Bud Backer

How is snow modelled in CMFI? (I don't have it). Is it just white surfaces but no effect on gameplay (no slower movement, etc for men or vehicles? Increased chances of bogging or immobilization?). If they include that, would that not be ported over to Bulge and be sufficient?

Ah, well. My opponent surrendered 8 turns in. I like Panthers but their side armour is too weak, so I picked Tigers this time. Nasty business, those...ended the game right quick.

Since no one replied I'll give you my own experience - I have a MacBook Pro with a display of 2880x1800 - I left the resolution setting as default. All other settings are at max. I don't have anti aliasing on, that's the only exception. I don't find anything looking stretched or distorted. Have you tried hitting the "C" key to get into and out of widescreen mode and see if that gives you a more appealing view?

I was playing a game in CMBN 3.11 and my opponent has this M8 armoured car. A car that fires ammunition I've never encountered before. Here is the M8 - looks ordinary to me.. And here is what the shot looks like when it fires.. I thought someone was using a Hegehog from a destroyer for a moment! This stuff seems deadly to infantry. I never saw my M8s fire something like this when I used them in other battles. Is this some canister shot? Why have my own M8s not used it in the past? Is there some special requirement or unit to buy?

Sorry about the confusion, Bil. If I merely put labels, it would encompass a too large area and leave readers wondering where exactly a unit is. So I used arrows, with the tip being what is described in the text of the arrow. Perhaps I should have explained that was what I was doing. If you have suggestions, please give them to me, as I want to make the next CAAR better!

Nice of you to do all this testing, thank you! Your results did make me wonder - the BMP-3 ARENA seems to lack ERA, which makes it a bit of a trade-off. Your testing would indicate that there are circumstances where the ERA version would be advantageous. I thought that the ERA version would include ARENA but it appears to me it does not. For the cost, be nice if it did!

At this point in the battle, I was feeling much like Sgt. Hirsch: with two Mg42s covering the fields approaching the farm, it was not. More a question of ammo than manpower to keep the farm and win. Kohl showed me how wrong I was and the remaining 14 minutes were a nail biter for me.

Haha, this is priceless. CMBN is what I started with. It's awesome. And it's not all hedgerow maps. If you like Germans fighting western allies, I can't think of a more complete package.

Don't die...or suck. Trust me on this.

Nice series, Macisle! Keep on not sucking!

Thanks, mate! You make it all possible.

Not everyone is from Newfoundland!

Sweet. Reminds me of the highway in Normandy some years ago. The fog was so thick buildings appears so suddenly out of the gloom it was as if they were leaping at the car!

Yes, and our zeitgeist suggests that victory is inevitable... S**tdisturbers would say that's true, but whose victory? LOL