[Use of infantry weapons to knock down walls (and why not just climb over?)]

Of course, in the "Old Corps" Marines, we just kicked down the wall and the occupying enemy simply died of fright:D

[Use of infantry weapons to knock down walls (and why not just climb over?)]

While I haven't tried it or know if its possible-but I don't see why not is to have infantry use demo charges to blow a hole in a building

I think I did that in one of the CMBN campaigns that I'm playing (Devil's Descent). I think I blew a mouse hole in a building and assaulted through it.

[CM:BN Market Garden Mo Betta on da Mac]

MG Outstanding Gallantry ( one of MG's largest scenarios) loaded in 2 minutes by dropping display = 1920X1080, V Sync = Off. Model & Texture = Fastest. AA= Off. High Priority = Off. ATI Left Click = Off. Shadows =Off

Did not play the game but was able to move about the map w/o sluggishness. Not as pretty as the smaller scenarios but looks very playable.

A saved game file was @ 20.8MB.

I'm running a Mac Pro 2010 Mid with an ATI Radeon HD5770 card. The "options" on my startup screen doesn't have a selection for "shadows." Am I missing something? Is the selection in another screen?

Sorry, just found the answer in the CMBN manual. Alt (Option on the Mac) + W toggles shadows. Should have known better:-) My motto as a Technical Writer is "When all else fails, read the instructions."

[Operational Level Game Announcement]

Anddddddd off topic. Golden Monkey by Victory is the holy grail of beers. I think its something like 12.5% alcohol. Haven't seen it in New England in years.

You can buy Victory "sampler" 12 packs here on the North shore of MA. They include three each of the Victory beers. Golden Monkey is 9.something % ABV. In fact, I'm sipping one as I type this

[Bundle price?]

I bought the preorder some months ago. The $10 off discount wasn't really a discount. You had to do the download and disk in the mail. The shipping was $10 so it's a wash. I would have rather had just the download for $10 less.

[Current CMFI games compatability?]

I just opened a saved scenario from a campaign. It worked perfectly.

[possible problem with mine clearence v2.0]

If all mines of a minefield are detonated, the red sign turns into green and you will be able to pass without the risk of detonating a mine.

Can you clear (detonate) mines by using area fire from say a tank or other AFV? So far, I've encountered only mined area (antitank mines in the first mission of "The Scottish Corridor"), and I just bypassed them because I had no engineers.

[Spotting without being spotted?]

"I have the other free units Assault the flanks while one or two units engage the enemy and keep him busy."

Imperial, I for one am glad to hear you're running the training missions. The training campaign (not Devon's) is an excellent way to increase your understanding of the tactics involved (such as resupply and defense in-depth). I also did both training campaigns. As a former USMC 0369 (Infantry small unit leader - rifle platoon sgt.), albeit many decades ago, I found that teaching method very effective.

One thing you might want to be cautious of is attacking both flanks at the same time. That is called a "double envelopment" and is generally only used at a battalion sized assault. That's because of the danger of casualties from friendly fire and the possibility of the flanking units engaging each other. I realize there is very little chance of that happening in CMBN, but no sense in developing bad habits. Set your base of fire and maneuver your flanking element into assault position to assault A SINGLE flank. As they begin their assault, stop your base of fire so you don't kill and wound your own men.

Good luck, and don't get down over losing. Learn from the loss and apply that knowledge the next time. I get my butt handed to me on a regular basis, and try to learn from each whipping.

[v2.01 IS HERE!]

Sorry for the Noob question, but what are you referring to as "Regular" experience? My selections are Basic Training, Veteran, Warrior, Iron, Elite. I assume you mean Veteran.:confused:

Regular does not refer to the skill level you play at, but to the experience level of the troops (selected in the editor). These are - if I remember correctly:

Conscript

Green

Regular

Veteran

Elite

Crack

Ahhh! Thank you.

[v2.01 IS HERE!]

just did a quick test

1 heavy MG section (1xMG34 and 1xMG42) against a platoon of US infantry (everything regular experience).

Sorry for the Noob question, but what are you referring to as "Regular" experience? My selections are Basic Training, Veteran, Warrior, Iron, Elite. I assume you mean Veteran.:confused: