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Section Leaders: November 2000 Archive 12:40 EST About one hour today the wargaming world was again laid witness to a revolution. At that hour THE PUBLIC BETA v1.1 with NETWORK SUPPORT WAS RELEASED You can check out the full docs HERE (very highly recommended you read them!) or hell, just grab the: Download Windows Version of the Patch HERE Download Mac Version of the Patch HERE
Thanks to Perry Rowe for the very nice POTD which display a little potent use of Airpower. Have a looksee right HERE Mods, updated AAR turns and more will be forthcoming later in the week! -Madmatt 08:15 EST While screwing around the internet I found a really cool little java script that basically allows you to stretch and bend any picture in real-time, online with your mouse. Have a look for yourself HERE and go and get warped! Very Cool! This very well be a new feature here at CMHQ! 06:15 EST Ugghhhh....FOOD COMA! I felt today's POTD particularly fitting given how most of North America must feel right now. Thanks to Mr. BrainFreeze for the apt submission. Check it out right HERE. Couldn't generate the necessary brainpower to put together any mods today but I have posted the next few reports in the current Close Terrain After Action Report and it's now current up to Turn 3. Will Fionn's untarnished online reputation and win streak finally come to an end? It is VERY possible! Have a look right through HERE. -Madmatt 02:10 EST Happy Thanksgiving to all my United States brethren. The day where we look back and celebrate hundreds of years of screwing over the original indigenous inhabitants of this great country by eating turkey and stuffing. Ahh, ain't it grand?!? Okay, as many of you should know by know we are putting the final touches on the new TCP/IP patch for Combat Mission and expect to release a beta version to the public early next week. The list of other additions, tweaks and plain old bug fixes is VERY IMPRESSIVE. I can't post the final list as Charles is still working on it but hopefully I will be given the green light this weekend to post it. Lets just say it plays real nice and some nagging issues have been addresses. People will probably be so blown away by the network code that they overlook all the changes. You guys are gonna love this. Okay, so its VERY late, or early and you are wondering what new is in store for you tonight. Well first off I would like to call your attention to the POTD. It's a little sneak preview of version II of the Full Foliage Mod Pack from DD, with some aid from me of course. This pack includes all new trees, treebases, and winter terrain. It's vitamin enriched and packed full of all the things that make you go "Yummy!". So when will it be ready? Probably by this weekend but for now you can have a little taste of it right HERE. Our first two mods were already posted elsewhere on the net but they were both of such high quality that I wanted to make sure everyone got a chance to see them. The first is an update from Gordon Molek to his Churchill mod. He has now added a camo option and tweaked and cleaned up many aspects of the original. You can find this mod in the Allied Tank Section located here. The second mod is rather ummm, well...Err.... Kinda...you see it's... Its a bunch of hamsters! That's right. The Cesspools™ own Kitty, known far and wide for her Hamstertruppen pictures, has taken the time to mod up all the unit info portraits and turned them into cute little rodents. Even if you don't want to install this mod you HAVE to take a look. They are so damn CUTE! See for yourself in the Interface Mod Section. Our third and final mod is a very nice new Tiger Pz VIE with a much darker palette of camo colors. It is based on some of the earlier mods but is different enough to warrant a download. The nice thing is although it's NOT a Hi-Res texture, it looks like one. Take a look, you will find it in the Axis Tanks Mod area located HERE.
OTHER NEWS: I am currently evaluating the new PC Mod Manager and will post more news on that when I finish. The next installment of the Close Terrain After Action Report should be ready soon. More mods, including all new grass and Interface panels. -Madmatt Tonight's POTD is rather self explanatory, A bunch of Poles about to go and kick the crap outa some idiot Australian guy. Long story... Share the pride right HERE. The update tonight is just overflowing with mods and if you own a Mac I can think of no better way to manage them than with Aikidorats new Version 1.5 Mac Combat Mission Mod Manager. This just released version now packs sound conversion support as well as some new enhancements and bug fixes from the earlier versions. A definite most for all you Mac types and you can find it all shiney and new, right through HERE. Before we dive into all the new Mods how about we stretch out our minds a little? What better way to do that then to read a brand spanking new After Action Report!?! Well we got a whopper and if things continue as they have in the early turns, Fionn might finally get his butt kicked in! Of course, I already did that in a PBEM, but this time its life for everyone to see. I have the setups for both sides and opening turn reports as well as movies now ready for this awesome Close Terrain Defense After Action Report available HERE. And to just make you suffer a little bit longer before I give you the mods, here is a little something to think about next time you haul out that Topo map courtesy of Max Molinaro. Twin Peaks perhaps? See for yourself right HERE. Okay, the wait is over... BRING OUT THE MODS! Our first contestant looks just spectacular decked out in a floral print from Louis ummm, hehehe err sorry...Got a little carried away there. AHEM, anyway. Our first mod is called FULL FOLIAGE and what it does is double and triple up the amount of trees in many of the textures. It also adds tufts of underbrush and foliage to several as well. Combined you get much fuller looking tree areas. This pack also includes textures for all three seasons in the game as well as new treebases colored in a way to help distinguish Scattered Trees from Woods. A very impressive pack and goes well with most of the major crash textures out there. Have a looksee right HERE. Our next mod is another Add-on to Deanco's earlier Total Conversion Interface Mod. This mod add's many new icons and graphics to the unit info screens. It's now available in the Interface Mod Section located HERE. The following mods are all vehicles and I am just gonna list them out for you and give the links to get right to them. Zimmerit coated Tiger By Tiger, features late war camo scheme Winter Tiger also by Tiger, His first Winter vehicle texture Hetzer First vehicle mod that I am aware of to be done on a Mac. Very nice! Tank Destroyer Pack You get 3 for one in this killed pack from Tiger. Drive around in beautiful new paint jobs for the M10, M18 Hellcat and M36 Jackson! That's it. Go forth and be merry! -Madmatt 22:05 EST And on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, the guns fell silent... Good evening all. Today, as you should be aware, is a day of remembrance and respect to all of those who have worn the uniforms of their nation and did their duty. This respect should be given regardless of creed, nationality or background. Their nations beckoned and they answered the call and like in all the wars before and all the wars that have yet to be, they fought and died. Give them a moment of respectful appreciation, they deserve it.
Okay, as I thought it would be fitting given the day, I have just added a new inductee into the Heroes Corner. Be sure and read of the extraordinary exploits of Cpl. Townshend during the Battle of the Bulge right in HERE. From the palette of Tiger comes another new Mod. This one is a slightly weathered and worn Wirblewind in a dark camo pattern. It is up the normal level that we have come to expect from him. Check it out in the German Support Vehicle Mod Area. Tonight's POTD is fitting I think given the day and is titled simply enough: GUTS. Be sure to have a look at the Spotting Reports section as there is a new Dedicated Combat Mission newsgroup on Usenet! Click the link for details. -Madmatt Election Day! In many area of the United States the polls are still open so if you haven't gotten out and casted your vote for whatever loser you like then I think you are a very small person and deserved to be flogged repeatedly with a wet gerbil. Besides, we all know that our votes don't mean squat but many of the election booth areas have really good cookies! And, you also get the keen "I Voted Today" lapel sticker which chicks think are VERY sexy. I'm wearing mine, ladies! Okay, since election day politics makes my head explode I figured it was a good day to roll out Tigers newest damaged building mod. Many people have said that the default building graphics in CM were a little too pristine but this mod certainly takes care of that. Another great offering and it's available in the Terrain and Building Mod Area. Tonight's POTD is another viewer submission and comes from the lens of Perry Rowe. Zoom up close to this one (although not by much) right HERE. People seemed to have really enjoyed Fernando Julio Carrera Buil's newest Panthers and Panther Add-ons with new insignias and turret numbers and Fernando fired another volley of additional graphics for use with his new Panther Addon II. Grab this excellent new mod in the German Tank Mod Section right HERE. -Madmatt 21:15 EST Greetings all! Another month has flown by now we stand at the precipice once more together. All of you who make the rounds on the CM Forum will have seen the latest TCP/IP update from Steve Grammont and let me just say that in a word. WOW. I have been lucky enough to get my hands on it for some serious testing and all I can say is that if you didn't think it was going to be all that cool then you need to seriously THINK AGAIN. Playing with another person at the same time adds a new dimension to the game that quite frankly, I didn't know existed. All I can say is that the amount of immersion and anxiety are both upped a great deal with network play. I can't comment on an ETA but the code is working and undergoing testing even now so that should give you an idea. Again, let me say for the record, if you didn't think it was going to be cool, then I urge you to please try a network game once the patch is out and see for yourself! I haven't lead you wrong let! Okay, now lets put that on the back burner and look at what we have for you this weekend. We begin with another POTD submission from Scott Osborne. Pretty spooky and rather fitting considering the recent holiday. Get a certified treat right in HERE. Speaking of tricks and treats I have a pair of both from the Comic of Combat, our own (since no one else wants him) Max Molinaro. Head over into the Max Molinaro Gallery Pavilion and Bait Shop for a couple of his new artistic...ummm....err...works. While on the topic of pics and POTD's, now would be a good time to let you know that the POTD Archive has now been updated and is current up through October and right into tonight. See all those past cool pictures from your favorite game right in HERE. And it wouldn't be an update with out a few mods now would it? So for the mod masses out there I give to you a new Panzer Mark IV done up in a Hasty Camo pattern as used by the Hitlerjugend and a new Sexton Self Propelled Gun based on the 147th Essex Yeomanry. Another update is possible this weekend and should have a new Heroes Corner Inductee, some great new comic POTDs and maybe even a new Fionn Kelly AAR! Stay tuned! -Madmatt
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