Carl Puppchen Posted April 24, 2004 Share Posted April 24, 2004 Has anyone had a bug where tanks were "bailing out" for multiple turns, or stuck forever in that mode? I am playing desobry operation now and I have a PZ IV that has been bailing out for 1 1/2 turns. Will continue to monitor this. Also had this behavior for Knife fight at Cucina. I apologize if someone has already mentioned this I tried to go through all the threads but there are a lot of them.... Sorry for the post my guy did finally bail out 2 minutes later. They were permanently in bailout for Cucina (many turns) but this was with the 1.0 version. [ April 25, 2004, 01:08 PM: Message edited by: Carl Puppchen ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted April 25, 2004 Share Posted April 25, 2004 If memory serves, I believe bailout time for tank crews is linked to fog-of-war and observer experience. At extreme FOW a veteran enemy may know immediately when a tanks been abandoned or conscripts could remain unsure about the tanks' status for quite awhile (rarely making it to 1 1/2 turns, I'll admit). So the time it take for your guys to bail out is entirely a function of the enemy's ability to tell if the tank's been killed or not. At least that's what I recall from ancient 'death clock' postings. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSpkr Posted April 25, 2004 Share Posted April 25, 2004 Okay, further experiments show that a tank really has no more statistical likelihood of bogging or immobilizing when traveling across or along a trench. It would appear there is no additional check for immobilization OR there is no greater chance of immobilizing in these situations. It would seem logical to me that the game should check when a tank crosses a trench, and perform multiple checks when a tank travels along a trench for any distance. The chance of immobilization should be much higher than for a tank traveling through the same ground without a trench obstacle, and should be modified by such factors as the tank's size, weight, ground pressure, length, width, and speed. Thoughts? Steve 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted April 25, 2004 Share Posted April 25, 2004 Don't know whether this is patchable or requires drastic recoding, but in preparing AARs it has become glaringly apparent that there's no easy way to hop from viewing a turn to getting back to the PBEM folder. Unless I'm somehow missing a trick, to do so requires Command Q (quit the program), which means that viewing part of any other battle necessitates restarting the game, to include the several minutes for the game graphics to load. This is both inefficient and annoying. I believe we ought to be able to toggle out of a given movie and go directly to the PBEM folder--without having to first exit the game. What do the rest of you think? Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted April 25, 2004 Share Posted April 25, 2004 John, try alt+a 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koenig Posted April 25, 2004 Share Posted April 25, 2004 About the availabilty of infantry AT weapons in the Italian Army I'd like to point out this thread: Italian tank hunters Regards Koenig 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingknives Posted April 25, 2004 Share Posted April 25, 2004 Originally posted by JonS: John, try alt+a Personally, I'd use alt-tab to switch between CM and the desktop. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted April 25, 2004 Share Posted April 25, 2004 Jons, I did. After viewing a movie, I hit that combination. Other than that the screen moved forward in small increments, nothing happened. This was for a turn in which you first have to watch the movie, then issue orders. flamingknives, I did. Nothing happened. I wonder whether any of this may be tied to fact that I'm running on a Mac under OS 9.2? Do certain of the game controls work differently on a PC? Just so we're clear, though, I want to be able to watch a movie for one battle, then, without having to completely quit the game, I want to be able to jump back to the open PBEM folder and select a new turn to view, in that battle or any other battle there. Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingknives Posted April 25, 2004 Share Posted April 25, 2004 Ahhh! I didn't realise you were using a Mac. Try command (apple key) and tab (hold command down and hit tab) to switch between programs. The Escape key will also switch to desktop, leaving the game running where you can get back into via the menu in the title bar. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 FK - that's fine, but he doesn't want to switch between programmes. John - yes, the alt+a is for a PC. Basically it quits the current game (or PBEM file) and allows you to start (or pick) another. I don't know what the combo is for the Mac, but I assume there is one. Try the manual or the hotkeys page in-game. Regards Jon 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenAsJade Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 A NEW REQUEST FOR THIS THREAD Please give Rocky ground its own BMP. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingknives Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 Oh right, the key combo to abort a battle is command-A IIRC, that sort of info is in the Hotkey list 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted April 27, 2004 Share Posted April 27, 2004 While we're asking for new BMPs, please give us a dirt road which looks like dirt, not tarmac. This caused confusion already in RoW IV--to both sides. Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr Kruger Posted May 21, 2004 Share Posted May 21, 2004 I assume this is a bug. SPW 251/1 can carry two guns simultaneously. I tried it with a 75mm Infantry Gun and a 28mm Heavy Antitank Rifle. Bug or not? - J Kruger - 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
von Lucke Posted May 22, 2004 Share Posted May 22, 2004 Originally posted by Herr Kruger: I assume this is a bug. SPW 251/1 can carry two guns simultaneously. I tried it with a 75mm Infantry Gun and a 28mm Heavy Antitank Rifle. Bug or not? - J Kruger - Whoa --- never seen this one before! Happens with the SdKfz 7 and Truck as well. (Can't do it with the Kubelwagen or 250/1 though). Seems it's only those vehicles that can carry a full squad --- or a gun and a team. Perhaps it's a function of the squeeze-gun being considered an anti-tank rifle team? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwolf Posted May 22, 2004 Share Posted May 22, 2004 No bug. The 28mm AT rifle goes inside the armor proteced compartment, the 75mm gun is towed. Same for the small recoiless rifles, they are loaded, not towed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Dorosh Posted May 22, 2004 Author Share Posted May 22, 2004 CM: Afrika Korps has been licensed by the Australian Government, Department of Defence to aid Officers in historical education! Besides a number of changes to mainly the Australian Order of Battles (ORBAT), Greece will be added as a playable theater. Projected delivery of the final milestone for this special Australian DoD version is June. The Australian DoD version will not be available commercially. So I guess that means while we were beating our gums foolishly discussing the patch, they were busy working on adding in the Greek theatre for a version which none of us will get a chance to even see. Or am I being unduly cynical? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwolf Posted May 22, 2004 Share Posted May 22, 2004 Not releasing the exact same game to the public doesn't mean they don't release a new exe file with whatever gameplay fixes they have for the BFC version. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stingray Posted May 25, 2004 Share Posted May 25, 2004 Italian Airborne Uniform is messed up a combination of SS Uniforms with misplaced bmps. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junk2drive Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 re: 01april post by redwolf, sandbags i just watched a squad leave a foxhole, sneaking over to and through the sandbags center, to get to brush for cover. what are sandbags for if brush is better cover? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwolf Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 You have to understand the two different cover concepts of cover in CM: 1) cover by terrain a unit is in 2) cover by terrain features in the life of fire, such as walls and sandbags, that a unit is behind Number 2) is not recognized at all by the TacAI when it searches for cover. Another reason that always leads me to preach that the top half of all TacAI movements ordered should just be dropped, they make things worse realism-wise. Let broken troops run, leave the rest alone. [ June 11, 2004, 02:57 AM: Message edited by: redwolf ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Dorosh Posted August 6, 2004 Author Share Posted August 6, 2004 Since Moon is pretending to be interested in the patch again, may as well give this a bumparoo. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwolf Posted August 6, 2004 Share Posted August 6, 2004 Doh. Memories of page 4 of this one. I only hope it was worth it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Dorosh Posted August 6, 2004 Author Share Posted August 6, 2004 Originally posted by junk2drive: From the main webpage of BFC: Dec 3, CMAK now shipping Feb 1, Patch ready for download My prediction for 1.02 April 1st redwolf - this was from page 4 also. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junk2drive Posted August 6, 2004 Share Posted August 6, 2004 it was for april fools day, get it? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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