Gooring Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 They've got a small AAR up over on RPS showing of a really sweat looking QB-map. Man I'm looking forward to the day I'll get my hands on this game. http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/03/25/norman-conquest-a-combat-mission-battle-for-normandy-aar/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisND Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 The map looks sweaty, really? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 It takes blood, sweat and tears to capture! Especially sweat... the enemy must keep their distance when your feet start to smell... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gooring Posted March 25, 2011 Author Share Posted March 25, 2011 The map looks sweaty, really? Heh. Guess I could blame it on English not being my first language, but that's a rather big miss of me. Guess you'd be sweaty running around there in the summer heat though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrath of Dagon Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 Any comment on why his arty and air weren't available? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broadsword56 Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 I wonder why his air support was "denied" in the battle? Can anyone explain when/why this happens in the game? It would be frustrating to buy the support and not ever be able to call it in (although I like having some randomness to when it becomes available and how much of it actually shows up). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finalcut Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 Montgomery needed the Air for one of his little operations.What Mongomery wants,Mongomery gets. Wouldn't want him to have a temper tantrum now,would we. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krilly Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 Weird aar writing style But indeed a pretty QB map that and some pretty interesting screenshots. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peregrine Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 Best screenshots of any an AAR so far. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Crowley Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 Looking at picture 11 - the one with the AT gunner fighting with the Luger, the roadwheel of the PAK has some clipping issues with the wall it is adjacent to. Although I only fiddled with CMSF, rather than actually playing it, I was disappointed to see a lot of very serious clipping issues, especially with vehicles. Often, if ordered to the same spot, they would all merge together rather than, as in CMX1, pushing each other out of the way. I do hope those issues have been sorted for CMBN because they would be a real immersion breaker for me, at least. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chops Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 Two issues that come up after reading the AAR: The reason that the FO could not call in Air Support seems like it was some sort of chain-of-command issue. Maybe the FO was an artillery observer rather than an air controller? Brings up an issue however. Will the player have to make sure that any FO he chooses will match up with the asset in a Quick Battle? Will the auto-picker make sure that observers and assets match up? Also Sound was mentioned in the AAR, and the author was wondering why the Germans did not attack a nearby U.S. tank, because surely they had to hear the tanks engine. This brings up a good point? How are sound contacts handled in CM:BN? Will the AI fire at a sound contact? I was never clear on how this works in CM:SF. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peregrine Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 Also Sound was mentioned in the AAR, and the author was wondering why the Germans did not attack a nearby U.S. tank, because surely they had to hear the tanks engine. This brings up a good point? How are sound contacts handled in CM:BN? Will the AI fire at a sound contact? I was never clear on how this works in CM:SF. I am pretty sure Battlefront stated that the concept of sound contacts was gone. I am not sure if this means human players will not hear the sounds of unspotted enemy tanks if close enough or not. But as the "sound contact" concept is gone I don't think the TAC AI will be reacting. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 I'm wondering about the date of the battle. Close air support is made deliberately cumbersome before August (I think), the allies simply hadn't worked out a reliable means of interaction between air and ground before then. I believe they're thinking of recommending that pre-August close air support missions be startup area target missions like 'bombardment'. As to mortar support, I suspect newbie player error here. For indirect support using on-map mortars they have to be both deployed and have access to a nearby unit with a radio. Its a team effort. Then your spotter needs his radio too. No cowering PFC out of the chain of command directing battleship artillery support in this game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomm Posted March 26, 2011 Share Posted March 26, 2011 I just set up a small test in June 1944. A FO, Battalion HQ, Company HQ and Platoon HQs with visual contact to the Battalion HQ were able to call in air strikes, both during setup and over the length of the scenario. Best regards, Thomm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlefront.com Posted March 26, 2011 Share Posted March 26, 2011 My guess is he was trying to call in support from something that wasn't capable of doing it. "DENIED" is an indication that was the case. Maybe he was thinking of the CM:SF flexibility? Steve 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomm Posted March 26, 2011 Share Posted March 26, 2011 I set up the platoon the way he did, with a FO attached. Calling in air support from a plane with light rockets worked. Perhaps he has a save game for us? Best regards, Thomm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSX Posted March 26, 2011 Share Posted March 26, 2011 Two issues that come up after reading the AAR: The reason that the FO could not call in Air Support seems like it was some sort of chain-of-command issue. Maybe the FO was an artillery observer rather than an air controller? Brings up an issue however. Will the player have to make sure that any FO he chooses will match up with the asset in a Quick Battle? Will the auto-picker make sure that observers and assets match up? Also Sound was mentioned in the AAR, and the author was wondering why the Germans did not attack a nearby U.S. tank, because surely they had to hear the tanks engine. This brings up a good point? How are sound contacts handled in CM:BN? Will the AI fire at a sound contact? I was never clear on how this works in CM:SF. There is no sound contact in CMSF, or I think CMBN and so its just something you have to live with. Just pretend all of your troops are deaf.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
U8led Posted March 26, 2011 Share Posted March 26, 2011 Maybe his FO was 'hidding' 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisND Posted March 26, 2011 Share Posted March 26, 2011 The RPS guy posted a comment saying he found out why he didn't have access to his support - the FO had been severely wounded and was out of the fight. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunnersman Posted March 26, 2011 Share Posted March 26, 2011 The RPS guy posted a comment saying he found out why he didn't have access to his support - the FO had been severely wounded and was out of the fight. His exact post: Tim Stone says: March 26, 2011 at 9:38 am ***Arty/Air Support Clarification*** Having examined one of my savegames, I realise the USAAF and mortar men weren’t actually to blame for my absent assets. The reason my Forward Observer team kept getting a ‘DENIED’ message was because it was – umm – lacking a Forward Observer. Unbeknown to me, during the early moments of the engagement, the chap with the fieldglasses and the map-reading skills was wounded and left behind. The 2-man ‘FO’ team I was attempting to use to call in assets, had a radio, and eyes on the prize, but, apparently, no-one with the skills to send a support request. I wonder – were FO teams really so fragile/rigidly demarcated? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lets_All_Fight Posted March 26, 2011 Share Posted March 26, 2011 Yep, interesting AAR. Very nice looking map as well. I liked the screenies, and I noticed a certain Mr Dorosh agreeing. well, sort of! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlefront.com Posted March 26, 2011 Share Posted March 26, 2011 The 2-man ‘FO’ team I was attempting to use to call in assets, had a radio, and eyes on the prize, but, apparently, no-one with the skills to send a support request. I wonder – were FO teams really so fragile/rigidly demarcated? And the answer to this is... Yup Well, at least for these sorts of big assets. Lower level things, such as Light and Medium Mortars, are more flexible. Think back to CMx1. While the system was pretty crude, and not very realistic in many ways, if you lost your FO you lost your access to that artillery it represented. Steve 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sivodsi Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 Best screenshots of any an AAR so far. I don't 100% agree with you. There were some beautiful screenshots in the DAR - the one with the panzerfaust and sherman through the battlefield haze sticks out. But I have to say that this one is a classic: (though yeah, the clipping of the wheel of the PAK does distract) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlefront.com Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 Yeah, I noticed that clipping problem too. Unfortunately, we haven't yet had time for the TacAI to learn how to maneuver guns in complex ways like vehicles can. Remember this is the first release with anything like this in it, so we're going to be tweaking stuff as we have time. Thankfully this sort of conflict doesn't come up very frequently. Steve 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSX Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 Yep, interesting AAR. Very nice looking map as well. I liked the screenies, and I noticed a certain Mr Dorosh agreeing. well, sort of! Just done reading this. Very nice little write up with some nice shots. So what if a little bit of gun gets stuck in a wall, never seen a Perfect PC game for this kind of stuff yet. Look at the Uber budget 'Call of Duty' games, you still get to kill guys because you see thier leg sticking out of a wall. I can live with minor stuff like this. Seems like the fella you mentioned likes it so much that he has pre-ordered too. Now if one of CM-2s biggest critics has pre-ordered, then I can only say that either the game MUST be good or the box must be really shiney! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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