[A special thanks to John of Battlefront Games]

Agree on all counts.  Thank you for your support John!

[My boxed copy arrived today!]

In hand in Ontario, Canada!

[Whats your favourite thing about TOW?]

For me it's the long range armour engagements. Watching the shell travel and impact (.. or more often, miss) the armour from large expanses of terrain makes me giggle each time.

[What other game is most like TOW]

I agree with Des, I wouldn't clump Soldiers in with this game. Sure it is amazing (individual unit control was pure bliss), but it simply isn't the same style of gameplay. If you love co-op play with your buddies though, you will have an absolute blast with it.

[Anyone noticed soldiers picking up equipment on their own?]

That's cool. For those who confirmed, do they seek it out on their own, or only if they pass over fallen soldiers?

[What other game is most like TOW]

Squad Assault, maybe?

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Edit: Whoops! posted at the same time as the poster above. Hey, it has some UI issues, but it was still fun after you invest some time into it.

[ May 09, 2007, 06:47 AM: Message edited by: Moon ]

[Battle for Moscow Add-on announced... and it's free!]

Thanks for the news Moon! I'm surprised it's going to be out so early.

Kudos to all involved.

[Human fodder for the omnipotent AI.]

Shouldn't optics be included in this whole discussion? Let's not forget the tanks aren't "seeing" the field the same way you are. With simulated optics, most of the discussion here is moot, no?

Taking my experience from WWIIOL, using my gunner's optics, I can see through many layers of trees and shrubbery. Without, I'd see what everyone is talking about here - not much!

[Camera control issues]

I would make two changes to the camera:

1) Remove the mousewheel as a means to change your height,

2) Allow the pitch of the camera to control the height (e.g., if you are looking at a 45o angle, the camera should move forward AND up or down respectively, not stay at the same height).

Loving the game, and I've gotten used to the camera .. just my 2 cents.

[shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh]

Thanks guys.

[shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh]

Can anyone give me the exact file size on the setup executable? (right-click/properties/size) My install seems to be borked, want to know before I redownload. Thanks.

[shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh]

Anyone want to check properties on the setup executable to confirm size before install?

Size: 1.78 GB (1,912,698,679 bytes)

Size on disk: 1.78 GB (1,912,700,928 bytes)

Thanks!

[Screenshots from the demo]

Great screens man! Looks like you set yourself up for a massacre though =)

[eLicense Question]

Well 1.5k is a pretty small footprint!

I was not asking if I could uninstall it completely, rather, if I could "unload" or disable the service when not needed.

Cheers Moon, thanks for the hard work getting the demo out.

[eLicense Question]

Moon, any idea on this?

[eLicense Question]

Thanks Uwe.

Logically speaking, the protection would have to run each time the game is invoked. The difference is that it's now checking against your local machine vs. going out to the net to get the license data again, each time.

So, my question remains, is there a "resident" program that is always running (e.g., a windows service) and if so, can we terminate this while not running the game?

I like to run a tight ship with as few extraneous processes as possible, but it's not a big deal if this isn't doable.

Thanks guys.

[eLicense Question]

Hello,

I can't believe ToW is almost here! I'm so pumped! Woohoo!

I have a quick question about the eLicense system that is used in this and other Battlefront titles. I presume part of the protection is a service that is active as a process, and is triggered when running the game. My question is whether we can "unload" the services when not intending to play the game? Is it as simple as killing a process? I didn't see anything about this in the FAQ but I'd like to know if it's possible.

Cheers!