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How Hot is Israel Gonna Get?
A Canadian Cat replied to Grey_Fox's topic in Combat Mission Shock Force 2
Very well said. And even more so. -
How could it? If you take the time to mark a human sized path through a mine field how do you figure you can drive a truck or a tank through it. That's the issue. Marking AT mines still does not show a path for vehicles to get through. CMBN has flail tanks so you can do some clearing of AT mines but engineers manually clearing them is not in the game.
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Interesting I had it in my head that it was historically accurate the way the game is not. However my entries in the FAQ do *not* actually say that. They just explain how the game works - as above. Very interesting. So, @Ultradave is the issue already reported? I don't remember it being discussed. Mind you it could have been before my time.
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NATO Joint Military Symbology
A Canadian Cat replied to Locating's topic in CM Shock Force 2 Maps and Mods
Yep, for sure. -
Because that is not something that CM simulates. It is an often asked for feature for sure. Again that's not what re-crewing simulates. It is quite common for a TC and or some crew to disembark and scout an area. That's what CM is simulating. Well one forced to by taking casualties and getting hammered often is. Over the versions the condition of disembarked crew has been downgraded and they are no longer as willing to fight as they once were.
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NATO Joint Military Symbology
A Canadian Cat replied to Locating's topic in CM Shock Force 2 Maps and Mods
Something is missing from the mod depot. I did a version for shock force like these: https://www.thefewgoodmen.com/cm-mod-warehouse/combat-mission-black-sea/cmbs-other/nato-tactical-symbol-icon-replacements-for-red-force-by-a-canadian-cat/ @Bootie I cannot seem to find my CMSF icons listed... -
The act of abandoning the gun is as it says - they are leaving it behind forever - so they disable it as per thier orders. They are not just taking cover temporary. They are abandoning the gun. Now it would be nice to temporarily leave the gun to seek better cover and then return. However that would be something other than abandonment.
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How Hot is Israel Gonna Get?
A Canadian Cat replied to Grey_Fox's topic in Combat Mission Shock Force 2
I don't' think the Capt was suggesting that the IDF not attack Hamas the conversation is about the choices they are making in the how. Making the powerful occupying force overreact in order to bolster the fighter group's support among the oppressed is a time honoured tradition the IRA was doing it back when I was a kid I'm sure they were not the first. -
AMD 22.8 series breaks game again
A Canadian Cat replied to Bufo's topic in CM2 General Tech Support
Are you doing the same for AMD products? It's their change that caused this not BFC's. -
AMD 22.8 series breaks game again
A Canadian Cat replied to Bufo's topic in CM2 General Tech Support
Well only one, maybe three, people have any knowledge of the BFC code. I'm not one of them, you are not one of them no "other members" are one of them either. So, just dismiss that baseless claim. The bottom line is graphics card vendors are responsible for implementing the OpenGL interface. If they have bugs they should fix them. -
Any news on the upcoming module?
A Canadian Cat replied to Sunbather's topic in Combat Mission Final Blitzkrieg
This thread seems to be evidence that some do. -
Question about adding mods to any CM game
A Canadian Cat replied to RobCom308's topic in CM2 General Tech Support
With titles after CMBN you can put them in the data folder or in the documents folder under the mods sub folder. I put the version specific mods in the game install data folder and the rest in the documents mods folder. Both locations work though. -
Been 10yrs, need a quick recap
A Canadian Cat replied to BDW's topic in Combat Mission - General Discussion
LOL you know what yeah I was. It has been a **** month. Wife was sick, I got COVID and gave it to her right after she recovered from whatever she had. We are good now but still tire easily. The above issue is a peeve of mine but yeah I probably should have just ignored it all like is usually do. Or not! Sometimes I just need to say it out loud. -
Been 10yrs, need a quick recap
A Canadian Cat replied to BDW's topic in Combat Mission - General Discussion
? Mini rant. Not really picking on @Ales Dvorak because I see this on multiple platforms and multiple products. Apple users seems to be subjected to this most but it's not even an apple only thing: I hate hearing people complain to companies that are not the cause of problems created by other companies. Direct your angst towards the people that caused the problem. Say you support open gl but break a working API. It's the graphics card company's problem not the game company's. At least to investigate and find out if there was a mistake made in the usage of the API. Change chip sets or chip bit depth and don't make the advertised backwards compatibility cover everything? It's OS manufacturer that's at fault. Change the chip set and cause everyone to demand a new native compiled version or popular apps. Well crap. What about those of us who aren't using that OS why don't we get any new features for nearly a year just because some group of customers bitches and moans about the totally manufactured demands. I'll shut up now -
Combat Mission Grand Tournament
A Canadian Cat replied to BFCElvis's topic in Combat Mission - General Discussion
Wow, where can you get a discount on lattes for winning a combat mission tournament? : D -
As far as I know this *was* fixed long ago. I play daily and haven't see it in since. Interesting. That doesn't happen automatically during the install process? That would not be good. LOL I hope you are not a manager of people. I'd hate to have you looking over my shoulder telling me how to manage every minute of my time.
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How Hot is Israel Gonna Get?
A Canadian Cat replied to Grey_Fox's topic in Combat Mission Shock Force 2
I really don't think that is true at all. Learning how things are playing out in an actual conflict is now these games were designed. A lot of that work was done learning about history for years and years by Steve and many many others. The fact that we have a conflict on going with direct relevance to tactics and equipment is unusual but the learning is going on. Lots of learning. Sure Steve and Charles et al are not beavering away and making changes that you see tomorrow but there is no question that this learning is good for the games (feels gross saying it). Kinda like people's learning over decades went into CMBO the learning going on now is going to pay off in the years to come. You can bitch and moan about "not working on the game", "too busy posting to work" all you want but it's just whining that's all. -
Hopefully someone will chime in with more but on thing that leapt to mind is take a screen shot of the CMBO map and use that as an overlay for the CMBN map work. Still all manual but lets you trace the CMBO map