<t> I'm just wondering about the 128M Graphic Card in the System Requirements. Is it an absolute must or was it just a guesstimate when writing them up? Is anyone successfully playing this on an older 64M card. <br/>
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Just thought I'd ask because I recently purchased Strategic Command and ...

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I suppose you could but I just looked at an xml and it is so much easier to use the editor.<br/>
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I guess the scenario editor that we use is the "programatically" "generated" thing that you are talking about.<br/>

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<t> Similar question. Would it be possible to create a scenario programatically?&nbsp;If I understand correctly, you guys are using XML files for a lot of things, so conceivably it would be possible to have those files generated? <br/>
I have no idea if I would have the energy to ever try to do ...

<t> Hi Vic, <br/>
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Nice read. <br/>
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A little off on the chess part though. Cheap computer chess programs can now clobber 99.9% of the playing population without much trouble and the best has even beaten the World champion in a long match. In chess AI, the feeling is pretty much ...

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Is anyone trying to run this on a PC with less than the recommended 1.5G memory? <br/>
Just wondering if it's possible at all and if more than the turn resolution speed will be affected. <br/>
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I definitely want to get this game, but am trying to figure out if I need to bump up ...

<t> I wouldn't want to move the PzIII's up too much more before the infantry get further up. I'd rather scout with the infantry. <br/>
Infantry rest...Is the reserve platoon tired? Can we push 3rd ahead of 1 on the right while 1 and 2 rest? I'd hate to not make any progress on getting through the ...

<t> One or two of the PZ IIIs fire smoke on the suspected T-34 position. The rest keep dealing with the T-70s. <br/>
Lean the infantry moves away from the edge of the woods trying to stay out of LOS of the T-34, but keep going forward to the town. <br/>
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Anyone else feel like sending one ...

<t> Start shooting. Hold position with the two panzers.<br/>
Rush the other Pz III's up to the same line and even up the odds. Let's gamble there aren't any ATGs hiding that held fire. <br/>
3rd platoon INF a little tighter against 2nd Platoon. Inf keep pushing forward. <br/>
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Really fun ...

Dismount. Infantry clear the woods...or see how far they can get. More weight on the right side of the road than the left...maybe 70/30. Try to find out how much of the road is safe.
AFVs set up on the tree line facing the open field and wait.&nbsp;

<t> The two reasons I stopped playing CMBB cold about 3 years ago: <br/>
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1) I had a wonderful scenario in a campaign game (those things that people put together using Excel files and rules to generate quick battles and carry units forward) absolutely ruined because my air support which I ...

<t> But it could be done in a random, unpredictable and fairly subtle manner just by varying the amount of AI shift in each game. Would you really blatantly notice it if one or two units were shifted from empty parts of the map to where your attack edge was? More likely, it would just feel like the ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Gary Childress<br/>
Sometimes suicide banzai rushes work. See my AAR in the AAR forum. Basically it is the ONLY way to take some of the bridges in the game intact BEFORE they are blown. Part of the problem seems to be that the AI doesn't put all its weight into ...

<t> I don't think even chess programs claim to find the perfect moves.&nbsp;But with the system that most of them use, they do have a great ability to filter out all of the patently bad moves. In most chess positions, most of the moves you =can= make are bad or don't do anything for you. <br/>
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<t> The chess analogy as you presented it is not entirely correct here. <br/>
It didn't simply access it's memory. It's able to evaluate the value of each position due to a scoring algorithm programmed by experts. There is no "perfect move". There are moves with higher scores than others. <br ...

Thanks for all the answers Andrew. Appreciate it.&nbsp;

<r> I just finished my first Grand Camapaign in Longest Day. Took about 3 weeks or so and was great fun. Best wargaming I've had in many, many years. <br/>
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I'm just wondering about the end screen. Through the entire game I've been getting told that I'm doing better than my historic ...

Excellent, that must be it.
I'm still on the 5.07 official patch.

<t> You know, I think they can get way better perceived AI quality just by improving the deployment algorithm a little bit. I've been taking a look at the default deployments The Longest Day has been giving me and I realized the AI is stuck working with setups like that. I probably wouldn't be able ...

<t> I'm just wondering if this is a bug. I suspect not, but it still smells a little suspicious. <br/>
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I've been playing a Grand Campaign as the Allies and for a while now I've been suspecting that my units are never getting foxholes/trenches even when the Germans are attacking onto one of ...

<t> One thing I don't like about night in CC. The large number of active tanks in some battles. I'm&nbsp;not a total grog but I'm pretty sure the Western Allies never, ever fought with tanks at night and I'm pretty sure the Germans didn't do it very often either (yeah, yeah the attack on the Arnhem ...