Bannon Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 Happy 2021 everyone and let's hope for safe, healthy, and prosperous year. Now down to business: My opponent for the scenario at the following link sees five Pz IVs but I see only two. Both of us are running v4.03 of Battle for Normandy and I've gone so far as to reload my Windows 10 system and reinstall the program. Nothing I've done changed the German player from having only two panzers. Has anyone else experienced this? What might be the cause and remedy?Meeting Engagement at Les Charne (thefewgoodmen.com) Thanks in advance for your help. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commanderski Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 Although I'm not with tech support you might want to post a screenshot so they can see what you are seeing or zip a file so you can send it to them. Also Tech Support doesn't do any troubleshooting from here. Go to the Main page, click on Support, then Help Desk and in the upper right hand side click on New Ticket and fill in the required information. That will create a ticket for them to work on and they will get back to you with that. By the way I see 5 PZ IV's. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjkerner Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 I don’t understand what you mean by “seeing” 2 or 5 panzers. The German player should see all of his assets and the opponent may or may not (probably not) see them, depending on a host of things. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vacillator Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 24 minutes ago, mjkerner said: I don’t understand what you mean by “seeing” 2 or 5 panzers. The German player should see all of his assets and the opponent may or may not (probably not) see them, depending on a host of things. Agreed but I read it to mean that Bannon is the German player and only sees two of his five PzIVs? Reloading (?) Windows and reinstalling CM seems a little extreme but whatever might work I suppose... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bannon Posted January 5, 2021 Author Share Posted January 5, 2021 I'll try to be brief ... I played this scenario as the Germans and the only armor I had were the two panzers. At the time I didn't know the person I was playing against had played this scenario before. At the conclusion, when he was able to see the ending map and forces, he pretty much said "what the hell, where are your other three panzers". So, that's how I discovered the issue. When he loads the scenario as the Germans he sees five panzers and I just discovered so does Commanderski. I have photos I can upload to Tech Support but I wanted to try this forum in case others have seen something similar. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjkerner Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 That is weird! My comp fried 2weeks ago so I can’t check it out myself, but I can’t even begin to imagine how that could happen. Either of you using a flavor object mod? Or a mod that makes one vehicle look like another (by swapping skeletons of, say, a truck with T34, etc.)? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bannon Posted January 5, 2021 Author Share Posted January 5, 2021 mjkerner, weird it is! I have no idea what a "flavor object mod" is and I can tell you that my installation is pure vanilla. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 Five for me (fun little scenario too). Maybe try opening the scenario in the editor and see what you find in there? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjkerner Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 Flavor objects are things like street lights, park benches and other objects that add flavor to a map. You can mod them to look like other things, including vehicles, but they have no intrinsic value to the game. They are like cardboard cutouts in real life. Anyway, if both of you have a vanilla installs, you won’t have any mods in your games at all. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bannon Posted January 6, 2021 Author Share Posted January 6, 2021 3 hours ago, Sgt.Squarehead said: Five for me (fun little scenario too). Maybe try opening the scenario in the editor and see what you find in there? Thanks for the suggestion but I've already done that. Two Pz IVs is all the Germans have. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wicky Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Who started the game i.e. first loaded the game to do the setup before sending the first file across? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bannon Posted January 6, 2021 Author Share Posted January 6, 2021 I did as the Germans. However, since that time I have downloaded the scenario again and asked my opponent to send me his copy of the scenario and in every instance I get the same result. Even here, several folks have opened the scenario to find five panzers versus my two. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 (edited) What panzers do you see, IIRC there's an Ausf H, followed by a late Ausf G and then three early Ausf J.....Could you be missing a .brz file or something like that? Starting to think this one might be a job for @BFCElvis Edited January 6, 2021 by Sgt.Squarehead 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bannon Posted January 6, 2021 Author Share Posted January 6, 2021 Mystery solved! John in Tech Support uncovered that this scenario requires the Vehicle Pack. Once I purchased and activated that all five panzers showed up. I want to thank all of you for your responses and input. Thanks everyone, stay safe, and let's all have a great 2021! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Glad you got sorted, John is the guy I pinged just above, but it sounds like he beat me to it, again.....He does that a lot TBH. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bannon Posted January 6, 2021 Author Share Posted January 6, 2021 I'm glad it's sorted as well. Not doing so would have always made me question my units. BTW, John is aces in my book. He's always been very responsive and helpful to me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjkerner Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 (edited) Glad it was sorted for you. Elvis/John is a fantastic troubleshooter and spokesman for BFC, hands down! Edited January 6, 2021 by mjkerner 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wicky Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Good to hear John could do what Albert Speer couldn't... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vacillator Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Yes, John @BFCElvis is so good I asked him if I could 'like' his posts. Sadly not, but it's a +1 from me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba883XL Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 awesome, sorted init! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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