Nippy Posted September 18, 2002 Share Posted September 18, 2002 Battle of the Heavies. It's got everything. Infantry, Artillary, Fighter-Bombers, and lots of heavy Tanks duking it out. Now if I could just find some detailed plans of Soviet Pack fronts, I'd have a field day with the Mission editor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rune Posted September 18, 2002 Share Posted September 18, 2002 No fighter bombers, the attack was launched in morning mist, which acted like fog. Look on the CD when you get it. Rune Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Dorosh Posted September 18, 2002 Share Posted September 18, 2002 Originally posted by rune: No fighter bombers, the attack was launched in morning mist, which acted like fog. Look on the CD when you get it. RuneCan you remember the name of the scenario, rune? Would like to know it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomm Posted September 18, 2002 Share Posted September 18, 2002 Sorry if this has been asked before, but is the map size and the number of units in the demo scenarios representative for the full game? I am asking because my computer (Celeron 466, G400) runs the demo scenarios at an acceptable speed (of course at the lowest graphics settings, which I do not mind) and I hope that is the case with the full game, too!! The number of (Russian) units in Yelnia is about the maximum I am ready to handle, too! Will this be a problem with the full version?? Regards, Thomm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soddball Posted September 18, 2002 Share Posted September 18, 2002 Oh, I do so love the propaganda on that site. It makes Goebbels look amateurish. Yes, the battle looks like fun, but the presentation of stalinist propaganda gets a little bit yawnworthy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWB Posted September 18, 2002 Share Posted September 18, 2002 I would not call the demo scenarios representative. There were two of them, rather similar in structure by one author. There are 60 or so battles & ops on the CD, by a number of authors. Have no fear, most will work nicely on your celeron. They did on my slightly faster celeron. The main arbitrator of ingame scrolling speed in CM is the video card and RAM anyhow, not the processor. That just comes into play when calculating turns. WWB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hortlund Posted September 18, 2002 Share Posted September 18, 2002 In the battle near Sandomierz the germans lost 3 King Tigers, this checks with the 501st abteilung daily returns. For some reason the russians counted the entire third company of the 501st battalion as losses but it had yet to arrive from Koniecpol railway station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rune Posted September 18, 2002 Share Posted September 18, 2002 Amazingly, it is called Royal Opponent. I forget the exact number of King Tigers in the attack, but it is correct, as are the Russian tanks. Besides, if I do remember, won't post it anyway, don't want to have spoilers in a battle no one but beta testers have even seen. Had help from from other sources as well for this one. This is one huge scenario however, but I ran it on a 366mhz and it worked. Rune Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomm Posted September 18, 2002 Share Posted September 18, 2002 Thanks for the encouraging info! The size of maps/battles concerns me not primarily with respect to hardware, but to user time constraints, that is, big map = lot of distance to travel = many turns necessary, many units = many orders!! Never played the huge scenarios of CMBO for that reason! Regards, Thomm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nippy Posted September 19, 2002 Author Share Posted September 19, 2002 Originally posted by Soddball: Oh, I do so love the propaganda on that site. It makes Goebbels look amateurish.After being labeled "Sub-Human" by the Germans from 41 till 45, plus 50 years of Cold war lies about how their military hardware was junk, I figure the Russians earned some bragging rights. Of course, that Paragraph from the Russian newspaper spewing out all the stuff about "superiour Russian optics" and such was good for a laugh. Then again, don't tell me that people on this site don't believe German Propaganda. "WTF Why didn't my single Tiger Tank stop an entire American Armor Division that was backed up with Air and Artillary support? Everyone knows that German tanks were made from a special Martian Moon metal that made them impervious to damaged and act like that car out of Stephin King's 'Christine'" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mike Posted September 19, 2002 Share Posted September 19, 2002 Originally posted by Soddball: Oh, I do so love the propaganda on that site. It makes Goebbels look amateurish. Yes, the battle looks like fun, but the presentation of stalinist propaganda gets a little bit yawnworthy.Which propaganda would that be then? Calling the Russian tank cerws "professional"? Pesonally I find the account remarkably free from propaganda, and completely free of jingoism - it's almost purely factual. sure there are some "heroic" "personal" accounts "There's 20 of them Comrade!! Well pass the aT ammunition then!" - whoopie do. And the newspaper article could be out of any allied WW2 publication - just substitute American/British/anyone else for Russian. At least it is credited and quoted in full. that's much better than using it as a historical "source"!! [ September 18, 2002, 08:21 PM: Message edited by: Mike ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vondeath Posted September 19, 2002 Share Posted September 19, 2002 Hard to take that account as propaganda free without ANY accounts of friendly casualties. Most US accounts of battles I have read usually ended with a tally of casualties, friendly and estimated enemy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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