Vacillator
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1 minute ago, Centurian52 said:
I want to face an enemy with human-like intelligence and flexibility.
And you've ended up playing me
. I am reasonably flexible.
On a serious note I think playing other humans is the best way to be challenged. You may or may not find that with me, but you surely will with others.
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1 hour ago, Warts 'n' all said:
Oh, dear. There are no "Brits" in this campaign. You begin with the Canucks, and then go on to fight as the Jocks. If you must use a collective to describe members of the British Army in WW2 then use "Limeys".
Yesterday I was asked to fill out a survey, part of which was 'Ethnicity'. Under the 'White' heading (other headings were available) I was surprised to find that I could only choose 'White British' or 'White Welsh'.
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I immediately called Tom Jones to ask if he considered himself British. He told me to **** ***, even though I know he has quite a bit of English 'in him'.
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11 minutes ago, Myles Keogh said:
Do people make house rules about the "appropriate" use of trucks/jeeps/damaged vehicles?
Well, that reminds me of a 3 hour long battle I played recently as PBEM where it turned out my opponent had totally crack Germans (and lots of them) against my totally green GIs.
The endless 'be seen, be shot at, die or run away' got to me eventually and I started playing around with making roadblocks between bocage with trucks (of which I had plenty). I sort of communicated this to my opponent. Did it work? No. Was it realistic? Definitely not, but I couldn't exit them in that game so they were destined to burn anyway.
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14 hours ago, JoMac said:
.I think @Vacillator was probably referring to me
I was, but I meant no disrespect. I think your rules have added to the conversation here
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6 minutes ago, Warts 'n' all said:
Once the white flag appears they can't "unsurrender". And if you are playing turn-based they will disappear either in that turn, or the next.
I think we're saying the same thing, perhaps you better than I
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15 minutes ago, Erwin said:
It is wise to leave some rear area units with enemy units that are surrendering - until the system automatically removes them from the map.
+1 to that, doesn't take long - perhaps a turn or two.
1 hour ago, kb6583 said:They are still shown as 'regular' icons on the map, albeit 'Broken'.
I assume they are showing a white flag and have their hands up? I ask because some of the unit (which you may not have spotted) may not have decided to surrender.
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The area fire is certainly flying here
. It's just a game and we can play it how we like, with agreement if another human is involved.
Being the naive person I am, I've never even mentioned house rules to anyone but it's never been a problem. Except for when I was sent a full page of house rules that I didn't quite understand. That game stalled there as no explanations were forthcoming.
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18 minutes ago, Lieutenant Ash said:
Checked the 'scenario depot' and the author of the scenario is listed as 'Bootie', hope this helps
Bootie is the guru who curates / maintains etc. the repository. Some of the older items in the repository show him as author, I think as he may not have known who the author was when transferring them. Is that correct @Bootie?
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1 minute ago, Mr.X said:
So you don't need to write to me anymore
But can we Frank, just to say hello?
Anyway, once again great work and I hope you will be back for more my friend.
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31 minutes ago, Erwin said:
it's better to buy direct from BF
That's what I've always done.
But it's an interesting question. If you can buy outside Steam and get a key to run it on Steam, can you buy it on Steam and *somehow* install and run it outside Steam? Not sure as I've never tried.
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18 minutes ago, thilio said:
Did you try with the lowest model and texture quality?
I didn't as I've never had to do this before. I'll have another look.
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1 minute ago, JulianJ said:
I will check in the z folder too
And of course any saves, additional scenarios and campaigns you might have collected, and incoming and outgoing PBEM if you have any. Have I missed anything?
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38 minutes ago, JulianJ said:
Slightly dim question here. I have two copies of SF2 on two different drives of my main gaming and graphics computer. I can't tell which one I am using when I play, I launch them from the start menu or shortcuts. I want to delete the obsolete one.
Hi Julian. That's not actually a question
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Can you right click on your shortcuts to get the location? And maybe do the same for the start menu? If they all point to the same place you can trash the other one (first checking for any additional content you might have added in the Z folder etc. that might not be in your 'correct' place).
That's probably a dim answer, forgive me if so.
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7 minutes ago, Warts 'n' all said:
It might be due to the size. When I looked at it earlier it did seem to stick on 98% for quite a while when loading. I doubt I'll actually be playing it anytime soon, too busy with real life, and Downfall at the moment.
Maybe, it is high on the 'hugeness scale' (sniggering and rolling of eyes). However I've just loaded up 'No country for tanks' which is at the top of the charts in my CMBN, and it loaded without a problem. Perhaps every man and their dogs are on map at the start of Ranville but not in No country...
I'll experiment a bit more as I've not had a scenario fail at the first hurdle before.
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Oddly when I try to load the scenario up from either side, it crashes me out of CMBN back to desktop. No error message, just kicks me out. This may be the first time I've had this.
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18 minutes ago, Centurian52 said:
maybe
Thanks for the advice
. I fully expect my good friend Dave to kick some, but I'll give it a go. You never try, you never learn .
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I think they communicate, but if the mortar crew can't see the target (a unit or an area) I think they would have to be called in for indirect fire, which would take a few minutes.
I don't think they'll 'blindly' fire based on another spotter's info.
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5 minutes ago, AdamPraha said:
I'm talking about the "forward" observer. Someone who, in time of war, tells you to shoot
But they have to go through the indirect fire procedure unless the gun crew also has the spot and can direct fire. Or am I misunderstanding?
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3 hours ago, AdamPraha said:
Oh, yeah.
I see your edit in the first post. I'm just starting a PBEM in CW having never played it before. It'll be okay won't it
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As for your question on a graphics mod, I don't know but others may...
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In other news, I'm also about to start a CW PBEM against @Ultradave. I have never played CW, but as Dave put it 'it's what he trained for'. Should I be worried
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I don't think we'll need to post an AAR, I already feel something in the air... artillery
. And TOWs.
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1 hour ago, Centurian52 said:
five ongoing PBEMs
I'm sorry my friend, I feel I'm partly to blame for this
. Anyway, yes we're close to kicking off...
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13 minutes ago, Centurian52 said:
for all I know my opponent might not have even gotten around to looking at the next turn yet
You're talking about me now aren't you
? We need a slight adjustment to our game and then it'll be plain sailing I'm sure.
9 minutes ago, Bannon said:@Vacillator and @Centurian52, I'd invite you two to a Cold War or Black Sea battle over PBEM+++, but I see you're both general officers and I'm a lowly noncom so I'm not sure how fair that would be.
That would not be an issue, anyone can beat anyone (at least when I'm involved). What might be troublesome for me is that I'm yet to play either CW or BS. Both of us are somewhat busy just now anyway but I'd be happy to oblige at some point once I can at least tell my RISEs from my non-RISEs (ooh err missus).
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13 minutes ago, AdamPraha said:
This thing is just perfect.
Do you mean Cold War Adam?
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PBEM Player Guidelines
in Combat Mission - General Discussion
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I would have liked that more than once if I could. Totally agree.
That's confirmed then, a PBEM is on the cards in our future
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