[For the life of me...]

I just find the web site to be all over the place - glad they pay more attention to their games!

Next question - price?

[For the life of me...]

I can't tell from the web site IF and WHEN 'breakthrough' will be completed. is it out yet and I just can't find the download link?

[Quick questions before I buy...]

So - I've been told that multiplayer by email works well with this game.

1 - Is it possible to multiplay with 3 or 4 players? If so - can a nation switch sides mid-war?

I know this not rational but - I have always hated the isometric perspective with tiny little soldiers view for serious war games. (Forgive me - I'm old and started with Avalon Hill cardboard.)

2 - Is there any way - a mod perhaps to switch to a top-down nato counter type of view?

Thanks.

[2 quick questions]

I have been looking for a good PBEM game for a while. Could this be it?

1 - how many human players can PBEM?

2 - does each player get a full view of the combat results?

3 - can you see the game with 2D hexes only (I hate 3d hexes)

4 - what is the game turn lenghth? (1 day, 1 week, 1 month?)

Thanks!

[CMSF+Marines GAME CRASHES]

being restricted to an AGP slot in the first place I guess. I have downloaded that hotfix you pointed to and will try that out when I get home. Thanks much.

[CMSF+Marines GAME CRASHES]

If that doesn't work do you have any reccomendation for a new card? I would love to spend under $200 if I could....

Thanks.

[CMSF+Marines GAME CRASHES]

Here is my card and driver info...

Primary Adapter

Graphics Card Manufacturer Built by ATI

Graphics Chipset ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series

Device ID 9495

Vendor 1002

Subsystem ID 0028

Subsystem Vendor ID 1002

Graphics Bus Capability AGP

Maximum Bus Setting AGP 8X

BIOS Version 011.022.003.007

BIOS Part Number 113-SBRK2G01-00R-00

BIOS Date 2009/07/02

Memory Size 1024 MB

Memory Type DDR3

Core Clock in MHz 750 MHz

Memory Clock in MHz 873 MHz

Total Memory Bandwidth in GByte/s 27.9 GByte/s

Driver Packaging Version 8.62-090505a-080607E-ATI

Catalyst™ Version 09.6

Provider ATI Technologies Inc.

2D Driver Version 6.14.10.6962

2D Driver File Path System/CurrentControlSet/Control/Video/{44FE3432-91CB-4EE1-936C-122A9E2178B4}/0000

Direct3D Version 6.14.10.0671

OpenGL Version 6.14.10.8674

Catalyst™ Control Center Version 2009.0505.2224.38401

AIW/VIVO WDM Driver Version 6.14.10.6238

AIW/VIVO WDM SP Driver Version 6.14.10.6238

[CMSF Crashes]

I mean did you just update your video driver? I'm having the same problem you had - 4 or 5 minues of game play and then ctdt...

[CMSF+Marines GAME CRASHES]

I am SO sick of this with PC games.

I just paid for MCSF_Marines, I got through the basic game mechanics, started a campaign, started to really LIKE the game - and I crash to desktop some time after the first move or two.

I have updated my Nvidia drivers but same result.

Any general tips for preventing crashes with this game would be appreciated.

[What's NEXT?]

Yes - I'm new here but it looks like I'll be around from now on.

[What's NEXT?]

Does anyone know what's next for this series?

I understand that the WWII Combat Missions are far less advanced then the Shock Force series. Are there any plans to rerofit them?

[First time modder]

What I see showing is the squad leader's name - the soldiers within his squad appear to be nameless UNLESS the squad leader gets killed and then I guess we would find out who ppicks up his whistle.

My question was - can you edit the squad leaders names anywhere to make the scenareo more personal or easy to remember or more historically accurate if you are recreating and actual scirmish?

OR do all scenareso just pick names randomly from the long list of alphabetic last names?

Thanks.

[First time modder]

I didn't know that the individual soldirs had names! Where do they show up?

Also does that mean that the unit names get chosen at random each time a scenareo or campaing get's launched?

[First time modder]

OK - I bought the full game - CMSF plus marines and now I want to do my first mod - I want to change the names within a scenareo and campaign and I want to swap out the intro music.

How do I know which BRZ file the name and music info is in?

Any help will be appreciated.

[How to 'explode' my files]

Maybe I dodn't install it right. I have no mod tools folder!

[How to 'explode' my files]

I'm interested in modding but don't know how to get started. I have read here that there is a readme file that will get me started but I can't find it.

How do I 'explode' and then repack my files?

Thanks.

[where IS my Z folder]

I've scanned this section to see if I can mod my soldier names and the music for the game and there are references to my Z folder. Why can't I find a Z folder?

Thanks for any help.

[Camera Navigation frustration]

Thanks guys - that should do it for me - wish me luck 'in-country'!

[Camera Navigation frustration]

I'm commited to getting into this game but still get lost and frustrated when trying to zoom close to a unit to see how it is positioned. Right now I use left click/drag screen right click/rotate screen and mouse wheel/zoom.

I realized that part of my frustration is simply that I'm so used to double clicking on a unit in Total War which automatically puts you conveniently above and behind and close to - the clicked on unit.

I can't find and so I assume there is no suck camera function in CMSF...

[OK - Got Game - quick questions?]

Thank you guys - other then the odd camera controls I'm lovin it...

[OK - Got Game - quick questions?]

My main obstacle is camera control - any way to slow down the movenment? I can't keep the whole battfield from shifting too far and can't zoom in on a unit. Any way to do that without fishing around and around?

2nd - how do you turn off the icons and where is that in the manual?

- finally - I've never owned a game where I didn't turn off or mod the music - any way to do that?

Much thanks.

[Questions before I buy -]

I've been watching this series for a while as it developed but I have a few more questions before I whip out my CC...

- is it possible to remove the blue and red icons that hover over the troops (either in-game or by mod)?

- is multiplayer for 2 or is it possible to have 3 or 4? Either way can you co-op?

- what are the best fan-sites to check out mods?

- how advanced are the earlier Combat Missions compared with Shock force?

Much thanks for any answers...

[Latest patch install?]

I'm on my way!

[Latest patch install?]

I just installed the latest patch but I don't see many WWII units available.

Is there a list somewhere so that I can see if my upgrade went properly?

Thanks.

[damage and loss detection?]

I'm trying the demo for this but unless I'm missing something - the only way I can tell if i lose men is to check the unit status after each phase and see if anyone is missing. Is that the way it is or is there a more dynamic way of tracking hits and losses?