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    Is Red Thunder secretly the best CMx2 WW2 game?

    in Combat Mission Red Thunder

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    3 minutes ago, Artkin said:

    If someone was new to the CM series this would be up their alley. It would hit a more mainstream audience better I think. 

    Someone who is in the know will appreciate all the retexturing. 

    The scenarios may be small but just think what it would look like if they were applied to larger maps. 

    @NPye I'd love to get my hands on this modpack, if we can figure out a way to send anything nowadays. Maybe we can set up a ftp server. 

    Ah, we're on the same wavelength.  Posted about FGM in another thread but I'm not sure if Bootie has limits for huge uploads.

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    Berlin CMRT Map

    in Combat Mission Red Thunder

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    What a load of 'rubble'!  I'm sure I read something like that somewhere but can't see it now 😉.

    So the long term plan - will the mods and battles (to come) be uploaded perhaps to FGM so that downloading will not require a subscription to the 'huge side' of Dropbox?  Not sure if FGM has any limitations on large uploads...

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    Infantry Battle School / Tactical Advice AAR Suggestion

    in Combat Mission - General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Vacillator

    1 hour ago, Flibby said:

    Yes very much like that but not necessarily scripted. Similarly to the AAR threads that Bil etc do whereby the opponent doesn't go into that thread, this would be the same except rather than someone showcasing how good they are, I would set out my thoughts and people could chip in with corrections / advice on the best way to proceed vs my plan if that makes sense?

    I *also (Bil beat me to it)* think this is a great idea, will look out for it.  Also I have played and lost to Artkin, so the best of luck 😉.

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    What combat mission game is the best for someone who has never played a combat mission before.

    in Combat Mission - General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Vacillator

    1 hour ago, Vinnart said:

    CMFI. It has good variety of terrain, and is easier than hedgerow fighting for a noob as in CMBN. It runs the smoothest graphically IMO too.

    That's a fair point, hedgerow fighting can be hell (did someone already say that 😉?).  I'm playing a hedgerow H2H just now so enough said.

    Graphically CMFI does however (in my experience) have the worst 'jaggy' shadows issue though, perhaps the lovely sunny climate combined with low sun at certain times of day?

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    What combat mission game is the best for someone who has never played a combat mission before.

    in Combat Mission - General Discussion

    Posted

    24 minutes ago, WimO said:

    Why I like or dislike each?

    Well said Wim.  And I'd add that the additional scenarios and campaigns by people like your good self (and content by people like @George MC of course ❤️) make a big difference.  And I don't mean to belittle the original content or the additional stuff for other titles.

    For me, starting again I would go BN then RT if I was enjoying myself (which I would be).

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    What combat mission game is the best for someone who has never played a combat mission before.

    in Combat Mission - General Discussion

    Posted

    37 minutes ago, Grey_Fox said:

    The usual rule of thumb is the time period or theatre that interests you most.

    Agreed, I went for Red Thunder first as that is my usual thing (although I'd like the timeframe extended to early East Front as well).  Then CMBN (possibily the best to start with for sheer content as said above).  Then FI, then FB. 

    I play them all, but at the moment mostly BN as I have some lovely PBEM opponents, followed by RT.

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    Initial 'All in One' modpack

    in Combat Mission Red Thunder

    Posted

    Last time I overclocked was a long long while ago with this setup (including the improved cooling):

    • Core2Duo E6750 2.66GHz OC@ 3.2GHz

    • Arctic Freezer 7 Pro CPU cooler

    • ASUS EN8800 GT 512MB OC@ 700Mhz / 2000MHz

    • Thermaltake DuoOrb VGA cooler

    Things have of course moved on a lot since then, but I had no issues whatsoever with that setup (in fact it's still in my loft, its place taken by a gaming laptop these days).

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    Cant overwrite save files bug

    in CM2 General Tech Support

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    On 6/24/2022 at 3:17 PM, Pr0Gam3rDude69 said:

    after this guy named John

    I've found that what John (aka @BFCElvis) says is generally correct - isn't that right John 😉?  

    Certainly for me PBEM saves where the number at the end always increments have never failed except for one where I loaded up a preceding save by mistake and guess what, it wouldn't let me overwrite the incremented file number that it already had.  This made sense to me.

    For single player, can you call a save file the same name as a previous one?  Not so sure about that, but I have always gone with the automatically incremented number system and it has not failed so far either.   Do I end up with a lot of files?  Yes - but they can easily be deleted once done with.

    If I'm missing the point forgive me 😬 as I can't see the video either.

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    Berlin CMRT Map

    in Combat Mission Red Thunder

    Posted

    1 hour ago, NPye said:

    Its 15gb bud

    Then I can accuse you of having a very large package 😆. 

    Perhaps I'll forego the pleasure for now but I would like to give it a proper go at some point.  Having said that I never finished your Stalingrad battle that I was trying - might resurrect that instead...

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    Scenarios

    in Combat Mission Final Blitzkrieg

    Posted

    Hello and welcome.  That's a good question as I think a lot of people (me included) want to play the KG Peiper campaign etc. and see if we can do better.  Having tried that though it pretty quickly gets tough so it's not an easy assignment.  I suspect playing as the US in the earlier battles is not easy either (for historical reasons if nothing else).

    For what it's worth, my favourite battle so far in FB is 'A Muddy Affair' played by PBEM - quite the slog and (no bragging intended) an eventual victory as, yes you guessed it, the Germans.  My opponent was not easy to beat though...

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    The 82nd Airborne in Normandy - series completed and retiring

    in Combat Mission Battle for Normandy

    Posted · Edited by Vacillator

    Age is just a number.  So they say 😉.

    Wim, Dave and I are just starting Timmes Digs In if you want feedback on that one?  I've read your notes carefully.  Being the gentleman he is, he selected the one with the larger version of the German forces (Edit: for clarity that's me, he's 82nd through and through).  I'd like a few more troops though and we could forget history and have a few Tigers on hand?

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    LOS

    in Combat Mission Final Blitzkrieg

    Posted

    6 minutes ago, womble said:

    No, there's no separate "LOS Tool" in CMx2, not in any engine variant.

    Hmmm, thought I read that there was once, perhaps in CMx1 then. 

    Anyway reading what I wrote again, I have of course played Engine 4 for more hours than I can imagine (no Steam counter to keep track though 😉).

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