Trying to make the move from CMBO to CMAK

[Colonel Talvela]

Well I havent played CMBO for such a long time, I cant really remember the difference (the one time I did start another CMBO game after playing CMAK/CMBB, I ran all my "super-infantry" forward and got them blown to hell).

However, if I was going to suggest to somebody how to use inf in CMAK, I would say do this:
1)keep your inf in scattered trees or better cover (ie, hard cover - scattered tree, woods, pines, rough, buildings). If they get shot at in cover other than that they are going to go to the ground and start looking for cover.

2)For beginners in ak/bb, use vet inf. If you are getting frustrated, use the vets until you have a better understanding of what inf can/cannot handle.

3)For beginners in ak/bb, use the advance command rather than run. personally, for the most part I use 'run' to cross open ground, but I usually do it in situations where they wont get shot as well. So until you have a feeling for using inf, I would use advance command (they will stand up a little better) or assault if it is in close proximity to the enemy and they have less than 30m of open ground to cover.

4)When looking to move from "hard cover" to "hard cover" try to move across soft cover (ie - rocky, brush)

5)keep your inf in scattered trees or better cover.

6)When you do have to advance out of cover, do it with one unit first - rather than an entire group. If a lead unit can make it, then that unit will usually draw the fire from that point and other units can follow. If that unit doesnt make it, you need to either look for another route (sometimes you have to go backwards), or you need to pin the enemy shooters.

7)Look for rises in elevation. This is one of those points that seems so obvious, but I often find myself getting men shot when I could take a slightly longer route where they are hidden behind a small rise in elevation.

8)keep your inf in scattered trees or better cover.