<t> The AI in TBF is improved with a Fog of War mod simply by making VLs invisible and neutral deploy tiles indistinguishable from enemy tiles. The AI still sees the difference and benefits markedly from the players ignorance, particularly on defense. The scenario files can be easily edited in ...

Long-time chief developer made extensive upgrades to game mechanics. The game engine has some issues with team/soldier identification. The prevailing consensus is that it's not as pretty as it's "stardew valley" predecessors.

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Steve McClaire addresses this question in the quasi-affirmative here.

Wouldn't setting the 'organic heavy artillery' flag for all formations in formations.txt have the same effect as assigning naval support to all maps?

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<r> For clarity, below is a better slice of the GOG screen where you'll find the settings. The version number displays upper left on the TBF splash screen both as you enter the game, and as you enter battle. GOG is still at v.1.1.8, lagging behind Steam in getting the latest patch, v.1.1.9. So you ...

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<t> Not sporting to lure the player to move for a 0 value VL. Potentially useful to have the AI move for a 999 VL with a 0 value IF the VL is invisible to the player. The VL flag graphics can be deleted from the gadget files but the .BTD requires VL names be a minimum of 1 character.<br/>
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Where can I buy this new release, CC: The Longest Journey?

ORIGINAL: Hawkes1001 - Hey! I'm looking to play a game of this at some point! I'm free Thursdays EST

Hit me up for some LSA or TLD H2H.

If you havent already, you'll want to adjust the camera limits in \Close Combat The Bloody First\Data\Mapview.txt to allow closer viewing, and at at a lower angle. That way you can get down in the weeds with the troops, tracers and explosions.

<r> Despite a lot of kvetching from the peanut gallery, here and on Steam, I agree CC has been taken to the next level. Beaucoup functional improvements and all peeps wanna bitch about is the (serviceable) grfx<br/>
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Battle scripting is most useful in setting deployment, 'auto-launching' a ...

<t> No need for all that. Simply use 5cc to paint the desired floor elev to flatten the map under a bldg. The tedium is in 'curving' elev contours around bldgs to smooth transitions between them. Otherwise you can wind up with abrupt elev transitions (eg. 17 to 34) right beside a bldg that's had its ...

<r> Yes, Montherme. Unfortunately that bldg is right in the path of the initial German advance to a French VL that is generally defended. This situation almost guarantees a 'thru the roof' firefight.<br/>
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Very tedious to edit map elevation in 5cc to avoid bldgs. Almost as much as a QC pass ...

<r> Here's an old issue affecting most mods and CC re-release titles due to the lack of a map coding style guide - <br/>
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A building on terrain with varying elevations will have gaps in its roof. Map code for a building floor assumes there is a roof 4 meters above. If an adjacent floor ...

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No, but the TBF data is much the same format as PitF/GtC. Biggest difference is that unit names etc are index strings (IDS_xyz) found in C:\...\Close Combat - The Bloody ...

re: 'We're doomed!' -
Sounds better if you record yourself voicing three choice expletives and replace \Close Combat The Bloody First\Data\Sounds\Nation0\English\sound_117.wav;sound_118.wav;sound_119.wav

<r> Force allocation for the Axis isnt random. In fact, you can cycle thru all the single battles to see what's available to each side, at each difficulty, on each map. AFAIK, undamaged vehicles shouldnt disappear from the unit roster between battle on the same map. However, there may be 'hidden ...

Not much more complicated than using Notepad if all you want to do is set a 10 or 5 min game timer. Find E0 93 04, type the 3 bytes for the new value and save.