Warren Peace Posted October 13, 2003 Share Posted October 13, 2003 Other then the obvious (new locations, new equipment) are there any new features in the engine or the AI of CMAK? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Posted October 13, 2003 Share Posted October 13, 2003 I guess one could list two major new features: </font>dust kicked up by moving vehicles, muzzle blast and shell impacts</font>multi-gun tanks</font> Besides those, there are hundreds of tweaks and refinements to the code, some small, some not so small. </font>Most vehicles have somewhat increased poly counts for example (even though we still use way fewer than, ahem, competitors ).</font>At the same time map sizes have increased to 20 square kilometers for battles and 32 square kilometers for operations for example.</font>The AI has been tweaked to handle open desert maps realistically, and to cope with a "dusty" environment. It still cannot replace a human opponent however, but it remains adaptable and not scripted.</font>Besides various ground conditions, we have three distinctive ground (soil) types now - dirt (gras), arid rocks and sand (snow is a ground condition, not a type).</font>We have new terrain types like vineyards or sandbag positions, and likewise new buildings (mosque for example) for the various theaters.</font>Ballistics and armor penetration calculations were further refined based on newest research and data.</font>Desert haze has been implemented (affects spotting distances on mid-day desert maps).</font>OOPS, FORGOT THIS ONE: Tons of new sound effects for weapons, vehicles, ambient sounds and voices (even distinguished between british and US etc.). Matt did an awesome job!</font> And so on and so forth. The list of changes isn't as long as it was for CMBB coming from CMBO, but we still did do our homework Martin [ October 13, 2003, 06:03 PM: Message edited by: Moon ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaws Posted October 13, 2003 Share Posted October 13, 2003 Thanks for the info Moon. And how about turn length, bogged chance? I must say that the change to get a vehicle out of a bogged situation seems to be improved since 1.03. And I will only say this once... This kind of spontaneous response from you and your team mates is why I wake up with this forum and program and go to bed with it Grammar edits (sorry I'm Dutch ) [ October 13, 2003, 04:08 PM: Message edited by: Jaws ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scheer Posted October 13, 2003 Share Posted October 13, 2003 Hi Moon, any chance of using the mousewheel instead of the "+" and "-" keys for the setting of the viewpont ? Please ? I have CMBO ( US and CDV ), CMBB ( US and CDV ) and I plan to buy CMAK in both versions. You guys are my heros ... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runyan99 Posted October 13, 2003 Share Posted October 13, 2003 Thanks for increasing the maximum map size. I wish I could make bigger CMBB maps. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmatt Posted October 13, 2003 Share Posted October 13, 2003 To add to what Martin said, there are also all sorts of new and expanded sound effects and of course many new voice samples. Don't think for a moment CMAK isn't packed full of juicy stuff, because it IS! Madmatt 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Posted October 14, 2003 Share Posted October 14, 2003 Oops, I've edited my original post to add the new sound effects. Jaws, I am not sure what you refer to, the chance for bogging? It depends a lot on the actual type of vehicle, ground type and condition, so it's not one variable that can be tweaked. There is a bunch of new ground types in CMAK which has an impact on bogging. Scheer, sorry, no mousewheel support. Stuff like this might sound trival but it actually involves a lot of recoding of the engine, and - with such a complex program as CM is - even more time to test if all works properly. You wouldn't believe what sometimes breaks in the code when you change some other, at first apparently totally unrelated part of it! We've made the decision to base CMAK on the CMBB engine and restrict major recoding to include only what is absolutely necessary, and instead invest the freed time into making a completely new engine from scratch. Martin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeatEtr Posted October 14, 2003 Share Posted October 14, 2003 Originally posted by Moon: but we still did do our homework As usual. Thanks for the informative post Martin, its appreciated. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holman Posted October 14, 2003 Share Posted October 14, 2003 I feel like an ingrate just for asking, but... is there any chance that the new ballistics modelling(and associated tweaks) might be exported back to CMBB in a patch? Given the similarity of the engines, and all... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
von Lucke Posted October 14, 2003 Share Posted October 14, 2003 Sandbag positions? Is that a terrain feature, like a wall? Or is it more of a defensive unit, like a trench? And how much space does it take up (20x20)? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucero1148 Posted October 14, 2003 Share Posted October 14, 2003 All sounds pretty exciting but how about adding a little refinement to Hq units ability to spot. As it is the Hq unit can only call in fire support limited to a range of 400 or 500 meters. Plus the fact that when he calls in fire support he's actually firing his personal small arms at the enemy he's spotted which gives him away within a turn or 2. Can't the Hq unit call in fire support frm on board mortars without shooting? All best Patrick 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windle Poons Posted October 14, 2003 Share Posted October 14, 2003 Originally posted by lucero1148: All sounds pretty exciting but how about adding a little refinement to Hq units ability to spot. As it is the Hq unit can only call in fire support limited to a range of 400 or 500 meters. Plus the fact that when he calls in fire support he's actually firing his personal small arms at the enemy he's spotted which gives him away within a turn or 2. Can't the Hq unit call in fire support frm on board mortars without shooting? All best Patrick Ummm....I think CMBB's Cover Arc command achieves this already. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sivodsi Posted October 14, 2003 Share Posted October 14, 2003 What what what? The HQ fires his own pistol when spotting for an on-board mortar? Surely this is not the case. As long as the HQ has the target in LOS you can target the onboard mortar without touching the HQ unit. I have never seen the hq fire in this situation. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant Posted October 14, 2003 Share Posted October 14, 2003 Originally posted by Sivodsi: What what what? The HQ fires his own pistol when spotting for an on-board mortar? Surely this is not the case. As long as the HQ has the target in LOS you can target the onboard mortar without touching the HQ unit. I have never seen the hq fire in this situation. I'm not sure what he's actually saying either :confused: My HQ units can call on mortar fire support just fine without firing their own weapons. As long as the HQ has LOS to the taget of course, and as long as the mortar is in command range. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalem Posted October 14, 2003 Share Posted October 14, 2003 Originally posted by Ant: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Sivodsi: What what what? The HQ fires his own pistol when spotting for an on-board mortar? Surely this is not the case. As long as the HQ has the target in LOS you can target the onboard mortar without touching the HQ unit. I have never seen the hq fire in this situation. I'm not sure what he's actually saying either :confused: My HQ units can call on mortar fire support just fine without firing their own weapons. As long as the HQ has LOS to the taget of course, and as long as the mortar is in command range. </font> 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaws Posted October 14, 2003 Share Posted October 14, 2003 Originally posted by Moon: Jaws, I am not sure what you refer to, the chance for bogging? It depends a lot on the actual type of vehicle, ground type and condition, so it's not one variable that can be tweaked. There is a bunch of new ground types in CMAK which has an impact on bogging. Ok that's clear. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sivodsi Posted October 15, 2003 Share Posted October 15, 2003 Ok Dalem, gotcha. This now makes sense to me. The important thing is that the hq does not fire his gun because he is spotting. :cool: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwolf Posted October 15, 2003 Share Posted October 15, 2003 I think the overall bogging chance is fine, but could somebody look into the turn rates? And some particular bogging chances and mobility seems to be severly off, e.g. that the StuG IV is so much worse than the StuG III (I have never seen historical mention of this) and that an 8-wheel AC is much better than the average fully tracked vehicle. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
von Paulus Posted October 15, 2003 Share Posted October 15, 2003 Will the Free French and Vichy be included in the game ? I hope so 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryInk Posted October 16, 2003 Share Posted October 16, 2003 Bigger maps but same map making process??? *cringe* Still and all, I'm a glutton for punishment. And I live too much of my life on the forum too (almost as much as playing the game, D'oh!) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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