YankeeDog Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 Excellent; it's always good to have expert advice. My understanding is that the bar serves South African wines pretty much exclusively, so I imagine they'll have a good range to choose from. My personal preference is for full-bodied reds, but I like to keep an open mind and try other things as well. Ah... found their wine list online http://www.xaixaiwinebar.com/wines.html. A quick check shows that they do have both the Fusion V and the Z so I'll definitely give both of them a try. Thanks again! YD 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WineCape Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 GACK! Double post. See below rather ... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WineCape Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 Excellent; it's always good to have expert advice. My understanding is that the bar serves South African wines pretty much exclusively, so I imagine they'll have a good range to choose from. My personal preference is for full-bodied reds, but I like to keep an open mind and try other things as well. Ah... found their wine list online http://www.xaixaiwinebar.com/wines.html. A quick check shows that they do have both the Fusion V and the Z so I'll definitely give both of them a try. Thanks again! YD Full bodied the De Toren Fusions are, but they also fruity, soft. "A velvet cushion within a steel gauntlet" ;-) I rate the Fusion V 2006 vintage highly. Served it recently with a table of 13 people at La Colombe @ Constantia Uitsig and all there were complimentary of the wine, the diners ranging from wine lovers to no-so-clued-up-on-wine. A sure sign it appeals to a broad palate. If you are going to drink the 2006, decant (air) the wine for 20-30 minutes before serving. You will not be disappointed ;-) I see the the above winebar you quoted has the Kevin Arnold Shiraz 03! The Simonsig Red Hill Pinotage and L'Avenir Pinotage too. My my, they DO have some beauts. Let me know what you think of the wines, once tasted. Always good to hear preferences on SA vino. Cannot imagine what they would charge in the USA for the SA reds, but most of those reds listed on Xai Xai sell from ZAR150+ upwards a bottle in South Africa. Do enjoy your Easter. EDIT: This is one of the best SA wine lists I've seen so far (for a winebar) outside South Africa! Now, back to the topic, designing games. Wargames. Ahhh, all in a life's work Charles will say ... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchy Posted April 3, 2010 Share Posted April 3, 2010 WineCape, Once CM:N is released, will you consider running one of your fabulous tournaments? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WineCape Posted April 3, 2010 Share Posted April 3, 2010 WineCape, Once CM:N is released, will you consider running one of your fabulous tournaments? Why not? Apart from being a football referee analyst for the 2010 World Cup here in South Africa (contract still up for final discussion!) I should have enough time on my hands. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fly Pusher Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 Havent been around for a LONG time - but this gives me hope that I may be able to return to something like the old PBEM QB's of CMBO again ! Who knows - if BF keeps this up I may be forced to install Boot Camp on my Mac [shudder] Did anything happen about the mention (a couple of years ago I suspect) of a Mac native version ? FP 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 Did anything happen about the mention (a couple of years ago I suspect) of a Mac native version ? The subject comes up every few months or so, but nothing from BFC beyond Steve saying that they'd "like" to do one. What it really comes down to I suspect is how much work that would be versus other things that they might put the same effort into that might make them more money. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fly Pusher Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 The subject comes up every few months or so, but nothing from BFC beyond Steve saying that they'd "like" to do one. What it really comes down to I suspect is how much work that would be versus other things that they might put the same effort into that might make them more money. Michael Absolutely - they need to do the stuff that pays the bills. And with essentially all modern Macs supporting dual boot the lost market is probably relatively slim. Does anyone have first hand experience of what CMSF plays like on a late 2009 iMac ? Is the GPU up to the demands ? Its a NVIDIA GeForce 9400M apparently.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YankeeDog Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 Does anyone have first hand experience of what CMSF plays like on a late 2009 iMac ? Is the GPU up to the demands ? Its a NVIDIA GeForce 9400M apparently.... Given that it plays quite well on my 2007 iMac with an ATI 2600 PRO, I can only assume that the more current iMacs are able to handle it without much difficulty. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAP Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 I have an early 2008 24inch iMac with an NVIDIA GeForce (8800 I think - I'm at work so can't check). It runs SF really well, and booting into Vista takes seconds. CMSF is all I use the windows partition for. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pvt. Ryan Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 Will CM:SF run on an iPad? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 Will CM:SF run on an iPad? That might be asking a bit. LOL Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilroy Lurking Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 YD - I doubt if any new Mac with the on board graphics GF9400M would play CM:SF. I keep an old (My son's cast off) PC a Pentium "D" I think with a GF9600 card, which I use only for Tank bashing and Dragon squashing. An Intel Mac mini I use for day to day stuff. Macs in this neck of the woods run to 2 or 3 times the US$ (while local PCs are roughly equivalent, so I pretty well have given up the Mac platform for "Real" games. David 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilroy Lurking Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 Back to the Thread... Are Trains or rolling stock going to be in the game (not necessarily moving!)? Also Ponds. lakes, rivers..watery stuff (Sorry if I missed a post on this) David 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanzfeld Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 What about game inner workings like "breach, bang & clear" or maybe any code for close assault tank different from CM:SF??? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YankeeDog Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 YD - I doubt if any new Mac with the on board graphics GF9400M would play CM:SF. I keep an old (My son's cast off) PC a Pentium "D" I think with a GF9600 card, which I use only for Tank bashing and Dragon squashing. An Intel Mac mini I use for day to day stuff. Macs in this neck of the woods run to 2 or 3 times the US$ (while local PCs are roughly equivalent, so I pretty well have given up the Mac platform for "Real" games. David Sorry, but you'd be incorrect there: I'm running CMSF on Vista on my Aluminum MacBook (late 2008, 2.0 version with the GeForce 9400M card) and it is running flawlessly at 1280x800. Very nice indeed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilroy Lurking Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 Umm.. I stand ....corrected! I think that when i tried it out on my Mac mini it was with XP running under emulation and before Parallels upped the graphics support. Well over a year ago and the memory cells are diminishing. Glad to hear it runs - might even influence my next computer purchase. David 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YankeeDog Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 Umm.. I stand ....corrected! I think that when i tried it out on my Mac mini it was with XP running under emulation and before Parallels upped the graphics support. Well over a year ago and the memory cells are diminishing. Glad to hear it runs - might even influence my next computer purchase. David Yeah, I'm not so sure about CMSF in an emulator like Parallels. I've heard that the newest version of Parallels really improves the 3D graphics capabilities, but I still wouldn't hold my breath... I wouldn't know as I don't use Parallels myself. But all of Apple's current Laptop and Desktop line should be able to run CMSF in Boot Camp without a problem. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 But all of Apple's current Laptop and Desktop line should be able to run CMSF in Boot Camp without a problem. I am not well informed in this area so please indulge me a question before I go dive into the murky area of Macs and Windoze. Is Boot Camp merely an application that allows a Mac to run Windows, or is it a kind of alternative to Windows that allows Windows-native apps to run on a Mac? And does it come as an integral part of the Mac OS or does it have to be purchased separately? Okay, that was more than one question. You see why I call it a murky area. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noba Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 I am not well informed in this area so please indulge me a question before I go dive into the murky area of Macs and Windoze. Is Boot Camp merely an application that allows a Mac to run Windows, or is it a kind of alternative to Windows that allows Windows-native apps to run on a Mac? And does it come as an integral part of the Mac OS or does it have to be purchased separately? Okay, that was more than one question. You see why I am a murky area. Michael Don't tell him. If he starts actually PLAYING the game he will be even more insufferable. Noba. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 Don't tell him. If he starts actually PLAYING the game he will be even more insufferable. Congratulations! You have just won a 50 CD set of me singing all of Bing Crosby's greatest hits! You won't want to miss a single one of these, so put on your headphones and get comfortable! It's gonna be a leisurely trip down Memory Lane! Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YankeeDog Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 I am not well informed in this area so please indulge me a question before I go dive into the murky area of Macs and Windoze. Is Boot Camp merely an application that allows a Mac to run Windows, or is it a kind of alternative to Windows that allows Windows-native apps to run on a Mac? And does it come as an integral part of the Mac OS or does it have to be purchased separately? Okay, that was more than one question. You see why I call it a murky area. Michael Boot Camp comes as a part of OSX Leopard and Snow Leopard. Basically, it allows you to partition your hard drive and set up a Windows partition. When you boot from this partition, your Mac is, for all intents and purposes, a Windows PC. Via Boot Camp, your computer is either running OSX or Windows; it can't run both at the same time. You have to reboot to switch (though Macs do reboot very fast, much faster than most PCs I've used). Since a Boot Camp Mac runs Windows "normally," pretty much any Windows program that your hardware can handle can run via Boot Camp. Boot Camp itself is free (well, you do have to pay for OSX, but you don't have to pay additional for Boot Camp). You do have to buy a copy of Windows to install on your Boot Camp partition, though. The other option for running Windows is a so-called "Emulator" like VMWare or Parallels. These programs create a virtual Windows session within OSX. The advantage is that you don't have to reboot to run a Windows program with these. The disadvantage is that the computer actually has to handle running Windows overlayed on top of OSX, so things tend to be slower, and more complex programs (such as 3D games) don't always work so well. The emulator programs get better with every generation, though. Hope this oversimplified explanation helps... Cheers, YD 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 Thanks, YD. That clarifies a great deal. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steiner14 Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 Decoupling rarity points from "power" points is very clever and elegant. Wow. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny(FGM) Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 Ooh I just thought of something, apologies if it's already been answered. Will unit experience be mixed up like in CMx1? IE you buy a plt/co/batt etc of something at reg, will it have green and vet units thrown in too? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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