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Gerry how is it you have time to read ... where you work at a library ???

Have you watched any of the movies yet ...lol http://europeanhistory.about.com/od/dvdandfilmresources/tp/aatpww2dvdef.htm My favorite books on ww2 but he did not cover eastern front are the Ambrose books. http://www.nationalww2museum.org/about-the-museum/about-the-founder.html Cheers

What my gaming buddies and I faced years ago was that ... and it even applies to today .. when a game comes out don't play it buy it or look at if for 1 year then go check it out maybe get the demo if you can control yourself but it you wait a year then your rewarded with patches that make the game a whole lot better and all the mods if a game has that. Other wise you play the game and then replay it when patched but it is not brand new at this point and the missions or whatever are the same but now patched so its better but not brand new cause ya played it already so its a let down so wait a year

This post is directed at noobs - people who have just bought CMNormandy and are not aware of the mods available to it hence the Subject of the Post or people who have had it awhile and for whatever reason are not aware of the repository. One day a while ago I did a post compalining about the background sound that one hears when one installs the game and begins playing the "battle background noise" someone answered the post ... This was my Original Post ... "The sound choices are mute or a constant drum / banging / knocking sound to mimic background war sounds ?? Remember the good old CMBO original one could go mute - or background war sounds - or the perfect ambient sounds and then the battle sounds were those generated only by the fight you were in. Do you all think the sound needs fixing ???" This post and because someone replied enabled me to figure out there is a repository and mod thing Wodin a senior member replied "Some great sound mods out there mate." ok that helps but I knew nothing where to find the mods or about the Z folder etc. but having learned more about mods and how to apply them its a great game now whereas I was originally convinced I had to turn off my volume to not hear the stupid loud menu music and then had to live with the stock pathetic in my opinion background war sound bs crap then I ran across other cool mods and enhancements and the FAQ etc. I just hope newbies don't have to go through what I did wondering why the game was so screwed up but perhaps most people will already know their are game fixes for any game but then if you pay attention to the posts that are periodically put in here still some people are not aware of the great enhancements. Currently my z folder has so much stuff in it uniforms, terrain tweaks, muzzle, voices, all the other stuff previously mentioned, bases, it takes me 15 minutes to load a battle had to buy a new harddrive so my z folder could fit. I don't even shoot at the Germans anymore when I see them cause all their uniforms and equiptment they have looks so cool and the terrain they are in just ain't worth messing up.

Uh looks like your running into a machine gun up ahead get Kelly to deploy his for cover ???

Nice screen shot cool camo nice hit on the flamer there I put an anti tank in a building once in the elevator when up and down shooting stuff until some of my guys fell down a laundry chute thing ..

What needs patching ??? for Fixing ??? To much mud showing on the shoes or what

Your mods kept me from jumping out a window.

Consider using the repository at the main website page just click on the links to get to if for the stuff that applies to CMNormandy The music annoys me .. well, its fixed now I don't hear it no more :cool: The background "combat sounds" that to me sound like someone beating on drums are gone and replaced by what I want... just put in the wav file I liked from the repository area. The vanilla portraits they are tweaked to one of about 20 different options I picked the one where it shows the patch of the unit. In game faces one sees when up close no longer the same dude running around the faces fix ... from the repostitory allows these guys to look like they have seen some combat !!! AND get the FAQ for CMNormandy search for it in repository what a moron I have been .... no wonder my troops always try and shoot me at the beginning of any battle :eek: and I had already read or mostly read all of the manual ... I think ... Search for "MORD'S" (don't forget the apostrophe) in the repository scroll down to where it reads search repository... uncheck all games but CMNormandy. But now my troops have put me in for a trophy showing my head being pulled out of my ...

My attachment bar thing is green and red showing how much I have uploaded if it fills up all the way what happens. Pc blows up ?? CM Normandy won't run ??? Can't upload any more of my pointless attachments ?? >>> ???

yeah do the mods later when you know more what you want.... need ... gotta have... Mord is great about explaining how to APPLY the mods he does others think that I am smart so I pull my hair out. Let us know if have any problems questions issues nightmares I virus check all the stuff from repository .. right mouse click and run my avast..... just in case some game hater corrupts the repository files... take care stud ..

Hey Pas ... get the Frequently asked questions for CMBN in the Repository search "FAQ" after you have deselected all the games under search options except CMNormandy I have read some of it but am playing Normandy rather than reading all the FAQ which I should do Below is ... this stackind order thing has helped a lot with the aggravation of getting my units wiped out earlier they hate me as a commander ... lol .. this allows orders at each "waypoint" you place for example you can have them FACE a certain direction or SHOOT even it a certain direction which is really great. CM Normandy FAQ How can I stack orders? In CMBN you can give much more complicated orders that in CMx1. To do this give several movement orders, then highlight a particular waypoint by selecting it or the line connected to it. Now you can give pause, fire, smoke, cover arc or facing orders at that waypoint. You can also use this technique to check the LOS/LOF at that point. Select the fire command at a particular waypoint, although LOS/LOF line will be drawn from your units starting position, the LOS/LOF check is done at the waypoint itself. Friendly Fire Small arms, machine guns, grenades and grenade launchers don't cause friendly fire. Everything else does (.50 cal and up). Small arms fire does cause suppression to friendly units however.

Hey there's Mord and Vencini they posted here as I was typing all this up... One of the best things you have done in my opinion is wait about a year or so to get into a good game like this cause thay allows a lot of patches to come out and for mod stuff to me made..

Ok there is a campaign that I think may be perfect for you. It is in the Repository. Go to Main Battlefront website put mouse over community then click on Repository (just in case your not familiar with this) then click on Combat mission battle for normandy - you may have to scroll down to see Combat mission battle for normandy to click on it ... then click on combat mission battle for normandy BASE GAME. ok scroll around and at the bottom because it is so popular click on Devil's Descent. or if it is not there search repository for this name. anyway it will be there for a little while I'm sure showing up cause of its popularity. once downloaded you simple copy the .cam file - the file name will be Devil's Descent.cam that you downloaded - and copy it to (see below) - you will need to unzip or unrar this rar file go to winrar website to get the free unrar program. Stay with me all this is well worth it... ok so when you have unzipped or unrared the file put it in the Campaigns folder of where you installed Normandy. The path will be like combat mission normandy \ game files \ campaigns this is where you put the Descent.cam file you unzipped or unrared. now when you start the game and click on campaign you will see your campaign choices you can play and you will see Devil's Descent. so click on it and read the designer notes to get fully immersed and then the other text. Ok this is real important too. Create a folder in your existing DATA folder and name this new folder z .. Yes the letter Z. the path will be Combat mission normandy \ Data ( then create a folder named Z in this data folder. Maybe you know all this already but having a z folder means it loads whats in it last which allows you when you start a campaign, battle , quick battle etc. it allows you to tweak normandy the way you like it according to what is in your z folder. For example, you can turn off the music that blairs at you when you are setting up a quick battle or when in the game menus and when a battle finishes, you can "fix" tweak the voices the US soldiers say like you can get rid of the constant sound wave of "hey take a look at that." You can fix the faces of the US troops you see in the game up close to where they no londer look like 13 year old virgins and you can fix the portraits on the units you see And one of my favorites is the BACKGROUND sound change one can do no longer do you have to hear the constant "background battle sound" which to me sounds like drum beatings. anyway so go the repository and do a search for MORD'S this persond has many fixes to get the sound fix do a search for sound or background sound. or type in the forums. going to try and post a pic in this thread of how to search for mord's also a pic of the search results of Mord's showing stuff to get. The thumnial pics are tiny and distort when enlarged but anyway when you search in repository type in MORD'S don't for get the apostrophe then s. and make sure you uncheck all the games except Normandy.

closed thread do not respond please thank you

yeah looks like thats the only way to delete them I have a shorcut on my desktop that opens this folder then I just delete saved stuff as needed.

I'm a newbie myself been making some maps to use in Quick Battles. when you save a Quick Battle map in the Quick Battle map folder (so you can use it with Quick Battles) Put a number 1 at the beginning of the file name or some other number this way it shows up at the top of the list when you re edit it and want to find it quick to play on it. For example, in the Quick Battle folder a map may be called Asslt Med Hills QB-155.btt In the event you make an assault map for use in the Quick Battles folder call it say, "1 Asslt Med <your name here>" the program adds the .btt ... Now the map is listed at the top of all the maps in the Quick Battle Folder when you go to open the map again also its at the top when you play an Assault Quick Battle. One very important note.... the manual from my incompetent recollection seems to indicate that under "Description" when you choose battle type it has not affect but it DOES this is where it stores the map. For example, if you choose meeting under Description for the type of battle this map is only veiwable when you play a Quick Battle Meeting engagement. ALSO, if you don't like a Quick Battle map .... perhaps the setup zones, or the Objectives or the terrain etc. Just open the same map ... it will be in the Quick Battles folder and change the map to your liking then save it to a different but similiar file name (like add the word tweak in the filename).... change of file name is only needed in the event you want to keep the original map available. The map will be listed near or next to the old map in the list you can always put a 1 at the beginning etc to find it quick

Engies got a cushy job let em go through and alert the friendlies (by their possible annihilation) if its clear.

my old pc I played the original demo 1 month after it came out and I decided the game was junk then I got a new pc with windows 7 and more ram better chip and a great video card compared to the one I had ... Now I can't imagine playing any other game. Point is ... if you do not like it now do not forget about it when you get a newer computer. I was running windows XP with an Nvidia 7900 gs video card anyway it was in an AGP slot too just like yours the card had 256 MB like yours had a 10,000 speed harddrive and dang about the same AMD chip but I think mine was 1.8 My current system I got from Velocity Micro spent 1500 and it is great for my needs runs this game fine. So maybe spend the tax refund on a new pc.

Thanks for the reply I'm ok now .. can enjoy the battles more now when I get shot it won't hurt so much ...

Thanks so much went to the Repository got win rar anyway got the sound going its great .. was having to turn off my sound the default background sound almost made me put a gun to my head...

The sound choices are mute or a constant drum / banging / knocking sound to mimic background war sounds ?? Remember the good old CMBO original one could go mute - or background war sounds - or the perfect ambient sounds and then the battle sounds were those generated only by the fight you were in. Do you all think the sound needs fixing ???

test this is a test I posted earlier didnt see it

Ok so I bought the game and have the cd key and all that. (got the downloadable version). What happens 3 years from now when I want to put it on a new computer and play it... will I have to be able to connect to Battlefront... what if they are out of business. Then we can't play the game anymore. I have games I play now I own the cd and the company has gone out of business but I can still play their games cause I own them... but what about this game .. it is only playable as long as battlefront stays in business. What if they loose there data base of all our info ???

I enjoy and enjoyed everything about CMBO but with CMBB there are to many voices constantly being heard in my opinion its like one big cocktail party.. One can turn off ALL the Sounds or the "Ambient" war sounds but is there a mod or something to turn off the Voice sounds of all the chatter from the infantry just the screams would be nice lol ... ??? :eek: