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    Baraque de Fraiture Scenario

    in Combat Mission Final Blitzkrieg

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    47 minutes ago, MOS:96B2P said:

    Destroying bridges is possible in CMSF2 with the use of IEDs in scenarios specifically designed for bridge destruction.  This is as close as we can to bridge demo in CM.

    Wow, my head is truly stuck in WW2 so I've not seen that, but it looks pretty good.  Surely such a thing can be added/ported over to the WW2 titles?  Not sure how the game handles the damage side but obviously it can do it with buildings already.

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    Pacific Theater?

    in Combat Mission - General Discussion

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    4 hours ago, Bubba883XL said:

    Because most modern young war gamers aren't educated. and thus, believe anyone who play's axis. are Nazi's and are baddies... seriously..lol beyond stupid.

    While I'm not sure about this, I was recently accused of being a Nazi when I told someone I tend to play as the Germans.  Wow!

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    How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?

    in Combat Mission Black Sea

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    8 minutes ago, danfrodo said:

    I make up the difference via doing dishes, getting her latte on weekend morning, etc.  Must keep them distracted like this or they will catch on that we are not worthy.  If she sees a pile of dirty dishes in the kitchen she might start to notice other things that are not in your favor.

    Hilarious, but I have reported this to to the off-topic police.

    Anyway, in our household we have just argued about whether we were on a particular campsite in 2018.  I was right of course.

    And................................back in the room.

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    CMRT Vehicle Pack?

    in Combat Mission Red Thunder

    Posted

    17 hours ago, benpark said:

    That didn't make it from my wish-list to the Ready for Prime Time list. The Reitwein map was made for the possibility.

    Love it Ben, perhaps we can push for it to arrive somehow/sometime.  I fear me pushing will have little clout, but together we can move mountains.

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    Combat Mission Red Thunder Battle Pack 1 pre-orders are now open

    in Combat Mission Red Thunder

    Posted · Edited by Vacillator
    My spelling is not as accurate as my joystick and pedals.

    14 minutes ago, Bubba883XL said:

    have you actually survived the war yet?

    It's been a while but in quite a few careers I got very close but sadly the answer is no.  In my defense, I wasn't really trying for that though, more the glory of the tonnage and the survival of the Reich.  Hmmm.

    13 minutes ago, Bubba883XL said:

    i do il2 aswell... but needing a joystick and more importantly head tracker

    You do it without a joystick 😵.  No!!!!  Get one, I have an old Saitek X52 which is great but rather old-fashioned these days.  It has the throttle quadrant (correct me if I'm using the wrong word) as well, great.  And the number of programmable buttons and modes is mind-boggling.

    I have a TrackIR but an old version, need a new one.  Pricey but a total game changer for spacial awareness.  Works great for other games like T34 vs Tiger (obscure), and of course Il2 Tank Crew.

    And also pedals, I use CH Pro which I really like.

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    CMRT Vehicle Pack?

    in Combat Mission Red Thunder

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    19 minutes ago, Bubba883XL said:

    I'm a yank, be I was raised and schooled in good old blighty! so, I don't destroy the English language so bad, lol (Derby = DARby lmao) father was USAF.

    Okay, assumption is the mother of all FUs.  My bad, location does not mean origin.  Just lucky you're not from Derby (only kidding if anyone is from Derby, it's really not that bad).  The name should have given me a clue, I'm a Triumph guy myself.

    Yes to everything you said.  Comet, yes.  Static weapons as flavour objects?  You mean destroyed?  I think some modded options are available for that?  Okay you might have to swap a dead cow (already modded, not sure) for a dead gun, but it might be what you want.

    What about my IR Panther suggestion though?  The more I think about it, it could be great as it's a 'first of a kind', even if it only saw one or two actions in real life.

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    Combat Mission Red Thunder Battle Pack 1 pre-orders are now open

    in Combat Mission Red Thunder

    Posted

    2 hours ago, Phantom Captain said:

    I honestly do think RT/FR might just be my favorite title of all.

    Me too but I haven't tried any modern stuff yet. Not even demos (there are demos right, I'm too lazy to check?) 😬.

    Having said that I must confess to a fondness for CMBN.  And CMFB.  And CMFI.  The order I wrote that is interesting (probably to me only) but hey ho.

    I'm 18, have long blonde hair and a bodacious body.  I like animals, helping people and doing yoga at the top of Mount Fuji. Well okay that's not all true, but some is. 

    And nothing to brag about but I discovered CMRT and then the other titles about two and a half years ago.  Wow, where was my head buried 😆?  Partly in the Il2 skies and SH3 Grey Wolves seas ironically...

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    CMRT Vehicle Pack?

    in Combat Mission Red Thunder

    Posted · Edited by Vacillator

    15 hours ago, Bubba883XL said:

    I would love to see a few more additions.

    CM Normandy ---- would be great to see the addition of things like, SDKFZ 7 (for towing of larger AT guns, 88?) Bumbar (it did serve in Normandy.be it late in the theatre) Stug IV (my favorite) lol... opel mulitz ???? 

    even the british matador truck?

    That was a quick switch from CMRT to CMBN 🤣.

    Anyway

    • Sdkfz 7 - totally agree, but the rationale I think has been that moving large guns in the CM timeframe is less likely?
    • Brummbar -  if you need your fix, it's already in CMFI, not sure about other titles without checking.  I imagine it would not be that difficult to port over (by Charles of course).
    • Stug IV - again totally agree, although a re-skinned Stug III (mod or BFC) might be difficult to tell apart?  Also, we do have Jagdpanzer IVs so we're not far from a StugIV.
    • Opel (ahem) Maultier? - Yes cool indeed, I'd buy that for a dollar.
    • British trucks don't excite me as much, but then I am British (just like your good self).

    As for Steve promising late war goodies, do we know what he might have had in mind?

    • I would have said for curiosity a Sturmtiger, but then I remembered we already have it somewhere (CMRT?). 
    • A Pershing perhaps, but not in RT of course. 
    • Not late war but Nashorn, or do we have that already?
    • If not a Maultier, one of the Sdkfz251 rocket artillery carriers?
    • Struggling with Russian suggestions now that we have the lovely SU100.  Not late war but KV1 and variants, KV2 etc.?  I know a lot of folks would be happy with this, but it would be best in an unlikely early East Front expansion, with early models.  I would definitely buy that for a lot of dollars.

    I could go on but I'm supposed to be fighting in Normandy as the Americans and the Germans.  Not in the same battle though.

    And who am I kidding, I would buy any further WW2 content.  Full stop.

    Edit: I had a 'light-bulb moment' (or maybe a 'not light-bulb' moment).  The IR variant of the Panther.  Surely it would just need a bit of code stealing from a modern title?  That truly fits the late war brief as well.

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    Steam ?

    in Combat Mission - General Discussion

    Posted

    2 hours ago, Grey_Fox said:

    so long as you are happy with not communicating with your opponent

    Some of my best (virtual) friends are people I've got to know during Combat Mission PBEMs.  All are here on this forum.  We typically use Dropbox to transfer files, and use either PMs here or emails to flag up turns and discuss various things.  Works fine in my opinion, but I should perhaps give CM Helper a try for the odd time that one of us forgets something.

    I'm not sure I'd enjoy PBEMs so much without the communication.

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    2022 Mid Year Update

    in Combat Mission - General Discussion

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    27 minutes ago, Arjuna.R said:

    For around 20,000 INR I got a 12th gen Intel i-3

    Kept my Nvidia GTX 1070 ti

    I'm running (as I have been for a couple of years) on an i7 laptop with Nvidia 1060.  It has no issues with the game, although opponents with other hardware have occasionally had problems with their side of PBEMs. 

    I think cost here in the UK is also more than in the US 😉.

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    Gaming on LINUX?

    in General Discussion Forum

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    13 hours ago, markshot said:

    Windows has gone from a tool/facilitator to doing what I want to a captive data collection/marketing platform.

    Sorry no knowledge of Linux here, but I agree that it seems like Windows (and Office) is taking control.  I now even have to use an MS enforced PIN method to log in to my own laptop, not heard of that before.

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