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During the Grand Tournament @Hapless will be making videos for each battle in each Tournament. Here is the first to appear on the Matrix forum: https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=10126&t=398182&sid=d0e0aaab3e713cd0d85b6fb7d7ede522 He will be giving detailed descriptions of the battles, along with helpful hints on how you might want to play it.

Put the attached text file in the Data folder. This will ensure that you have the default hot key file. Your issue may be as simple as that. hotkeys.txt

Exactly right.

I have been trying to confirm what Sgt Joch has said. That it is intentional.

When we see missing brz files it is almost always because an anti-virus program blocked the installation or removed the file with a false positive.

I'll have to double check. We have bug tracking software. When preparing a new readme file I look through that and gather up everything marked as "Resolved" to put on my list. That was one of those.

Yes, the alternate solution is to let me know. I have found that Slitherine can access the last turns sent and resend manually. So, I can contact them and see about getting the files through. They are committed to doing whatever they can do to make sure that these tournaments work and are happy to help.

Thank you for fielding this with correct. You probably knew what I was up to last night.

Big no no giving out that kind of personal information. I wouldn't do it with the information that Battlefront has and neither would Slitherine.

That isn't as crazy of an idea as you make it sound. All of their tournaments have no shows. But CM seems to have a higher percentage than the others. And I don't understand why that would be.

Sorry for the delay in replying. I've been in Philly for the Eagles/Vikings game (Go Birds) Two things...... You have to be in their forum to send a direct message. Also, from what I understand, you have to have posted a certain number of times on their forum before you can send a direct message. I'll see if I can find put how many times that is tomorrow.

A little more information about the Grand Tournament: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1551160/view/3675555405727636618

Nuts!!! Yes. Yes it is Red vs Red. Brain fart. Sorry.

Not anymore. Thanks.

I've been having conversations with Slitherine ever since you posted the screenshot earlier. It isn't a problem how they do it but I should know how it works. So that I don't incorrectly answer questions. What is surprising with your post is that not only did you purchase from Battlefront but you didn't purchase as a bundle!!! But Steam is treating it as if you have a bundle. The other question that I am trying to find out about is, if this is how they handle bundles, why isn't CMFI working this way? Now.......here is the other thing that concerns me......What if I exposed a hole in the system by asking questions. I don't want someone over there trying to "fix" things and shut it down.

That is because of the missing file. Here's a link to the file: https://battlefront.sharefile.com/d-sb2a257bf160041cdba50021293ee3f88 Place it in the Data folder and you should be OK.

None of the 9 battles is red vs red Yeah. Me too. I'm gonna see if we can all help each other have less players be no shows. Slitherine is considering possibly creating "nudge" emails if we see someone hasn't shown up. They're concerned about doing it too much and spamming people. There should be a "happy spot" that is nudging without spamming. And we should all try to reach out to people through the Matrix forum. A lot of players are probably on the Battlefront forums but ALL tournament players have Matrix forum accounts. It's definitely more funner if more people who sign up actually play. It is way more betterer.

You might be surprised how well you do. One thing is for sure.......If you've never played a human before you're gonna find out how fun it is. All of these battles are very short too. I'm a pretty weak H2H player (although I love doing it) and find that I do better in short battles, rather than big long ones.

Oversight. There was A LOT going on yesterday. The forum announcement slipped through. I posted one about a half hour ago.

With the Steam release of Fortress Italy comes a new patch containing the PBEM++ and Tournament systems. There are also some bug fixes in the patch: * FIXED: Rifle grande mapping corrected. * FIXED: British 6 pounder AT gun model was too small. Corrected. * FIXED: Infantry no longer flees toward enemy. * FIXED: Units no longer transport from one action square to another, instantly. * FIXED: APHE is more lethal versus infantry than HE. * FIXED: Some HE shells have incorrect blast values. Get yours here: https://www.battlefront.com/patches

@Sunbather Also, try this. Register and get your Steam keys and install the bundle that you have on Steam. After doing that, see if you're offered the module at a reduced price. I don't know if that will work or not. I would guess that you're seeing what you're seeing because you didn't purchase the bundle through Steam. Slitherine should know that answer. @CHEqTRO, did you purchase your bundle through Steam or Battlefront?

I see what you're seeing there. I apologize, I appear to have been wrong. Again, somefink like that cannot happen on the Battlefront store. The system isn't equipped for it. I guess that I've never seen it because I have always had the full version of each game, so it wouldn't offer me things that I didn't have because I have everything with the Steam access that I have. @Sunbather This is a question that you will need to contact Slitherine/Matrix about. How they price things is completely up to them with very little input from us.

Right. At the risk of sounding rude, what he is saying is just silly. Let's look at some Call of Duty artwork. Is this what the game looks like?: Or how about Strategic Command?: Or how about the cover art for Red Thunder: It's what most cover art does. It gives the prospective customer a "feel" for what the game is about. I'd bet Mario Brothers doesn't look like in game artwork. When you're on the store page there are 10 in game screen shots (just the base game. The modules have their own sets of in game screenshots) and an in game video. If the "lame" and "Completely and totally misleading" things are that he thinks people are being hoodwinked into thinking the game looks like the cover art then he's only trying to find somefink to complain about, just to complain.

There has never been anything like that on the Battlefront or Steam sites. Although "complete" is possible, but not at a discounted price. It just means purchasing the the module that you don't have. But neither site has ever offered a module at a discounted price if you had purchased an earlier bundle. Heck, the logistics of somefink like that make my head spin. I can't even think how the store's system would even know if someone had purchased an earlier bundle. When you make a purchase the system has no idea idea what you have purchased before. The records of the other purchases are there but nothing about the checkout process "knows" or connects your previous purchases, and it would have to know if you should be paying the "upgrade a bundle" or stand alone module price. That said, the Rome to Victory module is on sale right now for $29. This is for a limited time though. It isn't always discounted. Everything that is offered on Steam is discounted for a limited time.

I am 99.999999999999999% sure that they never offered this for any Combat Mission game. You shouldn't have to buy anything. If you own Gustav Line and the base game you can just purchase the Rome to Victory module. In case you aren't familiar, here is how you redeem your Battlefront keys for Steam keys: https://community.battlefront.com/topic/142952-cm-fortress-italy-is-now-available-on-steam-here-is-how-to-get-your-steam-key-if-you-already-own-the-game/ I think it is fantastic business practice for the customer. Someone could have purchased Fortress Italy 10 years ago and can get it on Steam for free. I mean, what's unfair about that?