undercovergeek

im not sure but file 2 seems to be a duplicate of 1

im thinking nows my chance to get in the fuel depot undercover and be ignored by the evil Axis forces!! im playing a CMFI PBEM and it involves battling up a hill toward the VL (one of those unfair ME maps discussed elsewhere), at the start there were MG teams all on the crest of a ridge, ive cleared the ridge and moved on and its behind me, ive marched and driven over the dead bodies but i still get contacts there from the ridge

oooooo that smarts!!!

a british paratroop company comes with so many mortars you wont know what do with them all - something a recent opponent complained about and when i took the ground he was defending - youd be surprised at the amount of dead germans behind the bocage

it was very easy to follow, and an excellent idea, i had knowledge of the editor so wasnt intimidated or thrown in anyway, but i dont think youd need any experience.

you play ALLIES??

might not be a fully fledged DAR but will definitely post some action shots with an update or two, i have British forces versus Banemans evil Axis forces

and the marshalling yard:-

this is the railway station on the outskirts of town:-

aaahhhh the power of imageshack! this is the hill top monastery:-

i can post some shots if you'd like, when i get home - we added a few VLs, theres now another railway line running perpendicular to the original and this has a railway station on the outskirts of the main town, theres a marshalling yard at one end of the original railway line, theres a fuel depot in the main town, an Axis HQ Chateau in one corner, and a hill top monastery overlooking the whole map from one side (im a sucker for cheesy hollywood war films and these have all been subjects of special missions and/or objectives, next would have been a church and a cemetery from The Eagle Has Landed, but theres already one there!)

If, and its a very iffy if at the moment, I was going to try and mod the buildings - what would i do if i wanted to start from scratch, not mod independent building 3, but actually made new models, from scratch, brand new buildings. Is it possible? And what software would be needed?

thanks for everyones help - filled a knowledge gap indeed, my opponent is here lurking so i wont say which way ill go but thanks

In a shameful display of unpatriotic proportions im up for a big battle with an esteemed PBEM opponent as the Brits, but i dont know enough about the differences between Cromwell and Churchill tanks to know which i should be taking? im likely to be facing Panthers but i figured id take Fireflys for those, so what are the fundamental differences between Churchill and Cromwell - do they have similar roles?

i think its usually customary to suggest your lot dont have a sense of humour, or can be a little.......... grumpy ill wait for the ignore announcement!

arse - thanks anyway

ill bear that in mind, i honestly want to do more with the map, and im not adverse at all to map 1 being Ingouf, map 2 being as it is now with some improvements, and map 3 including an expanded Carentan........ i very much appreciate your comments, youve no idea how it feels to have a scenario appreciated (certainly by me anyway)...... when i get the time after a crazy period at the mo lets look into expanding those thoughts!

on the subject of VLs, to save me starting a new thread, is there anyway in game to recognise that youve captured a VL? ive never, ever valued the 'but CM1 did it this way' arguement, or used it, but IIRC the VL changed to your flag above it

youre trying to make an old man much older!!

Hi all, im playing a PBEM with a British Para company and man do you get a lot of mortars. My question is, is it right historically and/or ethically to use these teams as vanilla combat guys once the mortars out of ammo? Are they as effective as a standard squad member or do they have a penalty imposed?

heh - youre welcome - im working on changing a few things and cutting the scenario down to Ingouf and surroundings but ill save that as a new scenario as opposed to overwriting this one- glad youre having fun

that was my plan all along Broadsword - to put the map out there and let people play it until i could put realistic FJs on The most researched part of the scenario is the initial attack on Ingouf as there is much documented evidence to go on and the numbers for both sides are historically accurate - as are the units (down to the man for the US and an equivalent non FJ number for the Germans) The reason i closed down the LOS is without the tree cover and bocage cover the US get destroyed coming over the bridge, each and every time on testing they would come across get pinned and the entire US force would be stuck on the bridge and then the mortars would come down In your opinion then, would it be better to have just the initial forces without the reinforcements and draw a line just above the Ingouf farm and cafe area and have it as a company sized battle concentrating on just the farm capture? This is actually the only unabstracted part of the map and i was pleased to read a guy who drives down the ingouf farm road every day recognises the terrain and features on the map

youve put a huge smile on my face - im really stoked the maps being enjoyed - ill get to work on the changes this weekend does either one of you mind posting a few shots - id love to see it in action

awesome feedback - thanks for that guys. i will admit to been a bit phased by the size of it all once the reinforcements turned up. Ok now that i know what to do ill make a few changes - really really appreciate the feed back guys - thanks very much i wanted the initial set up to be spot on, re the reinforcements i think i held off on committing masses of time until the FJs turned up - but fear not - im on it

out of curiousity, because im sure you researched the product before you bought it - if you knew there wasnt a lobby, if you knew there wasnt an editor youd be happy with, if youd read the problems with assaulting, if you knew all this and you knew that it was going to **** you off so much why did you buy the game? and if you didnt know all those things, and you knew you wanted all those things you should have checked - nowhere, ANYWHERE, on this site have BF promised the things youre looking for, so whos fault is it youre disappointed theyre not here? you bought the wrong game for you and its Battlefronts fault??