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    i searched for CMRT in Steam and i found this

    in Combat Mission Red Thunder

    Posted

    23 minutes ago, Vacillator said:

    Yes I see that JM, that is a great loss.  You still have the HD, so could its contents be rescued by a 'professional'?  Having said that, I tried with a local 'professional' and ended up doing a better job myself with a 5 Euro cable from Amazon*.  

    * Other sellers are available...

    thank you for the help but I remain skeptical that they will be able to recover some valuable things and then at what cost? I was trying myself but for the time the computer dont reconized it, otherwises I could format it full and see what I can recover...for the time he give me a hard head 😝  but I keep it and search on the net, perhaps searching how make a bootable disk when "apparently there is no disk on the computer" when I disconect my usual C drive and try to boot only with the MotherF...I wll make some test I have already my tools bootable disk and repair sector like hdd regenerator, nothing is secure but I think this is worth of a simple try... !!

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    Pre-orders for the CMFB module Download are now open

    in Combat Mission Final Blitzkrieg

    Posted · Edited by JM Stuff

    2 hours ago, MikeyD said:

    My last post got me curious how many tank riders can fit on a Churchill. The answer was a lot.

    tank riders.jpg

    We can certainly put a good number of soldiers on the tanks but I don't give much for survivors if a projectile hits them, and the player's morale takes also a hit not only for the carcass but especially for the lives, but yes the curiousity was worth and will help when a long march is planified 

     

    40 minutes ago, Vacillator said:

    I think their legs are in the stowage compartments?

    I pity the poor chap sitting up front. 

    Rider casualties are interesting though, I've just been playing one of Mr X's upcoming RT campaigns and took an approaching T34/85 with a full deck of riders on board under fire with small arms, MGs and eventually 75mm Panzer IV shells.  The riders took no casualties and seemed not to have a care until the 75mm rounds came in.

    Interresting,  play it again to confirm the damage I m sure this will be different...😆

    about the knees on the tanks... yes of course it's just an optical illusion but as I say interesting, and I was already able to change some positions of some tanks riders the only thing that I could not change was the sitting position form, but I was able to put a soldier more left or more right in a higher or lower position  (dont have access to the 3d models sihouettes) but well on the place that they are occuped , just to have a differents view of the braves, on the hot engine grill.

    This could be a future mod when I will be able to breathe when all is finish...

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    i searched for CMRT in Steam and i found this

    in Combat Mission Red Thunder

    Posted

    18 minutes ago, Vacillator said:

    That was exactly my experience, and for a while I managed 'conversation' and retrieval of useful things.  But then darkness descended, so to speak.

    For what it's worth, setting up all of the CM WW2 titles again was relatively easy if that is the concern, although John (Elvis at BFC) did help me from his golf course on a Friday night ❤️.

    The problem is not to reinstall and reconfigure everything I need can already be found on the web, my keys and all the installation files everything is on the BFC home page,just push download and wait, ok and wait and wait...so this that's not the problem, no the problem is the numerous tests and mods that I had the idea of finishing and placing in a safe place on the CMMODs of countless information that I had collected over so many years, of the minutes of sweat that I wiped with my tissue, the hours that I left before the day dawned and before realizing that it was already very dark for the few minutes that I sat at the computer, time flies so quickly when you are in the front of a  screen...which makes me think now of saving a copy in the clouds, but it is very late now to think about it, it will teach me to stay in the clouds and not see the storm coming...

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    i searched for CMRT in Steam and i found this

    in Combat Mission Red Thunder

    Posted · Edited by JM Stuff

    15 minutes ago, Vacillator said:

    Now worries JM, I appreciate you being here.

    That's a shame, we are losing something.  A bit like Phil who is taking a break, but his reasons are different.

    😂  I laugh at your description, not your predicament.  I also experienced a similar thing last year when some stray liquid (coughs and 🙄) may have somehow found its way inside my laptop.  I'll blame the cat, but that's a little unfair.  Cutting to the sad end of the story, I had a hard disk which only occasionally let me look inside it's wonderful contents and copy some out.  And then it decided enough was enough.  But life goes on...

    it seems trivial but when it's lost it's lost, you pull out the only hair (which you have left over the years) but nothing helps he sulks forever no matter how much you stroke it in the direction of the hair, he laughs of your emotions, now it's him who chuckles, slowly taking the path reserved for him, that of the trash can which will henceforth be his only friend but, you still have a doubt,... and if only... I could resuscitate him ?...to be continued... l espoir fait vivre !!

    and if you don't succeed, you replay the music that's stuck in your head untill you have another HD !!

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    i searched for CMRT in Steam and i found this

    in Combat Mission Red Thunder

    Posted · Edited by JM Stuff

    1 hour ago, Vacillator said:

    Me too JM.  Good to hear from you my friend.

    So it seems that picture is totally 'advertising blurb'...  would love to know who produced it though 😉.

    Thanks you, appreciate, my life is slowing down on the forum, I just loose all my Games Mods and Scencampmaps on my HD and be on the way to reinstall all, I could give a tears about it, since longtimes 10 perhaps 15 years I had all on a "secure place", but is my blame I had already some signs of bads sectors on my HD, and dont pay attention on it and let the job for tomorrow...na ja, tomorrow was coming quick...this tomorrow never come,... untill the day that he give me his last cry and died for ever, I was trying to find "the tomorrow" to be awake and  repear or change it, but cannot travel in the past...now he talk always to me, but I dont understand his language, he let me only the noise that never I wanted to listening about him, and more, dont appear more on the screen dopple motherf... when he can appear one time only I can format it, give him a second ilfe, and find something later again...and I know this sound, is not the first time that I loose a HD, but, nothing so precious as my CM collectionPlus...sigh !!

    Pay attention to yours CM games guys, if you dont want to let a sign of sadness !!

    Just pick now left and right what I could save on differents places, but when you loose something there is always something that you dont remember, untill the day that you are searching like a dum, and realized that you were aready loosing it, last time, and I know this will happend... sigh sigh !

     

    Do you want to see how you feel when you loose your CM Games ??!!  😝
     

     

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    i searched for CMRT in Steam and i found this

    in Combat Mission Red Thunder

    Posted · Edited by JM Stuff

    On 1/18/2024 at 10:16 PM, A Canadian Cat - was IanL said:

    I believe that copyright is referring to the game not the image itself. Slitherine does not restrict themselves to in game only pictures the way BFC does. I have no memory for what uniforms may or may not be in there but I am very sure those soldiers' positions riding on the tank are not the animations included in the game. So, I predict that is Slitherine doctored or entirely made up image.

     

    On 1/18/2024 at 10:19 PM, Vacillator said:

    You may be right Ian, I noticed the positions as well (i.e not sat down on the engine covers).  I had also wondered whether someone didn't actually know Red Thunder was WW2, but I may be going too far there.

    EDIT: I hope your Canadian cat is still with us?  I have a British cat who looks very similar and he's fast asleep next to me after a night out last night at -5C.

    This image doesn't reflect anything of the real Red Thunder that we know, the uniforms, the grounds, the grass, are not the same and the position of the tank riders, this view is much better as the original but is not real, this, should not be allowed, and this is a bad publicity, I think, customers have to have the correct view from what they buy.

    I try to buy my games directly from BFC and so far I'm happy with the original version, (even when some are a little more expensive than the other versions), but that's another story.

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    Pre-orders for the CMFB module Download are now open

    in Combat Mission Final Blitzkrieg

    Posted · Edited by JM Stuff

    10 hours ago, MikeyD said:

    I had pulled a bunch of screenshots for the guys but I don't know which they're going to use. So I'll post a couple of my favorites here to whet your appetite.

    First, a tank I lobbied hard to get into the game - uparmored Sherman! One of a number of late war M4A3E8s that went through a field modification program that literally doubled the bow armor (which is now thicker than the Jumbo's). They acted as substitute/additional Jumbos in field units.

     

     

    uparmored sherman.jpg

    img_bp_m4a3e8_004.jpg

    Woaw extra protection this is for some very prometting duel...

    I like also all the stuffs around the vehicle, give me some little ideas ..

    Thanks to post this added infos @MikeyD.

     

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    Annual look at the year to come - 2023

    in Combat Mission - General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by JM Stuff

    2 hours ago, BornGinger said:

    Instead of complaining about having to wait for updates to your Combat Mission game, why not spend some time to learn the Graviteam Tactics Mius-Front game you bought but didn't have the patience to get into thoroughly? I'm sure you'll have loads of fun and good battles with that game. It's on sale now too, so you can get yourself a DLC for a good price. Mius-Front is well worth the time and effort to learn how to play it.

    @BornGinger Graviteam makes beautiful games that I like but, we are far away of the BFC system and level that we took the habit from CM, personly, I remain in front of all these countless icons available,🙄...probably I have to take more time to study and watching more videos about the way to do correctly, if you have some finesses about It I am all ears, ...the only game that I can control almost very good from them is for the moment, "Tunisia 1943" the others are a headache for the moment, but for the time I foccussed to the Flavor Objects of CMCW, waiting impatiently to the new expected module, and hope to see more about BFC Ideas all around theirs creations and added, and because Steve personly was and stay couple of time on the forum (distancing a short time from another thread) but is understanding we will have perhaps a new module for it ? 😄 , I guess we will have soon, perhaps very soon the contain that we are waiting, that, his whole Staff include Steve himself  hidding us, ...crossing fingers, Steve.✌️

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    Winter vehicles and armors

    in CM Red Thunder Maps and Mods

    Posted

    12 hours ago, laurent 22 said:

    The majority is based on Aris mods (I found a mod for the Nashorn in the mega mod "Berlin", but I don't know the author). The rest is based on the original textures from BF.c. Some snow textures and the King Tiger's snowy tracks have been added since the screenshot. I'll make some improvements before asking Bootie to host this folder.

    List:

    Russia:
    - BA 64b - late  
    - IS2-late
    - ISU 122-s
    - ISU 152
    - Gaz 67
    - HT M5
    - HT M9A1
    - HT SU 57
    - OT T34/76 1942
    - OT T34/85 1944
    - Sherman M4A2 76
    - Studebaker
    - SU 85-M
    - SU 100
    - SU 122
    - SU 152
    - T34/85 1944-early-late-latest
    - T34/76 1942-early-late 
    - T34/5 1943
    - T70
    - Universal carrier
    - Valentine
    - White scout car

    Germany:

    - Jagpanther
    - Jagtiger 
    - King Tiger Henschel (version 1944 - Germany 1945)
    - Nashorn
    - Panther A early
    - Stug 3G concrete
    - Stug 4 late
    - Kubel
    - Schwimmwagen
    - Lynx
    - Marder II-IIIM
    - Mobelwagen
    - Opel Blitz
    - Ostwind
    - Wirbelwind
    - Sdkfz 10/5
    - PSW 231
    - SPW 222-223-251/1 neu-250/9 neu- 250/10 neu 
    - SPW 251/22 
     

    View URSS :

    https://www.mediafire.com/view/xmetfrtowhm3uab/RT_winter_Allied.jpg/file

    View German:

    https://www.mediafire.com/view/4ccikcg0mfe63mh/RT_Snow_Axis.jpg/file

    Zip:

    https://www.mediafire.com/file/vsuxuvuebpbeyvi/Winter_vehicles_Axe_-_Allied.zip/file

     

    🍾🌲Happy New Year🌲💫

     

    Thanks @laurent 22 for this among job, all is from @aris like you said but nice is always to have a personly touch.

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    NATO Joint Military Symbology

    in CM Shock Force 2 Maps and Mods

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Locating said:

    Oh those are nice for sure, I personally don't like the equipment icons because they're less instantly recognized by most people (the oval/pill shape for armor is iconic and well known) but for the context of combat mission they're honestly more appropriate, all I can say about his implementation is that you're supposed to put those in a circle, but you only got 32x32 pixels to work with so I respect his decision to use as much space as possible.

    Yes I respect your choices, and do not want to change it in any way.

    Also because this mod is not included in the current CMMODs IV but only in the previous CMMODs III which is no longer available now because the site has been pirated, there is a second one which is similar to yours and in 32x32 just in case there are certain patterns which could interest you.

    It's sometimes interesting to know that a mod exists, it saves time and sometimes gives you ideas that you don't always think about, 

    ...all the credits go to the same modder above!

    overview 

    nkpE5F6.jpg

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    NATO Joint Military Symbology

    in CM Shock Force 2 Maps and Mods

    Posted

    On 12/20/2023 at 12:07 AM, Locating said:

    Hello everyone, I have decided to make a mod to replace the unit icons with NATO symbols, there's a few mods that already sort of do that but this one prioritizes clarity, conciseness and adherence to APP-6(C) to the best of my abilities. Currently all the vanilla and DLC icons have been replaced but I'll be revising my work in the following days and making updates, hopefully I'll be able to get some feedback here as well.

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    capture_010_19122023_164739.jpg

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    CMSF2 - NATO Joint Military Symbology by Locating.zip 196.57 kB · 3 downloads

    Nice job thank you to share it, have just another style from friend @Bil Hardenberger he was making also something similar in case you want to have more ideas or change something, here are the british but all nations are include for sf2 !

     

    here a pic.

    4j2Di0O.jpg

     

     

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    Revising The Road to Montebourg campaign

    in CM Normandy Maps and Mods

    Posted · Edited by JM Stuff

    7 hours ago, Warts 'n' all said:

    Yes, it was a bit pricey. I payed for it entirely in £1 coins. much to the bemusement of the bloke on the counter in the Megastore on Oxford Street. Ah, we were all so much younger then, I had a massive crush on Liz Fraser from Cocteau Twins at the time.

    Meanwhile this is the photo I mentioned above. ...

     

     

    You said Cocteau Twins, you are my friend !

     

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    CMFI PALESTINE 1948 MOD...thinktank

    in CM2 Scenario and Mod Tips

    Posted · Edited by JM Stuff

    5 hours ago, kohlenklau said:

    I appreciate the suggestions. Thanks. I was just confused :D

    I get to practice my Espanol this weekend as my son's girlfriend is from Peru and her parents and grandparents are visiting and we will host all of them for dinner.

     

    So you can offer them a Carpaccio de Vacuno, as  starter, you won't need to talk to them but they will loosen their tongues for you, this doesnt come from Peru, but the languge already or similar, but probably they know the taste already and the most important,  your diner is save !

     Happy weekend !

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    CMFI PALESTINE 1948 MOD...thinktank

    in CM2 Scenario and Mod Tips

    Posted

    1 hour ago, kohlenklau said:

    The [pal48] z folder is getting stuff sent to it.

    From CMSF2. arabic voices, arabic names, the arabic headdress face scarf uniform mds and textures (modded later), arabic skins, some walls and a different hedgerow (not sure yet). 

    From Blimey (and others in readme) CMSF1 IDF mod: initial pack of israeli voices, israeli names

    From other mods I have: flat roof mod I use with CMFI CMAK2, foliage to suit the region.

    I am now gonna create a small [pal48] testing arena scenario. import the modtags. map just a small kibutz looking place. I will call it "Simcha" after an Israeli woman I knew. Then I start to add in forces and put them places with map labels. inch by inch I get there and see stuff change.

     

    Sound very good, in these speed you will be finish before 2024, time, that you want normaly just starting to pick up lef and right, before you have something accectable  in the CM world modules. 😄

    What about your Israeli sandwitch ?

    I apreciate the power that you put for the community !!

     

    JM

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    CMFI PALESTINE 1948 MOD...thinktank

    in CM2 Scenario and Mod Tips

    Posted

    4 minutes ago, kohlenklau said:

    so, I used the same technique for North Koreans grenade pouch with 2 grenades in it. 

    BUT each of the grenades was randomly getting a stick grenade bmp image. some were valid but some were alpha layer transparent.

    So, randomly the pouch may contain various combinations of grenades. none, 2, just 1 left or just 1 right

    Clever le Koh !! 😀 

    so and all is valid for whatever pictures ? 

    is this the procedure  you put for the (code signs) on some germans turrets ?

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