Bubba883XL

Cold Warriors.
  Well it looks like Steve has already dropped the mic over on the annual update thread, so let myself, Bil H and Cpt Miller (along with a small team of unwashed heathens - two of whom are actually from the UK), be the second to announce the first CMCW Module - CMCW - British Army On the Rhine (BAOR).

We are still in development so I will only outline the broad strokes of what we are working on, and insert the caveat that we reserve the right to add/subtract - 
 - Time frame of the game is going deeper backwards into the Cold War.  We are setting the clock back to 1976, so CMCW will now encompass 1976-1982 (including some minor tweaks to the existing US orbats).  As has been noted we are less interested in the later Cold War years largely because they really do start to resemble the later CM titles and we are shooting to keep CMCW distinct in its own right.
- UK BOAR - right now we have a pretty comprehensive build planned for the UK units as they transitioned from their 1974 structures - to where they landed in 1980.  As per the picture above players should be able to become deeply engaged within the historical BAOR sector of the ETO.
- And because I just have to represent the home team, we are also doing the Canadians.  That little black box is the planned 4 CMBG AO - you will note this was right at the tail end when the brigade was still part of the BAOR, although for those that really want to play First Clash and park them down in Lahr you are fee to do so because the basic unit structures remained the same.
- We do have plans for the Soviet side, but are going to hold off on details until we zero them fully in...more to follow. 
- I will let you all speculate and discuss what new vehicles and weapon systems we are talking about but there is a not insignificant list of new ones we are planning - more as we start to get some cool screen shots.  
As noted by Steve, we are well on our way and are planning for a release this year - content and full scope remains TBA.
Thank you all very much for your support, the response to CMCW has been well beyond what we were expecting and that is entirely thanks to you guys.

came across this video today, a right Gem of a project to do. love seeing the game and historical context like this as a source of study... just thought this was worth the share! 
Regards comrades.
Bubba
 
 

Last few mucking about 🙂

Spent a bit of time day dream a BAOR expansion over the weekend - used a mix of assets from CMSF, CMA and CMBN. Sadly no idea how to take it further as a playable faction mod.

Yum

Playing with friends on network turn games has become nearly impossible due to a bug where the player not hosting's troops seem to randomly drop weapons particularly anti tank weapons, sniper rifles, and light machine guns. our BRZ files are the same it happens in every combat mission game i have (CMSF2, CMRT, CMBN) any help with this issue would be greatly appreciated.
here is my previous post which in which it was recommend i post here.
and here is the only other post i could find regarding the issue, the issue seems to be exactly the same.
 

The people that buy Battlefront games are not your normal customers. Just finding the games in the first place requires a very special sort of person.
I found the series by googling pc war games and I came across an article on PCmag or whatever with a tiny screenshot of the abrams from CMBS. I knew I was looking at something special.
The only reason I found this series was because I was fed up with the mainstream. Not one single wargame has come out that comes anywhere close. Every other developer is ****ing around with games that die in 3 years.

I'm actually not offended, but I invite you to take a look at it from the other side. Some of us spent a long time testing and reproducing bugs and dutifully logging them in order to help improve the game.
Maybe in a couple of cases, I've been wrong about a bug, that's possible. But in most of the cases, I'm pretty sure I have been right. And in some cases, those bugs have then been picked up by a beta tester like yourself, verified, and then fixed, which was very nice.
In recent years though, patches have been getting pretty scarce, and I'm sure there are many good reasons for that. But I'm also sure the reason is not that there are no more bugs to fix. If BFC prefers to focus on developing a PBEM tournament system instead of doing patches or new features, that's of course their decision.
The thing that triggered me was not that the stuff I like doesn't get worked on. I understand there are many different things to balance when running a business, and feedback from geeks like me is just one of them. It was more that I was getting the feeling that the community here is in general being looked down on and portrayed as irrational, childish, and unreasonable, when I think there are actually a lot of really clever and creative people here.
Not including myself, because my contribution has been mostly limited to bug reports, various gameplay change suggestions, a couple of scenarios, and trying to help people with tech and gameplay questions. And, yes, occasional grumbling.
But I think Battlefront's "typical customer" deserves a bit more credit. Unless there are a lot of angry and stupid players out there that I overlooked.

+1

A 2022 mid year update does not relieve you of your 2023 New Year Traditional Update and Obligation. 😇.C'mon , I've bought every game since 1999, even that space game thingy that didn't work out.

First off thanks to all those who have supported the Battlepack by purchasing it, and a shout out to those who have provided their support in the creation of this project – and a huge shout out to those who have freely given their feedback and additional support publicly via various means – online streaming vids, DARs, AARs and various forum posts etc, Its truly heartening to read and see these. 

It’s just as well, being Scottish, that we are renowned for being slow to anger and not prone to unprovoked outbursts. On a personal note a mahhoosive amount of work went into the battle pack, at my end. Work of which I am truly proud off. The lion’s share of research, mapmaking and AI plan stuff was devoted to the two campaigns and the Rakow and the Dying Sun scenario. These all involved painstakingly creating huge new maps from primary sources. Research turned up several ‘loose’ ends regarding accepted historical narrative and I’m as chuffed with these as the scenarios!

I digress… In short this sucked up a huge amount of time and I was also involved in several other projects (which I was keen to be involved in including CMFR and CMCW). Creating new content, AI plans etc for the Battlepack was a significant endeavour. So yup I used bits of various previous maps (which were my own creations and made available publicly) which I then significantly tweaked – mainly because I could not positively ID RL locations, or the fact is I thought the map – like Der Ring (which by the way took nearly a year to produce) to have a new life after some major tweaking. I’ve done this on previous game families with other maps. A few astute observers might have spotted them. 

But, and I should stress this, in the case of Der Ring it was heavily reworked and I created brand new AI plans (I had to as I’d chopped and reused bits) etc. So yes whilst some stuff is based on sections of der Ring they are more the offspring – rather than the map wearing a false wig and a pair of dodgy specs…

Re the rather offensive swipes about scamming, well,  re the master maps it’s pretty clear that as stated on the BFC website that they are “New maps based on maps from the Battle Pack missions”. 

Years back I used to be with a punk band – another life another story…. One of the bands (way more successful than we were) we did some gigs with, had their singer on one of their records state this quote, it was along the lines of – “Whatever you do they’ll slate you off and criticise you to the ground…” It’s stood me in good stead through life.
So aye happy to take the constructive knocks, but I’m less inclined to give credence tae whingers.
 

so, hang on.(talking of being fair) if you didn't own it then, why post the negative comments about said item? how would you know?

Which is why it's a $10 battle pack and not a new CM title or an engine update. Pretty much a work by George taking what's available and making a battle pack with a sort of theme. As usual, George's immersive and devilish scenarios are more than worth the price of admission for me.

Dave

You're full of Christmas cheer aren't you.  Der Ring der 5 Panzer you got for free in the first place as @George MCreleased that as a community scenario .  So let's say 30% is 'old content.'  Looks like you're owed $3.  Let me know where to send the money to or maybe we'll set up a crowdfund.

With the Roblox /Minecraft craze afflicting youths and even adults, I figure these graphics would be a big hit again... CM:Roblox WWII. Ha ha.

cool pic. cheers fella

Anhalter Bahnhof

There are no windows on the Brandenburg gate, as there are none. The Reichstag has usable windows, and the big grey one can have windows although I sometimes do not add them for tactical reasons, ie the user has to blast their wayin? Cheers

well, no lol not really. its your mod..lol you tell me .if the windows aren't on the buildings that look like pillars no one can see out...so its just for the visual effect etc  yes??
bubba

Battle for Berlin V2, Coming Soon, now have huge industrial chimneys usuable in the game...


 
 

I am traveling abroad right now and don't have access to all the CM files.  Should be back this weekend.  So, if you haven't found it by then I'll check my mod files.  However, everything was sent to Bootie, so he may have what you are looking for.