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    Antony Beevor's view on War Films

    in Combat Mission - General Discussion

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    6 hours ago, umlaut said:

    Being a dane - and quite knowledgeable in matters of the period - I must sadly disagree:

    Vikings is indeed a very entertaining series, but in my opinion it is far too historically incorrect for something that is produced by the History Channel.

    Generally, they have taken the old myth/saga of Regnar Lodbrog pretty much at face value. In my opinion it would have been wiser to try ot find the historical core of that myth.

    Beides the myth itself there are numerous inaccuracies. Here are a few from the top of my head:
    Regnar was a danish king/warlord. In the show he is living in a place that is definitely not Denmark, but Norway. Generally, the geography of Scandinavia is all messed up in the show. Uppsala looks nothing like the place depicted in the show - and Kattegat is not a town, but the sea between Jutland and Sweden.

    The clothing of the norsemen is completely wrong - and in the series none of the viking warriors wear helmets as they surely would have.

    In one of the first episodes Regnar and his men are part of the famous raid on Lindisfarne in 793 AD that is normally seen as the start of the viking era. Regnar lived much later. He was one of the leaders of the siege of Paris in 845 AD.

    I could go on...

    Agreed.  "Vikings" compresses the historical timeline so that several decades of separate incidents occur in a much shorter time-frame.  But while named historical figures were not quite the persons portrayed in the series and setting literary license aside, I still think "Vikings" does a better job of it than most other shows.  I found Blood Eagles portrayed realistically enough!  😱

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    Antony Beevor's view on War Films

    in Combat Mission - General Discussion

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    1 hour ago, Sublime said:

    Oooh was Rome that good? I need to check it out then I never watched that one.

    Yes, indeed; exceptional actually.  First scene of first episode shows exactly and correctly how legionaries rotated files from front rank to back in close combat.  The adult content including nudity throughout the series also captures Roman pre-Christian sentiment and values very accurately

    1 hour ago, Erwin said:

    Agreed...

    Will check out Rome, Knightfall and Last Kingdom.   (Do they feature SS troops or subs?)   :rolleyes:

    In my opinion, History channel's "Vikings" (available on Netflix) is far superior to both "Knightfall" and "Last Kingdom".

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    Antony Beevor's view on War Films

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    1 hour ago, MOS:96B2P said:

    I agree.  The Centurion dude was like Forrest Gump in that he showed up at almost every historical event  :D.  In fact, now that I'm thinking about it, I may try to find it and watch it again.     

    Yep, Centurio Lucius Vorenus.  My favorite quote of his is when his wife asks, "What's wrong?" and he responds, "I have pledged my honor to a man who has none."

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    My Honor Was Loyalty (movie)

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    3 hours ago, Erwin said:

    Found this on Netflix:  "The story of Captain Ludwig Herckel, soldier of the SS Leibstandarte, he fights in every major conflict from the Eastern front to the battle of the bulge."

    Altho' looks like a low budget (Italian?) movie, it features quite a lot of soldiers in various camo styles and a surprising number of AFV's and other vehicles.   Not bad at all, and worth a look.  The battle sequences are shot handheld documentary style and are quite effective.

    Sorry, @Erwin.  I can't recommend this.  As you said, the costuming and vehicles are impressive and the cinematography is acceptable.  But the screenwriting is dire.  The acting is wooden.  The film strikes me as puffed up philosophic self-absorption by director Allesandro Pepe.  I watched the first 18 minutes and had to turn it off.  Maybe I'll come back to it when too drunk or too bored to care.

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    Editor Trick/hack.

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    4 hours ago, sburke said:

    I just gave it a try.  I am with Ian and RepsolCBR.  I can make the water at whatever height I desire but only at that height.  For some reason I thought water was always at the lowest height of any terrain, but that is an incorrect perception.  I did not have to go through the create a map and save it process.  I just created a map that went from 20 to 50 and then set the water at 50 on the top of the hill.  Also then created an elevated pond on a separate map.  Whether that has always been true I can't say.

    Right.  Water does not have to be at the lowest level.  But, whatever level you set water to be initially, it will stay at that same level you create a water feature anywhere else on the map.  In other words, on a single map, water can only be at one and the same level everywhere it's used.

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    Antony Beevor's view on War Films

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    8 hours ago, Sublime said:

    U571 literally and Im American disgusted me and I didnt even sit through it. I didnt watch red tails because in the new( not rlly) post modern pc society everyone knows the entire US military was racist and the red tails were the best fighter unit anywhere ever because the color of their skin.

    <snipped>

    Not quite.  I opine that the 332nd Fighter Group ranks as the best WW2 fighter unit anywhere because they trained as a squadron for three (count 'em, 3) whole years on four (4) different fighter aircraft before being committed to combat.  With that much individual flight experience and unit training they'd better be good, and they were.  Compare their performance against the under-trained late war Luftwaffe and Japanese pilots and its easy to see why training profoundly matters.  Racism kept the Tuskegee Airmen out of battle until Air Corps leadership concluded, "Needs must when the Devil drives."  The movie "Red Tails" is over the top Hollywood pap.  The reality is that early 20th Century America was institutionally racist despite which the Red Tails were very good indeed.

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    Practical limit to the number of modules in a Family?

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    Not a bad question in general and Battlefront will do what makes best business sense for them game by game.  But there are other places to look too.

    Graviteam

    • Tank Warfare Tunisia 1943 is a standalone game with 3 DLC's
    • Mius Front is a standalone game with 5 DLC's
    • Operation Star is a standalone game with 8 DLC's

    Command Ops 2

    • 1 base game with 8 additional modules and the 9th module (Bradley at Bay / Patton's Charge) has been "in the works" for almost 2 years.

    I think it boils down to how robust the core game code holds up and how well the code can be managed to absorb permutations and variations.  Within a single code set, every change or add-on should require regression testing of everything else already in place.  At some point in time old code grows unsustainable and new code makes better sense.  Developers sustaining legacy stuff burn out.  Developers working on new stuff get excited.  As a consumer (user) I wouldn't even try to  hazard a guess.  (Kind of what @||CptMiller|| just said).

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    Tanks crossing Train Tracks

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    48 minutes ago, StieliAlpha said:

    I don’t fully agree.

    Referring to the OP: Moving along the tracks does not solve the problem of crossing them.

    And, on raised rail beds, as used on soft or wet ground, you probably many tanks will have an issue with too little clearance from track to underside of tank.

    Tanks should cross railroads very slowly and perpendicular (90 degrees) to the rail bed.  Because rails are typically around 6" (16cm), most tanks certainly have the ability to clear them crosswise as well as travel along aligned with them, albeit very slowly as well.

    The original poster complained about the failure of his tanks to traverse over railroad tracks at FAST speed.  The thread mentions several reasons why that's a reasonable outcome.  Other posters digressed into the topic of tank travel along railroad tracks.  I think the thread addressed many of the realities for that as well.  However, there's always exceptions to general rules.  B)

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    Mod to remove thunder?

    in Combat Mission Final Blitzkrieg

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    13 hours ago, Bulletpoint said:

    I think this folder has changed with CMFB? It used to be a Z folder in the data folder, but now there's a specific "mods" folder ... it works putting the file there at least

    Yep, CMBN uses C . . . Documents\Battlefront\Combat Mission Battle for Normandy\Data\Z.  That changed with subsequent games per Micro$oft guidance back in the day to separate "programs" from "data" in distinct folders for software applications.  CMFI, CMRT, and CMFB have C . . . Documents\Battlefront\Combat Mission\Fortress Italy\User Data\Mods but they also allow D:Program Files (x86)\Battlefront\Combat Mission Fortress Italy\Data where you can create Z.

    Now I'm confused.  Which folder should one use for mods in the non-CMBN games?

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    Tanks crossing Train Tracks

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    3 hours ago, Bulletpoint said:

    The idea was not driving with the wheels or tracks on top of the rails, but between the rails...

    That is the correct idea.  Treads running on top of the rails cannot reduce their ground pressure PSI (pounds per square inch) as designed.  Concentrating PSI on top of each rail reduces tread traction and increases tread fatigue.  Bad things will likely happen and the crews will get very grumpy at any tank commander too dumb to know better.  Repairing tracked vehicle suspension systems is punishing and brutal scutwork.   :(

    The tracks should be off the rails while traveling along the rail-beds.  Keep in mind that the treads will produce wear and tear on the railroad 4x4 wooden ties by the way.  :o

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    New features curiosity

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    Okay.  That helped me better understand your meaning.  I still think the game does so now.  In your example, the mortar direct fire aiming point would be the top of that wall.  In the game, mortar rounds fire in a small but variable pattern around that aiming point; some long, some short, some left, some right.  The blasts suppress the enemy.  Shrapnel has a pretty good chance to kill or wound.  I think the effort to calculate, code, test, and finalize such a small tweak in the game incurs costs to Battlefront which far outweighs negligible benefits.  To me, there are far better uses of programmer time.  :ph34r:

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    Tanks crossing Train Tracks

    in Combat Mission Final Blitzkrieg

    Posted

    8 hours ago, Bulletpoint said:

    So, how about driving along the track?

    In CM, that also takes place at a snail's pace, whereas my uneducated guess would be that as long as the tank kept its tracks between the rails, it should be fine?

     

    Well, yes, sort of.  Keeping the tank treads aligned along railway tracks really requires a ground guide in front of the tank to direct the driver; not a snail's pace but certainly slow because the ground guide has to walk backwards in order to watch the tank treads and use hand-signs to signal the driver.  I opine that Battlefront should not implement such a feature.  Ground Guides usually disappear when in the vicinity of enemy fires  . .  :o

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    New features curiosity

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    I led a 107mm self-propelled mortar platoon for 13 months.  Gunners cannot accurately fire at targets they cannot see.  More importantly, they cannot adjust fires so as to hit targets they cannot see.  Your "justification" is flawed in that is not realistic.  The game currently (and accurately) lets mortars and grenadiers lay "area" fires anywhere they have lines of sight.  That's about as realistic as it should get in any game.  B) 

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