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I tried disabling everything and it did not help. I also opened a ticket, and they responded right away to try disabling my firewall and anti-virus. But, now they are not responding and it's frustrating. I just wanted to play the game before the night was over, and I have to work tomorrow. If they didn't have this silly strict activation process, like 95% of all other game companies, this would never be a problem.

I just bought CMBS, and when I try to activate it, I get the "Cannot connect to the activation server". The help desk gave me one thing to try, disabling Norton virus checker and firewall. I tried both and I still cannot activate. Anyone else having this problem? This is so frustrating, and I think Battlefront's activation process is the worst in the business. If they trusted us who purchased their game more, there would never be this problem. I had to vent. I just want to play the game I bought.

I apologize if this has been asked already, but I am a bit confused about the all-inclusive 3.11 version that the home page says is now part of all downloads for CMBN. So, I own CMBN v2 with all expansions. If I just redownload my game, will I automatically get the 3.11 version? Or do I still have to purchase the 3.0 upgrade? And, if I do have to purchase the 3.0 upgrade, will that automatically download 3.11, or will I have to download 3.0 first, then the 3.11 upgrade? Thanks in advance!

Ok, ok, sheesh! You don't have to twist my arm so dang hard! I'm buying the game as soon as I get home from work. I didn't think I was going to be interested in modern warfare, but after reading this thread, I would buy a rock from you guys! I can't wait to get home and give it a whirl. It sure does sound like a heck of a game. And the fact it has a bunch of scenarios, with hopefully a lot of smallish ones, is a big bonus.

Thanks all. It seems odd to me to patch an upgrade for the older games before the original game released with the 3.0 engine. I don' think I will ever understand Battlefront's MO. :confused:

I have never heard of the Polygon website before, either.

So, there are 3.0 upgrade installers for CMBN and CMFI, that fixes the building entry bug, decals bugs, shadow bugs, etc. What about these fixes for Red Thunder? Where do I get that patch? What am I missing? I feel like a bonehead for not finding it.

I believe you are correct. I just checked, and it gives me the option to download "CBN4 Master.zip". It is almost 4GB file size, so I assume that is the whole ball of wax. Pretty cool! I don't understand why they can't just give everyone this version. If you bought the game, all expansions, and the engine upgrade, they have it on record, no matter what package you bought them in. Why can't they just let you download the same version. It does not make any sense to me.

I purchased the CMBN big bundle earlier this year, that includes the base game, both expansions, and all upgraded to the latest engine. How do I get a copy of the new all-in-one installer, please?

I purchased the CMBN big bundle earlier this year, that included the base game and both expansions, upgraded to the latest engine. How do I get this all-in-one installer version, please?

This appears to be MBT worthy!

It is a fun wargame, a little light on realism, but still plenty of tactical decisions to keep a grognard happy. At least in my opinion. Facing, armor is modeled on all sides of tanks, moving in reverse, flanking shots. Many, many different units. It's very fun against a human opponent, and you will definitely get a good challenge. Anyway, it's fun. db_zero (or anyone) - if you are ever interested in having a game, let me know. I would love to get in a game against a human being, if that is what you are. )

And let's not forget about the shader/shadow/whatever bug that makes shadows shimmer like Christmas lights and clip into odd square shapes, and makes vehicles turn dark.

I don't think larger maps necessarily need to have higher unit count. I think larger maps are great, and with lower unit count would provide for some excellent maneuvering and options for the attacker/defender.

I also strongly prefer the smaller battles and campaigns. I'm curious, was there an outpouring of support for huge battles? Is that why Battlefront created these monster campaigns for RT? All I hear on the forums is folks looking for smaller company sized battles.

I never received any e-mail about shipping, but I received my copy last week, here in California.

All these comments are super helpful! ScoutPL - excellent, excellent summary. Yes, I would love to see more about the defense, if you have the time and inclination to keep going.

Thank you, umlaut. So, is there a way to unattach/reattach to a different formation? Or do you just delete the vehicle and purchase it again if you happen to have the wrong formation selected, and you want to attach the vehicle to a different one?

Thank you for the comments so far. Yes, all of this is helpful to me. womble - you mentioned buying individual vehicles and attaching them at whatever level you want. How do you attach individual vehicles to an existing C2 tree?

Does a tutorial on choosing troops for quick battles exist anywhere, for any CMx2 game? I am fairly clueless when it comes to WWII army compositions. I am having a hard time coming up with a good force mix without running out of points very quickly. I select a medium sized quick battle. I then select an infantry battalion, and delete all companies except one. Is this the correct way to get an infantry company? Then I go to armour, and select a tank platoon (or whatever the default size is), and I am way negative in points already. So, I instead go to single vehicle, and select a couple tanks. Is this the right way to do it? I'm sure I am going about it completely wrong, but I find I run out of points so fast, and I'm not sure what I even have. I realize I can select a larger force size at setup, but my point is I'm not sure what is the right way to select troops to have a decent chance at a battle. I would love to read something that helps newbies walk through setting up a quick battle, or maybe there's a YouTube video of someone doing this? Thanks!

I have not received a shipped e-mail yet. Good to know they are starting to send them out, though. Hopefully I'll get mine soon. While I love the instant gratification of digital download, I also enjoy a printed manual and having the discs as backup.

Silly question - where do I put the alternate wounded icons (different size orange dot, or the red crosses)?

Did this shader hotfix/patch get released yet? If so, where can I find it, please? If not, is there an ETA for fixing the shadows?

You need to use 7-Zip to extract the file, I suppose. 7z is the extension for 7-zip. It is available as freeware with a Google search.

I want to come to your house!