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I agree with this. The first time I played the first mission of the tutorial campaign in CMBN I couldn't even complete it. I played it for about the fourth time last night and my force was almost unscathed. Tactics that seem obvious now were completely unknown to me then. It's why I can't stop playing combat mission. I feel like I'm developing a skill.

Just got it, also got CMBN. CMBN is great, I actually prefer it over the eastern front :X. I guess hedgerows and bocage are my thing. However, I'm having a hard time liking CMBO. The game seems really neat, but the camera is holding me back. I had the same problem in shock force. All I want in a game is a smooth WSAD or up,down,left,right camera movement. Is there any mod to make this possible? Or any way to enable it? I know this is the red thunder forum, but there's a total of ONE post in the CMBO forum.

Welcome to your new life, brother. >

Thanks for all of the advice guys. For those asking for a specific situation, I didn't mean a specific situation. I always end up losing many tanks while assaulting enemy defensive positions. I know that I lose too many due to incompetence. I enjoyed the responses here. They should help. Thanks!

How does one approach and destroy an enemy tank that's sitting in a defensive position? It seems that no matter how you approach a defensive piece of armor, it will see you and shoot you first.

While it doesn't have a few units, it's still a strong introduction, I think. I could literally complete a mission with two of the three companies I was granted to complete it with. Essentially kept one in reserve the entire time.

While the soviet campaign is mostly huge battles on huge maps, I found it to be a solid introduction. It wasn't to difficult, either. (In my opinion). The german campaign will make you scratch your eyes out, hardcore.

Don't feel bad. I found that particular scenario to be immensely difficult. I would give advice, but I still haven't completed it.

Tried a command ops demo last night. I think it might be the best operational game of all time. Not sure. Digging deeper >.

I'm really enjoying The Art of Operational Warfare 3. I'm trying operational to see if I'd prefer it over good ole hearts of iron. I'm not sure yet. If you have an opinion on operational versus global, or on the games themselves, please, let me hear it!

Well, my PC can handle it on balanced graphics, the turn times are just several times longer than I'm used to. They are 2 to 3 minutes each. The map is 500x700 roughly. 1/3 of the map is thick city, sort of stalingrad-ish. The map is complex, except for the german deployment zone. Their deployment zone is flat and bare to accommodate their forces. The original post is that the game crashed when I tried to load soviet side. It's fixed. I just redeployed EVERYTHING. Not sure what the problem was.

Well. The turns take about 3 minutes to process and it plays out fine graphically. I guess I did get a little overzealous. I have a soviet battalion defending against four german battalions. The turn time is insane. I can start the battle as germans, but still not soviets.

I have created a scenario that took me about 8-10 hours to create. Somehow the last few times I've tried to load it as a battle, it stops at 96% and the game crashes. I've double checked everything about the battle. Everything seems to be in line. Nothing seems to be game crash worthy. Any advice? So much work :mad: Edit: It's only if I choose the soviet side.

Meh. Going to try to design a scenario in CMRT. Maybe it'll be good.

Three gets no honorable mention??

I am currently playing against two PBEM, but sometimes they take a while to give me a turn. I will not dedicate to live H2H games. My life is too interrupted. In the mean time, I play singleplayer games.

The only problem with that game is that the very first campaign pits you against tanks, when you don't have tanks. I generally suck at the game. My infantry never do as I need them to. My AT guns never get the tank before the tank gets them. Always out of ammo. always fleeing. I've played 4 turns of the first campaign. Can not win.

Closest thing to combat mission that I can find. Trying to find a new game to play VS AI. Already overpowering AI in combat mission on "iron". Players only option. Need single player game.

Thanks everyone! Set up a game with Jack Ration. I currently have two games going. That's enough for now.

Preferably one that uses CM helper. I just tried googling a site that might allow me to find opponents, but it only found one. That one happened to not have been online since 2012. Any suggestions on a site or any takers??

I have. I have 350 hours or so into trying to like Rome 2. Something feels wrong. I can't stick with it well. Usually quit immediately after the AI attempts to besiege me and either runs in circles or sits outside of the walls. Time to rev it up and try again? I think Rome Total Realism 2 is also in the works, if not released.

I'm sorry. I meant strategy games. I already have those first person combat games. I do enjoy them on occasion.

With a friendly interface and WSAD camera movement, I could love that game. Sincerely. I guess if there's nothing on a simulator level pertaining to melee combat, I'm going to have to total war. >.< I feel the need for phalanx, sword, armor. Things of that nature!

What if I want the medieval version of combat mission? As realistic as possible. Closest to reality as I can get. Is there any such thing? I have every total war game. I think they are a little actiony Edit: Not necessarily medieval, but melee. Or perhaps even Napoleonic. Please don't suggest Histwar. I feel like that game's interface and controls are absurdly difficult.

Second mission of the campaign. When I tell my men to assault a building, they'll run in and get slaughtered. They don't use caution, and most of the time they will be fired upon without reacting. That special forces HQ is a pain, I can't simply blow the center to smithereens.