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Can't believe i did not ask this question before and certainly late in the day seeing as release is in 2-3days depending on your order type. So anyway, is night fighting in the game ? Tracers, flares, spotlights, and even the germans using IR late in the war would make for some great fights with this graphics engine. Steve

wokelly you were watching the enemy, the big red marker above his head the giveaway. No line of site, they dissappear cos you cant see them. Steve

If you had time compression in a Real Time game it would be like the matrix with slow motion all over. Its Real Time ie a man walks at walking speed, drives with true life variables. Why would you even want it running slow, it would just look odd. Steve

quote-"Think "Saving Private Ryan" here when they're storming the beach and you get the sequence where Capt Miller doesn't hear a thing when a grenade goes off close by." Would that kind of effect only happen if i was indeed the soldier ie in a FPS. quote-"That's also one of the reasons why sometimes loud gun fire, such as from the MG34, appears to be not as loud. I was actually too close with the camera to it." Are you saying being close to a firing gun is quiet ??? Or do you mean that because its lound my ears are ringing ? Again im not the soldier. A most confusing statement. quote-"Also, what's up with running animations? They do not match the actual speed and way off. Did you forget to make walking anims? I don't even want to talk about "rollercoaster" aircraft, do they even change speed?" I would agree here, you would think the makers of IL-2 would of got that right. Roll on to the Demo.

Well i did not preorder due to wanting to see the game in action via a demo, i still want to see the game in action with a demo. Whats with the poor framerate is that the movie recorder ? Sometimes looks like you have no more than 10fps in some of them clips. I know movie recorders take a chunk of processor. Id have to agree with the above, some sounds sound too quiet. Also whats with the americans?? "Follow me men!! WOOOOOOO!! HURAAAHH!! Follow me men!!! WOOOOO!! HURAHHH!!" such bravado lol sounds like a cross between an old war film and a rodeo. One can only hope its editable Some brave ai in there too, bmw w/sidecars taking on something firing HE and they are in the open, think id of got out of the seidecar when the driver bought it. All in all this video was one of the least impressive ive seen to date. Sorry for being a bit critical but i have such high hopes for this game being the best WW2 tactical game out there. My wait for the demo continues Steve

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Ok agreed some tanks are tough nuts but the crew who are poorly trained are still the weak link. This is how the germans acomplished what they did in the early years. In ToW how often do you see tanks abandoned but still serviceable because the crew bolted. I'll wait for the game and only after seeing it in action, condemn it for its shortcomings.

Why all this concern over needing 88's to take on the feared "MATILDA"!!! Lets see it has a scary top speed of 8mph X-country. A whoping 2pdr AP only firing gun. Oh and a couple of MG's. Fighting at Arras its reported to have had limited succes. Only the 7RTR had them in france so in effect should be quite scarce. Im much worried about mr Somua and mr Char tbh..

Hey guys to be frank, most of what you ask for seems like patch material not an addon. I'd go with a minimum of Pacific Theater Russo-Finnish War Africa through to Italy Also long campaigns for minor nations. I know the community will be able to provide these but id still like them all the same. Thats my 2 cents

I believe its the scenario designer who places them. The map can be used many times in different ways but but the scenarios differing when replayed i do not know.

I believe they are in the game but map defences are created by the map maker so no in game placement. Do a search im sure this has nbeen covered before.. Edit: Here ya go as posted by Moon "Hand grenades in various forms (anti-tank grenades, anti-personell grenades) are in. Mines are in as well but you cannot lay them during an ongoing battle (minefields are part of the map). Mortars are in by the way, but only as off-map support."

Found this info after quick google mooch.. "The term goes back to the days when recordable CDs were manufactured using gold film, leading the source CD to be called the "golden master." Unlike the music industry, it is not a reference to the number of copies sold. It will typically take several weeks for a game to ship to stores and become available to consumers after it has gone gold." Nice to hear its gone gold tho, looking forward to the demo and a few reviews. God i hope this games lives up to the promises. Too many let downs in the games industry these days. Steve

Does anyone know the size of the download of the main game or the demo ? Steve

My wheres the demo post has been hijacked by the wheres my Pre-Order crew....Poofs!! Steve

Sorry thats not the one i meant, maybe the term "Way Back" was a little strong, im talking about the E3 2006 game footage trailer. Steve

To be honest, i prefer the E3 Trailer from way back, now that made me want this game! Steve

This has got to be pushing the limits of early april now, its almost the middle 10 days. C'mon moon, take the file thats sat on one of your computers and upload! I bet your playing it now maybe even against maddmatt Steve

Sorry moon i was not impressed and certainly would not make me go "OOOOoooOOOooooo i really gota get that game !!" Your game fotage speaks volumes, why hide it behind a cheesy sid miers style bit of FMV. I still look forward to the game with much anticipation, ill try forget the movie. Sorry.. Steve

Posted by Moon.. "Pre-orders will be opening later this week with an extra $10 savings, and a free downloadable Gold demo is planned for early April." Soooooo early april is almost gone and i dont see a demo or even a mention of it apart from your statement. Plleeeeaaassseeee tell me its still coming and i might get a crack at it before i go back to work on tuesday, plleeeaaaseeee with a jerry on top Steve

Pwncake you make it sound like the deathknell for the germans because no 88. The Germans did indeed have much trouble taking out T-34's, KV-1's and KV-2's simply because they did not always have acces to 88's. So its hardly a game breaker them not being there. The germans still made huge advances through training air power and better morale all i assume will be implemented. Personally ill be waiting for the game before saying whats wrong with it. Steve

Hi guys, I have been mooching over the forums since we got a release date and it seems a whole ton of moaners are out there now. No houses, No 88Flak's, no on field mortars.....But its the only game to simulate warfare on this scale in a very pleasing 3D world in realtime and personally i think its looking mighty fine for what it has got. 1c built it, BFC made it good and my hat goes off to the team (is it still 7 guys ??) for their efforts. If you want enterable buildings heres one you could try.....Take one copy of ToW in case and one copy of Sims. Place both on chair neatly alligned on top of each other. Then sit down really fast!! Voila, enterable buildings with chairs and tables and pictures! Hope it helps but if you hurt yourself dont come cryin Steve

Please dont state in a title that its getting a release in april. The way i read the blog nothing is set in stone. I thought we had an official release date. I know any news is good news but we also had aiming for xmas release oh and dont forget the late Jan release and all the rest of the rumors. When pre order starts, then at least you know its coming. Steve

Just read the preview, sounds like the game is going to be the one for me. Steve

Hey Knowsknone, Dont expect to see men filling sand bags etc, in the time frame for a battle there would be no time. That kind of defense would really only occur in a lul in fighting. I dont think thats going to happen in games lasting up to an hour or so. Steve..

That pic looks like saint patricks day in the park and mr baloon seller has been doing good trade Looks like the game is finally arriving, thank God! Well done to the team at BFC, i have no doubt you have done us proud with your additions. Also a small note, what happens to those poor folk who still have 56k ? How long will it take them to DL Good job i have Broadband Steve..