Warts 'n' all
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6 hours ago, Bulletpoint said:
Just because it's Saturday, I felt like adding a bit of extremely uninteresting trivia.
There is actually some bocage in CMFB. One scenario that comes with the game has it. It is not available in the CMFB editor though.
Ah, i was just going by the scenarios I can remember playing, and by the editor. Perhaps you could tell us which battle has it.
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Paddy lifts his eyes from his pint of black, and says, "Fer feck sake man, I just wanna get home to Caitlin and the girls."
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I think we've already established that "Eusebio, but I say WimO" made a slight error. "Bocage" does not feature in CMFB. And that "Low Bocage" does not work in the same way in CMFB as it does in CMBN. Vehicles from tanks down to jeeps can drive through it providing the underlying tile is not impassable.
This is from the CMFB scenario editor.
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2 hours ago, Vacillator said:
Is that the one that was built starting in 1950? That would definitely be alternative history.
I'm not a train spotter, but I suspect he means the one built in 1878. Exits stage right singing "Over the points, over the points.. " You know the rest. ------->
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6 hours ago, Vacillator said:
As I expected (although your nice pic has a lot of gaps in the bocage
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Hahahaha. They made those gaps, driving to and fro. As I suspect you knew from your wink. Joking aside. The only thing that I can think of to explain what your Pershing did, is that the "Low Bocage" was set on an impassable terrain tile such as "Heavy Forest".
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2 hours ago, A Canadian Cat said:
Other than the alternate history where you are still alive that is
In the Commonwealth of Nostalgia Magna we forge our own history.
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I have a very vague recollection of reading that CMFB would only have two types of hedgerow, "Hedge" and "Low Bocage", and that for movement purposes they would be treated the same, unlike in Battle for Normandy. Obviously, now that I want to find it in the manual I can't.
So I just ran a quick test with a Locust and a Jeep. Both made short work of the low bocage....
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I always thought all hedges in CMFB were passable, despite looking similar to the "low bocage" from CMBN. Perhaps I shall have to re-read the manual.
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Not a great fan of alternate history such as the above. Paddy hasn't seen my mum growing up, and needs to get home sharpish.
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On 4/24/2024 at 12:01 AM, Centurian52 said:
Ok I've just gotta say it once. A lot of people all over the forums (I really don't want to imply I'm picking on you specifically @waffelmann) have been typing 'loose' when they mean 'lose'. There's loose, as in loose an arrow or loosen a knot. And there's lose, as in to lose your keys or lose a fight..
We have a village just a couple of miles away called "Loose". Most people pronounce it "Lose". Although there was a Ladies Morris side who called themselves "The Loose Women".
Meanwhile after only managing a Minor Victory with my Jocks in the Wald, cuz I'm rubbish. I'm just embarking on "Spearhead".
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The Final Mission - This was one tough pussy. ..
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4 hours ago, user1000 said:
so maybe it's fuel related or just not from the same unit?
I suspect that only the designer knows the reason. Luckily there were plenty of other vehicles carrying spare ammo, mortar and PIAT rounds.
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On 3/9/2024 at 10:05 PM, user1000 said:
I had some weird bug where the vehicles including bren carrier and jeeps couldn't be mounted or driven by troops.
I hadn't noticed this at the time of your post. But, having reached the final mission I have found an annoying number of light vehicles marked as "Dismounted" which can't be moved even though they have men sat in them.
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I've just downloaded this pack. On first viewing it does look like an impressive piece of work. Currently "Downfall" is taking up all of my limited gaming time, so it will be months rather than weeks before I take it on. But, many thanks to X (formerly known as Twitter) for putting it together.
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On 4/7/2024 at 8:08 PM, Anthony P. said:
I believe that German light infantry guns can also perform indirect fire missions on-map.
They can indeed. Although care does need to be taken when using them, as their low trajectory shells do sometimes hit trees, rather than their intended target.
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5 hours ago, George MC said:
I voiced for CMSF - even did sweary stuff!
Ah, wouldn't have heard that. I only play the WW2 titles.
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1 hour ago, George MC said:
Nae a west coaster - wee bit more like this:
That was brilliant. It's a shame that "Chewin' the fat" isn't on the BBC iPlayer. It's also a shame that BFC didn't get someone from north of the border to do the voices for 15th Inf Div.
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Yeah, come on George. Give us something like this....
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On 4/5/2024 at 7:58 PM, thilio said:
Playing the first mission of the Spearhead campaign.
Is there a method of knowing whether the artillery available at the beginning of the mission should be used, otherwise it will be lost, or whether it can be kept for the next mission ?
Unfortunately, there is no concrete way of knowing unless the designer has put it in the briefing.
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2 hours ago, user1000 said:
If you paid attention ...
... you'll know that people have been talking about creating scenarios/campaigns based on Paderborn at least as far back as 2015. So why don't you either make something yourself, or at least offer your services to one of designers via a PM
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2 hours ago, BornGinger said:
It seems that either no one knows or no one cares. The Final Blitz module doesn't seem very popular among the clientele here.
Perhaps some people are confuddled by your list. "Veritable" is very much "in" rather than "out". As are, "Varsity", "Remagen" and "Cologne", unless my 400 year old noddle is playing tricks on me.
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For those not familiar with it, "The Road to Bastogne" is available from the few good men website.
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9 hours ago, kb6583 said:
I'm referring specifically to a scenario that I'm playing as the Germans where roughly six Wespes are on the map. I have two observers as well, but along with all of the leaders on the map, I can't figure out how I access them for indirect artillery support. So how do I do this?
What scenario are you playing?
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8 hours ago, Vacillator said:
Hope your mortars show up (as reinforcements maybe?).
I think that I may have automatically assumed I was getting 3in Mortars because their HQ is on the map. Anyway they're not shown on the Tactical Map amongst the reinforcements. So I doubt that they will put in an appearance.
I also have to hope that my fly boys don't bomb my men. But, it has happened before.
Low bocage
in Combat Mission - General Discussion
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Or, maybe an overhead screenshot for the rest of us to look at.