destruction among a population should be attempted in my opinion. A limited but effective STRIKE on a lethal threat limits the avoidable annihilation of non combatants. Been involved in immediate post burn / trauma care for many humans. This is a horrendous and painful way to die or "survive" only to die months later. Knowing the suffering involved in incendiary weapons if it was me and my guys "entering houses that had become pillboxes" or cause the roof to collapse and crush the insurgents fortified inside interior rooms .... I light up the other guys so me and my guys survive.

Thank you Darknight Canuck. Your detail work / research adds greatly to imerse the player in the game.

Did an casual search for "thermobaric warhead". 1st page included SMAW-NE that "...proved highly effective in the battle for Fallujah... SMAW gunners became expert at determining which wall to shoot to cause the roof to collapse and crush the insurgents fortified inside interior rooms..... The NE round is supposed to be capable of going through a brick wall, but in practice gunners had to fire through a window or make a hole with an anti-tank rocket....." "The rational for this approach was straightforward: “Marines could employ blast weapons prior to entering houses that had become pillboxes, not homes. The economic cost of house replacement is not comparable to American lives…all battalions adopted blast techniques appropriate to entering a bunker, assuming you did not know if the bunker was manned.” in 2005.." proposals on the table that thousands of obsolete M-72 LAWs could be retrofitted with thermobaric warheads, making then into effective urban combat tools." Also... how Chinese, Russians — even "guerrilla groups" aka terrorists now have thermobarics’ shockingly destructive power in their grasps. I suspect thermobaric warheads and white phosphorus are included in CMSF-2 & Black Sea .

"We'll give you a lot more visuals to chew on in January" ICD-9 263.9 = Malnutrition a condition that results from a diet in which certain visual nutrients are lacking.... Feed Me

Shucks BeGebus Mord's Unit Portraits is looking "accurate" and smashingly great! Really will move CMFI up another level in UI quality. Thanks for the update. Looking forward to you complete work Mord.

Count faster? Do you think that would make a difference

Thanks YankeeDog. I guess flamethrowers are like a .22 if you got thermobaric warheads and white phosphorus. Mikey D"...tried to ban military shotguns..." Say what? Being familiar with a military shotgun I find that incredible. Destructive weapons in the right situation for sure but I not go down the ban weapons road. Never used flamethrowers too much in CMx1 but they were unique. I imagine CMx2 flamethrowers would be "hot"... to watch and use in the game. Save the thermobaric warheads and white phosphorus for Black Sea.

It took a while but I knew Arthur would would get the Hot Shot Spot MikeyD. "Flamethrowers are basically a 'terror' weapon. People have an atavistic horror of burning to death (not surprisingly) that goes straight to the reptile brain....." I would have to agree that the horror of burning to death is something most folks understand and have an almost reflexive "run away" response. Do modern militaries us Flamethrowers and if so how often and when?

Stay focused Mord. Be singel minded... focus on the solitary candel flame... become one with the flame and all is possible

If not for the folks on the edge pleading for East Front tank cowboy action... think of the reindeer you can save Steve Zhukov would be give you a medal too I bet

No contingencies for an unplugged conflict is not prepared! Interesting observations you share Gunhappy42. Today on the road in the midst of a radio show encouraging folks to get prepared for this most winter blast the “gadget fetish” was also very evident in the general population. Call in radio show and some folks laughed at the suggestion they have a paper map in their vehicle. Several said I have this and that app so no map needed. One admitted he di not know how to read a map! One might consider what happens when the gadget does not have power or there is no signal and the roads are frozen and you are low on gas and it is near zero outside. There is an app for that and it is located in one’s head The cell tower tech could be a work around when points of vulnerability - satellites are taken out. “…I mean the higher echelons of command of course, every level below the battalion will always fight the way they have fought since 1918 until something revolutionizes the area of kinetic weapons and/or body armor….” Basic skills are important to survive and be effective. Anytime I hear government folks talk about “closely coordinating agencies” solving a crisis I get nervous… and out of town As for CMSF2 / “Black Sea” … I wonder how Battlefront will incorporate these pieces of the modern puzzle into the game?

Not remotely a "Grog" of any sort. Don't have the in depth knowledge of East Front (CMBB was fun) but after watching the comrades ride all cowboy on their panzers into the FIRE... for the Motherland.... I am gnawing the bone bowl and ready for "East Front goodness" as I hear it amazing... Ken, did you see flamethrowers

CM: bonbon

Any suggestions for possible Combat Mission Pack names?

Should be soon.... it is FIREDAY Mord:D