BF2S Forums [COH:OF] Who Plays It?

It's fun fun fun. I suck pretty bad though, especially as British.

I have both CoH's. Love it.

Darkhelmet wrote:

I have the original, haven't played it in a while, I'm going to reinstall it soon though. You can play OF online with the patch without owning the game but I'm probably going to buy the full game eventually.

EDIT: After looking at the system requirements for it, you need a 3GHz cpu and mine is 2.6 oh well, at least you can play it online with friends. I'm guessing the multiplayer is more fun than the single player too?

Hurh?  Your CPU should be just fine.

System Requirements straight off the relic website (I assume these are the minimum requirements):

• Windows® XP or Vista
• 2.0 Ghz Intel Pentium IV or equivalent or AMD Athlon XP or equivalent
• Windows XP – 512 MB RAM with dedicated memory video cards (1GB RAM required for shared memory video cards)
• Windows Vista – 1GB RAM
• 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible 64MB video card with Pixel Shader 1.1 support or equivalent and latest manufacturer drivers (see supported chipsets below)
• DirectX® 9.0c compatible 16-bit sound card
• DVD-ROM drive
• Keyboard, Mouse
• 10 GB of uncompressed free hard drive space (We recommend having 1 gigabyte of of free space after installation)

Edit:  And yes, the multiplayer is much more entertaining.

Last edited by CloakedStarship (2008-02-24 15:16:17)

Darkhelmet wrote:

Huh, I just looked it up on google and clicked the first link.

Hell im running it with a AMD athlon 64 3200+ 2.2Ghz and it told me "Great" during install, runs fine.

Im in the same boat more or less, only one guy I know plays it.  OF is a bit of a let down, as most tree really are more support, not alot of emphasis on combat units(like the orginal) and since no one online can ever hold their own, it frustates me.  I did learn last night the the OF germans anti tank grenades tear buildings to pieces easy.

Flaming_Maniac wrote:

Darkhelmet wrote:

I have the original, haven't played it in a while, I'm going to reinstall it soon though. You can play OF online with the patch without owning the game but I'm probably going to buy the full game eventually.

EDIT: After looking at the system requirements for it, you need a 3GHz cpu and mine is 2.6 oh well, at least you can play it online with friends. I'm guessing the multiplayer is more fun than the single player too?

You don't actually need 3GHz. I've got 2.67 on a e6750 and I run it very well.

The 3Ghz pertains tot single cored CPUs with multiple cores multiple the clock speed by the core for your GHz range when looking at system requirments.

CloakedStarship wrote:

r2zoo wrote:

Darkhelmet wrote:

Huh, I just looked it up on google and clicked the first link.

Hell im running it with a AMD athlon 64 3200+ 2.2Ghz and it told me "Great" during install, runs fine.

Im in the same boat more or less, only one guy I know plays it.  OF is a bit of a let down, as most tree really are more support, not alot of emphasis on combat units(like the orginal) and since no one online can ever hold their own, it frustates me.  I did learn last night the the OF germans anti tank grenades tear buildings to pieces easy.

I think OF is an excellent edition to the original.  I couldn't be more happy with the British.  They have excellent artillery although I'm not a fan of it, and they make tanks accessible without the use of oil, and even if, the sherman fireflies can kick the shit out of german tanks easily.  The best of all are the commandos.  The 6 man commando squad can wipe out any other normal unit with ease, and the commando HQ can produce PIAT commandos which not only excel against infantry, but kick the shit out of tanks too.  I had about 6 of those things and took down a Jagpanther(sp?) in less than a minute.  Add a lieutenant to the commandos and the only thing that can stop you is the forced retreat.  And not to mention you can reinforce from the gliders.

Panzer elite gets a giant MEH from me.  Some people really know how to work them, just not me.  But hey, the Brits were a great addition to the game.

Depends on who you play.  Their tanks are far too weak for my tastes, I will admit to the Firefly being a strong contender versus panthers and even a king tiger if used right.  Their commandos are easily over powered by some MGs and scout vehicles, but ive seen them wreck havok inside enemy bases.  The arty takes FAR to long to get up, and then for mostmaps,  it can easily hit the other side of the map.  Panzer Elites are crud, no matter which way you look at it.  LAst night I was  playing them, i ended up winning spamming the Panther battlegroup(had 6 panthers )  all their other units are terrible.  Infantry don't excell at anything really.

Brits arty is overpowered in my opinion, especially with its massive range.  But other then that their ok, I still prefer the regualr americans though, better infantrygroups, and more diversity in units.

Last edited by r2zoo (2008-02-24 17:49:15)

RandomSchl wrote:

Flaming_Maniac wrote:

Liberal-Sl@yer wrote:

The 3Ghz pertains tot single cored CPUs with multiple cores multiple the clock speed by the core for your GHz range when looking at system requirments.

CoH doesn't support multiple cores.

doesn't support multiple cores??? but was one of the first to support DX10??

AFAIK it doesn't. It has to be programmed from the beginning with multiple cores in mind.

r2zoo wrote:

CloakedStarship wrote:

r2zoo wrote:

Hell im running it with a AMD athlon 64 3200+ 2.2Ghz and it told me "Great" during install, runs fine.

Im in the same boat more or less, only one guy I know plays it.  OF is a bit of a let down, as most tree really are more support, not alot of emphasis on combat units(like the orginal) and since no one online can ever hold their own, it frustates me.  I did learn last night the the OF germans anti tank grenades tear buildings to pieces easy.

I think OF is an excellent edition to the original.  I couldn't be more happy with the British.  They have excellent artillery although I'm not a fan of it, and they make tanks accessible without the use of oil, and even if, the sherman fireflies can kick the shit out of german tanks easily.  The best of all are the commandos.  The 6 man commando squad can wipe out any other normal unit with ease, and the commando HQ can produce PIAT commandos which not only excel against infantry, but kick the shit out of tanks too.  I had about 6 of those things and took down a Jagpanther(sp?) in less than a minute.  Add a lieutenant to the commandos and the only thing that can stop you is the forced retreat.  And not to mention you can reinforce from the gliders.

Panzer elite gets a giant MEH from me.  Some people really know how to work them, just not me.  But hey, the Brits were a great addition to the game.

Depends on who you play.  Their tanks are far too weak for my tastes, I will admit to the Firefly being a strong contender versus panthers and even a king tiger if used right.  Their commandos are easily over powered by some MGs and scout vehicles, but ive seen them wreck havok inside enemy bases.  The arty takes FAR to long to get up, and then for mostmaps,  it can easily hit the other side of the map.  Panzer Elites are crud, no matter which way you look at it.  LAst night I was  playing them, i ended up winning spamming the Panther battlegroup(had 6 panthers )  all their other units are terrible.  Infantry don't excell at anything really.

Brits arty is overpowered in my opinion, especially with its massive range.  But other then that their ok, I still prefer the regualr americans though, better infantrygroups, and more diversity in units.

The Brit tanks can easily be undone if used incorrectly.  Unless you have a command tank,  both the cromwell and firefly just won't work well, and in either case, it is always good to have infantry supporting them.  And if you are going to go solid armor, you WILL need hull down, it adds a HUGE defensive bonus which the tanks desperately need.

MG teams are the least of the commando's worries.  Just pop some smoke and then close in on the mg, throw a grenade, they're dead.  Scout vehicles are laugahble and are easily destroyed by any infantry.  And if you pick up a panzershreck(sp?) then you can just kiss the enemy armor goodbye.  I have been playing with the commando's a lot as of late, and the only real issue I've had with them is getting blown away by artillery from those goddamn walking stukas.  In either case all You have to do is put your captain in a forward position right next to a glider and you can reinforce and get them back to the battlefield quick and easy.

Panzer elite are not to be trifled with.  I have been beaten by them plenty a time.  If you let them amass infantry, you will just get mowed down.  No joke.  There are effective strategies that can be used by the PE that are to be feared.

Both the Brits and the PE require different strategies than the original armies.  They are quite different, but in their own way, are also quite effective too.

I play COH:OF alot so plz add me guys

I play it on and off, campaign & multiplayer, but I'd honestly rather play it on a better computer. Besides which, Dawn of War, for all it has older graphics, has far more variety.

Flaming_Maniac wrote:

Liberal-Sl@yer wrote:

Flaming_Maniac wrote:

You don't actually need 3GHz. I've got 2.67 on a e6750 and I run it very well.

The 3Ghz pertains tot single cored CPUs with multiple cores multiple the clock speed by the core for your GHz range when looking at system requirments.

CoH doesn't support multiple cores.

Planet COH wrote:

Yes, thanks to Relic’s experience with The Outfit for the Xbox 360, Company of Heroes will be able utilize high end hardware such as 64-bit and dual core processors.

Source: http://planetcoh.gamespy.com/faq/index. … ry=1#1_5_8

Flaming_Maniac wrote:

The_Mac wrote:

Flaming_Maniac wrote:

CoH doesn't support multiple cores.

Uh yeah it does. It auto-detects my settings and reminds me I need my AMD dual core patch to be able to take advantage of my dual core system.

http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/video/dualcore.html

Doesn't support two cores.

Thats benchmarks not system requirments