chaos49 Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 hi could be cool if there were some kind of trains in the game how its done is up to BF 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 could be cool if there were some kind of trains in the game... Why? SFAIK they never played any part in the tactical fighting in Normandy. On the Eastern Front it might be a different story. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaos49 Posted May 23, 2011 Author Share Posted May 23, 2011 to a start it could be only decoration when u made a map with a railway station 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Ah. So a flavor object then? Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaos49 Posted May 23, 2011 Author Share Posted May 23, 2011 yes it ad a lot to the overall look 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 yes it ad a lot to the overall look Really? Doesn't seem to me that there would be a lot of call for it. Maybe one or two scenarios out of hundreds would involve fighting around a train station that actually had a train sitting in it. Or are you planning to swamp us with scenarios containing trains? Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herr_oberst Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Yes, not much armored train combat in the Western Europe that I recall ever reading. Film clips of FB attacks on transport train, yes, but that would be an entirely different game, no? But assaulting an armored train in the Eastern Front module would be very interesting... boxcars with T-34 turrets atop... Mmmm... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaos49 Posted May 23, 2011 Author Share Posted May 23, 2011 some players play as realistic the can while ohter play for fun, when i swamp the players with train maps the can skip them. i wont force any to play my maps. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Canuck Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Rather than think of just trains, I think of 'more 3-D objects' to add additional flavour to the maps. That would be very cool. That's been a staple of flight simulator enthusiasts for years. . . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
undead reindeer cavalry Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 am i really the only one who has seen the "easter egg"?? make a custom scenario with tracks and at least two buildings next to it. if you wait long enough in preview, a train will eventually appear. click on the train operator and you get a first perspective view in which you can control the train and move around the track you have created. i couldn't figure out how to add coal so the train stopped after a while. i wonder if anyone knows how to add coal?! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisND Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 i couldn't figure out how to add coal so the train stopped after a while. i wonder if anyone knows how to add coal?! You need to find it below ground and mine it. Watch out for skeleton archers though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
undead reindeer cavalry Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 You need to find it below ground and mine it. Watch out for skeleton archers though. no need to worry about the skeleton archers as i have already discovered the Amulet of Ywendor. it gives me +3 against the undead. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 When the track is bombed, how long does one have to wait for the repair crew? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sequoia Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Rather than think of just trains, I think of 'more 3-D objects' to add additional flavour to the maps. That would be very cool. That's been a staple of flight simulator enthusiasts for years. . . I will bet you anything they will not add trains to CMBN. For the same amount of work they could get you a vehicle that can actually do something. I can almost guarantee you they will not add any more flavour objects to the CMBN family either. Yeah it would be cool and all but I believe it could make maps incompatible between modules. Would you really want to not be able to play a scenario because the designer added one particular flavour object? Look for more when we get to the Bulge Family though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Canuck Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 I will bet you anything they will not add trains to CMBN. I agree that won't happen. In the case of X-Plane and Flight Sim, the developers have provided a full API and data structure to so that 3rd parties can develop functionality and objects. I don't see this happening with Combat Mission. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stitch Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 So you are intimating it would be easier to model in working tanks and pixeltruppen into Flight Sim? Sounds like fun! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faelwolf Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 So you are intimating it would be easier to model in working tanks and pixeltruppen into Flight Sim? Sounds like fun! You already have that in Aces High 2, and the vehicles shoot back! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cymru Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 "am i really the only one who has seen the "easter egg"?? make a custom scenario with tracks and at least two buildings next to it. if you wait long enough in preview, a train will eventually appear. click on the train operator and you get a first perspective view in which you can control the train and move around the track you have created. i couldn't figure out how to add coal so the train stopped after a while. i wonder if anyone knows how to add coal?!" That's nothing. Find a QB that that has a village with the cafe L'Auberge au Coin Fleuri: go in and ask for Nicolle. Follow her up to the 3rd floor and experience the thanks of a grateful French nation. CM programmers: you are amazing!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Canuck Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 So you are intimating it would be easier to model in working tanks and pixeltruppen into Flight Sim? Sounds like fun! That's quite the stretch from what I said. . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranger33 Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 I would rather see a proper train station building (nothing fancy, just like a platform and building) which as I understand it is currently not available. Some of my favorite levels in Red Orchestra / Darkest Hour involve fighting over train stations. I suppose such a thing can be easily abstracted with regular buildings, but would look better with the real deal. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 It's pretty easy to make your own train station buildings using either the long modular buildings and/or the custom buildings. With the modulars, if you make it 2-story, add a balcony, then remove all the doors which lead out onto the balcony you even get the verandah effect. Simples. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongLeftFlank Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Does he look like Burt Lancaster? (awesome flick btw) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigJ62 Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield and Jeanne Moreau Why no dead cows in game? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sequoia Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield and Jeanne Moreau Why no dead cows in game? Too much debate as to what type of cows they should be. Plus there was not enough Cowbell. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanir Ausf B Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 I will bet you anything they will not add trains to CMBN. For the same amount of work they could get you a vehicle that can actually do something. Some of them could do something 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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