Bil Hardenberger Posted December 31, 2013 Author Share Posted December 31, 2013 I started a new section on my Blog under the Tactical Toolbox, this series will be on Battle Command Here is the link to the overview for the section: Overview-Battle Command Here is the link to the first entry in this section: The Decision Process Enjoy! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 :cool: Thanks, Bil! It's great to see you back in the saddle again...so to speak. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hister Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Wohoooo, Bil is back in the town!!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger73 Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 I started a new section on my Blog under the Tactical Toolbox, <snipped> Enjoy! @Bil, The Tactical Toolbox is excellent! I emphatically recommend it. Battle Drills & training scenario's are exceptional. Thank you for doing this! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bil Hardenberger Posted December 31, 2013 Author Share Posted December 31, 2013 I just added another section to the Battle Command section of the Tactical Toolbox. If intrested stop by the blog to read the new Estimate the Situation post. More to come hopefully in the next few days, so stand by. I am also working on the next scenario that will allow you to apply this stuff in a real game setting. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hister Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Yeeeey! Typo: What do you know about the equipment is he using? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bil Hardenberger Posted January 1, 2014 Author Share Posted January 1, 2014 Thanks Hister... my editor is off for New Years 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Ration Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 Hi Bil, Great contribution to the CM Community. Thx for your effort and enthusiasm. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 Very helpful remijnders even for experienced players. Thank, Bil. BTW: R U planning to update your WW2 floating icons? I still love em, but I think the latest CM2 versions may need your mod to be updated a bit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stingray Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 Thanks Bill. Your labor is very much appreciated. I do wish you can give us more scenarios with which to apply your lessons. HAPPY NEW YEAR !!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Los Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 Bill keep up the great work! Los 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bil Hardenberger Posted January 1, 2014 Author Share Posted January 1, 2014 I have updated what was the Key Tactical Considerations post and replaced it with the Basic Rules of Combat Mission (link) I think it much better informs the basic tenets that I always try to follow when playing CM. Enjoy! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hister Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Compact info is always better then a text of wall. Good job. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bil Hardenberger Posted January 2, 2014 Author Share Posted January 2, 2014 Very helpful remijnders even for experienced players. Thank, Bil. BTW: R U planning to update your WW2 floating icons? I still love em, but I think the latest CM2 versions may need your mod to be updated a bit. Hey Erwin, sorry I meant to answer this question... yes, sorry for the delay on those. I will complete my mod edits to the icons and get those uploaded as soon as possible (perhaps by the end of the weekend) for both CMBN (up through MG) and for CMFI (up through GL). Cheers, Bil 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 That's excellent news. Thanks, Bil! Despite the wonderful floating icons made by other designers, I prefer to use the modern-looking ones in CMSF and your WW2 era ones for the WW2 series of games. (And they work well in both CMBN and CMFI.) Right now in my WW2 games I noticed that (at least) the recon, engineer and HQ icons default to the modern icons (so may be missing?). Not sure what others need to be checked. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bil Hardenberger Posted January 3, 2014 Author Share Posted January 3, 2014 That's excellent news. Thanks, Bil! Despite the wonderful floating icons made by other designers, I prefer to use the modern-looking ones in CMSF and your WW2 era ones for the WW2 series of games. (And they work well in both CMBN and CMFI.) Right now in my WW2 games I noticed that (at least) the recon, engineer and HQ icons default to the modern icons (so may be missing?). Not sure what others need to be checked. Erwin, I just went through my icons and the only ones I believe that need to be updated are the SPAA icons, everything else should be there, including recon, HQ, and engineer icons. If those three types are not working in your set then there must be something else going on. Conflicting mod perhaps? Bil 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 i will check. Thanks... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barkhorn1x Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Great info Bill. TY. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bil Hardenberger Posted January 9, 2014 Author Share Posted January 9, 2014 I thought this was neat, Battle Drill translated into French and the main site: www.combatmission.fr Next up on Battle Drill is a section on Reconnaissance, and the Platoon Attack Drill will be added to the Tactical Toolbox.. a new scenario is in the works as well, where you will be tasked with doing an estimate of the situation, perform recon, and attack an objective using the Platoon Attack Drill and the other drills and movement techniques that I shared previously. Cheers, Bil Erwin an update for you, I have completed updating my icon mod, I am running it through some tests and should have it up in a day or so. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Looking forward to it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 I can see that if I want to keep up, I am going to need to do a re-install CMBN, a laborious process I have been putting off as long as possible. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 You want to talk laborious, try reinstalling CMSF... The newer CM2 titles are a snap by comparison. But, it is SO worthwhile getting CMSF up and running again. Really fun to have maneuver on large maps again. Looking forward to the new CMSF v2 Steve keeps temptingly hinting at. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bil Hardenberger Posted January 10, 2014 Author Share Posted January 10, 2014 I can see that if I want to keep up, I am going to need to do a re-install CMBN, a laborious process I have been putting off as long as possible. Michael You should always be up to date Michael! It'll be 3 or 4 days before I am ready with the new scenario anyway and have all the information posted that I need as pre-reading and background material prior to the scenario. So install CMBN up to the latest patch this weekend and hopefully by next Monday or Tuesday you should have something to experiment with. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bil Hardenberger Posted January 11, 2014 Author Share Posted January 11, 2014 Just posted the Reconnaissance section upon the blog consisting of: Reconnaissaince Command Push Recon Pull Enjoy! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 You should always be up to date Michael! Bil, I am 70 years old and already past my "best by" date. So install CMBN up to the latest patch this weekend and hopefully by next Monday or Tuesday you should have something to experiment with. Thanks. I will contemplate making the effort (which BTW will entail trashing my existing copy and loading all the modules, upgrade, and relevant patches). Plus, Mavericks seems to have a problem recognizing BFC as a legitimate developer/vendor, and that requires time spent at the Helpdesk. It could be a long weekend... Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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