Old but new

Humbug · Mar 17, 2019

Hello chaps.

Been playing Combat Mission on and off (mostly off) since CMBB. But exclusively against AI.
I own CMBN with expansions (not engine 4 as of yet) and have barely played for a couple of years now. But just got a craving for CM again and am curious to try some head to head, since the AI is getting a bit dull.
What little strategic and tactical knowledge I had from playing the AI I feel has gone with the wind from my long hiatus, and I'd most likely get my proverbial ass handed to me if I tried head to head.
What would be the chances of someone with a lot of experience under their belt to take me under their wing and have an educational match or two, I wonder?

If so, would there be a need to update to engine 4? I've heard it has it's fair share of problems, and paying for a patch with serious issues at the moment doesn't sound too attractive, to be honest.

Cheers!

Zinzan · Mar 17, 2019

Hi-de-Hi @Humbug

Greetings and good luck (you'll need it reading this post) - you've arrived at the right place. Several of our more mercenary members eg. Titan, the Meats etc should be along soon - they're like dogs around a bitch on heat - So someone should offer to "teach you a lesson" or two soon (Ignore him, he's the resident "village idiot")

In all seriousness greetings, have fun and fight well - ask, tell, run, slump & generally have a good time whilst you're here.

toXiczen · Mar 17, 2019

Good hello, and welcome to the club! have a blast.

Badger73 · Mar 18, 2019

Greetings, @Humbug! You should soon receive @Hedgehog's Welcome Wagon hand-outs! They make good reading.

When you are ready for H2H play, consider using CMHelper to manage your matches.

Set up a personal account at Dropbox.
Check out CMHelper explanatory video at http://www.thefewgoodmen.com/thefgmforum/threads/how-to-cm-helper-and-dropbox.25557/.
Download and install CMHelper from http://gregories.net/CMHelper/User Manual/CMHelper.html?GettingStarted.html.
(If that download link doesn't work, go to dropbox at https://www.dropbox.com/sh/jvh9sx2zla2k0eq/AAA8sQCZZpvs0Emv3M5y7ZFSa and download the cm-helper-1.7.5 for your machine, PC or Mac.

Then, post your first request for a match either here or at the forum for the game(s) you own.

Welcome to The Few Good Men. Good luck and good gaming. Have fun.

Louis · Mar 18, 2019

Zinzan said:
they're like dogs around a bitch on heat

LOL ZZ, Yep, You are a crazy man

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And by the way, welcome Humbug.

mTk · Mar 18, 2019

Welcome, Humbug. Good to have you here. I think FGM is what you are looking for.
Yeah, do that. You will need to get any CM game you have upgraded to current v4.0 before we can slap you around.

Hedgehog · Mar 18, 2019

Big welcome to the Club @Humbug The Few Good Men are welcoming you!.... You will find a lot of interesting people here
Please check out the links which are there to help you

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http://www.thefewgoodmen.com/thefgmforum/forums/site-manual.25/
http://www.thefewgoodmen.com/thefgmforum/forums/combat-mission-x2-world-war-two.160/

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Humbug · Mar 18, 2019

Zinzan said:
Hi-de-Hi @Humbug

Several of our more mercenary members eg. Titan, the Meats etc should be along soon - they're like dogs around a bitch on heat - So someone should offer to "teach you a lesson" or two soon (Ignore him, he's the resident "village idiot")

In all seriousness greetings, have fun and fight well - ask, tell, run, slump & generally have a good time whilst you're here.

Who are you calling a bitch? That's not very nice.

mTk said:
You will need to get any CM game you have upgraded to current v4.0 before we can slap you around.

I was afraid of that. I heard there's a lot of spotting and LOS issues with 4.0 and I don't particularly want to break my game. Are these issues overblown?

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone. Looking forward to having a game against a real human.

Badger73 · Mar 18, 2019

Humbug said:
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I was afraid of that. I heard there's a lot of spotting and LOS issues with 4.0 and I don't particularly want to break my game. Are these issues overblown?
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Somewhat, except for pixeltruppen immediately breaking cover under indirect artillery fire. However, you can use that to your advantage against the enemy too.
If your system has sufficient storage capacity, I suggest that you copy your CMx2 games to an alternate/backup directory which you leave at v3. A shortcut to that .exe file will let you continue playing that version. Then update your primary game directories to v4. This way you can play either version as needed and join FGM's H2H mayhem. :shootero: