Moon Posted December 16, 2005 Share Posted December 16, 2005 And he'll have a bunch of surprises for ya! We've saved up a few goodies/updates to release them all in one go for our large x-mas bundle. The updates are free and will be available via the auto-update feature of the game. (requires the full version) The x-mas bundle will include four (!) new campaigns, one set of updated animations for the F4F Wildcat, and a WHOLE NEW PLANE: the Brewster Buffalo. The four campaigns are: Greece - Operation Marita: the last part of the German offensive in the Balkans Crete - Operation Merkur: Germany's biggest and last airborne operation of the war (includes the new Buffalo aircraft) Malta - Operation Herkules: The German plan to remove the threat of British based fighter aircraft being able to hinder the supply of Rommel's Afrika Korps. Leyte Gulf - Operation Sho-Go: one of the greatest sea battles to ever take place. The x-mas bundle is scheduled for release in the next few days. Martin [ December 16, 2005, 09:43 AM: Message edited by: Moon ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tornado Posted December 16, 2005 Share Posted December 16, 2005 Woohoo! Christmas early! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywolf KERENSKY Posted December 16, 2005 Share Posted December 16, 2005 Thanks a lot. That IS dedication. I am happy to be your customer please do make other games, me need more happiness. Great job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred19 Posted December 16, 2005 Share Posted December 16, 2005 That's what I call GOOD NEWS! :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixxkiller Posted December 16, 2005 Share Posted December 16, 2005 Martin, its Crete: Operation Merkur and if there is another one named Merkus, I WANNA PLAY IT. You guys holding out on me???? Just kidding. -Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartbert Posted December 16, 2005 Share Posted December 16, 2005 By the way, a special "Thank you" to Ray Ardry (a.k.a. "Sixxkiller") for researching, loading the data and heading up the play testing on all of the campaigns being released in this x-mas bundle. Ray was ably assisted in testing the new campaigns by Ron Alderdice (a.k.a. "Zonso") and John Mistura (a.k.a. "Mistura"). Thanks guys, for helping to make this possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mike Posted December 16, 2005 Share Posted December 16, 2005 Thanks guys - the Buffalo is a much maligned a/c - designed to the same specification that produced the F4F Wildcat it was selected by hte USN because of problems with hte initial Grumman product. Commonwealth pilots at Singapore describe it as a lovely plane to fly, with superb manouvreability and better performance in some respects than the first Hurricanes (I've got a biography of a NZ Pilot who flew both a/c in combat ). However it was unsuitable for high altitude interception that was required at Singapore as it's performance dropped off rapidly above about 15,000 feet and there was no radar warning meaning the aircraft were always struggling to get to the bombers in time. And of course the Finns used them to great effect too. Later versions were weighed down with more armour, heavier guns and other equipment and unsurprisingly their performance was "less than optimal"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted December 16, 2005 Share Posted December 16, 2005 Thanks for more campaigns...I think I've been through all the current ones on both sides. Against the AI (except the Singapore tourney) that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tornado Posted December 16, 2005 Share Posted December 16, 2005 As a paying customer let me also say Yes - thanks to all involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixxkiller Posted December 17, 2005 Share Posted December 17, 2005 Strider, there are lots more coming also. The current plans are for 4 more before THE BIG ONE (Dan and Brian dont just know how big that is yet hehe) and then gonna do a lot more. -Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixxkiller Posted December 17, 2005 Share Posted December 17, 2005 Stalin did his homework. Finland did have about 20 of them and really did have success with it. -Ray Originally posted by Stalin's Organist: Thanks guys - the Buffalo is a much maligned a/c - designed to the same specification that produced the F4F Wildcat it was selected by hte USN because of problems with hte initial Grumman product. Commonwealth pilots at Singapore describe it as a lovely plane to fly, with superb manouvreability and better performance in some respects than the first Hurricanes (I've got a biography of a NZ Pilot who flew both a/c in combat ). However it was unsuitable for high altitude interception that was required at Singapore as it's performance dropped off rapidly above about 15,000 feet and there was no radar warning meaning the aircraft were always struggling to get to the bombers in time. And of course the Finns used them to great effect too. Later versions were weighed down with more armour, heavier guns and other equipment and unsurprisingly their performance was "less than optimal"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted December 17, 2005 Share Posted December 17, 2005 "THE BIG ONE" lol...well that got my attention. Hopefully none of my 300+ computers at work will go down early in the mornings, since I may be a bit late getting to them, after not having enough sleep for my old bones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartbert Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 The X-mas bundle is ready for download. Have fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tornado Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 Figures, the bundle is released while I'm at work But looking forward to trying all the good stuff out tonight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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