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Methinks more appropriately "Fritz und Frieda" or "Ulrich und Ursula"!

It is an excellent suggestion. This battlefield and Bil's force mix are well suited to such tactics. That was the US Army's "Active Defense" philosophy for defending Europe against Soviet aggression during the post-Vietnam 1970's, especially after the 1973 October War. Trade space for time. It stretches the attacker and transfers local initiative to the defender. The West Germans didn't really care for such plans because it was their territory being traded by NATO Forces against the Soviet's Broad Front / Deep Penetration strategies. However, I don't think Bil need worry about such concerns . . .

I modified EZ's uniform mod for the 92nd ID and 442nd RCT from v1 to v2 several years ago before CMFI came out. It was uploaded as a CMBN mod to the BFC repository several years ago but I don't see it there anymore. It works in CMBN v2 and v3.11. Feel free to download and test for CMFI. It's a 43M rar file found at Dropbox URL below. Just copy the "Unit" folder (i.e. "100th Bn", "2nd Rangers", "442nd RCT", or "92nd ID" to your CMFI/data/Z folder. Ethnic faces (African American and Asian as appropriate) are in each unit's folder. Uniforms and faces should appear as such in the game. "ez & vein CMBN v2 US_distinct_infantry_uniform" URL = https://www.dropbox.com/s/diwixmubhz9q3ej/ez %26 vein CMBN v2 US_distinct_infantry_uniform.rar?dl=0 Please let everyone know if current BMP file names work in CMFI. Ping me if questions. Good luck and good gaming.

Video's are accessible. Others should now be able to comment. The UI doesn't show status for buttoned / unbuttoned. If you have the save file for this turn, you might want to move this thread to Tech Support.

Can't watch the video's. Get the following; This video is private. Sorry about that.

Rinaldi, It might soothe the wounds you inflicted on Bootie at St Jorge to post this at his repository (TDSIII) too! Thank you for this effort. http://www.thefewgoodmen.com/tsd3/search-2/#search/category=CM+BATTLE+FOR+NORMANDY+[SCENARIOS]

My, how the Grinch stole Christmas! Merry Christmas BFC. For me, a fine gift indeed. Thank you.

I have mixed feelings about this request. I thoroughly enjoy the uniforms Mods with unit shoulder patches / flashes and Mord's unit portraits. I question how can adding NCO slots where they don't exist be retro-fitted to the game in general and existing scenario's in particular. If this is not a simple task, the cost/benefit of such work is not worth it to me. I would not want BFC to spend time on this kind of eye candy at the expense of other game improvements. I admire and enjoy your modding effort, Kohlenklau. I just don't share your views on this one. It never hurts to ask, though. Good luck and good gaming.

Consider for CMFB in general; Against the Panzers by Allyn R Vannoy & Jay Karamales ISBN 0-7864-2612-8 United States Infantry versus German Tanks, 1944-1945 A History of eight battles told through diaries, unit histories, and interviews - Mortain, August '44 - Metz, September '44 - November, December, January '44-'45 Preview at URL = https://books.google.com/books?id=eCwrBwAAQBAJ&pg=PR4&lpg=PR4&dq=Against+the+Panzers+by+Allyn+R+Vannoy+%26+Jay+Karamales&source=bl&ots=VRlqfYZVc0&sig=s1-YXi64aJvBjJPnZWNaSp6gulw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjFwt-MtvLJAhXIaz4KHZpTA5YQ6AEIMjAD#v=onepage&q=Against the Panzers by Allyn R Vannoy %26 Jay Karamales&f=false Available at Amazon or a decent USA public library.

@ Rindaldi, Very nicely done! Please be aware that the game's battle noises drown out your narration in the video clip. You might consider increasing the volume of your narrative audio in relation to the volume of the game. I don't want to miss anything you might say! I look forward to more. Thank you for doing this.

@ Bud_B, This CAAR is a delightful read! Thank you for your time and efforts putting it together and pulling it off. At 8 hours a panel, when do you find time to actually play the game? Please know that your wife remains in my prayers. May this Christmas at home together be the first of many full remission holidays for you both yet to come! All the very best to you and yours.

COMPLETELY OFF TOPIC . . . @Steve, May the tea-readers among us leap far to the conclusion that your recent relaxed and repeated appearances among us here mean that whatever has been consuming all your time and efforts is now almost, nearly, and just-about completed??!! You don't have to say, just blink once for "yes" and twice for "no". Thankee, kind sir.

Look for the Brandenburgers of Panzer Brigade 150 and Einheit Stielau. Initial assembly 14-Dec, available 16-Dec, only effective through 21-Dec-44. Initially disruptive but providing no real impact nor tangible effects.

Yes and yes. No other thoughts, otherwise it is good to go. Well done and thank you. Very nice like-to-like comparisons. Am very glad you chose not to compare .45 to 9mm ballistics!

For the Officer In Charge of the BFC "Lessons Learned" department. The correct challenges to initial post are: 1) Are your video card drivers up to date? OR 2) Did you update your video card drivers after installing the new monitor to insure your system component software aligns? Upon which the silly questioner will hearken to the exhortations of the wise and learned that one should always keep such drivers current. Subsequent to which, when the silly questioner actually updates his almost three year old nVidia drivers, he will find that the software does in fact work as designed, as said software was actually developed on more up-to-date drivers itself . . . . The spirit of Roseanne Roseannadanna lives on, my friends! Good luck and good gaming.

SLIM, I get "This video has been removed by the user". Seems I missed the review window. Let us know when Part 2 rev2 is ready to play. Thank you for doing these.

@SLIM, Don't forget to write for a target audience of newbies . . . .

Could you please be a little more specific? What things are you looking explained? 1) The game interface buttons / using the GUI? 2) How scenario's, campaigns, and quick battles work? 3) Effective player tactics? 4) Combat support process to call artillery and air strikes? Each topic has different tutorial information available; such as Armchair General Tactics 101 videos, Bil Hardinger's Battle Drill, Bootie's TFGM & Ithikial's & Proambulator's YouTube tutorials. Let us know and someone will direct you shortly! Welcome to Combat Mission. Enjoy!

What's the nVidia video card setting that affects the appearance of flamethrower / flame-tank streaming flames? My video card control panel allows for the following video color settings adjustments. Brightness - 0 to 50% Contrast - 0 to 100% Gamma - 0.30 to 2.80 Digital vibrance - 1 to 100 Hue - 0 to 359 I have an older nVidia GeForce gtx 650 Ti. My old monitor displayed flamethrowers as expected. I upgraded to a newer monitor and had to adjust to new settings. Now i can't get the flame stream to show yellow or yellow/orange. Best I get is purple or grey. Am using Aris' and Vein's "Effects" mods but didn't thing they affected Vehicle Pack flamethrower. Thank you.

@Bootie, Appreciate you doing this. Nice narration to the videos. What Unit Icon mod (blue to green for Allies / grey to orange for Axis) are you swapping in and out from segment to segment?

I thought you could install on a primary and a backup machine, up to three concurrent computers per license if I recall correctly. Can someone please confirm?

Nice demo, Bootie! Thanks for posting.

Can you provide the URL for that? I've been unsuccessfully seeking a decent flammenwefer flame mod. Thank you.

@Boce, Consider sending a PM to Bootie. Ask him to add a link to your scenario depot at his BFC sanctioned site, The Scenario Depot III. I think there would be good synergy between you two. It could also expose your site to a broader audience. Good luck and good gaming.

You almost describe "Steel Panthers", a 20 year old game with a 10 year old face lift, highly regarded in it's time. Check out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel_Panthers and the URL at the bottom pointing you to WINSPWW2. I hope this helps.