Philistine

Umm.... what date would that be? --Philistine

See This Thread, where BFC states (on 1/3) that the plan is to do a 1.06 demo, rather than 1.05. That being said--I agree they should have taken down the statement on the site about the 1.05 demo. I'm also waiting on the demo to see if I'll buy the game and am similarly disappointed by the delay--but on the other hand, at this point, the demo really should portray the game in the best light possible, and having an obvious bug like the low-wall one that crept into 1.05 probably isn't the best idea. My $.02. --Philistine

At the top of the page, on the right, click on the time value (e.g. make it more than "last 10 days"). That should do it. --Philistine

Is the plan still to have an updated demo? If so, is the plan to do it for 1.06, rather than 1.05? --Philistine

Bump

Is it still the plan to release a new, 1.05 Demo? If so, is the plan to release it at the same time as the 1.05 patch or some time after? --Philistine

For me, I'd probably break down games by subject matter: Best Naval Wargame: Harpoon. Best Air Wargame: Flight Commander 2 (also Over the Reich/Achtung Spitfire) Best Tactical Wargame: CM Series. Best Strategic Wargame: TOAW To me, one of the things that makes them the best is that even though the most recent of them is 7 years old (at least the first iteration), I'm still playing them, if only occasionally for some. (Well, except for Harpoon, but I expect to be buying the Matrix CE version shortly ). --Philistine

There was usenet in the mid to late '90's. A pretty decent place to get info up until the web-based forums really took off. Even now there is some discussion still going on. Not that I disagree with the bulk of your post. It is pretty amazing the real-time back and forth that goes on with developers--with BFC being historically among the best. Of course, the downside of being so visible and present is that when you suddenly "go dark" in an unprecedented way for unexplained reasons, it's bound to result in speculation. --Philistine

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I'm pretty sure the announcement that a 1.04 demo is coming "later this week" is out of date--since it is on the page announcing the 1.04 patch. When it came out, BF did say a 1.04 demo was coming "in the next few days" Thread -- But that was October 1st.... Since then, Rune, at least, has said that it is unlikely there will be a 1.04 demo, that the demo will probably wait until 1.05. Thread. That was 10/9. --Philistine

I'd suggest waiting for the new demo, as well. The old demo is before any of the patches improving LOS, pathfinding etc., so it won't give a fair idea of how the game is playing now. They say they will release an updated demo after the 1.05 patch is released--which should be soon. (Of course, they also said they would do so after 1.03 and 1.04.... ). I'm also waiting on the newest patch (and demo) to see if I'll buy the game. --Philistine [ October 25, 2007, 05:22 AM: Message edited by: Philistine ]

From the thread Announcing the 1.04 Patch (Dated 10/1): --Philistine

Also--one big plus about a pdf manual over a paper manual is the ability to easily update it. Now--I'm not sure any company actually has done that--but it would be nice. --Philistine

Is there any reason Battlefront is against posting a printer-friendly manual? Normally, not posting a manual is (understandably) something of an anti-piracy measure--but not so much here where it is available in the demo. --Philistine

There's a fair number of books written in the genre of modern weapons thrown back into pre-industrial society. 1632 Janissaries Guns of the South Lost Regiment Series are a few good ones. For "modern" vs. WWII equipment, there is The Axis of Time series as well as The Worldwar Series (which is an alien invasion during WWII where the aliens essentially have contemporary late 20th century military technology). Gamewise, Steel Panthers 2 and 3 (and MBT, to an extent) IIRC let you set up battles between modern and WW2 equipment, as did Norm Koger's Tanks! (And the Operational Art of War, on a larger scale). --Philistine