<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>Rat Race, try this:<br/>
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right click the CotA icon on your desktop, click 'properties' and paste this command to the "start in" line:<br/>
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"C:\Matrix Games\Conquest of the Aegean\COTA.exe" /resolution 800x600<br/>
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(make sure you include quotation ...

<t> I recently got a new laptop and I've noticed a couple of problems trying to play COTA:<br/>
- when I choose "Match current screen resolution" in the start up menu nothing happens.<br/>
- if I choose the only option available (1024x768) the map looks strechted and the unit icons like fat cows ...

<t> like or not rts is the future of wargame and combat simulation. TB games are an anachronism from pre-pc times when the only way to simulate the flow of combat was turns and hexes. You have to concede that hexes and turns have no place in a real (or pseudo-real) time as represented a computer ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>Depots prevent units from suffering attrition due to insufficient forage, as you mentioned. They also provide support during combat. In quick combat being in-supply is an abstract bonus on combat performance. In detailed combat, being in-supply provides the player with many ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>To me, counters are ok for WW2 games, but Napoleonic battles ask for figures in nice uniforms <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
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Either way. As long as the information is cristal clear and easy to understand at a glance it doesn't really matter. The problem in general with 3D ...

it's a pbm game which, as I said, has strinkingly similarities with your concept. I guess it must be a popular idea...
there's some info here
http://www.austerlitz.biz/

btw i also like the current artwork for tactical battles

i'd like to hear from the designers whether there's any link with that game, it's seems to me a computer adaption in many aspects. A fantastic game by the way, got me two years playing. I've been waiting for a pc conersion since then

god what a mess
thanks for the link

What exactly is going on in Falluja? Does anyone know where to get objective information about the fight there?
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