[NOT got the steel box!!]

A notification of arrival was in my mail box today. Had to pay VAT + some fee, in total 13.07€. Not too much, but in total this is the most expensive game for me so far ($80 + 13.07€) (not counting MMOs

[NOT got the steel box!!]

Not here yet (Helsinki, Finland), was shipped 21.5. I know that many Finns have already got theirs.

[Number of installations per purchase?]

I am wondering the same thing? Am I allowed to install this on my main PC and laptop as well?

[Release date 20 May 2011]

$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.

That is true, but that average price would include VAT as well. Remember that in Europe prices are typically VAT-inclusive, unlike in the States.

[Demo Manual]

How come the demo manual has "CMBN DEMO" plastered all over every page?

I bet the reason is that people wouldn't distribute this manual as the official CMBN manual. Although the content will probably remain fixed.

[A lot of old timers coming back]

Old timer reporting in!

[Re. Shipping preorders..]

Fair enough. I have a preorder in and am now thinking of what to do. Will you charge VAT for download only purchases? And what was the price of download only-option when the game is released?

In Finland there is duty of 2.5% for computer games plus the VAT 23%. Thus the fees would be 0.235 x $80 = $18.8 which would be around 13 € for the government. (You wouldn't be required to pay if the taxes + duty would be under 10 €, the price doesn't warrant this in this case)

Do you use DHL or somesuch for international shipping?

(EDIT: God my account here is an old one

[Time accel/Fast forward feature in the future please??]

Yeah and if lot of PCs won't even run the game realtime very efficiently, then accelerating would be pointless.

[Initial info on pending v1.02]

Steve,

thanks for the information, looking forward to play the patch. Just one question:

Originally posted by Battlefront.com:

* New customizable hotkeys with more "direct keys" (these show up in green in the command buttons). Note that it's OK to leave a hotkey blank.

* F5-F8 keys jump directly to command panels

Can we customize these panel keys F5-F8? I would love the option to remove the default behavior of number keys 1-9 and use them for command panels instead. This way I wouldn't need to move my left hand at all when issuing commands. (Example: use 1-4 for panels, QWEASDZXC for commands and then RTFGVB etc. for the "direct keys").

[CMX2: development name for the engine re-write]

Originally posted by Hat Trick:

From Steve at Battlefron: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr /> PTO is absolutely not going to happen for the first release of the new engine.

(italics added)

Also of interest to many.</font>

[Has the CDV patch put in SS runes?]

I noticed the same thing. I removed and installed CMBB and then applied the patch and now I have runes too.

[Would 3 or 4 player PBEM be possible for CM3?]

I'm involved in one game where each side has battalion commander and four company commanders. We command only our own companies and then save game and send the file to next player. Works fine actually.