Beleagured forces of Germany move out on CMHQ's Thursday Update....

[Guest Madmatt]

Seems the current series of 'road' POTDs have been quite popular so I decided to try and continue the story of the little French tavern that burned and burned and burned!

We also have turns 16-20 up for the Riesberg AAR between Jason and Robert.

Check it all out!

Madmatt

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[iggi]

When I try to right click to 'save as' an AAR, the 'save as' line is not highlighted. Anybody else have this problem?

[guachi]

As I wrote the AAR, I can say that, no, I haven't had this problem. No need to download for me.

I can say that the combat starts in earnest during these turns. All hell breaks loose on turn 20 as well as an attack of the super-sniper.

Lotsa dead bodies. Check it out.

Jason

[Guest Captain Foobar]

Turn 14, of the American AAR, there is this statement:

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>I’ve decided to disembark the two MGs riding on the other Sherman and position them on the same firing line as the other MMG. This is really gamey and takes advantage of the fact that the beta demo doesn’t track grazing fire or whatever it is called. On the right, I give the Sherman three pause orders so that the MMG can catch up. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I just can't understand this statement. The advancing squads do not appear to be crossing a field of fire. Can anyone explain this mention of grazing fire?

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fnord

[Lorak]

I think that fnord he means that one MG unit will be firing (over)thru another of his MG units.

I might be wrong though.

Lorak

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[guachi]

Yes. Absolutely correct. I am sorry I wasn't more clear.

All the MGs are lined up in a row. So the rear MGs are literally firing bullets directly through the units ahead.

Initially, the reason I set it up this way was to make sure that I could get good LOS to the 88. A few meters either way and LOS would be blocked by the trees. At the time (mid-December), I didn't realize that being able to do this was a flaw.

The AAR has about a half dozen examples where Robert and I are still feeling our way through the game system. At the time of the AAR, I had played Riesberg only once.

Jason

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[Guest Madmatt]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by iggi:

When I try to right click to 'save as' an AAR, the 'save as' line is not highlighted. Anybody else have this problem?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Where are you seeing this problem at? i just checked through the latest pages and didnt notice this.

Can you click the link normally and does the turn appear in its own window? I know it will look like just random garbage but I was thinking maybe there was a dead link somewhere.

If you can give me more info I can troubleshoot this for you.

Also there are two places that the movies are linked, at the index page and inside the reports themselves, try both pages as maybe one works when the other wont.

Madmatt

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[Guest Captain Foobar]

OK, thanks for clearing that up, Guachi.

As I remember *grazing fire*, it is a TAC AI tendency to curl up in a ball on the ground, and cry out for your mother, when MG rounds start whistling all around you. I know that I would do that, most likely.

[Simon Fox]

Yeah,

Well that Searchonaut is full of 'gamey' stuff like firing his 88 at buildings 15m away to improve his field of fire

[iggi]

Madmatt, left clicking brings up a window full of coded stuff. I tried right clicking with both sources for the films and no luck. The save target as, is not highlighted. I wonder if I screwed up on some window's explorer options somewhere cause it used to work before. Could that be it?

[Guest Madmatt]

Hmmm, if you can click it and it pops up in a new windows then the link is working as required and the problem must be in IE somewhere. I can't offhand think of any setting that would do that though... Sorry I can't be of more help. What you COULD do is bring up the fullsized window then highlite the whole frame (Cntrl-A) and Cut and paste into a new text file and then save it. That should work too. Also once the new window pops up you should also be able to click on file (up at the top) and do a Save As... From there as well...

Madmatt...

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[James Bailey]

The four units types in the POTD are:

Waffen SS-Panzergrenadier, Luftwaffe Fallschirm-Jager, Heer Infanterie Truppen, and Heer Panzer-Einheiten Truppen.

Great Pix!

[Mattias]

James

What about the ones in the middle then, the ones that does not seem to have a helmet?

M

[James Bailey]

Good spot Mattias,

Either Gebirgsjäger-truppen or Jäger-truppen (that's mountain troops or light troops)... not sure if either/or are modelled and how in CM.

Also not sure about the APC's. That's probably a StuG in the fore-ground and maybe two SdKfz 251 in the background. Don't have a super monitor - prehaps somebody with one of those 21"ers can tell us.

[Guest Madmatt]

James is on the right track, no StuGs though...

Vehicles were, PzIV and some halftracks as indicated..There might also be a Puma and a Panther but I think they are out of the shot.

Gebirgjaegers are in and they are in that shot. You guys all forgot the Volkstrum units which are also in the picture.

Madmatt

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[iggi]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Also once the new window pops up you should also be able to click on file (up at the top) and do a Save As... From there as well...<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yes that worked, thanks!

iggi

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