Warts 'n' all
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That church looks good enough to destroy.
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11 hours ago, landser said:
(are SU-85/76 classed as tanks or armored vehicles in the debrief?
They are classed as tanks, this also applies to StugIVs, Brummbars, Sextons etc
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Aris's mods can get addictive.
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No, it is spot on.
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You might well be right. But you can't advance and stay 100% safe. Well not with me in command anyway.
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9 hours ago, lsailer said:
Maybe a taller than a tank crop, too (like hops,
Sadly no hop gardens in Normandy, and it would be the wrong season for the Battle of the Bulge.
I did once find hops growing wildly in a village not far from Hell's Highway but I don't think that would warrant their inclusion in the game.
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The most recent event I was describing took place in the Ciemne mission, although I have had a couple of double hits in the past. In this case it was two half-tracks that had just had the infantry dismount. So they were side on to the tank, very close to one another, and of course stationary. I can't remember exactly how far away the T34 was, but the joint explosions killed or wounded most of the dismounted troops. I was NOT happy.
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Just to confuse people some refer to all fields growing cereals as corn fields, whilst others only use it to describe maize fields. So those Limeys might be walking through a field of wheat, but to them they are in a corn field.
Of course, it they tried it at home, there would be someone yelling "Get orf, my land".
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5 hours ago, user1000 said:
Quite appropriate that this is happening outside a smithey.
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I quite like the idea of troops clambering through broken windows. But, in my head I will be hearing "Oh, Uncle Arthur I'll tell mum if you make me do that. She's always said I mustn't play with broken glass".
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Losing two to one shot from a T34 was annoying enough for me.
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2 hours ago, danfrodo said:
thanks for this excellent thread, Lanser. I just started Blunting the Spear based on the fun you've had. Just ~20 minutes into first battle.
I hope that you have a lot of fun with it.
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3 hours ago, MikeyD said:
Some building issues got fixed but the problems can remain 'baked into' old maps. I recall on rare occasion scenario designers would get orders to open our maps, remove the offending building, replace it with a fresh building and resave. I haven't seen that request for a long time, though.
It would take a fair bit of work to weed out all of the problematic buildings, I wouldn't envy anyone with the task.
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Is "hd" a word? And if so, what does it mean?
I often see the tool tip "Partial Hull Down", perhaps you could explain what your problem is a bit more fully.
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I feel your pain. Sometimes doors are rendered impassable because of slight changes in elevation. This occurs quite a lot in Final Blitzkrieg, as has been pointed out in other threads..
Also, some of the buildings introduced in Market-Garden had a problem with troops entering through the side of the building rather than the front or back door, this was then ported over to Final Blitzkrieg. As you mentioned it is a particular problem on the Aachen map as rather than being detached houses, they have been set into rows alongside the new FB building types, and therefore, the player has no idea which door the troops will end up being able to use.
Sadly, I don't think that the problem can be fixed using the current engine, unless scenario designers want to re-visit their work and remove the problematical buildings and post a new version of their campaigns or battles for us to destroy.
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17 minutes ago, landser said:
I took screens of each debrief, so yes I can help with that when you need them Erwin. Good luck in the campaign. I'd be interested in any reports you'd care to share.
Well done on the results that you got. Give it a few years for the memory to fade and then try it on "Iron".
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1 hour ago, Ales Dvorak said:
Warts 'n' all, thank you very much.
You're welcome mate. I hope that you have fun fighting it. I think that it is balanced well to play as either Axis or Allies.
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Hopefully this will work. I've checked the dates of my files and from what I can tell only the Tank Riders scenario was included in both the demo and the full game.
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28 minutes ago, Ales Dvorak said:
Are you sure? I can't find it in the game.
If that is the case, then I must have made a copy of it from the demo folder and installed it into my game folder after I bought the game. My apologies.
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Excellent video of a tough mission.
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28 minutes ago, Panzer Lehr said:
Can I get link to this scenario?
If you click on "Games" on the main page, and then "Red Thunder" and look for" Demo" you'll find it there. Alternatively, this battle is also included in the game itself.
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Nice pictures Wicky. There are still a few pillboxes in my home town covering the Medway. When I was a kid there were still conical dragons teeth by the main bridge. Unlike the standard pyramid shaped variety these had a hole running through them, so that the Home Guard could insert a poll and then run them out into the middle of the road, before taking cover. And would have filled the car sized gaps shown in this ....
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He didn't get "all worked up". A few days ago ASL Veteran offered a very helpful explanation of how the game works. You then decided to twist what he said, and turned 20 or 30 metres into several hundred. Ho hum.
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No pots unearthed. But, hopefully forumites who want a CM Early War might enjoy it.
Fire and Rubble
in Combat Mission Red Thunder
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@Bulletpoint I suspect not as it tends to be only church towers that can be manned, either way it makes a lovely aim point.