Warts 'n' all
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13 hours ago, John Kettler said:
Theirs Is the Glory, shot in the ruins of Arnhem, and using many veterans, as well as well period AFVs alive and dead, has, I think, much to recommend it, not least that the pieces to depict it are already in in CMBN:MG.
Regards,
John KettlerIt's certainly better than what Hollywood and Darling Dickie churned out in the 70's.
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I love April 9th. Great cast. And it just so happens that it is also the day my mum was born. According to family legend Jorrocks informed Paddy of her birth.
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Things vary from one "campaign tree" to another. In the case of "Road to Nijmegen" I found Hampton Court Maze easier to traverse.
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Well that is the date when Berlin is fought over, and relevant to CMRT . @NPye's photo comes from 1938 and I have found one taken from a slightly different angle where there are no flags draped down the front of the building. I suspect they were just put out for ceremonial occasions, Mad Addy's Birthday, Bald Benny's State Visit etc ...
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I can't imagine there being anyone, brave, or foolish enough to hang the flags out every morning in late April 45.
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I just gave it a go myself. There are stretches along the stream where the cursor remains green, but my tank still heads off up the road. And I think that Mosser has it right, because the tiles are meeting on an angle when you run your cursor across the tile it doesn't flip to red. But shift it just a fraction and it does. Very frustrating.
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It's been a long time since I fought this one. I never took that route, and am now glad that I didn't.
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I'm not sure about this new fangled five star malarky. I want my insignia of rank to be a sliver silk cummerbund, like in the good old days.
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Which battle is this? Other players might be able to test it for you. Although I think @Bulletpoint is correct about the terrain lining the stream.
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2 hours ago, Canuck21 said:
Hmmnn
. Over the top, am I? Ok, I'll cool it. Message received.
No problem. Just put on some Lester Young and everything will be cool in an instant.
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5 hours ago, Canuck21 said:
(and in case anyone is taking this seriously, don't! I am kidding around here
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I think that the gentleman from the colonies doth protest too loudly.
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1 hour ago, Erwin said:
It's no biggy. Some folks here clearly felt that their rank and "likes" made them "special" and "entitled" in some way and their opinions more important than others. So, maybe better that we're all at the same level now.
Ah, back in my day we knew how to deal with the "entitled".
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The years fall away.
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A new memorial has been unveiled at Ver-sur-Mer. You might be able to find out more on the BBC.
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On 5/31/2021 at 8:11 PM, Erwin said:
Note that CM1 was obsolete after 7 years (2000-2007).
Well bugger me, I was still playing it in 2010. And only stopped when my old dad died and I took a break from all gaming. Ho hum.
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3 hours ago, zaybz said:
(Sorry if this seems moany).
It's nothing to be sorry about, you're just asking questions. Having to fight over the same ground again and again can feel more like a chore, than fun.
In 1944 the US Airborne faced a heavy counter-attack around Riethorst and the neighbouring villages. In fact the situation got so bad that the Guards Armoured Divsion had to send tanks from the Coldstreams to help force the Germans back. It would have nice if the scenario designer had worked that into at least one mission.
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In the final mission I had two tanks taken out with one bomb in the opening minute. I was not a happy Limey.
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15 hours ago, zaybz said:
I have just played the Heuman Lock Bridge scenario and can confirm that the bridge is still bugged / broken / impossible to cross. Likewise, the ditches do not provide any cover (in fact it was straightforward to attain enough suppression to cross the open ground on the far left of the map, so this wasn’t game-spoiling).
I have now reached Night Fight and am somewhat dumfounded that, having taken Riethorst Hotel and the Windmill objectives during For Those About To Die, I now have to retake them. I can’t fathom why this is. Is this a glitch or as intended but underexplained? Perhaps a glitch due to me ‘losing’ with a tactical defeat despite taking those two objectives during FThoseATDie??
It isn't a glitch, it is how the campaign designer created it. It is a representation of the ebb and flow of the battle around Riethorst.
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Replayed with a Tactical Victory, although getting the two half-tracks that hit mines in an earlier mission to the exit zone was a long old drag.
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Ryan is best taken with a pinch of salt.
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@theforger Thanks for the reply. I still have saved game from the set-up phase so I might give this mission another go in due course.
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6 hours ago, Bearstronaut said:
So I don't know what the issue is but after completing the mission 7 "The Rat Catchers" with a total victory the next mission fails to load. It loads up to about 78% and then the game crashes to the desktop.
Oh, no. That sounds very disappointing. I'm still back on Mission 3.
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9 hours ago, Combatintman said:
I'd ask @Warts 'n' allabout that ... closer to his time than mine
I have to say that I was a bit surprised when I got a notification saying I was mentioned in a CMCW post, given the fact that I have no intention of buying it. For what it's worth I always call the Dutch, "the Dutch", as for "Cloggies", surely they are Lancastrian mill workers.
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You might be correct on that one. Perhaps @theforger could clarify that for us. Of my losses in this battle only one driver, and one half-track actually came from the Spitze. And embarrassingly enough, they were taken out by a stray round from one of my AA half-tracks. Oooops!
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Really Good War Movies (CM Scenario Inspiration)
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Jorrocks = Brian Horrocks.
I think the family legend might be wrong, as he didn't take up his post as commander of the 2nd Btn Middlesex Rgt until 13th May 1940. Although perhaps letting soldiers know about the birth of a new child took longer in wartime.