After reading Red Storm on the Reich, I get a hankering to kill some rooskies. Install CM:BB on my now slightly aging super elite machine, then watch as the graphics shimmy and flash in the background.
Check the forums, no good fix for Vista/Newer Gayforce cards.
FUCK. I want to shoot up T-34's with Tigers. :(
I R sad and emo. I will cut myself with my Luftwaffe dagger.
You could try:
Panzer Command: Kharkov (http://www.matrixgames.com/products/355/details/Panzer.Command:.Kharkov)
Panzer Command: Winter Storm (http://www.matrixgames.com/products/327/details/Panzer.Command:..Operation.Winter.Storm)
(both Matrix, supposedly similar to Combat Mission, but suckier)
Or Battlefront's Theater of War (http://wwww.battlefront.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=20&Itemid=48). Sucky at release, supposedly better after patching.
You could also pick up Men of War from Gamersgate while it's on sale.
The matrix games are crap, and Theater of War was thoroughly unimpressive in demo form.
I'll look into Men of War.
Install XP?
Quote from: Ed Anger on June 15, 2009, 10:58:23 AM
I'll look into Men of War.
Horrid voice acting galore and Hollywood action await you. The Blitzkrieg games are also probably cheap by now (and dated).
GOG.com has panzer elite.
Ask your bride. Kids know computers.
Quote from: Syt on June 15, 2009, 11:08:55 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on June 15, 2009, 10:58:23 AM
I'll look into Men of War.
Horrid voice acting galore and Hollywood action await you. The Blitzkrieg games are also probably cheap by now (and dated).
I'll pass after hearing that.
Or you bite the bullet and try:
http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-OWWII/officers-world-war-ii
QuoteOfficers faces World War II real-time strategy gamers with warfare on a previously unseen scale. Formidable battles are possible, with more than 1,500 units fighting simultaneously across up to 10 square miles of battlefield.
You command the US combat units; your aim is to smash the Germans' western front. In multiplayer mode, you can also command Russian or German troops. Historical battles such as Operations Overlord, Millennium and Cobra will put your tactical abilities to the test, as you have skillfully to combine infantry, tank, artillery and air troops.
Speed and power will only lead to victory if you extend your troops' supply lines and capture enemy emplacements and depots. Strategically beneficial high-ground and the varied landscape can be used to your advantage. Thanks to an advanced map editor, you can recreate other historical battles or design your own.
•Historically correct battles, beginning with the Normandy landings
•Infantry can barricade and entrench in houses, trenches etc.
•Up to 1,500 units simultaneously in one sector
•Multiplayer mode for up to 8 players involving Allied, German and Russian troops
•More than 70 different unit types (Infantry, light vehicles, tanks, artillery, air troops, navy)
•Map Editor to design scenarios and missions in either single or multiplayer mode
•Elaborate winter and summer scenarios
•Surroundings completely destructible
•Sophisticated resource management
•Taking of enemy emplacements with house-to-house combat in an urban environment
•Realistic change between day and night
•Combined artillery, infantry and air-force operations
QuoteOnly available in West Europe.
:lol:
Quote from: Ed Anger on June 15, 2009, 02:59:18 PM
QuoteOnly available in West Europe.
:lol:
No shit. Too funny.
I refuse to purchase wargames that don't possess the Nazi swastika. We weren't fighting the fucking Kaiser, you know. Atrocious.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on June 15, 2009, 04:47:02 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on June 15, 2009, 02:59:18 PM
QuoteOnly available in West Europe.
:lol:
No shit. Too funny.
I refuse to purchase wargames that don't possess the Nazi swastika. We weren't fighting the fucking Kaiser, you know. Atrocious.
Battlefront renamed all the SS to "Waffen Grenadiers". On their old message boards, there was some quite hilarious threads over it.
Quote from: Ed Anger on June 15, 2009, 02:59:18 PM
QuoteOnly available in West Europe.
:lol:
See how I feel when trying to buy a bargain bin fps on D2D. :P
Quote from: Syt on June 16, 2009, 12:29:12 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on June 15, 2009, 02:59:18 PM
QuoteOnly available in West Europe.
:lol:
See how I feel when trying to buy a bargain bin fps on D2D. :P
No, because I wasn't going to buy it. :P
ALLAHU ACKBAR!
The first game works. No russians to kill, but slimy brits. Loaded up Villers-Bocage, and ran amuck with Wittman's Tiger shooting up Josqs and they ran to and fro to avoid an 88mm suppository.
Fun.
Quote from: Ed Anger on June 17, 2009, 06:17:42 PM
ALLAHU ACKBAR!
The first game works. No russians to kill, but slimy brits. Loaded up Villers-Bocage, and ran amuck with Wittman's Tiger shooting up Josqs and they ran to and fro to avoid an 88mm suppository.
Fun.
:yeah:
Yo, Mr. Ed.
Installed CMBB and it works with Vista64 and nVidia GTX285.
Only downside: now widescreen support, and the nVidia drivers don't allow me override the monitor scaling (so that I have an undistorted image with black bars left and right), so I have a squished 1600x1200 display. And I had to manually set AA, filtering etc., in the nVidia panels, of course.
I fiddled with the AA settings, as much as my patience allowed. I just don't have the testicular fortitude anymore to tweak shit. It drives me up the wall.
:nelson:
Quote from: Ed Anger on June 19, 2009, 02:49:10 PM
I fiddled with the AA settings, as much as my patience allowed. I just don't have the testicular fortitude anymore to tweak shit. It drives me up the wall.
Huhm. Took me a minute to do the settings in the nVidia thingamajick (AA 8x - not8Q, that drags it down a lot- then crank up all the filter options. You are aware you can set it per application and then forget about it afterwards?
Quote from: Syt on June 19, 2009, 02:59:34 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on June 19, 2009, 02:49:10 PM
I fiddled with the AA settings, as much as my patience allowed. I just don't have the testicular fortitude anymore to tweak shit. It drives me up the wall.
Huhm. Took me a minute to do the settings in the nVidia thingamajick (AA 8x - not8Q, that drags it down a lot- then crank up all the filter options. You are aware you can set it per application and then forget about it afterwards?
Yeah. I'm a very lazy man nowadays, and fiddling with computer settings bores me to tears.
Back when 3DFX was all shiny and new, I'd play with settings. Nowadays, I just get annoyed.
QuoteWell, you know what they say. Good games don't die! Battlefront.com is proud to announce the immediate availability of a new v1.04 Vista upgrade for Combat Mission Barbarossa to Berlin. This upgrade officially adds support for Windows Vista. Special thanks to Philip Culliton for diving into our ancient code to figure out and fix the various issues introduced with Vista!
The Vista upgrade is not a free patch! It can be purchased for $5 as download only from the Battlefront.com store!
Players are recommended to try out the new upgrade first before purchasing! A free updated v1.04 demo is available as well from the Combat Mission Barbarossa to Berlin Demo page!
Fuck Battlefront.
They have got some gall.
Steel Panthers: World at War?
Granted, it's a bit dated.
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 24, 2009, 11:44:40 AM
QuoteWell, you know what they say. Good games don't die! Battlefront.com is proud to announce the immediate availability of a new v1.04 Vista upgrade for Combat Mission Barbarossa to Berlin. This upgrade officially adds support for Windows Vista. Special thanks to Philip Culliton for diving into our ancient code to figure out and fix the various issues introduced with Vista!
The Vista upgrade is not a free patch! It can be purchased for $5 as download only from the Battlefront.com store!
Players are recommended to try out the new upgrade first before purchasing! A free updated v1.04 demo is available as well from the Combat Mission Barbarossa to Berlin Demo page!
Fuck Battlefront.
Quote from: Scipio They have got some gall.
This issue is interesting to me. A for-profit company, most likely a corporation with financial obligations to shareholders, developed and is selling an upgrade to make their games compatible with Operating Systems that didn't exist when the games were first released, and some fans are pissed. :huh:
1. Would you have been less upset if the word "patch" had never entered the conversation? If Battlefront made an
Official Vista/Windows 7 Compatibility Upgrade TM would you be less bothered by the idea of paying $5 for it?
2. Assuming there is no possibility of a free upgrade, for whatever reason, what would you rather see Battlefront do? Let the games fade into oblivion as OSs evolve, or take the time anfd cost of making their games compatible with new OSs, but for a cost?
Quote from: sbr on July 26, 2009, 08:44:03 PM
This issue is interesting to me. A for-profit company, most likely a corporation with financial obligations to shareholders, developed and is selling an upgrade to make their games compatible with Operating Systems that didn't exist when the games were first released, and some fans are pissed. :huh:
1. Would you have been less upset if the word "patch" had never entered the conversation? If Battlefront made an Official Vista/Windows 7 Compatibility Upgrade TM would you be less bothered by the idea of paying $5 for it?
2. Assuming there is no possibility of a free upgrade, for whatever reason, what would you rather see Battlefront do? Let the games fade into oblivion as OSs evolve, or take the time anfd cost of making their games compatible with new OSs, but for a cost?
Years ago, when I really liked battlefront, I'd have no problem. But my attitude towards them has soured, although not to a matrix games level.
I'm just not going to pay for a patch from them. Especially one that tosses eLicense onto my system.
I don't fault them for charging for this "patch", but it is an admission on their part that their game is basically dead, since it means that they are pretty much giving up selling new copies of the game.