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Vastly improved AI Glitch free camera movement Improved and intuitive UI Contextual Menu's Tooltips Improved Manual LOS/LOF Greatly Improved vehicle Pathfinding Group Formations Adjustable Artillery Fixed graphic bugs Terrain blending MG Deployment fixes Improved Sound Improved building entry pathfinding (Inf) But No1. All dual core / GFX issues resolved.

Herston - ur choice,well said. The_Capt, it's not just 2 reviews is it. I think that the review linked here is just a mirror orf many throughout the media. And pls pls stop resorting to the old "he doesn't really like the game type so he's slagging it off, he's a noob" line! I'm 35, played games of all types and alot of wargamming both on PC /Boards. So dont pull that one! It's a crap unplayable game right now, I wish it wasn't but it is! Stop justifying - If you wanna play like just say it like Herston but don't make excuses for shody releases! [ August 13, 2007, 06:12 PM: Message edited by: funkster319 ]

Lol yeah Right. All the critics are wrong too! My god when will you ever face the truth in it's current state the game is extreamly poor and for a fair percentage of users unplayable! Ubisoft / EA or whomever may well have released rubbish but can you tell me one major game that didnt' support a common hardware technology such as Dual CPU? (Hardly cutting edge stuff). There is a release that needs patching and there is a release that needs completely recoding - this is the latter! As I have always stated I look forward to many patches down the road when this game is finally playable until then i'll let the "blindfolded - the world is wrong" devotee's continue telling themselves this is the game is great.

Well further to my comments in the following post : http://www.battlefront.com/discuss/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=52;t=002293 Validation of my comment: QUOTE FROM GAMESPOT REVIEW : Even so, no game should be released in such a rough, incomplete state Full Review: http://uk.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/combatmissionshockforce/review.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=gssummary&tag=summary;review

I have tried shutting down all other tasks etc. No difference, as I said I don't think it's down to processing / GPU power but more issues with code. I guess I will just have to wait it out for V1.03. Hope and Pray /

Have waited in anticipation for V1.02, installed it, and still having issues with laggy game play (For want of a better phrase). Nothing to do with Graphic settings as this has no effect at all! Beside I have a very high machine and which should be able to fly through this engine. Please sort it out, as it is the game is just not worth playing! How can you release a game without thoroughly testing AMD dual core support is beyond me! Especially after the same issues being prevalent in TOW! For Ref my Spec: AMD2 Dual Core (64) 5000mhz Nvidia 7900 GTX 2Gb Corsair Mem WD 10000 Rpm Raptor X Fi Fatalty Sound Card

Yeah right! KNOCK KNOCK DUDE! Stop playing computer games and learn to read!!!!! I clearly stated that I am not naive enough to think any software is release without bugs but there are levels of incompletion that are just unexceptable! Read the post properly before you comment DUDE!! :mad:

1) Not being funny but I am not stupid naive young boy who doesn't understand the fundamentals of gaming releases. OF COURSE I DON’T EXPECT A FULLY 100% COMPLETED GAME on initial release and that is not what I stated anywhere in this post!!!!!!!! However it is not unreasonable to want at least a partially playable game without severe performance “LAG” issues (Confirmed Sluggish Mouse issue etc) and without having to mess about resetting CPU affinity and Priority , Issues with Dual cores (Same as with TOW)! That is basic bottom line quality controlled stuff and is the LEAST that I and any reasonable minded person buying a commercial product would expect! After that, fair enough, I would expect fixes like AI tweaks, UI additions, LOS issues, bug squashing etc to take place via patches. I will not debate this point any further as anyone with a reasonable un biased awareness should agree that there is unfinished and the there is UNFINISHED! Unfortunately this game is the latter! 2) This is not a wasted post; it was and is an airing of a valid and reasonable opinion.

I don't understand the Medic system at all. Would anyone care to explain it as I can't seem to find any documentation within the manual Thxs in advance

Thanks Steve, Don't get me wrong I know how hard you all work and the financial pressures of being a smaller dev company. I also appreciate the amount of effort that BFC goes to to support it's fan base and have been a fan long enough to experience your excellent customer services post release etc . I was simply a little disappointed at the intial release and wanted to express my view albeit a little strong intially - but then getting passionate about our games is a good thing IMO.

Stardock is a much better model in that regard, in at least it's up front. Having finally taken the plunge I am both enjoying the game, and see that it has huge potential, but I am under no illusions as to not being a paying beta tester. With Stardock you can 'pre-order', pay, and give that cash injection but it's quite clear what you get to download is the beta, with a copy of the final game when shipped some time later. That policy would have worked very well with regard to CMSF, IMHO. BF get an interim cash-flow injection, the number of beta testers goes up considerably with no final loss of revenue, and everybody gets involved in that they feel they have a personal interest in the company, the community, and in getting the product right. </font>

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Thanks all for putting up with my rant I will read Steve's post and hopefully get a better idea of whats going on. Don't get me wrong I love this game and BFC in general which in part led me to my intial outburst (sheer disappointment :confused: ). I really want this game to work as I agree some elements are already showing huge promise and I can already see the light at the end of the tunnel so to speak. I know from experience that BFC do care and support it's fan base. I realise that they are not a huge big software company (which in part is why they release such cool games) and I just hope that they can get some more financial support and manange their releases better in future. Thanks Again for all your support and patience. Special thanks to MichealD for help and also Beckett for giving me the link to MR Period - Brillant !!!! [ August 04, 2007, 01:26 AM: Message edited by: funkster319 ]

There are patches / unstability issues and then there are unfinished products. If this attitude of "it's ok it will be patched in a few weeks / months" prevailed in the Car bying forum then we would all buy cars and have to wait for a patch to make them run! My point being that - Patches are fine but there is a certain level of intial release quality expected. [ August 03, 2007, 12:56 PM: Message edited by: funkster319 ]

Thanks Michael Dorosh, I agree 95% with your comments. As stated it was just venting and not meant to be a debatable post. I have read many posts here and acknowledge that many of my concerns are felt throughout the board, however I was simply exercising my right to air a comment - No more, No less and thus I stated such in my first post. In answer to several replies my position is - I do LOVE tactical wargamming and although I haven't posted before I have been a keen reader of this board for a LONG LONG time. I so wanted CM2 to be the start of the next gen real wargame evolution , as there are all to many shallow COH types out there (IMO) thus the explanation for my "rage" when I found so many issues with the release. As for technical issues I really should not have to be resetting CPU Affinity, Priority, rolling back drivers, reconfiguring graphics card settings and generally messing about to get games working. I am extremely PC savvy so it’s not a huge problem but still it certainly detracts from the game experience and should not be “Accepted” no matter how good we want the game to be. I know BFC are pretty good at supporting the fan base with patches etc but I would suggest that they rethink there release strategy and not release clearly unfinished products as it just detracts from there otherwise excellent profile. In a nutshell - I love ALOT of aspect of this game but feel hugely let down by the lack of polish, missing features and poorly implemented game engine. I really didn’t want to get into a debate – I just wanted to voice my opinion for future readers.