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Thanks man, will do so!

Well guys, thanks for the guidance. Actually what I had to realize that I have to execute an installer called "CMFI_v200_Setup.exe" after having installed "CMFI v300 Upgrade Setup.exe". The CMFI v300 Upgrade Setup.exe is in fact the CMFI v120 and should be called so or they should have named it "CMFI Engine3 upgrade" or whatever. To name it "CMFI v300" is totally weird, because there is no CMFI v300. The question comes up, if the complete "CM Fortress Italy v200 Installer" is all I need for CMFI v2 on engine v4 or for CMFI on engine v2. Let me guess: It is neither engine v3, v4 or anything, it is engine2 v4 right? What a joke!

Hey there, I usually return to playing CM every half a year or so. Often this means reinstalling some stuff. As always, Battlefront's version numbering policy gets me intensely confused and I am creating this thread to not only point some attention towards this unnecessary situation but also to urge responsible staff to may be at least think about doing something about it in the long term. For example: I just found a recent installation of CMFI/Gustav Bundle on my hard drive. Obviously I only had installed but not activated it before since it asked me to insert the key for a "CM Fortress Italy - v3.0 UPGRADE". In one of my dedicated text files I found that key and after activation, the game started. Arrived in the game menu, the version number didn't show 3.0 as expected. Instead it showed v1.20. I visited all my installation backups and found a v200 installer and a CMFI v300 upgrade. I then could only guess that the numbers 2.00 and 3.00 may point at those CM engine versions. I am not sure as I can't recall it anymore after some months of absence from the forums. So I visit my Battlefront account, thinking I just should make sure and maybe download missing stuff again. In my account I find a CMFI upgrade 4. Since I just activated 3, I instantly had the idea of needing another upgrade. Opening that upgrade 4 on the download page, the installer shows no connection to anything with the number 4. Instead it is called "CMFI v200 Upgrade" in the downloadable archive. This maximizes my confusion, as I already have downloaded 2.0 and expect v3.0 to be newer. Is it really so hard to find a numbering convention which instantly tells the user what exactly he has at hand? Without visiting the forum (no central hint there found so far), I have no chance to understand what is going on. I don't think this is the way you guys at battlefront wanted it to be. It goes on since I started purchasing CM titles and isn't that much different with the other titles. If you call something CMFI v2, I expect CMFI v2 and nothing else. Stop to confuse me with engine versions, instead name them as integrated version numbers of the game and don't call them anything else so that I have a chance to find what I purchased. By the way, both the Battlefront website including the shop and the forums use unsecured connections according to firefox. Maybe it is time to switch to https in 2018? Since CM titles aren't that cheap, money shouldn't be the problem. Maybe overhaul the whole system, which in its core finally enables me to download including-everything-installers so at the same time stopping the need for me to study confusing version numbers while applying several cumulative patches in a row... Please forgive the venting character of my inquiry, but seriously, this is hard to bear. Thank you!

Disregard my request. Luckily I purchased the modules bundle. The installer takes you by the hand. After installation it is quite obvious then...

Does anybody have a safe advise in which order to install anything including patches if I just bought SF and all the three addons? Reading the different patch readme files didn't accomplish to leave me with a secure feeling about what to do to have it done correctly. SF downloads and installs as ver 1.10. Now I have to intermix several patches with those addons, since the patches unfortunately are all working incremental. Would be helpful if you could simply download the patched game right away...

I just purchased it, so yes, somebody plays this game

That Massachusetts video is hilarious

Link please, I'll do that

Aren't there any Chuck Norris / Armata jokes yet?

Thanks guys. No problem with smarty pants talking, I have patience Will open up another thread soon.

yeah I know but the guy writing post #7 didn't consider me playing the campaign obviously.

I did both, but I didn't memorize them. Also as I said above, there is no TRP buying in my campaign so far. My thread wasn't meant to investigate the rules but to question them. Have a nice day.

Ok, I can follow that regarding the artillery. No wonder I didn't come about TRP buying yet, as I started the russian campaign and didn't touch QB so far. Thanks.

I have no idea what you are talking about.

So why does anybody need LOS? Calling in fire missions and air attack runs only requires coordinates. I can tell coordinates by a map without having LOS.