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To do it would involve redoing every vehicle capable of carrying passengers from the ground up. New models and new textures for every vehicle in the base game, 2 modules and the Vehicle Pack. A massive task that I don't see happening. In the interest of future titles, I think most would agree that the value of dedicating those kinds of resources would not be the best way to spend that time and those resources.

HHHmmm....I didn't get that. I just dismounted the mortar. Fired it. Climbed back in and I was able to use both direct and indirect fire.

There are still some content things about the Pack that are being finalized. Once we're solid on everything we'll give some insight. I'm not being coy....It's that some things are still subject to change and I'd hate to say something will be in it and it turns out not ending up in the Pack. The major bits are settled though. I loved the idea for the Pack the minute it was presented to us. I believe it will be something that everyone who owns CMBN will welcome. What I will say is that of all the content that we intend to release when a game get's added to Steam this one will not have the new content released when CMBN is released on Steam. The lead on the project almost had a heart attack when we told him that is what we'd like. He's got a little breathing room. The Pack will be a "Charles free" production. Meaning Charles will not be involved for any portion of the Pack beyond creating installers. It will be made using only what is currently in the game. Unfortunately, this will probably never be in CMBN.

You guys are both 100% correct. Except none of the brz files are redundant. And it's easy enough to test that. Move one the early brz files out of the Data folder and see what happens when you play the game. There is no "indifference". These are very complex games with lots of "pieces" A very nice thing, in my opinion, about the game's that use Game Engine 4 is that they are all-in-one full game installers. It has eliminated the convoluted, often confusing, step by step installation process. Does it mean that the installed versions of the games are sometimes much larger than they used to be? Yes. But isn't that true for all software anymore? I remember when I had a 100MB hard drive and would get a game that was 1MB and think that it was gigantic (yes, I'm that old and have been around computers that long).

The confirmation email with the download link is sent pretty much instantly. If you don't see it right away check your spam folder. I have an open support ticket with them because there seems to be an unusually high number of people's emails going into spam for the last week or so. And nearly all of them are gmail addresses. It could just be a coincidence or Google may have changed somefink.

And he survived the fall! Anyone else ever see this before? Imma gonna try to reproduce it.

Here's the link to purchase the 4.0 Upgrade: https://www.battlefront.com/cmbn-upgrades/cmbn-upgrade-4/ If you open a Help Desk ticket I can check your key and tell you want the Bundle included at the time that you purchased it. My guess is that it includes both modules and both Packs.

A screenshot of how to set it? If that's what you're looking for, here ya go:

It is on page 30 of this manual CM Engine 4 Manual.pdf

I just played a whole PBEM++ battle against myself. Both sides got to see all the turns and both sides got to see the end game AAR screen. Everything that you mentioned should be looked at but this would have been the one that kept me up at night because you can't score a tournament without the game ending as it should. If it was doing it then it isn't doing it anymore.

That's the first that I heard of that. Thanks. I'll have it looked into. That sounds like a Matrix server issue. I'll ask them aboot that. That was an isolated instance where someone at Matrix hit a wrong button....it's been addressed. That shouldn't have just affected PBEM++. That should have affected anyone playing the Steam version. It had to do the version check. HHHmmmm......That'll be part of my conversation for #2. If a Challenge untouched for 30 days the system deletes it. Next time we update the manual we'll include that but I have turns that have been idle for much much longer than 30 days in my In Progress list. Another question for them I suppose. Also, after my last post I did find a thread that mentions PBEM++ issues. Thank you.

The tournament will definitely be with Cold War. That is the only title that has PBEM++ right now. I expect that when Battle for Normandy goes on Steam (scheduled for March) it will be the next tournament. There is no reason to expect that Normandy won't be going up on time. The heavy lifting is getting the PBEM++ and tournament systems to work with Combat Mission. That job is almost finished. After that it is a matter of bolting it onto CMBN.

You are correct. I had a Help Desk ticket and a beta tester see this and what you are saying is what got them up and running again. They both rolled back their drivers and we able to play again. So, @Kraft, I would start by trying that.

What have I been missing, lads? What problems are people having with PBEM++ on Cold War? Now is the time to speak about specifics because we aren't actively working to fix anything with it, other than add the Tournament feature (along with other unrelated bug fixes).

That's right folks. In case you didn't know it already there is an official Combat Mission Discord channel. Here's where you can get in on the action: Combat Mission on Discord

There's no call for name calling and getting personal. OK?

Twice in 1 day there are threads going south because of going political. Unlike the other one imma gonna lock this one up.

Man, this one went on a long time before getting political. Let's keep the forum open and keep the political stuff to somewhere else.

Pictures may work better.... When I go into my account and click on the 4.0 Upgrade Big Bundle it send me here: If I then click on the Normandy folder it send me here: The link to this never changes. The contents of what is in the circled folder is what I change when there's a new build.

Yes and no. The links for anything that is Game Engine 4 will not change. That goes for the base games that are purchased at 4.0 and the 4.0 Upgrades. The links in your account goes to a folder, not to the download file itself. When a new installer becomes available I change the contents of the folder, not the URL that appears in your account. So, that link doesn't change.......what is on the "other end of the link" is what changes.

I suppose that you could. I don't with mine. I just have the license keys.

We are. By this time next year all Combat Mission games should be on Steam. Having your keys in one spot will help to get the Steam keys easier, when the time comes.

@Heirloom_Tomatois 100% correct. And recently I changed it to make it more foolproof. The 4.0 Upgrade for each game is an all-in-one full game installer. The installation instructions are now: 1) Download and install the 4.0 Upgrade That's it. No more convoluted step by step installation. The installers will install each base game and every module, Pack and Upgrade for the game in a single download. Once each game is installed, use the Activate New Products utility for each game and enter every key that you have. That's the hardest part. Gathering up you keys. Years ago I put all of mine in a Word document so that I wouldn't have to look them up anymore because @Erwin is also 100% correct. There is no easy way to find your orders other than looking at each one. Unfortunately, there isn't anything that we can do about that.

I appreciate it. That Da Birds even made it to the playoffs this year was enough for most Eagles fan. Especially because of the way they started off and having a first year head coach (only first year head coach to make the playoffs this year.) Now that that game and the the other 2 are finished it gives me time to pop in and close this discussion that had turned worthless. E.A.G.L.E.S EAGLES!