Sir Lancelot
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11 minutes ago, chuckdyke said:
With leaders who think they are entitled to abuse their citizens as they see fit. Let's see the stellar methods we all see on the media. You can vote for candidates who support dialog, I vote for people who refuse to engage. We live after all in a democracy.
Leaders who think they’re entitled to abuse their citizens — we’ve had those in the US too, you know? Good thing that checks and balances work, and stopped a would-be tinpot dictator. I don’t want to turn this into an argument about US politics, so I’ll leave it at that. Power corrupts, period. Without checks and balances, such leaders can arise anywhere.
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47 minutes ago, chuckdyke said:
Yes, we have the audacity to have a democracy and separate Government, Judiciary and the Police. How shocking and threatening for Autocracies. Tyranny, Theocracy will oppose the Democratic systems. Suggest dialog? Like chickens who are friends with Colonel Sanders.
You seem to have a caricature view of autocracy and theocracy. Despite all their flaws, these states still provide stability, social benefits, and public services (to varying degrees). To people living in these countries who may have never been to the West, but have received public services from their own (however flawed) governments, do you not see your view could be perceived as arrogant and condescending? How then do you plan on persuading these people that democracy is better?
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55 minutes ago, Aragorn2002 said:
From whom? Sounds like you bought the Russian/Chinese propaganda. 'Yes, we're aggressive, but only to prevent aggression'.
I don’t believe in that rationale, because I know its flaws. But you can’t engage in diplomacy or plan effective response if you can’t empathize with the other side. Believing and understanding are fundamentally different concepts.
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16 hours ago, danfrodo said:
Let us all recall that Aragorn has been very sure that RU could not be trusted and would act aggressively, always. He also thought we were mostly overoptimistic in how RU would continue to make this war very hard for UKR. He was right. He seems to believe that Xi is just as crazy. I thought that economic interdependence would make aggressive war like this too stupid for even a dictator to attempt -- I was wrong. So now I look at China and say "they have nothing to gain that is even 1% of the economic damage they would do themselves". Yet it is now clear that doing something really obviously stupid and self defeating is no longer a barrier. Humans are crazy, especially dictator humans. It's like they get bored or something. Having complete power over 144M people, or 1B people, is just not enough it seems. Gotta always have a little more. Like a billionaire who goes to jail because he cheats on $10M in taxes -- how was that worth it?
I’m afraid you haven’t figured out autocrat’s mentality. First, strongmen such as Putin and Xi have inflated ego and genuinely believe that only they can rejuvenate their countries — after all, they clawed their way to the top, surely it must mean that they are the strongest of the strong. Second, they see themselves as paternal figures — policies, however draconian or bloody, are implemented for the long term good of the state. Third, they see themselves in a constant struggle against an opportunistic West that is ready to pounce at the slightest sign of weakness — therefore, as they perceive their countries are in a constant struggle for survival, they must have the courage to do the unsavory dirty work so that the motherland remains safe. Putin’s fight for Ukraine and China’s for Taiwan are not really about expanding the empire but rather strengthening the empire by securing a sphere of influence so that the heartland is in a strategically safer position. Putin and Xi (to a lesser extent) are mentally living in the past — they still firmly believe in great power politics of the 19th century.
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22 hours ago, Aragorn2002 said:
Not necessarily. It will convince China that we don't buy their 'neutrality' and show them that they can't do it the Chinese way, which can be summarized as 'it isn't there as long as you don't talk about it'.
All that talk about escalation is completly unjustified, since Russia and China already chose that direction before the first Russian tank crossed the Ukrainian border and probably even a long time before that. It's the fear of escalation that brought us in this lousy situation in the first place.
Yes, acknowledge Taiwan as a sovereign state, and let's see how brave Xi really is.
Of course China hasn’t been neutral in this war, but its interests are also not aligned with Russia’s (in truth, Putin’s). What China wants is status quo ante bellum - China would’ve preferred Putin had never started the war, but now that it’s started, China wants to see the war ended as soon as possible, but not at the expense of Russia becoming destabilized or Putin being ousted. For this reason, we’ve so far seen China acting as Russia’s life line, but not so much so that China would send military aid to Russia. However, if the US unnecessarily stokes tension in Taiwan at this moment, China could perceive this as a strangle move by the US and could be provoked into sending material war support to Russia. The West has been dragging its feet with delivering heavy weapons and struggling with sending enough ammunition when Ukraine has been fighting a mostly self-reliant Russian army. Is it wise to further provoke the world’s second largest economy into becoming Russia’s arms factory, not to mention the global economic fallout that would ensue?
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38 minutes ago, Aragorn2002 said:
It wouldn't surprise me if China has already started sending military aid to Russia some time ago. They are in a new Molotov-Ribbentrop pact together, as much as China tries to hide that fact in order to prevent sanctions from the West as long as possible. We're in a new Cold War with Russia/China. That's how I see it. So gloves off and masks away.
That’ll be the surest way to convince Xi that his head is next on the chopping block if Putin’s fall. It will dramatically escalate this war to no one’s benefit.
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6 hours ago, kevinkin said:
Was about to post a link, so just a comment:
It wasn't too long ago chatter at the water cooler was China would never back a loser like Putin. China is too smart for that. These reports requires more attention. The devil is in the details. We know what the West wants out of all this. But what about China? I think China is acting up now as a counterbalance because they see the West slowly introducing modern systems. Russia might fail, but on China's terms and in no way will they allow western democratic forces to emerge in Russia. In China's mindset, negotiations are long over due. So lethal support might just be a way to encourage talks. Russian is a PIA asset for China now. And maybe they want to make Russia less of a PIA and more of an asset.
There is an ancient Chinese proverb — “Cold the teeth shalt be when the lips demise.” It means that when an ally is all that stands between you and a powerful foe, its demise will bring the flames of war to your lands and spell your own doom. This proverb is known to every Chinese because it was the reason that Mao famously gave for sending troops to fight in Korea. Xi and his cadre grew up with this proverb reverberating at their ears, and I’m certain that this is the chief reason on their mind for choosing to back Putin at this dire moment.
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4 hours ago, Anonymous_Jonze said:
Craziest combat footage I've seen thus far. International Legion cornered Spetznaz in a building after they dismounted their BMP.
I’m curious why a well-trained spetsnaz team would corner themselves like that. Seems like they might still be alive if they retreated from the AO
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3 minutes ago, dan/california said:
It's heartbreaking... after 6 weeks and it's all about to end so tragically.
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itv reported that Ukrainian forces expect Mariupol to fall within 24hrs. The defenders are running out of ammunition.
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8 hours ago, dan/california said:
The thing about Taiwan that doesn't get enough press is that they actually have a very strong and reciprocated affinity for the Japanese. It is literally the only place in Asia they treated decently from 1895 to 1945. There was a plan to incorporate them fully into the home Islands. This gives the Japanese more motivation to help defend Taiwan than is commonly assumed.
I don't want to get into a big discussion about Japanese Imperialism, but treatment of Taiwanese natives during the Japanese occupation of Taiwan wasn't all that "decent". The Japanese occupiers ruled the island with an iron-fist, treated its people as second-class subjects, and used the men as canon fodder. The truth is, they treated the Taiwanese no better than slaves and tried to wipe out their culture. I highly recommend a Taiwanese film called Seediq Bale, which recounts a native tribe's struggle against Japanese occupation.
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8 hours ago, db_zero said:
Right now China is embarrassed at Russia's performance and indicating they would prefer a negotiated settlement and restraint. They have also indicated they want to avoid being sanctioned. Watching the reaction of average Chinese citizens on the street, most indicate they don't approve of the invasion and side with the Ukrainians, but also of note is if Russia was attacked then China should help Russia.
I'm actually Chinese, and my observation of Chinese netizens' reaction is actually very much the opposite. The great majority of ordinary Chinese citizens seem to buy into Russia's propaganda (b/c that's what they are fed on Chinese media) and many are very pro-Putin. They lay the blame at Ukraine and the West's doorstep, and feel that Russia is helping China by checking the West's expansionism and disrupting their containment of China's own rise. The strong nationalist sentiment that Xi Jinping has been cultivating through propaganda and autocratic leadership is very worrying...
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1 hour ago, Offshoot said:
At 5 seconds there is a yellowish armband. Another thread says they are Chechens and I remember seeing a video of Chechens with what looks like high-vis tape armbands
BTR-82A, AK-74M, men with beard, these probably are Chechens.
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4 hours ago, Probus said:
Who holds off an invasion for a sporting event? China must have asked them to hold off.
Last time Russia invaded Georgia during China's 2008 Olympics and it was viewed by Beijing as a grave insult. I doubt Putin needs any reminder to not repeat that.
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1. Improve AI opponent for quick battles, for example:
- Deploy defending infantry inside buildings;
- Spread out troop deployment rather than cluster everything on the objective box;
- Make AI's troops facing the right direction. Right now, if you make Red the attacker on a Blue attack map, the defender (i.e., Blue) will start facing the wrong direction. Vice versa.
2. Vehicle crews behave more intelligently about when to unbutton hatch. Right now, some APC crews would notoriously unbutton during the middle of heavy gunfire to reload AGL or machine gun and get themselves killed instantly.
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Hi All,
After all five years playing single player missions, I've finally decided to give MP a try. Is anyone interested in a tiny or small QB?
I have all the titles except for Final Blitz.
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the Gil was working, but now it's completely broken. I can confirm the same problem - the vast majority of my missiles overshoot their targets
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You really need to keep the mortar team and the crack bazooka teams alive. Use the mortar to knock out the infantry guarding the tiger and get the tiger to close its hatch. As for the bazooka team, you need to run them in short bursts and use pause to hide briefly before making another dash. This way, the tiger doesn’t have enough time to take aim at them. Get at least a couple bazooka teams into those houses on the tiger’s flank. From there, and with some luck, they should be able to knock out the tiger.
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On 11/21/2019 at 8:05 AM, gundolf said:
Here's hoping for Blackshirt Friday.
And to Tiber Monday.
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agreed, the same problem shows up in Black Sea. I read that Mk19 has an effective range out to 1500 meters, but I can't even reliably hit a BTR 82 with a burst at under 100m. I really wish BF would fix this, it makes mk19 next to useless
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2 hours ago, Boche said:
just a question, i think have you got trees turned off? I recall that mission is full of orchards in that area.
EDIT: id deffinately say you have them turned off, that 2 story building at the top right was deffinatly infront of trees/bushes.
You are absolutely right! (Facepalm) That explains everything.
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I'm only on mission #3, but I think I noticed some bugs. Sometimes there seems to be some invisible barriers around houses that prevents me from aiming at them, even though the ground is extremely flat, not a tree in sight, and I could be just 30 meters from the house. I tried different angles with different vehicles, same problem. I also noticed some path finding issue while I was playing mission #1, occasionally vehicles would take very long detours to a waypoint even though it's just across an open field, with no obstacles or difficult terrain in between.
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10 hours ago, Erwin said:
The 4 helmet files are not in the v1.2 d/l. Also, when I copied over v1.2 over 1.1, I noticed there were a few uniform files that remained from v1.1. Not a problem. Just wanted to check that this is intended.
The four helmet files you mentioned were deleted on purpose. They were actually my own backup files and weren't used at all in the game. Now you should have 21 helmet files - 5 each for airbornes, regulars, reserves, and special forces, plus 1 for special forces leader. In ver 1.2, I added another 10 uniform files (and their respective normal map files) for the unconventional fighters.
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7 hours ago, Erwin said:
I notice that v1.2 doesn't include the helmets. Also, some of the v1.1 uniform files are not updated. Are we supposed to simply copy over to the v1.1 folder and replace only what is new? Or, should we completely delete v1.1 and replace with v1.2?
All the files are there, in the Soldiers folder. You can delete/replace the whole folder. Ver. 1.2 adds uncon fighters shown above, but no changes have been made to the Syrian regular forces. When you say the v1.1 uniform files are not updated, is this what you mean?
The year to come - 2024 (Part 2)
in Combat Mission - General Discussion
Posted · Edited by Sir Lancelot
Hi Steve,
Is there any plan to release the Mac versions of the games on Steam? I picked up a couple of the newer releases through Steam, but was surprised to find out that, unlike the games I purchased through Battlefront.com, the Steam version doesn't support my Mac. Thanks!
Sir Lancelot