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Frankie Kam
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Frankie Kam here. Nearly half-decade old gamer. Started off with flight sims back in the good old late 1980s to 1990s. Spectrum Holobyte, Microprose, Dynamix, DiD, Digital Integration, etc. You know, the classics. I am the web master of the only surviving and active Digital Integration Tornado fansite in the world.
I first bought Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord in early the 2000s. Back then my PC was too slow and the during the Wego session, the "Computer thinking..." progress bar would take ever so long to complete. I then lost interest due to my perceived slowness of the game process (read: I was impatient). Over the years, however, I have picked up CMAK, CMBB and CMBFN. Only just started re-playing CMBB last week. Believe it or not. Getting used to the Wego and various CM commands. Gameplay rocks. The animated gif below is me roasting a T-34 with a flamethrower.
Initially the CM games would stutter on my 64-bit Windows 10 (Intel i5) laptop. The game changer for me was when I realised that I needed to "hit Control-Alt-Delete | go to Task Manager | Apps | right-click, go to Details | select game's exe | set the Processor Affinity of the game to run on just CPU1" so that CMBB would run as smooth as silk. Also tried out Combat Mission: Battle for Normandy. Great graphics! I have seen the amount of mods for CM series and I am overwhelmed by the dedication, genius and generosity of the modding community.
I am an active member of Dogs Of War Virtual Unit and yes, I own a copy of Steel Beasts Pro PE 4.019. The two biggest wargaming game changers in 2000 for me were CMBO and the original Steel Beasts. I am also a war buff who likes to watch war movies and read non-fiction war books. Thank you for the opportunity to say hello to the few (and I am sure they are not few!) good men of thefewgoodmen.com. I am looking forward to getting to know the CM series more, and the community that swears by the series. ;-)
Cheers
Frankie Kam
I first bought Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord in early the 2000s. Back then my PC was too slow and the during the Wego session, the "Computer thinking..." progress bar would take ever so long to complete. I then lost interest due to my perceived slowness of the game process (read: I was impatient). Over the years, however, I have picked up CMAK, CMBB and CMBFN. Only just started re-playing CMBB last week. Believe it or not. Getting used to the Wego and various CM commands. Gameplay rocks. The animated gif below is me roasting a T-34 with a flamethrower.
Initially the CM games would stutter on my 64-bit Windows 10 (Intel i5) laptop. The game changer for me was when I realised that I needed to "hit Control-Alt-Delete | go to Task Manager | Apps | right-click, go to Details | select game's exe | set the Processor Affinity of the game to run on just CPU1" so that CMBB would run as smooth as silk. Also tried out Combat Mission: Battle for Normandy. Great graphics! I have seen the amount of mods for CM series and I am overwhelmed by the dedication, genius and generosity of the modding community.
I am an active member of Dogs Of War Virtual Unit and yes, I own a copy of Steel Beasts Pro PE 4.019. The two biggest wargaming game changers in 2000 for me were CMBO and the original Steel Beasts. I am also a war buff who likes to watch war movies and read non-fiction war books. Thank you for the opportunity to say hello to the few (and I am sure they are not few!) good men of thefewgoodmen.com. I am looking forward to getting to know the CM series more, and the community that swears by the series. ;-)
Cheers
Frankie Kam
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