After the game was installed 'manually' it ran fine. The game locked up only once in over 50 games, and has very nice stability. Occasionally Combat Mission would minimize itself, but it was rare and clicking on the task button at the base of the screen brought it right back up again. The graphics are a mixed bag, bordering on fantastic most of the time but in some rare instances not that hot. The terrain looks very good, definitely the best I've ever seen in a real time strategy game.
Buildings show some damage and have different 'fronts' for damage taken.
The armored units look very good, the tanks turrets traverse and the tracks actually move on the vehicle. When you consider that this is a strategy game, the vehicle graphics are especially impressive. This attention to detail is to be commended. While graphically the vehicles don't have the detail of a Panzer Elite style vehicle, still they are very well done and superior to any strategy game I have played. As I said before, the terrain looks good.