Le Tondu
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ASL Vet has it right BUT forgot to stress one point:
Actually, patience has nothing to do with it because if it takes Y time to make the game without the TCP/IP WeGo compromise, and X time to make just that feature, then the soonest you'll get it is Y+X=Z. If we release the game at stage Y, and someone wants to wait until it's at stage Z, then for them there's absolutely no difference if we release the game with or without TCP/IP in terms of when they actually get their hands on it. But for everybody else... they get it at Y time and don't have to wait until Z.
Put another way, delaying the game's initial release to ensure we have the TCP/IP WeGo feature does nothing, and I mean nothing, more than delay the game for everybody. Including the vast majority who DO want to play it single player and/or and/or PBEM and/or TCP/IP RealTime. Which is why it's really a no-brainer to ship without TCP/IP WeGo if we feel that makes the most amount of sense from our perspective. ..........
Steve
If Y, X, and Z happens, that will be nice.
IMO, it will have everything to do with patience because as you have said, TCP/IP WeGo compromise won't be released initially. (Yeah, that was a real nice time for CMBO when TCP/IP play was released. I will never forget it.) I've waited this long. I can wait some more. No problem there. I am not saying the game should be delayed. Not at all.
The point being is If Y happens and X never happens, the reason why I would want to buy the game will sadly not exist.
It is the social aspects that go with wargaming that I like. I can do lots of stuff on my own. Say, this brings back a lyric from a Yes song from the 70s that goes something like, "Don't surround yourself with yourself."
The whole idea behind my post was that I respectfully submit you are under-estimating the desire for this feature (and over-estimating the lack of desire for it.)
If folks don't speak up, how can anyone really know for certain?
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As a long time CMx1 player, I am anxiously waiting for CM: Normandy to be released (-and to see what features it is released with.) Its been a long wait indeed since CMAK, but I have no desire to play any modern era games at all -ever.
With that said, I for one will not be playing CM: Normandy as a single player. I look forward to (hopefully) someday again spending my Saturday mornings gaming against my best friend who lives 2600+ miles away.
BFC, I've supported you for quite a while, but if you will not return to WeGo, I just cannot see how I can even buy your product. (My apologies.)
IMO, RTS sucks. It always has. I don't want to waste my time trying to rush around a battlefield -trying to make sure that I remembered all of my forces -and then find out that the one crutial unit I should have moved, I didn't move. If I want more pressure in my life, I'd stay at work 24 hours a day. Gaming is a way to relax, have fun, and make friends.
You guys made important inroads with WeGo. The pause at the end of the turn makes BIG sense. Please don't throw that away.
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There is good news indeed.
Histwar: Les Grognards is now available for preorder. The release date is set for around Christmas. Woooo Hoooooooooooooo!!!!!
You can preorder it here:
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Happy Holidays to one and all.
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I just have to say thank you for this thread. I think it really should be made a sticky thread -OR CMN should have its own forum (dare I say it?)
I cannot wait for CMN to be release. (CMSF is not my cup-o-tea.)
Anyways, this thread really fills things in for me and I appreciate it.
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Thanks a gazillion for this thread. I can't wait.
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How about cm:dd? "CM: D-Day"?
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Who says good things don't happen?
They say one picture equals a thousand words!
Soooo much to say..........
1. God, its been such a loooooooooong time. This is REAL good news.
2. How about some more screenshots?
Just what are those Tigers facing off against?3. Bocage - I wonder how that will look.
4. It certainly will be nice to see some King Tigers again.
5. How about a real name? Refering to "the next World War Two Western Front Combat Mission game" seems llike it would get to be rather tedious.
6. And now for the 8000 pound gorilla standing in the corner: Its time to give us our own Forum so we won't "bother" the CM:SF probies.
LT
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Throw away WE-GO????
If Battlefront does that they will lose a customer. I've bought two of every game up to CMSF. (I just don't wargame any era after WWII.)
This is a sad day indeed.
WE-GO made Battlefront, IMO. There just isn't any reason to throw that away.
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[ January 20, 2008, 07:54 AM: Message edited by: Le Tondu ]
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Thanks for saying that Steve.Originally posted by Battlefront.com:From a personal standpoint I'm looking forward to going back to WWII. Not because of the content, necessarily, but because I want to see it work with the new game engine. As I've said here in the past, I was pretty burnt out on WWII after working with it night and day for 7 years. Three years "vacation" from it did me some good, so I think I'll be happy to watch Panthers get knocked out by flank shots from Shermans again
Steve
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Sorry, but I won't wargame any period later than WW2. (SciFi not included in that.)
I can't wait to get back to gaming with Combat Mission.
So, just when is the WW2 CMx2 game going to be released?
I seem to remember that it was mentioned in the past that a time frame of six months after Shockforce was released. Has there been anything mentioned in forums?
[ December 15, 2007, 08:55 AM: Message edited by: Le Tondu ]
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Sorry guys.
[ January 29, 2007, 05:13 PM: Message edited by: Le Tondu ]
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Sorry gentelemen.
[ January 29, 2007, 05:14 PM: Message edited by: Le Tondu ]
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Enhancements. I like that word.
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ARTIST: John Lennon and Yoko Ono
TITLE: Happy Christmas (War Is Over)
Lyrics and Chords
So this is Christmas
And what have you done
Another year over
And a new one just begun
And so this is Christmas
I hope you have fun
The near and the dear ones
The old and the young
/ D - / Em - / A7 - / D - / G - / Am - / D - / G - /
{Refrain}
A very merry Christmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear
/ C - / Dm - / Am C / G A7 /
And so this is Christmas......War is over
For weak and for strong.......If you want it
For rich and the poor ones....War is over
The road is so long..............Now
And so happy Christmas.......War is over
For black and for white........If you want it
For yellow and red ones.......War is over
Let's stop all the fight..........Now
{Refrain}
And so this is Christmas.......War is over
And what have we done........If you want it
Another year over................War is over
And a new one just begun.....Now
And so happy Christmas........War is over
I hope you have fun.............If you want it
The near and the dear one.....War is over
The old and the young..........Now
{Refrain}
War is over if you want it
War is over now!
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Yes indeed. Happy Holidays to one and all!
[ December 24, 2006, 09:08 AM: Message edited by: Le Tondu ]
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No politics here guys. Just an observation regarding the game.
With the addition of an entire army to the game, does it look like CMSF will take a while longer to finish? This is BIG news.
Maybe sticking with WWII wouldn't have been a bad idea after all?
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20051220/42587105.html
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Russia to take Syria's side if conflict with U.S. arises - Russian MPs
20/12/2005 20:41 MOSCOW, December 20 (RIA Novosti) - Russia will take Syria's side if charges against Syrian officials with involvement in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri cause a conflict between the United States and Syria, two Russian parliamentary members said Tuesday.
"If Russia is to choose between its two strategic allies, it will undoubtedly take Syria's side," said Shamil Sultanov, a coordinator of an inter-faction association, Russia and the Islamic World: A Strategic Dialogue.
Nikolai Leonov, a member of parliament's security committee, who had recently visited Syria along with Sultanov and other MPs, said it was primarily beneficial for the U.S. to accuse Syria of murdering Hariri. "Indeed, Syria is an excellent oil corridor with access to deep-water Mediterranean ports. Besides, this is a good pretext to distract the world community's attention from the events in Iraq," the MP said.
Leonov said earlier that he was concerned that Syria could face the Iraqi scenario.
In October, an international commission chaired by Detlev Mehlis delivered a report to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and members of the Security Council suggesting that high-ranking Syrian and Lebanese officials had been involved in the February 14 killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Syria said the report was politically motivated and inaccurate.
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I have to echo the above sentiment even though I just learned about it.Originally posted by spartan1:Deeply dissappointed with Battlefront!
After so much talking and talking for so long ... we have to wait for unknown time to play what CMx2 was promising to be a new WW II game.
Personally I will not buy it, although I hope it goes well for Battlefront.
Thanks for giving us the CM-series, but for the near future we have to find something else.
I bought two of every CMx1 title they put out. We-go is the only way to wargame in my book. I am grateful for the TONS of great fun that I had with them. <sigh>
With that said, I have to say that it is a REAL weird feeling to know that I won't be buying the first CMx2 title.
I just do not wargame anything contemporary. Besides that is one part of the world that I want absolutely nothing to do with. IMHO, they would've done better having Space Lobsters from Mars as the first CMx2 title.
Good luck Battlefront. At least we have Les Grognards.
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That is VERY GOOD news. They should call it Up In Flames.Originally posted by Treeburst155:The REALLY good news is that the Peng and Waffle threads have moved on to a forum I PROBABLY won't be spending much time on. That's two fewer useless threads to clutter up page 1 of my beloved CMAK forum.
Treeburst155 out.
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Originally posted by Le Tondu:
Hello again Vonbakker.
IIRC, Depending upon the chosen region for the scenario, when you start the Scenario Editor, it should be the default tile that it starts with. Otherwise it should be all the way in the upper left hand corner. Also note that the onscreen depiction will change with elevation chosen.
Also, it may be seasonally affected as well.
Good luck and welcome (again.)
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Hello again Vonbakker.
IIRC, Depending upon the chosen region for the scenario, when you start the Scenario Editor, it should be the default tile that it starts with. Otherwise it should be all the way in the upper left hand corner. Also note that the onscreen depiction will change with elevation chosen.
Good luck and welcome (again.)
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The only posts I ever bother to look for and read in these threads are the ones that Steve posts.Originally posted by Battlefront.com:Guys, I will give out a word of warning...
When speculation starts going full tilt people start to see repetition in the guesses. The repetition can lead to reinforcement, and reinforcement to expectation. Expectation leads to disapointment if the initial guess was off the mark.
It's all fun and games until someone forgets what happens when he pisses in the wind (or for you lady's ou tthere, squatting in bushes without first looking for poision ivy)
Steve
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Corsica was annexed by France in 1768 and was hence part of France in 1769 when Napoleon was born. He was French.Originally posted by L4Pilot:Just like the French look at Napoleon as French.
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The idea of having everything all in one pack is the BEST idea that I've seen around here for a very long time.
Great idea DavidI!
Thanks
Just what are those Tigers facing off against?
TCP/ip WEGO w Replay possibly still for Normandy game!?
in Combat Mission Shock Force 1
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I'm with you noxnoctum.
BFC, don't get me wrong. Single player mode has plenty of value. I see it as a way to prepare the gamer for playing against other gamers. Nothing more.