Warts 'n' all
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On 3/15/2024 at 11:02 PM, db_zero said:
Killing Tigers while not easy is not as difficult as one might expect either.
Lizzie Saxe-Coburg und Gotha and Phil the Greek enjoyed killing tigers.
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On 3/15/2024 at 12:20 PM, Bootie said:
Just send them over and give me a poke when you need me.
"give me a poke".
It's lucky that Frankie Howerd's ghost doesn't play CM
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3 hours ago, Erwin said:
Just to clarify, what is the "new campaign" called? Not sure if we have it here.
It's called "The Bridge". And I think that we all know which bridge it refers to.
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Time to hit the "Ignore" button on this one.
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1 hour ago, AdamPraha said:
The game does not involve giving any verbal orders.
If there was a written order, I'd give it to them.If you cannot issue a direct order to attack a single tank. So just stupid AI going to shoot from rifle on tanks. Instead of firing panzerfausts.
As has been explained to you above. You can't use a panzerfaust on a tank that is outside of the faust's range. Have you actually read the manual?
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I didn't do German at school but I think the label reads. "Don't be a plonker. Always read the manual before using whilst playing Combat Mission." Okeh, so I'm paraphrasing just a tad.
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On 3/13/2024 at 9:04 PM, AdamPraha said:
those idiots
Are only as idiotic as the person giving them orders.
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12 hours ago, Artkin said:
Korea would be cooler
No. Listening to Lester Young would be cooler.
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Micro-management is part and parcel of the game. Just playing the demo for Red Thunder tells you that. It is a bit difficult to understand why what happens in the Seelow Heights battle would come as a surprise. It's a struggle moving a large force of tanks across a flood plain with few roads. But, that is what the Red Army had to do.
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46 minutes ago, Vacillator said:
Got any pics, showing paths if possible? Why does the AI take them off road? Obstacles like wrecks in the way, or something else?
I assume by lose you mean they drive off into mud and get stuck, or perhaps into LOS/LOF of the enemy?
All valid questions. If vehicles "unfailingly" do stupid things i.e. constantly, would any of us get past a demo, without deciding this game isn't for us?
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37 minutes ago, Halmbarte said:
unfailingly
You might want to prove that sweeping statement.
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2 hours ago, user1000 said:
Some two person volks AT panzerfaust teams have a panzerschrek icon, although they have none.
My only guess could be that it is because they only carry AT weapons, whereas Tank Hunter teams normally carry sub machine guns as well.
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Not everything went smoothly in Mission 2. Beware of gravel, it's almost as bad a mud.
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7 hours ago, Vacillator said:
Were they from the same unit(s)?
That's a good question. I'd also be interested to know in which mission/s this "bug" occurred.
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1 hour ago, user1000 said:
I had some weird bug where the vehicles including bren carrier and jeeps couldn't be mounted or driven by troops.
Maybe a more detailed explanation of this, perhaps with screenshots would help other forumites.
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6 hours ago, Vacillator said:
Ah Loch Lomond. There's a great road along the west side (from memory, maybe @George MC can confirm) which we used to take on motorcycle camping trips quite a few years ago. Beautiful place, although the scenery was probably not top priority for us at the time. Might go back on my current bike (a KTM 890 Duke R with excellent modern technology
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Okay, I'm OT again...
From memory I think that you are right about that road. But, it's a very hazy memory as I've only been north of the border once. And that was in 1977. My USatian girlfriend likes Scotland so perhaps a return won't be far off.
Okeh, it's back to the mud of the Reichswald for me.
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Murky morning muzzle flash.
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1 hour ago, Silentkilarz said:
What I do in this case is send the bazooka squad after them.
What bazooka squad? My entire force consists of two MGs and two HQs and nothing else.
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The photo that I posted yesterday was of a sniper from 6th Airborne Division, it was taken in mid-January 45.
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56 minutes ago, Vacillator said:
Yes, my mistake - he's a spritely 86.
I sometimes feel like 86. Which reminds me I still had enough hair to Spike the last time I saw him making a speech.
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I don't know for certain. It might be something to do with C2 links.
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6 hours ago, Vacillator said:
Coincidence - I mentioned this just yesterday to my son, who was surprised that we used to get milk at school. Until... well of course you know.
And as for mines, Arthur S will be turning in his grave.
I always refer to her by that moniker. Hopefully your son will call her that if she ever comes up in conversation again.
As for Arther i think he is still with us.
With regards mine clearance in game, I love Sherman Crabs. Although I do sometimes jump out of my 400 year old skin when things go "Boom!".
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I don't see the point of searching for mines. The Milk Snatcher closed them all. Ah, sorry, wrong kind of mines.
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16 minutes ago, Anthony P. said:
I believe neither the British nor the Americans ever got much in the way of snow/winter camouflage out in the field. IIRC it existed, but nearly no one was ever actually issued it (if it was because it wasn't deemed important enough or there simply wasn't all that much produced, I do not know). Virtually all winter camouflage used in the ETO consisted of makeshift examples made out of "liberated" bed sheets, table cloths, curtains, etc.
I think that you are right. Which might explain this lucky chap's air of cosiness, and smugness.
Fire and Rubble
in Combat Mission Red Thunder
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I've always played chronologically ever since Beyond Overlord.