Moon
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The forum and the main site are not linked in any way, so you have two independent accounts, one for each.
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Yep, should have been using one of the download managers from the start. Guess I'm a bit spoiled by Steam, no fear of corruption or losing download progress, even if its a 10 GB+ game. Not saying you need to put the game on there, just FYI.
No fear of corruption or losing download progress on our servers either, no matter what the file size is, AND you can use ANY download manager software you like, and are not forced to use one specific thing, and only that one thing. Much better!
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CMBN uses our new online activation system (unlike CMSF or CMx1 games). Part of that new activation system is a much better protection against hackers, which includes protection against anything that would be 'sniffing' around the game's code. This may make the game incompatible with whatever Steam is doing.
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The recommendations to use Download Managers are pretty much all over the place, including the very download page itself. There is a reason for that
It really speeds up the download AND it will make it way less prone to corruption.The cloud network that the full versions are hosted on is huge, and to take best advantage of it, a Download Manager is really a good idea. We support pretty much every Manager out there (unlike some other systems which force you to use theirs).
The cloud network we use is also managed, which means that people are actually monitoring it and expanding it as needed. It's bloody expensive that way, but it should ensure pretty fast speeds overall. However, there can always be bottlenecks downstream that we can do nothing about. :-/
Martin
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Unlike the demo, distribution of the full version of the game is prohibited by the End User License Agreement.
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OK, this is really odd then. Maybe it's a store issue? I'll try again in compatability mode (I've been using IE9). So far I haven't found a way to purchase without creating an account. Nice to see you again Moon Been many many years!
There is nothing to be "found". Go to www.battlefront.com/store and order what you need. During the checkout, you will get an account made for you and you will be logged in at the same time. There is nothing you have to DO to NOT log in
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I thought I read somewhere where the price will be 55$ for digital download only.
Yup, you read right.
$55 for "download only"
$55 + S&H for "Mail only"
$65 + S&H for "Download & Mail"
The pre-order offer is like "Download & Mail" above, but costs $60 + S&H.
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Hope they fix the Mac crash bug before release of Mac version. This might be reason for delay.
There have been a number of fixes to the Mac version specifically since the demo release, in fact. We will release updated demos as well.
Martin
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Well, as a fellow European or rather a fellow from europe, a must say that I also found the 80 bucks a bit too steep. for a lowly Hungarian like me that's two months' salary.
ok, not exactly but it's not a trifle either.
But JG11Preusse was a bit harsh maybe...in his wording..
$80 is actually only about 55 Euros at today's exchange rate, and that includes download, box, manual, shipping & handling. That's absolutely in line with the average price of new major releases in Europe.
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Well the thing is. Im from Europe and I dont want to spend $25 for shipping cost while I only want to download the game. Does this mean I can or can not pre-order the game? Cause the pre-order says "Download&mail" but I still need to pay the extra $25?
Here you say that the pre-order download is ready.
Pre-orders always include "download&mail delivery". If you want "download only" you'll have to wait until we switch off the pre-order deal, and switch on regular sales.
Martin
PS. It's not $25 for shipping cost. It's $20 for the S&H we charge to Europe ($10 for domestic). The $5 is for the "hardgoods" component in addition to your download (it will actually be $10 after the pre-order deal ends).
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I can confirm that the release date will NOT be May 20.
What will happen is this (it's how these things always work here at Battlefront):
1) all pre-order customers will receive an email that their downloads are enabled (make sure to whitelist sales@battlefront.com in your email program! If you entered your email incorrectly during the order process, you're screwed
)2) one of the pre-order customers will ignore the friendly plea to NOT post on the forum that they are already downloading (this happens usually within 2 seconds after the emails go out), and will start a thread here saying something like "OMG OMG OMG I AM DOWNLOAD NOW!!!!"
3) the official release announcement will go up on the front page a couple of hours later, and the pre-order offer will be removed, and replaced with the usual "Download Only", "Mail Only" and "Download&Mail" options.
The latter, btw, still include a very few Steelbooks (we may run out today, though). We're almost out (and the only reason we are not out yet is because a stock count revealed that we have received more Steelbooks than we had ordered, for no extra charge. Thank you Scanavo
)Martin
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japinard, first of all, you do not need to register an account to buy anything. When you purchase a game, a new account is created for you "on the fly" (without the need for CAPTCHA verification).
If you keep having problems with the CAPTCHA even though you are certain that you are entering it correctly, then it could be a browser issue. If you are using IE9, then try setting it to compatibility mode.
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A friend of mine had to wipe PC Tools Threatfire from his Win 7 64. After that the demo ran just fine. Prior, with Threatfire installed - no go.
And yes, you have to deinstall it , turning it off doesnt help ...
From the description on their website, PC Tools Threatfire seems to be using a lot of virtualization in their approach to protect your PC. Whenever you see something like "keyloggers", that usually means virtualization of one way or another. CMBN won't run in a virtualization environment.
The whole virtualization approach can be useful, but the main problem is that many of these security programs don't shut it off when you disable the AV part of their protection. So you think that you disabled it and it's still not working, and one of these "additional" features is usually why. It's possible that if you disable that specific feature, you do not have to uninstall PC Tools Threatfire.
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fyi run as admin did not work. it got the user control pop up, but still crashed after.
"Run as admin" is not required for CMBN (unlike some of our older games). Unless one of you anti-virus or security programs behaves differently when running the game with elevated permissions, there will be no difference in running as admin or not running as admin.
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76mm, make sure your anti-virus or security software is not blocking the game. Make sure your AV or security software is not using virtualization (e.g. Virtual Keyboard from Kaspersky). Make sure you do not run any process explorers that tend to try to inject code (such as Microsoft Process Explorer). Those are the top three things that will prevent the demo from launching.
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I can definitely confirm that there will be no release today. It would have been nice, agreed, and we have been shooting for a friday release for some time, but we want to take the extra days over the weekend to digest the demo first, and make sure everything is prepared just right for the release.
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Perhaps a gooey-icky sticky is worthwhile on Battlefronts part? Seems to be an easy fix and a common problem.
We'Ve added this to the Knowledgebase at www.battlefront.com/helpdesk
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Did you try to click anyway (even if not cursor is visible). Perhaps the game launches "in the background" and you need to click to bring it up.
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IMO, Combat Mission really makes you appreciate and even take better notice some of the things that must have happened 65 years ago in new ways. Such as the tremendous killing power of the Shermans. We hear a lot about how GIs were afraid of the Tiger or the Panther, but I bet that your typical German Landser didn't feel much better about the approaching sound of a Sherman with that .50 cal, bow MG, co-ax and very effective HE...
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Do you have some kind of custom mouse cursor package installed?
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Yes, specifically, the Battlefront patches only work for the Battlefront version. If you bought from someplace else, then you need to apply a patch specific to that version.
elicen40.dll is not found because the SFI version is not using eLicense.
I am not even sure if there is a patch for the SFI version, so you will have to contact them for support, sorry.
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Love it !! Great !!!
Where are the mods???
Incidentally, the Repository section just went online.
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Hi Kong,
that's very interesting! Our demo IS secured against hackers. Part of this security means that it resists various types of code injections (some anti-virus software does that type of thing), debuggers and similar tools which could be used to crack it. We'll look into it but it is possible that Process Explorer tries to explore a little bit too much of this particular process
and therefore the game shuts down.Thanks, that's a nice find!
Martin
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I still remember when I got a new desktop (a few years ago) with Norton pre-installed. The default settings prevented me to go online on any https secured website because "it could be unsecure"; including Norton's own support website where I wanted to figure out how to remove this piece of garbage which, despite being uninstalled, still kept popping up reminders about purchasing an upgrade.
It really speeds up the download AND it will make it way less prone to corruption.
I bought two CMBN, now ...
in Combat Mission Battle for Normandy
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There is a Knowledgebase answering all of the above:
http://www.battlefront.com/helpdesk/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=view&parentcategoryid=35&pcid=34&nav=0,34