Going Commando

Matrix Games Forums

Forums Register Login Photo Gallery Member List Search Calendars FAQ

My Profile Inbox Address Book My Subscription My Forums Log Out

Going Commando

View related threads: (in this forum | in all forums)

Logged in as: Guest

Users viewing this topic: none

Printable Version

All Forums >> [New Releases from Matrix Games] >> War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition >> Going Commando

Page: [1]

Message

<< Older Topic Newer Topic >>

Going Commando - 8/23/2015 12:57:33 AM

Blackhorse

Posts: 1983
Joined: 8/20/2000
From: Eastern US
Status: offline

The notes for the most recent patch say --
"New symbol 19 (Commando/raider) was added in build 1112. This acts like symbol 13 in games started before 1123.
In newer games, parachute symbol (13) units can drop from planes, and commando symbol (19) units can be moved by submarine. Both types can be moved by seaplane to an enemy base."

I made a quick scan of the US ground units via the editor for Scenario 1. I did not find any with a symbol 19 designation, not even the US Marine Raider Battalions. Have other players checked to see if there are US (or other allied) LCUs that are labeled commando, and that can in fact assault enemy bases from US sub transports (SSTs)?

_____________________________

WitP-AE -- US LCU & AI Stuff

Oddball: Why don't you knock it off with them negative waves? Why don't you dig how beautiful it is out here? Why don't you say something righteous and hopeful for a change?
Moriarty: Crap!

Post #: 1

RE: Going Commando - 8/23/2015 1:15:33 AM

Lokasenna

Posts: 9297
Joined: 3/3/2012
From: Iowan in MD/DC
Status: offline

I look at the type in-game.

Go to your ground units screen (either globally by pressing G or at a base). Look at the "Type". Paratroop-capable units are INFp. Regular infantry are INF.

You can drop troops via SST of any type, however Paratroops can do it in Combat mode. I'm not sure it makes a difference - so far as I can tell, the troops that you land via SST in Move mode don't seem to take a penalty for fighting in Move. So you can indeed drop USMC Raider Battalions via SST.

(in reply to Blackhorse)

Post #: 2

RE: Going Commando - 8/23/2015 2:37:07 AM

Schorsch

Posts: 81
Joined: 1/25/2010
From: Germany
Status: offline

why did i expect something entirely different after reading the title?

(in reply to Lokasenna)

Post #: 3

RE: Going Commando - 8/23/2015 2:48:24 AM

John 3rd

Posts: 17178
Joined: 9/8/2005
From: La Salle, Colorado
Status: offline

I was kind of excited...

_____________________________

Member: Treaty, Reluctant Admiral and Between the Storms Mod Team.

Reluctant Admiral Mod:
https://sites.google.com/site/reluctantadmiral/

(in reply to Schorsch)

Post #: 4

RE: Going Commando - 8/23/2015 10:58:03 AM

Blackhorse

Posts: 1983
Joined: 8/20/2000
From: Eastern US
Status: offline

quote:

ORIGINAL: John 3rd

I was kind of excited...

TMI!

_____________________________

(in reply to John 3rd)

Post #: 5

RE: Going Commando - 8/23/2015 11:03:01 AM

Blackhorse

Posts: 1983
Joined: 8/20/2000
From: Eastern US
Status: offline

quote:

ORIGINAL: Lokasenna

I look at the type in-game.

Go to your ground units screen (either globally by pressing G or at a base). Look at the "Type". Paratroop-capable units are INFp. Regular infantry are INF.

You can drop troops via SST of any type, however Paratroops can do it in Combat mode. I'm not sure it makes a difference - so far as I can tell, the troops that you land via SST in Move mode don't seem to take a penalty for fighting in Move. So you can indeed drop USMC Raider Battalions via SST.

Thanks, Lokasenna. That has also been my experience in previous games.

Has anyone seen new games working differently, as the patch note suggests?

_____________________________

(in reply to Lokasenna)

Post #: 6

RE: Going Commando - 8/23/2015 11:42:05 AM

JocMeister

Posts: 8262
Joined: 7/29/2009
From: Sweden
Status: offline

"Going commando" means something very, very different in Swedish!

(in reply to Blackhorse)

Post #: 7

RE: Going Commando - 8/23/2015 12:21:05 PM

wdolson

Posts: 10398
Joined: 6/28/2006
From: Near Portland, OR
Status: offline

Most of us are probably thinking the same thing (and I suspect the original poster knew it). It may be an urban legend, but the story is the term came from special forces in Viet Nam who would do away with a layer of clothing to avoid health problems from the jungle heat.

Bill

_____________________________

WitP AE - Test team lead, programmer

(in reply to JocMeister)

Post #: 8

RE: Going Commando - 8/23/2015 12:57:23 PM

Alpha77

Posts: 2116
Joined: 9/24/2010
Status: offline

quote:

ORIGINAL: JocMeister

"Going commando" means something very, very different in Swedish!

This is what it meant for us as teenagers, however Chuck Norris was kinda cooler
Chuck had much better quotes... ("HAMES! It�s time to die"... "what? Didnt work? But now it will" BOOOOM)

< Message edited by Alpha77 -- 8/23/2015 1:59:33 PM >

(in reply to JocMeister)

Post #: 9

RE: Going Commando - 8/23/2015 1:45:15 PM

JocMeister

Posts: 8262
Joined: 7/29/2009
From: Sweden
Status: offline

quote:

ORIGINAL: Alpha77

quote:

ORIGINAL: JocMeister

"Going commando" means something very, very different in Swedish!

This is what it meant for us as teenagers, however Chuck Norris was kinda cooler
Chuck had much better quotes... ("HAMES! It�s time to die"... "what? Didnt work? But now it will" BOOOOM)

I�ve completely forgotten about that movie.

Wasn�t there like an alternative ending to that one as well? A friend of mine managed get his relative who was living in London to send him a VHS of the uncensored version! We were the coolest kids in school for a couple of days!

(in reply to Alpha77)

Post #: 10

RE: Going Commando - 8/23/2015 2:27:25 PM

Alpha77

Posts: 2116
Joined: 9/24/2010
Status: offline

quote:

ORIGINAL: JocMeister

quote:

ORIGINAL: Alpha77

quote:

ORIGINAL: JocMeister

"Going commando" means something very, very different in Swedish!

This is what it meant for us as teenagers, however Chuck Norris was kinda cooler
Chuck had much better quotes... ("HAMES! It�s time to die"... "what? Didnt work? But now it will" BOOOOM)

I�ve completely forgotten about that movie. Wasn�t there like an alternative ending to that one as well? A friend of mine managed get his relative who was living in London to send him a VHS of the uncensored version! We were the coolest kids in school for a couple of days!

These were the days right ? If you got that cool VHS movies and the hottest new (C64) games. Today it#s all about apple stuff for the teens :P

I cannot remember teh Commando movie well, not an Arnie fan really. But Invasion USA or Delta Force from Chuckie are still today must see movies :)

Of course now I watch only more cultural and thoughtful movies ahem

Which is true to a decree I believe that eg. Blade Runner, The Thin Red Line or Pulp Fiction all have much to say about human nature or of were did we come from and where do we go....or even what has put evil in our world etc. Bit OT

(in reply to JocMeister)

Post #: 11

RE: Going Commando - 8/23/2015 4:20:07 PM

JocMeister

Posts: 8262
Joined: 7/29/2009
From: Sweden
Status: offline

quote:

ORIGINAL: Alpha77

quote:

ORIGINAL: JocMeister

quote:

ORIGINAL: Alpha77

quote:

ORIGINAL: JocMeister

"Going commando" means something very, very different in Swedish!

This is what it meant for us as teenagers, however Chuck Norris was kinda cooler
Chuck had much better quotes... ("HAMES! It�s time to die"... "what? Didnt work? But now it will" BOOOOM)

I�ve completely forgotten about that movie. Wasn�t there like an alternative ending to that one as well? A friend of mine managed get his relative who was living in London to send him a VHS of the uncensored version! We were the coolest kids in school for a couple of days!

These were the days right?

Indeed!

Havn�t seen Invasion USA. Must look it up! Nothing beats a good Norris movie!

(in reply to Alpha77)

Post #: 12

RE: Going Commando - 8/23/2015 8:55:21 PM

JeffroK

Posts: 6391
Joined: 1/26/2005
Status: offline

quote:

ORIGINAL: JocMeister

quote:

ORIGINAL: Alpha77

quote:

ORIGINAL: JocMeister

quote:

ORIGINAL: Alpha77

quote:

ORIGINAL: JocMeister

"Going commando" means something very, very different in Swedish!

This is what it meant for us as teenagers, however Chuck Norris was kinda cooler
Chuck had much better quotes... ("HAMES! It�s time to die"... "what? Didnt work? But now it will" BOOOOM)

I�ve completely forgotten about that movie. Wasn�t there like an alternative ending to that one as well? A friend of mine managed get his relative who was living in London to send him a VHS of the uncensored version! We were the coolest kids in school for a couple of days!

These were the days right?

Indeed!

Havn�t seen Invasion USA. Must look it up! Nothing beats a good Norris movie!

Problem is finding a "good Chuck Norris movie"

_____________________________

Interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum Europae vincendarum

(in reply to JocMeister)

Post #: 13

RE: Going Commando - 8/23/2015 9:23:16 PM

KenchiSulla

Posts: 2948
Joined: 10/22/2008
From: the Netherlands
Status: offline

Haha, Commando! Watched it in my teens.... Just re-watched the trailer. Why on earth would he try and put camo on?

_____________________________

AKA Cannonfodder

"It happened, therefore it can happen again: this is the core of what we have to say. It can happen, and it can happen everywhere.�
� Primo Levi, writer, holocaust survivor

(in reply to JeffroK)

Post #: 14

RE: Going Commando - 8/23/2015 10:36:06 PM

wdolson

Posts: 10398
Joined: 6/28/2006
From: Near Portland, OR
Status: offline

I can't recall ever seeing a Chuck Norris movie. Reading this thread on old movies like this reminds me of the day my wargaming buddy and I watched Red Dawn while we were playing a game of something. It was one of the least likely movies I could imagine when I was 16 and my opinion of it has dropped over time. The premise was simply impossible. And I've heard someone wants to do a remake. A remake of old Ed Wood movies would be better, with the same props!

Bill

_____________________________

WitP AE - Test team lead, programmer

(in reply to KenchiSulla)

Post #: 15

RE: Going Commando - 8/24/2015 12:51:34 AM

witpqs

Posts: 26087
Joined: 10/4/2004
From: Argleton
Status: offline

quote:

ORIGINAL: wdolson

I can't recall ever seeing a Chuck Norris movie. Reading this thread on old movies like this reminds me of the day my wargaming buddy and I watched Red Dawn while we were playing a game of something. It was one of the least likely movies I could imagine when I was 16 and my opinion of it has dropped over time. The premise was simply impossible. And I've heard someone wants to do a remake. A remake of old Ed Wood movies would be better, with the same props!

Bill

They did the remake - in 2012!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1234719/

They also did an Australian take on it in 2010.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1456941/

_____________________________

Intel Monkey: https://sites.google.com/view/staffmonkeys/home

(in reply to wdolson)

Post #: 16

RE: Going Commando - 8/24/2015 4:32:26 AM

wdolson

Posts: 10398
Joined: 6/28/2006
From: Near Portland, OR
Status: offline

One wonders why anyone would bother with a remake. I looked it up on Rotten Tomatoes, it had a 12% score. Amazing it was that high.

Bill

_____________________________

WitP AE - Test team lead, programmer

(in reply to witpqs)

Post #: 17

RE: Going Commando - 8/24/2015 4:59:00 AM

Justus2

Posts: 729
Joined: 11/12/2011
Status: offline

But the original Red Dawn did develop a bit of a cult following, and IIRC one of the Call of Duty games had a 'Red Dawn' scenario, so maybe they thought a new cast of young stars could capitalize on the renewed interest?

_____________________________

Playing/Learning Shadow Empire

(in reply to wdolson)

Post #: 18

RE: Going Commando - 8/24/2015 4:45:52 PM

geofflambert

Posts: 14863
Joined: 12/23/2010
From: St. Louis
Status: offline

My favorite cult film was "Eraserhead", but I couldn't find anyone else in the cult.

I couldn't stop laughing when watching it. Some people ask me how I acquired my brain damage.

(in reply to Justus2)

Post #: 19

RE: Going Commando - 8/28/2015 12:40:47 PM

Alpha77

Posts: 2116
Joined: 9/24/2010
Status: offline

quote:

ORIGINAL: JocMeister

Havn�t seen Invasion USA. Must look it up! Nothing beats a good Norris movie!

You NEED to see this... best of Chucky. We laughed our asses of 20 yrs or so ago. His comments are so funny and the other people in the movie do not stand back... already the beginning is kinda cult. Boat of refugees is sighted by US coast guard cutter... he boards. Poor refugees look up to the officer... what will he say. Do they need to go back to their hell country or can they go the paradise of the USA ??? Well the officer say, "the US welcomes you".. all the refugees cheer and laugh. Then the officer gives a nick, all hell breaks loose every MG on the cutter fires and slaughteres the poor people

After a while nothing does move... "chease fire". One guy keeps firing.. he enjoys it so much... a guy with sunglasses of course. "I said chease fire!!". Guy still fires, looks up and is sad he finally needs to stop firing lol. And the music fits perfectly. LOL. This is a movie for laughs and action. There are at least 10 cool Chucky one liners after that some guys gets hurt or die horribly lol

Youtube has the trailer and a Spanish or French FULL version

Trailer English
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vs3uBX6w2Pw

One scene in German:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubOjekZ-YJ0

< Message edited by Alpha77 -- 8/28/2015 2:14:15 PM >

(in reply to JocMeister)

Post #: 20

RE: Going Commando - 8/28/2015 12:45:09 PM

Alpha77

Posts: 2116
Joined: 9/24/2010
Status: offline

quote:

ORIGINAL: Justus2

But the original Red Dawn did develop a bit of a cult following, and IIRC one of the Call of Duty games had a 'Red Dawn' scenario, so maybe they thought a new cast of young stars could capitalize on the renewed interest?

Wasnt that with P. Swayze ? A very young one. Guess as youngsters you took it seriously with the Russian paras landing everywhere etc. However this is kind of unrelated but check out "Bestie Krieg".. English title ...beast of war...

Trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg-Sc4QyRNU

This is more action and thriller than war, but also kinda cool but quite unkown for some reason...

(in reply to Justus2)

Post #: 21

RE: Going Commando - 8/28/2015 6:14:25 PM

Hermit

Posts: 49
Joined: 12/22/2011
Status: offline

My favorite "commie invasion" movie is "The Russians are Coming." Great family flick if you like comedies, and certainly more likely than Red Dawn...

(in reply to Alpha77)

Post #: 22

RE: Going Commando - 8/28/2015 6:48:15 PM

Alpha77

Posts: 2116
Joined: 9/24/2010
Status: offline

quote:

ORIGINAL: Hermit

My favorite "commie invasion" movie is "The Russians are Coming." Great family flick if you like comedies, and certainly more likely than Red Dawn...

The worst invasion of the US is Vicky Pollard from Little Britain USA :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hw8sv5_Qpw (German)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TKboq2igNk