Harry Speakup

I thought Mechsuits and Moon Nazis was the next Total War title? Or was I confusing it with COH?

Vein also did an explosion and FX pack for CMRT that should also work for CMBS, but you have to PM him for the link

If we ever get a T35 I'll fall out of my bath chair

You've already stated that CMx2 and it's roadmap doesn't appeal to you, and that you prefer an alternate game. The devs have replied that the roadmap they have is not subject to change, and they don't think your suggestions are viable from a commercial point of view. We get it, you won't like CMFB and won't like any of the future titles. So leave it at that, and if you don't like it move on. You appear in threads and they end up locked, whether that is your intention or not. The devs post a "Christmas bone" a lo, Ebeneezer Scrooge comes along to derail and lock the thread. If I were them I would wonder whether I should have bothered.

Cheers for the update. Enjoy your Christmas eggnog

Where do trolls appear in the TO&E? Is there a special arrival date, and is the appearance purely random or dependent on other factors such as type of bridge and chain of command? More importantly can troll AT hits penetrate a Jagdtiger?

The "mud that doesn't always look like mud" idea sounds great. That field near the stream looked a great place to send your vehicles over until they started sinking down into it and going nowhere fast. I'd definitely nominate that as a V4.0 feature, although I have no idea if it would prove to be a nightmare to code to avoid an omniscient AI among other things

I would have thought it was a bit early. We've had Chris doing some streams of the game before the most recent releases, and he's been AWOL for the past month. That looks like they're busy. It's better finished and polished than a rush release to hit a pre-determined date. I've had enough of major publisher titles doing that in the past. It'll be worth the wait.

What are you moving? If you're planning to move some pigs this is your guy Although this guy can move your house one brick at a time

Wheat pr0n - inappropriate for Bastogne in December

Seconded. Great stuff

They're waiting for Art. Which Art?

Better a polished release than something rushed out to catch the Christmas sale period.

CMRT Winter Mod has a natural sponsor

Cheers. Looking forward to it.

If you send me a link or instructions on which CMFI/GL textures I need I could give it a whirl

I'm more of a bird grog, although that has involved taking more than a few walks in the wild at various times of the year. I understand it's a work in progress and a labour of love and it looks great. Just regard it as some gentle constructive criticism, not just whinging from the back.

Winter wheat is nothing strange even now. It doesn't seed until the following Summer. It would just be stalks. It's a bit like using crickets as night time ambience in late December. Neither would make sense.

It looks very nice. The trees might need some snow or ice lovin, and wheat doesn't seed in Winter. Vegetation would either be washed out green/light straw/variations of brown, other than coniferous. Those Russian infantry must be cold, they definitely need some Borsch tovarisch.

Although that would be nice, I can foresee a problem. How long does it take to develop a CMx2 game from initial concept to publish date? In the world of current events things move fast. The present situation may be gone and the Russia vs NATO option may have moved elsewhere, say Iran, back to Ukraine or elsewhere. If you're a small dev working on a hypothetical future scenario based on a current hot event, and things move on, say Assad goes and a pro-western government is elected, and your Russia vs NATO concept in that country looks dated, then your work in progress is left hanging in the air. The topic country has gone cold, how will this effect sales? Do you continue working another year hoping it will pay off or do you abandon the idea as current events have moved on, and the hot topic of the minute is elsewhere? Recreating history, creating distant future SF or fictional countries a la Arma series is less of a gamble. Trying to play near future predictor with a situation that is immediate is a big gamble IMHO.

I thought it would be "Combat Mission: Just How Much Snow Can You Take?" We have terrain tiles of Snow, More Snow, Snow with Extra Snow, Snow, Snow, Snow with Snow....

The postage cost will be horrendous. Get the Luftwaffe to drop some weissbier, it'll be cheaper from Germany. No excuses of them being grounded due to the weather.

You forgot the Belgian chocolate. Made to an authentic WW2 Ersatz recipe that doesn't have any chocolate in it. You do need these small gifts to placate the SO while you're spending the holiday period gaming on a PC

Christmas Greetings from the Wehrmacht. Wish you were Heer