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Have you contacted the help desk? (sorry if I missed that you said that). Steve had said previously that there are a handful of people for whom the upgrade licensing is really quirky and needs some custom help. I've forgotten the obscure reasons why. If you haven't, please do and I'm sure they'll be able to help. Apologies if you already did and this is old news.

No, this is correct. That's what you should see on the title screen after upgrading. (bottom right - tiny white type)

The force picking logic was worked on and it worked much better in testing. One way to do it is to have human picking for both, and hit the suggestions button until you get something that looks reasonable for the opponent. I think it works better for medium sizes and up, because it has more points to spend on a "typical" formation. So you'll get something like a PzGren bn minus one or two of it's companies, for example. We did a bunch of testing on it and while it isn't perfect, it's very much improved over what it was. And I have a fairly empty platter right now if you'd like a game. I have dropbox. PM me and we can set something up - maybe a probe with me on defense - gives you more forces. Dave

The easiest thing to do is to open one of those other ones up, save somewhere else (desktop). Open in a text editor. Once open it's easy to see how to edit it with the CMFI name. The format is the same as the others. I've done this myself a few times. Then you can run it and it will be pointing to CMFI for activation.

They do work (at least for me). And they did in beta testing. Is there a hotkeys.txt in your Data directory in your install?

Have you downloaded all the db pictures and installed them? Because that really helps. Click on something and it's picture is in miniature at the top right. And many, many of the db entries have pictures (or line drawings if you prefer). Apologies if you know this already. And apologies for the hijacking of the thread. To make up for that, let me just say again that the TO&E work in beta testing was incredibly thorough. The finished product is going to be really great.

My other favorite. And besides being a very well done and detailed simulation also includes a very active user community with a huge amount of knowledge and really responsive developers. Just like here, it makes a good thing better. Harpoon is gone, but with C:MANO, I don't even miss it.

Tactics II, then Bismark, Midway, Blitzkreig and Africa Korps.

Squares: Avalon Hill Tactics II board game had squares. Two countries Red and Blue with equal forces Duke it out. Came out when I was a young teenager I think. (Dating myself)

Can I add that there are some people in the test group whose comprehensive knowledge of unit organizations and equipment I am in awe of. Add Battlefront's perseverance to really get it right and it makes a good combination :-) .

One thing that's kind of fun at each of our meetings is that we go around the room. Everyone states the unit(s) they were in, the years. That's so if there is anyone new, they quickly get to know everyone's background. One of our WW2 vets, who passed away about 3 years ago, would stand up and in his deep gravely voice, say: "John Grossi, 82d Airborne, 509th, 508th, 504th parachute infantry, North Africa, Sicily, Salerno, Normandy, Arnhem." How do you follow that? :-)

One more picture. Walt as he appeared recently. This is a great picture. He ALWAYS looked like this (not always so dressed up :-)

For background, I served in the 82d Airborne Division Field Artillery. Many years ago. But I and many others are members for life of the 82d Airborne Association. We gather once a month for camaraderie and food and drink. We march in parades. We post at funerals of former paratroopers. We are all ages from WW2 vets to recent returnees from Iraq and Afghanistan and everything in between. Veterans from peace and war and for most of us, some of each. And that's the part that doesn't matter. Once a paratrooper, always a paratrooper (I'm sure Marines can identify with this too :-) ) Walt Hughes was a WW2 paratrooper and member of a neighboring chapter in NY (the Walter Hughes Chapter!). Sadly, he passed away yesterday. He was a wonderful man, full of life. He'll be greatly missed by many people, but he lived a long life, and the majority in peace. BUT, he was in the Battle of the Bulge, in the 504th Parachute Regt, at Cheneux, as you'll see from the picture. One of the scenarios in FB. Here's the caption for the picture : NAKED COURAGE. Cheneux, Belgium. No helmet. No body armor. No Sherman tanks or Hellcat tank destroyers to seek protection from. Yet here, on 21 December 1944, Walter Hughes of the 82nd Airborne Division, armed with nothing more than a Tommy Gun, is storming into a hail of fire in the Ardennes as his 504th Parachute Infantry takes on the Waffen SS of Kampfgruppe Peiper, a lethal armored force determined to break through to the Meuse River. This is one of the Battle of the Bulge’s classic images. And it remains one of the clearest and most impressive illustrations of naked courage to have come out of this epic and ferocious winter battle. Hughes, a Brooklyn native, survived the Battle of the Bulge and the war. In an interview in 2013 he said, "If I died today, I would have little regret. It's been the real deal.” We'll miss Walt. It was an honor to know him. I thought everyone might be interested in a little of the reality that accompanies the games.

Very nice. This and the winter trees really add to the atmosphere. Thanks!!!

Kampfgruppe Pieper gets underway and immediately snarls the roads. Going off road might be a bit chancy - some low ground to the right.

Wonderful! Really great. I'd use this right now as is. The atmosphere it creates makes such a difference from the stock - and that is already very good. This just takes it to another level of cold and bleak. Looking forward to it being posted for use. Thanks for your work.

I second that recommendation on River of Blood. I play tested it a number of time as the Germans against the AI. Not easy even when you know what's coming (maybe it's just my luck - you know - if it weren't for bad luck I'd have no luck at all)

Got that working. Thanks for the heads up.

Exactly. Same for me. BadgerDog and I are playing dropbox shuffle PBEM currently and my experience is the same as his. I can go through the motions but the fact it says "not installed" stops you from being able to actually run a game that way. On the other hand, having the game files outside the .app folder makes it a little easier to copy files back and forth

Well done, whoever did it.

Seriously? In case it is: (and i have no idea what that emoji represents) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBuUUBrC9eQ

Top right. Right in the middle of the compass. It's always been there and it still is.

Yes, probably. I do birds not trees. My wife is the tree and wildflower expert. But they look great!

A JagdTiger waits quietly at the edge of the woods for its prey. Nice pine trees in the foreground. (I have gridded terrain mod added - you might notice the lines on the ground. It helps a lot with the very snowy scenery.

That's the truth.