Grey_Fox
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It is completely broken. Just look at this they get within 50 meters of each other in broad daylight and be doesn't even see it. It's laughable that anybody would consider this to be realistic behaviour.
Completely unplayable, I want a refund.
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48 minutes ago, Artkin said:
Have you read the article? Lol.
He cites Norton which is scamware. And also mcafee's (scamware) browser extension.
Using an AV is great to catch issues before you noticing them. Any competent AV will be fine. I always preferred ESET.
The same limitations apply to third party antivirus. They aren't built into the OS, they can only interfere with it, and the more they try to do the more vulnerabilities they cause.
Again, this isn't a controversial position. Domestic users don't need third party antivirus. They just need to keep their operating systems and software up to date, follow good internet hygiene, and have backups.
Just about the only additional software you may want is an adblocker for your browser. uBlock Origin is what I use.
After that, you have all the protection you need built into the OS. A good practice is to crank up UAC to the max, using a separate administrator account to perform any installations.
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10 hours ago, user1000 said:
wrong .
This isn't a controversial point. 20-25 years ago, third party antivirus added value for domestic users, but the OS developers like Microsoft and Apple rapidly overtook them. Third party antivirus hasn't been recommended for domestic users since about 2008ish. This is a decent article from 2017 which lays out a good case with examples where third party antivirus caused more problems than they solved by interfering with the OS and increasing the threat surface area:
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/01/antivirus-is-bad/
The day of "viruses" is gone. It's all about zero-day exploits. There is no defense against these since by definition they aren't known about.
IT security firms do offer value to enterprise clients who have the resources to spend on custom solutions to meet their unique security environments. But that isn't the case for the domestic user.
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20 minutes ago, user1000 said:
it doesn't need to if you have another anti virus that gets updates!!!
Third party antivirus tends to increase the threat surface area of whatever system it's installed on, ironically making them even more vulnerable. Plus the third party antivirus will also have their own vulnerabilities.
There are also no protections against zero-day exploits. The system needs to be actively supported in order to close them, which windows 7 will not be since it's been abandoned by Microsoft.
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Let shrug. Writing stuff that runs on modern tech and old tech is both hard and limiting. At some point you just have to decide to cut off the last holdouts.
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3 hours ago, user1000 said:
Don't forget strong anti-viruses / network protections are available for Win7 still
How can you suggest that when it's been abandoned by Microsoft, meaning it no longer gets security updates?
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Yeah it's a true pain. It's really just easier to search your emails, or transfer over to using steam.
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1 hour ago, Artkin said:
There's a big difference in having artwork that's supposed to represent game footage and artwork that's clearly just elements from the game. It's obvious what Slitherine's trying to do here. Super lame.
The artwork depicted is a rejigging of the original CM advertising:
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5 minutes ago, Artkin said:
Dude, WTF is that picture? Completely and totally misleading. That is exactly the type of business I wouldn't buy from.
A flipped over tank? Wow.
It's just artwork - most advertising has it.
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5 minutes ago, Artkin said:
But a corporation is definitely not in the same class as consumers who are able to 1. prepare their computer before an attack happens (As anyone should) and 2. fix their computers when something happens without any corporate hoo-hah interfering.
Besides theres little to no gain in attacking personal computers. A corporation is different, ransomware is definitely a tool people use against businesses who cant afford to cease operations for a period of time.
What I dont understand is why steam cant use a legacy version of their system. You know, the version that actually worked and wasnt designed for 10 year olds.
I'm betting that corporations with IT departments (which isn't all companies bear in mind) would generally be better to weather an IT incident than a lot of consumers. I know individuals who have been ransomwared, and it was just easier to cough the money up than to deal with it. And tbf, the ransomware people were very professional and by all accounts gave excellent customer support when it came to retrieving the data.
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1 hour ago, Jace11 said:
Isn't this your opinion of their latest OS from only a few days ago?
Windows 11 is a brand spanking new OS, so hasn't had the bugs ironed out yet. Given another year or so to mature and I'm sure it'll be fine.
That's different to relying on a 14 year old OS which has been abandoned by the people that created it. Windows 10 on the other hand is actively supported.
Also, that guy wanted to play the game today, and not to wait an indefinite period of time for a bugfix to be released.
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Just now, Artkin said:
Windows 10 is garbage, I don't blame him.
Having used it for the last several years, it's pretty darn good.
What does windows 7 do that windows 10 doesn't?
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Why are you still using a 14 year-old OS?
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14 hours ago, dan/california said:
There are some use cases for helicopters, in that they can be fifty miles up or down the front in minutes. I find this unconvincing thought most of the time. The Russians have to use them because they designed that missile for the sensor suite on that helicopter, and the helicopter around the missile. The newest top tier ATGMs if you can even call them that, like the latest generation Spike missile have a standoff range of tens of kilometers, and are are pretty much launch platform agnostic. The best way to deploy them on defense is park them on a disposable launcher in an outhouse, and the second best way is a super stealthy UGV, any midsize four wheel drive pick up equivalent works too. All of these options are dirt cheap, have a vastly lower logistics overhead, and therefore free up huge amounts of money to buy more of the missiles. The choice between 500 missiles in inventory, m with ten helicopters to launch them from, and five or ten THOUSAND missiles to deploy on cheap attritable, and preferably unmanned platforms should not be hard.
None of this means that manned attack helicopters are obsolete.
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6 hours ago, dan/california said:
Always just slow enough the Russians can adapt.
Why do some people perpetually expect some sort of wunderwaffe to change the course of a war?
It's been almost a century since Hitler was raving about them in his bunker. Have people learned *nothing* since then?
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1 hour ago, The_Capt said:
Our western forces have enormous logistical footprints that can be seen from space. An opponent that can find them first and then hit them via any number of methods is going to be able stop us cold.
This cuts both ways, and thus far the west seems to have the best capabilities.
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1 hour ago, dan/california said:
I am a broken record on this but the fact the U.S. is going to spend a bunch of money on a new manned helicopter gives me doubts the message is getting thru.
Attack helicopters with standoff weapons have proven useful and fairly survivable (in that they're still fighting over a year and a half later) thus far in the Ukraine conflict.
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6 hours ago, marsss1975 said:
i dont know how to check it... i know the cpu has an amd grafic integrated
Open up the Nvidia control panel (download it from the Nvidia site if you don't have it already), open it and add CM as a program. Then turn off FXAA. This will cause the game to be recognized as a game and the graphics card will be used.
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As proof that some people do in fact play this game rather than discuss the ongoing conflict, here's a trickshot my boys managed to pull off, where they successfully engaged and destroyed a Bradley that reversed out of sight into defilade:
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I've noticed that when given the opportunity, the AI will choose to engage a turned-out crewman with the coax rather than fire the main gun into the vehicle.
This was behaviour became most apparent to me when I had three T-64s engaging an M167. All three T-64s proceeded to spend the next three (!) turns trying to snipe the gunner of the PIVADs with the coax and the commanders' MGs. Once he was dead, the PIVADs was destroyed by a couple of HEAT rounds.
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On 8/14/2023 at 4:16 PM, marsss1975 said:
I have an nvidia rtx3070 and a ryzen 7 and i have the same problem...
Is the game using the nividea card?
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On 3/26/2022 at 2:23 PM, IanL said:
The game lists IR Optics as being available on the tank. It's right there in your screen shot, fifth on the list.
"IR Optics" does not necessarily mean that a vehicle has thermal imagers. IR Optics also refers to the IR Lamp and sight.
Edit: I'm really sorry, I didn't realise that this was from over a year ago.
@Chibot Mk IX The manual doesn't make any statement about the T-64BV (or the Bulat for that matter) having thermal imagers. It may be worth logging a helpdesk ticket, as these are reviewed by Battlefront staff and they can document it as a bug to be worked on.
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4 minutes ago, WimO said:
Yes, multiple. It appears that we have been receiving the 'silly' fire for more than one turn.
I think they're asking for you to share the save file here.
If you think it's an actual bug, it may be worth creating a helpdesk ticket here: https://battlefront.mojohelpdesk.com/
Remember to share the save file, screenshots, and other info.
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If that's the same panzersaurkrautwerfer then they are one of the people in charge of the r/WarCollege subreddit, and is now a Major in the US Army National Guard.
Tanks are blind in CM
in Combat Mission - General Discussion
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