Lawrence

Yes, this AAR is top notch. The contrast between Ken and Bil's write-ups adds extra value. Both excellent in their own ways. I for one love Ken's gleefully homicidal prose. Great that he has rolled with the armour punches - a lesser man (or bottle job) would probably have folded, psychologically or literally. :eek:

Ahem, it's my birthday but I'll open my presents later (and I'll cry if I want to).

Hi George. It took a while but as you ask I got an SS major victory. And Wittmann survived .

Interesting observations here. On British TV programmes like, 'Secrets of World War Two' etc etc are endlessly re-run (I don't mind). I'm guessing someone must watch 'em. The truth is that most people I come across in 'normal' life have little or no understanding or interest in history, often because of it being taught to them poorly in the first instance. I would say though that war and WW2 in particular gets a lot more airtime and focus than other history by a long chalk. Again, certainly in the UK there is mass coverage of every Remembrance Day as well as specific anniversaries. On a positive note my son who went to a regular state school in London had WW2 as a specific 'project' and indeed he was able to focus on it further in sixth form (ages 16/18 for those not familiar with UK schools). Not saying he was biased by his dad or the bookshelves full of reference

Really excellent mod. Really enhances the game

Twenty minutes in and loving it. Thank you!

I second that Altipueri. True of a number of my relatives who served, fought or lived through it. Morale is rightly very important in the game... As it goes, my grandmother was a wireless op (and other jobs I think - she's been dead since 1979 so can't ask) on AA on the south coast. Indeed Monty does have a reputation as a 'bit of a dick' - clearly this was the case and Eisenhower spent a lot of energy sorting stuff out - he clearly valued him as a commander though. This is often a polarised debate between US and UK - probably not helpful if we want to get as close to the facts as possible. Saving Private Ryan's exclusion of any Brit and Commonwealth references with the exception of slighting Monty probably didn't help either For a book written by a participant and really biased towards Monty I recommend, 'Victory in Normandy' by Major-General David Belchem, head of Monty's Operations and Planning Staff throughout the Normandy campaign. I haven't googled to check if in or out of print (I got mine second hand) but this book is particularly strong, as you might imagine, on the logistics and preparation of the initial assault and then the challenges of supply etc. Lawrence

Too true! Some of the stuff on here is extraordinary. It isn't as if people cannot try it before they get to choose whether to buy it. Highly recommended and happy to pay a few quid now and then. Cheers, Lawrence.

I'm a relative newbie and this is the first campaign I've downloaded from the repository. I just want to add my thanks too - I really enjoyed the campaign. Cheers!

What Erwin said. (I am not however a veteran of CM1). Lawrence.

Thanks - sorted.

I have downloaded and installed my first mod folder for a vehicle - it works fine. I can't get the decals to show though. Do I have to move them from their sub-folder, renumber them? Any help appreciated. Thanks. Lawrence.

'And personally, I don´t find it too much of a bother.' Agreed - as a new player I just wanted to check out if there was a work-around. Now to suss out mods! Thanks for the tips gents. Lawrence.

Thanks Womble. That clears it up and confirms my suspicion of how fraps would work. I guess the next best thing is to do a 'save a turn' and then review by loading each save in turn.

Hi. I am a month into CM:BN and loving it (enough to print the manuals) I would like to be able to review the entire game or in more than one minute segs - even if only once the battle is finished. Is this possible? I have seen a couple of posts mentioning fraps. Do I need something like this to be able to review entire game? By the way I run the game on a mac. Thanks in advance. Lawrence.

Your mac is a slightly higher spec than mine and CM:BN works great on mine!