UK-REB Posted May 7, 2003 Share Posted May 7, 2003 Why are Waffen SS units called Waffengrenadiers in both CMBO and CMBB? I read somewhere that It's illegal in Germany to use Nazi Symbols in games etc.Is this true? and why is this? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntEater Posted May 7, 2003 Share Posted May 7, 2003 By law, it is illegal to display Nazi symbols (Swastikas, SS runes etc) for entertainment purposes, as which games count. Strangely enough, Novels, Movies and Magazines are allowed to display swastikas while Comics and Games are not. The mere mentioning of the SS would be legal. There are enough games in which the SS is mentioned and no one cared. Using the SS runes as graphical symbol would be illegal. CDV did more than it had to do. Btw, do you have the anti-censorship loader? It is available at CMMODs. Btw, "Waffengrenardier" was really an SS term. It was the description for foreign (mostly eastern european) SS formations. This term signalled that they were not "real" SS units. [ May 07, 2003, 01:10 PM: Message edited by: AntEater ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KanaljeFätter Posted May 7, 2003 Share Posted May 7, 2003 it was also the term used for the Scandinavian volunteer divisions (SS Nordland and others) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hansson Posted May 7, 2003 Share Posted May 7, 2003 No, the nordic foreign divisons were called 'Freiwilligen', like SS-Freiwilligen-Panzer-Grenadier-Division 'Nordland'. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas Posted May 7, 2003 Share Posted May 7, 2003 The Baltic 'volunteer' divisions of the Waffen SS were called 'Waffengrenadier'. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwolf Posted May 7, 2003 Share Posted May 7, 2003 Just get the US version. BTW, nobody ever validated the claim that the mention of the term "Waffen-SS" would be illegal in Germany (the SS runes on the other hand clearly are). This is purely a precautionary measure by CDV. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illo Posted May 8, 2003 Share Posted May 8, 2003 Yup CDV version loads slower too. Get US ver. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KanaljeFätter Posted May 9, 2003 Share Posted May 9, 2003 and you get the full paper manual as well, without having to pay extra and wait weeks as I did 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lou2000 Posted May 9, 2003 Share Posted May 9, 2003 CDV version loads slower too Obviously this will depend on the spec of yr PC. I have the UK CDV version on a 2.6Ghz P4 and it load up to the main screen in 6 secs by clicking the mouse button when that damn annoying CDV logo shows or 12 secs if I just let it run. I used to run CMBB on a 1Ghz Athalon and dont remember it being much slower. Is there really that much difference with the US version ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwolf Posted May 9, 2003 Share Posted May 9, 2003 The US version loads instantly. The delay is from CDV's copy protection. You need both a fast CDROM drive for all the accesses it does (including fast bus, DMA turned on etc) and you need a fast CPU for the decryption. Of course, the real argument against safedisk is that for a game which you might want to fire up in 10 years from now yo can never be sure to get compatible hardware anymore. They are violating the CD spec and right now every drive manufracturer is forced to support their operations due to market pressure. A few generations of copy protection schemes from now the requirements will be different or even incompatible. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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