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Everything posted by Bud Backer
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German Tanks - MG-34s In Commander's Cupola?
Bud Backer replied to user1000's topic in Combat Mission Battle for Normandy
Agreed. It cheapened the hard fought stand that climaxed the movie. Why set up a situation that requires the "heroes" to be rescued? -
CMFB Bonus Beta AAR ( Axis )
Bud Backer replied to Baneman's topic in Combat Mission Final Blitzkrieg
Oh good, I'm looking forward to reading now our little armoured car did! -
RT Unofficial Screenshot Thread
Bud Backer replied to mjkerner's topic in Combat Mission Red Thunder
They look awesome, I second Baneman. -
CMFB Bonus Beta AAR ( Axis )
Bud Backer replied to Baneman's topic in Combat Mission Final Blitzkrieg
Thanks for doing this AAR, Baneman! It was a lot of fun watching you heap victory after victory with CMFB! Your light armour rules did indeed inspire me, I'm having a similar engagement in CMBN right now as a result of watching this. -
OMG I almost got coffee all over my iPad with this. Thanks, Warts...
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Those figures are particularly telling as US studies I've read considered the 17lbr specifically to be quite inaccurate and the reason they went with their own 76mm despite poorer penetrative capabilities. Which suggest better numbers for other weapons. Additionally, Germans trained their tank crews on firing on moving targets and were very proficient at this.
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CMFB Period Icons & Gridded Terrain
Bud Backer replied to Bil Hardenberger's topic in CM Final Blitzkrieg Maps and Mods
The top two pictures really illustrate the utility of the grid. Nicely done, Bil! -
Damaged wall textures missing?
Bud Backer replied to Macisle's topic in Combat Mission Final Blitzkrieg
I would agree with you that you want the demo to look as fantastic as possible, but your download time is not the experience that many have. It took me 4 1/2 hours. And I know many others who have the same experience. -
Welcome to Palermo, Michael!
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The instructions say you must patch to 1.12 before installing the 3.0 upgrade (which brings it to 1.2).
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One of the advantage of Apple's iBooks over the Kindle format is that I can back up all my Ebooks to backup drives. I don't have to redownload if I don't wish to. Like 76mm, I have so many books that storage is a major issue, and much as I love the feel, look and smell of paper, nothing beats the electronic copies for simplicity of storage. I do an enormous amount of reading now on the iPad.
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What's wrong with Battlefront Customer Service
Bud Backer replied to Grunts's topic in Combat Mission Final Blitzkrieg
They've always been helpful and really quick with anything I had trouble with. -
Some Fortress Italy Christmas bones...
Bud Backer replied to ChrisND's topic in Combat Mission Fortress Italy
True, that. -
Some Fortress Italy Christmas bones...
Bud Backer replied to ChrisND's topic in Combat Mission Fortress Italy
You don't want mules, Patton will shoot them! -
BATTLE DRILL - A CM Tactics Blog
Bud Backer replied to Bil Hardenberger's topic in Combat Mission Battle for Normandy
I like the comments you added to each point, Bil. They provide context and make them clearer. -
The last headline before our computers all shut themselves down: Michael Emrys is Skynet, and it became self-aware....
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I like terrain that has a more realistic feel to it but the OP didn't say the map had to be totally flat, as he wanted to add some hills etc. I think that LOS subtleties can be frustrating to players who are looking for a more "straightforward" war. I had an opponent some months ago tell me that my maps were too complex, and he wanted something flat with some LOS obstacles like trees and maybe a few houses. We didn't pursue this as I can't imagine that as being very interesting let alone immersive in 3D mode, but clearly there is something about LOS simplicity that is sought after.
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comic The Good Old Days - A CMFI CAAR
Bud Backer replied to Bud Backer's topic in Combat Mission Fortress Italy
Yeah, what's becoming clearer as this develops is the British were not expecting the Germans to be here at all. -
comic The Good Old Days - A CMFI CAAR
Bud Backer replied to Bud Backer's topic in Combat Mission Fortress Italy
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comic The Good Old Days - A CMFI CAAR
Bud Backer replied to Bud Backer's topic in Combat Mission Fortress Italy
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comic The Good Old Days - A CMFI CAAR
Bud Backer replied to Bud Backer's topic in Combat Mission Fortress Italy
I spend hours, but not on that.