Squallion

Well. Perhaps my performance isn't really complain worthy, but I thought my system would run it a tad better. I can run it steadily at 30fps with everything balanced, shaders on, shadows on(sometimes the shadows knock it down), trees on. I run it at 30fps on purpose to get a smooth camera. I turn the Nvidia setting for v-sync to adaptive(half). Without the 30fps limit, I'll get slightly higher frames, but a horrible camera jarri-ness. It could very well be the intel. I won't battle about it. I only chose AMD, because I was told it was the best when I started building PCs years ago. However, I do feel that it may be something odd. A setting, perhaps. Or that some of my hardware is being under utilized for some reason.

Not clearing the forest. Huhmph. Yeah. Seems necessary to do so a lot in the RU campaign. The road and the empty gaps seem so much more dangerous. I'll definitely keep that in mind, though. Thanks for the advice. All of it will come in use, I'm sure.

A2 is what I've been doing. The assault squads succeed, but die rapidly.

I seem to take serious losses when clearing forests. I usually send men through with the "assault" command.

I'd simply like to have a little window that displays losses and when the losses occurred. If I miss the blinking unit icon, I don't realize that someone has died.

I have not yet played a quick battle, but I do want to comment on battle size. I was wondering if I'm the only one that prefers small/medium maps. Some of these campaign maps(at least soviet that I've seen) are GIGANTIC. I can barely handle it. lol. Ultimately, I think it's the time limit that makes the HUGE battles difficult for me to handle.

I agree and I think that several things could be streamlined. However, I am pretty sure the devs have had this discussion a million times. I say that because I read a few posts by them and they seem to be quite competent. It's most likely something that they are actively working on.

I'm running an 8 core 4.0ghz processor (AMD 8350) GTX780 8gb DDR3 RAM Asus Sabertooth motherboard 7200 RPM HDD and an adequate power supply. I trounce most games. I can disable shadows for more performance, but even then it's questionably bad. Is it normal for the game to feature extremely low performance or is there maybe something I should change in Nvidia control panel??

Thanks for all of the welcomes, advice, and opinions, gentlemen. My foray into multiplayer is out of sight. I simply enjoy single player too much. I enjoy sort of roleplaying, taking the time to remember the men that actually died in the war. It hits a sweet spot for me. I have several iterations of singleplayer before I go H2H.

Playing against a human is a good way to get my face stomped. Maybe in a year or more XD.

What is H2H?

This game. This is the first Combat Mission I've purchased(and not the last). I used to think that I was a great tactician, but I was wrong. After playing through the Russian campaign on "warrior" difficulty, I have learned more in four days about realistic tactics than I learned in years of gaming otherwise. I'm not sure why people argue that WEGO is the more realistic path to take. I've seen people say "it takes a while for orders to arrive", but it doesn't take an order from the company commander to know to move and duck for cover when you discover an AA gun, machinegun, or AT gun. I.E.: One of my last full squads of solders was mowed down by an AT gun, I was playing on WEGO and couldn't stop them from running towards it once it was discovered. I faced defeat on half of the missions, however, the campaign continued anyways. I'd prefer it this way. I don't want to be stuck. I'll be back to have victory in those battles on iron mode. One day... This game just has me drooling at CMFI and CMBN. They are complete and have expansions. So much content, it will never end. I mean this literally. I'm not sure I'll ever play another game again. What WON'T pale in comparison to this? I know it takes a certain kind of grognard to enjoy this. I'm getting older. I guess this is how my tastes are changing. I feel no shame. This thread is nothing particularly productive. Just sharing my newly found love for a hidden gem of a game. Close Combat is not half bad, either!( I still can't bring myself to play it instead of this.